tplink TL-WR1043ND access point is now ready (was Re: svn commit: r227926 - head/sys/mips/conf)

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> On 25 November 2011 10:38, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>
>> Can FreeBSD be used on the cheaper versions, like the TL-WR740N?  It's
>> throw-away cheap, as in cheap enough to use as a wireless sensor.
>
> If it has an Ar71xx, Ar724x, AR913x SoC in it, then yes. Someone will
> either have to buy/ship me one or do the legwork to shoehorn freebsd
> onto it though. :)
>
> According to the openwrt site - the previous revisions have an AR724x
> in them and an AR9285 wireless CPU. So yes, FreeBSD will boot, but
> there's some hacks needed to get the wifi up on it. If someone
> buys/ships me one after the new year I'll make it happen.
>
> Note - it has 16mb RAM and 4mb of flash. You're going to have to do
> significant legwork to squeeze down FreeBSD to be usable on such a
> small platform. I don't have the time for that.

32M of RAM on V3 and earlier, and V5 with 16M/2M is (supposedly) only in 
China.  Too bad the cheaper ones don't have a USB port for storage.

> Note - the newer revision of hardware has an AR933x SoC/wifi chipset
> in it.

The OpenWRT page is vague, but it looks like V3 is still the AR7240.