You're right, there is that proprietary firmware bit for 5GHz. It's mostly but not fully open-source then, at least the firmware is easy to access and update.
Newegg specifies v2 in the product description, that's the most reliable source for now. I imagine Amazon will also run out of 1.0 and 1.1 inventory pretty soon if it's not already the case. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Dave Taht <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Martin Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: >> The recently released v2 of the TP-Link Archer C7 router would be a >> pretty good low-cost replacement. It's fully open-source Atheros/Qualcomm, > > Um, no, the ath10k depends on a binary blob. Which has been really > irksome. I do hope they open-source the firmware so we can make > more progress on incorporating better algorithms into wifi. > >> includes a fairly high performance 720MHz SOC with 128MB RAM, 16MB >> flash and 6 dual-band antennas (AC1750) with very good range. It can >> be found for $99 right now. The first hardware revision isn't >> supported by the ath10k driver in OpenWRT so make sure to only >> consider v2. > > It's not clear how to ensure you are buying a v2 through sites like amazon. > > If you can find a good source for it let me know... > >> >> http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr7500 >> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_C7_v2.x >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704177 >> >>> On Thu, 27 Mar 2014, Aaron Wood wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:50:27 +0100 >>>> From: Aaron Wood <woody77 at gmail.com> >>>> To: David Lang <david at lang.hm> >>>> Cc: Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com>, >>>> "cerowrt-devel at lists.bufferbloat.net" >>>> <cerowrt-devel at lists.bufferbloat.net> >>>> Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Fwd: wndr3800 replacement >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:11 PM, David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If the openwrt folks could figure out how they are going to deal with >>>>> NAND >>>>> flash, it would be nice to be able to use one of the many routers that is >>>>> shipping with more flash (128M in the newer netgear routers would be >>>>> nice) >>>>> >>>>> if I were to get my hands on one, what sort of testing would you want to >>>>> do to it to tell if it looks like it would hold up? >>>> >>>> >>>> I have experience running mtd on NAND, using jffs2. It seems to be >>>> holding >>>> up well. Better than NOR did, honestly. Although in general, I wish they >>>> would shift to eMMC. But it's driven by two factors: >>>> >>>> 1) part cost >>>> 2) chipset support from the router SoC vendors >>>> >>>> Given some of the wishes that I see on here, I think for development, >>>> people would be happier with a platform that wasn't based on a router SoC >>>> (like the wndr is), but instead was based on an embedded application >>>> processor with PCIe for the radios, and an external switch fabric. >>> >>> I think we have two competing desires. >>> >>> one is to have a nice powerful device for those people who have fast >>> connections >>> and for us to experiment with. >>> >>> the second is to have a 'home' device. >>> >>> using a 3800 or similarly priced ($100-$150 USD) device that's readily >>> available >>> is very good for the second category, the question is if we can find one >>> that's >>> powerful enough for the first. >>> >>> David Lang >>> >>>> But for >>>> thermal purposes alone, I've been seeing more and more external switch >>>> fabrics. The heat of a 5-port gigabit switch IC is pretty substantial >>>> (from my teardowns). >>>> >>>> One item I think will be a boon, especially with DNSSEC, is super-cap or >>>> battery-backed rtc, but that's asking for a unicorn, I think. Or... a >>>> Gateworks Ventana GW5310 loaded with a couple standard (industrial-grade) >>>> PCIe radios, loaded into a custom case. My guess is that it's a pretty >>>> expensive route, though. I would be surprised if a completely assembled >>>> unit would be <$300. At which point it starts to look better to just run >>>> a >>>> separate router and AP (using standard wndr-type platforms as the APs and >>>> a >>>> higher-end board or PC as the gateway). >>>> >>>> -Aaron >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cerowrt-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel > > > > -- > Dave Täht > > Fixing bufferbloat with cerowrt: > http://www.teklibre.com/cerowrt/subscribe.html _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
