Is everything working? These Telstra routers are pretty common, would be fun to play with one
tested this one with mine since I accidentally overwrote the Chinese OWRT rootfs on mine without backing it up,
Havenât tested with a stable build, only snapshot. So far so good with common stuff (internet over 5G, both wifi frequencies, Wan via wired - the blue port)
I do think my quectel modem needs a firmware update tho, which I am still figuring out how since its buried inside the unit, probably using some sort of qualcomm tool or whatever. the reason for this is the constant freezing up/locking up of the modem via the qmi interface.
I dunno if it is something misdeclared on the dts or not, but the led light on the wan port is always on. or maybe thereâs a trigger for it.
I installed the firmware and found that it doesn't work. Did I go wrong in any step? It has been run successfully. No wifi, no luci webďź192.168.1.1 cannot be accessed. ssh to enter the upgrade. The fault persists after the upgrade.
- Download the initramfs image, rename it to
initramfs.bin, and host it with tftp server. - Interrupt U-Boot and run these commands:
tftpboot initramfs.bin
bootm - After openwrt boots up, use scp
to upload sysupgrade.bin to upgrade.
sysupgrade -n /tmp/sysupgrade.bin
What's the deal with the big bold letters ?
If you need a bigger font, use the zoom feature in your browser.
if it was successful, it probably didn't go wrong ?
wifi is always off.
luci should probably be there though.
did you change the client's IP back from static ?
what fault and upgrade ?
I have the Chinese version of openwrt firmware, which can be flashed and used normally. I found the firmware provided by Mr. SonnySpears and reported the issue.
Then you should probably go back to stock before you attempt to flash Openwrt, or try running sysupgrade directly from Sonny's Openwrt.
Hopefully @SonnySpears will be able to provide guidance.
Already tried this, here are my steps
1.Interrupt u-boot
2.tftpboot initramfs.bin
3.bootm
4.Upload sysupgrade.bin to winscp for upgrade.
5.sysupgrade -n /tmp/sysupgrade.bin
I just saw an incompatibility report in the repository. Maybe I already understand the situationă
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/fbcda3616e2c18b533a552fad9b724a636bcae5e
you have serial, you should at least be able to post the output from the flashing and failed (I assume) boot.
instead of screaming IN DOESN'T WORK.
I'd love to be your physician ... not.
You might find some some info on this topic in the ROOter forum - it's a single thread so select the "Archive" view and search for "Quectel" using your browser's "find in page" search function. Or try googling with "site:whirlpool.net.au" in the search term...
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This is the upgraded firmware for this module
1.Unzip scp and upload to tmp directory
2.cd /tmp
3.QFirehose -f RG500QEAAAR11A06M4G_01.001.01.001/
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And those are the ones we're interested in.
Yeah, "it doesn't work" kind of issues are usually like that.
Don't let the door hit you in the back on your way out.
The error location is different every time you start it, providing no value.
Oh, so you're the expert now too, cool ...
Then what do you need us for ?
My situation has been stated, I've generally understood it in the repository's comment report, you're making me feel uncomfortable, are you having a bad day?
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/arcadyan-aw1000-telstra-5g-smart-modem-support-ipq807x/122307/28?u=whale0710
Know the situation before saying offensive things
How can anyone know the situation, when you don't provide any info about it?
So far you've made 7 post + a cpl deleted ones, with no usable information whatsoever.
And no, "it doesn't work" isn't considered usable.
Maybe it was a mistake to communicate with you initially and I should have waited to discuss it with the next person who uses the firmware.
I describe this problem so that if the same problem as mine occurs, we can solve it better. Communicating with you is ineffective because you donât have the equipment.
Hopefully you wonât be one of those âDon't let the door hit you in the back on your way out.â
Hi there,
I also have the Chinese firmware QWRT and planning to upgrade to the mainline OpenWRT snapshot.
In case I wanted to revert back to QWRT, can I just flash the rootfs mtdblock backup via mtd write?
Are there any packages that I need to install to make internet work over 5G? I'm planning to switch to MBIM protocol since I only get IPV6-PD using this protocol.
Regarding the Blue WAN port, I also noticed that the led lights are always on even on the QWRT firmware.
Thanks in advance.
internet over 5G can work over with either luci-proto-qmi or luci-proto-modemmanager, just make sure you are able to set the correct apn for your network. I didnt like modemmanager so im using qmi even tho it locks up. I still havenât tried the new firmware since my browsing is light right now and the router has been on for two days straight without the modem locking up.
Im not sure with going back to QWRT, since i wasnt able to back up the rootfs before i almost bricked mine. but I assume it takes just that to restore it. If i do find a copy of qwrt i could try nothing is pushing me to go back to qwrt coz the modem restarts are more frequent for me in that firmware.
edit (2): trying out mbim if it works.