Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Custom cases for Netgear r7800?

[Hannu Nyman]

Ben Greear kirjoitti 2.11.2018 klo 22:20:

... customized cases for the Netgear r7800
...

In particular, I'd like to get access to the serial port in a nice way,



This is not a polished solution, but can help in development/debugging work:

It is rather easy to lead short serial patch cables through the side grill in 
R7800. The cables can be attached to the serial header, if the pins are 
bended slightly. I have permanently modified my R7800 that way. The cables 
are hanging out of the router, but that doesn't bother me ;-)


See pictures at:

https://forum.openwrt.org/t/netgear-r7800-exploration-ipq8065-qca9984/285/2


Ps. the audio jack trick explained by Alberto also sounds feasible.



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Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Custom cases for Netgear r7800?

[Alberto Bursi]

On 02/11/18 21:20, Ben Greear wrote:

This is a bit off topic, but I'm curious if anyone has developed
or knows of someone selling customized cases for the Netgear r7800
(or similar AP with similar radios and 128+MB of storage and 512+MB of 
RAM).


In particular, I'd like to get access to the serial port in a nice way,
and probably have either more generic branding or maybe my own custom
branding.

Thanks,
Ben



I can't help with custom cases, but I can share how I make easy serial 
access port on my devices.


I use an audio jack. Female panel-mounted audio jack on the device, and 
male jack on the USB-TTL dongle.


You need to know how you soldered the cables as they need to match 
electrically (duh!).


If you don't have a drill to make a decent hole in the case you can just 
use the soldering iron as a drill


and some pliers to remove the blob of plastic. Do it outside of the 
house of course.


After the second or third time the job is pretty clean and 
unconspicuous, it does not look like a mod.



-Alberto


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