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| toh:netgear:wn2500rp_v1 [2019/12/26 08:21] – [Hardware details] wifi uses USB interface walterav | toh:netgear:wn2500rp_v1 [2021/08/01 10:58] – Typos pdecat | ||
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| ====== Netgear WN2500RP v1 ====== | ====== Netgear WN2500RP v1 ====== | ||
| + | Universal Dual Band WiFi Range Extender | ||
| - | Hardware info see [[https:// | + | {{section> |
| - | Flashing the device to OpenWrt | + | Currently |
| + | ===== 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 | ||
| + | filter | ||
| + | ---- | ||
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| + | ===== Hardware Highlights ===== | ||
| + | ---- datatable ---- | ||
| + | cols : Model, Versions, CPU, CPU MHz, Flash MB_mbflashs, | ||
| + | header | ||
| + | align : c, | ||
| + | filter | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | ===== Installation ===== | ||
| + | ---- datatable ---- | ||
| + | cols : Model, Versions, Supported Current Rel, Firmware OpenWrt Install URL_url, Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade URL_url, Firmware OEM Stock URL_url | ||
| + | headers : Model, Version, Current Release, Firmware OpenWrt Install, Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade, Firmware OEM Stock | ||
| + | align : c,c,c | ||
| + | filter | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | Flashing the device to OpenWrt can be done via stock Netgear firmware webinterface " | ||
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| + | ===== Return to Factory Firmware ===== | ||
| Reverting to stock Netgear firmware " | Reverting to stock Netgear firmware " | ||
| < | < | ||
| - | tfpt 192.168.1.1 | + | tftp 192.168.1.1 |
| bin | bin | ||
| trace | trace | ||
| put stockfirmware.chk | put stockfirmware.chk | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| - | After a couple of minutes router power led is solid green and running stock Netgear firmware. | + | After a couple of minutes router power led is solid green and running stock restored |
| - | ===== Hardware details | + | |
| - | * SoC: Broadcom BCM5357 | + | ===== Forum Activity |
| - | * CPU: MIPS 74Kc V4.9 @ 266MHz | + | [[https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/ |
| - | * RAM: 64MB | + | |
| - | * FLASH: 8MB | + | ===== LAN/WAN router ===== |
| - | * SWITCH: 4port 100Mbit | + | This extender lacks a WAN port, but with OpenWrt webinterface " |
| - | * RADIO0: BCM5358UB0 | + | |
| - | * RADIO1: BCM43236 5GHz @builtin USB interface | + | |
| - | * BUTTONS: 1x Restore Factory Settings 1x WPS | + | |
| ===== BCM43236 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter ===== | ===== BCM43236 802.11abgn Wireless Adapter ===== | ||
| - | By looking at the telnet logs from the stock Netgear firmware USB was noticed and a wl_high module on the usb-core. By installing the following packages on OpenWrt 19.07-rc2 made the following builtin usb wifi device show up! | + | |
| + | ==== 5GHz AP-mode limited support ==== | ||
| + | Using the 5GHz in AP modus has been succesfull for channels 36-48 at 20MHz N-MODE using WPA2PSK CCMP with ~30Mbit RX/TX. Notice that reboot makes the wifi adapter dissapear but a hard poweroff makes it appear again you can (check via lsusb) | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | opkg update | ||
| + | opkg remove kmod-b43 | ||
| + | opkg install kmod-usb2 usbutils kmod-brcmfmac kmod-mac80211 | ||
| + | lsusb #wifi detected otherwise hard poweroff | ||
| + | poweroff; | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | You need a poweroff/ | ||
| + | ==== Further debugging ==== | ||
| + | By looking at the telnet logs from the stock Netgear firmware USB was noticed and a "wl_high" | ||
| < | < | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | After reboot the builtin the usb-device did not come up again(lsusb shows only hub) and is not directly related to b43 since the following dmesg output was also visible with original | + | After reboot the builtin the usb-device did not come up again(lsusb shows only hub) and is not directly related to b43 since the following dmesg output was also visible with original |
| < | < | ||
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| ===== Telnet stock firmware ===== | ===== Telnet stock firmware ===== | ||
| - | The stock firmware has a telnet deamon that gets enabled by sending a magic packet, see unlock netgear[[https:// | + | The stock firmware has a telnet deamon that gets enabled by sending a magic packet, see unlock netgear[[toh:netgear:telnet.console|telnet console]] for more info. Example console output of multiple commands: |
| < | < | ||
| ./ | ./ | ||
| - | telnet 192.168.1.1 | + | telnet 192.168.1.250 |
| # echo $0 | # echo $0 | ||
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| size: 26349 bytes (39187 left) | size: 26349 bytes (39187 left) | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | ===== Notes ===== | ||
| + | Using the reset button while using OpenWrt or powering on the device, may clear the " | ||
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| + | ===== Tags ===== | ||
| + | [[meta: | ||
| + | {{tag> | ||