Hi guys n gals from sunny Australia.

Just stumbled across all your hard work with the MR3420 V1 and V2.

There are a small band of TPLINK fans down under, however we have met a major stumbling block with the so called 3G/4G versions of the TPLINK MR series.

The problem is that the TPLINK drivers for the fast 4G modems do not work at the speed of the modem (100Mbs or higher).

The V2 limits the available network 4G speed dramatically.

Rather than a lot of words; if you are interested, read our V2 thread, which focus's on the speed problem.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2043588

We have developed an Open WRT solution for our 4G modems. One that works at full speed on the MR series.

Best place to start is the WIKI.

http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/router_openwrt

In addition this version of Open WRT supports a windows based 'Modem GUI'. This wonderful 'add on' reports and controls lots of interesting modem information real time.



Developments are ongoing.

Please feel free to join our development thread here:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...6176&p=68#r1356

Dropping in again to say that things have moved a little; with the good help of members here.

1. QoS versions are available to test.

2. Support for E353 (tested) and the E398 (4G - not tested) is added.

The WIKI for the project is HERE.

The latest image downloads are HERE.

support tp-link mr3420v2?

TP-Link MR3420 V1 3/ 3.75G – The old faithful

TP-Link MR3420 V2 3/ 4G – TBA, awaiting an official OpenWrt image

TP-Link WR703n V1.6 and V1.7 – This bargain basement, tiny, Chinese market travel router is available for around A$20 delivered. It has a single lan/wan port, 150n wifi and plays just as hard as it's big brothers.

TP-Link MR3020 V1 – Travel router

TP-Link WR703n V1.6 – English & Chinese MR3020 TPLINK firmware for the 703n V1.6 is HERE. There's no updates available, but if you want a a 703n with English TPLINK 3020 features, then this pack is for you.

support tp-link mr3420v2?

how to make sure that its not dialed into ppp connection?

on urs.. the MR3020..
i'm trying to make it work with ZTE MF680..

I asked the same question

Here is the answer.

Me: What identifies that (use of PPP) from the system log?

Dairyman: The fact that it used AT Commands to connect to the network. The ATD *99 command is used for PPP only.

For QMI you'll see other stuff like ===Starting QMIhelp and various things QMI related.

For the Sierra it uses AT Commands but the key one is AT!SCACT which does the Direct IP thing.

So I can tell by looking what protocol is being used. Makes me look brilliant to the unwitting.
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So check your System log.

Is it successfully connecting to the network?

one thing that's a bit annoying for the firmware is the auto trigger/script that keeps overwriting my 3G config. ...

I asked the same question

Here is the answer.

Me: What identifies that (use of PPP) from the system log?

Dairyman: The fact that it used AT Commands to connect to the network. The ATD *99 command is used for PPP only.

For QMI you'll see other stuff like ===Starting QMIhelp and various things QMI related.

For the Sierra it uses AT Commands but the key one is AT!SCACT which does the Direct IP thing.

So I can tell by looking what protocol is being used. Makes me look brilliant to the unwitting.
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So check your System log.

Is it successfully connecting to the network?

Yes it will.

The script is necessary to start the 'fast drivers'.

Your ISP/ 3G details (APN, user-name password) must go in the rc.local script (System -> Start Up), and not via the normal openwrt WAN interface.

By using the normal interface it will only use PPP and the information will be lost at restart etc.

The necessary 'how to' is HERE. Please follow it precisely for good results. 

It is very stable.

Yes it is different, but this is the only way the additional driver information could be incorporated in the limited 4Mb of ram. As you can see there is still plenty of space with our package, for ongoing developments. 

i've managed to get it to work.. is the wwan1 interface should show an ip address or not?
gonna delve in more later..

Can huawei e355 be pair with this mr3420?