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Alexandru Gagniuc 7801161c4b ipq807x: add support for Netgear WAX218 
Netgear WAX218 is a 802.11ax AP claiming AX3600 support. It is wall
or ceiling mountable. It can be powered via PoE, or a 12 V adapter.

The board has footprints for 2.54mm UART headers. They're difficult to
solder because the GND is connected to a large copper plane. Only try
soldering if you are very skilled. Otherwise, use pogo pins.

Specifications:
---------------
    * CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8072A Quad core Cortex-A53 2.2GHz
    * RAM: 366 MB of RAM available to OS, not sure of total amount
    * Storage: Macronix MX30UF2G18AC 256MB NAND
    * Ethernet:
            * 2.5G RJ45 port (QCA8081) with PoE input
    * WLAN:
            * 2.4GHz/5GHz with 8 antennas
    * LEDs:
            * Power (Amber)
            * LAN (Blue)
            * 2G WLAN (Blue)
            * 5G WLAN (Blue)
    * Buttons:
            * 1x Factory reset
    * Power: 12V DC Jack
    * UART: Two 4-pin unpopulated headers near the LEDs
            * "J2 UART" is the CPU UART, 3.3 V level

Installation:
=============

Web UI method
-------------

Flashing OpenWRT using the vendor's Web UI is problematic on this
device. The u-boot mechanism for communicating the active rootfs is
antiquated and unreliable. Instead of setting the kernel commandline,
it relies on patching the DTS partitions of the nand node. The way
partitions are patched is incompatible with newer kernels.

Newer kernels use the SMEM partition table, which puts "rootfs" on
mtd12. The vendor's Web UI will flash to either mtd12 or mtd14. One
reliable way to boot from mtd14 and avoid boot loops is to use an
initramfs image.

 1. In the factory web UI, navigate to System Manager -> Firmware.
 2. In the "Local Firmware Upgrade" section, click Browse
 3. Navigate and select the 'web-ui-factory.fit' image
 4. Click "Upload"
 5. On the following page, click on "Proceed"

The flash proceeds at this point and the system will reboot
automatically to OpenWRT.

 6. Flash the 'nand-sysupgrade.bin' using Luci or the commandline

SSH method
----------

Enable SSH using the CLI or Web UI. The root account is locked out to
ssh, and the admin account defaults to Netgear's CLI application.
So we need to get creative:

First, make sure the device boots from the second firmware partition:

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/fw_setenv active_fw 1

Then reboot the device, and run the update:

    scp -O -o kexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 \
        -o hostkeyalgorithms=ssh-rsa \
        netgear_wax218-squashfs-nand-factory.ubi \
        admin@<ipaddr>:/tmp/openwrt.ubi

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/ubiformat /dev/mtd12 -f /tmp/openwrt.ubi

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/fw_setenv active_fw 0

Now reboot the device, and it should boot into a ready-to-use OpenWRT.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Francisco G Luna <frangonlun@gmail.com>
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README.md

OpenWrt logo

OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.

Sunshine!

Download

Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.

If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.

An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:

Development

To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.

Requirements

You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.

binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.6+ rsync subversion unzip which

Quickstart

  1. Run ./scripts/feeds update -a to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default

  2. Run ./scripts/feeds install -a to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/

  3. Run make menuconfig to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages.

  4. Run make to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.

Related Repositories

The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package manager called opkg. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.

  • LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.

  • OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.

  • OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.

  • OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).

Support Information

For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database

Documentation

Support Community

  • Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
  • Support Chat: Channel #openwrt on oftc.net.

Developer Community

License

OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0