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The TL-WPA8630P v2 is a HomePlug AV2 compatible device with a QCA9563 SoC and 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi modules. Specifications -------------- - QCA9563 750MHz, 2.4GHz WiFi - QCA9888 5GHz WiFi - 8MiB SPI Flash - 128MiB RAM - 3 GBit Ports (QCA8337) - PLC (QCA7550) MAC address assignment ---------------------- WiFi 2.4GHz and LAN share the same MAC address as printed on the label. 5GHz WiFi uses LAN-1, based on assumptions from similar devices. LAN Port assignment ------------------- While there are 3 physical LAN ports on the device, there will be 4 visible ports in OpenWrt. The fourth port (internal port 5) is used by the PowerLine Communication SoC and thus treated like a regular LAN port. Versions -------- Note that both TL-WPA8630 and TL-WPA8630P, as well as the different country-versions, differ in partitioning, and therefore shouldn't be cross-flashed. This adds support for the two known partitioning variants of the TL-WPA8630P, where the variants can be safely distinguished via the tplink-safeloader SupportList. For the non-P variants (TL-WPA8630), at least two additional partitioning schemes exist, and the same SupportList entry can have different partitioning. Thus, we don't support those officially (yet). Also note that the P version for Germany (DE) requires the international image version, but is properly protected by SupportList. In any case, please check the OpenWrt Wiki pages for the device before flashing anything! Installation ------------ Installation is possible from the OEM web interface. Make sure to install the latest OEM firmware first, so that the PLC firmware is at the latest version. However, please also check the Wiki page for hints according to altered partitioning between OEM firmware revisions. Additional thanks to Jon Davies and Joe Mullally for bringing order into the partitioning mess. Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@aboehler.at> [minor DTS adjustments, add label-mac-device, drop chosen, move common partitions to DTSI, rename de to int, add AU support strings, adjust TPLINK_BOARD_ID, create common node in generic-tp-link.mk, adjust commit message] Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
Sunshine!
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.
Requirements
You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.
gcc binutils bzip2 flex python3 perl make find grep diff unzip gawk getopt
subversion libz-dev libc-dev
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -ato obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
maketo build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.
Related Repositories
The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
manager called opkg. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrton freenode.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-develon freenode.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0