{
  "id": "fortinet/fap-421e",
  "vendor": "Fortinet",
  "model": "FAP-421E",
  "category": "router",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8064"
    ],
    "fcc_id": [
      "TVE-28166011"
    ]
  },
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "OpenWrt",
      "url": "https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/fortinet/fortinet_fap-421e",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-2.0"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "OpenWrt",
      "method": "serial",
      "guide": "https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=b38d446ecde356c48a40c51bfc9cc66d745b1056",
      "installer": "https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=24.10.4&target=ipq806x%2Fgeneric&id=fortinet_fap-421e",
      "difficulty": "hard",
      "tools": [
        "USB-serial adapter (3.3 V)",
        "Computer with a TFTP server",
        "Ethernet cable"
      ],
      "opens_device": true,
      "notes": "Table of Hardware method: U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery (flash from the bootloader over a serial console). Table of Hardware note: Interrupt boot process from Serial Console, When Help is displayed, press \"K\", Enter Password \"fap22b1!$\" in order to access real u-boot console."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "openwrt"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17"
}