There is a PR and request to merge support for gl.inet AX-1800 and AXT-1800 in official openwrt. Merge into openwrt main is blocked until enough people review and approve. This is using the 6.6 linux kernel and is running stably for me anyway. So if you are capable, please review and test it at:
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Guys are checking this.
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Very excited to see this! 
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does this mean that there will be a version of pure OpenWRT for SLATE_AX?
My colleague @YQ24 will be responsible for verifying and following up this PR.
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I reviewed the changes, compiled the gl-ax1800 and gl-axt1800 targets, installed the resulting .ubi upgrades to my axt1800/ax1800, tested the firmware on an axt1800/ax1800, finding no issues.everything looks great!
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The only issue I found so far is that if I set Wi-Fi radio0 country=US, mode=AX, channel = auto, width=80, the auto channel selection chose channel 169. My M2 Macbook, iPhone and iPad do not support this channel. I could be wrong but I don’t recall encountering this with the gl.inet firmware.
@YQ24 Are you still able to test? I think I found a problem. I have configured radio1 a 2.4 GHz wifi client WWAN connected to an access point that uses the same SSID for 2.4 and 5 Ghz. I configured radio0 5 GHz AX access point. The ath11k wifi driver crashes when the radio0 client re-authenticates.
Thu Jun 13 18:24:44 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: phy0-ap0: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 6a:65:26:54:6d:ae
Thu Jun 13 18:24:44 2024 daemon.info hostapd: phy0-ap0: STA 6a:65:26:54:6d:ae IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Thu Jun 13 18:24:46 2024 daemon.info hostapd: phy0-ap0: STA 6a:65:26:54:6d:ae IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Thu Jun 13 18:25:35 2024 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (11798): udhcpc: sending renew to server 192.168.128.1
Thu Jun 13 18:28:16 2024 daemon.warn odhcpd[2167]: No default route present, overriding ra_lifetime!
Thu Jun 13 18:32:26 2024 daemon.warn odhcpd[2167]: No default route present, overriding ra_lifetime!
Thu Jun 13 18:33:59 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: phy0-ap0: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 02:8e:e5:93:81:df
Thu Jun 13 18:33:59 2024 daemon.info hostapd: phy0-ap0: STA 02:8e:e5:93:81:df IEEE 802.11: disassociated due to inactivity
Thu Jun 13 18:34:00 2024 daemon.info hostapd: phy0-ap0: STA 02:8e:e5:93:81:df IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Thu Jun 13 18:34:04 2024 kern.err kernel: [50498.419986] qcom-q6v5-wcss-pil cd00000.remoteproc: fatal error received:
Thu Jun 13 18:34:04 2024 kern.err kernel: [50498.419986] QC Image Version: QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-03982-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-3
Thu Jun 13 18:34:04 2024 kern.err kernel: [50498.419986] Image Variant : IMAGE_VARIANT_STRING=6018.wlanfw.evalQ
Thu Jun 13 18:34:04 2024 kern.err kernel: [50498.419986]
Thu Jun 13 18:34:04 2024 kern.err kernel: [50498.419986] NOC_error.c:474 NOCError: FATAL ERRORparam0 :zero, param1 :zero, param2 :zero.
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Any updates when we will get a Official Release of the OpenWrt 24 for Slate AX, AXT1800?
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It says 5 months later
How are we on this? Scrapped or coming?
I would be pleasantly surprised if it happens any time soon. There were problems with wifi crashes reported by several people. It wasn't clear to me if the problem is in the wifi drivers or the linux kernel packages. Other than a few enthusiasts trying to find workarounds, I am not aware of any official openwrt developers working it. You can check the GitHub thread for more info.
Yes I have seen that thread. BTW which tweaked version are you using?
I tried one and it works but cant install any .ipk which I need as the last part points to the the 24.10 link which is empty
I'm not using any of the PR versions currently. I reverted to the gl-inet 4.5.16 version that works for me. When I experimented with the PR, I compiled it myself and included all the packages I needed into the compile, so I didn't have to use anything else.
Why are you on 4.5 instead of 4.6?
BTW do you use speedify?
I would like to try that but Openwrt 21 only support CLI which is a bummer
I don't use speedify. 4.5 works fine for me and I didn't really need any of the added features in 4.6. My router works unattended for long periods of time and I only upgrade maybe once a year.