Hi from Australia,
I have been running Gargoyle on Netgear routers for a few years now and am very happy with it. These are in a Ski Club and remote access is important.
One of the club members is pestering and offering a Linksys EA8500 as he thinks this will increase the browsing speed (there is only ADSL2+ available where the routers are).
Can Gargoyle be run on the EA8500? I looked on the download area and couldn't see any reference to it.
Thanks in advance,
Linksys EA8500
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Re: Linksys EA8500
The newest testing builds (1.13.x) can be used on the ea8500.
It's not going to magically get you more speed from ADSL2+ though
It's not going to magically get you more speed from ADSL2+ though

https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoylebuilds for the latest releases
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Re: Linksys EA8500
Thanks Lantis for the response.
And yes I know it won't magically increase the speed but sometimes you have to let someone do this so they find out first hand.
And yes I know it won't magically increase the speed but sometimes you have to let someone do this so they find out first hand.
Re: Linksys EA8500
I'm using the EA8500 with a household of four working from home during Melbourne's extended lockdown and it is running solidly on the 1.13.x test builds.
It won't speed up ADSL, but might offer more reliable WiFi connections in the Ski Club over an older router, which might help a little.
It won't speed up ADSL, but might offer more reliable WiFi connections in the Ski Club over an older router, which might help a little.
Re: Linksys EA8500
Thanks for the info.
We will test it next time we're there and go from there.
Melbourne here too, what a year (to forget!!)
We will test it next time we're there and go from there.
Melbourne here too, what a year (to forget!!)
Re: Linksys EA8500
old thread, dumb question.
Still running 1.13.X (Built 20210319-0339 git@396836cd) and figured there must be newer version, but confused as to where to find latest...
I see newer firmware for the Linksys EA8500 (ipq806?) here:
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gar ... cGwiOjEwfQ
but I don't see a link to download compiled/uploadable image.
https://lantisproject.com/storage/gargo ... x/default/ is 'forbidden'...
Where to find that? TIA.
ps: i find this as well:
https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Route ... tory.shtml
but seems to have the '-factory' image only. Don't I need the '-upgrade' version if I already have OpenWRT/Gargoyle installed?...
Still running 1.13.X (Built 20210319-0339 git@396836cd) and figured there must be newer version, but confused as to where to find latest...
I see newer firmware for the Linksys EA8500 (ipq806?) here:
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gar ... cGwiOjEwfQ
but I don't see a link to download compiled/uploadable image.
https://lantisproject.com/storage/gargo ... x/default/ is 'forbidden'...
Where to find that? TIA.
ps: i find this as well:
https://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Route ... tory.shtml
but seems to have the '-factory' image only. Don't I need the '-upgrade' version if I already have OpenWRT/Gargoyle installed?...
Re: Linksys EA8500
You can go one version prior
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gar ... JwbCI6MTB9
I have no idea why the latest version has nothing uploaded for ipq806x… that was an oversight.
A new build will be out in the next few days.
Also, be aware that you may need to flash the factory image to upgrade from that old of a version due to kernel size changes. The wiki for your device has more information.
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gar ... JwbCI6MTB9
I have no idea why the latest version has nothing uploaded for ipq806x… that was an oversight.
A new build will be out in the next few days.
Also, be aware that you may need to flash the factory image to upgrade from that old of a version due to kernel size changes. The wiki for your device has more information.
https://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoylebuilds for the latest releases
Please be respectful when posting. I do this in my free time on a volunteer basis.
https://lantisproject.com/blog
Please be respectful when posting. I do this in my free time on a volunteer basis.
https://lantisproject.com/blog