Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:11 Post subject: Tenda W1800R AC1750 BCM4706
Hi!
Is it possible to compile dd-wrt for Tenda W1800R AC1750 router?
I think it's similar to Asus RT-AC66U. Tomato USB by Shibby supports it but all Shibby firmwares fail to connect to a WPA2 AES ssids in client mode, at least I checked it on the recent Broadcom based devices.
Tenda W1800R FCCID: V7TW1800R
CPU:BCM4706
Info I got through serial (Shibby's firmware installed)
CFE version 5.100.138.22 based on BBP 1.0.37 for BCM947XX (32bit,SP,LE)
Build Date: Fri Feb 1 19:45:16 CST 2013 (root@linux-svzy-cj)
Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Broadcom Corporation.
Init Arena
Init Devs.
Boot partition size = 131072(0x20000)
get flash id : 0x17
Found an ST compatible serial flash with 256 64KB blocks; total size 16MB
get flash id : 0x17
get flash id : 0x17
CJ++ robo_reset
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.100.138.22
CPU type 0x19749: 600MHz
Tot mem: 131072 KBytes
Yes, I'm using the latest firmware by Shibby. Honestly no changes for me from version to version. It can't connect in a client mode to WPA-WEP ssids. Only open network does. I think it must be far better with dd-wrt.
As for Tenda W1800R - yes, it's a kind of cheaper version AC66U but not cheap in all. Fairly well build. Stable work. A bit slow rebooting though... I think many people would love to have it running with dd-wrt on.
As long as no dev has one it is not going to happen.
This unit has 16MB flash, thus requires a new smaller build and some work regarding flash layout.
Thus unit is a must.
Hello, I just bought a newer model Tenda W1801R that was on sale cheap for $59.99 and searching for more info on it. I am wondering what the difference is between this W1801R and the W1800R. Tenda specifications don't give much info on the internal chips used. I am wondering what they changed on this newer model and if the Tomato firmware will work on this new unit also? Would love to see DD-WRT firmware fitted to this unit too!
I am currently running it on Tenda's stock firmware and it is stable but the radio signal strength on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands seem much weaker than my Asus AC-68P router's signals. I don't know if I should return it because of this or if maybe a custom firmware can up the power output.
Hello, I just bought a newer model Tenda W1801R that was on sale cheap for $59.99 and searching for more info on it. I am wondering what the difference is between this W1801R and the W1800R.
The FCC database shows that W1801R is identical to W1800R from electrical point of view, the new FCC Id # is requested "for marketing purposes".
This could mean that the software is different between them, maybe more bells & whistles in WR1800?
It may also be that they want to flog the router cheaper through distributor B and not want to show that it is the same router as sold by distributor A.. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
Hello, I just bought a newer model Tenda W1801R that was on sale cheap for $59.99 and searching for more info on it. I am wondering what the difference is between this W1801R and the W1800R.
The FCC database shows that W1801R is identical to W1800R from electrical point of view, the new FCC Id # is requested "for marketing purposes".
This could mean that the software is different between them, maybe more bells & whistles in WR1800?
It may also be that they want to flog the router cheaper through distributor B and not want to show that it is the same router as sold by distributor A..
Thanks for the info on the W1801R. I looked it up on the fcc id search site and see that it is the exact same router as the original W1800R. They only requested a model name change and I guess the only reason for that is what you said... to sell it at a different price point under a different model name. They are selling it now for a cheaper price than when they introduced it as the model W1800R. So folks who want one, should opt for the W1801R and pay less for it! I got it on sale for $59.99 when Newegg had it on a one day special sale. I figured for that price I can't get too disappointed.
FYI, today I just went and installed Shibby's Tomato firmware version 124 Mega-VPN and it installed fine and is running fine. I don't know if Tomato improved the performance over the original Tenda firmware but it does offer way more features and configurability.
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