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Post #1
webtron
13 Sep 2016, 01:42

Trying to get a console on this device but it appears to have TX and RX disconnected on the board. Can I just solder these links permanently or do they need resistors? 
https://s12.postimg.org/udl77s5kt/850_RE_V2.jpg

(Last edited by webtron on 13 Sep 2016, 06:26)

Post #2
webtron
13 Sep 2016, 06:36

Update on this. I ended up getting impatient and soldered the two bridges on the board and it worked.
Boot log factory firmware:

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Dec 23 2015 - 17:10:56)

ap143 - Honey Bee 2.0

DRAM:  32 MB
Flash Manuf Id 0xef, DeviceId0 0x40, DeviceId1 0x16
flash size 4MB, sector count = 64
Flash:  4 MB
Using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   ath_gmac_enet_initialize...
ath_gmac_enet_initialize: reset mask:c02200
Scorpion ---->S27 PHY*
S27 reg init
GMAC: cfg1 0x800c0000 cfg2 0x7114
eth0: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 4 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 4 :0x10
eth0 up
Honey Bee ---->  MAC 1 S27 PHY *
S27 reg init
ATHRS27: resetting s27
ATHRS27: s27 reset done
GMAC: cfg1 0x800c0000 cfg2 0x7214
eth1: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 0 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 0 :0x10
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 1 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 1 :0x10
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 2 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 2 :0x10
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 3 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 3 :0x10
eth1 up
eth0, eth1
Setting 0x181162c0 to 0x60c1a100
Autobooting in 1 seconds
## Booting image at 9f020000 ...
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

Starting kernel ...

Booting QCA953x
Linux version 2.6.31--LSDK-9.2.0_U5.508 (canjchen@ubuntu2ccj) (gcc version 4.3.3                                                                                         (GCC) ) #1 Wed Dec 23 17:14:45 CST 2015
flash_size passed from bootloader = 4
Ram size passed from bootloader =33554432
CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc)
ath_sys_frequency: cpu apb ddr apb cpu 550 ddr 395 ahb 197
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Zone PFN ranges:
  Normal   0x00000000 -> 0x00002000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 8128
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:2 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sb                                                                                        in/init mtdparts=ath-nor0:128k(u-boot),768k(kernel),2880k(rootfs),256k(config),6                                                                                        4k(art) mem=32M
PID hash table entries: 128 (order: 7, 512 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes
Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
Memory: 30360k/32768k available (1554k kernel code, 2408k reserved, 374k data, 1                                                                                        08k init, 0k highmem)
NR_IRQS:128
plat_time_init: plat time init done
Calibrating delay loop... 365.56 BogoMIPS (lpj=731136)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
NET: Registered protocol family 16
gpio init: JUMP_START: 16, RST_DFT: 17
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
ATH GPIOC major 0
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
msgmni has been set to 59
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler deadline registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xb8020000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A
console [ttyS0] enabled
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
NET: Registered protocol family 24
5 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device ath-nor0
Creating 5 MTD partitions on "ath-nor0":
0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "u-boot"
0x000000020000-0x0000000e0000 : "kernel"
0x0000000e0000-0x0000003b0000 : "rootfs"
0x0000003b0000-0x0000003f0000 : "config"
0x0000003f0000-0x000000400000 : "art"
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
athwdt_init: Registering WDT success
VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 108k freed
init started: BusyBox v1.19.4 (2015-12-23 17:19:14 CST)
starting pid 93, tty '': '/etc/rc.d/rcS'
This Board use 2.6.31
Lan Domain: tplinkrepeater.net
Lan Domain: www.tplinkrepeater.net
tp_dhcp_hook: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
qca_soc_gmac: Length per segment 1536
953x_GMAC: qca953x_gmac_attach
Link poll  Enabled
qca953x_set_gmac_caps  CHECK DMA STATUS
mac:1 Registering S27....
qca_soc_gmac: RX TASKLET - Pkts per Intr:32
qca_soc_gmac: Max segments per packet :   1
qca_soc_gmac: Max tx descriptor count :   512
qca_soc_gmac: Max rx descriptor count :   128
qca_soc_gmac: Mac capability flags    :   2B83
953x_GMAC: qca953x_gmac_attach
Link poll  Enabled
qca953x_set_gmac_caps  CHECK DMA STATUS
mac:0 Registering S27....
qca_soc_gmac: RX TASKLET - Pkts per Intr:32
qca_soc_gmac: Max segments per packet :   1
qca_soc_gmac: Max tx descriptor count :   512
qca_soc_gmac: Max rx descriptor count :   128
qca_soc_gmac: Mac capability flags    :   2383
Device eth1 port type is 4096
device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
[ucEthernet_init:128]ERROR product_id= 08500200

====>>>>default mac is 18-a6-f7-30-05-a3
====>>>>default mac is 18-a6-f7-30-05-a3
[daemonize:258]recv a pipe message.

[main:446]send a pipe message.

httpMudCreate: MUD 0x4a6ed0 was created
httpServerCreate: try to add port 80
athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 8192 at 0x81588000
athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 2048 at 0x8159f800
HONEYBEE ----> S27 PHY MDIO
Setting Drop CRC Errors, Pause Frames and Length Error frames
starting pid 170, tty '': '/sbin/getty ttyS0 115200'

TL-WA850RE mips #1 Wed Dec 23 17:14:45 CST 2015 (none)
TL-WA850RE login: ath_hal: 0.9.17.1 (AR5416, AR9380, REGOPS_FUNC, WRITE_EEPROM, TX_DATA_SWAP, RX_DATA_SWAP, 11D)
ath_rate_atheros: Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Atheros Communications, Inc, All Rights Reserved
ath_dev: Copyright (c) 2001-2007 Atheros Communications, Inc, All Rights Reserved
ath_ahb: 10.2-00082-4 (Atheros/multi-bss)
__ath_attach: Set global_scn[0]
*** All the minfree values should be <= ATH_TXBUF-32, otherwise default value will be used instead ***
ACBKMinfree = 48
ACBEMinfree = 32
ACVIMinfree = 16
ACVOMinfree = 0
CABMinfree = 48
UAPSDMinfree = 0
ATH_TXBUF=512
ATH_SUPPORT_SKB=1000
[ath_hal_attach:334]devid:0x3d
Enterprise mode: 0x03fc0000
Restoring Cal data from Flash
ar9300_eeprom_restore_from_flash: eeprom_version = 2, template_version = 2
Green-AP : Green-AP : Attached

ath_get_caps[6185] rx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0
ath_get_caps[6160] tx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0
osif_wrap_attach:753 osif wrap attached
osif_wrap_devt_init:709 osif wrap dev table init done
ATH_RESERVED_TXBUF = 800
ath_tx_paprd_init sc 81788000 PAPRD disabled in HAL
wifi0: Atheros 953X: devID = 0x3d, mem=0xb8100000, irq=2
wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0x816782c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x401
ieee80211_extap_mac_add:18:a6:f7:30:05:a3
wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0x816782c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x401.
VAP device ath0 created

DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_Extender_3005A3 ssid.len:23
ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=131712, new mode=3, valid=1
Device ath0 port type is 4097
device ath0 entered promiscuous mode
br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state
VAP device ath2 created
osif_wrap_dev_add:183 Adding ath2 to the list mat
Device ath2 port type is 4101
device ath2 entered promiscuous mode
ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=917632, new mode=2, valid=1
[wlan_scan_start:67]scan channel num:13
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[0]:2412
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[1]:2417
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[2]:2422
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[3]:2427
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[4]:2432
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[5]:2437
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[6]:2442
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[7]:2447
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[8]:2452
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[9]:2457
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[10]:2462
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[11]:2467
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[12]:2472
br0: port 3(ath2) entering forwarding state
Scan in progress.. Cancelling it: 0
br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state
ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=918144, new mode=3, valid=1
DEVICE IS DOWN ifname=ath0
DEVICE IS DOWN ifname=ath0
[wlan_scan_start:67]scan channel num:13
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[0]:2412
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[1]:2417
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[2]:2422
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[3]:2427
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[4]:2432
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[5]:2437
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[6]:2442
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[7]:2447
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[8]:2452
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[9]:2457
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[10]:2462
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[11]:2467
[wlan_scan_start:70]scan channel[12]:2472
br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state
ath0:ath1:eth1
mlme_create_infra_bss : Overriding HT40 channel with HT20 channel
**** drop_caches_sysctl_handler: all done timer added ...****


Boot log Openwrt:

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Dec 23 2015 - 17:10:56)

ap143 - Honey Bee 2.0

DRAM:  32 MB
Flash Manuf Id 0xef, DeviceId0 0x40, DeviceId1 0x16
flash size 4MB, sector count = 64
Flash:  4 MB
Using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   ath_gmac_enet_initialize...
ath_gmac_enet_initialize: reset mask:c02200
Scorpion ---->S27 PHY*
S27 reg init
GMAC: cfg1 0x800c0000 cfg2 0x7114
eth0: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 4 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 4 :0x10
eth0 up
Honey Bee ---->  MAC 1 S27 PHY *
S27 reg init
ATHRS27: resetting s27
ATHRS27: s27 reset done
GMAC: cfg1 0x800c0000 cfg2 0x7214
eth1: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 0 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 0 :0x10
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 1 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 1 :0x10
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 2 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 2 :0x10
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_CONTROL 3 :0x1000
athrs27_phy_setup ATHR_PHY_SPEC_STAUS 3 :0x10
eth1 up
eth0, eth1
Setting 0x181162c0 to 0x60c1a100
Autobooting in 1 seconds
## Booting image at 9f020000 ...
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

Starting kernel ...

[    0.000000] Linux version 3.18.23 (buildbot@builder1) (gcc version 4.8.3 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.8-2014.04 r47269) ) #1 Sun Jan 31 18:39:35 CET 2016
[    0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled
[    0.000000] CPU0 revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc)
[    0.000000] SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9533 ver 2 rev 0
[    0.000000] Determined physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
[    0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
[    0.000000] Zone ranges:
[    0.000000]   Normal   [mem 0x00000000-0x01ffffff]
[    0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
[    0.000000] Early memory node ranges
[    0.000000]   node   0: [mem 0x00000000-0x01ffffff]
[    0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x00000000-0x01ffffff]
[    0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
[    0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 8128
[    0.000000] Kernel command line:  board=TL-WR841N-v9  console=ttyS0,115200 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 128 (order: -3, 512 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
[    0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
[    0.000000] Memory: 28324K/32768K available (2586K kernel code, 128K rwdata, 540K rodata, 256K init, 193K bss, 4444K reserved)
[    0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:51
[    0.000000] Clocks: CPU:550.000MHz, DDR:390.844MHz, AHB:195.422MHz, Ref:25.000MHz
[    0.000000] Calibrating delay loop... 366.18 BogoMIPS (lpj=1830912)
[    0.060000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.060000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.070000] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.080000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.080000] MIPS: machine is TP-LINK TL-WR841N/ND v9
[    0.530000] Switched to clocksource MIPS
[    0.540000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.540000] TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.540000] TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.550000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024)
[    0.550000] TCP: reno registered
[    0.560000] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.560000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.570000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.570000] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes)
[    0.600000] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[    0.610000] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[    0.620000] msgmni has been set to 55
[    0.620000] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.630000] io scheduler deadline registered (default)
[    0.630000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 16 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
ê[    0.660000] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11, base_baud = 1562500) is a 16550A
[    0.670000] console [ttyS0] enabled
[    0.670000] console [ttyS0] enabled
[    0.680000] bootconsole [early0] disabled
[    0.680000] bootconsole [early0] disabled
[    0.690000] m25p80 spi0.0: found w25q32, expected m25p80
[    0.700000] m25p80 spi0.0: w25q32 (4096 Kbytes)
[    0.710000] 5 tp-link partitions found on MTD device spi0.0
[    0.710000] Creating 5 MTD partitions on "spi0.0":
[    0.720000] 0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "u-boot"
[    0.720000] 0x000000020000-0x00000013f620 : "kernel"
[    0.730000] 0x00000013f620-0x0000003f0000 : "rootfs"
[    0.730000] mtd: device 2 (rootfs) set to be root filesystem
[    0.740000] 1 squashfs-split partitions found on MTD device rootfs
[    0.750000] 0x000000360000-0x0000003f0000 : "rootfs_data"
[    0.750000] 0x0000003f0000-0x000000400000 : "art"
[    0.760000] 0x000000020000-0x0000003f0000 : "firmware"
[    0.790000] libphy: ag71xx_mdio: probed
[    1.380000] ag71xx-mdio.1: Found an AR934X built-in switch
[    1.420000] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xba000000, irq 5, mode:GMII
[    2.020000] ag71xx ag71xx.0: connected to PHY at ag71xx-mdio.1:04 [uid=004dd042, driver=Generic PHY]
[    2.030000] eth1: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4, mode:MII
[    2.040000] TCP: cubic registered
[    2.040000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    2.040000] bridge: automatic filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables has been deprecated. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
[    2.060000] Bridge firewalling registered
[    2.060000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[    2.080000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2.
[    2.080000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 256K (80390000 - 803d0000)
[    3.230000] init: Console is alive
[    3.230000] init: - watchdog -
[    5.240000] init: - preinit -
[    5.870000] random: procd urandom read with 9 bits of entropy available
Press the [f] key and hit [enter] to enter failsafe mode
Press the [1], [2], [3] or [4] key and hit [enter] to select the debug level
[    9.160000] mount_root: jffs2 not ready yet, using temporary tmpfs overlay
[    9.210000] procd: - early -
[    9.220000] procd: - watchdog -
[   10.020000] procd: - ubus -
[   11.030000] procd: - init -
Please press Enter to activate this console.
[   11.830000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   11.850000] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   11.860000] Loading modules backported from Linux version master-2015-03-09-0-g141f155
[   11.870000] Backport generated by backports.git backports-20150129-0-gdd4a670
[   11.880000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   11.900000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (446 buckets, 1784 max)
[   11.950000] xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000
[   11.980000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[   12.010000] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[   12.010000] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
[   12.020000] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[   12.030000] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.030000] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz, 92000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.040000] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.050000] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.060000] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[   12.070000] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[   12.080000] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.090000] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.160000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[   12.160000] NET: Registered protocol family 24
[   12.240000] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9531 Rev:2 mem=0xb8100000, irq=2
[   12.280000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[   12.280000] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
[   12.290000] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: FCC
[   12.290000] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[   12.300000] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.310000] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.320000] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (0 s)
[   12.330000] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2300 mBm), (0 s)
[   12.340000] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A)
[   12.350000] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A)
[   20.490000] jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): End of filesystem marker found at 0x0
[   20.500000] jffs2_build_filesystem(): unlocking the mtd device... done.
[   20.510000] jffs2_build_filesystem(): erasing all blocks after the end marker... done.
[   22.810000] jffs2: notice: (985) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 0 of xdatum (0 unchecked, 0 orphan) and 0 of xref (0 dead, 0 orphan) found.
[   23.460000] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   23.460000] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): br-lan: link is not ready
[   23.540000] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[   25.590000] eth1: link up (100Mbps/Full duplex)
[   25.590000] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[   77.530000] random: nonblocking pool is initialized

I've managed to get firmware for the wr841nd v10 on via tftp but no wifi as yet.

Edit
To get wifi working I had to assign the original mac address to the wifi interface. Mac addresses seem to be random on every boot for the lan port too so firmware mustn't be able to detect the correct mac address which is causing the wifi to not start.

(Last edited by webtron on 13 Sep 2016, 07:53)

Post #3
moccolo
6 Oct 2016, 18:41

any progress with that hardware?

Post #4
webtron
6 Oct 2016, 20:50

A little I managed to find out the tftp flashing wiped a section of the uboot mtd which lost the mac which was needed to get the wifi working. https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=67548 In the end I managed to write those values back in to uboot which fixed the wifi.
I can't get it to flash via the web interface though which kind of makes it pointless when they are so welded together i have to damage the case and do so much soldering to get Openwrt on it.
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=67690
With the oem firmware the console is password protected after initial boot so it's difficult to get around the checksum error. I've also had a lot of other work to do so have left it there until I have more time. Mine is an AU version btw.

Post #5
moccolo
16 Oct 2016, 10:54

just to let everybody know.... on us tp-link site under 850re repeater, they added V.3 so we will have a new version soon...

Post #6
frankie.b
29 Mar 2018, 02:16

webtron,

Any tips on bridging those tx and rx breaks? I just tried for a few hours and get nothing on my serial console. You just connected gnd, tx, and rx, right?

How did you bridge those tiny gaps? Thanks!

Post #7
webtron
29 Mar 2018, 02:32

I just soldered them together with a pointy soldering iron and magnifying goggles. Not easy but it is possible. Yes from memory just gnd, tx and rx

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