Recently switched ISPs, and got sent a free modem/router by them, I don't really have anything that I would need it to do, so I'm thinking of maybe using it as a bit of an experimental router.
I'm new to installing OpenWRT, but I'm not new to Linux in general (Been running Gentoo for about a year and a half, been wanting to try out LFS sooner or later).
Specifications are on page 34. At the very least the chipset seems to be supported. So for somebody whos done this stuff before, does it seem possible on first glance?
Well, the wireless isn't the best start. Last time I checked, BCM4360 wasn't supported. I saw some support for devices with BCM4366 on the table of hardware, but not sure how good is the drivers. But it appears that in best case scenario you would have only 1 radio working.
There is no info about the VDSL chipset, but their drivers are rarely available--that's why there is only a small number of supported xDSL modem-routers.
If you can pop it open (uart) / and+or it has a foolproof recovery method... then it may be worth a quick tinker... to see if some basic image can be built / loaded...
Efforts other than that are likely going to brick it or waste time... the usb/ram-flash specs/crappy UI/ubiquity make the device possibly worthy of checking out... in a non-wireless/dsl/pots capacity only if need be...
know the cpu architecture? prepared to brick it? willing to try to add serial? / take some pics of the board?
Arcadyan make the Gen 2 smart modem, and they don't provide a GPL dump so you're on the back foot to begin with.
It is running OpenWrt under the hood, but heavily customised.
If you've never connected it to the Telstra network, you may still be running a sufficiently old enough firmware that a vulnerability exists to gain root access. From there, the most useful thing you can do is retrieve your SIP settings so you can setup your own SIP device (as Telstra does not provide these details willingly or on request).
You can find this vulnerability and a helper app on whirlpool and a few other Aussie blogs.
I've not pulled one apart, but I know they run a dual flash, and I'm almost certain they are Broadcom wireless chips.
By the way, that unofficial document has some glaring errors. For example Telstra doesn't use PPPoE for its NBN connections, just IPoE.
Technicolor also make a version of it. There's the Arcadyan version and the Technicolor one.
Technicolor DJA0231
Arcadyan LH1000
The Technicolor is rootable, and incredibly easy to root. Even on updated firmwares.
The Arcadyan version is likely rootable with some effort, as it is a similar OpenWRT-based firmware.
I now own both versions due to connection issues, and don't care if they die. I'm not as skilled as most, but I'm able to follow instructions and read docs.
Basically saying I'm willing to root these and examine the firmware, and attempt proper OpenWRT implementation for them.
There's already a target for the main SoC series, and looking at the actual specs of this thing and the fact It's been shipped out to Telstra customers since 2016 for free and in most cases never returned when contracts are up, or being replaced with more capable combo units and sold on eBay... It's worth all the trouble.
And thermally, it seems to be actually designed really well. The Technicolor model atleast.
I'll undertake the effort, it's 3AM, the weekend, and I'm bored.
I've got my cans of Monster Mango Loco and some good music, that'll keep me sane ahah
Quite a funny thing about the Technicolor variant of this modem... On the root ssh shell you get after enabling ssh via hack-technicolor's guides, as soon as you log in;
The banner is a cocktail recipe.
Quite a strong cocktail.
I appear to be getting somewhere with opensource requests, may help that my modem is rooted and I have an SSH connection available to myself to collect version information with.
.tar.bz2 Source code archive.
Should hopefully inspire people to look past the Broadcom-ness, and actually use this rather good quality and specced hardware to its full potential.
Any luck with getting this working on a device? Is it now possibe to use openwrt on this modem. I got 2 of these which telstra just dumped on me wnen they made some admin error. shame to throw it in the scrap heap
I am trying to install Openwrt on my Telstra Modem
Gateway Information
Serial No
ARC18411xxx
Firmware Number
0.19.07r
Gateway Make Model
Arcadyan LH1000
hi,
this is the details of the modem, I am not sure where to start, I searched for the Openwrt firmware selector, but not able to locate it. I am assuming that it is not supported.
It's probably not worth the effort unfortunately.