OpenWrt Firmware for Archer c6 v3.2

vitorhpereira · June 4, 2021, 12:57pm

Hello dear. It's working great in Archer C6 v3.2? I want to test it in my router. Can you send me the installation files or I need to wait the new build of openwrt? Thank you

lucioosvaldoXD · June 4, 2021, 6:04pm

do you still want the files? I just installed it

vitorhpereira · June 4, 2021, 6:31pm

Yes. Can you provide me?

lucioosvaldoXD · June 4, 2021, 6:55pm

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FuOOQehoIPOPiyi8qTlxGp7f-Fv9A2uO?usp=sharing

vitorhpereira · June 4, 2021, 7:11pm

Thank you. I installed in my router and it works. I'll configure the interfaces, vlans, wireless with 802.11r and check de stability

lucioosvaldoXD · June 4, 2021, 7:19pm

You're welcome

r4g3z · June 6, 2021, 6:54am

Hey Man, Thanks for sharing the link.
I installed the snapshot and it works great but now there is a new one!

I am trying to get OpnVPN-OpenSSL to work on this and I cant install it.

Error code 255 and the following message...

Collected errors:

* pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for kmod-tun found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
* satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for openvpn-openssl:
* kernel (= 5.4.124-1-cebd2619b99dfac3ab6fd7de5d0d65b7)
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package openvpn-openssl.

Ideas?

lucioosvaldoXD · June 6, 2021, 5:34pm

I tried too, I'll wait for the stable version

lucioosvaldoXD · June 6, 2021, 5:37pm

Install this one

tmomas · June 6, 2021, 9:10pm

See https://openwrt.org/faq/cannot_satisfy_dependencies

r4g3z · June 7, 2021, 7:59am

Thanks. but this is only the LuCi GUI not openvpn itself.. so it will show you in LuCi but there wont be any files or folder 'openvpn' installed if you go via SSH
I guess will wait for the updated version....

r4g3z · June 7, 2021, 8:00am

The dependency here is that it asks for an updated kernel and that aint available as the firmware itself is at snapshot stage I guess...

Thanks!

raf001 · June 7, 2021, 6:54pm

hello! can you please tell me
what is the installation procedure ?

lucioosvaldoXD · June 7, 2021, 8:08pm

github.com/openwrt/openwrt

ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer C6 v3

openwrt:master ← amishv:tp-link-archer-c6-v3

opened 09:29PM - 02 Jun 21 UTC

amishv

+251 -180

The patch adds support for the TP-Link Archer C6 v3 (FCC ID TE7A6V3) The patch …adds identification changes to the existing TP-Link Archer A6, by Vinay Patil <post2vinay@gmail.com>, which has identical hardware. Specification ------------- MediaTek MT7621 SOC RAM: 128MB DDR3 SPI Flash: W25Q128 (16MB) Ethernet: MT7530 5x 1000Base-T WiFi 5GHz: Mediatek MT7613BE WiFi 2.4GHz: Mediatek MT7603E UART/Serial: 115200 8n1 Device Configuration & Serial Port Pins --------------------------------------- ETH Ports: LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN _______________________ | | Serial Pins: | VCC GND TXD RXD | |_____________________| LEDs: Power Wifi2G Wifi5G LAN WAN Build Output ------------ The build will generate following set of files [1] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin [2] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-squashfs-factory.bin [3] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin How to Use - Flashing from TP-Link Web Interface ------------------------------------------------ * Go to "Advanced/System Tools/Firmware Update". * Click "Browse" and upload the OpenWrt factory image: factory.bin[2] * Click the "Upgrade" button, and select "Yes" when prompted. TFTP Booting ------------ Setup a TFTP boot server with address 192.168.0.5. While starting U-boot press '4' key to stop autoboot. Copy the initramfs-kernel.bin[1] to TFTP server folder, rename as test.bin From u-boot command prompt run tftpboot followed by bootm. Recovery -------- Archer A6 V3 has recovery page activated if SPI booting from flash fails. Recovery page can be activated by powercycling the router four times before the boot process is complete. Note: TFTP boot can be activated only from u-boot serial console. Device recovery address: 192.168.0.1 Signed-off-by: Amish Vishwakarma <vishwakarma.amish@gmail.com> Thanks for your contribution to OpenWrt! To help keep the codebase consistent and readable, and to help people review your contribution, we ask you to follow the rules you find in the wiki at this link https://openwrt.org/submitting-patches Please remove this message before posting the pull request.

amishv · June 12, 2021, 11:35am

The version in the master has updated from the version in my tree. We need to wait till the snapshot is available.

Alternatively if you have build the binaries then you can upload the package from your build directory using the "Upload Package ..." button on luci Software page.

amishv · June 14, 2021, 1:05pm

@r4g3z @kpoman The snapshot is now available.

I shall be creating a PR for inclusion in 21.02 soon after I am done with my testing.

kpoman · June 14, 2021, 9:12pm

Cool ! I suppose it is this one tplink_archer-c6-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin ? Do I sysupgrade or again factory it ?

amishv · June 15, 2021, 5:27am

If you are upgrading from stock firmware you use factory.bin.

If yo upgrade from existing OpenWrt then you use sysupgrade.bin.

r4g3z · June 15, 2021, 5:53am

@kpoman For practical reasons, you may do a clean install. With snapshots you never know otherwise...

@amishv thanks for your effort.
I couldn't get openvpn to reliably work but relayd is working fine now on my c6.
So for now I settled by using my router as a extender with lan ports for my rig.

Latency has reduced and I don't get spikes anymore as the c6 antenna is better than my rigs on board WiFi.

I used an old to link Archer to configure openvpn for now...

Thanks

amishv · June 15, 2021, 11:19am

There are a few pull request in the OpenVPN package, perhaps you may like to download and build the package yourself.
Cheers!