Firmware Recommendations

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General Information

The following is a list of recommended hardware.

Please note the symbols system used below:

  • ?? – unknown state. Device was maybe reported, but not in detail. Or it is to new to have enough informations.
  • N/A – not available
  • work – known as working, tested & multiple feedback received.
  • should work – should be working, because it follows the same architecture as one device known as working.
  • X – won't work, because it is too new and has no OpenWRT support, or hardware is to weak.

As a general rule, you should always try to use a stable image. Trunk images should only be used as a last resort. The custom images contain all needed kernel-packages to get USB access without installing additional packages from the internet. That is quite useful, if you mess something up. Trunk images are testing images on the latest development level. They often contain changes and may not work. Currently, the trunk images are not supported by the PirateBox framework. Find out the reason why.

If you have to use a trunk image, choose a custom image if the version of the custom image (see below) is bigger or equal than the image number in the OpenWRT-Wiki page, like 

 http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr10u  -->  OpenWrt Version Supported: r36722
 Custom imagebuild version:  r38430
 **should work**

About our custom images

Our custom PirateBox images currently use the AA 12.091) release from OpenWRT. PirateBox Forum member “FriedZombie” has backported the device support from trunk into the AttitudeAdjustment code-base, in order to increase hardware compatibility for additional OpenWrt devices. You can find his github repository here: https://github.com/FriedZombie/OpenWrt_Attitude-Adjustment_backports

Hardware-list

Hardware Version Custom image stable OpenWRT release Long range WIFI 2) OpenWRT wiki link
Asus WL-500g Premium 3) ?? N/A ?? ✔ URL
Asus WL-500g Deluxe 4) ?? N/A ?? ✔ URL
Buffalo WZR-HP-AG 300h v1 N/A AA 12.095) ✔ URL
Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH ?? N/A AA 12.09 ✔ URL
D-Link DIR-825 ?? N/A ?? ✔ URL
GL-CONNECT GL-iNet 6) v1.0 works BB 14.07 URL
GL-CONNECT GL-iNet AR-150(-ext) v1.0 works ??? ✘ URL
Linksys WRT160NL ?? N/A AA 12.09 ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-MR10U v1.0 should work BB 14.07 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR13U v1.0 should work BB 14.07 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3020 < = 1.9 works AA 12.09 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3020 (UN) ?? works since 2017-10-28 CC 15.x ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3020 v3 DOES NOT WORK ✘ ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3040 v1 1.0 works AA 12.09 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3040 v2 ⇐ 2.4 works BB 14.07 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3040 v3 ?? N/A ?? ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3220 ??7) N/A ?? ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-MR3420 ??8) N/A ?? ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-W703N < = 1.6 should work AA 12.09 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-W703N > 1.6 should work AA 12.09 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-W703N = 1.7 Works only with TFTP AA 12.09 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-W710N >= 1.1 should work AA 12.09 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-W710N EU >= 2.0 DOES NOT WORK AA 12.09 ✘ URL
TP-Link TL-WR842ND < 2.0 works AA 12.09 ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-WR842ND 2.0 works BB 14.07 ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-WR1043ND < 2.0 works AA 12.09 ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-WR1043ND 2.1 should work BB 14.07 ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-WR1043ND 3.0 DOES NOT WORK trunk ✔ URL
TP-Link TL-WR2543ND any should work AA 12.09 ✔ URL

Download locations

Custom-Image download folder:

Custom-Image with automatic installation download folder:

Unmodified OpenWRT-Image download folder:

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Attitude Adjustment
2)
Device has external antennas
3)
Asus WL-500g: possible issues, USB 1.1 only, requires kmod-usb-ohci before installing piratebox ipk
4)
Asus WL-600g: possible issues, random kernel crashes on 10.03.1-rc4, might be defective hardware
6)
only 16MB version
7) , 8)
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