MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU: MediaTek MT7688AN
RAM: 128 MB
Flash: 32, microSD MB

The MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688 is supported by OpenWrt on the ramips/mt76x8 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 MT7688AN
CPU cores	1
CPU frequency	580 MHz
RAM	128 MB
Flash	32, microSD MB
100 Mbit Ethernet ports	1
WLAN hardware	MediaTek MT7688AN

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	ramips/mt76x8	mediatek_linkit-smart-7688

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · ramips/mt76x8

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-ramips-mt76x8-mediatek_linkit-smart-7688-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	6f8fa8d749a9…
openwrt-25.12.5-ramips-mt76x8-mediatek_linkit-smart-7688-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	0604376cf1bc…

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (4)

kmod-usb2 kmod-usb-ohci uboot-envtools kmod-mmc-mtk

Target default packages (28)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-leds-gpio kmod-mt7603 kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe swconfig uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd wpad-basic-mbedtls

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-ramips-mt76x8-mediatek_linkit-smart-7688-initramfs-kernel.bin
6f8fa8d749a9a99ec1a6e54d4a0160603ca7078bc798e3b09715235d985af2c7  openwrt-25.12.5-ramips-mt76x8-mediatek_linkit-smart-7688-initramfs-kernel.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the MediaTek LinkIt Smart 7688? 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.