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Suggested: Release firmware for WNDR3700 #171

Open andrewpurkett opened 10 years ago

andrewpurkett commented 10 years ago

Since the WNDR3800 is a much less common router than the WNDR3700, it makes more sense to support the WNDR3700 directly, rather than leaving it to users to determine how to build their own image for such minor differences, or risk bricking their device by using the image built for the WNDR3800.

Please build images for the WNDR3700. It is commonly available at retail locations across the US, so it is in everyones favor to support it directly within the project.

wwahammy commented 10 years ago

I just (accidentally) bought a WNDR3700 instead of WNDR3800. Turns out it's like $100 cheaper so I guess it worked out :)

The build system SEEMS to use the same profile for both versions. In fact, the config option for WNDR3800 is called "CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx_generic_WNDR3700 which is compatible with the WNDR3700v4. Has anyone actually tested on any version of the WNDR3700?

I'm building a copy now but I figured I'd ask so someone can tell me if it's going to lead to a bricking :)

wwahammy commented 10 years ago

It does not work as is, the router login page says it's invalid.

Not sure why.

Rangak commented 10 years ago

I think 3700 v2 version may work. v4 will not. Even with v2 you need to check if it has 16MB flash as our image size is 10+ MB. If you have only 8MB on your 3700 you will not even be able to flash the OW image.

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It does not work as is, the router login page says it's invalid.

Not sure why.

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Rangak commented 10 years ago

See here for more details : http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt/wiki#Hardware-Requirements

wwahammy commented 10 years ago

After looking a bit, OpenWrt does have support for the 3700v4. Additionally, according to https://secure.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Netgear_WNDR3700#Specifications, the 3700v4 has 128MB of RAM and flash so, provided that's correct, size shouldn't be a concern.

I need to investigate this more :)

andrewpurkett commented 9 years ago

Looks like WNDR3700v1 and WNDR3700v3 are out of the running, but WNDR3700v2 and WNDR3700v4 should both work if everyone is correct.

Can anyone report on v2, v4 results?

screen shot 2014-11-24 at 10 13 43 am Source: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Netgear_WNDR3700#Specifications

Rangak commented 9 years ago

V2 should just work with the image released on the OW website.

I just built for V4 last night after sorting out the build issues. Needs separate build as it cant use the 3800/3700v2 build. Will test and let you know how that goes.

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Looks like WNDR3700v1 and WNDR3700v3 are out of the running, but WNDR3700v2 and WNDR3700v4 should both work if everyone is correct.

Can anyone report on v2, v4 results?

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Rangak commented 9 years ago

I have had partial success with 3700v4 but still need to resolve some things that are broken and also need to test for stability. This will not fit into alpha release schedule. Moving to beta.