Hardware
--------
SOC: MediaTek MT7986
RAM: 1024MB DDR3
FLASH: 128MB SPI-NAND (Winbond)
WIFI: Mediatek MT7986 DBDC 802.11ax 2.4/5 GHz
ETH: Realtek RTL8221B-VB-CG 2.5 N-Base-T PHY with PoE
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout silkscreened / Do not connect VCC)
Installation
------------
1. Download the OpenWrt initramfs image. Copy the image to a TFTP server
2. Connect the TFTP server to the WAX220. Conect to the serial console,
interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '0' when prompted.
3. Download & Boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ setenv ipaddr 192.168.2.1
$ setenv serverip 192.168.2.2
$ tftpboot openwrt.bin
$ bootm
4. Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device
using scp and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
Signed-off-by: Flole Systems <flole@flole.de>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
(cherry picked from commit 984786a2f7)
Hardware specification:
SoC: MediaTek MT7981B 2x A53
Flash: ESMT F50L1G41LB 128MB
RAM: MT5CC128M16JR-EK 256MB
Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
WiFi: MediaTek MT7976C
Button: Reset, WPS
Power: DC 12V 1A
Flash instructions:
1. Attach UART, boot the stock firmware until
the message about failsafe mode appears.
2. Enter failsafe mode by pressing "f" and "Enter"
3. Type "mount_root", then run
"fw_setenv bootmenu_delay 3"
4. Back up all mtd partitions before flashing.
5. Reboot, U-Boot now presents a menu.
6. Connect to your PC via the Gigabit port of the router,
set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC.
(ip 192.168.1.254, gateway 192.168.1.1)
7. Select "Upgrade ATF BL2", then use this file:
openwrt-mediatek-filogic-qihoo_360t7-preloader.bin
8. Select "Upgrade ATF FIP", then use this file:
openwrt-mediatek-filogic-qihoo_360t7-bl31-uboot.fip
9. Download the initramfs image, and type "reset",
waiting for tftp recovery to complete.
a. After openwrt boots up, perform sysupgrade.
Note:
1. Since NMBM is disabled, we must back up all partitions.
2. Flash instructions is based on commit 28df7f7.
Signed-off-by: Chukun Pan <amadeus@jmu.edu.cn>
(cherry picked from commit dc2d4d7393)
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Zyxel EX5601-T0 specifics
--------------
The operator specific firmware running on the Zyxel branded
EX5601-T0 includes U-Boot modifications affecting the OpenWrt
installation.
Partition Table
| dev | size | erasesize | name |
| ---- | -------- | --------- | ------------- |
| mtd0 | 20000000 | 00040000 | "spi0.1" |
| mtd1 | 00100000 | 00040000 | "BL2" |
| mtd2 | 00080000 | 00040000 | "u-boot-env" |
| mtd3 | 00200000 | 00040000 | "Factory" |
| mtd4 | 001c0000 | 00040000 | "FIP" |
| mtd5 | 00040000 | 00040000 | "zloader" |
| mtd6 | 04000000 | 00040000 | "ubi" |
| mtd7 | 04000000 | 00040000 | "ubi2" |
| mtd8 | 15a80000 | 00040000 | "zyubi" |
The router boots BL2 which than loads FIP (u-boot).
U-boot has hardcoded a command to always launch Zloader "mtd read zloader 0x46000000" and than "bootm". Bootargs are deactivated.
Zloader is the zyxel booloader which allow to dual-boot ubi or ubi2, by default access to zloader is blocked.
Too zloader checks that the firmware contains a particolar file called zyfwinfo.
Additional details regarding Zloader can be found here:
https://hack-gpon.github.io/zyxel/https://forum.openwrt.org/t/adding-openwrt-support-for-zyxel-ex5601-t0/155914
Hardware
--------
SOC: MediaTek MT7986a
CPU: 4 core cortex-a53 (2000MHz)
RAM: 1GB DDR4
FLASH: 512MB SPI-NAND (Micron xxx)
WIFI: Wifi6 Mediatek MT7976 802.11ax 5 GHz 4x4 + 2.4GHZ 4x4
ETH: MediaTek MT7531 Switch + SoC
3 x builtin 1G phy (lan1, lan2, lan3)
1 x MaxLinear GPY211B 2.5 N-Base-T phy5 (lan4)
1 x MaxLinear GPY211B 2.5Gbit xor SFP/N-Base-T phy6 (wan)
USB: 1 x USB 3.2 Enhanced SuperSpeed port
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout: GND KEY RX TX VCC)
VOIP: 2 FXS ports for analog phones
MAC Address Table
-----------------
eth0/lan Factory 0x002a
eth1/wan Factory 0x0024
wifi 2.4Ghz Factory 0x0004
wifi 5Ghz Factory 0x0004 + 1
Serial console (UART)
---------------------
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| +3.3V | RX | TX | KEY | GND |
+---+---+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
+--- Don't connect
Installation
------------
Keep in mind that openwrt can only run on the UBI partition, the openwrt firmware is not able to understand the zloader bootargs.
The procedure allows restoring the UBI partition with the Zyxel firmware and retains all the OEM functionalities.
1. Unlock Zloader (this will allow to swap manually between partitions UBI and UBI2):
- Attach a usb-ttl adapter to your computer and boot the router.
- While the router is booting at some point you will read the following: `Please press Enter to activate this console.`
- As soon as you read that press enter, type root and than press enter again (just do it, don't care about the logs scrolling).
- Most likely the router is still printing the boot log, leave it boot until it stops.
- If everything went ok you should have full root access "root@EX5601-T0:/#".
- Type the following command and press enter: "fw_setenv EngDebugFlag 0x1".
- Reboot the router.
- As soon as you read `Hit any key to stop autoboot:` press Enter.
- If everything went ok you should have the following prompt: "ZHAL>".
- You have successfully unlocked zloader access, this procedure must be done only once.
2. Check the current active partition:
- Boot the router and repeat the steps above to gain root access.
- Type the following command to check the current active image: "cat /proc/cmdline".
- If `rootubi=ubi` it means that the active partition is `mtd6`
- If `rootubi=ubi2` it means that the active partition is `mtd7`
- As mentioned earlier we need to flash openwrt into ubi/mtd6 and never overwrite ubi2/mtd7 to be able to fully roll-back.
- To activate and boot from mtd7 (ubi2) enter into ZHAL> command prompt and type the following commands:
atbt 1 # unlock write
atsw # swap boot partition
atsr # reboot the router
- After rebooting check again with "cat /proc/cmdline" that you are correctly booting from mtd7/ubi2
- If yes proceed with the installation guide. If not probably you don't have a firmware into ubi2 or you did something wrong.
3. Flashing:
- Download the sysupgrade file for the router from openwrt, than we need to add the zyfwinfo file into the sysupgrade tar.
Zloader only checks for the magic (which is a fixed value 'EXYZ') and the crc of the file itself (256bytes).
I created a script to create a valid zyfwinfo file but you can use anything that does exactly the same:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pameruoso/OpenWRT-Zyxel-EX5601-T0/main/gen_zyfwinfo.sh
- Add the zyfwinfo file into the sysupgrade tar.
- Enter via telnet or ssh into the router with admin credentials
- Enter the following commands to disable the firmware and model checks
"zycli fwidcheck off" and "zycli modelcheck off"
- Open the router web interface and in the update firmware page select the "restore default settings option"
- Select the sysupgrade file and click on upload.
- The router will flash and reboot itself into openwrt from UBI
4. Restoring and going back to Zyxel firmware.
- Use the ZHAL> command line to manually swap the boot parition to UBI2 with the following:
atbt 1 # unlock write
atsw # swap boot partition
atsr # reboot the router
- You will boot again the Zyxel firmware you have into UBI2 and you can flash the zyxel firmware to overwrite the UBI partition and openwrt.
Working features
----------------
3 gbit lan ports
Wifi
Zyxel partitioning for coexistance with Zloader and dual boot.
WAN SFP port (only after exporting pins 57 and 10. gpiobase411)
leds
reset button
serial interface
usb port
lan ethernet 2.5 gbit port (autosense)
wan ethernet 2.5 gbit port (autosense)
Not working
----------------
voip (missing drivers or proper zyxel platform software)
Swapping the wan ethernet/sfp xor port
----------------
The way to swap the wan port between sfp and ethernet is the following:
export the pins 57 and 10.
Pin 57 is used to probe if an sfp is present.
If pin 57 value is 0 it means that an sfp is present into the cage (cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio468/value).
If pin 57 value is 1 it means that no sfp is inserted into the cage.
In conclusion by default both 57 an 10 pins are by default 1, which means that the active port is the ethernet one.
After inserting an SFP pin 57 will become 0 and you have to manually change the value of pin 10 to 0 too.
This is totally scriptable of course.
Leds description
------------
All the leds are working out of the box but the leds managed by the 2 maxlinear phy (phy 5 lan, phy6 wan).
To activate the phy5 led (rj45 ethernet port led on the back of the router) you have to use mdio-tools.
To activate the phy6 led (led on the front of the router for 2.5gbit link) you have to use mdio-tools.
Example:
Set lan5 led to fast blink on 2500/1000, slow blink on 10/100:
mdio mdio-bus mmd 5:30 raw 0x0001 0x33FC
Set wan 2.5gbit led to constant on when wan is 2.5gbit:
mdio mdio-bus mmd 6:30 raw 0x0001 0x0080
Signed-off-by: Pietro Ameruoso <p.ameruoso@live.it>
(cherry picked from commit 1c05388ab0)
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Hardware
--------
MediaTek MT7981 WiSoC
256MB DDR3 RAM
16MB SPI-NOR (XMC XM25QH128C)
MediaTek MT7981 2x2 DBDC 802.11ax 2T2R (2.4 / 5)
UART: 115200 8N1 3.3V
[LEDS] VCC-GND-RX-TX [ETH]
Header is located below the heatsink
Case
----
Unscrew the 4 bottom screws. Remove the top of the case by inserting a
small screwdriver into the ventilation holes and lift the top cover.
This works best by beginning near the ETH-ports. The top is clipped on
the front near the LEDs with two plastic clips. The back has a single
clip in the middle. Start at one of the back edges.
MAC-Addresses
-------------
80:AF:CA:00:F9:C6 LAN
80:AF:CA:00:F9:C7 WAN
80:AF:CA:00:F9:C6 W2
82:AF:CA:30:F9:C6 W5
Installation
------------
1. Connect to the serial port as described in the "Hardware" section.
2. Power on the device. Keep pressing the "0" key to enter the U-Boot
shell.
3. Download the OpenWrt initramfs image. Place it on an TFTP server
connected to the Cudy LAN ports. Make sure the server is reachable at
192.168.1.2. Rename the image to "cudy3000.bin"
4. Download and boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ tftpboot 0x46000000 cudy3000.bin; bootm 0x46000000
5. Transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the device using scp.
Install with sysupgrade.
Note: Cudy does not yet provide a image for disabling their
signature-protection. This has happened in the past. Make sure to check
the wiki for a possible easier installation method.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Hardware specification:
SoC: MediaTek MT7986A 4x A53
Flash: ESMT F50L1G41LB 128MB
RAM: ESMT M15T4G16256A 512MB
Ethernet (Max Speed):
XDR4288: 1x 2.5G Wan, 1x 2.5G Lan, 4x 1G Lan
XDR6086: 1x 2.5G Wan, 1x 2.5G Lan, 1x 1G Lan
XDR6088: 1x 2.5G Wan, 1x 2.5G Lan, 4x 1G Lan
WiFi:
XDR4288: MT7976DAN (2.4G 2T2R, 5G 3T3R)
XDR6086/XDR6088:
WiFi1: MT7976GN 2.4GHz 4T4R
WiFi2: MT7976AN 5GHz 4T4R
Button: Reset, WPS, Turbo
USB: 1 x USB 3.0
Power: DC 12V 4A
Flash instructions:
1. Execute the following operation to open nc shell:
https://openwrt.org/inbox/toh/tp-link/xdr-6086#rooting
2. Replace the stock bootloader to OpenWrt's:
dd bs=131072 conv=sync of=/dev/mtdblock9 if=/tmp/xxx-preloader.bin
dd bs=131072 conv=sync of=/dev/mtdblock9 seek=28 if=/tmp/xxx-bl31-uboot.fip
3. Connect to your PC via the Gigabit port of the router,
set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC.
(ip 192.168.1.254, gateway 192.168.1.1)
4. Download the initramfs image, and restart the router,
waiting for tftp recovery to complete.
5. After openwrt boots up, perform sysupgrade.
Signed-off-by: Chukun Pan <amadeus@jmu.edu.cn>
[Add uboot build, fit and sysupgrade support, fix RealTek PHYs]
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Hardware
--------
SOC: MediaTek MT7986
RAM: 512MB DDR3
FLASH: 256MB SPI-NAND (Winbond W25N02KV)
WIFI: Mediatek MT7986 DBDC 802.11ax 2.4/5 GHz
ETH: MediaTek MT7531 Switch
MaxLinear GPY211C 2.5 N-Base-T PHY
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout silkscreened / Do not ocnnect VCC)
Installation
------------
1. Download the OpenWrt initramfs image. Copy the image to a TFTP server
reachable at 192.168.1.66/24. Rename the image to tufax4200.bin.
2. Connect the TFTP server to the AX4200. Conect to the serial console,
interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '4' when prompted.
3. Download & Boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
$ setenv serverip 192.168.1.66
$ tftpboot 0x46000000 tufax4200.bin
$ bootm 0x46000000
4. Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device
using scp and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
Missing features
----------------
- The LAN port LEDs are driven by the switch but OpenWrt does not
correctly configure the output.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Use persistent MAC address for the built-in wireless interfaces of the
BPi-R64 and BPi-R3 development boards.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
