Add support for TP-Link RE450 v3

mircsicz · February 17, 2020, 12:20pm

Just got a v3 too, I'll simply try to flash 19.07.1 ...

Cuppieinc · February 17, 2020, 1:31pm

Could you please let us know if it works, I'm having a V3 also after replacement

mircsicz · February 17, 2020, 1:43pm

Still fighting with tftp, my macOS tftp doesn't log, so I don't know how to name the file!

Cuppieinc · February 17, 2020, 1:46pm

Are you flashing from the OEM firmware from TP-Link ?. In that case you should not use tftp but upload the openwrt firmware directly via the web interface

mircsicz · February 17, 2020, 1:53pm

It currently is in OEM mode, tried that first but got an error

Cuppieinc · February 17, 2020, 1:54pm

When still running OEM, the RE450 does not support tftp, you have to get on it via the serial interface to start tftp

mircsicz · February 17, 2020, 1:56pm

Argghhh

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Viggen66 · February 21, 2020, 10:39am

Also own a V3, and would like to have an alternative firmware, Openwrt boots on this device?

davilsonic · February 28, 2020, 4:40pm

any update news??????

dolphy17 · March 4, 2020, 8:06pm

I confirm that V3 cannot be flashed through the usual way on the web ui.
Not sure what other options do we have.

PiGat · March 23, 2020, 3:02pm

It works for me, but you need to rebuild it and change all 2.0.0 to 3.0.0 in tplink-safeloader.c. Then it'll flash all the way. YMMV.

dolphy17 · March 24, 2020, 11:31am

Great work @PiGat!
I'm keen on trying it asap. Would you please point me to building instructions in the docs?
Also what system have you used for building?

PiGat · March 24, 2020, 3:24pm

You can use the build instructions on the main site, I've used the osboxes debian distro also mentioned there. Keep in mind: building takes a long time, so don't just sit there waiting, it'll take more than an hour for the first build.

njjl · March 27, 2020, 3:19pm

PiGat, would you have any file around that you could share with us?

PiGat · March 28, 2020, 10:30am

Not anymore, sorry, I needed space and had to remove the OpenWRT VM. If you follow the guide on the main page it's not that hard to build it yourself. Although some Linux knowledge is useful (I'm a total noob with it but have tried it a couple of times).

njjl · April 2, 2020, 2:35pm

But you actually tested it on this device?

PiGat · April 3, 2020, 8:31am

Yes, of course, on v3.

dlgoodr · April 8, 2020, 11:53am

@PiGat, I'm looking at this file, and don't see '2.0.0' anywhere. Do you recall what line numbers you changed?

PiGat · April 9, 2020, 9:52am

Look better

github.com

lede-project/source/blob/master/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c#L1705-L1713


			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:00000000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:55530000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:45550000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:4A500000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:43410000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:41550000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:41530000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:4B520000}\r\n"
			"{product_name:RE450,product_ver:2.0.0,special_id:42520000}\r\n",

dlgoodr · April 9, 2020, 12:09pm

my mistake, I was looking in the wrong repo. Thanks for the assist.