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GL-Inet.com creates nice clones of TP-Link WR-703 routers. They run OpenWRT out of the box, and have 2 ethernet interfaces, a 2.4Ghz Wifi (802.11n) radio, a usb2.0 port and 5 free GPIO ports. Available on dealextreme/alibaba or in the RevSpace vending machine. | GL-Inet.com creates nice clones of TP-Link WR-703 routers. They run OpenWRT out of the box, and have 2 ethernet interfaces, a 2.4Ghz Wifi (802.11n) radio, a usb2.0 port and 5 free GPIO ports. Available on dealextreme/alibaba or in the RevSpace vending machine. | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 13 September 2014
| Project GL-Inet | |
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| Status | In progress |
| Contact | User:FooBar |
| Last Update | 2014-09-13 |
GL-Inet.com creates nice clones of TP-Link WR-703 routers. They run OpenWRT out of the box, and have 2 ethernet interfaces, a 2.4Ghz Wifi (802.11n) radio, a usb2.0 port and 5 free GPIO ports. Available on dealextreme/alibaba or in the RevSpace vending machine.
A new board design has been releases in September, with slightly modified/improved power circuits. Some requests have been made for the next board redesign (2.54mm spacing on gpio headers), which will hopefully be made soon.
RevSpace images and packages
Alternative packages and install-images for OpenWrt (trunk) for GL-Connect GL-iNet v1 (GL-iNet-6416A) devices, Build-environment for the GL-Inet, http://glinet.sigio.nl/. You will need the openwrt-ar71xx-generic-gl-inet-v1-squashfs-factory.bin file, md5sum ad2164a70e4ccc9a40f77bf49d3bb472
Note that using a custom build means you can't use the normal repositories for kernel-packages.
Specifications
| Model | GL-iNet 6408A / 6416A |
| CPU | Atheros AR9330 rev 1 - MIPS 24Kc V7.4 (265.42 BogoMIPS) 400Mhz |
| Ram | DDR 64MB |
| Rom | 8MB (6408A), 16M (6416A) |
| Interface | 2× 100mbit/s RJ-45 (LAN/WAN), 1× USB2.0, 1× Micro USB (power) |
| LED | Red and green. When both turned on amber-ish. |
| Wireless | IEEE802.11n/g/b、IEEE802.3、IEEE802.3u |
| Button | Press to toggle wireless radio; Press and hold for 8 seconds to restore factory default settings |
| Antenna | Inverted F PCB trace antenna DN007 *1 https://www.ti.com/lit/an/swru120b/swru120b.pdf http://hackaday.com/2014/02/28/pcb-antenna-reference-designs/ |
| DIY Features | Uboot web interface; Uart soldered; 5 GPIO |
| Power Supply | 5V/1A micro USB (not included @ RevSpace market) |
| Size | 58mm*58mm*22mm |
| Weight | 42g (router only) |
| Power Consumption | Less than 1 watt |
| Temperature | Working temperature 0°C - 45°C. Storage Temperature -40°C - 70°C |
OpenWRT
The device runs OpenWRT out of the box, but it's quite easy to build your own image. Since August 2014, the patches are included in OpenWRT upstream.
Serial settings
- Baudrate: 115200
- Handshake: none
- Flow-control: none
Hacks
External antenna
Maxell's shopping list for the external antenna modification.
- IPX naar RP-SMA pigtail, RG178: [1]
- Surface mount IPX: [2]. New(er) PCB's already have these in place. Check your GL-Inet before buying.
Display
Widely sold as the "Nokia5110 display" (but actually most famous for being the display of the Nokia 3310), this 84 × 48 graphical display can easily be added to a GL-Inet and controlled by bitbanging SPI with the GPIO pins. It uses 4 GPIOs, leaving one vacant, if you simply tie CE/SCE to GND.
Wires soldered and plugged in, slot dremeled.
In action, after the display was hot-glued to the case of the GL-Inet.
Note: some of these PCBs come with a current limiting resistor of 150 Ω for the background LEDs, while others don't. Add your own resistor if your board didn't come with a resistor, or the LEDs will wear out very quickly.
Links
OpenWRT Patch: https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/15632
Build instructions for OpenWRT: https://gitlab.com/Raymii/openwrt-gl-inet/tree/master
OpenWRT Forum topic: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=47715&p=2
Images: http://galeria.tech-blog.pl/GLiNet/
More images: http://shiki.tk/?p=2888
External antenna: http://shiki.tk/?p=2940
LAG Project page: https://wiki.laglab.org/Gl.inet