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Device support for zbt-z8106ax-t Vendor Zbtlink advertizes this device as model Z8106AX-M2-T on their website www.zbtlink.com. Device label sticked on enclosure however states this is model Z8106AX version -T. I made firmware selector to show this device as - ZBT-Z8106AX-T to match information printed on the label and - ZBT-Z8106AX-M2-T to match information found on vendors web pages. Specifications: SoC: MediaTek MT7981B RAM: 256MiB Flash: Winbond SPI-NAND 128 MiB Switch: 1 WAN, 4 LAN (Gigabit) MediaTek MT7531 Buttons: Reset Power: DC 12V-32V 1A WiFi: MT7981B 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz USB 3 M2 slot to hold LTE modem 2x nano SIM slots (user controllable) Router comes in a flat metal box with all antennas detachable. - 4 antennas for LTE 4G/5G communication - 2 antennas for Wifi 2.4 GHz - 2 antennas for Wifi 5 GHz Power supply could be between 12V and 32V. This serves both cars equipped with 12V batteries and trucks equipped with 24V batteries. Led Layout: Power (green, user controllable, default set to OpenWrt Status) Mobile (green, user controllable) WLAN 2.4G (green, user controllable) WLAN 5G (green, user controllable) WAN (amber, user controllable, set to show eth1) LAN1 (amber, hardware controlled) LAN2 (amber, hardware controlled) LAN3 (amber, hardware controlled) LAN4 (amber, hardware controlled) SIM Slots: Controlled via exported GPIO named SIM. echo "0" > /sys/class/gpio/sim/value - selects upper sim slot labelled SIM1 echo "1" > /sys/class/gpio/sim/value - selects lower sim slot labelled SIM2 Slot SIM2 is set as default and matches label on Router enclosure --- Installation: A. Through U-Boot menu: - Prepare your connecting computer to use a static IP in network 192.168.1.0/24 like a) 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 (legacy notation) b) 192.168.1.10/24 (CIDR notation) - Power down the router and hold in the Reset button. - While holding in the button power up the router again. - Hold the button in for 10 seconds and then release. - Use your browser to go to 192.168.1.1 - If you see a GUI allowing for flashing firmware then you got the right spot. - Upload the **Factory** image file. Note: U-Boot GUI it can be used to recover from an incorrect firmware flash. B. Through OpenWrt Dashboard: If your router comes with OpenWrt preinstalled (modified by vendor), you can easily upgrade by going to the dashboard (192.168.1.1) and then navigate to "System" -> "Backup/Flash firmware" Flash OpenWRT firmware and take care to deselect (untick) option "keep settings". Settings done by vendor are incompatible with versions 24.10 or 25.12. MAC Addresses: MAC Addresses were found in Factory partition: offset 0x4 F8:5E:3C:xx:xx:aa --> Router Label -2 offset 0xa F8:5E:3C:xx:xx:bb --> Router Label -1 offset 0x24 F8:5E:3C:xx:xx:cc --> Router Label +1 offset 0x2a F8:5E:3C:xx:xx:yy --> printed on Router Label Hardware Watchdog: Device features a GPIO controlled hardware watchdog. Verfied by removing procd controlled watchdog and seeing device rebooting. --- Notes: The zbt-z8106ax-t could be ordered from vendor with a variety of modems. Mine came with a Quectel RM520N-GL. Quectel firmware was at RM520NGLAAR01A07M4G. This level of firmware made some trouble connecting with some of my SIM cardproviders. Newer firmware level RM520NGLAAR01A08M4G_01.205.01.205 was available searching github repositories. Upgrading my RM520-GL allowed to get successful connects that did fail with older Quectel firmware. Modem communication is set to ethernet control mode (ECM) by vendor. Vendor takes advantage of ECM by wiring modem to internal switch port WWAN. OpenWRT network configuration wants to define two network interfaces - Network interface covering USB0 set with high metric - Network interface covering WWAN set with low metric Network interface covering WWAN would be preferred default route. Please take note that internal switch port wired to LTE modem is named LAN5 in vendor provided firmwares. OpenWRT however names port as WWAN to better describe purpose of port. WWAN is suggested to be assigned to firewall zone WAN. Did use package qmodem from github repository FUjR/QModem to manage RM520N-GL LTE modem. Signed-off-by: Jörg Seitz <github.joeterminal@xoxy.net> Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21834 Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> |
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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.
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Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.
If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.
An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or macOS 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.
binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -ato obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
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./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
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make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
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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.
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OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
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