Joined: 21 Jan 2017 Posts: 1783 Location: Illinois Moderator
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 22:31 Post subject: AX Router support for BCM
Well, Unless something magical happens, the end of the road for BCM routers is 802.11 AC, No AX series routers will come...
BrainSlayer wrote:
AX will only come for qca chipset. broadcom doesn't provide an opensource sdk. All is full of binary blob. So, I wasn't able to get the kernel working yet since fundamental.
This means don't ask for AX support on broadcom. SORRY!
He's working on a RAX120...so keep an eye on Atheros... _________________ FORUM RULES
How is RMerlin Porting AX routers to AsusWRT-Merlin, then? His firmware is Tomato-based/Broadcom-only
RMerlin's firmware is AsusWRT based, last I knew at least. It's just "upgraded OEM" firmware.
Both AsusWRT and Tomato don't stray much on the kernel, thus they can still use the binary drivers. _________________ #NAT/SFE/CTF: limited speed w/ DD#Repeater issues#DD-WRT info: FAQ, Builds, Types, Modes, Changes, Demo#
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 0:21 Post subject:
jwh7 wrote:
kernel-panic69 wrote:
How is RMerlin Porting AX routers to AsusWRT-Merlin, then? His firmware is Tomato-based/Broadcom-only
RMerlin's firmware is AsusWRT based, last I knew at least. It's just "upgraded OEM" firmware.
Both AsusWRT and Tomato don't stray much on the kernel, thus they can still use the binary drivers.
AsusWRT stock firmware is Tomato-based, for all intents and purposes. The AX routers are using a 4.1 kernel, not 2.6.x. I just don't think that the ax branches are backwards-compatible to update Tomato