Top reply? Well, anyway I bought a refurbished WNDR3800 from amazon $40.00 to run cerowrt. I was hoping to get a compatible model but it turns out I got a version with model change to WNDR3800-1CHNAS which cause the firmware upload to fail gracefully. I found out about this at openwrt.org, see https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=49390
The above referenced thread refers to an openwrt developer (zloop) who says he built a version with a different model string WNDR3800CH. See https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=51025 "according to GPL fw sources the router is called "WNDR3800CH" (MODEL_NAME) so adding a line Makefile:$(eval $(call SingleProfile,Netgear,64kraw,WNDR3800CH,wndr3800ch,WNDR3700,ttyS0,115200,$$(wndr3700v2_mtdlayout),0x33373031,WNDR3800CH,"",-H 29763654+16+128)) and modify the WNDR3800CH model to the Multiprofile line $(eval $(call MultiProfile,WNDR3700,WNDR3700V1 WNDR3700V2 WNDR3800 WNDR3800CH WNDRMAC WNDRMACV2)) should create an image that can be flashed from factory firmware PS: it's all untested - no guarantee it will work feel free to test and send to the mailing list " I'm going to try patching the image header to have the model name "WNDR3800CH" and see if it will load. It would be a good idea for the developers who understand the above to add this model to the makefiles so it also gets built. I bet a lot of WNDR3800-1CHNAS series routers are out in the wild and if someone picks one up to run wrt or cerowrt they will be stymied. Sam > Hi Eric, > > I can answer the first question: yes, that's the one. I'm running on > exactly this since more than a year now. > > Best regards, > Maciej > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj at eggo.org> wrote: >> is this the right box for cerowrt? I figure a refurb should work as well as >> new for this project. >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122523&cm_re=WNDR3800-_-33-122-523-_-Product >> >> btw, as a funding mechanism, have you considered teaming up with Netgear to >> sell refurbished boxes loaded up with cerowrt? set up inexpensive for fee >> support forum you have two revenue streams. >> _______________________________________________ >> Cerowrt-users mailing list >> Cerowrt-users at lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-users -- Sam Chessman sam.chessman (a) gmail.com "That's how we are, we are descendants of molecules formed a million years ago because they figured out how to replicate themselves. We have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead." -- Cory Doctorow _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
