Need custom OpenWRT firmware for TL-WR841ND v7 (no LuCI, under 4MB, with wolfssl + games)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello everyone,
My friend ahmed needs a custom OpenWRT firmware for:

Device: TP-Link TL-WR841ND v7
Flash: 4MB
RAM: 32MB
Target: ar71xx/tiny

:white_check_mark: Required packages only:

  • wpad-wolfssl (WPA2/WPA3 security)
  • firewall
  • snake, moon-buggy, ninvaders
  • HTML games in /www/games/ (Super Mario & Sonic)
  • Simple HTML page at /games with clickable links

:cross_mark: No LuCI (Please remove LuCI to save space)

:warning: Important:
Please make sure the final firmware size stays under 4MB, as this is a strict hardware limit for the TL-WR841ND v7.

Thank you very much :folded_hands:

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ROTFL ....

sounds like a cool spare time project, have fun.

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I am afraid current OpenWrt does not fit in 4MB, but feel free to try dd-wrt, maybe they have games and option to upload javascript games.

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Thanks for your replies!

Yes, I totally understand 4MB is a tight limit.
But I'm not asking for LuCI, nor heavy extras — just:

  • wpad-wolfssl (instead of wpad-mini)
  • firewall
  • 3 simple terminal games (snake, moon-buggy, ninvaders)
  • and static HTML files in /www/games/ (Mario/Sonic)

No need for opkg or Luci at all.

I believe a stripped-down image could still work under 4MB —
Just wondering if anyone is willing to help test-build it or has similar experience.

Appreciate any help :folded_hands:

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knock yourself out - Requesting build gives CORS error - #6 by frollic.

that anyone is the guy staring back at you from the mirror.

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I've moved this out of Feature Requests for more visibility, and it definitely isn't a feature request.

It used to be popular to make Community Builds for 4 MB flash, but the latest versions are simply too large for 4 MB no matter what.

In the 841 series, the flash chip can be swapped to a larger one. The RAM chip can also be swapped to 64 MB, but that is more complicated solder work and it gets into enough time and money that would be better spent procuring a more capable hardware all around. The use case appears to be some sort of file server, so a router having a USB port for an external drive would be preferable.

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OP's pretty far from "Installing and Using OpenWrt" too :wink:

Community builds perhaps ?

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I'm wondering if this post is even done by a human being or if we are getting trolled by loosend chat bot... Oh boy this time line gets worst and worst.

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Noticed any threads recently [increasing] that include emoji-entitled grouped lists...?

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