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This adds support for the Askey RT4230W REV6 (Branded by Spectrum/Charter as RAC2V1K) At this time, there's no way to reinstall the stock firmware so don't install this on a router that's being rented. Specifications: Qualcomm IPQ8065 1 GB of RAM (DDR3) 512 MB Flash (NAND) 2x Wave 2 WiFi cards (QCA9984) 5x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (Switch: QCA8337) 1x LED (Controlled by a microcontroller that switches it between red and blue with different patterns) 1x USB 3.0 Type-A 12V DC Power Input UART header on PCB - pinout from top to bottom is RX, TX, GND, 5V Port settings are 115200n8 More information: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/askey-rac2v1k-support/15830 https://deviwiki.com/wiki/Askey_RAC2V1K To check what revision your router is, restore one of these config backups through the stock firmware to get ssh access then run "cat /proc/device-tree/model". https://forum.openwrt.org/t/askey-rac2v1k-support/15830/17 The revision number on the board doesn't seem to be very consistent so that's why this is needed. You can also run printenv in the uboot console and if machid is set to 177d, that means your router is rev6. Note: Don't install this if the router is being rented from an ISP. The defined partition layout is different from the OEM one and even if you changed the layout to match, backing up and restoring the OEM firmware breaks /overlay so nothing will save and the router will likely enter a bootloop. How to install: Method 1: Install without opening the case using SSH and tftp You'll need: RAC2V1K-SSH.zip: https://github.com/lmore377/openwrt-rt4230w/blob/master/RAC2V1K-SSH.zip initramfs and sysupgrade images Connect to one of the router's LAN ports Download the RAC2V1K-SSH.zip file and restore the config file that corresponds to your router's firmware (If you're firmware is newer than what's in the zip file, just restore the 1.1.16 file) After a reboot, you should be able to ssh into the router with username: "4230w" and password: "linuxbox" or "admin". Run the following commannds fw_setenv ipaddr 10.42.0.10 #IP of router, can be anything as long as it's in the same subnet as the server fw_setenv serverip 10.42.0.1# #IP of tftp server that's set up in next steps fw_setenv bootdelay 8 fw_setenv bootcmd "tftpboot initramfs.bin; bootm; bootipq" Don't reboot the router yet. Install and set up a tftp server on your computer Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your computer (use this for serverip in the above commands) Rename the initramfs image to initramfs.bin, and host it with the tftp server Reboot the router. If you set up everything right, the router led should switch over to a slow blue glow which means openwrt is booted. If for some reason the file doesn't get loaded into ram properly, it should still boot to the OEM firmware. After openwrt boots, ssh into it and run these commands: fw_setenv bootcmd "setenv mtdids nand0=nand0 && setenv mtdparts mtdparts=nand0:0x1A000000@0x2400000(firmware) && ubi part firmware && ubi read 0x44000000 kernel 0x6e0000 && bootm" fw_setenv bootdelay 2 After openwrt boots up, figure out a way to get the sysupgrade file onto it (scp, custom build with usb kernel module included, wget, etc.) then flash it with sysupgrade. After it finishes flashing, it should reboot, the light should start flashing blue, then when the light starts "breathing" blue that means openwrt is booted. Method 2: Install with serial access (Do this if something fails and you can't boot after using method 1) You'll need: initramfs and sysupgrade images Serial access: https://openwrt.org/inbox/toh/askey/askey_rt4230w_rev6#opening_the_case Install and set up a tftp server Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your computer Download the initramfs image, rename it to initramfs.bin, and host it with the tftp server Connect the wan port of the router to your computer Interrupt U-Boot and run these commands: setenv serverip 10.42.0.1 (You can use whatever ip you set for the computer) setenv ipaddr 10.42.0.10 (Can be any ip as long as it's in the same subnet) setenv bootcmd "setenv mtdids nand0=nand0 && set mtdparts mtdparts=nand0:0x1A000000@0x2400000(firmware) && ubi part firmware && ubi read 0x44000000 kernel 0x6e0000 && bootm" saveenv tftpboot initramfs.bin bootm After openwrt boots up, figure out a way to get the sysupgrade file onto it (scp, custom build with usb kernel module included, wget, etc.) then flash it with sysupgrade. After it finishes flashing, it should reboot, the light should start flashing blue, then when the light starts "breathing" blue that means openwrt is booted. Signed-off-by: Lauro Moreno <lmore377@gmail.com> [add entry in 5.10 patch, fix whitespace issues] Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de> |
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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!
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
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -a
to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -a
to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfig
to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
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.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
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 freenode.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-devel
on freenode.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0