Hi, fellow lowyat forumers, i m starting a group of enthusiast for hack and mods for this awesome product ! the TP-link WR703N, basically it is a tiny computer without graphical interface, those with background in programming or wish to learn some are highly welcome ! Also, since this product is not yet available in malaysia, i m finding fellow enthusiats to wish to purchase with me as i place an order. Bulk order will be cheaper ! price around RM60-70 import from china. if more ppl buy then we can reduce the price !


From openwrt.org



This has the same internal hardware as the TL-WR703N, but its case is a little bigger (7.4cm x 6.7cm).

Unless you've been living under the geek equivalent of a rock for the past six months you'll have heard of the Raspberry Pi project. The embedded device they are building will offer incredible power for the $25 it is projected to cost when launched in November 2011. A slightly higher specification 'Model B' (with more memory and a 10/100Mbps Ethernet interface) will cost around $10 more.

The prospect of having a well specified device the size of a credit card, consuming minimal power, that can run Linux is tempting many (including your author).

what can it do?
-connect to usb 3g modem
-connect to external hdd
-connect to usb camera and use as ipcam (cheaply)
-automate a home server
-many more since of its linux system.

ip camera !

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Added on July 26, 2012, 3:40 pm
Once I reach about 900g I ll place the order immediately so be sure to secure yours ASAP. This because of the air charges.

This post has been edited by mackioes: Jul 27 2012, 08:16 PM

Does it work with Maxis Home Fibre to replace Thomson TG784n ?

Wouldn't mind joining your bulk although I already have a MR3020 haha. RM60-70 all in, including shipping? No problems with bringing in a WiFi device which technically requires SIRIM approval? What's the timeframe you're looking at?

Cheers!

so just bulk order ?
no ready stock ?

how much a?

price around RM60-70 import from china. if more ppl buy then we can reduce the price !

Currently I can just buy through a agent. From taobao website. That's the quotation, I m sure there won't be any issues about sirim as the agent told me. If u guys have a better idea then let's hear it ! Cheers !

if order need to wait how long to get the stock a?

Why do a bulk when you can buy a single unit at Digital Mall / Lowyat Plaza for less than RM70 ???

The prices for the TL-MR3020 is only RM69.00 at All-IT Mall or AOne Plus at PJ Digital Mall... member price is even cheaper...

The non-3G version TL-WR702N is only RM59.00 at ALL-IT Mall... ( depend on stock availability, Low Yat branch have lots of stocks, PJ branch no more stocks )

What I like about the TL-MR3020 is that it uses mini-USB instead of the new micro-USB connectors...

I'm using one as my portable 3G/Wifi for my iPad but I wanted to purchase another unit, open it up to integrate it with Arduino directly using Serial TTL...

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020

Let keep up the discussion on what project can we do with this small and powerful little wireless router/appliance..

The 703n got more support and projects around the world afaik; although they are similiar. just wanted to mention that the 703N is very small (about 2/3 the size of the MR3020) and it's relatively simple to flash OpenWrt from the web interface (even though the menus are in Chinese). The non 3g version has no usb port. and its memory is only 2mb which cannot support custom firmware.



This will take less than a week by air. (5-7days)

This post has been edited by mackioes: Jul 27 2012, 04:57 PM

The 702 is the crippled low RAM non-OpenWRT-able version for the local Chinese market, IIANM.

I too have the 3020, but it's big compared to the 703N, and I don't like the mini USB interface when everything else have moved on to micro USB

I've had 3 bids for 703N cancelled on eBay after the sellers claimed the units they were selling were no longer available, bah...

If I'm motivated enough, may try to flash the 3020 with DDWRT/OpenWRT this weekend...hopefully...

Let me show u guys the quotation from this agent (I am not trying to make money here) :


This post has been edited by mackioes: Jul 27 2012, 08:33 PM

So how? I think let's wait a while to see if we can get more people on board. How do you propose to do this? We pay this fella separately, and get him to ship the item to our individual addresses?

I dont want direct from china with tp-link firmware. I want already flash with openwrt + web GUI firmware.


From the picture, can use wall socket with power adapter ?

This post has been edited by fat16: Jul 28 2012, 10:33 AM

The maths is wrong somewhere ...

The total should be : RM50.40 + RM18/(number of people ordering) = RM XX

Why are you charging everyone 1Kg for such a small little package..??

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Added on July 28, 2012, 10:37 amIt probably comes with China power socket instead of the UK version for Malaysia...




This post has been edited by stan001: Jul 28 2012, 10:37 AM

Please read last line of my 1st post. Ty I am dividing the shipping fee that is why more people buy then can cheaper la. cheers

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Added on July 28, 2012, 12:15 pmThe quote is actually for 1order and I m sharing it out. Even 1 item is minimum rm18 that's how they count.

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Added on July 28, 2012, 12:19 pmSry we do not provide such service here but u may ask us how to do it. Its really simple. Cheers !

This post has been edited by mackioes: Jul 28 2012, 12:19 PM

This item works just like a mifi right?

Yes, except u have to get a 3g usb dongle 1st to plug in to this router.