Hi Stefan, we truly appreciate your tips and guidance, attached is the original bootlog from serial console, in case it's useful. I'm about to try adapting & flashing a binary for wdr3600,
Cheers!! On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Nicolás Echániz <nicoecha...@codigosur.org> wrote: > On 12/21/2012 11:56 PM, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: >> Hi >> >> On Saturday 22 December 2012, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: >>> On Thursday 20 December 2012, Nicolás Echániz wrote: >>>> TP-Link WDR3600 is supported since r33219. It has the same hardware as >>>> the WDR4300 with one less chain/antenna. >>>> >>>> However the model WDR3500, which is similar to WDR3600 is not yet >>>> supported. Outstanding differences in relation to WDR3600 are: >>> >>> For the TL-WDR3600, the situation was easy (once TL-WDR4300 was >>> supported), because it's essentially the same device, with only minor >>> differences for the 2.4 GHz radio (but still supported by the same >>> driver, ath9k). Without knowing any details, I fear this might be >>> slightly different with the TL-WDR3500. >>> >>>> - no gigabit ethernet >>> >>> Yes, and this means there is a big chance that the switch chipset might >>> be different. In contrast to wlan support, where you might be able to >>> just risk it, missing ethernet/ switch support would have much bigger >>> consequences. Given that The Atheros DB120 reference architecture, from >>> which these TP-Link routers are closely derived, is quite well >>> integrated and is specified with an Atheros AR8327N GBit/s switch, >>> there is a significant chance that a different switch chipset might be >>> used here - or eventually some completely different base board. >> >> O.k., after looking at the FCC pictures, which are not detailed enough >> to read all of the chips, it becomes clear that they're using a >> similar, but significantly different PCB for the TL-WDR3500 - so you >> really should make high resolution pictures and check bootlog/ GPL >> tarball before risking anything. While there still is a small chance >> that the differences are small enough that OpenWrt might "just work" >> for this device as well, it does look like there is a different >> solution in place for the networking switch, so it's more likely that >> some more involved source changes might be needed. > > Stephan, thanks a lot for your detailed explanation. > > I live in a small town with difficult local access to hardware but I'll > have a WDR3500 delivered from Buenos Aires in the following weeks and > then I'll get the high resolution images and original bootlog. > > I'll update as soon as I have this information. > > > Cheers, > > NicoEchániz > altermundi.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
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