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Looks like we do not need to build this, since there are packages in the OpenWrt repo's. I started with installing ''open-plc-utils-amptool'' and ''open-plc-utils-ampboot''.
Looks like we do not need to build this, since there are packages in the OpenWrt repo's. I started with installing ''open-plc-utils-amptool'' and ''open-plc-utils-ampboot''.


== Testing and flashing ==
== Extracting PLC firmware from downloaded router firmware ==
* Download firmware from https://tsd.dlink.com.tw/
* Extract the .rar, it should give you a .bin file
* Install binwalk and sasquatch
<pre>apt install binwalk</pre>
<pre>git clone https://github.com/devttys0/sasquatch
cd sasquatch/
./build.sh</pre>
* Run binwalk on the .bin
<pre>binwalk -e DHP1565A1_FW100B35.bin</pre>
PLC stuff can be found in ''_DHP1565A1_FW100B35.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/plc''.
* On the device, create ''/overlay/upper/plc/''
* Copy all .pib and .nvm files to ''/overlay/upper/plc/''
 
== Loading the firmware ==
The command listed in [https://fredericb.info/2016/02/powerline-plc-support-in-openwrt-for-d.html?m=1 here] did not seem to show that the bootloader is waiting for firmware:
The command listed in [https://fredericb.info/2016/02/powerline-plc-support-in-openwrt-for-d.html?m=1 here] did not seem to show that the bootloader is waiting for firmware:


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== Extracting PLC firmware ==
 
* Download firmware from https://tsd.dlink.com.tw/
* Extract the .rar, it should give you a .bin file
* Install binwalk and sasquatch
<pre>apt install binwalk</pre>
<pre>git clone https://github.com/devttys0/sasquatch
cd sasquatch/
./build.sh</pre>
* Run binwalk on the .bin
<pre>binwalk -e DHP1565A1_FW100B35.bin</pre>
PLC stuff can be found in ''_DHP1565A1_FW100B35.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/plc''.
* On the device, create ''/overlay/upper/plc/''
* Copy all .pib and .nvm files to ''/overlay/upper/plc/''


= Links used in getting stuff working =
= Links used in getting stuff working =

Revision as of 20:29, 5 September 2019

OpenWrt Powerline Support D-Link DHP-1565
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Description

I bought a D-Link DHP-1565 router. As with al my routers, I'd like to run OpenWrt on it. The official images however do not support the Powerline (PLC) functionality built in in this model, this is why I'm trying to reproduce the process described here.

Progress

Built image with patched kernel

I succesfully built an image that has this patch applied. Images (18.06-SNAPSHOT, r7853-f6de1fa6c6) can be downloaded here. It looks like the link on port 6 is there, this means the switch can talk to the AR7400 PLC chipset now.

Add port 6 to a VLAN

Edit /etc/config/network such that port 6 is in a VLAN you want. I chose VLAN 2, which means the WAN interface. Of course you should be aware of the security implications when your WAN interface is actually connected to the outside world.

Install open-plc-tools

Looks like we do not need to build this, since there are packages in the OpenWrt repo's. I started with installing open-plc-utils-amptool and open-plc-utils-ampboot.

Extracting PLC firmware from downloaded router firmware

  • Download firmware from https://tsd.dlink.com.tw/
  • Extract the .rar, it should give you a .bin file
  • Install binwalk and sasquatch
apt install binwalk
git clone https://github.com/devttys0/sasquatch
cd sasquatch/
./build.sh
  • Run binwalk on the .bin
binwalk -e DHP1565A1_FW100B35.bin

PLC stuff can be found in _DHP1565A1_FW100B35.bin.extracted/squashfs-root/plc.

  • On the device, create /overlay/upper/plc/
  • Copy all .pib and .nvm files to /overlay/upper/plc/

Loading the firmware

The command listed in here did not seem to show that the bootloader is waiting for firmware:

# amptool -i eth0.2 -Iar
eth0.2 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Request Version Information
eth0.2 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Fetch Device Attributes
eth0.2 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Device Identity

But when we try it on br-lan, it does!

# amptool -i br-wan -Iar
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Request Version Information
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01  AR7400 BootLoader
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Fetch Device Attributes
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Device Identity

Loading the firmware looked succesful:

root@loetje:~# ampboot -i br-wan -P /plc/plc.ceb.pib -N /plc/plc.nvm
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Write /plc/plc.nvm (0) (00000040:17256)
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Start /plc/plc.nvm (0) (000000C0)
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Write /plc/plc.ceb.pib (0) (00200000:16352)
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Write /plc/plc.nvm (3) (00341194:423788)
br-wan 00:B0:52:00:00:01 Start /plc/plc.nvm (3) (00341A88)
br-wan 00:01:23:45:67:8B INT7400-MAC-5-2-5203-01-913-20110713-FINAL-B is running


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