I need a small wifi 'switch' (Access point/router)?

Scougar · 29 Feb 2012 at 20:20

pyropetepete said:
I'd flash the FW ASAP then you can go for WRT be it Open or DD.

Will need to see which version of the board I have inside. Seems there are a few.

pyropetepete said:
I'll open mine inabit. Been using it loads today on my pi!

Yeah alright, don't rub it in.

(I tried to get one today and failed lol

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pyropetepete · 29 Feb 2012 at 20:35

Scougar said:
Will need to see which version of the board I have inside. Seems there are a few.

Yeah alright, don't rub it in. (I tried to get one today and failed lol )

Thought there was only one version!!

Had mine a few weeks now but able to play proper today!

Scougar · 29 Feb 2012 at 22:26

pyropetepete said:
Thought there was only one version!!

Had mine a few weeks now but able to play proper today!

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr703n

I have seen PCB's on with V1.0 and V1.2 in pictures, and noticed that the V1.0 had the TP_IN, TP_OUT ports easily solderable, whilst the V1.2 looks a lot harder to solder to (For serial connection). That link shows there are at least 4 versions 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, and that's just the TL-WR703N. So be careful what you flash to it. (Not that you have this particular model)

pyropetepete · 1 Mar 2012 at 09:27

Seen how small that aerial is!!! Im going to mod mine, not sure what with etc but defo look at putting some better in there!

Scougar · 1 Mar 2012 at 09:47

I'd thought of doing that as well I must admit, but does it defeat the point of the unit though, with it being quite discrete?

pyropetepete · 1 Mar 2012 at 10:11

Scougar said:
I'd thought of doing that as well I must admit, but does it defeat the point of the unit though, with it being quite discrete?

There is lots of room in there to fit something, defo fit something directional, maybe a small bowtie or pcb/flat pannel style even a small pcb yagi perhaps! The PCB sits really low on the base.

Scougar · 1 Mar 2012 at 11:35

You could possibly use a wifi antenna from a mobile phone.

pyropetepete · 1 Mar 2012 at 12:26

Scougar said:
You could possibly use a wifi antenna from a mobile phone.

I've not looked at the mobile coms side of things, i know there 3G is kinda simualr but not really. The stock TP is better than whats present in a phone as such.

Just poped the lid and there is 11mm to play with! The aerial on my TL-WR702N is on the bottom but there are few places you can pass a wire through the PCB to make it work. Got 54mm width & length to play with as well give or take the ethernet.

Might be able to make up one or find one in size that could fit but a leaky coax, it's like a big wifi aerial, that might work if coild up inside and soldered to the bords current one.

Scougar · 19 Mar 2012 at 23:37

Still waiting for it to turn up :-(

Hopefully in next few days :-)

pyropetepete · 20 Mar 2012 at 08:36

Scougar said:
Still waiting for it to turn up Hopefully in next few days

Your joking right...?

I killed mine

and got a replacement. The OPEN-WRT doesn't work on mine.

Scougar · 20 Mar 2012 at 21:48

LMAO.. how the hell you kill it? Were you attempting a flash.. or a solder?

It's only been 21 days from HK so far, give it time :-D

pyropetepete · 21 Mar 2012 at 08:56

Scougar said:
LMAO.. how the hell you kill it? Were you attempting a flash.. or a solder?

It's only been 21 days from HK so far, give it time

Flashed it, got it running then it went puff. Got a new one, got a BETA off TP-LINK

and also an aerial on here, much better!!

21 days is too long

Scougar · 30 Mar 2012 at 22:49

Well, the TL-WR703N arrived from China (finally!) today. Seems to work OK, although after what I thought would be my saviour (Google translate) it seems it doesn't translate the page from Chinese. d'oh!

Will have a play around and see what I can do with it :-)

TNGL · 30 Mar 2012 at 23:33

Scougar said:
Well, the TL-WR703N arrived from China (finally!) today. Seems to work OK, although after what I thought would be my saviour (Google translate) it seems it doesn't translate the page from Chinese. d'oh!

Will have a play around and see what I can do with it

I had to laugh :rolleyes:

Scougar · 30 Mar 2012 at 23:57

lol... I know ;-)

Me to.. I assumed it would work just fine with Translate.. but obviously not (bummer). I can flash OPENWRT to it quite easily I believe, so may try that a little later :-)

Scougar · 31 Mar 2012 at 02:38

Managing to fumble my way through so far. Set it to run as an Access Point, and set up WPA2. It's easy to switch the modes as well. Just trying to suss where the default user account and password are kept so I can change it.