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toh:mercury:mw150r [2018/03/31 23:23] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation bobafetthotmailtoh:mercury:mw150r [2019/02/12 20:45] – 432 warning added tmomas
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 ====== Mercury MW150R ====== ====== Mercury MW150R ======
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 +{{section>meta:infobox:432_warning#infobox_for_dataentries&noheader&nofooter&noeditbutton}}
  
   * 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:techref:hardware:soc:soc.qualcomm.ar71xx#ar9331|Qualcomm Atheros AR9331]] chipset. Thus lot of general information overlaps with the Wiki pages of other [[docs:techref:hardware:soc:soc.qualcomm.ar71xx#ar9331_based_devices|AR9331-based devices]]   * based on the [[docs:techref:hardware:soc:soc.qualcomm.ar71xx#ar9331|Qualcomm Atheros AR9331]] chipset. Thus lot of general information overlaps with the Wiki pages of other [[docs:techref:hardware:soc:soc.qualcomm.ar71xx#ar9331_based_devices|AR9331-based devices]]
-  * Some of the flavors can run OpenWRT. Some (from taobao) even have OpenWRT preinstalled.  +  * Some of the flavors can run OpenWrt. Some (from taobao) even have OpenWrt preinstalled.  
-  * 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&whistles you may need these patches (at the time of writing not on the trunk): https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2012-July/016070.html   * To run properly with all the blows&whistles you may need these patches (at the time of writing not on the trunk): https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2012-July/016070.html
  
-===== 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,c,c,c,c,c,
 +filter  : Model=MW150R 
 +----
  
-==== Device in OpenWrt Database ==== +===== Hardware Highlights =====
-These devices are listed in the [[toh:start|Table of Hardware]]:+
 ---- datatable ---- ---- datatable ----
-cols    : Model, VersionPlatform, CPU MHz, Flash MB_mbflashs, RAM MB_mbram, WLAN Hardware, WLAN 2.4Ghz, Ethernet 100M ports_, USB ports_, SerialJTAG,Supported Since Rel,Device Techdata_pageid +cols    : Model, VersionsCPU, CPU MHz, Flash MB_mbflashs, RAM MB_mbram, WLAN Hardware, WLAN 2.4Ghz, WLAN 5.0Ghz, Ethernet 100M ports_, Ethernet Gbit ports_, ModemUSB ports_ 
-header  : Model,Version,SoC,CPU MHz,Flash/MB,RAM/MB,WiFi Hardware,WiFi 2.4,100M ports,USB,Serial,JTAG,OpenWrt since,View/Edit +header  : Model, Version,SoC,CPU MHz,Flash MB,RAM MB,WLAN Hardware,WLAN2.4,WLAN5.0,100M ports,Gbit ports,Modem,USB 
-align   : l,l,l,r,r,r,l,l,r,l,l,l,l,l +align   : c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c,c
-filter  : Brand=Mercury+
 filter  : Model=MW150R filter  : Model=MW150R
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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://ncrmnt.org/2012/07/29/mercury-mw150r-turning-an-epic-fail-to-an-epic-win/ see also https://ncrmnt.org/2012/07/29/mercury-mw150r-turning-an-epic-fail-to-an-epic-win/
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 flashrom -p buspirate_spi:dev=/dev/ttyUSB0 -r target.bin flashrom -p buspirate_spi:dev=/dev/ttyUSB0 -r target.bin
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-  - 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 as usual+  - 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 as usual
  
 You can grab the layouts of the flash adapters I used (as seen on the photos) at my github repo: https://github.com/nekromant/flashadapters You can grab the layouts of the flash adapters I used (as seen on the photos) at my github repo: https://github.com/nekromant/flashadapters
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