OpenWrt for AR531X

This project deal with support project OpenWrt a Madwifi runing on device based on WiSoC platform AR531X.

Supported hardware:

  • Ovislink WLA5000APv1 - Tested - OK
  • Ovislink WLA5000APv2 - Tested - OK
  • AirCA8
  • AirCA8-PCB - Tested - OK
  • AirCA8-PRO - Tested - OK
  • AirCA8-W2-PCB - Tested - OK

Tested - OK Means that: After succesful flashing firmware of the device, you can set up this device without serial cable


You can download current development version through system subversion:

svn co http://atheros.openwrt.net/atheros/trunk/ openwrt

If you don´t like using or haven´t svn client, you can download it automatic genereted archives for every revision, you can fing it here.
Image and archives packages: http://openwrt.dlabac.net/snapshots/atheros/
In this time we testing functionality. You can lost control without serial cabel!
Process installation, uninstallation


News:

  • [73] - Madwifi working, a part of web interface working.
  • [24] - Fix failsafe mod. Update incurrent installation: ipkg update; ipkg install base-files-ar531x-2.4
  • [23] - Fix bug initialisation "Boarddata" flash memory. The result was functionless ethernet interface.
  • [20] - If you push the reset button during start-up, you ended all software initialisation and setting up. Ethernet interface set to addres 192.168.1.1 and start telnet.

  • OpenWrt -- origin OpenWrt projekt
  • Madwifi -- Atheros support for Linux software