OpenWrt Support for D-Link DAP-X1860

davidair · February 4, 2023, 2:28pm

iperf3 -c 10.20.10.212 -p 5201 -P 4 -t 60 -i 10:

Connecting to host 10.20.10.212, port 5201
[  5] local 10.20.10.29 port 51043 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[  7] local 10.20.10.29 port 51044 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[  9] local 10.20.10.29 port 51045 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[ 11] local 10.20.10.29 port 51046 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  74.6 MBytes  62.6 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]   0.00-10.00  sec  83.1 MBytes  69.7 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]   0.00-10.00  sec  55.9 MBytes  46.9 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]   0.00-10.00  sec  37.3 MBytes  31.3 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec   251 MBytes   211 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  10.00-20.00  sec  67.4 MBytes  56.5 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  10.00-20.00  sec  67.8 MBytes  56.9 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  10.00-20.00  sec  46.4 MBytes  38.9 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  10.00-20.00  sec  71.9 MBytes  60.3 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  10.00-20.00  sec   253 MBytes   213 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  20.00-30.00  sec  62.2 MBytes  52.2 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  20.00-30.00  sec  78.3 MBytes  65.7 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  20.00-30.00  sec  47.7 MBytes  40.0 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  20.00-30.00  sec  65.1 MBytes  54.6 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  20.00-30.00  sec   253 MBytes   212 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  30.00-40.00  sec  57.8 MBytes  48.5 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  30.00-40.00  sec  61.5 MBytes  51.6 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  30.00-40.00  sec  67.5 MBytes  56.7 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  30.00-40.00  sec  61.8 MBytes  51.8 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  30.00-40.00  sec   249 MBytes   209 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  40.00-50.00  sec  50.6 MBytes  42.5 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  40.00-50.00  sec  71.7 MBytes  60.1 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  40.00-50.00  sec  54.1 MBytes  45.4 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  40.00-50.00  sec  89.5 MBytes  75.1 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  40.00-50.00  sec   266 MBytes   223 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  50.00-60.00  sec  54.4 MBytes  45.6 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  50.00-60.00  sec  59.3 MBytes  49.8 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  50.00-60.00  sec  56.8 MBytes  47.7 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  50.00-60.00  sec  81.8 MBytes  68.6 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  50.00-60.00  sec   252 MBytes   212 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-60.00  sec   367 MBytes  51.3 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-60.05  sec   367 MBytes  51.2 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[  7]   0.00-60.00  sec   422 MBytes  59.0 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  7]   0.00-60.05  sec   421 MBytes  58.9 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[  9]   0.00-60.00  sec   328 MBytes  45.9 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  9]   0.00-60.05  sec   328 MBytes  45.8 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[ 11]   0.00-60.00  sec   407 MBytes  57.0 Mbits/sec                  sender
[ 11]   0.00-60.05  sec   407 MBytes  56.8 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[SUM]   0.00-60.00  sec  1.49 GBytes   213 Mbits/sec                  sender
[SUM]   0.00-60.05  sec  1.49 GBytes   213 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

iperf3 -c 10.20.10.212 -p 5201 -P 4 -t 60 -i 10 -R:

Connecting to host 10.20.10.212, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 10.20.10.212 is sending
[  5] local 10.20.10.29 port 51071 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[  7] local 10.20.10.29 port 51072 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[  9] local 10.20.10.29 port 51073 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[ 11] local 10.20.10.29 port 51074 connected to 10.20.10.212 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   167 MBytes   140 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]   0.00-10.00  sec  89.8 MBytes  75.3 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]   0.00-10.00  sec   171 MBytes   144 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]   0.00-10.00  sec   182 MBytes   153 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec   610 MBytes   512 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  10.00-20.00  sec   145 MBytes   122 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  10.00-20.00  sec   117 MBytes  98.5 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  10.00-20.00  sec   189 MBytes   158 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  10.00-20.00  sec   165 MBytes   139 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  10.00-20.00  sec   617 MBytes   517 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  20.00-30.00  sec  85.3 MBytes  71.6 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  20.00-30.00  sec  8.41 MBytes  7.06 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  20.00-30.00  sec  15.4 MBytes  12.9 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  20.00-30.00  sec  92.2 MBytes  77.4 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  20.00-30.00  sec   201 MBytes   169 Mbits/sec                  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  5]  30.00-40.00  sec   216 MBytes   181 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  30.00-40.00  sec   135 MBytes   113 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  30.00-40.00  sec  21.9 MBytes  18.4 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  30.00-40.00  sec   214 MBytes   179 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  30.00-40.00  sec   587 MBytes   493 Mbits/sec                  
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[  5]  40.00-50.00  sec   167 MBytes   140 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  40.00-50.00  sec   234 MBytes   196 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  40.00-50.00  sec  30.7 MBytes  25.7 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  40.00-50.00  sec   166 MBytes   139 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  40.00-50.00  sec   597 MBytes   501 Mbits/sec                  
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[  5]  50.00-60.00  sec  11.2 MBytes  9.42 Mbits/sec                  
[  7]  50.00-60.00  sec  15.9 MBytes  13.4 Mbits/sec                  
[  9]  50.00-60.00  sec  2.66 MBytes  2.23 Mbits/sec                  
[ 11]  50.00-60.00  sec  11.4 MBytes  9.54 Mbits/sec                  
[SUM]  50.00-60.00  sec  41.2 MBytes  34.5 Mbits/sec                  
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[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-60.00  sec   794 MBytes   111 Mbits/sec  2290             sender
[  5]   0.00-60.00  sec   791 MBytes   111 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[  7]   0.00-60.00  sec   605 MBytes  84.5 Mbits/sec  1885             sender
[  7]   0.00-60.00  sec   601 MBytes  84.0 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[  9]   0.00-60.00  sec   434 MBytes  60.7 Mbits/sec  2464             sender
[  9]   0.00-60.00  sec   431 MBytes  60.2 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[ 11]   0.00-60.00  sec   835 MBytes   117 Mbits/sec  3116             sender
[ 11]   0.00-60.00  sec   831 MBytes   116 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[SUM]   0.00-60.00  sec  2.61 GBytes   373 Mbits/sec  9755             sender
[SUM]   0.00-60.00  sec  2.59 GBytes   371 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

ThiloteE · February 9, 2023, 5:59pm

Was thinking about upgrading to newest master snapshot, as the buildbot has recently finished its build for the ramips/mt7621 target. @RolandoMagico, do you still experience scanning issues? - iwinfo: bump to latest git HEAD (2023-02-06) has been merged, which was supposed to fix

but dhewg still experienced issues with mt76: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/11902#issuecomment-1416870934, so not sure, if it is actually advised to upgrade If we can still reproduce issues with newest snapshot, we probably should report them over there...

RolandoMagico · February 9, 2023, 6:18pm

Wifi scanning is working with 2.4GHz and 5GHz in the latest snapshot

ThiloteE · February 9, 2023, 9:20pm

Can confirm. Retained my configuration and all is working fine so far. Gotta do some iperf tests tomorrow

mattimat · February 16, 2023, 9:56pm

Today I got two slightly used DAP-X1860 from amazon for 30€ a piece. Flashed the latest snapshot, used Win11 edge, everything went smoothly. Using 802.11s meshes with both radios without hickups. Thank you all. Nice small router.

ThiloteE · February 17, 2023, 7:08pm

Just saw this post

D-Link DAP-X1860
--------------------------------------------------------
OpenWrt SNAPSHOT, r22071-3c66ac7e22
--------------------------------------------------------
root@AP_Varasto:~# iperf3 -s -D && iperf3 -c 127.0.0.1
Connecting to host 127.0.0.1, port 5201
[ 5] local 127.0.0.1 port 47342 connected to 127.0.0.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.01 sec 76.1 MBytes 635 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 1.01-2.01 sec 76.1 MBytes 633 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 2.01-3.00 sec 75.0 MBytes 637 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 65.0 MBytes 544 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.01 sec 68.8 MBytes 572 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 5.01-6.01 sec 76.0 MBytes 639 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 6.01-7.01 sec 78.8 MBytes 658 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 7.01-8.01 sec 72.4 MBytes 611 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 8.01-9.01 sec 67.5 MBytes 562 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes
[ 5] 9.01-10.01 sec 67.5 MBytes 572 Mbits/sec 0 1023 KBytes

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 723 MBytes 606 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 723 MBytes 606 Mbits/sec receiver

Does this mean that the dap x1860 is bottlenecked by RAM?

s_2 · February 17, 2023, 9:02pm

This looks like the same result that other devices with MT7621 have achieved, not sure if iperf3 is indeed running single-threaded as some suggested, but it's a lot faster than qca9563 for example.

mattimat · February 18, 2023, 5:29am

It looks like iperf3 uses mostly one processor which peeks.

RolandoMagico · March 19, 2023, 8:38pm

If somebody is looking for this device, it’s again available for 15€ at Mediamarkt/Saturn in Germany

kbios · March 21, 2023, 11:26am

I just installed the latest snapshot and it's working well, the only thing I miss is 160MHz support. Is it theoretically possible?

ercolino · March 21, 2023, 11:34am

no not possible

ThiloteE · March 21, 2023, 11:49am

Since this type of information is indeed missing, maybe we should add further information to the table of hardware. Docs are here about how to do it.

fezzhd · March 22, 2023, 10:50pm

Hey, I'm trying to enter recovery, but unfortunately, I stuck on the boot process, I think.

I took the needle, pressed the reset button during plug-in, but red indicator is blinking, it's not going to orange, IP address is unrecognised, when I'm connecting the ethernet. Is it a hardware problem or Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!

s_2 · March 23, 2023, 12:38am

Red indicator blinking means the device has successfully entered recovery mode, orange color would indicate the firmware booting normally.

Maybe you need to assign a static IP address to your network interface, if you had not previously connected to the device while it was running running OEM firmware (which has DHCP enabled I think).

Just pick something like 192.168.0.123 with netmask 255.255.255.0, and you should be able to access the recovery at 192.168.0.50. Upload works better with Chromium than with Firefox.

fezzhd · March 23, 2023, 1:31am

That worked, thanks.

Was trying to assign it without router value, will try to flash it tomorrow or next week.

RolandoMagico · March 23, 2023, 6:47pm

Additional information: on my devices, there is no ping response from the router in recovery mode. Looks like there is no ICMP support included. But the web interface for flashing the firmware was available.

operator · March 25, 2023, 1:51pm

Yes, the fact that it doesn't respond to ping 192.168.0.50 cannot be emphasized enough — knowing this will save people a lot of time.

Thank you for all your work on the DAP-X1860 @RolandoMagico!

ThiloteE · April 2, 2023, 10:38am

Since LED's are not working similarly to OEM for this device,

maybe following info will help anybody who might be interested in adding these features (I have no intention to add this myself and i do not think that led's are very important, but who knows. Maybe somebody else has a desire to make them work):

https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/hardware/port.gpio#finding_gpio_pins_on_the_pcb
Which is the official path/tests to include a device on snapshot? - #11 by jdwl1o1

If the leds cannot be controlled you can explain that in the commit. Though fixed function leds will usually work without any setup. If they are not working in openwrt then they likely are addressable.

Usually that’s done in the dts or via an expansion bus module, that factory firmware should indicate how they are being triggered

s_2 · April 2, 2023, 12:38pm

We have all the allvailable LED GPIOs declared in the dts, they are controlled by the MT7621 directly, i.e. not addressable or requiring any separate driver (like e.g. Ubiquiti AirCube devices).

Except for the bootup blinking sequence, there is not much default LED behaviour in OpenWrt, except for Ethernet ports or (single band) wireless radios. Since this device has no separate LEDs for 2.4 / 5 GHz, I think there is currently no way of e.g. having a throughput indicator that covers both bands with a single LED. Also that is not what the OEM firmware would do, I think the Power / Status LED is just permanent on in normal operation?

What is the expected LED behaviour you would like to see in OpenWrt?

ThiloteE · April 2, 2023, 12:57pm

Just for the record. As I said, LED behaviour is low priority in my opinion, but if anybody were to work on this, then the following would be kinda expected: LED is green, instead of orange, if wifi is on/connected. Green is a signal colour for "everything is alright", whereas orange/red is a signal colour for "look out".

When i was running this device with OEM software, there were two things that stood out:

When wifi was on (2.4 and 5 GHz were automatically configured to be on the same SSID), the leds were constantly shining in green light (no blinking, if i remember right. Just constantly on).
There were blinking patterns for resetting and recovery mode (orange light)

Now with OpenWrt:

When wifi is on; LEDs are constantly on, but with orange light.
I would need to check, if blinking patterns for resetting and recovery mode changed, but i don't want to reset my current config