Support for TP-LINK TL-WR940N Ver 6.0

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I use V4 Firmware on V4 and V5 Routers, If i try to use V4 Firmware on a V6 the router it rejects it.

I have around 25 v6 sitting on a table and those are the ones i want to set up.

V5 routers does have 4MB, same as the V6 and have 32MB on RAM just as the V6....
So in round numbers, should be the same, i ignore if there is any technical problem that LuCi works on one but not in the other.

This is V5 running LEDE with LuCI on a WR940N v5
LEDE1

root@LEDE:/# df -h
Filesystem_______________Size______Used_Available_Use%_Mounted on
/dev/root_________________2.3M______2.3M_________0_100%/rom
tmpfs___________________13.8M_____52.0K_____13.7M___0%/tmp
/dev/mtdblock3___________512.0K____220.0K_____292.0K__43%/overlay
overlayfs:/overlay_________512.0K____220.0K____292.0K__43% /
tmpfs___________________512.0K______0______512.0K___0%_/dev

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Thank you, but V4 is up and running there

https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr940n-v4-squashfs-factory.bin

and this version is running flawlessly LEDE+LuCI on V4 and V5... but if i try to install it on a V6 via http, the router rejects it..

Robimarko has been helping me a lot and he compiled me a v6 compatible one but for some reason im getting:

Your JFFS2-partition seems full and overlayfs is mounted read-only.
Please try to remove files from /overlay/upper/... and reboot!

and not even the password can be changed...

Im trying to figure out how to mount that partition as Writeable and remove the files it says..

Thanks!

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Can you sysupgrade -n with images I provided you with?

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I just did...

root@OpenWrt:/tmp# sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wr940n-v6-squashfs-
sysupgrade.bin
Image metadata not found
killall: watchdog: no process killed
Commencing upgrade. All shell sessions will be closed now.
Connection to 192.168.1.1 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.1.1 closed.

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Now is writable... i think i can configure it now with uCI, Thanks again robiMarko..

Let you know how it went!

Thanks again!

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Thanks @robimarko, Even if i dont have LuCI doesnt really matter, i already have scripts to configure all the routers with LEDE/OpenWRT using uCI, we have 2 configs

1 as an Access Point bridge.
2 As a Router with PPPoE...

both seem to work Fine.. i will give them a higher test to asure stability and perfomance and i let you know my feedback

For now its working with all my framework.!
MKTO

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i got an Error 1 while trying to build image :frowning_face:

/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/include/toplevel.mk:216: recipe for target 'world' failed
make: *** [world] Error 1

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Run with -j1 V=s to get actual error

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thanks for reply robimarko, here it is

Makefile:2156: recipe for target 's-attrtab' failed
make[5]: *** [s-attrtab] Killed
make[5]: Leaving directory '/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/build_dir/toolchain-mips_24kc_gcc-5.5.0_musl/gcc-5.5.0-initial/gcc'
Makefile:4101: recipe for target 'all-gcc' failed
make[4]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/build_dir/toolchain-mips_24kc_gcc-5.5.0_musl/gcc-5.5.0-initial'
Makefile:36: recipe for target '/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/build_dir/toolchain-mips_24kc_gcc-5.5.0_musl/gcc-5.5.0-initial/.built' failed
make[3]: *** [/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/build_dir/toolchain-mips_24kc_gcc-5.5.0_musl/gcc-5.5.0-initial/.built] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/toolchain/gcc/initial'
toolchain/Makefile:96: recipe for target 'toolchain/gcc/initial/compile' failed
make[2]: *** [toolchain/gcc/initial/compile] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6'
toolchain/Makefile:94: recipe for target '/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_24kc_gcc-5.5.0_musl/stamp/.toolchain_compile' failed
make[1]: *** [/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_24kc_gcc-5.5.0_musl/stamp/.toolchain_compile] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6'
/root/ledev6/openwrt-WR940N-v6/include/toplevel.mk:216: recipe for target 'world' failed
make: *** [world] Error 2
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Really weird,but why are you building it yourself?
I have linked already built images
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yeCikuvqEQlFRLM2qiXu6eSbNr5lUVeF?usp=sharing

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so its not possible to compile with openvpn-mbedtls and luci?

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No,it cant fit into 4MB of flash

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Im not sure openvpn, but luci alone, on V4 and V5 worked fine with 4MB.
sorry, im just trying to understand why..

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for openvpn i have a premade image here

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=10wSWD5GaTyOOtaDLfTdajBy_WEFUOwqi

try this one .....
just feedback if it's not the one...so i can upload the other !!!

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am not sure with luci...
am using winscp to configure the vpn

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wow i look at the file it;s 3.0 mb for sysupgrade wow....master robi how to make a file like that what file did you not include

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@robimarko

sir i tried to compile again using your links at github but there's no "940n v6"

image

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The WR940n is not in the generic subtarget any more, but in the "Devices with small flash"/"tiny". That is a recent change in the master codebase. So choose the correct subtarget first, then you should see the device.

On another topic: WTF did they go to one LED only, its ridiculous!

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thanks jamest42...