WAVLINK WL-WN531A6 (QUANTUM D6)

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A cheap router, with 6 antennae, 4 gigabit LAN ports, and 1 gigabit WAN port. A USB 3.0 port is included for media sharing.

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Before installing OpenWrt, make sure you have backed up the OEM firmware!

The OEM web interface accepts only files with names containing WN531A6. It's also impossible to flash the *-sysupgrade.bin image, so we have to flash the *-initramfs-kernel.bin first and use the OpenWrt's upgrade interface to write the sysupgrade image.

Rename the initramfs image to WN531A6.bin.
Connect your computer to the one of the LAN ports of the router with an Ethernet cable and open http://192.168.10.1
Browse to Setup → Firmware Upgrade interface.
Upload the (renamed) OpenWrt image - WN531A6.bin.
Proceed with the firmware installation and give the device a few minutes to finish and reboot.
After reboot wait for the “WAVLINK” logo on the top cover to turn solid blue
When using snapshots, LuCI web interface needs to be installed now if you want to sysupgrade via LuCI.
Open http://192.168.1.1 and use the OpenWrt's “Flash Firmware” interface to write the OpenWrt sysupgrade image

Configure a TFTP server on your computer and set its IP to 192.168.10.100
Rename the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to firmware.bin and place it in the root folder of the TFTP server.
Power off the device and connect an Ethernet cable from one of its LAN ports your computer.
Press the “Reset” button (and keep it pressed)
Power on the device.
After a few seconds, when the connected port LAN LED stops blinking fast, release the “Reset” button.
Flashing OpenWrt takes less than a minute, system will reboot automatically.
After reboot the WAVLINK logo on the top cover will indicate the current OpenWrt running status (wait until the logo tunrs solid blue).

The OEM firmware for the WL-WN531A6 is available on the Wavlink web site. It is also possible to create a backup of the original OEM firmware directly from the router.

The OEM firmware is stored on /dev/mtd4 (“Kernel”).

Plug a FAT32 formatted USB flash drive into the USB port.
Navigate to Setup→USB Storage. Under the Available Network folder you can see part of the mount point of the newly mounted flash drive filesystem - e.g sda. The full mount point is prefixed with /media, so in this case the mount point becomes /media/sda.
Go to http://192.168.10.1/webcmd.shtml
Type the following line in the Command input box:
```
dd if=/dev/mtd4ro of=/media/sda/firmware.bin
```
Click Apply
After few seconds, in the text area should appear this output:
```
30080+0 records in
30080+0 records out
```
Type sync in the Command input box and click Apply.
At this point the OEM firmware is stored on the flash drive as firmware.bin. The size of the file is 15040 KB.

Follow Flashing instructions (u-boot TFTP) and use the firmware.bin backup image.

Upload the firmware.bin backup image and select Force update before continuing.

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Please check out the article Flash layout. It contains examples and explanations that describe how to document the flash layout.

The instructions below are for Broadcom devices and only serve as an example.
Remove / modify them if they do not apply to this particular device!

This section deals with

How you install OpenWrt from a device freshly opened
The steps required such as reset to factory defaults if the device has already been configured

Note: Reset router to factory defaults if it has been previously configured.

Browse to http://192.168.1.1/Upgrade.asp
Upload .bin file to router
Wait for it to reboot
Telnet to 192.168.1.1 and set a root password, or browse to http://192.168.1.1 if LuCI is installed.

→ generic.flashing.tftp

Specific values needed for tftp

Enter values for “FILL-IN” below

Bootloader tftp server IPv4 address	FILL-IN
Bootloader MAC address (special)	FILL-IN
Firmware tftp image	Latest OpenWrt release (`NOTE:` Name must contain “tftp”)
TFTP transfer window	FILL-IN seconds
TFTP window start	approximately FILL-IN seconds after power on
TFTP client required IP address	FILL-IN

→ generic.sysupgrade

These are generic instructions. Update with your router's specifics.

Browse to http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/mini/system/upgrade/ LuCI Upgrade URL
Upload image file for sysupgrade to LuCI
Wait for reboot

If you don't have a GUI (LuCI) available, you can alternatively upgrade via the command line. There are two command line methods for upgrading:

sysupgrade
mtd

Note: It is important that you put the firmware image into the ramdisk (/tmp) before you start flashing.

sysupgrade

Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1, then enter the following commands:

cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
sysupgrade /tmp/xxx.abc

mtd

If sysupgrade does not support this router, use mtd.

Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1, then enter the following commands:

cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
mtd write /tmp/xxx.abc linux && reboot

→ generic.debrick

→ failsafe_and_factory_reset

→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.

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The default network configuration is:

Interface Name	Description	Default configuration
br-lan	EXAMPLE LAN & WiFi	EXAMPLE 192.168.1.1/24
vlan0 (eth0.0)	EXAMPLE LAN ports (1 to 4)	EXAMPLE None
vlan1 (eth0.1)	EXAMPLE WAN port	EXAMPLE DHCP
wl0	EXAMPLE WiFi	EXAMPLE Disabled

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Numbers 0-3 are Ports 1-4 as labeled on the unit, number 4 is the Internet (WAN) on the unit, 5 is the internal connection to the router itself. Don't be fooled: Port 1 on the unit is number 3 when configuring VLANs. vlan0 = eth0.0, vlan1 = eth0.1 and so on.

Port	Switch port
Internet (WAN)	EXAMPLE 4
LAN 1	EXAMPLE 3
LAN 2	EXAMPLE 2
LAN 3	EXAMPLE 1
LAN 4	EXAMPLE 0

→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s). Here, we merely name the buttons, so we can use them in the above Howto.

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The WAVLINK WL-WN531A6 has the following buttons:

BUTTON	Event
EXAMPLE Reset	reset
EXAMPLE Secure Easy Setup	ses
EXAMPLE No buttons at all.	-

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Back:
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Backside label:
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To remove the cover and open the device, do a/b/c

Main PCB:
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→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.

How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:
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Serial connection parameters for WAVLINK WL-WN531A6	57600 / 8N1

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How to connect to the JTAG Port of this specific device:
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→ bootloader

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COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE

COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG ONCE OPENWRT IS INSTALLED AND RUNNING

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