Cudy AP3000 v1

The Cudy AP3000 v1 is an Indoor Wifi6 Ceiling / Wall Access Point with 1x 2.5GB LAN Port. It has 2 antennas for the 2.4GHz band and 3 antennas for the 5GHz band. The Power Option includes 12V DC (1.5A), 802.3at (PoE+) as well as passive PoE. shop listings often call the device with an additional letter P, so “Cudy AP3000_P” is just an alias.

Supported Versions

Experimental Versions

None at this time.

Hardware Highlights

Installation

See OEM easy installation for a guide on how to install OpenWrt after unboxing the device

As of Jan 2026, a new variant of AP3000 device was shipped with a different PHY chip (Motorcomm YT8821 2.5GbE) as its only LAN port. This new variant is ONLY supported in version 24.10.6 ; 25.12.0-rc5 and Main Snapshot branch by incorporating commits to include the kmod-phy-motorcomm driver.

It would have been wiser for Cudy to release a v2 version of this device rather than changing the hardware without notifying buyers & users. See more in commit messages: 8d407de and 31f30f5

Flash Layout

root@OpenWrt:/# cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "bl2"
mtd1: 00080000 00020000 "u-boot-env"
mtd2: 00200000 00020000 "factory"
mtd3: 00040000 00020000 "bdinfo"
mtd4: 00200000 00020000 "fip"
mtd5: 04000000 00020000 "ubi"

OEM easy installation

Attention: Don't brick your WiFi AP!

Since a new variant of AP3000 device has been released with Motocomm YT8821 2.5GbE PHY chip, the previous Cudy-signed OpenWrt Transition image for AP3000 -cannot- support the new variant according to this GitHub comment.

Please make sure to use a newer version (20260224) of Transition image with YT8821 support as noted in this separate GitHub comment. As of April 2026, this version has already been uploaded to Cudy's Google Drive.

Alternatively, use the TFTP method by first upgrading to latest Stock Firmware.

Note: Reset router to factory defaults if it has been previously configured.

Download the appropriate Cudy-signed OpenWrt image from Cudy's Google Drive or ask the Cudy Support to send you the file
Download the latest OpenWrt stable sysupgrade image
Browse to http://192.168.10.254/
Choose a password. This won't be needed later
Navigate to http://192.168.10.254/cgi-bin/luci/admin/panel
Click on the Firmware button
Upload the Cudy-signed OpenWrt image
Click on the proceed button
Wait for the device to reboot
SSH to 192.168.1.1 or browse to http://192.168.1.1
Flash the latest OpenWrt stable sysupgrade image

OEM installation using the TFTP method

TFTP is only available since Stock Firmware Version 2.4.7 (28-Jan-2026). It is necessary to upgrade the stock firmware first in order to access the new U-Boot with TFTPD function.

Instructions:

Upgrade to Stock Firmware Version 2.4.7+ if your device still has older version
Give yourself the IP 192.168.1.88
Configure your TFTP Server to serve the firmware file as recovery.bin
Press and hold the reset button on the device
Power on the device
The device will be reachable under 192.168.1.112
When the TFTP Upload starts you can release the reset button

U-Boot env info (on a firmware Version before 2.4.7):

MT7981> env print
baudrate=115200
bootdelay=2
ethact=ethernet@15100000
ethaddr=fe:b8:08:27:1d:6d
fdtcontroladdr=5ffc3a00
ipaddr=192.168.1.112
loadaddr=0x46000000
netmask=255.255.255.0
serverip=192.168.1.88
stderr=serial@11002000
stdin=serial@11002000
stdout=serial@11002000

Environment size: 257/131068 bytes

Upgrading OpenWrt

→ generic.sysupgrade

Debricking

→ generic.debrick

Failsafe mode

The failsafe mode has the limitation of only working with IPv6. You need to find out the IPv6 link-local address of your specific device in order to reach it. IPv4 is not working, likely due to a bug, as there is no IPv4 address set on the lan interface when in failsafe mode

→ failsafe_and_factory_reset

Basic configuration

→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.

Specific Configuration

Network interfaces

The default network configuration is:

Interface Name	Description	Default configuration
br-lan	LAN & WiFi	192.168.1.1/24
eth0	2.5GBit Ethernet LAN Port	part of the br-lan
radio0	2.4GHz Radio	Disabled
radio1	5GHz Radio	Disabled

Switch Ports (for VLANs)

The device has no switch ports

Buttons

→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s).

The Cudy AP3000 has the following buttons:

BUTTON	Event
Reset	reset

Hardware

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Photos

Top view of the device:

Device Label:

Bottom of the device including the ports:

Top of PCB with heatsink:

Top of PCB without heatsink:

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