Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration

Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration by the_biot on Sunday September 20, 2020 @03:25AM (#24532472)

That switch is based on a Realtek RTL838x/RTL839x SoC. An effort is currently underway to properly support these in openWRT and the mainline Linux kernel. First patch in OpenWRT is in:

https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=df...

These SoCs are used in a lot of consumer-level switches, so it's a target-rich environment! We're populating a wiki to keep track of it all, feel free to join in if you can help:

https://biot.com/switches/

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Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration by aojdwhsd on Sunday September 20, 2020 @11:28AM (#24534553)

Nice! This is exciting as I own an early GS110TPv3. Would a very early firmware image help you in any with this effort (v1.0.0.4)? My switch is booted into a more recent firmware version now (7.x.x.x) but if I recall, the cloud features were not present in 1.0.0.4.

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Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration by the_biot on Sunday September 20, 2020 @12:24PM (#24534899)

Not really, the firmware is what we aim to replace. But if you want your device supported, you can pitch in. Post description/pics in the wiki, help test code, etc.

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