Dva-2800 Firmware
Luciana
Hi,
I wanted to install openwrt on Huawei Hg255s which have TriDuctor VSPM340 cpu and requested GPL code from Huawei but they just ignoried my mail requests.No response at all.Full hardware specs are here btw.
So i searched for similiar hardware spec devices and i found Dlink's DSL-2888a and DVA-2800, these devices seems good candidate for my HG255s.
Donwloaded GPL source code at dlink's GPL site for DSL-2888a.After fiddling around source code it seems this device already running heaviliy modified openwrt.After removing xDSL and some unnecessary features with menuconfig for my HG255s i have tried to compile it but it complains about external toolchain for some reason.It seems kernel already have support for both RTL8812 and RTL8192.
I can upload whole code to github but you can download on d-link's site if desired.
-gpl.s3.amazonaws.com/GPL2000045/dsl-2888a.tar.gz
I don't need recent versions such as 19.07.Barrier braker is already there but can't compile it.
Please guide me.
Regards.
Build system setup * Assuming a GNU/Linux environment, otherwise see alternative guides * Install git, to conveniently download the source code, and your distro's default build tools metapackage to do the cross-compilation process * Some feeds...
Quick Image Building Guide This is a short guide for building an OpenWrt snapshot firmware image. To build a stable release, look to the beginners guide to building your own firmware. There is a FAQ about difference between a release and a snapshot...
No, it doesn't - its underlying vendor SDK merely used an ancient OpenWrt snapshot as a base for their userland, kernel, drivers and everything important is still proprietary. Sadly this won't get you any closer to OpenWrt support either, as the vendor never bothered to submit their changes to OpenWrt.
@huykjk11
As far as i remember i reached this far but toolchain ( arm-hsan-linux-uclibcgnueabi ) has issues i don't remember exactly.
I have found another toolchain from github but no luck so i giveup.You can try with make -j 4 V=s to make more information.
I believe you will see toolchain error.
If you find more information please share.
@whitepawn I do have new information!
I managed to build this image and flash it to my router but, at boot process kernel panic and restart the device, fortunately you can flash OEM image using CFE web recovery, I've tried couple of things but no luck with kernel panic, so i give up and revert to original image. This is built on a very old openwrt branch (12) with heavy modifications i don't see any benift from pursuing this, also i no longer use DSL, now using FTTH which come with a much better router (seem price).
To build the image you have to enable building/using included toolchain, doesn't seem to be enabled by default, there is also a typo in one of the Makefiles you have to remove am extra parenthese ")", you also have to update feeds urls, i can post more details if you need them..
recently i could be able to access the device through uart (by find and soldering extra pins) and saw the bootlog (see the forum thread link above).... i am not so experienced, but i offer my router and my time to do any tests you want
All I know about this modem is that it has only been made available with Skymesk within the last month , possibly has a Broadcom chipset ( like most D-Link modems ) , possibly 128 mb of ram , 2 phone ports and AC1600 wifi.
I just sent a email to sales asking to buy one of these modems, do SkyMesh generate a new invoice for me to pay or do they add it to my next Bill?
I will let this thread know if this modem achieves my current speed of 44 down on a 919 meter copper line
I rang Skymesh today to see if it had left yet and i was expecting a long wait on the phone but it was answered in less than a minute and they had also dispatched the modem, 100% Customer service for SkyMesh sales and 0% for D-Link Email support for telling me it was a broadcom chipset :(
Just received the modem today and connected it up to do a speed test
Didn't sync as high as the TG799VAC but much better than any mediatek modems i have
Only had it connected for 30 mins will experiment more on the weekend when no one is home
Seems like VOIP has two lines but i can only can use one VSP?
Also DDNS seems to be very limited and the menu system didn't feel user friendly to me
The GUI is very sluggish to the point that i had to restart the modem then it didn't boot backup and i had to put a pin in the reset to factory reset
If any one else has one can you check to see if the login page is exposed to the internet? i opened ports to my NAS that has a website and when i checked it opened the modem connection page?
It seems to go OK VOIP has backup server but it has to be the same VSP maybe i need to pick one VSP they seen to be more reliable than 10 years ago :)
I have put it away for a while again and probably get it out again when i have more time or if a firmware is available also noticed the GUI has copyright 2015
To anyone who has one of these, have you got voip working? I received one from skymesh last week and the tech support people and I were unable to get it working. Apparently there's only one guy at skymesh who knows how to set these up and he wasn't around on Friday (and they haven't got back to me yet).
I had it working with siptalk, i just picked them from the menu and put in my username and password and it worked fine although i did not use it, my wife talked to her sister and she did not complain so it must be ok
I feel it needs a few firmware updates as user interface seems unfinished
Soooo.....getting to the point. With the old way of modems different chipset had different advantages (one chipset was good for distances further than x meters ect) is this going to be the same with the NBN?
Also would it be worth getting the D-Link DSL-2877AL (no Voip) or the D-Link TalkBox2800 for better speeds. I have no interest in Voip and will turn the wifi off as my awesome Asus RT AC68U does everything I want (and more)
DSL-2877AL has a mediatek chipset and in my limited testing results in around 38mbps where as a broadcom based modem i get around 44-45 mbps at 919 meters from the node
I tried Talk Box 2800 and was real close to a broadcom modem speeds, i did not look at bridging it though as my TG799VAC bridged to a DSL-AC68U is working fine
And bear in mind there are different versions of Broadcom chips as well and other versions seem to sync slower than another version. It could be firmware or it could be because it's a cheaper version of a broadcom chip.
Just tried again and I think I found the bug... I'm using a password with a SPACE in it.
Passwords with spaces seem to cause the 5GHz network to go unsecured.
As soon as I remove the space, it is secured properly.
Funny thing is I use the same exact password for both 2.4 & 5 GHz but the 2.4GHz is fine.
I had decided to get an Asus RT AC68U but looking at this D-Link DVA-2800 ($159 from Skymesh) I'm now wondering if I should get the pre-configured D-Link instead, save a few bucks and get Skymesh support. Any opinions/suggestions?
The more I try to use this modem, the junkier it seems to be. Every couple of days I am finding that I am having to reboot the thing because the web interface becomes so slow and unresponsive, throwing CGI errors, etc.
It seems a bit flaky with this, but seems to work after a while. After setting the couple of IP reservations I need, the D-LINK web UI still showed the devices as having their old IP addresses. Even though they actually had the new reserved IP addresses. Seems to right itself over time though (post-reboot maybe?).
Speaking of stodgy, has anyone else tried looking at the network usage statistics graphs on the router? The "Internet" tab never seems to show above 1-2 KB/s, and the LAN tab is always off the charts with 10^30KB/s
So all I need to do is run an Ethernet cable from the CM (NTD) to the WAN port of this baby and switch it on? No need to input PPPoE details etc? Just want to be ready for when the tech visit. Praying that my NBN HFC will activate smoothly
In areas where SkyMesh use an aggregated solution from Vocus as opposed to having their own backhaul which uses IPoE, PPPoE is required. If they haven't given you PPPoE login details, don't worry about it. You should get them via SMS if you need them.
In view that my NBN connection type is HFC and Vocus (hence PPPoE), I think I might have to key in my PPPoE details. Anyway, getting way ahead of myself :-). Maybe just chill and see what has to be done when the tech comes.
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listed above. Your existing landline phone number will be
disconnected as part of the process and this will take effect at the
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Question came to mind as over the weekend I was finding that my wifi (SkyMesh supplied E1200 router) was dropping out regularly and I was looking at your current router offerings for a possible replacement.
The behavior was curious, to me at least, in that the issue seems related to the router as using a different wifi source things were stable and its become stable again since the visitors left. It seemed to occur each time the visitors opened their Apple laptop. Not sure what their settings were but I could reconnect and all good until the next time they opened the lid on the Apple.
Likewise, nothing I could fiddle with in the settings got sync back until I put the old firmware back on. I can't for the life of me get port forwarding to work. Overall the GUI on this is total crap.
Looks like as long as I do not make any changes to it and just leave it running then it will be OK. We will see, hopefully soon D-Link will have a fix for this. Will I be able to run this in bridge mode with my Netgear R7000?
I'm having issues changing the DNS. Everytime I hit Save it just goes back to being blank and continues to have Skymesh's DNS. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Trying to use Getflix's DNS severs.