===== Flash Firmware =====

This section covers a few methods to flash firmware onto your Kinkan.

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=== Web interface / LuCI ===

Connect to your Kinkan's web interface and navigate to (**System → Backup / Flash Firmware**),\\
then select your firmware image and press ''Flash image'', on the next page click ''Proceed'' to begin flashing.

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=== Sysupgrade ===

Connect into Kinkan and download the binary image to RAM under ''/tmp''. \\
(Alter your username, IP and path to match your binary image location)

  scp tester@192.168.1.254:/home/tester/openwrt-8devices-rtk-v1.1-rtkmipsel-rtl8197f-kinkan-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin /tmp

Perform upgrade procedure __with__ configuration reset:

  sysupgrade -v -n /tmp/openwrt-8devices-rtk-v1.1-rtkmipsel-rtl8197f-kinkan-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Perform upgrade procedure __without__ configuration reset:

  sysupgrade -v -c /tmp/openwrt-8devices-rtk-v1.1-rtkmipsel-rtl8197f-kinkan-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

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=== Memory technology device ===
This is an alternative firmware upgrade method that also begins by copying the firmware image into RAM.

  scp tester@192.168.1.254:/home/tester/openwrt-8devices-rtk-v1.1-rtkmipsel-rtl8197f-kinkan-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin /tmp

Afterwards, execute the following:

  mtd -r write /tmp/openwrt-8devices-rtk-v1.1-rtkmipsel-rtl8197f-kinkan-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin firmware