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Release Mon, Sep 28, 2026 2 min read

StartOS StartWRT 1.2.0

Original release notes

StartWRT 1.2.0 lets you set the Wi-Fi regulatory country, so the router uses the channels and transmit power permitted where you live.

Highlights

  • Wi-Fi regulatory country. Points of Entry > Wi-Fi > Settings gains a Country selector. Until you pick one, the router runs on a conservative worldwide subset - 2.4 GHz channels 1-11 and 5 GHz channels 36-48 at 20 dBm - so select your country after updating to unlock the rest of the 5 GHz band and full transmit power. The channel dropdowns now list only the channels the selected country permits. Automatic channel selection avoids radar-detection (DFS) channels; pick one by hand if you want it, and expect the 5 GHz network to take a minute or more to appear each time the router starts.
  • A published domain typed without https:// now reaches the published service. While port 443 is published to a device, as a StartOS server does for its public domains, plain HTTP at the router's public address is answered with a redirect to https:// instead of the router's web interface, from inside your network and from the Internet under every Remote Access setting.

Full changelog for v1.2.0 - every change in this release.

Image Downloads

| Hardware | Image | Download | | --- | --- | --- | | Start9 router, and other BananaPi BPI-F3 boards (SpaceMiT K1, RISC-V) | microSD card - fresh install or reflash | IMG | | A router already running StartWRT | Sysupgrade - the payload an in-app update fetches for itself | IMG |

StartWRT Checksums

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