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| + | ====== Compex WPE72 ====== | ||
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| + | The device is supported in OpenWrt since Kamikaze 8.09. | ||
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| + | ===== Hardware info ===== | ||
| + | | **Architecture:** | MIPS | | ||
| + | | **Vendor:** | Atheros | | ||
| + | | **Boot loader:** | CFE | | ||
| + | | **System-On-Chip:** | AR7240 | | ||
| + | | **CPU Speed:** | 400Mhz | | ||
| + | | **Flash size:** | 4 MB (up to 16MB)| | ||
| + | | **RAM:** | 32 MB (Max 64MB) DDR SDRAM | | ||
| + | | **Wireless:** | 1 x 9.2mm MiniPCI slot, support all Compex MiniPCI cards | | ||
| + | | **Ethernet:** | 2 x 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet Port (with Auto MDI/MDIX) | | ||
| + | | **USB:** | no | | ||
| + | | **Serial:** | yes | | ||
| + | | **JTAG:** | yes | | ||
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| + | ===== Installation ===== | ||
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| + | ==== Restore mode ==== | ||
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| + | If you want to upload firmware to router by tftp, you will have to turn your device to this mode. The procedure is following: | ||
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| + | - Turn off the device. | ||
| + | - Press and hold the reset button. | ||
| + | - Plug the device (still hold the button). | ||
| + | - Wait until the Diagnostic LED (second from the left) starts flashing quickly. (This will happen almost immediately.) | ||
| + | - Now release the reset button. Your router is in Restore mode. | ||
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| + | ==== TFTP installation notes ==== | ||
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| + | Set your ethernet interface into static mode (IP address 192.168.168.10, netmask 255.255.255.0, default gateway 192.168.168.1), put your router into **[[toh:compex:wpe72#restore.mode|Restore mode]]** and upload the firmware by TFTP using the following commands (replace XXXXXX with wpe72): | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | $ tftp 192.168.168.1 | ||
| + | tftp> binary | ||
| + | tftp> trace | ||
| + | tftp> put openwrt-ar71xx-wpe72.bin | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | Diagnostic LED will now stop blinking for a while; if the flashing procedure is successfully done, it will start blinking slowly. Now reboot your router manually (turn off - turn on) and OpenWrt will boot. | ||
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| + | ===== Upgrading OpenWRT(on Compex Myloader) ===== | ||
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| + | 1. Getting source codes | ||
| + | >svn co –r 12448 https://snv.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk | ||
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| + | 2. Apply patches from the files mod-wpe72.tgz | ||
| + | >tar zxvf mod-wpe72.tgz | ||
| + | >cp –a mod-wpe72/* trunk/ | ||
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| + | 3. Compile | ||
| + | >cd trunk | ||
| + | >cp wpe72.config .config | ||
| + | >make | ||
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| + | OpenWRT Firmware will be in bin/openwrt-ar72xx-wpe72.bin | ||
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| + | == Uploading the OpenWRT firmware to wpe72 running MyLoader v2.54.0717 == | ||
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| + | a. Via Compex Firmware | ||
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| + | *Put the AP in Firmware Upgrade mode and upload the file. | ||
| + | *This file is for WPE72 with 4MB or 8MB NOR flash. | ||
| + | b. Via TFTP | ||
| + | *Go to the firmware upgrade mode (By pressing and hold the Reset button and plug-in the power adapter). | ||
| + | *Upload the OpenWRT image to the device (tftp –i 192.168.168.1 put openwrt-ar71xx-wpe72.bin) | ||
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| + | ===== Wireless ===== | ||
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| + | Both madwifi and ath9k work well with all Compex MiniPCI cards. You will need some wireless authenticator and/or supplicant (wpad-mini/wpad/wpa-supplicant/hostpad/hostapd-mini). | ||
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| + | :!: Madwifi doesn't support MAC changes through UCI on this architecture. If you want to change of wireless MAC, see [[http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/UserDocs/ChangeMacAddress|this]]. | ||
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| + | ===== Useful sources ===== | ||
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| + | This page has been assembled from a number of different pages from the old wiki and the current wiki. Refer to them for more (possibly outdated) information. | ||
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| + | *[[http://www.compex.com.sg/forum/|Compex forum]] \\ | ||
| + | *[[http://cpx.px.cz/|Another Compex forum (CZ/ENG)]] | ||
toh/compex/wpe72.txt · Last modified: 2013/01/31 09:47 by compexsystems
