I created a simple GUI tool where you need to select a TP-Link Firmware and an OpenWrt Firmware and the tool creates a firmware suitable for flashing via web interface.
There is one drawback: I cannot test the resulting firmware, because I super-glued my device back together and can't flash back to stock to test it. I only verified that the headers, file locations and checksums are correct.
Before releasing binaries to the public, I'm therefore looking for someone with a stock web interface who is prepared to take the risk that the device might either be bricked or that serial access is necessary to recover the device. Please send me a PM in this case. The source code is available at https://www.aboehler.at/hg/openwrt-imagetool.
That worked fine for me with the lastest snapshot. Thank you!
Used cmake CMakeLists.txt && make to get executable binary. Not 100% sure that was theright way to build it, but it worked for me on ArchLinux.
Hi there, i follow your progress since a couple of days.
First thanks for your work, now i want openwrt on my v2
I compiled the tool and downloaded eu stock v2 Firmware and the official snapshot.
My question which i need to convert the factory or sysupgrade, i guess factory.
But with both i get firmware error via webinterface.
Im brave and will test, if it really goes wrong ill take my raspberry and reflash via the gpios already done with my archer c7.
But what i never done before is building openwrt from source. (cause of 384kbit/64kbit Internet)
Loading the image leasts 20 minutes, source would need days.
With a little advice i would join and paticipate (got some embedded skills from Android porting)
Currently, only the v1 is supported. As you already mentioned, the v2 is based on a different SoC (MT7628A vs. MT7620A). According to @Flole the v3 uses the same SoC.
It's indeed not published yet as I am a little bit skeptical about the 5Ghz Wifi Range. I will send you a copy soon @phil2sat (if you dont hear anything within the next week please mention me again as I most likely forgot it then).
Which regdomain did you set and whats the actual txpower?
I also got some weird behavior on my Archer-c7 with 19.07.
I always had him on CA with 30dbm with dd-wrt.
For now if i set 5ghz to 30 i get 17 on 2.4
If i set 2.4 to 30 i get 17 on 5ghz.
Then i tested a little bit, found PA is nice.
30dbm 1000mw on 5ghz
25dbm 351mw on 2.4ghz
Someone told this came from the pci slot and energy consumption, if you set both cards to such a huge power there is nit enough energy. But i think its something with the latest crda and wireless-regdb.
Since im from Europe, living miles away from the next House, no Radar here, the stock eu firmware gave me one wall in 5ghz after this 2.4ghz was faster. Initially i buyed the re200 to send into my garden. But my Archer inside did a better job than the re200 outside with line of sight and nothing within a fresnel zone.
So i really dont know the differences between v2 and v3, but i guess it is something in the firmware. I tried bridge mode and the v3 had some extra features on stock, so someone told me on tplink forum.
BTW hate my Internet connection, downloading, downloading, waiting...
Now building, hope ive done all right.
@andyboeh do you have a base .config with luci for me, i don't know if i selected everything right.
At least i found the tplink re200v3 in menuconfig.
Mkay, so why easy, im new to openwrt, i will do my own build and if it works, the ssh way will do, i remember i accidently fashed a snapshot to my archer and wondered why there was no webinterface.
"Legal!" Various responses and paths. I will try again to put "este treco" (o openwrt) on my re200v1.
Excuse me, my English is bad (google translate). I am from Suzano, a city close to São Paulo - Brazil. Even though I'm a very layman, I really like the openwrt; I have openwrt installed on all devices here at home and at my mom's. "Abraços!!"
Regarding LEDs, the v3 has only one red LED to indicate signal strength, while the v1 and v2 have separate red/green LEDs for 2.4G and 5G. I am tempted to say that this is the only difference between v2 and v3.
v1 and v2 differ heavily: Apart from a different SoC, there is also a changed partition layout and a different image format. The v2 is easily stock-upgradeable by an OpenWrt build, the v1 requires an OEM firmware to create a web-interface upgradeable version.