Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 23:31 Post subject: Netgear 6700 support request
Hello folks,
I am wondering if the Netgear 6700 can/would be supported. I've posted earlier that it is a R7000 neutered by firmware. Seen it before with the AC1450. The hardware appears to be the same as the R7000.
I picked one of these up today to try out AC performance compared to my ancient 802.11n router, so far it's nice, but like all consumer routers the firmware is limited. I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep it, depends if the R7000 goes on sale again in the next week or so.
The hardware isn't identical to the R7000 btw, it's missing the USB 2.0 port on the back of the router, and the corresponding LED is now a "Guest Mode" LED.
If you or anyone else can point me to some kind of guide to building an initial flash/.chk file I can try and compile DD-WRT from the R7000 source.
I picked one of these up today to try out AC performance compared to my ancient 802.11n router, so far it's nice, but like all consumer routers the firmware is limited. I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep it, depends if the R7000 goes on sale again in the next week or so.
The hardware isn't identical to the R7000 btw, it's missing the USB 2.0 port on the back of the router, and the corresponding LED is now a "Guest Mode" LED.
If you or anyone else can point me to some kind of guide to building an initial flash/.chk file I can try and compile DD-WRT from the R7000 source.
In order to add support for it I need an nvram dump from netgear firmware.
I picked one of these up today to try out AC performance compared to my ancient 802.11n router, so far it's nice, but like all consumer routers the firmware is limited. I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep it, depends if the R7000 goes on sale again in the next week or so.
The hardware isn't identical to the R7000 btw, it's missing the USB 2.0 port on the back of the router, and the corresponding LED is now a "Guest Mode" LED.
If you or anyone else can point me to some kind of guide to building an initial flash/.chk file I can try and compile DD-WRT from the R7000 source.
In order to add support for it I need an nvram dump from netgear firmware.
Hey, if you can give me a rough guide on how to do this, I'll give it a shot. I tried looking through the R7000 thread, but right now the site load-times are terrible for me, timing out when paging through it.
In order to add support for it I need an nvram dump from netgear firmware.
My intentions here are NOT to cause harm or thread hijack. only give my opinion on and inform.
i beg to differ, but although i have a working router running your build, i believe you would need the router itself to do a more proper port.
i say this because when i was asking you for help on the wlan issue, you found that i had an r6250 with a cfe that was like the r6300v2. so you took out the code that powered on the netgear logo and wan light. you also mentioned you need the router yourself to see what was wrong.
although im glad i have a working router, i know that for as long as it runs your mod or until you get an r6250 yourself so you can fix the problem, it will remain off.
IIRC, you said you said that in order to get the netgear and wan lights working for the R7000 and R6300 (and problably r6300v2), you had to hack the kernal that was going to run on those specific routers which took a very long time for you to do. _________________ For people who are new to the dd-wrt forums >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#rtfm
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Ok, figured out telnet, turns out the python script needed to be change to udp packets and my custom user/pass.
Anyway, here's the basic 'routerinfo' output, with my unique/sensitive info removed:
Code:
Release version : 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router R6700
U12H270T00/V1.0.0.2/1.0.1
Time : May 20 2014 17:08:19
CFE version : v1.0.22
Board ID - U12H270T10_NETGEAR
region_num - 0x0001
sku_name - NA
language - English
wl_region - 11
timezone - -8
So how do I dump the nvram to a file for you Kong?
Ok, figured out telnet, turns out the python script needed to be change to udp packets and my custom user/pass.
Anyway, here's the basic 'routerinfo' output, with my unique/sensitive info removed:
Code:
Release version : 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router R6700
U12H270T00/V1.0.0.2/1.0.1
Time : May 20 2014 17:08:19
CFE version : v1.0.22
Board ID - U12H270T10_NETGEAR
region_num - 0x0001
sku_name - NA
language - English
wl_region - 11
timezone - -8
So how do I dump the nvram to a file for you Kong?
Use command:
nvram show
then copy and paste the output and send it in a pm.
@Gameman,
leds can be a problem, but the router will still work and at least on the R7000 a lot of people want to turn off them leds:-)
So you have the choice either no build or a few broken leds unless I have a unit. I don't expect any other problems with this unit, but first victim should arm himself with a USB-TTL adapter.
Ok, figured out telnet, turns out the python script needed to be change to udp packets and my custom user/pass.
Anyway, here's the basic 'routerinfo' output, with my unique/sensitive info removed:
Code:
Release version : 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router R6700
U12H270T00/V1.0.0.2/1.0.1
Time : May 20 2014 17:08:19
CFE version : v1.0.22
Board ID - U12H270T10_NETGEAR
region_num - 0x0001
sku_name - NA
language - English
wl_region - 11
timezone - -8
So how do I dump the nvram to a file for you Kong?
Use command:
nvram show
then copy and paste the output and send it in a pm.
@Gameman,
leds can be a problem, but the router will still work and at least on the R7000 a lot of people want to turn off them leds:-)
So you have the choice either no build or a few broken leds unless I have a unit. I don't expect any other problems with this unit, but first victim should arm himself with a USB-TTL adapter.
Done, PM sent, thanks for looking into this router!
I have successfully loaded dd-wrt.K3_R6700.chk (v24-sp2, 10/26/14) onto a brand new R6700. From there, I can't flash back to the OEM firmware using the dd-wrt interface - after reconnecting, the R6700 hasn't even rebooted. Power cycling brings me back to v24-sp2. I also can't load 25100M which I have running on an R7000. The reset switch resets dd-wrt but does not revert to the factory firmware. Is there another way to load the OEM firmware?
Can I load the config file from my R7000 running 25100M to the R6700 running 25175M or will that break it?
I'm ready to test or try anything you'd like me to try next.
I have successfully loaded dd-wrt.K3_R6700.chk (v24-sp2, 10/26/14) onto a brand new R6700. From there, I can't flash back to the OEM firmware using the dd-wrt interface - after reconnecting, the R6700 hasn't even rebooted. Power cycling brings me back to v24-sp2. I also can't load 25100M which I have running on an R7000. The reset switch resets dd-wrt but does not revert to the factory firmware. Is there another way to load the OEM firmware?
Can I load the config file from my R7000 running 25100M to the R6700 running 25175M or will that break it?
I'm ready to test or try anything you'd like me to try next.
Can you show me the output of:
Code:
nvram show | grep board
and
Code:
strings /dev/mtdblock4 | grep NET
which fw did you try to upload through dd-wrts webif?
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 22:03 Post subject: Up and running!
My initial flash was done with FF under Linux. I'm not blaming either of those because I have no definitive info on what went wrong, but using FF under W7 resolved everything. I was able to re-flash back to the OEM firmware easily, then flash back to <Kong>'s R6700 firmware and then to 25100M. On a lark I even uploaded the config file from an R7000 and it's all running smoothly, including OpenVPN.
