OpenWRT: Build Firmware Linksys WRT1900AC

WRT1900AC was announced on 6th of January 2014 as a router developed to be used with OpenWrt.

Specifications:

Model: 	Linksys WRT1900AC
Technology: 	Wireless-AC
Standards: 	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n. 802.11ac
Frequency: 	Dual
Bands: 	Simultaneous: 2.4 GHz (Wireless-N), 5.0 GHz (Wireless-AC)
Security: 	WEP 64/128-bit, WPA2-Personal & Enterpise (AES/TKIP), WPS
Antennas: 	4x External Detachable Antennas
Antenna Gain (peak): 	2.4GHz: 2.5dBi
5GHz: 3.8dBi
Antenna Type: 	Dipole
Output Power: 	2.4GHz: 19dBm
5GHz: 21dBm
Warranty: 	2 year hardware limited warranty
OS Compatibility: 	Windows, Mac
Minimum System Requirements: 	PC with CD or DVD drive, running Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Vista SP1/SP2 (32 & 64-bit), Win7 (32-bit & 64-bit) and Win8 (32-bit & 64-bit)

Mac: Wi-Fi enabled with CD or DVD drive, Mac OS® X Leopard v10.5.8 or later, Snow Leopard v10.6.1 or later, Lion v10.7, or Mountain Lion v10.8 Available USB 2.0 port

Package Contents: 	Linksys Dual Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router AC1900, WRT1900AC, Quick Start Guide, CD-ROM with Documentation, 4 Antennas, Ethernet Cable, Power Adapter, Power Cord

Hardware Highlights:

SoC 	Ram 	Flash 	Network 	USB 	Serial 	JTag 	eSata
Marvell MV78230 	256 MiB 	128 MiB 		1×2.0 1×3.0 	Yes 	

Serial Port:

1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6
GND 	? 	RX 	? 	TX 	?

Useful Links:

OpenWrt forum thread for official statement: Update on Linksys WRT1900AC support

McWRT: https://github.com/Chadster766/McWRT

Prebuilt images: https://github.com/wrt1900ac/opensource

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The main build tree can be found at https://github.com/jimmychungbelkin/Mamba

This repository contains the set of patches, and prebuilt images based on the Linksys WRT1900AC. Barrier Breaker

Barrier-Breaker/openwrt-armadaxp--jffs2-128k.img - prebuilt image based on OpenWrt Barrier-Breaker

Barrier-Breaker/patch_submission_1.6.tar.gz - patch files for standard OpenWrt Package

OpenWRT git base revision: e97be7a104e5c809ae4638cf169823249a505698

OpenWRT svn base revision: 40006 Attitude Adjustment

Attitude-Adjustment/openwrt-armadaxp--jffs2-128k.img - prebuilt image based on OpenWrt Attitude-Adjustment

After applying the patches in this directory to the OpenWrt Build you can generate an image by doing the following:

Use "make menuconfig" to configure your appreciated configuration for the toolchain and firmware.

For WRT1900AC: The "Target System" in make menuconfig should be set to "Marvell Armada XP/370"

The "Subtarget" in make menuconfig should be set to "Mamba"

In "Target Images" in make menuconfig you should enable "jffs2"

You need to have installed gcc, binutils, bzip2, flex, python, perl make, find, grep, diff, unzip, gawk, getopt, libz-dev and libc headers.

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

Run "./scripts/feeds install -a" to install symlinks of all of them into package/feeds/.

Use "make menuconfig" to configure your image.

Simply running "make" will build your firmware. It will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain, the kernel and all choosen applications.

After the build completes the firmware image for the WRT1900AC will be located at: ./bin/mvebu/openwrt-mvebu-mamba-jffs2-128k.img

How to update from Belkin/Linksys UI

Login into WRT1900AC local UI

Navigate to the Connectivity tab

Select Manual firmware update

Select image to load (e.g., openwrt-armadaxp--jffs2-128k.img)

Select Update firmware

After the firmware is updated, the unit will reboot, and the default ip address will be 192.168.200.1

The OpenWrt system is documented in docs/. You will need a LaTeX distribution and the tex4ht package to build the documentation. Type "make -C docs/" to build it.

To build your own firmware you need to have access to a Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case-sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin will not be supported because of the lack of case sensitiveness in the file system.

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Referensi

• https://github.com/wrt1900ac/opensource
• http://wjianz.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/useful-links-on-building-openwrt-for-wrt1900ac/
• https://github.com/jimmychungbelkin/Mamba/blob/master/Mamba_Openwrt_SDK_QS_v4.8.txt