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Topic: OpenWrt on a Netgear WGU624

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GoldServe wrote:

Any development on the WGT624 or WGU624?

Everything, and I mean everything, you need to get Redboot flashed to your Atheros ar5312/ar2316 wiSoC-based board is here - http://www.meraki.net/linux/redboot_mini.tar.gz

In particular, you should take a look at the ap30, ap38, ap50, ar5312, and ar2316 directories under redboot_mini/ecos/packages/hal/mips/.

For the Fonera and Meraki look here - https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/5898.

The developers have indicated that the port to some of the earlier wiSoCs is forthcoming. Perhaps we should donate a few pieces (WGT624s and WGU624s) to support the effort.

-nih

nih wrote:

Still, I can't get a CLI. Anyone know why?

Is it common for the vendors to disable the cli in the software?

Can anyone help me with this?

-nih

Are you aware of the telnet access?

See http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Har … netConsole

I'm aware of certain "other"  limited backdoors, which I can't discuss for obvious reasons. I'm not aware that the WGU624 will support telnet access. They were told to lock down their code and they did.

-nih

Looks like the switch is a RTL8305SB.

-nih

nih wrote:

Update: Downgrades work ok.

I have never tried to downgrade from the rev. 2.x firmware to rev. 1.x. Clearly, Netgear and your Regulatory Authority don't want you to revert back to a code base that is prone to abuse, and doesn't comply with the regs.

If anything, we need to encourage the vendors to work with us. That said -

1) When you power up the unit, it issues a broadcast bootp request on the lan ports using 00-40-33-00-00-01 as its mac address- you should confirm this with a protocol analyzer.

2) Have your bootp/dhcp server provide the target with an ip address for itself, the ip address of your tftp server, and image file name (any name will do) in the bootp response - notice that the target accepts the ipaddress and requests the image file name that was specified. This too should be confirmed with an analyzer.

3) The target will use its tftp client to download the image file and will flash it - all in one step.

4) Wait a few minutes for the status LED to continuously blink (yellow/green), signifying that the flashing has completed.

5) Recycle power and you should be good to go.

Caution: Anyone attempting to do this is doing it at their own risk - if you brick the router, you are SOL.

-nih

I can confirm that this does indeed work for the WGU624.

-S

It seems that with the new HAL as well as everything else that the Netgear WGU624 should be able to be supported.  What needs to happen to finally move this to a supported mode?

I know that I should probably buy a new wireless router but this is what I have and I would like to make it work better then it does.

Todd

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