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ZTE MF286D is a LTE router with four gigabit ethernet ports
and integrated QMI mPCIE modem.
Hardware specification:
- CPU: IPQ4019
- RAM: 256MB
- Flash: NAND 128MB + NOR 2MB
- WLAN1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA4019 2.4GHz 802.11bgn 2x2:2
- WLAN2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA4019 5GHz 802.11anac 2x2:2
- LTE: mPCIe cat 12 card (Modem chipset MDM9250)
- LAN: 4 Gigabit Ports
- USB: 1x USB2.0 (regular port). 1x USB3.0 (mpcie - used by the modem)
- Serial console: X8 connector 115200 8n1
Known issues:
- Many LEDs are driven by the modem. Only internal LEDs and wifi LEDs
are driven by cpu.
- Wifi LED is triggered by phy0tpt only
- No VoIP support
- LAN1/WAN port is configured as WAN
- ZTE gives only one MAC per device. Use +1/+2/+3 increment for WAN
and WLAN0/1
Opening the case:
1. Take of battery lid (no battery support for this model, battery cage
is dummy).
2. Unscrew screw placed behind battery lid.
3. Take off back cover. It attached with multiple plastic clamps.
4. Unscrew four more screws hidden behind back case.
5. Remove front panel from blue chassis. There are more plastic
clamps.
6. Unscrew two boards, which secures the PCB in the chassis.
7. Extract board from blue chassis.
Console connection (X8 connector):
1. Parameters: 115200 8N1
2. Pin description: (from closest pin to X8 descriptor to farthest)
- VCC (3.3V)
- TX
- RX
- GND
Install Instructions:
Serial + initramfs:
1. Place OpenWrt initramfs image for the device on a TFTP in
the server's root. This example uses Server IP: 192.168.1.3
2. Connect serial console (115200,8n1) to X8 connector.
3. Connect TFTP server to RJ-45 port.
4. Stop in u-Boot and run u-Boot commands:
setenv serverip 192.168.1.3
setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.72
set fdt_high 0x85000000
tftp openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-zte_mf286d-initramfs-fit-zImage.itb
bootm $loadaddr
5. Please make backup of original partitions, if you think about revert
to stock.
6. Login via ssh or serial and remove stock partitions:
ubiattach -m 9
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N ubi_rootfs
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N ubi_rootfs_data
7. Install image via "sysupgrade -n".
Signed-off-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@gmail.com>
(cosmetic changes to the commit message)
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
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.
Sunshine!
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX 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 python3.6+ 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 -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
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
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrton oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-develon oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0