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Iv just got Dlink DIR-605L HW:B (EU) 802.11n Wireless Router

I did not find anything related on OpenWRT/LEDE pages and github for this device so I will post here what I found

RTL8196E its LEXRA processor MIPS wariant

RTL8192ER WiFi chip

4mb flash

em63a165ts-6g RAM 4 Banks of 4M word x 16

Booting...
OK

OK



 

---RealTek(RTL8196E-kld) version v6.0.4e(2013.02.22-18:00+0800) [16bit](380MHz)

Jump to image start=0x80500000...

decompressing kernel:
Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
done decompressing kernel.
Creating 4 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":

0x00000000-0x000e0000 : "boot+cfg+linux"

master size 0x004000000x000e0000-0x00370000 : "root fs"

master size 0x004000000x00370000-0x00380000 : "webpage"

master size 0x004000000x00380000-0x00400000 : "mydlink"

master size 0x00400000Realtek WLAN driver - version 1.6 (2013-02-21)

Adaptivity function - version 7.1



#######################################################

SKB_BUF_SIZE=2048 MAX_SKB_NUM=400

#######################################################



init started:  BusyBox v1.01 (2015.05.08-01:48+0000) multi-call binary

Starting pid 9, console /dev/ttyS0: '/bin/sh'


BusyBox v1.01 (2015.05.08-09:16+0000) Built-in shell (msh)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

61
Init Start...
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/var/system': File exists
iwpriv wlan0 set_mib tx_pwr_ctrl=0
set 615 wlan channel
iwpriv wlan0 write_mem dw,b8000048,1,4026d832
Init bridge interface...
new_nbp GBP_ATOMIC ... 

[PHY_REG_8192Emp]

[AGC_TAB_8192Emp]

[RadioA_8192Emp]

[RadioB_8192Emp]

new_nbp GBP_ATOMIC ... 

Init Wlan application...

WiFi Simple Config v2.7-wps2.0 (2015.05.08-01:54+0000).

Init WAN Interface...
udhcpc -i eth1 -p /etc/udhcpc/udhcpc-eth1.pid -s /usr/share/udhcpc/eth1.sh  -I 0 -a 30 -h DIR-605L &

MiniIGD v1.08 (2015.05.05-03:10+0000).

0DevInfo.txt text mode!
hard ver isB2
341
boa: server version Boa/0.94.14rc21
boa: server built Dec  3 2015 at 09:36:22.
boa: starting server pid=340, port 80
killall: mydlink-watch-dog.sh: no process killed
killall: signalc: no process killed
killall: tsa: no process killed
opt.local stop ok.
opt.local start ok.
384
# 
# cat proc/cpuinfo
system type             : Philips Nino
processor               : 0
cpu model               : R3000 V0.0
BogoMIPS                : 379.28
wait instruction        : yes
microsecond timers      : no
tlb_entries             : 32
extra interrupt vector  : no
hardware watchpoint     : no
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available
ll emulations           : 0
sc emulations           : 0
# cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 000e0000 00001000 "boot+cfg+linux"
mtd1: 00290000 00001000 "root fs"
mtd2: 00010000 00001000 "webpage"
mtd3: 00080000 00001000 "mydlink"

Hitting "ESC" after power on there is mod for boot from ram and enc

<RealTek>?
----------------- COMMAND MODE HELP ------------------
HELP (?)                                    : Print this help message
SIG: SIG <type><sig>
SIGR: Display signature and flag
LOADADDR: <Load Address>
J: Jump to <TargetAddress>
FLR: FLR <dst><src><length>
FLW <dst_ROM_offset><src_RAM_addr><length_Byte> <SPI cnt#>: Write offset-data to SPI from RAM
MDIOR:  MDIOR <phyid> <reg>
MDIOW:  MDIOW <phyid> <reg> <data>
PHYR: PHYR <PHYID><reg>
PHYW: PHYW <PHYID><reg><data>
PORT1: port 1 patch for FT2
<RealTek>

https://thumb.ibb.co/fPmPH6/MB.jpg

I have seen similar hw spec. devices supported from OpenWrt/LEDE it should not be too dificult to add this, I dont have any knowlage how to that bum I have the will to test it boot from ram just not sure how to use <RealTek> CLI

Cheers

(Last edited by vido on 26 Dec 2017, 01:21)

There's not a single device with this SoC listed as supported by OpenWrt / LEDE.
Search the forum and you will find more details why this SoC is not supported and probably never will be.

tmo26 wrote:

There's not a single device with this SoC listed as supported by OpenWrt / LEDE.
Search the forum and you will find more details why this SoC is not supported and probably never will be.

I see, tnx for the info

Actually I found this http://git.advem.lv/rtl819xx/ and https://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl819 … p_redirect that. And it seams that does support RTL 8196E. So I compiled firmware using rtk openwrt sdk but I cant flash it because Im missing IPCONFIG on my bootloader but when cable is connected it say

Booting...
OK
OK



---RealTek(RTL8196E-kld) version v6.0.4e(2013.02.22-18:00+0800) [16bit](380MHz)
P0phymode=01, embedded phy

---Ethernet init Okay!
<RealTek>]

So I tried

$ atftp -p -l bin/realtek/openwrt-realtek-rtl8196e-AP-fw.bin 192.168.1.6
timeout: retrying...
tftp: unknown error.
tftp: aborting

but that did not work

(Last edited by vido on 29 Dec 2017, 03:08)

Here you can find RealTek CLI what mean what explanation

The discussion might have continued from here.