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Yesterday I realized that one of forum members told me about Mercury MW4530R Wi-Fi router and I have not paid due attention to this device.

http://mercurycom.com.cn/Content/images/products/photos/MW4530R_1.jpg

Mercury MW4530R is a cheap clone of well-known TP-Link TL-WDR4310 router, so the device has double band wi-fi, giga ethernet switch and 1 USB port (big brother has 2 of them), 128MiB RAM and 8MiB flash (hope someone can mod it for bigger capacity). Looks like it is the most powerful and equipped device on Atheros platform so far.

Manufacturer's website: http://mercurycom.com.cn/Product/detail?pd=89 (Google's translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?s … %3Fpd%3D89).

I checked the prices for this router on AliExpress and you can get it for about 60USD shipping included (http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?Sea … ry+MW4530R). It is about US $20 cheaper than TL-WDR4310. I think it has very attractive price.

In Patchwork you can find a proposed patch which brings full support for this device in trunk (http://patchwork.openwrt.org/patch/3856/), so I expect we can get it working very soon.

I am placing my order for this unit right now.

I have created a stub article for this device in wiki (http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/mercury/mw4530r), please contribute with your knowledge and experience.

I was thinking to use this Mercury as torrent server and/or Tor website server. Please, comment if you have any experience on subject. Thank you!

(Last edited by otlabs on 28 Jul 2013, 04:17)

Oh, it's a bunch of different firmware files! I see one with webcam built-in support! Thank you @zy900114!

Could you please check your second link as I am unable to open it? I assume it should be http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid … 530R%2016M , am I right?

right

it has a hardware NAT. If this version support it?

Any ideas if current trunk releases support this guy or will be supporting it soon? 

Its a little hard to figure out what is the best and most current firmware on the chinese pages.

trunk already has support for this model

Took some pictures of the box and the unit:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/9902802016_0ac1042a2c_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/9902818704_47997d41c6_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/9902904093_10a9bb4943_m.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2888/9902816464_15f6e20785_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/9902804656_ceeb3ede42_m.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/9902905683_0cdc2f2351_m.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/9902821724_67ce6c3273_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/9902755075_1f491714c8_m.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/9902824084_e09b2464f7_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5507/9902757245_a8f24dbabb_m.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3818/9902910823_3ccb2121dc_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/9902826144_b3cbe9e819_m.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/9902912453_907394a053_m.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/9902760795_8161f7bc0f_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/9902829094_c2e7b4d80a_m.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3693/9902763125_0de6158886_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/9902901863_958e1c14eb_m.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2820/9902747905_ee24f72dc3_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/9902764135_43d9cb30c2_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5532/9902831984_1503bb869c_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/9902832934_8aa55a416b_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/9902818406_39c1d19374_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/9902834404_95e5791e38_m.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/9902768345_4a91c8c338_m.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5528/9902821286_9371c250f9_m.jpg

Hello friends
My router MW4530r is bricked sad so I need copy of"art" partition sent to me , it's  MTD4
can you help Me ?
on SSH please command :
dd if=/dev/mtd4 of=/tmp/art.backup
Then copy this "art backup" to your PC via WinSCP or some other way 

Tx

(Last edited by mosheas on 15 Feb 2014, 16:54)

I thought that "art" partition is individual for each router and not interchangeable (but I can be wrong).

What would I need to do in order to get a JFFS2 firmware loaded onto these?  We do a lot of writing and JFFS2 works better for us.  I see in this patch:

https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/37571

looks like it is only sending for squashfs.  Any ideas?

Thanks!

Could anyone here with the MW4530R post the output of the command "iw list"? I'm interested in the maximum transmit power that this device can do on the 5 GHz band. I ordered one at AliExpress to see if these devices can replace the bulky TL-WDR4300s in our house.

(Last edited by magnetra on 4 May 2014, 20:37)

magnetra wrote:

Could anyone here with the MW4530R post the output of the command "iw list"? I'm interested in the maximum transmit power that this device can do on the 5 GHz band. I ordered one at AliExpress to see if these devices can replace the bulky TL-WDR4300s in our house.

hope this will help

Wiphy phy1
        Band 1:
                Capabilities: 0x11ef
                        RX LDPC
                        HT20/HT40
                        SM Power Save disabled
                        RX HT20 SGI
                        RX HT40 SGI
                        TX STBC
                        RX STBC 1-stream
                        Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
                        DSSS/CCK HT40
                Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
                Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
                HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-23
                Frequencies:
                        * 5180 MHz [36] (17.0 dBm)
                        * 5200 MHz [40] (17.0 dBm)
                        * 5220 MHz [44] (17.0 dBm)
                        * 5240 MHz [48] (17.0 dBm)
                        * 5260 MHz [52] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5280 MHz [56] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5300 MHz [60] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5320 MHz [64] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5500 MHz [100] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5520 MHz [104] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5540 MHz [108] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5560 MHz [112] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5580 MHz [116] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5600 MHz [120] (disabled)
                        * 5620 MHz [124] (disabled)
                        * 5640 MHz [128] (disabled)
                        * 5660 MHz [132] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5680 MHz [136] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5700 MHz [140] (24.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm)
                Bitrates (non-HT):
                        * 6.0 Mbps
                        * 9.0 Mbps
                        * 12.0 Mbps
                        * 18.0 Mbps
                        * 24.0 Mbps
                        * 36.0 Mbps
                        * 48.0 Mbps
                        * 54.0 Mbps
        max # scan SSIDs: 4
        max scan IEs length: 2261 bytes
        Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
        Supported Ciphers:
                * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
                * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
                * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
                * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4)
                * CMAC (00-0f-ac:6)
        Available Antennas: TX 0x7 RX 0x7
        Configured Antennas: TX 0x7 RX 0x7
        Supported interface modes:
                 * IBSS
                 * managed
                 * AP
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * WDS
                 * monitor
                 * mesh point
                 * P2P-client
                 * P2P-GO
        software interface modes (can always be added):
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
        valid interface combinations:
                 * #{ managed, WDS } <= 2048, #{ AP, mesh point } <= 8, #{ IBSS } <= 1, #{ P2P-client, P2P-GO } <= 1,
                   total <= 2048, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match
                 * #{ IBSS, AP, mesh point } <= 1,
                   total <= 1, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match
        Supported commands:
                 * new_interface
                 * set_interface
                 * new_key
                 * start_ap
                 * new_station
                 * new_mpath
                 * set_mesh_config
                 * set_bss
                 * authenticate
                 * associate
                 * deauthenticate
                 * disassociate
                 * join_ibss
                 * join_mesh
                 * remain_on_channel
                 * set_tx_bitrate_mask
                 * frame
                 * frame_wait_cancel
                 * set_wiphy_netns
                 * set_channel
                 * set_wds_peer
                 * tdls_mgmt
                 * tdls_oper
                 * probe_client
                 * set_noack_map
                 * register_beacons
                 * Unknown command (89)
                 * Unknown command (92)
                 * Unknown command (104)
                 * testmode
                 * connect
                 * disconnect
        Supported TX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * (null): 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
        Supported RX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0x40 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * managed: 0x40 0xd0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * (null): 0x40 0xd0
        Device supports RSN-IBSS.
        Device supports AP-side u-APSD.
        HT Capability overrides:
                 * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
                 * maximum A-MSDU length
                 * supported channel width
                 * short GI for 40 MHz
                 * max A-MPDU length exponent
                 * min MPDU start spacing
        Device supports TX status socket option.
        Device supports HT-IBSS.
Wiphy phy0
        Band 1:
                Capabilities: 0x11ef
                        RX LDPC
                        HT20/HT40
                        SM Power Save disabled
                        RX HT20 SGI
                        RX HT40 SGI
                        TX STBC
                        RX STBC 1-stream
                        Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
                        DSSS/CCK HT40
                Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
                Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
                HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15
                Frequencies:
                        * 2412 MHz [1] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2417 MHz [2] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2422 MHz [3] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2427 MHz [4] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2432 MHz [5] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2437 MHz [6] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2442 MHz [7] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2447 MHz [8] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2452 MHz [9] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2457 MHz [10] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2462 MHz [11] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 2467 MHz [12] (disabled)
                        * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled)
                        * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
                Bitrates (non-HT):
                        * 1.0 Mbps
                        * 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                        * 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                        * 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                        * 6.0 Mbps
                        * 9.0 Mbps
                        * 12.0 Mbps
                        * 18.0 Mbps
                        * 24.0 Mbps
                        * 36.0 Mbps
                        * 48.0 Mbps
                        * 54.0 Mbps
        max # scan SSIDs: 4
        max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes
        Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
        Supported Ciphers:
                * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
                * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
                * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
                * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4)
                * CMAC (00-0f-ac:6)
        Available Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
        Configured Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
        Supported interface modes:
                 * IBSS
                 * managed
                 * AP
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * WDS
                 * monitor
                 * mesh point
                 * P2P-client
                 * P2P-GO
        software interface modes (can always be added):
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
        valid interface combinations:
                 * #{ managed, WDS } <= 2048, #{ AP, mesh point } <= 8, #{ IBSS } <= 1, #{ P2P-client, P2P-GO } <= 1,
                   total <= 2048, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match
                 * #{ IBSS, AP, mesh point } <= 1,
                   total <= 1, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match
        Supported commands:
                 * new_interface
                 * set_interface
                 * new_key
                 * start_ap
                 * new_station
                 * new_mpath
                 * set_mesh_config
                 * set_bss
                 * authenticate
                 * associate
                 * deauthenticate
                 * disassociate
                 * join_ibss
                 * join_mesh
                 * remain_on_channel
                 * set_tx_bitrate_mask
                 * frame
                 * frame_wait_cancel
                 * set_wiphy_netns
                 * set_channel
                 * set_wds_peer
                 * tdls_mgmt
                 * tdls_oper
                 * probe_client
                 * set_noack_map
                 * register_beacons
                 * Unknown command (89)
                 * Unknown command (92)
                 * Unknown command (104)
                 * testmode
                 * connect
                 * disconnect
        Supported TX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * (null): 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
        Supported RX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0x40 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * managed: 0x40 0xd0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * (null): 0x40 0xd0
        Device supports RSN-IBSS.
        Device supports AP-side u-APSD.
        HT Capability overrides:
                 * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
                 * maximum A-MSDU length
                 * supported channel width
                 * short GI for 40 MHz
                 * max A-MPDU length exponent
                 * min MPDU start spacing
        Device supports TX status socket option.
        Device supports HT-IBSS.

Excellent! Thank you. It seems that this device can do a lot more TX power on the 5 GHz band, when compared to the WDR4300. I hope I will have the device soon.

I wont take the regulatory power limit as a comparision parameter....

nebbia88 wrote:

I wont take the regulatory power limit as a comparision parameter....

Usually the output of "iw list" gives the real possible power limits, after considering the regulatory limits wink

magnetra wrote:
nebbia88 wrote:

I wont take the regulatory power limit as a comparision parameter....

Usually the output of "iw list" gives the real possible power limits, after considering the regulatory limits wink

i don't think so.. hacking regulatory domain can show 30 dbm on all channels but that has nothing to do with real tx power of the wifi chip.

nebbia88 wrote:
magnetra wrote:
nebbia88 wrote:

I wont take the regulatory power limit as a comparision parameter....

Usually the output of "iw list" gives the real possible power limits, after considering the regulatory limits wink

i don't think so.. hacking regulatory domain can show 30 dbm on all channels but that has nothing to do with real tx power of the wifi chip.

I've hacked the regdomain and still the command "iw list" doesn't show me higher values. What that command gives me, are the highest possible values that I can set with my hardware and current regdomain. If you want to see the regdomain limits (without the hardware limits), you use "iw reg get" instead of "iw list". smile

(Last edited by magnetra on 6 May 2014, 11:14)

Hello, which firmware is the most stabil on this HW for general use?

I use now

openwrt-ar71xx-generic-mc-mw4530r-squashfs-sysupgrade39154-mini.bin

but sometimes the router lost the WAN connection.
I can't figure out why!

Could you recommend a package? I want to reserve a specific bandwidth for a specific ip.

thx a lot

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