Make sure you have binwalk installed
sudo apt install binwalk
Download the firmware from Ubiquiti’s website
https://ui.com/download/software/uap-ac-lite
We’ll need to extract the images a couple of times
binwalk -e 6.5.54.bin cd ./_6.5.54.bin.extracted binwalk -e 50FEE cd _50FEE.extracted/ binwalk -e 3C7CC4
The last binwalk will extract the actual file system.
cd _3C7CC4.extracted/cpio-root
Download some Ubiquiti firmware
wget https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/XC-fw/v8.7.11/WA.v8.7.11.46972.220614.0420.bin
Run binwalk with the -e option to extract the binary file
binwalk -e ./WA.v8.7.11.46972.220614.0420.bin
Binwalk should create a _WA.v8.7.11.46972.220614.0420.bin.extracted directory which we should be able to browse. The main “filesystem” is under squashfs-root.
# ls ./_WA.v8.7.11.46972.220614.0420.bin.extracted/squashfs-root bin dev etc init lib mnt proc run sbin sys tmp usr var
Ubiquiti changed up their download pages and it appears that there is not a page to download the AirGateway Pro firmware.
The normal AirGateway and AirGateway LR use the same firmware. The Pro can use either 2.4 or 5Ghz frequencies and has a different firmware download.
When we search for AirGateway, we only find results for the regular and LR.
There is also no download link on either AirGateway page for the Pro.
https://ui.com/download/software/airgateway
Fortunately, we can copy the download link, and change the firmware name to download the Pro version. All we need to do is change “AirGW” to “AirGWP”
Here is the direct link.
https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/airgateway/v1.1.12/AirGWP.v1.1.12.1028.190918.0702.bin
Connect to Router over SSH
ssh admin@192.168.88.1
Check and install latest version of RouterOS. Will reboot the router. Need to hit Y to confirm upgrade.
system package update install
Upgrade routerboard firmware. Need to hit Y to confirm.
system routerboard upgrade
system reboot
Upgrading the firmware via the command line is super easy. Basic steps are
ubntbox fwupdate.real -m fwupdate.bin
There are a couple of ways to get the firmware uploaded to the radio
ssh into the radio. Change username and ip address as needed.
ssh ubnt@192.168.1.20
cd to the /tmp directory
cd /tmp
Find the firmware file on Ubiquiti’s website, accept the terms, copy the link and paste the link in the terminal after wget. Replace the below link with the appropriate firmware link.
wget https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/XC-fw/v8.4.2/WA.v8.4.2.35930.171017.1722.bin
If you run into issues with wget, try using curl.
curl -k -o fwupdate.bin -L https://ui.com/downloads/firmwares/XC-fw/v8.7.13/WA.v8.7.13.47729.240606.1144.bin
Here is what the options mean:
-k mean insecure, which allows us to download via https. There is a certificate error if not used.
-o fwupdate.bin, saves the output file as fwupdate.bin
-L means follow redirects
Rename firmware
mv *.bin fwupdate.bin
Start the upgrade
ubntbox fwupdate.real -m fwupdate.bin
The radio will now upgrade and reboot
Another way to upgrade a radios firmware from the command line is to use the UBNTMOD tool. More info on the UBNTMOD script is available here.
Make sure you have the firmware downloaded to your computer and run ubntmod.sh with the “-U” upgrade option.
Example,
bob@localhost:~$ ./ubntmod.sh -i 192.168.1.20 -U WA.v8.4.2.35930.171017.1722.bin