Add support for Comfast CF-N5

I would like to request for OPENWRT FIRMWARE of Comfast CF-N5 version 19.07.7. Hope someone can help me. Thank you...

http://en.comfast.com.cn/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=12&id=13

post photos of device internals, and a serial boot log.

i am requesting for the OPENWRT FIRMWARE of that device. you can also check the link... http://en.comfast.com.cn/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=12&id=13

you should reread my 1st reply.

@xenmry Official support from OpenWrt for this particular COMFAST device does not exist yet. We need to gather some information before we can start adding support (if anyone has the time and desire to work on the project). We first need some information about the internals (I mean the board, chips, etc) and the boot log of the device as @frollic did already point out. You can either search for it online if someone has already done these steps, or do it manually yourself.

Brand: Comfast
Model: CF-N5
-1200M Dual Band Wireless Router
-2.4GHz WiFi through walls
-5G WiFi with low latency
-Dual Core Four Thread CPU
-512MB RAM
-32M Flash
-USB 3.0
-Gigabit Port
-4x 5dBi Antenna



File:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13_VUecLiM5IC5MNgoCpv4tqPfyLActgB/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13chZrNSJAAVpLpUheyDefXos9caiheo9/view?usp=drivesdk

well, still need the serial output from the pins in the middle

If the info at Alibaba's correct - Chipset: MT7621A+MT7603E+MT7612E
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2021-New-Arrivals-CF-N5-512MB_1600205495257.html

Then it's similar to https://openwrt.org/toh/youhua/wr1200js

But you'll still need serial to work out the device specific quirks.

Any update with this?

I saw here in the Philippines using openwrt

Absolutely, as soon as someone posts the requested data.

(Attachment openwrt.bin is missing)

(Attachment backup-OpenWrt.tar.gz is missing)

did anyone able to run openwrt on this one?

As you can see in SonDayongs post, it seems you can get it with openwrt pre-installed.

So that would be a yes.

But it doesn't however say anything about the quality of the openwrt fw they're installing.

Is this flash firmware for openwrt?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13_VUecLiM5IC5MNgoCpv4tqPfyLActgB/view?usp=drivesdk

Can you help me how to flash openwrt for this unit.

with a file size of 8kb, I somewhat doubt it.

I attached the config file. pls ignore my previous post.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13chZrNSJAAVpLpUheyDefXos9caiheo9/view?usp=drivesdk

one of the attachment is he shared is openwrt firmware, not sure if it is applicable for Comfast CF-N5

neither are we ... trial and error/brick ?

probably applies to xenmry too ....

Do you have a latest version cf-n1 and c5?

Do you guys still need this?

Firmware for Comfast N5 is on this link:

this router can be easily find in Philippines for less than 50USD.

While ZBT WG3526 firmware works on this router CF-N5, there are stuff that is not working like the reset button do nothing at all (yes you can only reset the configuration by reflashing the firmware), all 4 LED lights are basically non functional. Aside from that, its a functional router, just make sure to not mess up with the network configuration.

Flashing OpenWrt firmware on CF-N5 can be easily achived by holding the reset button and plugging the power afterwards, look at the LED light on the router, there are 3 LED light (aside from power) that should be blinking while holding the reset button, you can only stop pressing the reset button once the 3 LED lights stop b linking. After that its as easy as setting a static IP under 192.168.1.0/24 subnet and plug to any lan ports of the router, access the mediatek uboot firmware flasher web page at 192.168.1.1 and flash the sysupgrade firmware WG3526.