tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post1353711234285819518..comments2019-11-28T11:21:28.359-08:00Comments on philipashmore: WiFi bargain huntingPhilip Ashmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12596598912828225492noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-45854079344853582592013-03-05T14:39:47.030-08:002013-03-05T14:39:47.030-08:00Glad to hear it worked out.
I had to change the w...Glad to hear it worked out.<br /><br />I had to change the wifi password recently, tried reading my own documentation, ended up restoring it to factory defaults, and now it's just sitting there, gloating.<br /><br />I guess the updated firmware has some interface differences to the factory-installed version.<br /><br />I take it you didn't try to upgrade the firmware.<br />Don't.<br />As long as it's working, leave it be.<br />For the love of all that is holy and good, leave it be.Philip Ashmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12596598912828225492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-87874367620288976902013-03-02T14:55:43.286-08:002013-03-02T14:55:43.286-08:00I bought a WR703N from a chinese Ebay seller, but ...I bought a WR703N from a chinese Ebay seller, but what I got these days was a WR702N. My simply goal was to get my satelite reciver into my WLan, so it seemed enough. The ebay-guy offered me a compensation of 3$ to give him still a good rating. Then I found out that there is no way to get it to a English interface. But with the help of http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?id=395, where it is described step by step how to configure a WR702N as a client, I saw some hope. After 10 mins and some google translations I'm able to write this using it as a client. So if you just want to use it as a client, success ~1.0 if you are used to configure IT stuff. For other purposes the chances are really low to get a satisfying sollution. For that I would have invited my chinese co-worker over for some beer and let him do the stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894414504229213603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-66541689599019029502012-12-11T15:02:14.666-08:002012-12-11T15:02:14.666-08:00You can get the Chinese version from the same site...You can get the Chinese version from the same site.<br /><br />I took that error code to mean that you can't upgrade from Chinese firmware to English - I got the same error.<br /><br />Find a way to have Google Translate view the routers web page, set it up, and forget it.Philip Ashmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12596598912828225492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-91678842217461441612012-12-11T14:50:50.851-08:002012-12-11T14:50:50.851-08:00Hi, I had the same problem, however purchased from...Hi, I had the same problem, however purchased from bossknow on ebay.<br /><br />***This device has Chinese User Interface, however, we will provide an English version of setup. If in need, please feel free to contact us*** <br /><br />I did try to upgrade to the firmware version i download from tp-link (wr702nv1-en-up.bin), and installed TFTPD32 on my laptop. Had to disable firewall in windows 8 though<br />But i get the error:<br />Error code: 18005<br />Upload the file version does not match with the models.<br /><br />So i am wondering if maybe its just a version number that needs to be changed in the .bin<br /><br />Do you have a link to the latest chinese version of the firmware ?<br />I might be able to see what the header is in the file and modify it to install the firmware.<br />Davohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588306496290763963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-42039024173761931662012-12-02T03:22:42.899-08:002012-12-02T03:22:42.899-08:00thnx a lot for your info, I had the same experienc...thnx a lot for your info, I had the same experience. I posted a link to this site on the product page of dx.com<br />If I had know before....Maarten Jongepierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133375075334018148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-59885577907909859512012-10-21T14:18:01.369-07:002012-10-21T14:18:01.369-07:00Thanks for the clarification. I now realise that ...Thanks for the clarification. I now realise that your comment of the 9th related to the upgrade of the Chinese firmware, not a breakthrough with the English. We love to learn and it's sometimes difficult to walk away. Good advice nevertheless!<br /><br />I got a steer on using TFTP from TP-LINK from http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?faqid=136, although I know see it was tagged for "wired routers"!<br /><br />Now that I have put mine into Router mode, I've got wired Internet from my router and wireless connection with the 702N, so I can more easily manage the Chinese firmware in IE with Translate with Bing.Alan Stinchcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037325637773815195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-43520316650793758592012-10-21T14:03:14.551-07:002012-10-21T14:03:14.551-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alan Stinchcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037325637773815195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-72584944572893627292012-10-21T13:24:36.979-07:002012-10-21T13:24:36.979-07:00Forget about what little remains of today - I spen...Forget about what little remains of today - I spent man-days on this.<br /><br />I use Debian - the "HPA's tftp server" package - tftpd-hpa.<br /><br />Look at "man tftpd" for the details of the arguments.<br /><br />The parts inside the "{}"'s are for you to fill in, dropping the {} delimiters.<br /><br />I downloaded the firmware upgrade from tplinks website and put in a copy into a directory I created - say ~/tftpd.<br /><br />sudo /usr/sbin/in.tftpd --permissive --secure --foreground --ipv4 --create --user {your-user-name} ~/tftpd<br /><br />To test it (and because its also useful) use this to backup the wr702n's current configuration.<br /><br />The reason I said to make a copy is in case you specify the firmware upgrade's file name accidentally - I used "config.bin".<br /><br />Tplink offer an article on upgrading your firmware but since it doesn't mention tftp, it's usefulness is marginal - http://www.tp-link.com/en/article/?faqid=296<br />It does at least tell you that you have to unpack the upgrade file to get at the file to serve up via tftp - wr702nv1-cn-up.bin in my case.<br /><br />You CANT upgrade to the English version - see "Chance for success: 0.000001" above.<br /><br />You could easily spend a week of evenings at this and still not get it working.<br />Sheldons previous room-mate's advice is apt here.<br /><br />Walk away, dude, walk away.<br /><br />You're missing the power adapter - get your money back.<br />Philip Ashmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12596598912828225492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-78571065841970901832012-10-21T11:08:54.876-07:002012-10-21T11:08:54.876-07:00I've just realised that perhaps your "dis...I've just realised that perhaps your "disorganised notes" had been your response to thibugs' earlier enquiry.<br /><br />All the text from the interface looked very familiar from my explorations of it, but because they ended with a series of error messages, I didn't get a feel for where you might have achieved your breakthrough with the English firmware.Alan Stinchcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037325637773815195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-3831272645303356732012-10-21T10:54:43.263-07:002012-10-21T10:54:43.263-07:00Thanks for such a prompt reply, Philip. Windows t...Thanks for such a prompt reply, Philip. Windows thinks that I am doomed to failure with multiple default gateways. My router/modem and the 702N already shared the same subnet, but reserving an IP address for my PC and setting its IP address manually still didn't give me connection with both simultaneously. Perhaps I should have done the same for the 702N. I tried setting up separate subnets, but that didn't help and I had to factory reset my router/modem to recover!<br /><br />betterjohnny should have been aware of the tftp configuration, because even Chinese customers may need to upgrade their firmware.<br /><br />Although it would be a wonderful resource for hundreds of other purchasers of Chinese boxes, I'd hate to ask you to give up what little remains of your Sunday to write a definitive guide to installing the English firmware. Nevertheless, could you give us a few clues as to how you did it, so that I can evaluate anything my seller tells me and decide whether I want to wrestle with the Chinese interface?<br /><br />If the Chinese 702N's default mode is AP like the English version, I need to get it into Router mode for my application.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />AlanAlan Stinchcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037325637773815195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-90342769849237770562012-10-21T06:10:27.310-07:002012-10-21T06:10:27.310-07:00You need to download the user guide - the datashee...You need to download the user guide - the datasheet pdf is too short.<br /><br />You need to select "client mode" and reserve an ip address for your pc in your main wireless routers configuration page.<br /><br />Use the same subnet as your main router - I use 192.168.0.100 for the wr702n so I can ping it and the "main" router - you may not need to do this - I wouldn't describe myself as a networking expert.<br /><br />DCHP doesn't work with this so set your ip address manually.<br /><br />My network configuration is controlled by network manager - you can manually set the ip address there too.<br /><br />I bought mine from betterjohnny.<br /><br />The seller wasn't aware of the tftp configuration, presumably because they never needed to try it, being fluent in Chinese.<br /><br />That missing power adapter wasn't promised to me, so that alone would give you every right to return it and get a wr703n - it has 4mb flash space compared to the wr702's 2mb which openwrt says isn't enough for them.<br /><br />It works fine now and is very handy but if I'd known how much hassle was involved and if I'd known about the wr703n I would have bought that,<br /><br />The (yet another) funny thing is, I already bought a D-Link /Ralink class N adapter which works with my wr740n wireless router so I could've avoided buying it altogether.<br /><br />It is handy if you just want to hook something up real quick without the need to do wireless settings + WPA passphrase, etc.<br /><br />Happy trails.Philip Ashmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12596598912828225492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-83430995964957885262012-10-21T05:19:23.178-07:002012-10-21T05:19:23.178-07:00Hi Phil,
I went through similar grief with the 70...Hi Phil,<br /><br />I went through similar grief with the 702. Before ordering, I had read the available English documentation, so I knew that it wasn't completely straightforward to connect to the router's interface. Nevertheless, I still failed to notice the unexpected IP address 192.168.1.123 on the device's label!<br /><br />Did you, as I did, purchase from abeyerr? The eBay listing said "This device has Chinese User Interface, however, we will provide an English version of setup", so before ordering, I had checked the availability of English firmware and when the device arrived was relieved to see that its label stated "Ver: 1.0". <br /><br />Even though the router would respond to HTTP requests from my PC, its LED flashed for a few seconds after connecting the Ethernet cable, but then remained on. The English QIG says that a steady LED means "It’s powered on but the LAN/WAN port is not connected", so I thought perhaps the 702 somehow couldn't see the TFTP server on my PC.<br /><br />However, http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr703n implies that there may be hardware as well as firmware differences between the Chinese and English market versions of the 702, which probably accounts for the difficulty in installing the English firmware.<br /><br />I can't really blame eBay or TP-LINK for any of this, but I have emailed abeyerr asking for the missing "English version of setup" and UK power adapter or plug adapter promised in the listing.<br /><br />Did your supplier give you proper instructions for upgrading the firmware, or did you have to struggle to a successful conclusion yourself?<br /><br />If can't get satisfaction from abeyerr, eBay or PayPal, I'll want to try configuring the router in Chinese, so I would appreciate any info about hard-coding the IP addresses in /etc/network/interfaces to get Internet via WiFi and the router via the Ethernet cable.<br /><br />AlanAlan Stinchcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037325637773815195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-75958121949804441482012-10-09T14:59:07.927-07:002012-10-09T14:59:07.927-07:00I did manage to upgrade the firmware, but the trou...I did manage to upgrade the firmware, but the trouble was that the upgrade page is in Chinese and uses frames.<br /><br />As Google+ can't (as yet) translate frames I had to open another window with Google translate, and copy/paste the web page there for translation.<br /><br />I used wifi to access the net and a wired connection for the tp-link device but I had to hard-code their ip addresses in /etc/network/interfaces<br /><br />I'll update the article with some disorganized notes I made that might help.Philip Ashmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12596598912828225492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127123351402894446.post-63625569360338228302012-10-09T08:03:22.603-07:002012-10-09T08:03:22.603-07:00Hi,
Same problem here.
Did you have a chance to ...Hi,<br /><br />Same problem here.<br /><br />Did you have a chance to make the firmware upgrade work ?<br /><br />Thierrythibugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445849816610043941noreply@blogger.com