TP-Link TL-MR3040

This device is NOT RECOMMENDED for future use with OpenWrt due to low flash/ram.
DO NOT BUY DEVICES WITH 4MB FLASH / 32MB RAM if you intend to flash an up-to-date and secure OpenWrt version onto it! See 4/32 warning for details.

1) This device does not have sufficient resources (flash and/or RAM) to provide secure and reliable operation.
This means that even setting a password or changing simple network settings might not be possible any more, rendering the device effectively useless. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now.

2) OpenWrt support for this device has ended in 2022.
19.07.10 was the last official build for 4/32 devices.

A portable router with an onboard 2000mAh rechargeable_battery. See also TP-Link TL-MR10U, TP-Link TL-MR11U, TP-Link TL-MR12U, TP-Link TL-MR13U and TP-Link TL-MR3020, TP-Link TL-WR703N.
Although it is marketed as a “3G/4G router”, the TL-MR3040 does not include a 3G/4G modem. It simply means that the OEM firmware and GUI support a certain range of USB 3G modems, but, OpenWrt supports 3G modems too.

Version/Model Launch Date OpenWrt Version Supported Model Specific Notes Hardware differences
v1.0 May 2012 Trunk R31845 Confirmed working -
v2.0 January 2013 Trunk R37964 Confirmed working on v2.1 hardware Mode Switch button
v2.2 October 2013 Confirmed working on v2.2 hardware Mode Switch button
v2.3 2014 Chaos Calmer 15.05 Confirmed working on v2.3 hardware
v2.4 Dec 2014 Barrier Breaker Confirmed working on v2.4 hardware B.A.T.M.A.N. -adv also supported
v2.5 ? Chaos Calmer 15.05 Confirmed working on v2.5 hardware
v2.5 ? Chaos Calmer 17.01.5 Confirmed working on v2.5 hardware

Althought TL-MR3040 and MR11U seem similar on the outside, the inside isn´t that similar. Here are the differences:

  • MR11U is chinese only
  • MR3040(v1.0/v2.0) doesn´t have QSS button
  • USP_POWER GPIO is diferrent
  • Some buttons are on different sides with different looks
  • Also the layers printed on the PCB are different and also some connections

MR3040 compared to MR11U

  • Download the Barrier Breaker stable release from here

As with most TP-Link Routers this one can be flashed using the TP-Link Webinterface. Connect to the TL-MR3040 router via Ethernet cable at IP address 192.168.0.1, login to the router's web GUI (default login/password: admin / admin), and overwrite the factory firmware by installing the openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-mr3040-v1-squashfs-factory.bin like a regular firmware update.

Wait for the progress bar to finish twice (the device will reset itself in the process), and proceed with basic configuration as with any fresh OpenWrt install.

Manual Flash under U-Boot Serial Console

  • To install OpenWrt from the U-Boot console, you need to install a TFTP server on your computer.
  • By default the server is set to 192.168.0.100, you can check detail by 'printenv'
  • The serial layout is p1: →serial_console
  • Setup serial console 115200 8n1, for example: screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 ixoff

Power up the TL-MR3040, after a 1-2 seconds U-Boot announces “Autobooting in 1 seconds”, when displaying this enter tpl immediately.

Autobooting in 1 seconds
[type tpl here]

You will get a U-Boot-console, it shows as hornet>, and you must enter the following commands:

hornet> tftpboot 0x81000000 openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-mr3040-v1-squashfs-factory.bin
Using eth0 device
TFTP from server 192.168.0.100; our IP address is 192.168.0.1
Filename 'openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-mr3040-v1-squashfs-factory.bin'.
Load address: 0x81000000
Loading: #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         #################################################################
         ######################################################
done
Bytes transferred = 3932160 (3c0000 hex)
hornet> erase 0x9f020000 +0x3c0000

First 0x2 last 0x3d sector size 0x10000                                                                                                        61
Erased 60 sectors
hornet> cp.b 0x81000000 0x9f020000 0x3c0000
Copy to Flash... write addr: 9f020000

done
hornet> bootm 9f020000
  • Download the Barrier Breaker (14.07) stable release from here
  • Download the Chaos Calmer (15.05) stable release from here

Method Using Web GUI (Recommended)

Same as for v1.0 (that is, log into the OEM web interface, usually at http://192.168.0.1/, and update the firmware via this interface), but remember to use the v2 firmware image instead of the v1 image. Default username/password: admin/admin

The OEM Web GUI may complain Please choose a file to upgrade due to the length of the filename. If this is the case, rename the openwrt-xx.xx.xx-ar71xx-generic-tl-mr3040-v2-squashfs-factory.bin firmware filename to openwrt.bin, select the file for upload in the Web GUI, and click Upload.

Manual Flash under U-Boot Serial Console

Same as for v1.0, but remember to use the v2 firmware image (openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-mr3040-v2-squashfs-factory.bin) instead of the v1 image.

  1. Switch on the router
  2. Wait almost 5 sec
  3. Press the “Reset” for ~3sec
  4. The device is now in Failsafe-Mode
  5. You may access it by using telnet 192.168.1.1/24 or serial

Keep in mind: The LEDs won't flash in Failsafe Mode!

If you have SSH access:

  • It is possible to flash factory firmware (or other firmware like DD-WRT) via the “mtd” command as documented in the generic instructions:
    • The firmware must be 3,932,160 bytes
    • Get the file into /tmp on the router via wget from the web or scp from your PC
    • Command is: “mtd -r write /tmp/filename.bin firmware”
  • HOWEVER, some of the firmware downloaded from TP-LINK are too big (4,063,744 bytes) as they include the “boot” along with the firmware (usually the filename says “boot”, e.g. mr3040v2_en_3_14_4_up_boot(121017).bin).
    • Those extra bytes can be removed before flashing with:
      dd if=original_filename.bin of=modified_filename.bin skip=257 bs=512

      Afterwards, the file should be the correct size for flashing.

    • This command removes the first 128.5KB (0x20200) from the file. Please note: There is a risk that's not the proper location for all files. You can double check by viewing address 0x20200 in a hex editor: Just prior to 0x20200 you should see a large block of 00's. At 0x20200 you should have a “01” followed by a few 00's and then “TP-LINK”). On Linux, use the following command to view the data just prior to and at 0x20200:
      hexdump -C original_filename.bin | grep 00020200 -B 3

      Example output:

      0000bcb0  61 0a ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |a...............|
      0000bcc0  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |................|
      *
      00020200  01 00 00 00 54 50 2d 4c  49 4e 4b 20 54 65 63 68  |....TP-LINK Tech|
    • references:
  • When flashing with mtd, if you receive an error such as “failed to erase block”, then DO NOT REBOOT your router. Instead, flash a known good firmware of the proper size (e.g. flash the sysupgrade bin for the OpenWrt version you most recently had)

If you don't have SSH access (router bricked, etc):

hornet> tftpboot 0x81000000 mr3040v1_en_3_12_11_up(120328).bin
...
hornet> erase 0x9f020000 +0x3c0000
...
hornet> cp.b 0x81000000 0x9f020000 0x3c0000
...
hornet> bootm 9f020000

Since this part is identical to generic devices, see Basic configuration.

Please read the article Flash Layout for a better understanding. It contains a couple of explanations. Then let's have a view at flash layout of this particular device:

TP-Link MR3040 Flash Layout stock firmware
Layer0 spi0.0: 4096KiB
Layer1 mtd0 mtd1 mtd2 mtd3 mtd4
Size in KiB 128KiB 1024KiB 2816 KiB 64KiB 64KiB
Name u-boot kernel rootfs config art
mountpoint none none / none none
filesystem none none SquashFS none none

ART = Atheros Radio Test - it contains RF calibration data for the wifi. If it is missing or corrupt, wireless won't come up anymore.

Remove back cover, remove battery. Unscrew two screws, open case in the corner next to the ethernet port (there is a small triangle here). Push a screwdriver into the hole next to the battery (closest to ethernet port) and pull cover until it snaps open. Next push in the screwdriver in the next corner next to the battery.

Pinout

1 2 3 4
TX RX GND VCC

Pin 1 is clearly marked on the board. Careful, on ver:2.5 there is a white mark “P1” printed on the board, next to pin 4 (this almost tripped me up, so I write a bit more prose). Pin 1 is the one with the square metal solder surface around the hole. Pin 1 has a distinct white box printed around it, while pins 2 - 4 share another printed box. You can double-check by looking at pin 3 with a magnifying glass: you can clearly see how the solder surface around the hole is directly connected in all four directions to the wide GND area on the board.

The right settings for accessing the serial console are as follows:

Bits per second: 115200
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Parity: None
Flow control: None

U-Boot Bootloader Console

The password to get the U-Boot prompt is tpl. You must type it quickly while the serial console is displaying:

[...]
ag7240_phy_setup
eth1 up
eth0, eth1
Autobooting in 1 seconds
[type tpl here]

U-Boot accepts several commands. Type help to display the list of available commands.

Linux Console

Once the original firmware has booted up completely, you can press return to activate the Linux login prompt.

TL-MR3040 login: root
password: 5up


tl-mr3040-v2.1-front1.jpg

The stock firmware has a web-based command line interface (located at http://192.168.0.1/userRpmNatDebugRpm26525557/linux_cmdline.html - username/password is osteam/5up). The following info was obtained via this web interface.

# cat /proc/version&
Linux version 2.6.31--LSDK-9.2.0.312 (root@localhost.localdomain) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #45 Wed Oct 17 17:14:17 CST 2012
# cat /proc/cpuinfo &
system type		: Atheros AR9330 (Hornet)
processor		: 0
cpu model		: MIPS 24Kc V7.4
BogoMIPS		: 266.24
wait instruction	: yes
microsecond timers	: yes
tlb_entries		: 16
extra interrupt vector	: yes
hardware watchpoint	: yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0000, 0x0ff8, 0x0ff8, 0x0ffb]
ASEs implemented	: mips16
shadow register sets	: 1
core			: 0
VCED exceptions		: not available
VCEI exceptions		: not available
# cat /proc/interrupts&
           CPU0       
  2:     226967           dummy  wifi0
  3:          0            MIPS  ehci_hcd:usb1
  4:          0            MIPS  eth1
  5:      26826            MIPS  eth0
  6:          0            MIPS  cascade
  7:     886122            MIPS  timer
 18:          0     AR7240 MISC  cascade
 19:         48     AR7240 MISC  serial
 28:         37     AR7240 MISC  gmac link intr
 43:          0     AR7240 GPIO  RESTORE_FACTORY_DEFAULT
 53:          0     AR7240 GPIO  Watchdog Reset

ERR:          0
# ls /proc
1              42             533            diskstats      pagetypeinfo
147            43             534            driver         partitions
150            44             535            execdomains    self
151            45             538            filesystems    simple_config
152            5              542            fs             slabinfo
155            505            549            interrupts     softirqs
156            506            572            iomem          stat
16             507            66             ioports        sys
162            508            8              irq            sysvipc
165            511            93             kallsyms       timer_list
168            512            ath_gmac_stat  kmsg           tty
2              515            athdebug       loadavg        uptime
25             516            athversion     locks          version
3              527            buddyinfo      meminfo        vmallocinfo
324            528            bus            misc           vmstat
361            529            cmdline        modules        zoneinfo
384            530            cpuinfo        mounts
385            531            crypto         mtd
4              532            devices        net
# cat /proc/meminfo&
MemTotal:          29992 kB
MemFree:           11060 kB
Buffers:            2236 kB
Cached:             6860 kB
SwapCached:            0 kB
Active:             4364 kB
Inactive:           6932 kB
Active(anon):       2200 kB
Inactive(anon):        0 kB
Active(file):       2164 kB
Inactive(file):     6932 kB
Unevictable:           0 kB
Mlocked:               0 kB
SwapTotal:             0 kB
SwapFree:              0 kB
Dirty:                 0 kB
Writeback:             0 kB
AnonPages:          2224 kB
Mapped:             1952 kB
Slab:               4908 kB
SReclaimable:        456 kB
SUnreclaim:         4452 kB
PageTables:          232 kB
NFS_Unstable:          0 kB
Bounce:                0 kB
WritebackTmp:          0 kB
CommitLimit:       14996 kB
Committed_AS:       5600 kB
VmallocTotal:    1048404 kB
VmallocUsed:        2116 kB
VmallocChunk:    1037128 kB
# cat /proc/softirqs&
                CPU0       
      HI:          0
   TIMER:     894576
  NET_TX:       1114
  NET_RX:      30910
   BLOCK:          0
 TASKLET:     194810
   SCHED:          0
 HRTIMER:          0
     RCU:      29923
# cat /proc/devices&
Character devices:
  1 mem
  4 ttyS
  5 /dev/tty
  5 /dev/console
  5 /dev/ptmx
 10 misc
 13 input
 21 sg
 77 AR7240_GPIOC
 90 mtd
108 ppp
128 ptm
136 pts
180 usb
189 usb_device
238 ar7240_gpio_chrdev
239 ar7240_flash_chrdev

Block devices:
259 blkext
  8 sd
 31 mtdblock
 65 sd
 66 sd
 67 sd
 68 sd
 69 sd
 70 sd
 71 sd
128 sd
129 sd
130 sd
131 sd
132 sd
133 sd
134 sd
135 sd
# cat /proc/timer_list&
Timer List Version: v0.4
HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 2
now at 3623494191688 nsecs

cpu: 0
 clock 0:
  .base:       80247490
  .index:      0
  .resolution: 4000250 nsecs
  .get_time:   ktime_get_real
active timers:
 clock 1:
  .base:       802474b8
  .index:      1
  .resolution: 4000250 nsecs
  .get_time:   ktime_get
active timers:
 #0: <80ddfea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3623587145038-3623587195038 nsecs [in 92953350 to 93003350 nsecs]
 #1: <80ec3ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3623592058218-3623592108218 nsecs [in 97866530 to 97916530 nsecs]
 #2: <80dcfea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3623692053433-3623692103433 nsecs [in 197861745 to 197911745 nsecs]
 #3: <81c63ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3623692078218-3623692128218 nsecs [in 197886530 to 197936530 nsecs]
 #4: <81c87ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3623776060908-3623776110908 nsecs [in 281869220 to 281919220 nsecs]
 #5: <81c89ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3623776082598-3623776132598 nsecs [in 281890910 to 281940910 nsecs]
 #6: <80eabea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3623776449078-3623776499078 nsecs [in 282257390 to 282307390 nsecs]
 #7: <80dd7ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3624452067673-3624452117673 nsecs [in 957875985 to 957925985 nsecs]
 #8: <80eadea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3624452094108-3624452144108 nsecs [in 957902420 to 957952420 nsecs]
 #9: <80e9fea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3624452139538-3624452189538 nsecs [in 957947850 to 957997850 nsecs]
 #10: <80ec1ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3624456056338-3624456106338 nsecs [in 961864650 to 961914650 nsecs]
 #11: <81c29ad8>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3625300039373-3625302039369 nsecs [in 1805847685 to 1807847681 nsecs]
 #12: <80c21ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3625356006158-3625356056158 nsecs [in 1861814470 to 1861864470 nsecs]
 #13: <80e89ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3626220007808-3626220057808 nsecs [in 2725816120 to 2725866120 nsecs]
 #14: <81c49ea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3629000002848-3629000052848 nsecs [in 5505811160 to 5505861160 nsecs]
 #15: <80cdfa40>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3632620073878-3632630073853 nsecs [in 9125882190 to 9135882165 nsecs]
 #16: <80edfa40>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3634616067468-3634646067446 nsecs [in 11121875780 to 11151875758 nsecs]
 #17: <81c5fea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3678339169738-3678339219738 nsecs [in 54844978050 to 54845028050 nsecs]
 #18: <81c6bea0>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 3678680084893-3678680134893 nsecs [in 55185893205 to 55185943205 nsecs]
 #19: <81c53a40>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01
 # expires at 7217260376833-7217260426833 nsecs [in 3593766185145 to 3593766235145 nsecs]


Tick Device: mode:     0
Per CPU device: 0
Clock Event Device: MIPS
 max_delta_ns:   2147483647
 min_delta_ns:   3840
 mult:           858993459
 shift:          32
 mode:           3
 next_event:     3623496000000 nsecs
 set_next_event: mips_next_event
 set_mode:       mips_set_clock_mode
 event_handler:  tick_handle_periodic
# /sbin/lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
umac 630496 0 - Live 0xc0a5e000
ath_dev 214688 1 umac, Live 0xc094a000 (P)
ath_rate_atheros 32512 1 ath_dev, Live 0xc08f3000 (P)
ath_hal 369264 2 umac,ath_dev, Live 0xc0886000 (P)
asf 9376 3 umac,ath_dev,ath_hal, Live 0xc080e000 (P)
adf 14512 3 umac,ath_dev,ath_hal, Live 0xc07ff000
nf_nat_rtsp 5328 0 - Live 0xc073d000
nf_conntrack_rtsp 7136 1 nf_nat_rtsp, Live 0xc0731000
nf_nat_h323 6720 0 - Live 0xc0720000
nf_nat_tftp 1280 0 - Live 0xc0715000
nf_conntrack_tftp 4192 1 nf_nat_tftp, Live 0xc070b000
nf_nat_ftp 2768 0 - Live 0xc0701000
nf_conntrack_ftp 7216 1 nf_nat_ftp, Live 0xc06f6000
nf_nat_pptp 2576 0 - Live 0xc06eb000
nf_conntrack_pptp 5904 1 nf_nat_pptp, Live 0xc06e0000
tp_domain 4352 0 - Live 0xc06c1000
athrs_gmac 54048 0 - Live 0xc02a3000
statistics 87056 0 - Live 0xc0273000
wlan_warn 2976 0 - Live 0xc0268000
pptp 10432 0 - Live 0xc025f000
pppol2tp 27760 0 - Live 0xc024d000
br_filter 1232 0 - Live 0xc023b000
ts_kmp 2208 1 - Live 0xc0232000
cls_fw 5088 0 - Live 0xc0227000
cls_basic 4944 0 - Live 0xc021b000
sch_sfq 6384 0 - Live 0xc020f000
sch_prio 5360 0 - Live 0xc0203000
sch_htb 18000 0 - Live 0xc01f4000
ipt_TRIGGER 3872 0 - Live 0xc01e5000
ipt_REJECT 2992 0 - Live 0xc01db000
ipt_REDIRECT 1520 0 - Live 0xc01d1000
ipt_MASQUERADE 2400 3 - Live 0xc01c8000
iptable_nat 4720 1 - Live 0xc01bd000
iptable_filter 2352 1 - Live 0xc01b2000
ip_tables 11824 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter, Live 0xc01a6000
nf_nat_proto_gre 1984 1 nf_nat_pptp, Live 0xc0199000
nf_nat 15904 10 nf_nat_rtsp,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_pptp,ipt_TRIGGER,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat_proto_gre, Live 0xc018d000
nf_conntrack_ipv4 13184 9 iptable_nat,nf_nat, Live 0xc017c000
nf_defrag_ipv4 1648 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4, Live 0xc016e000
xt_state 1856 6 - Live 0xc0165000
xt_conntrack 4544 0 - Live 0xc015b000
nf_conntrack_h323 47328 1 nf_nat_h323, Live 0xc0146000
nf_conntrack_proto_gre 4976 1 nf_conntrack_pptp, Live 0xc012f000
nf_conntrack 59008 18 nf_nat_rtsp,nf_conntrack_rtsp,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_tftp,nf_conntrack_tftp,nf_nat_ftp,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_nat_pptp,nf_conntrack_pptp,ipt_TRIGGER,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state,xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_h323,nf_conntrack_proto_gre, Live 0xc0116000
ipt_multiurl 1936 0 - Live 0xc00fa000
xt_time 2704 0 - Live 0xc00f1000
xt_string 2208 0 - Live 0xc00e7000
xt_multiport 2848 0 - Live 0xc00dd000
xt_mac 1376 0 - Live 0xc00d3000
xt_iprange 2128 0 - Live 0xc00ca000
xt_comment 1296 1 - Live 0xc00c1000
xt_TCPMSS 3264 1 - Live 0xc00b8000
xt_MARK 1888 0 - Live 0xc00ae000
xt_tcpudp 2784 14 - Live 0xc00a5000
x_tables 16480 19 wlan_warn,ipt_TRIGGER,ipt_REJECT,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ip_tables,xt_state,xt_conntrack,ipt_multiurl,xt_time,xt_string,xt_multiport,xt_mac,xt_iprange,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_MARK,xt_tcpudp, Live 0xc0097000
# cat /proc/modules&
umac 630496 0 - Live 0xc0a5e000
ath_dev 214688 1 umac, Live 0xc094a000 (P)
ath_rate_atheros 32512 1 ath_dev, Live 0xc08f3000 (P)
ath_hal 369264 2 umac,ath_dev, Live 0xc0886000 (P)
asf 9376 3 umac,ath_dev,ath_hal, Live 0xc080e000 (P)
adf 14512 3 umac,ath_dev,ath_hal, Live 0xc07ff000
nf_nat_rtsp 5328 0 - Live 0xc073d000
nf_conntrack_rtsp 7136 1 nf_nat_rtsp, Live 0xc0731000
nf_nat_h323 6720 0 - Live 0xc0720000
nf_nat_tftp 1280 0 - Live 0xc0715000
nf_conntrack_tftp 4192 1 nf_nat_tftp, Live 0xc070b000
nf_nat_ftp 2768 0 - Live 0xc0701000
nf_conntrack_ftp 7216 1 nf_nat_ftp, Live 0xc06f6000
nf_nat_pptp 2576 0 - Live 0xc06eb000
nf_conntrack_pptp 5904 1 nf_nat_pptp, Live 0xc06e0000
tp_domain 4352 0 - Live 0xc06c1000
athrs_gmac 54048 0 - Live 0xc02a3000
statistics 87056 0 - Live 0xc0273000
wlan_warn 2976 0 - Live 0xc0268000
pptp 10432 0 - Live 0xc025f000
pppol2tp 27760 0 - Live 0xc024d000
br_filter 1232 0 - Live 0xc023b000
ts_kmp 2208 1 - Live 0xc0232000
cls_fw 5088 0 - Live 0xc0227000
cls_basic 4944 0 - Live 0xc021b000
sch_sfq 6384 0 - Live 0xc020f000
sch_prio 5360 0 - Live 0xc0203000
sch_htb 18000 0 - Live 0xc01f4000
ipt_TRIGGER 3872 0 - Live 0xc01e5000
ipt_REJECT 2992 0 - Live 0xc01db000
ipt_REDIRECT 1520 0 - Live 0xc01d1000
ipt_MASQUERADE 2400 3 - Live 0xc01c8000
iptable_nat 4720 1 - Live 0xc01bd000
iptable_filter 2352 1 - Live 0xc01b2000
ip_tables 11824 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter, Live 0xc01a6000
nf_nat_proto_gre 1984 1 nf_nat_pptp, Live 0xc0199000
nf_nat 15904 10 nf_nat_rtsp,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_pptp,ipt_TRIGGER,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat_proto_gre, Live 0xc018d000
nf_conntrack_ipv4 13184 9 iptable_nat,nf_nat, Live 0xc017c000
nf_defrag_ipv4 1648 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4, Live 0xc016e000
xt_state 1856 6 - Live 0xc0165000
xt_conntrack 4544 0 - Live 0xc015b000
nf_conntrack_h323 47328 1 nf_nat_h323, Live 0xc0146000
nf_conntrack_proto_gre 4976 1 nf_conntrack_pptp, Live 0xc012f000
nf_conntrack 59008 18 nf_nat_rtsp,nf_conntrack_rtsp,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_tftp,nf_conntrack_tftp,nf_nat_ftp,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_nat_pptp,nf_conntrack_pptp,ipt_TRIGGER,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state,xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_h323,nf_conntrack_proto_gre, Live 0xc0116000
ipt_multiurl 1936 0 - Live 0xc00fa000
xt_time 2704 0 - Live 0xc00f1000
xt_string 2208 0 - Live 0xc00e7000
xt_multiport 2848 0 - Live 0xc00dd000
xt_mac 1376 0 - Live 0xc00d3000
xt_iprange 2128 0 - Live 0xc00ca000
xt_comment 1296 1 - Live 0xc00c1000
xt_TCPMSS 3264 1 - Live 0xc00b8000
xt_MARK 1888 0 - Live 0xc00ae000
xt_tcpudp 2784 14 - Live 0xc00a5000
x_tables 16480 19 wlan_warn,ipt_TRIGGER,ipt_REJECT,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ip_tables,xt_state,xt_conntrack,ipt_multiurl,xt_time,xt_string,xt_multiport,xt_mac,xt_iprange,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_MARK,xt_tcpudp, Live 0xc0097000
# ls /dev
ar7100_flash_chrdev  ram0                 ttyS1
ar7100_gpio_chrdev   random               ttyS2
caldata              tty                  ttyUSB0
console              tty0                 ttyUSB1
dk0                  tty1                 ttyUSB10
kmem                 tty2                 ttyUSB11
mem                  ttyACM0              ttyUSB12
mtd0                 ttyACM1              ttyUSB13
mtdblock0            ttyACM10             ttyUSB14
mtdblock1            ttyACM11             ttyUSB15
mtdblock2            ttyACM12             ttyUSB2
mtdblock3            ttyACM13             ttyUSB3
mtdblock4            ttyACM14             ttyUSB4
mtdblock5            ttyACM15             ttyUSB5
mtdblock6            ttyACM2              ttyUSB6
mtdr0                ttyACM3              ttyUSB7
null                 ttyACM4              ttyUSB8
ppp                  ttyACM5              ttyUSB9
ptmx                 ttyACM6              ttyp0
pts                  ttyACM7              ttyp1
ptyp0                ttyACM8              ttyp2
ptyp1                ttyACM9              urandom
ptyp2                ttyS0                zero
# /sbin/ifconfig
ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr F8:1A:67:5B:D9:7C  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:2290  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:456 errors:0 dropped:2656 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:200184 (195.4 KiB)

br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr F8:1A:67:5B:D9:7C  
          inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:22657 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:26997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:2368073 (2.2 MiB)  TX bytes:19011533 (18.1 MiB)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr F8:1A:67:5B:D9:7B  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:22683 errors:0 dropped:4 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:29239 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2779389 (2.6 MiB)  TX bytes:19273038 (18.3 MiB)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr F8:1A:67:5B:D9:7D  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2004 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2004 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:156312 (152.6 KiB)  TX bytes:156312 (152.6 KiB)

wifi0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr F8:1A:67:5B:D9:7C  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:174 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:2 Memory:b8100000-b811ffff 
# cat /proc/partitions&
major minor  #blocks  name

  31        0        128 mtdblock0
  31        1       1024 mtdblock1
  31        2       2816 mtdblock2
  31        3         64 mtdblock3
  31        4         64 mtdblock4
# cat /proc/diskstats&
  31       0 mtdblock0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       1 mtdblock1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       2 mtdblock2 82 2127 4418 1028 0 0 0 0 0 1028 1028
  31       3 mtdblock3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       4 mtdblock4 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# df
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mtdblock2            2688      2688         0 100% /
# cat /proc/pagetypeinfo&
Page block order: 10
Pages per block:  1024

Free pages count per migrate type at order       0      1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9     10 
Node    0, zone   Normal, type    Unmovable      3      2      2      0      1      1      1      1      0      0      0 
Node    0, zone   Normal, type  Reclaimable      0      1      1      1      0      0      0      1      1      1      0 
Node    0, zone   Normal, type      Movable      1      1      1      1      0      1      1      0      0      1      0 
Node    0, zone   Normal, type      Reserve      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      1 
Node    0, zone   Normal, type      Isolate      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0 

Number of blocks type     Unmovable  Reclaimable      Movable      Reserve      Isolate 
Node 0, zone   Normal            2            1            4            1            0 
# cat /proc/vmstat&
nr_free_pages 2807
nr_inactive_anon 0
nr_active_anon 521
nr_inactive_file 1733
nr_active_file 541
nr_unevictable 0
nr_mlock 0
nr_anon_pages 527
nr_mapped 488
nr_file_pages 2274
nr_dirty 0
nr_writeback 0
nr_slab_reclaimable 114
nr_slab_unreclaimable 1108
nr_page_table_pages 52
nr_unstable 0
nr_bounce 0
nr_vmscan_write 0
nr_writeback_temp 0
pgpgin 2213
pgpgout 0
pswpin 0
pswpout 0
pgalloc_normal 75985
pgalloc_movable 0
pgfree 78792
pgactivate 542
pgdeactivate 0
pgfault 71708
pgmajfault 78
pgrefill_normal 0
pgrefill_movable 0
pgsteal_normal 0
pgsteal_movable 0
pgscan_kswapd_normal 0
pgscan_kswapd_movable 0
pgscan_direct_normal 0
pgscan_direct_movable 0
pginodesteal 0
slabs_scanned 0
kswapd_steal 0
kswapd_inodesteal 0
pageoutrun 0
allocstall 0
pgrotated 0
unevictable_pgs_culled 0
unevictable_pgs_scanned 0
unevictable_pgs_rescued 0
unevictable_pgs_mlocked 0
unevictable_pgs_munlocked 0
unevictable_pgs_cleared 0
unevictable_pgs_stranded 0
unevictable_pgs_mlockfreed 0
# cat /proc/zoneinfo&
Node 0, zone   Normal
  pages free     2771
        min      180
        low      225
        high     270
        scanned  0
        spanned  8192
        present  8128
    nr_free_pages 2771
    nr_inactive_anon 0
    nr_active_anon 550
    nr_inactive_file 1733
    nr_active_file 541
    nr_unevictable 0
    nr_mlock     0
    nr_anon_pages 556
    nr_mapped    488
    nr_file_pages 2274
    nr_dirty     0
    nr_writeback 0
    nr_slab_reclaimable 114
    nr_slab_unreclaimable 1107
    nr_page_table_pages 58
    nr_unstable  0
    nr_bounce    0
    nr_vmscan_write 0
    nr_writeback_temp 0
        protection: (0, 0)
  pagesets
    cpu: 0
              count: 0
              high:  0
              batch: 1
  all_unreclaimable: 0
  prev_priority:     12
  start_pfn:         0
  inactive_ratio:    1

The TL-MR3040 has been torn down by Jarocks, which was very useful to check the pinout. The investigation was complete thanks to doiga, also check the forum

port.gpio

The AR933x platform provides 28 GPIOs, some of them are used by the router for status LEDs, buttons and other stuff.

The TL-MR3040 provides 3 free GPIOs.

The table below shows the results of the investigation, based on the AR9331 datasheet:

GPIO Available AR9331 Pin Description desc.(tested on a V2 board)
0 R8 A78 Must have 0 value during bootstrap*
1 R11 A77 Must have 1 value during bootstrap
2 SPI_CS_0 B49 Used by SPI Flash
3 SPI_CLK B51 Used by SPI Flash
4 SPI_MOSI B50 Used by SPI Flash
5 SPI_MISO A57 Used by SPI Flash
6 NC B46 (JTAG TDI - unused)
7 NC A54 (JTAG TDO - unused)
8 NC A52 (JTAG TMS - unused)
9 SIN B68 Serial INPUT (Rx)
10 SOUT A79 Serial OUTPUT (Tx)
11 RESET SW B48 Soft Reset Switch
12 R84 A56 Must have 0 value during bootstrap
13 R12 B66 Must have 1 value during bootstrap
14 R9 A76 unused Pulled to ground
15 R10 B65 unused Pulled to ground
16 R13 A75 Must have 0 value during bootstrap
17 R87/LED2 B64 LAN LED
18 USB_POWER A28 Control USB Host Power
19 NC slide switch partA
20 R15 A27 unused Pulled to ground slide switch partB
21 NC
22 NC
23 NC
24 NC
26 R85/LED3 A51 Wireless LAN LED
27 R83/LED1 B44 3G LED
28 N/A A74 Must have 0 value during bootstrap

*GPIO_0 can be floating (i.e. resistors removed) during boostrap and the router still boots! TESTED!!!

how to use GPIO 19,20

  • R27 & R17 are 10k pullup resistors, should be desoldered in order to use GPIO19,20 as output
  • if you don't want to desolder the switch, then disassemble it, and solder a pin header on the solder side of pcb
  • truth table for slide sw1 and slide sw 2
pin 19 pin 20 sw state
0 1 3G/4G
1 0 WISP
1 1 AP

To make the GPIOs available via sysfs, the required ones have to be exported to userspace, as it is explained on a page of the Squidge-Project.

How to configure LEDs in general, see the LED section in the led_configuration.

The TL-MR3040 has 5 LEDs:

LED name LED color LED print Internal name Trigger
Power (2 LEDs) Green/Red Power/Charge symbol N/A (fixed supply) N/A
LAN Green LAN symbol tp-link:green:lan netdev:eth0
Wireless LAN Green WLAN symbol tp-link:green:wlan phy0tpt
3G Green Internet symbol tp-link:green:3g USB:1-1

Like other devices using the ar933x platform, this model suffers from problems when directly connecting USB 1.1 devices (specified for low speed or full speed; normally serial adapters). These problems can be circumvented by using an USB 2.0 (passive or externally powered) hub between the router and the USB devices. More information in the forum.

There are USB modems which draw more power than this router can deliver (especially when their often integrated sd-card-reader is used), which can lead to the modem to stop working correctly. An externally powered usb hub can be used to resolve this issue.

hardware.button The TP-Link TL-MR3040 has a slide switch with three positions:

BUTTON Event
Slide switch BTN_0 and BTN_1

The three postitions are labeld with “3G/4G”, “WISP” and “AP”.

Sample script: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=189097#p189097

mkdir -p /etc/hotplug.d/button
vi /etc/hotplug.d/button/10-slider
#!/bin/sh
sleep 1
logger "log: $BUTTON -- $ACTION"

if [ $ACTION == "released" ] ; then
	if [ $BUTTON == "BTN_1" ] ; then
		logger "Slider WISP"
		#some actions here
	elif [ $BUTTON == "BTN_0" ] && grep -qe "sw1.*in  lo" /sys/kernel/debug/gpio ; then
		logger "Slider 3G 4G"
		#some action here
	fi
elif [ $BUTTON == "BTN_0" ] || [ $BUTTON == "BTN_1" ] ; then
	if grep -qe "sw1.*in  hi" /sys/kernel/debug/gpio ; then
		if grep -qe "sw2.*in  hi" /sys/kernel/debug/gpio ; then
			logger "Slider AP"
			#some action here
		fi                  
	fi
fi
  1. you could read about bootloader in general and about Das U-Boot in particular.

Forum member pepe2k made a modification of U-Boot 1.1.4 for Qualcomm Atheros SoCs based devices (the project is still being developed, so new devices and SoCs will be supported in the future). Up to date information, binary images and sources can be found on official GitHub repository.

This modification started from wr703n-uboot-with-web-failsafe project, but supports more devices, all modern web browsers, has a lot of improvements and other modifications (like U-Boot NetConsole, custom commands, overclocking possibilities etc.).

More information:

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Mar 28 2012 - 17:31:23) AP121 (ar9330) U-boot DRAM: 32 MB led turning on for 1s... id read 0x100000ff flash size 4194304, sector count = 64 Flash: 4 MB Using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: ag7240_enet_initialize... No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address : cfg1 0x5 cfg2 0x7114 eth0: ag7240_phy_setup eth0 up : eth1: athrs26_reg_init_lan ATHRS26: resetting s26 ATHRS26: s26 reset done ag7240_phy_setup eth1 up eth0, eth1 Autobooting in 1 seconds ## Booting image at 9f020000 ... Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK Starting kernel ... Booting AR9330(Hornet)... Linux version 2.6.31--LSDK-9.2.0.312 (root@local) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #22 Wed Aug 22 11:18:12 CST 2012 flash_size passed from bootloader = 4 CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc) Determined physical RAM map: memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable) User-defined physical RAM map: memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable) Zone PFN ranges: Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000 Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 8128 Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:02 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=ar7240-nor0:128k(u-boot),1024k(kernel),2816(rootfs),64k(config),64k(ART) mem=32M PID hash table entries: 128 (order: 7, 512 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes Writing ErrCtl register=00000000 Readback ErrCtl register=00000000 Memory: 29876k/32768k available (1884k kernel code, 2892k reserved, 521k data, 116k init, 0k highmem) Hierarchical RCU implementation. NR_IRQS:128 plat_time_init: plat time init done Calibrating delay loop... 266.24 BogoMIPS (lpj=532480) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 NET: Registered protocol family 16 ===== ar7240_platform_init: 0 bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 SCSI subsystem initialized usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs usbcore: registered new interface driver hub usbcore: registered new device driver usb NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024) TCP reno registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 AR7240 GPIOC major 0 squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/O]. msgmni has been set to 58 alg: No test for lzma (lzma-generic) alg: No test for stdrng (krng) io scheduler noop registered io scheduler anticipatory registered io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered (default) Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled ttyS0: detected caps 00000000 should be 00000100 serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xb8020000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A console [ttyS0] enabled PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 NET: Registered protocol family 24 cmdlinepart partition parsing not available set partition boot set partition kernel set partition rootfs set partition config set partition art set partition ÿ Searching for RedBoot partition table 5 RedBoot partitions found on MTD device ar7240-nor0 Creating 5 MTD partitions on "ar7240-nor0": 0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "boot" 0x000000020000-0x000000120000 : "kernel" 0x000000120000-0x0000003e0000 : "rootfs" 0x0000003e0000-0x0000003f0000 : "config" 0x0000003f0000-0x000000400000 : "art" ->Oops: flash id 0x10215 . ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver Port Status 1c000004 ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: ATH EHCI ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ehci_reset Intialize USB CONTROLLER in host mode: 3 ehci_reset Port Status 1c000000 ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: irq 3, io mem 0x1b000000 ehci_reset Intialize USB CONTROLLER in host mode: 3 ehci_reset Port Status 1c000000 ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00 usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected TCP cubic registered NET: Registered protocol family 17 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> ar7240wdt_init: Registering WDT success VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2. Freeing unused kernel memory: 116k freed init started: BusyBox v1.01 (2012.08.01-03:58+0000) multi-call binary This Board use 2.6.31 xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000 nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (512 buckets, 5120 max) ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/iptable_raw.ko': No such file or directory insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/flashid.ko': No such file or directory PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V1.0 PPTP driver version 0.8.3 insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/harmony.ko': No such file or directory (none) mips #22 Wed Aug 22 11:18:12 CST 2012 (none) (none) login: Now flash open! Now flash open! ATHR_GMAC: Length per segment 1536 ATHR_GMAC: fifo cfg 3 01f00140 2 ATHR_GMAC: Max segments per packet : 1 ATHR_GMAC: Max tx descriptor count : 40 ATHR_GMAC: Max rx descriptor count : 96 ATHR_GMAC: Mac capability flags : 4D83 1 ATHR_GMAC: Max segments per packet : 1 ATHR_GMAC: Max tx descriptor count : 40 ATHR_GMAC: Max rx descriptor count : 252 ATHR_GMAC: Mac capability flags : 4403 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 640 at 0x81ea2800 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 4032 at 0x81d63000 Setting Drop CRC Errors, Pause Frames and Length Error frames Setting PHY...mac 0 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 640 at 0x81ea2400 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 1536 at 0x81f2f000 athr_gmac_mii_setup: MDC check failed Setting Drop CRC Errors, Pause Frames and Length Error frames ATHRS26: resetting s26 ATHRS26: s26 reset done Setting PHY...mac 1 device eth0 entered promiscuous mode Now flash open! ATHR_GMAC: Enet Unit:1 PHY:4 is UP GMii 100Mbps full duplex ATHR_GMAC: done Setting Drop CRC Errors, Pause Frames and Length Error frames br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state nf_conntrack_rtsp v0.6.21 loading nf_nat_rtsp v0.6.21 loading asf: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint ath_hal: 0.9.17.1 (AR9380, DEBUG, REGOPS_FUNC, WRITE_EEPROM, 11D) ath_rate_atheros: Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Atheros Communications, Inc, All Rights Reserved ath_dev: Copyright (c) 2001-2007 Atheros Communications, Inc, All Rights Reserved ath_ahb: 9.2.0_U5.508 (Atheros/multi-bss) Boostrap clock 25MHz ar9300RadioAttach: Need analog access recipe!! Restoring Cal data from Flash ath_get_caps[4735] rx chainmask mismatch actual 1 sc_chainmak 0 ath_get_caps[4710] tx chainmask mismatch actual 1 sc_chainmak 0 wifi0: Atheros 9380: mem=0xb8100000, irq=2 wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0x80d202c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1 wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0x80d202c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1. VAP device ath0 created . . . br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state TL-MR3040 login:


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