Netgear R8000P OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Broadcom BCM4906
RAM
512 MB
Flash
128NAND MB

The Netgear R8000P is supported by OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt on the bcm4908/generic target. 2 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 and ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 stable releases — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Specs

Specifications

CPUBroadcom BCM4906
CPU cores2
CPU frequency1800 MHz
RAM512 MB
Flash128NAND MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports5
WLAN hardware2x Broadcom BCM4365E
SwitchBroadcom BCM4906

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

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5bcm4908/genericnetgear_r8000p
ImmortalWrt25.12.1bcm4908/genericnetgear_r8000p

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · bcm4908/generic

ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · bcm4908/generic

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Netgear R8000P ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · bcm4908/generic

Target default packages (32)

apk-mbedtls base-files bcm4908img ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear fdt-utils firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nft-offload kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 kmod-usb3 libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd

ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · bcm4908/generic

Target default packages (36)

apk-openssl base-files bcm4908img block-mount ca-bundle default-settings-chn dnsmasq-full dropbear fdt-utils firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nf-nathelper kmod-nft-offload kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 kmod-usb3 libc libgcc libustream-openssl logd luci mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd

Installation notes

  • Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:
    $ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-bcm4908-generic-netgear_r8000p-squashfs.bin
    de1a5b8eba1d97e4cc4b32d432cbcadaf1049c457a9600c743bb262a86a1b9db  openwrt-25.12.5-bcm4908-generic-netgear_r8000p-squashfs.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Netgear R8000P? 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.