I got my USB-TTL device today, opened up the router, attached it to the serial header, and here's the output I get:
U-Boot 2012.07 [local,local] (Sep 03 2015 - 17:33:28)
U-boot 2012.07 dni1 V0.4 for DNI HW ID: 29764958 NOR flash 0MB; NAND flash 128MB; RAM 512MB; 1st Radio 4x4; 2nd Radio 4x4; Cascade
smem ram ptable found: ver: 0 len: 5
DRAM: 491 MiB
NAND: SF: Unsupported manufacturer 00
ipq_spi: SPI Flash not found (bus/cs/speed/mode) = (0/0/48000000/0)
128 MiB
MMC:
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
PCI0 Link Intialized
PCI1 Link Intialized
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
131072 bytes read: OK
MMC Device 0 not found
cdp: get part failed for 0:HLOS
Net: MAC1 addr:78:d2:94:be:2d:3b
Switch inits failed
Board Net Initialization Failed
No ethernet found.
Restore to factory default
Erasing at 0x7e60000 -- 100% complete. Cleanmarker written at 0x7e60000.
nand erase OK
Rebooting...
resetting ...
Resetting with watch dog!
So it appears that there's something wrong with the ethernet device on this router (which I suspected). A friend and I tested the ethernet cables that were plugged into it yesterday and found that one of the cables was faulty (the tester indicated that at least one conductor wire wasn't terminated correctly). As I said before, I had an old Buffalo router that had a port go bad and I chalked it up to its age, but thinking back it was the port with the faulty cable that went bad. We're going to replace the ends on the cable and re-test it so it doesn't cause problems with the new router I bought, but is there any hope for this one?
No idea. I do not remember seeing your error earlier. The early part of the boot log upto the MAC line is normal, but that "switch init failed" is strange.
Switch inits failed
Board Net Initialization Failed
No ethernet found.
Restore to factory default
Erasing at 0x7e60000 -- 100% complete. Cleanmarker written at 0x7e60000.
nand erase OK
Rebooting...
I'm still having issues with Chromecast ultra over wifi.
It supports 802.11ac but speeds reported in OpenWRT with ath10-ct driver and firmware is:
72.2 Mbit/s, 20 MHz, MCS 7, Short GI
144.4 Mbit/s, 20 MHz, MCS 15, Short GI
In netflix I sometimes get garbage subtitles and from Plex I coulddn't even stream a 1080p video.
Everything else wifi related I have seems to work great.
Firstly, @hnyman, thank you for all the work you pour into OW in particular providing these snapshots to us.
My question is about safely removing the extra packages you added to the snapshot vs what is provided out-of-the-box in 19.07.3. Is it as simple as just identifying the differences and using opkg to remove them? I am thinking it is not that simple due to some packages maybe being "full" versions of other "lite" packages. For example, wpad-openssl should be replaced with wpad-basic I think. I also don't see coreutils on 19.07.3 which seems odd so I am understandably seeking feedback before I just diff the two sets and blindly remove them.
So:
I created a list of what I have installed on my 19.07.3 system by opkg list-installed | awk '{print $1}' > list which is here. You kindly provide the list of included packages in your R7800-master-r13373 snapshot here.
If I just use vimdiff to compare them, I see many I could potentially remove. Here they are with just sort and comm. Advice is appreciated, thanks all.
In principle it is just about deleting the few added & changed packages.
But note that you will not actually delete the packages from flash, as the package files will only be marked as deleted in overlay.
I have no idea what is your goal. Removing a package like wpad-openssl and installing another wpad variant means that you also need to install another SSL library than openssl if you want to use wpad in future. Maybe you should use the release and start from that.
Thanks for the reply. My goal is to have the same package set 19.07.3 ships with but using the more updated snapshot. I guess having the extra packages won't hurt anything/perhaps I should just disable the extras such as luci stats, wireguard, etc.
@hnyman - Maybe I should back up.... my real interest is having a more updated ath10k-firmware-qca9984-ct and kmod-ath10k-ct on 19.07.3. That's it. I will post to this fresh thread to avoid polluting this one. Thank you for the pointers.
Thanks for making this awesome build. One of the problem I encounter is that for master-r13474-2f5a242f67-20200603 (ath10k-ct), opkg update takes forever to downloads packages. Is there any reason for the extreme slow speed for opkg update?
Hi, I was wondering - if I were to experiment with different builds of yours and/or official 19.07 build, how "interchangeable" are they? For example, can I sysupgrade from your stable 19.07 build to your master ath10k-ct build to compare wifi performance then sysupgrade back to stable if I wish so, or would build change necessitate flashing factory image?
Thanks for the great work with this (and others prior) router.
Your dropbox has 4 different builds for this router
I think I get that the last (owrt1907) is the one I want to install today to replace the 'generic' 19.07 I installed. Can you explain the difference amongst the group of 4 and explain why I might want to choose one of the others?
After reading through (most) of the 2300 posts, I'm more confused than clear on the distinction.
Thanks.
I'll save my stupid questions - like 'does it need to be plugged in to work' for another time .
1907 is a branch off of “master” back in July 2019. They only make minor security edits but otherwise there is not much change, “stable”. “Master” is the latest OpenWRT with now another year of updates.
Kernel 5.4:
Master is the latest and greatest with default CT wifi drivers (I run this version)
Master-ath10k is the latest and greatest with the optional ath10k wifi drivers
1907 is hynman’s build features using the most recent 1907 version.
You can use the sysupgrade to change between all these versions or from stock OpenWRT.
Tried to install "master-r13583-c4037a5b9e-20200616 (ath10k-ct) " today and could not get 5GHz working. Then I noticed that the channels only went up to 144 (missing channels 149, 153, 157, 161, 165). Just for a trial I tried the Kong (https://www.desipro.de/openwrt/19.07/) OpenWrt version for the R7800 and it had all the channels and 5GHz worked. Flashed back to "master-r13583-c4037a5b9e-20200616 (ath10k-ct) " and 5GHz still would not work and the 5GHz channels 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 were still missing. Any idea's, I'm stumped.