Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:11:48 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@ignoranthack.me> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any chances to have FreeBSD on TP-Link TL-MR3420 v2 (white one)? Message-ID: <1404922308.7725.6.camel@bruno> In-Reply-To: <1415010372.20140709200433@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <1457767975.20140709141043@serebryakov.spb.ru> <1404920385.7725.2.camel@bruno> <1415010372.20140709200433@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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On Wed, 2014-07-09 at 20:04 +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Sean. > You wrote 9 ÉÀÌÑ 2014 Ç., 19:39:45: > > >> $subj? Or is it too small for FreeBSD AP + DHCPD + 3G Modem driver? > >> Native firmware works not so well :( > > SB> Looking at what wikidevi says, there's a good chance that you can get it > SB> working. > > SB> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-MR3420_v2 > > SB> Its atheros mips, AR9341 which means it can likely be made to boot. > > SB> The 4M of flash however is super small, I haven't been able to squash a > SB> kernel/ramdisk to that size. (worked on the mr3020 a bit, and had to > SB> resort to a 4G usb disk for root). > USB disk for root looks Ok, I need it only as 3G <-> WiFi gateway, so USB > is not used anyway. > With "native" firmware (the latest one) wifi is very unstable, it looks > like "working" (clients are associated, but after 3-5 minutes no traffic > pass till new disconnect/connect cycle). > > > P.S. I've changed mailing list to embedded, as wireless was my mistake, > actually. > If you can, try getting it to netboot using the wifi build scripts and whatnot. Its a bit of work, but rewarding. https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-wifi-build I had to bootstrap mine with a serial console and whatnot. http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020 Then I was able to build images and netboot with these configs. http://people.freebsd.org/~sbruno/TP-MR3020 http://people.freebsd.org/~sbruno/TP-MR3020.hints So, you'll want to mess around and try a different type. sean
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