Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 7492 Location: Dresden, Germany
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:11 Post subject:
no you did not do anything wrong. the problem is just that the flash code still had some bugs and does go to recovery partition which is your old firmware. but i resolved it hopefully now.
just initial upgrade from such versions can be little bit tricky.
but i found out now how it could work
first copy the factory-to-ddwrt.bin to /tmp with scp
then check
ubootenv get boot_part
if its 1, the target partition is "linux"
if its 2, the target partition is "linux2"
mtd erase linux
mtd write -f /tmp/factory-to-ddwrt.bin linux
in this way, it should work. the mtd erase is very important, this was the problem cause in the past for the unsuccessfull flashes.
the new firmware (not yet released, still compiling in background a new nightly build) will fix that all. and will also have full support for recovery partition, so if a new firmware doesnt boot, it does switch back to the old working one. _________________ "So you tried to use the computer and it started smoking? Sounds like a Mac to me.." - Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_5YDRWqGE&t=60s
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 7492 Location: Dresden, Germany
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 20:28 Post subject:
new build will be out hopefully tomorrow. build tonight was broken for some targets, so i did not upload it _________________ "So you tried to use the computer and it started smoking? Sounds like a Mac to me.." - Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_5YDRWqGE&t=60s
new build will be out hopefully tomorrow. build tonight was broken for some targets, so i did not upload it
Your lastest version 27783 kicked me back to factory Linksys after I used webflash, so I used factory-to dd-wrt.img.
The channels 52 etc would appear and disappear, and iwlist didn't mention usable or available, it just mentioned the section 52-64 @ 23dbm.
OK on a desperate hunch, I saved (did Not apply) 52 VHT80, and turned off the router, then turned it back on.
This worked. I'll prolly never know why.
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summary, 27783 to 27805:
"reset to factory" doesn't mean dd-wrt defaults,
it actually means recover-to-Linksys, in my case anyway.
The setting of channel 52 and the lack of any usable-available info is the same.
I see you've updated to some latest driver I can't spell ("mwlwifi??") and added an nvram variable for "Pic Status".
Since I have no idea what a PIC is (Programmable interrupt controller??)
I'm guessing that was for very high level debug purposes.
Everything else (as of this edit) looks the same.
eg, 'snr' and 'signal' are now identical, but "signal quality" seems to work.
Several versions ago signal and snr were different and tied to the "signal quality".
'noise' it's usually 0, ok I'm confusing myself.
The snr/noise/signal variables are different than they were in versions prior to a week ago.
Also, new maybe, is that the router reboots every couple minutes. OK that's new and I think I would have noticed before; (It might have been a cabling problem???) anyway I'm mentioning it.
Decided to give DD-WRT another go after having WiFi issues in the latest stock firmware - 5G was just shutting off completely and not coming back until power cycled. Weird.
Anyhow, I was unable to get any of the latest three builds on my WRT1900ACv1 router:
09-07-2015-r27775
09-08-2015-r27783
09-11-2015-r27805
It boots up about half way and sends SIGTERM / SIGKILL and reboots. I can get logs and whatever if people want, but I'm sure this a known issue.
I'm running r27745 std (08/25/15) with no issues so far. I'll report back.
new build will be out hopefully tomorrow. build tonight was broken for some targets, so i did not upload it
Will we see vlan support for the Marvell chipset?, is it possible ?.
Thanks.
I had vlan support implemented in my first builds, but there was a problem with throughput and I did not really dig into it. Throughput was only 50% when vlan was support was enabled vs normal mode.
I asked Belkin 4 weeks ago if they can send me a WRT1200AC or V2, but did not receive anything yet.
The wifi driver for the V1 is still unstable.
Therefore I robably will put the Linksys aside for now and work on something newer with a bit more power.
Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Posts: 193 Location: Edmonton, AB
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 16:52 Post subject:
Hard to say at this point. But, from the responses I see that BrainSlayer is at this full swing as he has released several versions for 1200ac, 1900ac V1 and V2. There is still hope.
Yeah still having problems with WiFi on the build I'm on, 27745 - most recent one I could get working (see above post)
Router rebooted within 24 hours of putting it on for no reason and under almost no load at all, and 5G dropped off again within 32 hours of uptime after that reboot.
Joined: 05 Mar 2014 Posts: 193 Location: Edmonton, AB
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 14:01 Post subject:
thisisnoah wrote:
Yeah still having problems with WiFi on the build I'm on, 27745 - most recent one I could get working (see above post)
Router rebooted within 24 hours of putting it on for no reason and under almost no load at all, and 5G dropped off again within 32 hours of uptime after that reboot.
Hi,
Did you try Kong's July 28 version? After all the bricking, I returned to it and it worked for about 8 days. It still would have except, I changed the router. Just a thought.
I have been using r27805 build for 48 hours+ now no reboots.
installed fine using the Img file straight from the linksys firmware on wrt1900ac v1.
Hi , what is your wireless rate mine is 7.2 Mb/s on 2.4 and 15 Mb/s on 5 GHz ?
I don't know if this is normal , but the speed seems to be fine on my cellphone.
@grillovillegas
Mine is the same 7.2mbs on ath0 and 15mbs on ath1.
getting around 150 mbs using speedtest on my phone which is roughly my internet connection speed.
I was gonna post the same issue.. mine says 7.2 mb/s on the 2.4g band, and 15mb/s on the 5gig band. Speed goes quick on the 5g band but super slow on the 2.4 band... anyone know how to fix this?
. Stressed the 5GHz some bit. I looks much more stable then the original Linksys firmware.