Embedded Linux
Building OpenWrt for the Seeed Studio WM6108 802.11ah HaLow Radio
The Seeed Studio Wio-WM6108 mini-PCIe module is a popular choice for creating a 802.11ah HaLow router. The mini-PCIe card can be inserted into the WM1302 Raspberry Pi Hat and attached to a Raspberry Pi. Seeed Studio have a pre-built OpenWRT Image on their Wiki page, but it is a bit outdated and based on Morse Micro’s 2.7-dev release. They also don’t provide any guidance to how to build your own updated version. This article shows how to build an OpenWRT image (based on Morse Micro’s 2.11-dev release) and what changes are necessary for the WM6108. It is aimed to be …