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| toh:mercury:mw150r [2018/02/20 18:51] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation bobafetthotmail | toh:mercury:mw150r [2019/02/12 20:45] – 432 warning added tmomas | ||
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| ====== Mercury MW150R ====== | ====== Mercury MW150R ====== | ||
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| * low-cost router, sold for ~20$ in several flavors, sometimes locally-rebranded. | * low-cost router, sold for ~20$ in several flavors, sometimes locally-rebranded. | ||
| - | * based on the [[docs: | + | * based on the [[docs:techref: |
| - | * Some of the flavors can run OpenWRT. Some (from taobao) even have OpenWRT | + | * Some of the flavors can run OpenWrt. Some (from taobao) even have OpenWrt |
| - | * flash ranging from 2MiB to 8MiB. The worst case are the routers that have only 2MiB flash and 8MiB DDR RAM shipped with VxWorks preinstalled. All with at least 4 MB flash can run OpenWRT. If the router you got already runs some linux with 4 megs of flash or more, skip the scary RAM/Flash upgrade part and try the web upgrade. | + | * flash ranging from 2MiB to 8MiB. The worst case are the routers that have only 2MiB flash and 8MiB DDR RAM shipped with VxWorks preinstalled. All with at least 4 MB flash can run OpenWrt. If the router you got already runs some linux with 4 megs of flash or more, skip the scary RAM/Flash upgrade part and try the web upgrade. |
| * To run properly with all the blows& | * To run properly with all the blows& | ||
| - | ===== Hardware Highlights | + | ===== Supported Versions |
| + | ---- datatable ---- | ||
| + | cols : Brand, Model, Versions, Supported Current Rel, OEM device homepage URL_url, OWrt Forum Topic URL_url, Device Techdata_pageid | ||
| + | headers : Brand, Model, Version, Current Release, OEM Info, Forum Topic, Technical Data | ||
| + | align : c, | ||
| + | filter | ||
| + | ---- | ||
| - | ==== Device in OpenWrt Database | + | ===== Hardware Highlights ===== |
| - | These devices are listed in the [[toh: | + | |
| ---- datatable ---- | ---- datatable ---- | ||
| - | cols : Model, | + | cols : Model, |
| - | header | + | header |
| - | align : | + | align : |
| - | filter | + | |
| filter | filter | ||
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| This can be VERY rough for newbies. Web update is NOT tested and (likely) will not work if you have a VxWorks one. On the contarary, upgrade via web might work if you have a brick running proper linux. | This can be VERY rough for newbies. Web update is NOT tested and (likely) will not work if you have a VxWorks one. On the contarary, upgrade via web might work if you have a brick running proper linux. | ||
| - | ===== Upgrade guidelines | + | |
| + | ===== Hardware mods ===== | ||
| see also https:// | see also https:// | ||
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| flashrom -p buspirate_spi: | flashrom -p buspirate_spi: | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| - | - Solder the chip into the router and see if it boots. If it boots, and whatever firmware you put in there started the wireless - then you're lucky. You can not proceed to compiling and setting up OpenWRT | + | - Solder the chip into the router and see if it boots. If it boots, and whatever firmware you put in there started the wireless - then you're lucky. You can not proceed to compiling and setting up OpenWrt |
| You can grab the layouts of the flash adapters I used (as seen on the photos) at my github repo: https:// | You can grab the layouts of the flash adapters I used (as seen on the photos) at my github repo: https:// | ||