Rt-ax89x Custom Firmware
Mariela Coxon
Given that we don't have a single device with 6 GHz radios supported by OpenWrt, yet (yes, there are candidates that might be supportable rather easily for ipq807x and filogic 830, but none of them actually are - and they are firmly in the mid- to upper 3 figure price range), I wouldn't be that optimistic about 802.11be and its time frame. In terms of practical throughput, 6 GHz won't give you much at this point either, unless you're in a very congested environment.
I've some spare fujitsu s920 4*2.4GHz thin client with intel x520 10gig card and now i'm waiting for qcn765 wifi card to play with 6GHz band, maybe this will work nicely , i'll make some test when i get this wifi card.When i make some tests with mt7916 card , the performance was quite nice but those tiny pigtails for antennas are poor and i've ordered some nicer m.2 to mini pcie adapter with normal ufl connectors.
i dont need wifi at all, i have a external AP, but the sfp+ and 10gbit rj45 is great. the only other router that i know and fits my needs is the r86s, but its x86 which i dont like
wondering whats current state of openwrt on this device. does it boot?
Is a hardware donation needed still? I mean I was checking the openwrt donations page only to find that I have to ask here in the forum if there is a developer interested in porting openwrt to this router.
I am a dd-wrt user and have already donated one to Brainslayer, but I figured if I send one to openwrt then we would have two groups of people taking a crack at seeing how to get open source firmware going on this thing.
Based on the hardware, this device should be supportable without too much fuzz - that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be 'easy' (in terms of the flashing procedure from stock to OpenWrt, (the i2c communiction of-) the SFP+ port, dealing with the two (stacked-?) onboard switches and/ or getting the Aquantia firmware uploaded), but there doesn't seem to be anything which would make this impossible (we already have roughly similar devices from other vendors supported, e.g. dl-wrx36 or qhora-301w).
NSS is another topic, for official OpenWrt that's rather unlikely (but it would be needed to achieve the full 10 GBit/s throughput) - there isn't really much of a difference to other supported devices here either (e.g. the qhora-301w) and it's still a very capable device without NSS.
I understand that this kind of stuff is complex, difficult, and definitely time consuming hence why I am willing to donate this unit to an OpenWRT developer since they would have the brains and the tools in figuring out how to get custom firmware installed on this particular router.
I don't think I ever said this, but I wanted to give my thanks to all who have been volunteering their time and effort in getting OpenWRT to work on this router. Its nice to see hardware like this get custom opensource firmware support allowing us to do some neat stuff with it.
I'm thinking of making an attempt at this but on HW revision B1. Would it be safe to try or should I wait some more? Asking because I been feeling more confident with this Linux stuff thanks to OpenWRT.
The interfaces are detected. I tried with the constructor firmware, I have a connection on both interfaces using my switch.
Maybe I forgot something during the build. Or it could be my hardware revision version. I don't know which one I use and I don't know how to check.
How do you drop down to u-boot from the ssh shell and boot with openwrt? I'd like to see if my XGS-PON SFP+ works (it doesn't in stock fw) - I compiled with latest patches and there's a .itb file and a .ubi file.
I have had to open routers before for serial recovery and such so I understand how difficult it can be. I am asking about the programming part. Although you did just make a strong point about soldering. I have only a decent soldering iron but not the rest of the parts or a good working enviroment.
You all seem to have better tools and knowledge than I do. Like I would be following right behind you. Or sitting on your shoulder. Its a fun learning experience when I watch you all do your thing. This firmware basically gave me my biggest eureka moment in the linux world but thats another thread for another time.
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I'm renting a Gigabit Wi-Fi Modem that is a few years old and the software version is 2.0.10.36T6. Is the firmware updated periodically by Rogers to stay up to date for security patching? And if not, is there a way I can do this myself?
That's not what he asked. He asked if he can purchase his own modem as these CODA modems are a bit long-in-the-tooth. That said, I recognize that you cannot purchase your own modem for use on the Rogers network. I can even guess why: support. There's no way Rogers will want to support devices which they are both unfamiliar with and are not guaranteed to run on the Rogers network.
2. You cannot purchase a modem or any modem which you would like to run on the Rogers network. Rogers only rents modems to its customers. As @AngryChicken indicates above, the primary reason it probably support. Rogers tests every modem that runs on its network, so, that takes time and manpower to accomplish, ergo, the requirement to keep that list to a minimum.
If you're looking for security updates for a modem, your best bet is to run the modem in Bridge mode with a router that is routinely updated, both for security updates, but also for component updates. I draw your attention to the Changelog for the latest Merlin Asuswrt version. If you look at the updated components, Tor, curl, nano, dnsmasq, openssl, inadyn, getdns, stubby, that is typical of what you see with Merlin updates:
So, if component updates, which provides a degree of security on their own is what you're looking for, then you need to look around at the various router manufactures to determine which ones provide routine security updates. What you find will probably disappoint you.
In terms of the latest and greatest modems, that's a matter of opinion. The CODA-4582 has been described above as long in the tooth. Well, at the present time there are basically two dominant modem chipsets on the North American market which are the Intel Puma 7 and Broadcom BCM-3390. There might be some smaller companies around as well, but the two main companies are what you typically see running in North American ISPs.
The CODA-4582 was released by Rogers in Dec 2016 and initially received numerous updates to resolve firmware issues. That modem was probably released before it was ready, but, the Puma 6 debacle was still being resolved by Arris and Intel at the time and for many months thereafter. Rogers chose to skip the wait and release the CODA-4582 (Puma 7), which although slightly painful, was probably the smarter choice given the ongoing Puma 6 situation. At the present time, the Puma 7 chipset appears to be the reigning modem from Intel. Yup, its a little over three years old, but, there doesn't appear to be a replacement on the horizon so its the latest and greatest
Just to note, Intel sold the Home Connected division to MaxLinear a couple of weeks ago. That division would include the Puma design group, so, where that modem goes from here is anyone's guess. MaxLinear manufactures the front end cable tuner for the Puma chipset modems, so, now they own the whole ball of wax. Who knows where Maxlinear will go from here.
Arris, which uses the Puma 7 chipsets in its latest and greatest modems has been sold or sold itself to Commscope. Ruckus is also owned by Commscope. So, where Arris goes with any future modem design is a rather interesting question. Rogers currently uses the Arris TG-3482ER (Puma 7 XB6) for its new Ignite TV Service. That is the latest and greatest modem from Arris. Is Commscope going to stay in the modem business?? Who knows....
The Broadcom BCM-3390 chipset is the basis of the Technicolor CGM-4141ROG (XB6) which Rogers uses for the new Ignite TV Service. That is the latest and greatest modem from Arris as well, this time with a Broadcom chipset. Externally the two XB6 versions look the same. That is also the latest and greatest for TPIA use, this time in the form of the Technicolor TC-4400. In reality that modem has been around for at least two years, although initially in test versions.
So, in reality, the modem world doesn't move that fast, and updates for the modem don't move as fast at they probably should. Intel took months before it acknowledged the DOS issues with the Puma 5, 6, and 7 modems, and weeks or months before updates were released to resolve the issues. Are those issues resolved?? No one knows because all of the companies from Intel to the manufacturers to the ISPs are radio silent on the results of the updates. Once again its up to the users to prove or disprove the performance of Intel Puma chipset modems.
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