maybs wrote:I just bought a TEW-652BRP and found out they have apparently changed from the Atheros chipset to Realtek!!! I bought this thing because I specifically wanted Atheros! My first clue that something was different was when I opened up the case and saw that it looked different from pictures I had seen, and I noticed the Realtek logo on one of the chips.
I tried using the recovery mode to load my trunk Kamikaze firmware but it complained that the hardware ID was incorrect. So, I downloaded the Trendnet firmware from their website and took a look at the end of the file. Instead of
AP81-AR9130-RT-080609-05
it has
RTK-RT8196B-RT-090109-00
So I guess now I get to find out if that RealTek chipset is supported by OpenWRT... why do manufacturers make such a drastic change without changing their model number??? I would send this back but the first thing I did was rip out the plastic pieces covering the vents for better cooling.
-scott
I can confirm maybs's findings.
After trying valiantly for days to flash a brand-new TEW-652BRP with the '652 firwmare, '632 firmware, and even DIR-615 firmware, and getting "Incorrect hardware ID image, Please check !" each time, I got the firmware from their website which indeed ends in the RTK phrase maybs cited.
FCC ID: S9ZTEW652BRP2 (details: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/ ; type just "s9z" in the first box; at the time of this posting, the TEW-652BRPv2 is the first one.)
CPU: (Realtek 8196)
RTL8196B
95L69A3
G922B TAIWAN
RAM: (32 MB)
0929VPR
V54C3256164VDI6
V112535RPDRA
FLASH: (4MB)
MX T091844
29LV320DBT1-70G
3A281100
TAIWAN
Will try to post pictures soon.
On another thread here ( https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=9925 ), this project for the RTL8186 was linked to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wive-ng/ based on http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8186/ (the project page is in Russian here: http://wive-ng.sourceforge.net/ ).
Ugh!
- Yasha
edit: OP, perhaps you want to mention that v2.0R TEW-652BRP are *NOT* supported!
(Last edited by flyashi on 19 Nov 2009, 02:12)