Actually, I think that Arokh's build has support for the reset button in WNDR3700. If you push the button (pinhole in WNDR3700's botton), that should also clear the router to the initial state.

Yes, pressing the reset button should execute the firstboot command and then reboot.

Thanks!

Hi Arokh,

Is it possible when upgrading to a new build to keep the IP address of the LAN interface?
I am not using the default IP address 192.168.1.1 on my router but another one.
Each time when I upgrade with a new build the IP address of the router is reset to 192.168.1.1 again.

Thanks,
Eric

I don't know, put a few uci commands in rc.local to reset it properly?

arokh, the mysterious lan ip reset is caused by these options:

CONFIG_IMAGEOPT=y
CONFIG_UCI_PRECONFIG_network_lan_dns=""
CONFIG_UCI_PRECONFIG_network_lan_proto="static"
CONFIG_UCI_PRECONFIG_network_lan_gateway=""
CONFIG_UCI_PRECONFIG_network_lan_netmask="255.255.255.0"
CONFIG_UCI_PRECONFIG_network_lan_ipaddr="192.168.1.1"

Simply remove them. The system will default to 192.168.1.1 anyway.

Thanks for the tip, should be ok in the next build

(Last edited by arokh on 17 Mar 2012, 03:51)

Hi Arokh! Thanks your build! That is very useful for me.
Would you add the staging driver "8192SU" in your build?
I compiled a build with 8192su and can recognize it, but cannot use.

Hi Jow,

Thank you for your help, in which file can I find these options?

Cheers,
Eric

These are located in the .config file inside the kernel source directory (or using make config/menuconfig if you don't have an existing file). You can't change those unless you build the kernel yourself.

I have a question, I have made some changes to my config, obviously like most people will. Now my question, if I would upgrade the FW, will the changes stand? Changes I made are: installing transmission, unrar and added a line to the samba startup (to add non browse-able shares) file in init.d.
Thanks again for the great FW!

Hi BICa,

Okay thanks, I will wait for the new build of Arokh then!

Cheers, Eric

@johan81

Sysupgrade only keeps relevant configuration in /etc and whatever is in /etc/sysupgrade.conf. It will not preserve your overlay filesystem, so installed packages won't be kept.

You could do some checks in /etc/rc.local that will install the relevant packages for you in case of an upgrade.

and how would you do that? can you write down a couple of line as an example? it would be great help to start putting something working together.

tia

would something like this:

opkg update
opkg list-installed > /tmp/installed-packages.list

if !(grep qos-scripts /tmp/installed-packages.list > /dev/null)
then
    opkg install qos-scripts
fi

rm /tmp/installed-packages.list

work/be a good idea?
just a wild guess. i have no idea.

(Last edited by Manp on 17 Mar 2012, 13:38)

Dont feel bad, I get exactly the same issues with my Android devices with any Backfire build. (I have three in the house now)

When I go to stock firmware they all work just fine... Its something to do with low power management on the device that cuts the steam. I cant stream anything from  my android devices unless they are plugged in and and the screen is set to always on (not ideal). As soon as they are on wireless, not plugged in I can download/stream for about 2 mins.. then its dead until I disconnect and reconnect the Wifi on the device.. then ad infinitum.

But like you, yes it all works fine with the Stock Netgear (ugh) firmware, but its horrid and crap... I'm looking at selling this POS router and getting something that works more reliably and doesn't have such a lame POS stock firmware...

I loved Arkoh's build, but the devices I use other than my desktop wont work with it (or even the official Backfire Builds). I also get the same issues with DD-WRT as well - Conclusion, the router is crap and I am never buying Netgear again.

@arokh

Since you make heavily optimized builds, only for the wndr3700/3800 devices, you can change a compiler optimization to squeeze out some more juice from the cpu. It should speed up vpn and other encrypted connections. See this topic.

All you need to do is replace "-mtune=mips32r2" for "-mtune=24kc" in your .config (there are 2 occurrences).

Hello,
I need your assistance to establish automatically  a brouting after the booting of the router.
Which is the best means to carry out the lines below when the wan is connected?
Some advised me a script, but I do not have a level sufficient for that.
Is it possible to edit a file to insert these lines?
Thank you in advance.

i don't think it has anything to do with hardware being crap. 3700/3800 are based on an atheros soc that afaict is pretty good hardware.
the stock firmware sure is crap tho.

btw i also suspect it's a problem with power management. a way to check this would be to have a test build compiled with power management switched off since it can't be disabled at runtime afaik, but i'm unable to compile a build so i'm stuck. maybe if arokh feels like trying

root@OpenWrt /root# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Master  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Tx-Power=20 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

root@OpenWrt /root# iwconfig wlan0 power off
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

(Last edited by Manp on 19 Mar 2012, 12:55)

so guys i think i've found a solution for my Vita issue, or i must say a workaround. it's so simple i'm almost ashamed it took me so long. and i have to give credit where credit is due because hatchna was, at least to a degree, damn right.

so i can't have radio0 set in both g mode and g+n mode on two different ssids but i can set it up like this:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
    option type 'mac80211'
    option macaddr 'mymac'
    list ht_capab 'SHORT-GI-40'
    list ht_capab 'TX-STBC'
    list ht_capab 'RX-STBC1'
    list ht_capab 'DSSS_CCK-40'
    option txpower '20'
    option country 'IT'
    option hwmode '11ng'
    option htmode 'HT40-'
    option channel '11'

config wifi-iface
    option device 'radio0'
    option mode 'ap'
    option wps_pushbutton '1'
    option ssid 'mainwireless'
    option key 'key'
    option network 'lan'
    option encryption 'psk2'

config wifi-iface
    option device 'radio0'
    option mode 'ap'
    option ssid 'vitawireless'
    option key 'key'
    option network 'lan'
    option encryption 'psk2'
    option wmm '0'

this way i get full 300 N speeds on "mainwireless" and at the same time i have wmm disabled on "vitawireless" which is enough to make the damn thing work.

so damn simple thinking about it right now

thank you all guys!

How do i setup these? I have the same problem with my Ps Vita.

you have to edit your /etc/config/wireless. make a backup of this file and then open it, it will look something like this:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
    option type 'mac80211'
    option macaddr 'your radio0 mac address, don't change this'
    list ht_capab 'SHORT-GI-40'
    list ht_capab 'TX-STBC'
    list ht_capab 'RX-STBC1'
    list ht_capab 'DSSS_CCK-40'
    option txpower '20'
    option country 'your country, don't change this'
    option hwmode '11ng'
    option htmode 'HT40-'
    option channel '9'

config wifi-iface
    option device 'radio0'
    option mode 'ap'
    option wps_pushbutton '1'
    option ssid 'your wireless 2.4 name, don't change this'
    option key 'your key, don't change this'
    option network 'lan'
    option encryption 'psk2'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
    option type 'mac80211'
    option channel '36'
    option macaddr 'your radio1 mac address, don't change this'
    option hwmode '11na'
    list ht_capab 'SHORT-GI-40'
    list ht_capab 'TX-STBC'
    list ht_capab 'RX-STBC1'
    list ht_capab 'DSSS_CCK-40'
    option txpower '17'
    option htmode 'HT40+'
    option country 'your country, don't change this'

config wifi-iface
    option device 'radio1'
    option mode 'ap'
    option encryption 'psk2'
    option wps_pushbutton '1'
    option ssid 'your wireless 5 name, don't change this'
    option key 'your key, don't change this'
    option network 'lan'

you have to edit it to look like this:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
    option type 'mac80211'
    option macaddr 'your radio0 mac address, don't change this'
    list ht_capab 'SHORT-GI-40'
    list ht_capab 'TX-STBC'
    list ht_capab 'RX-STBC1'
    list ht_capab 'DSSS_CCK-40'
    option txpower '20'
    option country 'your country, don't change this'
    option hwmode '11ng'
    option htmode 'HT40-'
    option channel '9'

config wifi-iface
    option device 'radio0'
    option mode 'ap'
    option wps_pushbutton '1'
    option ssid 'your wireless name, don't change this'
    option key 'your key, don't change this'
    option network 'lan'
    option encryption 'psk2'

config wifi-iface
    option device 'radio0'
    option mode 'ap'
    option ssid 'another wireless name <- you need to change this'
    option key 'your key'
    option network 'lan'
    option encryption 'psk2'
    option wmm '0' 

config wifi-device 'radio1'
    option type 'mac80211'
    option channel '36'
    option macaddr 'your radio1 mac address, don't change this'
    option hwmode '11na'
    list ht_capab 'SHORT-GI-40'
    list ht_capab 'TX-STBC'
    list ht_capab 'RX-STBC1'
    list ht_capab 'DSSS_CCK-40'
    option txpower '17'
    option htmode 'HT40+'
    option country 'your country, don't change this'

config wifi-iface
    option device 'radio1'
    option mode 'ap'
    option encryption 'psk2'
    option wps_pushbutton '1'
    option ssid 'your wireless n name, don't change this'
    option key 'your key, don't change this'
    option network 'lan'

basically copy and paste the first "config wifi-iface", change the ssid name, remove the wps line (not sure if needed), add the wmm line.
done. now use the "another wireless name" to connect your vita to internet, and the other ssid for every other device.

hope this helps

Thanks it worked!

Hey Manp, I'm glad my suggestion worked for you in some manner. I'm sure it's nice having the full 802.11n speeds available when needed now, instead of being limited by yous Vita. Glad I was able to offer some useful advice.

thanks mate, I owe you one!

working fine here, very simple, very effective
thx man