Topic: Update on Linksys WRT1900AC support

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Post #1101

mmilburn

1 Oct 2014, 16:54

belliash wrote:

What is the actual state of supporting WRT1900AC by OpenWrt?
Is OpenWRT stable on it? Does it support Wifi? Is AC working?
Any known issues?

Wifi works. AC is working for me. Appears to be stable for most people.

Known issues:
https://github.com/Chadster766/McWRT/issues

Pretty good summary of the state of affairs:
https://github.com/Chadster766/McWRT/wiki

Post #1102

mmilburn

1 Oct 2014, 17:02

JulianR wrote:

mmilburn wrote:
@JulianR
I assume this means things are working for you now?
Yes everything is working so far. But I noticed, that my Android Phone (Razr I) needs a lot more power when connected to the WRT1900AC compared to other Access Points. Usually I get around 3 days of usage out of one charge. With the WRT1900AC I barely get one day.
Anyone experiencing anything similar?

I am not. Are the other APs using n or ac?

Post #1103

nyt

1 Oct 2014, 18:28

JulianR wrote:

mmilburn wrote:
@JulianR
I assume this means things are working for you now?
Yes everything is working so far. But I noticed, that my Android Phone (Razr I) needs a lot more power when connected to the WRT1900AC compared to other Access Points. Usually I get around 3 days of usage out of one charge. With the WRT1900AC I barely get one day.
Anyone experiencing anything similar?

See my patch here to improve power levels.

https://github.com/notnyt/Mamba/commit/ … 5f7b72e387

Post #1104

Chadster766

1 Oct 2014, 18:41

nyt wrote:

JulianR wrote:
mmilburn wrote:
@JulianR
I assume this means things are working for you now?
Yes everything is working so far. But I noticed, that my Android Phone (Razr I) needs a lot more power when connected to the WRT1900AC compared to other Access Points. Usually I get around 3 days of usage out of one charge. With the WRT1900AC I barely get one day.
Anyone experiencing anything similar?
See my patch here to improve power levels.
https://github.com/notnyt/Mamba/commit/ … 5f7b72e387

I'm not sure there is an issue with transmit power with the WRT1900AC not to say it couldn't be boosted. It shows the same levels as my EA6900 for the most part.

Post #1105

nyt

1 Oct 2014, 18:44

Chadster766 wrote:

nyt wrote:
JulianR wrote:
Yes everything is working so far. But I noticed, that my Android Phone (Razr I) needs a lot more power when connected to the WRT1900AC compared to other Access Points. Usually I get around 3 days of usage out of one charge. With the WRT1900AC I barely get one day.
Anyone experiencing anything similar?
See my patch here to improve power levels.
https://github.com/notnyt/Mamba/commit/ … 5f7b72e387
I'm not sure there is an issue with transmit power with the WRT1900AC not to say it couldn't be boosted. It shows the same levels as my EA6900 for the most part.

This file is loaded in their other images. It boosts power substantially. Without it, it is transmitting at much lower levels. You can see this by using iwpriv. Due to the change to the wlan-v7 driver, I believe this caused it to not be loaded.

(Last edited by nyt on 1 Oct 2014, 18:44)

Post #1106

Chadster766

1 Oct 2014, 19:21

nyt wrote:

Chadster766 wrote:
nyt wrote:
See my patch here to improve power levels.
https://github.com/notnyt/Mamba/commit/ … 5f7b72e387
I'm not sure there is an issue with transmit power with the WRT1900AC not to say it couldn't be boosted. It shows the same levels as my EA6900 for the most part.
This file is loaded in their other images. It boosts power substantially. Without it, it is transmitting at much lower levels. You can see this by using iwpriv. Due to the change to the wlan-v7 driver, I believe this caused it to not be loaded.

Can you add a Pull Request for this patch in the OpenWRT McWRT repo please?

Post #1107

nyt

1 Oct 2014, 19:31

Chadster766 wrote:

nyt wrote:
Chadster766 wrote:
I'm not sure there is an issue with transmit power with the WRT1900AC not to say it couldn't be boosted. It shows the same levels as my EA6900 for the most part.
This file is loaded in their other images. It boosts power substantially. Without it, it is transmitting at much lower levels. You can see this by using iwpriv. Due to the change to the wlan-v7 driver, I believe this caused it to not be loaded.
Can you add a Pull Request for this patch in the OpenWRT McWRT repo please?

I'm forked from jimmychungbelkin:master, here's a diff though.

diff --git a/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/armadaxp/base-files/etc/config/Mamba_FCC_v1.2_5G4TX.ini b/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/armadaxp/base-files/etc/config/Mamba_FCC_v1.2_5G4TX.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11a8304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/armadaxp/base-files/etc/config/Mamba_FCC_v1.2_5G4TX.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
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diff --git a/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/armadaxp/base-files/lib/wifi/marvell.sh b/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/armadaxp/base-files/lib/wifi/marvell.sh
index c1c7d41..395d202 100755
--- a/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/armadaxp/base-files/lib/wifi/marvell.sh
+++ b/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/armadaxp/base-files/lib/wifi/marvell.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ enable_marvell() {
        iwpriv "$device" wmm $wmm
        iwpriv "$device" htbw $htbw
        iwconfig "$device" channel $channel >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+
+       iwpriv "$device" setcmd "loadtxpwrtable /etc/config/Mamba_FCC_v1.2_5G4TX.ini"
+
        ifconfig "$device" up
        sleep 1

@@ -197,6 +200,10 @@ enable_marvell() {
                                                ifconfig "$ifname" down
                                                continue
                                        }
+                               else
+                                       ifconfig "$ifname" down
+                                       sleep 1
+                                       ifconfig "$ifname" up
                                fi
                        ;;
                        wds:*|sta:*)

Post #1108

gufus

1 Oct 2014, 20:48

nyt wrote:

Chadster766 wrote:
nyt wrote:
See my patch here to improve power levels.
https://github.com/notnyt/Mamba/commit/ … 5f7b72e387
I'm not sure there is an issue with transmit power with the WRT1900AC not to say it couldn't be boosted. It shows the same levels as my EA6900 for the most part.
This file is loaded in their other images. It boosts power substantially. Without it, it is transmitting at much lower levels. You can see this by using iwpriv. Due to the change to the wlan-v7 driver, I believe this caused it to not be loaded.

I'm trying your code

Done!

(Last edited by gufus on 1 Oct 2014, 20:53)

Post #1109

gufus

1 Oct 2014, 21:37

root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 getstalistext
wdev0 getstalistext:
1: e0:ca:94:c7:c1:43 n ASSOCIATED Rate 72 Mbps, RSSI 58 A 65 B 64 C 62 D 65
2: 20:aa:4b:3e:5e:39 g ASSOCIATED Rate 54 Mbps, RSSI 42 A 60 B 62 C 67 D 63
3: be:a3:86:4b:61:ee n ASSOCIATED Rate 130 Mbps, RSSI 40 A 65 B 58 C 73 D 68

root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 gettxpower
wdev0 gettxpower:
Current Channel Power level list (FW) :0x14 0x12 0x10 0x0f 0x12 0x10 0x0f 0x0d 0x12 0x10 0x0f 0x0d 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

root@AC1900:~#

Yes, it's better

Tested 2.4ghz

Post #1110

nyt

1 Oct 2014, 21:40

gufus wrote:

root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 getstalistext
wdev0 getstalistext:
1: e0:ca:94:c7:c1:43 n ASSOCIATED Rate 72 Mbps, RSSI 58 A 65 B 64 C 62 D 65
2: 20:aa:4b:3e:5e:39 g ASSOCIATED Rate 54 Mbps, RSSI 42 A 60 B 62 C 67 D 63
3: be:a3:86:4b:61:ee n ASSOCIATED Rate 130 Mbps, RSSI 40 A 65 B 58 C 73 D 68
root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 gettxpower
wdev0 gettxpower:
Current Channel Power level list (FW) :0x14 0x12 0x10 0x0f 0x12 0x10 0x0f 0x0d 0x12 0x10 0x0f 0x0d 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
root@AC1900:~#
Yes, it's better
Tested 2.4ghz

That doesn't look applied. It should match one of the channels listed in Mamba_FCC_.....

Example from mine on channel 10:

root@ZOMGWTFBBQWIFI:/etc/config# iwpriv wdev0 gettxpower
wdev0 gettxpower:
Current Channel Power level list (FW) :0x17 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x14 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

Here's the file. to load it manually, run this:
iwpriv eth0 setcmd "loadtxpwrtable /etc/config/Mamba_FCC_v1.2_5G4TX.ini"

Make sure you have the file in place.

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Post #1111

gufus

1 Oct 2014, 22:35

Wonder why it did not load on 1st reboot

2'ed reboot worked

ch 6

root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 gettxpower
wdev0 gettxpower:
Current Channel Power level list (FW) :0x17 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x14 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

root@AC1900:~#

Post #1112

nyt

1 Oct 2014, 22:36

gufus wrote:

Wonder why it did not load on 1st reboot
2'ed reboot worked
ch 6
root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 gettxpower
wdev0 gettxpower:
Current Channel Power level list (FW) :0x17 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x14 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
root@AC1900:~#

Are you seeing improvements?

Post #1113

gufus

1 Oct 2014, 22:57

nyt wrote:

gufus wrote:
Wonder why it did not load on 1st reboot
2'ed reboot worked
ch 6
root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 gettxpower
wdev0 gettxpower:
Current Channel Power level list (FW) :0x17 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x14 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
root@AC1900:~#
Are you seeing improvements?

I want to reboot 100 times (make sure it loads)

(Last edited by gufus on 1 Oct 2014, 22:59)

Post #1114

wasolk

2 Oct 2014, 04:56

Just got a new wrt1900ac up and running with firmware v 1.01 from here: https://github.com/Chadster766/McWRT/releases

Everything seems to work fine except the fact that I can't get 5Ghz network to work. I tried it on wdev0 and wdev1. Also, I can't get 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz network to work on wdev1. The only way to get wireless is 2.4 Ghz on wdev0. I tried factory reset, disconnecting router for several minutes, but it didn't helped.

The 5 Ghz SSID appears on my Nexus 5 and other Windows 8 PCs but after entering password the error "Could not connect to network" appears. The configuration worked with the original firmware.

Does someone else have the same problem?

Post #1115

Chadster766

2 Oct 2014, 05:03

wasolk wrote:

Just got a new wrt1900ac up and running with firmware v 1.01 from here: https://github.com/Chadster766/McWRT/releases
Everything seems to work fine except the fact that I can't get 5Ghz network to work. I tried it on wdev0 and wdev1. Also, I can't get 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz network to work on wdev1. The only way to get wireless is 2.4 Ghz on wdev0. I tried factory reset, disconnecting router for several minutes, but it didn't helped.
The 5 Ghz SSID appears on my Nexus 5 and other Windows 8 PCs but after entering password the error "Could not connect to network" appears. The configuration worked with the original firmware.
Does someone else have the same problem?

Very few people reporting issues with the default configuration.

Did you try with the default settings first to be sure it works? Then at least you can start from a know good configuration.

Post #1116

JulianR

2 Oct 2014, 16:13

mmilburn wrote:

JulianR wrote:
mmilburn wrote:
@JulianR
I assume this means things are working for you now?
Yes everything is working so far. But I noticed, that my Android Phone (Razr I) needs a lot more power when connected to the WRT1900AC compared to other Access Points. Usually I get around 3 days of usage out of one charge. With the WRT1900AC I barely get one day.
Anyone experiencing anything similar?
I am not. Are the other APs using n or ac?

The Razr I does not support AC Wlan so I doubt it would use it. The old AVM Fritz!Box I used for many years does not have AC support.

The WRT1900AC is a very nice device but still with a few problems here and there. I think I will use my TL-WDR4900 as main Router and the WRT1900AC for development and testing.
Time to setup a build system and search for one of my USB<->UART adapters (I just moved so that might take a while)
My C/C++ is not that bad but I don't have any experience with linux/driver development. Still no reason not to try at least.

(Last edited by JulianR on 2 Oct 2014, 16:14)

Post #1117

Chadster766

2 Oct 2014, 16:21

JulianR wrote:

mmilburn wrote:
JulianR wrote:
Yes everything is working so far. But I noticed, that my Android Phone (Razr I) needs a lot more power when connected to the WRT1900AC compared to other Access Points. Usually I get around 3 days of usage out of one charge. With the WRT1900AC I barely get one day.
Anyone experiencing anything similar?
I am not. Are the other APs using n or ac?
The Razr I does not support AC Wlan so I doubt it would use it. The old AVM Fritz!Box I used for many years does not have AC support.
The WRT1900AC is a very nice device but still with a few problems here and there. I think I will use my TL-WDR4900 as main Router and the WRT1900AC for development and testing.
Time to setup a build system and search for one of my USB<->UART adapters (I just moved so that might take a while)
My C/C++ is not that bad but I don't have any experience with linux/driver development. Still no reason not to try at least.

That's awesome!
Don't do what I first did and try RS232 com communications with the WRT1900AC. It's TTL and requires a cheap USB to TTL cable.

Post #1118

gufus

2 Oct 2014, 20:19

nyt wrote:

gufus wrote:
Wonder why it did not load on 1st reboot
2'ed reboot worked
ch 6
root@AC1900:~# iwpriv wdev0 gettxpower
wdev0 gettxpower:
Current Channel Power level list (FW) :0x17 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x16 0x14 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
root@AC1900:~#
Are you seeing improvements?

Yes, dbm is better for both 2.4/5ghz

Tested both 2.4/5 today.

Post #1119

wasolk

3 Oct 2014, 01:38

Chadster766 wrote:

Very few people reporting issues with the default configuration.
Did you try with the default settings first to be sure it works? Then at least you can start from a know good configuration.

Thanks for the info. It works with the default configuration. I found out that, in fact, some wireless mode doesn't work. 802.11a/n/ac works, but setting the mode to 802.11n only makes connection from any "n" capable clients impossible... So I will leave that to 802.11a/n/ac for now!

Thank You!

Post #1120

JulianR

3 Oct 2014, 12:29

Chadster766 wrote:

JulianR wrote:
mmilburn wrote:
I am not. Are the other APs using n or ac?
The Razr I does not support AC Wlan so I doubt it would use it. The old AVM Fritz!Box I used for many years does not have AC support.
The WRT1900AC is a very nice device but still with a few problems here and there. I think I will use my TL-WDR4900 as main Router and the WRT1900AC for development and testing.
Time to setup a build system and search for one of my USB<->UART adapters (I just moved so that might take a while)
My C/C++ is not that bad but I don't have any experience with linux/driver development. Still no reason not to try at least.
That's awesome!
Don't do what I first did and try RS232 com communications with the WRT1900AC. It's TTL and requires a cheap USB to TTL cable.

Don't worry. I am an electronics engineer currently working as software developer for embedded systems (bare bone, no OS). I do have plenty of nice (FTDI) adapters and breakout boards here I just have to find the right box I put them in before I moved.

Post #1121

gufus

3 Oct 2014, 22:04

wasolk wrote:

but setting the mode to 802.11n only makes connection from any "n" capable clients impossible...

I set 2.4ghz to mode 802.11n only

My Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC connected at 72 Mbps.

(Last edited by gufus on 3 Oct 2014, 22:51)

Post #1122

catohagen

5 Oct 2014, 02:35

Im trying from the openwrt docs to setup a guest wifi network, does this work ? i have the wifi network showing in luci, but cant turn them 'on'

Post #1123

catohagen

5 Oct 2014, 03:39

nyt wrote:

Here's the file. to load it manually, run this:
iwpriv eth0 setcmd "loadtxpwrtable /etc/config/Mamba_FCC_v1.2_5G4TX.ini"

shouldn't it be
iwpriv wdev0 setcmd "loadtxpwrtable /etc/config/Mamba_FCC_v1.2_5G4TX.ini"

Post #1124

mmilburn

5 Oct 2014, 05:36

I haven't tried to setup a guest network. Has anyone else on the thread? If I get a chance, I will try to set this up. Be warned, my priorities are getting a McWRT release out, and getting us mainline OpenWRT support, will try if I get some time (don't hold your breath).

catohagen wrote:

Im trying from the openwrt docs to setup a guest wifi network, does this work ? i have the wifi network showing in luci, but cant turn them 'on'

(Last edited by mmilburn on 5 Oct 2014, 05:37)

Post #1125

catohagen

5 Oct 2014, 11:28

mmilburn wrote:

I haven't tried to setup a guest network. Has anyone else on the thread? If I get a chance, I will try to set this up. Be warned, my priorities are getting a McWRT release out, and getting us mainline OpenWRT support, will try if I get some time (don't hold your breath).

In my attempt, just following the steps (http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/gue … binterface) after creating the new wifi
and network (guest network visible in Interfaces, static) i notice the working wifi's have 'unknown' listed, but the new guest wifi have 'Master'

wdev1: Unknown "dd-wrt_5ghz" wdev0: Unknown "dd-wrt_G" wdev0: Master "guest"

turning ssid 'guest' on, i can see configs are reloaded and all wifi's will "restart" but 'guest' remains disabled.

see screengrabs : (running this as main router for now, so all kids phones and stuff connect to 'dd-wrt' networks, so i named ssids after the other router do get away easy from the nagging )

but maybe the radio hardware/drivers isn't multi-SSID capable ?

(Last edited by catohagen on 5 Oct 2014, 11:32)

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