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Author SHA1 Message Date
Christian Marangi
3cd1250c95
mediatek: drop redundant label with new LED color/function format
Drop redundant label with new LED color/function format declared.
This was needed previously when the new format wasn't supported by
leds.sh functions script. Now that is supported this property
can be removed in favor of the new format.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
2024-02-07 14:48:39 +01:00
David Bentham
d8f4453bf2 mediatek: add Comfast CF-E393AX support
Comfast CF-E393AX is a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 POE ceiling mount access point.

Oem firmware is a custom openwrt 21.02 snapshot version.

We can gain access via ssh once we remove the root password.

Hardware specification:
  SoC: MediaTek MT7981A 2x A53
  Flash: 128 MB SPI-NAND
  RAM: 256MB DDR3
  Ethernet: 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps built-in PHY (WAN)
            1x 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps MaxLinear GPY211C (LAN)
  Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
  WiFi: MediaTek MT7976D
  LEDS: 1x (Red, Blue and Green)
  Button: Reset
  UART: 3.3v, 115200n8
  --------------------------
  | Layout |
  | ----------------- |
  | 4 | VCC GND TX RX | <= |
  | ----------------- |
  --------------------------

Gain SSH access:
1. Login into web interface (http://apipaddress/computer/login.html),
   and download the
   configuration(http://apipaddress/computer/config.html).

2. Rename downloaded backup config - 'backup.file to backup.tar.gz',
   Enter 'fakeroot' command then decompress the configuration:
   tar -zxf backup.tar.gz

3. Edit 'etc/shadow', update (remove) root password:
   With password =
   'root:$1$xf7D0Hfg$5gkjmvgQe4qJbe1fi/VLy1:19362:0:99999:7:::'
   'root:$1$xf7D0Hfg$5gkjmvgQe4qJbe1fi/VLy1:19362:0:99999:7:::'
   to
   Without password =
   'root::0:99999:7:::'
   'root::0:99999:7:::'

4. Repack 'etc' directory back to a new backup file:
   tar -zcf backup-ssh.tar.gz etc/
5. Rename new config tar.gz file to 'backup-ssh.file'
   Exit fakeroot - 'exit'

6. Upload new configuration via web interface, now you
   can SSH with the following:

   'ssh -vv -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa \
   -o PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa root@192.168.10.1'.

   Backup the mtd partitions
   - https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/generic.backup

7. Copy openwrt factory firmware to the tmp folder to install via ssh:

   'scp -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa \
   -o PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa \
   *-mediatek-filogic-comfast_cf-e393ax-squashfs-factory.bin \
   root@192.168.10.1:/tmp/'

   'sysupgrade -n -F \
   /tmp/*--mediatek-filogic-comfast_cf-e393ax-squashfs-factory.bin'

8. Once led has stopped flashing - Connect via ssh with the
   default openwrt ip address - 'ssh root@192.168.1.1'

9. SSH copy the openwrt sysupgrade firmware and upgrade
   as per the default instructions.

Signed-off-by: David Bentham <db260179@gmail.com>
2024-02-02 13:01:38 +01:00