[Cerowrt-users] WNDR3800CH varient doesn't load WNDR3800 firmware

[Cerowrt-users] WNDR3800CH varient doesn't load WNDR3800 firmware

[Sam Chessman]

Top reply?  Well, anyway I bought a refurbished WNDR3800 from amazon
$40.00 to run cerowrt.  I was hoping to get a compatible model but it
turns out I got a version with model change to WNDR3800-1CHNAS which
cause the firmware upload to fail gracefully.    I found out about
this at openwrt.org, see
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=49390

The above referenced thread refers to an openwrt developer (zloop) who
says he built a version with a different model string WNDR3800CH.
See https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=51025

"according to GPL fw sources the router is called "WNDR3800CH" (MODEL_NAME)

so adding a line

Makefile:$(eval $(call
SingleProfile,Netgear,64kraw,WNDR3800CH,wndr3800ch,WNDR3700,ttyS0,115200,$$(wndr3700v2_mtdlayout),0x33373031,WNDR3800CH,"",-H
29763654+16+128))

and modify the WNDR3800CH model to the Multiprofile line

$(eval $(call MultiProfile,WNDR3700,WNDR3700V1 WNDR3700V2 WNDR3800
WNDR3800CH WNDRMAC WNDRMACV2))

should create an image that can be flashed from factory firmware

PS: it's all untested - no guarantee it will work

feel free to test and send to the mailing list
"

I'm going to try patching the image header to have the model name
"WNDR3800CH" and see if it will load.

It would be a good idea for the developers who understand the above to
add this model to the makefiles so it also gets built.  I bet a lot of
WNDR3800-1CHNAS series routers are out in the wild and if someone
picks one up to run wrt or cerowrt they will be stymied.

Sam


> Hi Eric,
>
> I can answer the first question: yes, that's the one. I'm running on
> exactly this since more than a year now.
>
> Best regards,
> Maciej
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj at eggo.org> wrote:
>> is this the right box for cerowrt?  I figure a refurb should work as well as
>> new for this project.
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122523&cm_re=WNDR3800-_-33-122-523-_-Product
>>
>> btw, as a funding mechanism, have you considered teaming up with Netgear to
>> sell refurbished boxes loaded up with cerowrt?  set up inexpensive for fee
>> support forum you have two revenue streams.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cerowrt-users mailing list
>> Cerowrt-users at lists.bufferbloat.net
>> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-users


-- 
   Sam Chessman                                     sam.chessman (a) gmail.com
"That's how we are, we are descendants of molecules formed a million
years ago because they figured out how to replicate themselves. We
have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead." -- Cory
Doctorow

Re: [Cerowrt-users] [Cerowrt-devel] WNDR3800CH varient doesn't load WNDR3800 firmware

[Dave Taht]

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I just put test images up for the wndr3800CH up at:
http://snapon.lab.bufferbloat.net/~cero2/test-wndr3800ch for squashfs and
jffs2.

It is otherwise the same as the 3.10.50-1 release. If it works for you two
I'll fold the 2 line patch into the build or pester someone at openwrt to
get it in there.


On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Sam Chessman <sam.chessman@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Top reply?  Well, anyway I bought a refurbished WNDR3800 from amazon
> $40.00 to run cerowrt.  I was hoping to get a compatible model but it
> turns out I got a version with model change to WNDR3800-1CHNAS which
> cause the firmware upload to fail gracefully.    I found out about
> this at openwrt.org, see
> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=49390
>
> The above referenced thread refers to an openwrt developer (zloop) who
> says he built a version with a different model string WNDR3800CH.
> See https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=51025
>
> "according to GPL fw sources the router is called "WNDR3800CH" (MODEL_NAME)
>
> so adding a line
>
> Makefile:$(eval $(call
>
> SingleProfile,Netgear,64kraw,WNDR3800CH,wndr3800ch,WNDR3700,ttyS0,115200,$$(wndr3700v2_mtdlayout),0x33373031,WNDR3800CH,"",-H
> 29763654+16+128))
>
> and modify the WNDR3800CH model to the Multiprofile line
>
> $(eval $(call MultiProfile,WNDR3700,WNDR3700V1 WNDR3700V2 WNDR3800
> WNDR3800CH WNDRMAC WNDRMACV2))
>
> should create an image that can be flashed from factory firmware
>
> PS: it's all untested - no guarantee it will work
>
> feel free to test and send to the mailing list
> "
>
> I'm going to try patching the image header to have the model name
> "WNDR3800CH" and see if it will load.
>
> It would be a good idea for the developers who understand the above to
> add this model to the makefiles so it also gets built.  I bet a lot of
> WNDR3800-1CHNAS series routers are out in the wild and if someone
> picks one up to run wrt or cerowrt they will be stymied.
>
> Sam
>
>
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > I can answer the first question: yes, that's the one. I'm running on
> > exactly this since more than a year now.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Maciej
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj at eggo.org>
> wrote:
> >> is this the right box for cerowrt?  I figure a refurb should work as
> well as
> >> new for this project.
> >>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122523&cm_re=WNDR3800-_-33-122-523-_-Product
> >>
> >> btw, as a funding mechanism, have you considered teaming up with
> Netgear to
> >> sell refurbished boxes loaded up with cerowrt?  set up inexpensive for
> fee
> >> support forum you have two revenue streams.
>

We had had several discussions with netgear's CTO about various options for
a relationship. Towards the end, it seemed like my communications were
being sent directly to /dev/null.

Doesn't mean that they can't resume talks, but I'd rather get a RFP
together for the next generation and see who might care enough about it to
want to participate.


> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Cerowrt-users mailing list
> >> Cerowrt-users at lists.bufferbloat.net
> >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-users
>
>
> --
>    Sam Chessman                                     sam.chessman (a)
> gmail.com
> "That's how we are, we are descendants of molecules formed a million
> years ago because they figured out how to replicate themselves. We
> have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead." -- Cory
> Doctorow
> _______________________________________________
> Cerowrt-devel mailing list
> Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net
> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
>



-- 
Dave Täht

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Re: [Cerowrt-users] [Cerowrt-devel] WNDR3800CH varient doesn't load WNDR3800 firmware

[Peter Lewis]

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Flashed it and it works fine.  Seems like that was one of the easier
support adds to a build.

openwrt-ar71xx-generic-wndr3800ch-squashfs-factory.img via tftp was the
image I tested.  I have not done the jffs2 or sysupgrade image.

Cheers and if you're ever in central VA, I'll buy you a beer or alternate
frosty beverage.

Keep up the good work,
Pete



On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just put test images up for the wndr3800CH up at:
> http://snapon.lab.bufferbloat.net/~cero2/test-wndr3800ch for squashfs and
> jffs2.
>
> It is otherwise the same as the 3.10.50-1 release. If it works for you two
> I'll fold the 2 line patch into the build or pester someone at openwrt to
> get it in there.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Sam Chessman <sam.chessman@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Top reply?  Well, anyway I bought a refurbished WNDR3800 from amazon
>> $40.00 to run cerowrt.  I was hoping to get a compatible model but it
>> turns out I got a version with model change to WNDR3800-1CHNAS which
>> cause the firmware upload to fail gracefully.    I found out about
>> this at openwrt.org, see
>> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=49390
>>
>> The above referenced thread refers to an openwrt developer (zloop) who
>> says he built a version with a different model string WNDR3800CH.
>> See https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=51025
>>
>> "according to GPL fw sources the router is called "WNDR3800CH"
>> (MODEL_NAME)
>>
>> so adding a line
>>
>> Makefile:$(eval $(call
>>
>> SingleProfile,Netgear,64kraw,WNDR3800CH,wndr3800ch,WNDR3700,ttyS0,115200,$$(wndr3700v2_mtdlayout),0x33373031,WNDR3800CH,"",-H
>> 29763654+16+128))
>>
>> and modify the WNDR3800CH model to the Multiprofile line
>>
>> $(eval $(call MultiProfile,WNDR3700,WNDR3700V1 WNDR3700V2 WNDR3800
>> WNDR3800CH WNDRMAC WNDRMACV2))
>>
>> should create an image that can be flashed from factory firmware
>>
>> PS: it's all untested - no guarantee it will work
>>
>> feel free to test and send to the mailing list
>> "
>>
>> I'm going to try patching the image header to have the model name
>> "WNDR3800CH" and see if it will load.
>>
>> It would be a good idea for the developers who understand the above to
>> add this model to the makefiles so it also gets built.  I bet a lot of
>> WNDR3800-1CHNAS series routers are out in the wild and if someone
>> picks one up to run wrt or cerowrt they will be stymied.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>
>> > Hi Eric,
>> >
>> > I can answer the first question: yes, that's the one. I'm running on
>> > exactly this since more than a year now.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Maciej
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj at eggo.org>
>> wrote:
>> >> is this the right box for cerowrt?  I figure a refurb should work as
>> well as
>> >> new for this project.
>> >>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122523&cm_re=WNDR3800-_-33-122-523-_-Product
>> >>
>> >> btw, as a funding mechanism, have you considered teaming up with
>> Netgear to
>> >> sell refurbished boxes loaded up with cerowrt?  set up inexpensive for
>> fee
>> >> support forum you have two revenue streams.
>>
>
> We had had several discussions with netgear's CTO about various options
> for a relationship. Towards the end, it seemed like my communications were
> being sent directly to /dev/null.
>
> Doesn't mean that they can't resume talks, but I'd rather get a RFP
> together for the next generation and see who might care enough about it to
> want to participate.
>
>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> Cerowrt-users mailing list
>> >> Cerowrt-users at lists.bufferbloat.net
>> >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-users
>>
>>
>> --
>>    Sam Chessman                                     sam.chessman (a)
>> gmail.com
>> "That's how we are, we are descendants of molecules formed a million
>> years ago because they figured out how to replicate themselves. We
>> have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead." -- Cory
>> Doctorow
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cerowrt-devel mailing list
>> Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net
>> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dave Täht
>
> NSFW:
> https://w2.eff.org/Censorship/Internet_censorship_bills/russell_0296_indecent.article
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cerowrt-users mailing list
> Cerowrt-users@lists.bufferbloat.net
> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-users
>
>


-- 
Peter Lewis
pllewis72@gmail.com

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Re: [Cerowrt-users] [Cerowrt-devel] WNDR3800CH varient doesn't load WNDR3800 firmware

[Dave Taht]

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I submitted the patch to openwrt-devel, it is in
http://patchwork.openwrt.org/patch/6047/

hopefully someone will pick it up.


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Peter Lewis <pllewis72@gmail.com> wrote:

> Flashed it and it works fine.  Seems like that was one of the easier
> support adds to a build.
>
> openwrt-ar71xx-generic-wndr3800ch-squashfs-factory.img via tftp was the
> image I tested.  I have not done the jffs2 or sysupgrade image.
>
> Cheers and if you're ever in central VA, I'll buy you a beer or alternate
> frosty beverage.
>
> Keep up the good work,
> Pete
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just put test images up for the wndr3800CH up at:
>> http://snapon.lab.bufferbloat.net/~cero2/test-wndr3800ch for squashfs
>> and jffs2.
>>
>> It is otherwise the same as the 3.10.50-1 release. If it works for you
>> two I'll fold the 2 line patch into the build or pester someone at openwrt
>> to get it in there.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Sam Chessman <sam.chessman@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Top reply?  Well, anyway I bought a refurbished WNDR3800 from amazon
>>> $40.00 to run cerowrt.  I was hoping to get a compatible model but it
>>> turns out I got a version with model change to WNDR3800-1CHNAS which
>>> cause the firmware upload to fail gracefully.    I found out about
>>> this at openwrt.org, see
>>> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=49390
>>>
>>> The above referenced thread refers to an openwrt developer (zloop) who
>>> says he built a version with a different model string WNDR3800CH.
>>> See https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=51025
>>>
>>> "according to GPL fw sources the router is called "WNDR3800CH"
>>> (MODEL_NAME)
>>>
>>> so adding a line
>>>
>>> Makefile:$(eval $(call
>>>
>>> SingleProfile,Netgear,64kraw,WNDR3800CH,wndr3800ch,WNDR3700,ttyS0,115200,$$(wndr3700v2_mtdlayout),0x33373031,WNDR3800CH,"",-H
>>> 29763654+16+128))
>>>
>>> and modify the WNDR3800CH model to the Multiprofile line
>>>
>>> $(eval $(call MultiProfile,WNDR3700,WNDR3700V1 WNDR3700V2 WNDR3800
>>> WNDR3800CH WNDRMAC WNDRMACV2))
>>>
>>> should create an image that can be flashed from factory firmware
>>>
>>> PS: it's all untested - no guarantee it will work
>>>
>>> feel free to test and send to the mailing list
>>> "
>>>
>>> I'm going to try patching the image header to have the model name
>>> "WNDR3800CH" and see if it will load.
>>>
>>> It would be a good idea for the developers who understand the above to
>>> add this model to the makefiles so it also gets built.  I bet a lot of
>>> WNDR3800-1CHNAS series routers are out in the wild and if someone
>>> picks one up to run wrt or cerowrt they will be stymied.
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hi Eric,
>>> >
>>> > I can answer the first question: yes, that's the one. I'm running on
>>> > exactly this since more than a year now.
>>> >
>>> > Best regards,
>>> > Maciej
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj at eggo.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> is this the right box for cerowrt?  I figure a refurb should work as
>>> well as
>>> >> new for this project.
>>> >>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122523&cm_re=WNDR3800-_-33-122-523-_-Product
>>> >>
>>> >> btw, as a funding mechanism, have you considered teaming up with
>>> Netgear to
>>> >> sell refurbished boxes loaded up with cerowrt?  set up inexpensive
>>> for fee
>>> >> support forum you have two revenue streams.
>>>
>>
>> We had had several discussions with netgear's CTO about various options
>> for a relationship. Towards the end, it seemed like my communications were
>> being sent directly to /dev/null.
>>
>> Doesn't mean that they can't resume talks, but I'd rather get a RFP
>> together for the next generation and see who might care enough about it to
>> want to participate.
>>
>>
>>> >> _______________________________________________
>>> >> Cerowrt-users mailing list
>>> >> Cerowrt-users at lists.bufferbloat.net
>>> >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-users
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>    Sam Chessman                                     sam.chessman (a)
>>> gmail.com
>>> "That's how we are, we are descendants of molecules formed a million
>>> years ago because they figured out how to replicate themselves. We
>>> have a name for things that don't copy themselves: dead." -- Cory
>>> Doctorow
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Cerowrt-devel mailing list
>>> Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net
>>> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dave Täht
>>
>> NSFW:
>> https://w2.eff.org/Censorship/Internet_censorship_bills/russell_0296_indecent.article
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cerowrt-users mailing list
>> Cerowrt-users@lists.bufferbloat.net
>> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-users
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Peter Lewis
> pllewis72@gmail.com
>



-- 
Dave Täht

NSFW:
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