Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:50:28 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tplink TL-WR1043ND access point is now ready (was Re: svn commit: r227926 - head/sys/mips/conf) Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonANyQw2BTyh_L3YkVZ3qZ9rR8r8D9Pj_OxYbRMoHtivA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <F7C01918-F1E8-41A6-841F-46109F8BCB5E@lassitu.de> References: <CAJ-Vmo=aLVTgA10UAg=KQMyybeLmBjF75qXdpmFAkqdU9GzJvA@mail.gmail.com> <F7C01918-F1E8-41A6-841F-46109F8BCB5E@lassitu.de>
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On 26 November 2011 07:01, Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> wrote: > Got it up and running, this is very nice. A couple comments and questions= : > > I managed to write the firmware image from OpenWrt's sys upgrade, so the = format seems to be sane. =A0I *think* the TP-Link web interface should acce= pt this image as well, but I haven't tested that. Yup, if you use -s on the script (build_tplink) then it should do that. :) > People wanting to try this: as this moment, you do need the serial consol= e, since the image will not allow you to log in over the network and become= root (AFAICT). =A0If the cofnig that goes into the image is improved, I'm = confident you can run this without console access. Patches are gratefully accepted for a default configuration. Actually, I thought I had one. :) # Create a bridge, flip on an IPv4 static address netif_bridge0_type=3D"bridge" netif_bridge0_addrtype=3D"static" netif_bridge0_descr=3D"default" netif_bridge0_name=3D"bridge0" # These are bridge members w/ STP enabled netif_bridge0_members_stp=3D"arge0" # These are bridge members w/ STP disabled netif_bridge0_members=3D"" netif_bridge0_ipv4_address=3D"192.168.1.20" netif_bridge0_ipv4_netmask=3D"255.255.255.0" .. and no root/user password. Just telnet in as 'user' first, then su to ro= ot. So try that? > Wifi speed seems to be decent, from an old MacBook I have lying around, I= managed about 38 MB/s to and from my server using ssh and dd. The -HEAD lock and invariant debugging is enabled by default in the kernel config. You should get higher throughput if those are disabled. > Is there a read-write filesystem for the flash, or are we limited to an a= rchive in the cfg flash partition? No r/w flash filesystem yet. :) Sorry! Someone else needs to do this, I've got my hands full! > Is the root MFS copied to RAM, or is it read on demand? It's read on demand - it's actually stored on flash as a uzip partition, so it's decompressed on the fly. > I see that you went to some lengths creating your own config framework. = =A0Why did you choose to not use the standard? This is just my development stuff, it's not designed to be a public openwrt-style project. It thus is to enable me to do my hackery. :) > I haven't looked at nanobsd in ages, and I did see in the last status rep= ort that there is another attempt at creating an OpenWrt-like setup. =A0I'm= currently running about six or seven OpenWrt routers (mostly at the extend= ed family), and I'm interested in eventually replacing OpenWrt with FreeBSD= . =A0Any guesses where a trimmed-down but fully functional (incl. ports) di= stribution might emerge? Hah. Someone will have to make ports cross-compile. Again, I'd love it if someone stepped up to doing that. :) I'm doing as much as I can to "dangle the carrot" so to speak. Hopefully this will attract some more interest in freebsd-embedded as well as the openwrt-style project called "zrouter". zrouter.org is really meant to be the openwrt-style project. My stuff is purely to get (my) development happening. Alex and the others at zrouter.org can then pick up the work and package it. ;) > Thanks for all your work, if you ever happen to come over to Hamburg, I'l= l have a beer waiting :-) You're welcome! Adrian
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