Joined: 10 May 2022 Posts: 144 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 2:27 Post subject: Mediatek MT7921K WiFi controller support
I really appreciate help to get my integrated wifi controller working in my X86_64 box. I have no idea where to start.
My system information is below as well as my observation. Thank you in advance.
Router Model
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. PRO B550M-VC WIFI (MS-7C95)
Firmware Version DD-WRT v3.0-r63790 std (02/24/26)
Kernel Version Linux 6.12.74 #833 SMP Tue Feb 24 23:48:40 +07 2026 x86_64
When the system boots up I can see the wifi controller was identified. After serveral attempt to direct load some firmware (like 10 times), DD-WRT failed to initialize it.
lspci shows the controller as a "MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921K (RZ608) Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz"
Any assistance and direction will be very much appreciated.
Note: The instruction set is at the end of this post.
I have no idea how to translate it into DD-WRT procedures but it gave me some idea even it is for USB Wifi adapters.
Did the following from console
modprobe mt7921 - module not found
modprobe mt7921k - module not found
modprobe mt7921au - module not found
modprobe mt7921u - registered new interface driver mt7921u, but WiFi tab didn't show up in web gui
modprobe mt7921e - saw the following console output
Direct firmware load for mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin failed with error -2
ASIC revision 79610010
Direct firmware load for mediatek/WIFI_MT7961_patch_mcu_1_2_hdr.bin failed with error -2
same above message 9 more times
hardware init failed
These failure messages also matched what I saw during bootup.
Instruction set from the github.com
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4. MT7921 - mt7921au, mt7921, and mt7921k (AMD RZ608) chipsets (specific to OpenWRT)
Note: With OpenWRT 22.03.3 or later, to install the mt7921u driver (for adapters based on the mt7921au chipset) and the 2 requested firmware files, simply install the following package:
kmod-mt7921u
Previously, the kmod-mt7921e package also had to be installed as it installed the firmware files. This is no longer necessary.
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 17295 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2026 18:48 Post subject:
Probably won't see 802.11ax support on the hardware anytime soon. There was previous testing with other hardware as noted in the second linked topic. Cross-post removed, PM deleted. Keep the discussion in one spot and public, please.
understood, yet i know chipset work(ed) on x64 images in the past .... tested it on many occasions on PCengines Routerboards with minipci-express slot with M.2 to minipci-e adapter and also native minipci-express version of RZ608/MT7921 module
also tested on random x64 router motherboards from chinese vendors...
well , have you tried openwrt or even just a random linux image and made the card work?
do you use a fully paid dd-wrt x64 license ? the free license has only 24 hour wifi support if i remember right ...
Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 234 Location: Germany, BW
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 9:00 Post subject:
After doing "modprobe mt7921u - registered new interface driver mt7921u",
does "ifconfig" show the wlan interface in down modus?
If so bring it up by "ifconfig <if-name> up".
Then add it to the bridge "brctl addif br0 <if-name>"
You have to install the full version of X64-DD-WRT, then you have one day to test it, or use a registered version.
Joined: 10 May 2022 Posts: 144 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 16:06 Post subject:
In my second post, I stated "modprobe mt7921u - registered new interface driver mt7921u, but WiFi tab didn't show up in web gui
I am using the full version registered DD-WRT image. I don't think the public version even try to load any wifi drivers.
ifconfig show no wifi interfaces
I added my old R9000 back as a WAP and I have no problem waiting for the 6E support while giving me the option to use the public image.
