My typical usage with padavan on asus n56u is like this: I have wget in cron and when I want (sometimes) download movie from web storage, i insert links directly to wget config file. Later I can play files on my samsung tv (dlna). Not big usage of disk. And sometimes my children play mp3 before sleeping on android phone/es file explorer, but now I move mostly this files on storage card..
But when I want to delete files from disk with PC, probably I need samba for bigger comfort?
I find used router 853/EE on our fb marketplace for <30 USD now...
If you are happy with ssh then you can use that. The DIR-853-A3 uses a Nand flash so it has 256mb falsh chip wth 40mb partition for the system so I tried to include as much as I can.
The others have a 16MB flash chip and I cannot remember if I managed to put samba in it or not.
In any case if you can avoid samba I would say don't use it as it is still a heavy overhead on the router. If it is just to add/remove files.
I did create a docker image that i pushed online a while ago and once you get the router and confirm it is an "R1" I will send you the command to use with docker to pull the image.
Then there is only a single file to modify with Y/N and then start the build process and you can ger a customized padavan image for your router.
Alright, I've been using it for a few days and it's been working good as a repeater.
The reset button actually works too! Just hold it for around 10 seconds while the router is on.
SSHing works but it seems that the storage exposed to it is tmpfs (temporary, files get deleted after reboot)
I'll try to set it up as my main router soon enough (might be hell, considering my ISP)
First thank you for the great help you've saved us.
Am not sure if this is an issuefrom the router or something else but it looks the bandwidth is maxed to 100mbs, anything I can do to identify the root of this issue.
Is that on ethernet? It would be related to etiher the cabling of the device the router is connected to.
On the interface itself you should be able to see if the port is using 100mb or gigabit ethernet.
DIR-853-A3 Users: Please do not use the repos in here unless you know what you are doing or have access to the console via a USB-TTL adapter. If your router is bricked there is no way to revive it without. Also the padavan image built with this does not generate a working image as it needs to be modified manually to change the uboot header to match the dlink one
The A3 and R1 have a different flash chip (everything else seems to be the same).
I you are after built firmware for the device I don't have any (but there is another user which is not active here that has confirmed that it works for his device).
If you are proficient in Linux and building openwrt (just basic like all of us lol) then you can do it yourself. If you want prebuilt firmware redy to be used than maybe I can ask him which one worked best.
Before you begin please check that the dlink emergency room works for you. power off the device - hold the reset button down (with a pin or sim eject tool0 and power on the device. one of the lights should flash and stay that way. Connect an Ethernet cable and check that you can access the dlink emergency web interface.
I will post the 3 repos I have created for both devices (R1 and A3). They are:
Openwrt : stock openwrt with dir-853 added
Lede: Based off openwrt but uses the MTK wireless drivers as well as the swconfig.
rt-n56U: Based off padavan
Good luck.
These are the 3 repos I cloned and modified for both devices.
Thanks man. Yes i am linux friendly but not in that specific way. So i'm affraid to build something wrong. It will be great if you can share prebuilt firmware redy to be used.
Appreciate a lot
