I am using ath10k firmware ver 10.2.4-1.0-00043 and OpenWrt 19.07.2, i can use client and ap at the same time. Did you cut off the power to dsl cpu?
Hi. No, I didn't cut of the power to the DSL part. I tried the different versions of ath10k packages, also CT and ct-htt with fitting kmod-ath10k and so on, but it did not work out to use 5GHz wifi as sta+ap at the same time.
By the way, with OEM it was possible to use it in wds mode and ap at the same time.
- if I try to set a fitting channel for client for example ch52 it doesn't work as client or ap. If I set it to auto it does work on ch52 as client but ap mode doesn't work. To use different channels for ap and client-mode isn't possible at all and logical because there is just one chip...
So how did you configure your /etc/config/wireless oder luci page?
@blinkstar88 Do you have any ideas how to proceed? I have an Archer D7 (without b) and I did everything you said. I also tried the setting from the first post:
ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "eth1.1" "eth0.2"
ucidef_add_switch "switch0" \
"0@eth1" "2:lan:4" "3:lan:3" "4:lan:2" "5:lan:1" "6@eth0" "1:wan"
But it is the same like your suggestion:
tplink,archer-c7-v2)
ucidef_add_swtich "switch0" \
"0@eth1" "3:lan" "4:lan" "5:lan" "2:wan" "6@eth0"
;;
I also deleted the /etc/board.json and did the reboot. - There is always this strange outlook of my switch configuration
And the new information in the switch luci-tab:
Switch switch0 has an unknown topology - the VLAN settings might not be accurate.
I think I modified my uboot correctly with the MAC-Address from my device. Otherwise I think I wouldn't be able at all to connect the wifi. Also I think my actual bigger problem is the switch (vlan) configuration and this is independent of my wifi in my opinion.
Would love to get suggestions or comments.
it's a community achievement! 
Thank you all for testing and supporting!
@suppenkasper0815 Sorry, I always forgot to test it. Unfortunately I don't have the archer D7 with me and I go out and can't take it back (because of the COVID-19 here in Italy 
).
@numero53 I understand that. We hope and pray that this COVID-19 pandemic will be over soon and all people especially in italy will survive and beat the virus.
Hey, I just wanna say I also ordered a bunch of D7b and hope it will also work out with turning it into a C7v2. There are good sfe-images from @gwlim at his github.com and they work pretty well on my D7. I'm able to achieve around 600 Mbit/s WAN <-> LAN and Wifi <-> WAN around 400 Mbit/s messured with Iperf3 with 4 parallel streams to a Gigabit server.
Connecting to host 192.168.178.193, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.178.193 is sending
[ 4] local 192.168.1.193 port 55448 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ 6] local 192.168.1.193 port 55449 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ 8] local 192.168.1.193 port 55450 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ 10] local 192.168.1.193 port 55451 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 6.27 MBytes 52.6 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 0.00-1.00 sec 11.3 MBytes 95.0 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 0.00-1.00 sec 9.22 MBytes 77.3 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 0.00-1.00 sec 7.06 MBytes 59.2 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 0.00-1.00 sec 33.9 MBytes 284 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 7.46 MBytes 62.5 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 1.00-2.00 sec 21.7 MBytes 182 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 1.00-2.00 sec 10.9 MBytes 91.6 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 1.00-2.00 sec 8.92 MBytes 74.8 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 1.00-2.00 sec 49.0 MBytes 411 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 6.13 MBytes 51.5 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 2.00-3.00 sec 25.2 MBytes 212 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 2.00-3.00 sec 8.59 MBytes 72.1 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 2.00-3.00 sec 10.7 MBytes 90.0 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 2.00-3.00 sec 50.7 MBytes 425 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 7.93 MBytes 66.5 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 3.00-4.00 sec 24.5 MBytes 205 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 3.00-4.00 sec 10.3 MBytes 86.5 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 3.00-4.00 sec 11.8 MBytes 98.8 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 3.00-4.00 sec 54.5 MBytes 457 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 8.18 MBytes 68.6 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 4.00-5.00 sec 21.3 MBytes 179 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 4.00-5.00 sec 10.0 MBytes 84.1 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 4.00-5.00 sec 11.4 MBytes 96.0 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 4.00-5.00 sec 51.0 MBytes 428 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 9.41 MBytes 79.0 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 5.00-6.00 sec 21.1 MBytes 177 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 5.00-6.00 sec 11.3 MBytes 95.0 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 5.00-6.00 sec 12.2 MBytes 103 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 5.00-6.00 sec 54.1 MBytes 454 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 8.86 MBytes 74.2 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 6.00-7.00 sec 17.8 MBytes 149 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 6.00-7.00 sec 10.4 MBytes 87.2 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 6.00-7.00 sec 11.1 MBytes 93.2 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 6.00-7.00 sec 48.2 MBytes 404 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 10.5 MBytes 88.3 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 7.00-8.00 sec 18.8 MBytes 158 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 7.00-8.00 sec 11.8 MBytes 99.6 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 7.00-8.00 sec 12.6 MBytes 106 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 7.00-8.00 sec 53.7 MBytes 452 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 10.5 MBytes 88.4 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 8.00-9.00 sec 17.5 MBytes 146 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 8.00-9.00 sec 11.8 MBytes 99.2 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 8.00-9.00 sec 12.3 MBytes 103 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 8.00-9.00 sec 52.2 MBytes 437 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 11.4 MBytes 95.4 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 9.00-10.00 sec 17.8 MBytes 150 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 9.00-10.00 sec 12.3 MBytes 103 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 9.00-10.00 sec 13.0 MBytes 109 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 9.00-10.00 sec 54.4 MBytes 457 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 87.5 MBytes 73.4 Mbits/sec 163 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 86.9 MBytes 72.9 Mbits/sec receiver
[ 6] 0.00-10.00 sec 199 MBytes 167 Mbits/sec 564 sender
[ 6] 0.00-10.00 sec 197 MBytes 166 Mbits/sec receiver
[ 8] 0.00-10.00 sec 108 MBytes 90.6 Mbits/sec 258 sender
[ 8] 0.00-10.00 sec 107 MBytes 89.8 Mbits/sec receiver
[ 10] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec 187 sender
[ 10] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 93.6 Mbits/sec receiver
[SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 506 MBytes 425 Mbits/sec 1172 sender
[SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 503 MBytes 422 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
Messured with my Samsung S7. Compared to a FritzBox 7490 (which shot use the same qca9880 chipset of Atheros/Qualcomm) is lower. With 7490 I get around 520 Mbit/s with newest labor firmware.
I hope we can still achieve the same performance. The CPU of D7 should habe faster clock than FritzBox 7490.
My result with other images with active nf-offload with D7 were unfortunately only maximum 300 Mbit/s. It's more at 200 Mbit/s in real life.
I hope we can create a new topic together to develop a mesh network with these quite cheap and performance devices. I wanna achieve to realize wireless roaming to run around the house and get seemless video calls and streaming when I need to change access points.
I think I need 3 to 4 devices and I'm able to connect them via gigabit cat5e.
Unfortunately another topic is to configure the devicea correctly then for IPTV-DE (MangentaTV) with Igmpv3 snooping and correct igmpv3 signaling...
To be honest I think this problem and wish to solve it have a lot of people who don't wanna just spend a lot of money to AVM products.
I mean I can't tell exactly the power consumption which could be also a big issue compared to Fritz Repeater 2400.
But I hope we can solve these issues as a community! One big step will be the power cut of dsl part. @blinkstar88 would you please refer or explain how to shut down these parts or is it already possible via software?
Hey guys,
i just wanna mention my delivery just came and I was able to read /etc/board.d/02_network from fresh device bootet by initramfs.
The switch configuration seems to be correct and here is the entry of Archer D1V1
tplink,archer-d7b-v1)
ucidef_add_switch "switch0" \
"0@eth1" "3:lan:3" "4:lan:2" "5:lan:1" "6@eth0" "2:wan:4" "1:wan"
Here was no entry for Archer C7v2, but I'll also try to switch this device with the bootloader of @blinkstar88.
Iperf3 test WAN to LAN:
iperf3 -c 192.168.178.193 -i 2 -P4 -t 10 -R
Connecting to host 192.168.178.193, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.178.193 is sending
[ 4] local 192.168.1.100 port 45450 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ 6] local 192.168.1.100 port 45452 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ 8] local 192.168.1.100 port 45454 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ 10] local 192.168.1.100 port 45456 connected to 192.168.178.193 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-2.00 sec 37.4 MBytes 157 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 0.00-2.00 sec 30.9 MBytes 130 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 0.00-2.00 sec 27.7 MBytes 116 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 0.00-2.00 sec 24.2 MBytes 101 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 0.00-2.00 sec 120 MBytes 504 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 2.00-4.00 sec 38.1 MBytes 160 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 2.00-4.00 sec 21.6 MBytes 90.7 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 2.00-4.00 sec 30.6 MBytes 129 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 2.00-4.00 sec 29.3 MBytes 123 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 2.00-4.00 sec 120 MBytes 502 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 4.00-6.00 sec 32.4 MBytes 136 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 4.00-6.00 sec 29.3 MBytes 123 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 4.00-6.00 sec 28.7 MBytes 121 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 4.00-6.00 sec 27.5 MBytes 115 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 4.00-6.00 sec 118 MBytes 495 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 6.00-8.00 sec 32.8 MBytes 137 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 6.00-8.00 sec 29.1 MBytes 122 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 6.00-8.00 sec 25.3 MBytes 106 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 6.00-8.00 sec 33.2 MBytes 139 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 6.00-8.00 sec 120 MBytes 505 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ 4] 8.00-10.00 sec 31.0 MBytes 130 Mbits/sec
[ 6] 8.00-10.00 sec 38.2 MBytes 160 Mbits/sec
[ 8] 8.00-10.00 sec 24.6 MBytes 103 Mbits/sec
[ 10] 8.00-10.00 sec 27.0 MBytes 113 Mbits/sec
[SUM] 8.00-10.00 sec 121 MBytes 507 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 172 MBytes 145 Mbits/sec 275 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 172 MBytes 144 Mbits/sec receiver
[ 6] 0.00-10.00 sec 150 MBytes 126 Mbits/sec 319 sender
[ 6] 0.00-10.00 sec 149 MBytes 125 Mbits/sec receiver
[ 8] 0.00-10.00 sec 137 MBytes 115 Mbits/sec 275 sender
[ 8] 0.00-10.00 sec 137 MBytes 115 Mbits/sec receiver
[ 10] 0.00-10.00 sec 141 MBytes 119 Mbits/sec 304 sender
[ 10] 0.00-10.00 sec 141 MBytes 118 Mbits/sec receiver
[SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 601 MBytes 504 Mbits/sec 1173 sender
[SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 599 MBytes 503 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
So it seems that the initramfs has better performance than the permanent installed openwrt image.
Can someone please also tell again which fuse we need to take off to shut down modem part and get maximum energy saving mode for these device?
- Also there is an Archer D50v1 here now. So I'll also take a look to this later (which is already offically supported)
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Can d7b version be switched to c7 v2 with the same instructions? the partitions are a bit different. Thanks.
Hi, I downloaded the newest source files and flashed it. But i got this error massage when i tried to add a network.
thank your for replying.
the ID site firmware is indeed for archer d7b, because if u execute command:
strings Archer_D7v1_0.9.1_1.1_up_boot\(150824\)_2015-08-24_11.34.20.bin | grep bootargs
the result is:
bootargs
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:02 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=ath-nor0:128k(u-boot),1152k(kernel),14848k(rootfs),64k(config),64k(romfs),64k(reserve),64k(radio)
notice the kernel size is 1152k, which by @numero53 post (Archer D7 support) is for archer d7b.
the update from AU site , convert the archer d7b to archer d7 which then can be updated with the AU site firmware:
strings Archer_D7v1_1.9.0_0.9.1_up_boot\(180705\)_2018-07-05_14.32.55.bin | grep bootargs
result:
bootargs
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:02 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=ath-nor0:128k(u-boot),1280k(kernel),14656k(rootfs),64k(radioDECT),64k(config),64k(romfs),64k(rom),64k(radio)
the convertion process does not delete art partition but it add some 00 value at the end of art partition backup.
Hi @suppenkasper0815, i am very interested about switching archer d7 to c7 v2.
Can uboot update be done from telnet without opening the case ?
I am very nervous to crack open the case, it seems very easy for you to do it.
I would've thought that LEDs, buttons and USB ports also stop working if you cross flash the D2??
Hi.
I think @blinkstar88 explained well how you have to work on the u-boot with switching the address 0x1FC00 with your MAC address in hex editor.
If your device is already running Openwrt, then you can maybe read u-boot from there and edit it. But I unfortunately guess you need to open the case and use UART / Seriell to update the u-boot by stopping boot process by typing "tpl" as fast as possible when the message comes to pause booting.
There is also a possibility on the device page of D7 on Openwrt wiki how to get seriell without opening the case. You need to cut some plastic from the bottom and solder the pins to get the access.
Thanks alot @suppenkasper0815 for your explanation.
In case I need to switch back to the tplink firmware or the D7 openwrt firmware,
do I need to flash back the original uboot ? How to back up the original uboot ?
I am very newbie for this matter...
You should use the image with the name initramfs in it and start your device from RAM after stopping the boot process. Then you can backup all partitions via SSH or web interface.
You can find informations here
Or I usually backup all mtd partitions and descriptions via
cat /proc/partitions
cat /proc/mtd
cat /dev/mtdx > /tmp/mtdx.bin
Replace x with mtd partition number
Hi, do you know if the instructions to turn d7 into c7v2 work also for for d7b? Thanks
Could anyone post their u-boot.bin from the D7v1 EU please?
Thx
Hi,
here is a link to all my partitons from Archer D7v1 including the file "uboot-c7-v2.bin" which has to be modified with your mac-address at the hex-address 0x1FC00. You can use both of my bootloader (d7 and c7), but keep in mind to change it into your MAC-Address!
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Hi,
sorry, I haven't had the chance to test it, but here is my layout of d7v1
root@OpenWrt:/# cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
31 0 128 mtdblock0
31 1 15936 mtdblock1
31 2 1043 mtdblock2
31 3 14784 mtdblock3
31 4 8768 mtdblock4
31 5 64 mtdblock5
31 6 64 mtdblock6
31 7 64 mtdblock7
31 8 64 mtdblock8
31 9 64 mtdblock9
Maybe you can test it, all my mtdblocks are avaliable here:
The partitions of my router are a bit different. There're only 4 instead of 5 64kb partitions at the end.
I have no idea what i should do... Any instructions? thanks
root@_:~# cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
31 0 128 mtdblock0
31 1 16000 mtdblock1
31 2 1762 mtdblock2
31 3 14237 mtdblock3
31 4 10944 mtdblock4
31 5 64 mtdblock5
31 6 64 mtdblock6
31 7 64 mtdblock7
31 8 64 mtdblock8