yes u can, u can plug in and use this router as wireless acess point as wan port

hello guys, i am also happy owner of this router.

been using it for around 1 year. 24/7 online with e173 on maxis 3g.

i prefer openwrt firmware, it seems more stable than the stock firmware.

anyone here uses openwrt too? care to share your experience

i wanted to try with the open wrt , but i havent try it yet,..

are u using open wrt now ?

yep, been using openwrt firmware for at least 5 months and still using it right now

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Added on December 18, 2011, 7:31 pmMy area: wangsa maju



This post has been edited by shinichi87: Dec 18 2011, 07:31 PM

Hi,

How to install the openwrt firmware? Can you give instruction to install the firmware?

if we flash it to open wrt, we still can flash it back to stock firmware anytime right ?

wondering how to flash it to open wrt properly too, any guide there for refer ?

The instruction at openwrt website is a bit confusing. However, I managed to install the openwrt firmware on my router. The firmware I use doesn't have Web GUI. To be honest, I don't know it doesn't have Web GUI until it finish updating the firmware. So, I need to install Web GUI manually. The Web GUI sorted out but unfortunately, I can't figure out how to use it with 3G modem.

EDIT: OK, there is one last configuration I need to do before I can use 3G modem with it. In summary:-

1. Reset router to factory settings.
2. Install openwrt firmware. (http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3420)
3. Telnet to router
   
   CODE
   telnet 192.168.1.1
   
   Set root password:-
   
   CODE
   passwd root
4. Now you can connect to router using SSH (use Putty).
5. Install Web GUI. (http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/luci.essentials)
6. Configure 3G function. (http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/3gdongle)

* I didn't configure 3G function yet.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Dec 18 2011, 10:53 PM

so complicated,..

think i will stay with stock firmware,..

Good call!

i just dont want to bricks my to-mr 3420 router as i am not very good in those thingy work,.

I tried it last night. I want to see if I get faster speed with openwrt firmware. (Bringing you back to the past; do you remember that my SE phone when connected to the router, speed is slow? Because of this, I didn't use the router, I just plug my SE phone directly to my notebook.) Everything configured except I can't open any website. I can ping, nslookup & everything but I can't open any website. I checked & found out the firewall in the router blocked port 80 (http). Since it's very late when I try this, I didn't tried my best to solved the firewall problem. So, I flashed with original firmware before I go to sleep.

@shinichi87, can you help me solved the firewall issue? Thanks.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Dec 19 2011, 05:36 PM

when i plug my SE W705 into my router, speed is normal and everything work fine, just that router dial the phone slow sometimes takes around 15~45sec,.. and the H signal is gone by the time router start dialing,..

You're using original SE USB data cable right?


This post has been edited by kizwan: Dec 19 2011, 06:16 PM

well, the easiest way to use openwrt firmware, is to use the one that has already been configured with a web GUI. in my opinion, if you afraid you might brick your router, i suggest to go with this http://eko.one.pl/?p=openwrt-gargoylepl

the only thing that makes your life a lil bit difficult is that, the firmware is not in english, but it is easily configured

i'll post some steps in the next post after getting some screenshots for you guys to view

yes. i am using that with router and direct plug with pc,..

1) download openwrt firmware from http://ecco.selfip.net/gargoyle-pl/ar71xx/...hfs-factory.bin

2) upgrade your tl-mr3420 firmware just as you normally do with the openwrt firmware you just downloaded

3) you will see your web interface like this



4) the default password for the web GUI is 'password' without the '. after you have enter the password, it will ask for new password you want to use for the web GUI.

5) next configure your router setting similar like this, 3g UMTS and set your apn / username /password. also configure your wifi as needed, then you're done



6) if you want to change to stock firmware, you can go to here

so does this open wrt support se phone like stock firmware ? or it only support usb modem ?

well i dont have experience with that, never tried. but i think it should be able to detect the phone at least, if the stock firmware can. you can always revert to your previous firmware without any problem.

yea i am trying to flash it now,. will try what device it can support, as the stock firmware is really poor,. because most people using open wrt saying comments that it does help on boost performances on modem instead of like mine drag down the performances,..

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Added on December 19, 2011, 10:25 pmJust tested with that open wrt,.. too bad it cannot support SE phone,.

and the status pages even show the signal in % and RSSI in -dBm too,. good firmware though,..

but it doesnt make any different in speed, still have to depends on what modem we use,.

summary for people who using this router with SE phone, best is stay with stock firmware,..

This post has been edited by chuahcs79: Dec 19 2011, 10:25 PM

I just bought this router and while surfing through TP-Link's website I notice that it has different firmware versions. What is the correct version to use or is it like D-link that says not to upgrade if bought out of South East Asia?