Linksys EA7500 v3 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU: MediaTek MT7629BA
RAM: 256 MB
Flash: 128NAND MB

The Linksys EA7500 v3 is supported by OpenWrt on the mediatek/mt7629 target. 2 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 stable release — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Specs

Specifications

CPU	MediaTek MT7629BA
CPU cores	2
CPU frequency	1250 MHz
RAM	256 MB
Flash	128NAND MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports	5
WLAN hardware	MediaTek MT7761N, MediaTek MT7762N
Switch	MediaTek MT7531BE

Hardware data from the OpenWrt Table of Hardware; verify against your unit before flashing.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

Distribution	Version	Target	Profile
OpenWrt	25.12.5	mediatek/mt7629	linksys_ea7500-v3

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mediatek/mt7629

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-mt7629-linksys_ea7500-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	ed05639967eb…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-mt7629-linksys_ea7500-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	b20d852ad0bd…

Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Linksys EA7500 v3 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (2)

kmod-usb3 uboot-envtools

Target default packages (26)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-leds-gpio kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd

Installation notes

Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.
The kernel / initramfs image boots from RAM without writing to flash — useful for a first install or for recovering from a failed flash.

Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:

$ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-mt7629-linksys_ea7500-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin
ed05639967ebac950d518e489f7883ff85afb6739c2502cf44058ddd587c71af  openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-mt7629-linksys_ea7500-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Linksys EA7500 v3? Pick your packages — LuCI apps, themes, VPN clients — set the basics, and get a ready-to-flash OpenWrt image assembled from official packages in minutes.

Customize firmware for this device

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Upstream

Upstream & source

Images are assembled from packages compiled and published by the upstream OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt projects. The complete corresponding source code is available from those projects under the GPL.