'setenv' command is not found in AP3805i shell

ellT13 · February 21, 2026, 10:09pm

Unable to configure U-Boot 1.2.0.03 (Sep 4 2014) using the 'setenv' command below:

Configure U-Boot for booting OpenWrt from ram and flash:
$ setenv boot_openwrt 'setenv bootargs; bootm 0xa1280000'

-sh setenv: not found

The Busybox v1.17.4 (2018-05-09) built-in shell does not list a 'setenv' command other than 'set' and the others included below:

Built-in commands:

alias, bg, break, cd, chdir, continue, echo, eval, exit, export, false, fg, hash, help, jobs, kill, let, local, pwd, read, readonly, return, set, shift, source, test, times, trap, true, ulimit, umask, unalias, unset, wait.

To access the above list you simply type 'help' from within the:

AP3805i 10.41.07.2014 interactive shell for service personnel only

Not knowing an equivalent or alternative command to continue, I'm unable to proceed with OpenWrt installation!

frollic · February 21, 2026, 10:19pm

U-Boot <> BusyBox, seems you're in the wrong place.

https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=f8c87aa2d27ab405f284dd4357377ab5c893a345

ellT13 · February 21, 2026, 10:32pm

Where do I need to be after logging on? I have followed those instructions up to point 4.!!

frollic · February 21, 2026, 10:39pm

The boot loader, post the boot sequence if you need further assistance.

ellT13 · February 21, 2026, 11:01pm

U-Boot 1.2.0.03 (Sep  4 2014 - 00:51:34)

ap135 - Scorpion 1.0DRAM:  
sri
Scorpion 1.0
ath_ddr_initial_config(205): (32bit) ddr2 init
tap = 0x00000003
Tap (low, high) = (0x4, 0x1f)
Tap values = (0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11)
256 MB
Flash Manuf Id 0x1, DeviceId0 0x2, DeviceId1 0x20
flash size 64MB, sector count = 256
Flash: 64 MB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   ath_gmac_enet_initialize...
athrs_sgmii_res_cal: cal value = 0xe
ath_gmac_enet_initialize: reset mask:c02200 
Scorpion  ----> S17 PHY *
TEST: FINAL REG VAL after TX Calibration - 0x00000000
TEST: FINAL XMII VAL after RX Calibration - 0x00000000
TEST: FINAL ETH_CFG VAL after RX Calibration - 0x00000001
athrs17_reg_init: complete
: cfg1 0x80000000 cfg2 0x7135
eth0: d8:84:66:0d:c2:1f
eth0 up
eth0
Setting 0x18116290 to 0x54a8214f
Hit 'd' for diagnostics, or any other key to stop autoboot:  2  1  0 
## Executing script at 8ff6b8d0
check for watchdog, limit=3...
check for reset by watchdog...
no watchdog...
bSaveEnviron=0 image_order=1 0
ready to boot kernel...
## Booting image at a0280000 ...
   Image Name:   10.41.07.0014
   Created:      2018-05-09  21:07:37 UTC
   Image Type:   MIPS Linux Kernel Image (lzma compressed)
   Data Size:    8529777 Bytes =  8.1 MB
   Load Address: 80002000
   Entry Point:  801d3430
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

Starting kernel ...

Booting QCA955x
 
Linux version 2.6.31--10.41.07.0014 (root@ngap-fat6) (gcc version 4.9.2 (crosstool-NG 1.21.0) ) #2 Wed May 9 17:06:49 EDT 2018
flash_size passed from bootloader = 64
arg 1: mtdparts=ath-nor0:512K(BootBAK)ro,512K(BootPRI),256K(CFG1),256K(CFG2),256K(NVRAM4),256K(NVRAM3),256K(NVRAM2),256K(NVRAM1),16384K(PriImg),16384K(SecImg),29440K(FS);
arg 2: BOOT_BOOTROM="U-Boot 1.2.0.03 (Sep 4 2014 - 00:51:34)"
arg 3: BOOT_KERNEL=secondary
arg 4: console=ttyS0,115200n81
arg 5: mem=261632K
arg 6: panic=30
arg 7: ro
CPU revision is: 00019750 (MIPS 74Kc)
cpu apb ddr apb ath_sys_frequency: cpu 720 ddr 600 ahb 200
Determined physical RAM map:
 memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
User-defined physical RAM map:
 memory: 0ff80000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
Zone PFN ranges:
  Normal   0x00000000 -> 0x0000ff80
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000000 -> 0x0000ff80
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 64897
Kernel command line: mtdparts=ath-nor0:512K(BootBAK)ro,512K(BootPRI),256K(CFG1),256K(CFG2),256K(NVRAM4),256K(NVRAM3),256K(NVRAM2),256K(NVRAM1),16384K(PriImg),16384K(SecImg),29440K(FS); BOOT_BOOTROM="U-Boot 1.2.0.03 (Sep 4 2014 - 00:51:34)" BOOT_KERNEL=secondary console=ttyS0,115200n81 mem=261632K panic=30 ro 
PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 10, 4096 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes
Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
Memory: 224452k/261632k available (1899k kernel code, 36864k reserved, 491k data, 32060k init, 0k highmem)
SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
NR_IRQS:128
plat_time_init: plat time init done
Calibrating delay loop... 359.42 BogoMIPS (lpj=179712)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ath_pcibios_init: bus 0
ath_pcibios_init(250): PCI 0 CMD write: 0x356
registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# disabled
pcibios_map_irq: IRQ 75 for bus 0
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 5, 229376 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
ATH GPIOC major 0
JFFS2 version 2.2 (NAND) (ZLIB) (RTIME) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
msgmni has been set to 439
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xb8020000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A
console [ttyS0] enabled
tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
mtd: no mtd-id
11 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device ath-nor0
Creating 11 MTD partitions on "ath-nor0":
0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "BootBAK"
0x000000080000-0x000000100000 : "BootPRI"
0x000000100000-0x000000140000 : "CFG1"
0x000000140000-0x000000180000 : "CFG2"
0x000000180000-0x0000001c0000 : "NVRAM4"
0x0000001c0000-0x000000200000 : "NVRAM3"
0x000000200000-0x000000240000 : "NVRAM2"
0x000000240000-0x000000280000 : "NVRAM1"
0x000000280000-0x000001280000 : "PriImg"
0x000001280000-0x000002280000 : "SecImg"
0x000002280000-0x000003f40000 : "FS"
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (4088 buckets, 16352 max)
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 10
NET: Registered protocol family 17
JUMPSTART_GPIO: 17
athwdt_init: Skipping Registering WDT - handle ourselves
ath_otp_init: Registering OTP success
Freeing unused kernel memory: 32060k freed

init started: BusyBox v1.17.4 (2018-05-09 16:23:44 EDT)

starting pid 120, tty '': '/etc/rc.d/rcS'
data plane cores = 0
fast path cores = 0
rcS: watchdogDis 0 serNum 15095212085D0000
Read/Write Crypto Section successfully ! 
eth0 hw addr: D8:84:66:0D:C2:1F
cat: can't open '/home/config/previous.cfg': No such file or directory
update_compliance_file: /flash/v3_confData.bin up to date (Ver in Image AP3805i-72 Ver on AP AP3805i-72 format 129)
update_compliance_file:Imported Compliance Table V4.16 dated on 4/30/2018 (AP38XX_Power_Settings_V9.xlsx)



MODEL        AP3805i
SERVICETYPE  siemens
SERVICEATTRS ac_manager,ru_manager
AC_HOSTNAME  Controller
VERSIONBASE  0
SERIALNUMBER 15095212085D0000
AP_FLAG      0
AP_MODE      0
NUM_ANTENNAS 4


starting pid 488, tty '': '/sbi

 (none) mips #2 Wed May 9 17:06:49 EDT 2018 (none)

(none) login: admin
Password: 


BusyBox v1.17.4 (2018-05-09 16:23:44 EDT) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

AP3805i 10.41.07.0014 interactive shell for service personnel only
AP3805i-15095212085D000#

frollic · February 21, 2026, 11:04pm

Locate any other key on your keyboard...

ellT13 · February 22, 2026, 12:21am

I had a little trouble with Windows TFTP server and an old TP-link 100Mb Switch, for some reason, there was two processes running. In the end just used a cross-over cable which worked instantly. OpenWrt has been transferred and is installed successfully, albeit in 'System running in recovery (initramfs) mode'. I just need to know which is the best method or how to copy/transfer 'sysupgrade.bin' to the AP device!

frollic · February 22, 2026, 12:30am

Browser UL, scp, wget, pick your poison.

Yes, link talks about upgrading but it's still the same.

ellT13 · February 22, 2026, 1:08am

Success at last!! - all is good now. I would never have figured this out without your invaluable help frollic. Thank you!

system · March 4, 2026, 1:09am

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