OpenWRT firmware for routers
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Davide Fioravanti 92780d80ab ramips: add support for Winstars WS-WN583A6
The Winstars WS-WN583A6 is a wireless repeater with 2 gigabit ethernet
ports. Even if mine is branded as "Gemeita AC2100", the sticker on the
back says WS-WN583A6. So I will refer to it as Winstars WS-WN583A6.
Probably the real product name is the Wavlink WL-WN583A6 because of
the many references to Wavlink in the OEM firmware and bootlog.

Hardware
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SoC:   Mediatek MT7621AT (880 MHz, 2 cores 4 threads)
RAM:   128MB
FLASH: 8MB NOR (GigaDevice GD25Q64B)
ETH:   2x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (MT7530)
WIFI:
  - 2.4GHz: 1x MT7603E (2x2:2)
  - 5GHz:   1x MT7615E (4x4:4)
  - 6 internal antennas
BTN:
  - 1x Reset button
  - 1x WPS button
  - 1x ON/OFF switch (working but unmodifiable)
  - 1x Auto/Schedule switch (working but unmodifiable. Read Note #3)
LEDS:
  - 1x White led
  - 1x Red led
  - 1x Amber led
  - 1x Blue led
  - 2x Blue leds (lan and wan port status: working but unmodifiable)
UART:
  - 57600-8-N-1

Everything works correctly.

Currently there is no firmware update available. Because of this, in
order to restore the OEM firmware, you must firstly dump the OEM
firmware from your router before you flash the OpenWrt image.

Backup the OEM Firmware
-----------------------
The following steps are to be intended for users having little to none
experience in linux. Obviously there are many ways to backup the OEM
firmware, but probably this is the easiest way for this router.
Procedure tested on M83A6.V5030.191210 firmware version.

1) Go to http://192.168.10.1/webcmd.shtml

2) Type the following line in the "Command" input box:
	mkdir /etc_ro/lighttpd/www/dev; for i in /dev/mtd*ro; do dd if=${i} of=/etc_ro/lighttpd/www${i}; done

3) Click "Apply"

4) After few seconds, in the textarea should appear this output:
		16384+0 records in
	16384+0 records out
	8388608 bytes (8.0MB) copied, 4.038820 seconds, 2.0MB/s
	384+0 records in
	384+0 records out
	196608 bytes (192.0KB) copied, 0.095180 seconds, 2.0MB/s
	128+0 records in
	128+0 records out
	65536 bytes (64.0KB) copied, 0.032020 seconds, 2.0MB/s
	128+0 records in
	128+0 records out
	65536 bytes (64.0KB) copied, 0.031760 seconds, 2.0MB/s
	15744+0 records in
	15744+0 records out
	8060928 bytes (7.7MB) copied, 3.885280 seconds, 2.0MB/s
	dd: can't open '/dev/mtd5ro': No such device
	dd: can't open '/dev/mtd6ro': No such device
	dd: can't open '/dev/mtd7ro': No such device

   Excluding the "X.XXXXXX seconds" part, you should get the same
   exact output. If your output doesn't match mine, stop reading
   and ask for help in the forum.

5) Open the following links to download the partitions of the OEM FW:
	http://192.168.10.1/dev/mtd0ro
	http://192.168.10.1/dev/mtd1ro
	http://192.168.10.1/dev/mtd2ro
	http://192.168.10.1/dev/mtd3ro
	http://192.168.10.1/dev/mtd4ro

   If one (or more) of these files weight 0 byte, stop reading and ask
   for help in the forum.

6) Store these downloaded files in a safe place.

7) Reboot your router to remove any temporary file from your router.

Installation
------------
Flash the initramfs image in the OEM firmware interface.
When openwrt boots, flash the sysupgrade image otherwise you won't be
able to keep configuration between reboots.

Restore OEM Firmware
--------------------
Flash the "mtd4ro" file you previously backed-up directly from LUCI.
Warning: Remember to not keep settings!
Warning2: Remember to force the flash.

Notes
-----
1) The "System Command" page allows to run every command as root.
   For example you can use "dd" and "nc" to backup the OEM firmware.
   PC (SERVER):
	nc -l 5555 > ./mtdXro
   ROUTER (CLIENT):
	dd if=/dev/mtdXro | nc PC_IP_ADDRESS 5555

2) The OEM web interface accepts only images containing the string
   "WN583A6" in the filename.
   Currently the OEM interface accepts only the initramfs image
   probably because it checks if the ih_size in the image header is
   equal to the whole image size (instead of the kernel size)
   Read more here:
   https://forum.openwrt.org/t/support-for-strong-1200/22768/19

3) The white led (namely "Smart Night Light") can be controller by the
   user only if the side switch is set to "Schedule" otherwise it will
   be activated by the light condition (there is a photodiode on the
   top side of the router)

4) Router mac addresses:

   LAN		XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:8F
   WAN		XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:90
   WIFI 2G	XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:91
   WIFI 5G	XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:92

   LABEL	XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:91

Signed-off-by: Davide Fioravanti <pantanastyle@gmail.com>
[remove chosen node, fix whitespace]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
4 years ago
.github build: Update README & github help 6 years ago
config build: Remove dependency of user space stack cookies from kernel 4 years ago
include kernel: bump 5.4 to 5.4.52 4 years ago
package procd: jail: fix build on glibc and uclibc 4 years ago
scripts build,json: fix compatibility with Python 3.5 4 years ago
target ramips: add support for Winstars WS-WN583A6 4 years ago
toolchain toolchain: binutils: Use version 2.34 by default 4 years ago
tools tools/mkimage: create .itb file with read-access for group,other not just owner. 4 years ago
.gitattributes add .gitattributes to prevent the git autocrlf option from messing with CRLF/LF in files 12 years ago
.gitignore build: improve ccache support 4 years ago
BSDmakefile add missing copyright header 17 years ago
Config.in merge: base: update base-files and basic config 6 years ago
LICENSE finally move buildroot-ng to trunk 8 years ago
Makefile build: improve ccache support 4 years ago
README build: switch to Python 3 5 years ago
feeds.conf.default feeds: add freifunk feed 4 years ago
rules.mk build: improve ccache support 4 years ago

README

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This is the buildsystem for the OpenWrt Linux distribution.

To build your own firmware you need a Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case
sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack
of a case sensitive file system.

You need gcc, binutils, bzip2, flex, python3.5+, perl, make, find, grep, diff,
unzip, gawk, getopt, subversion, libz-dev and libc headers installed.

1. Run "./scripts/feeds update -a" to obtain all the latest package definitions
defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default

2. Run "./scripts/feeds install -a" to install symlinks for all obtained
packages into package/feeds/

3. Run "make menuconfig" to select your preferred configuration for the
toolchain, target system & firmware packages.

4. Run "make" to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build
the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the Linux kernel & all
chosen applications for your target system.

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