[Malachi]

I got a hold of a buffalo wzr-300hp in which the wireless seems to be missing.
Does anyone have a clue?

[Malachi]

More info.


DD-WRT v24-sp2 std (c) 2014 NewMedia-NET GmbH
Release: 02/19/14 (SVN revision: 23598)

DD-WRT login: root
Password:
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DD-WRT v24-sp2
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BusyBox v1.22.1 (2014-02-19 05:22:12 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

root@DD-WRT:~# dmesg
<5>[ 0.000000] Linux version 3.10.30 (root@dd-wrt.buildserver) (gcc version 4
.8.1 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.8-2013.04 r36550) ) #5246 Wed Feb 19 05:21:24 CET 201
4
<6>[ 0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled
<6>[ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc)
<6>[ 0.000000] sys id = 1101 Atheros AR7242 rev 1.1 (0x1101)
<6>[ 0.000000] Determined physical RAM map:
<6>[ 0.000000] memory: 04000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
<4>[ 0.000000] Zone ranges:
<4>[ 0.000000] Normal [mem 0x00000000-0x03ffffff]
<4>[ 0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
<4>[ 0.000000] Early memory node ranges
<4>[ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x00000000-0x03ffffff]
<7>[ 0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 16384
<7>[ 0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 80349090, node_mem_map 8100
0000
<7>[ 0.000000] Normal zone: 128 pages used for memmap
<7>[ 0.000000] Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
<7>[ 0.000000] Normal zone: 16384 pages, LIFO batch:3
<4>[ 0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, 4-way, VIPT, I-cache aliases,
linesize 32 bytes.
<4>[ 0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize
32 bytes
<7>[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768
<7>[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0
<4>[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total
pages: 16256
<5>[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=1f02 rootfstype
=squashfs noinitrd init=/sbin/init
<6>[ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 256 (order: -2, 1024 bytes)
<6>[ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
<6>[ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
<6>[ 0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
<6>[ 0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
<6>[ 0.000000] Memory: 60976k/65536k available (2415k kernel code, 4560k rese
rved, 696k data, 212k init, 0k highmem)
<6>[ 0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
<6>[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:80
<6>[ 0.080000] Calibrating delay loop... 265.42 BogoMIPS (lpj=1327104)
<6>[ 0.080000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
<6>[ 0.080000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
<6>[ 0.090000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
<6>[ 0.100000] found calibration data for slot 0 on 0xBF051000
<4>[ 0.310000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
<6>[ 0.330000] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
<6>[ 0.330000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
<6>[ 0.340000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
<6>[ 0.340000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
<6>[ 0.350000] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
<6>[ 0.350000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x10000000-0x13ffffff]
<6>[ 0.360000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000]
<6>[ 0.360000] pci_bus 0000:00: No busn resource found for root bus, will use
[bus 00-ff]
<7>[ 0.370000] pci 0000:00:00.0: [168c:ff1c] type 00 class 0x020000
<6>[ 0.370000] pci 0000:00:00.0: fixup device configuration
<0>[ 0.370000] bootstrap returns device 168C:2A
<7>[ 0.380000] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff 64bit]
<7>[ 0.380000] pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1
<7>[ 0.380000] pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot
<7>[ 0.380000] pci_bus 0000:00: busn_res: [bus 00-ff] end is updated to 00
<6>[ 0.380000] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x10000000-0x1000ffff 6
4bit]
<6>[ 0.380000] PCI: mapping irq 72 to pin1@0000:00:00.0
<6>[ 0.390000] Switching to clocksource MIPS
<6>[ 0.390000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
<6>[ 0.400000] TCP established hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
<6>[ 0.400000] TCP bind hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes)
<6>[ 0.410000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 512 bind 512)
<6>[ 0.410000] TCP: reno registered
<6>[ 0.420000] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
<6>[ 0.420000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
<6>[ 0.430000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
<7>[ 0.430000] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 32
<5>[ 0.430000] gpio_proc: module loaded and /proc/gpio/ created
<5>[ 0.440000] wl0gpio_proc: module loaded and /proc/wl0gpio/ created
<6>[ 0.460000] squashfs: version 3.0 (2006/03/15) Phillip Lougher
<6>[ 0.470000] msgmni has been set to 119
<6>[ 0.480000] alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
<6>[ 0.480000] io scheduler noop registered
<6>[ 0.490000] io scheduler deadline registered (default)
<6>[ 0.490000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
<6>[ 0.520000] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
<6>[ 0.530000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
<4>[ 0.540000] check spi banks 2
<4>[ 0.540000] 0000 : C2 20 18
<4>[ 0.540000] found MX25L128-45E device on bank#0
<4>[ 0.550000] 0000 : C2 20 18
<4>[ 0.550000] found MX25L128-45E device on bank#1
<4>[ 0.560000] SPI flash size total:32 Mbytes
<0>[ 0.640000]
<0>[ 0.640000] found squashfs at 183000
<5>[ 0.640000] Creating 9 MTD partitions on "ar7240-nor0":
<5>[ 0.650000] 0x000000000000-0x000000050000 : "RedBoot"
<5>[ 0.650000] 0x000000060000-0x000001fe0000 : "linux"
<5>[ 0.660000] 0x000000183000-0x000001670000 : "rootfs"
<4>[ 0.670000] mtd: partition "rootfs" must either start or end on erase bloc
k boundary or be smaller than an erase block -- forcing read-only
<5>[ 0.680000] mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem
<5>[ 0.690000] 0x000001670000-0x000001fe0000 : "ddwrt"
<5>[ 0.690000] 0x000001fe0000-0x000001ff0000 : "nvram"
<5>[ 0.700000] 0x000001ff0000-0x000002000000 : "FIS directory"
<5>[ 0.710000] 0x000001ff0000-0x000002000000 : "board_config"
<5>[ 0.710000] 0x000000000000-0x000002000000 : "fullflash"
<5>[ 0.720000] 0x000000040000-0x000000050000 : "uboot-env"
<6>[ 0.730000] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
<6>[ 0.730000] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
<7>[ 0.740000] ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb805002c: 0x62000000
<6>[ 0.940000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
<6>[ 0.950000] PPP BSD Compression module registered
<6>[ 0.950000] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
<6>[ 0.960000] PPP MPPE Compression module registered
<6>[ 0.960000] NET: Registered protocol family 24
<6>[ 0.980000] u32 classifier
<6>[ 0.980000] Performance counters on
<6>[ 0.990000] input device check on
<6>[ 0.990000] Actions configured
<6>[ 0.990000] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
<6>[ 1.000000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (952 buckets, 3808 max)
<4>[ 1.010000] nf_conntrack_rtsp v0.6.21 loading
<4>[ 1.010000] nf_nat_rtsp v0.6.21 loading
<6>[ 1.010000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
<6>[ 1.020000] TCP: westwood registered
<6>[ 1.020000] TCP: hybla registered
<6>[ 1.030000] TCP: vegas registered
<6>[ 1.030000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
<5>[ 1.040000] Bridge firewalling registered
<6>[ 1.040000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
<6>[ 1.040000] searching for nvram
<6>[ 1.050000] nvram size = 0
<6>[ 1.120000] Atheros AR71xx hardware watchdog driver version 0.1.0
<6>[ 1.130000] ar71xx-wdt: timeout=15 secs (max=21) ref freq=200000000
<6>[ 1.140000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:
2.
<6>[ 1.150000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 212K (8036b000 - 803a0000)
<7>[ 4.530000] ar71xx-wdt: enabling watchdog timer
<6>[ 4.720000] switch0: Atheros AR8316 rev. 1 switch registered on ag71xx-mdi
o.0
<6>[ 4.720000] libphy: ag71xx_mdio: probed
<6>[ 4.730000] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4, mode:RGMII
<6>[ 5.300000] ar8316: Using port 4 as switch port
<6>[ 6.060000] ag71xx ag71xx.0 eth0: connected to PHY at ag71xx-mdio.0:00 [ui
d=004dd041, driver=Atheros AR8216/AR8236/AR8316]
<6>[ 7.880000] Loading modules backported from Linux version master-2014-01-2
3-0-g62c147d
<6>[ 7.890000] Backport generated by backports.git backports-20140124-0-g1256
d3e
<6>[ 8.090000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
<6>[ 8.090000] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
<6>[ 8.100000] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
<6>[ 8.100000] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_
gain, max_eirp)
<6>[ 8.110000] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi,
2000 mBm)
<6>[ 8.120000] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi,
2000 mBm)
<6>[ 8.130000] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi,
2000 mBm)
<6>[ 8.140000] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi,
2000 mBm)
<6>[ 8.140000] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi,
2000 mBm)
<3>[ 9.050000] ath: phy0: Couldn't reset chip
<3>[ 9.050000] ath: phy0: Unable to initialize hardware; initialization statu
s: -5
<3>[ 9.060000] ath9k 0000:00:00.0: Failed to initialize device
<4>[ 9.060000] ath9k: probe of 0000:00:00.0 failed with error -5
<6>[ 9.100000] eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
<6>[ 9.550000] nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it
will be removed soon. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead.
<6>[ 13.030000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode
<6>[ 13.200000] device vlan1 entered promiscuous mode
<6>[ 13.210000] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
<6>[ 13.240000] br0: port 1(vlan1) entered forwarding state
<6>[ 13.240000] br0: port 1(vlan1) entered forwarding state
<6>[ 13.250000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
<6>[ 13.260000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode
<6>[ 13.330000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
<6>[ 14.560000] device vlan2 entered promiscuous mode
<6>[ 14.640000] device vlan2 left promiscuous mode
<6>[ 28.280000] br0: port 1(vlan1) entered forwarding state
root@DD-WRT:~#

[Malachi]

Does the following from the above posted log mean I should throw the router away?

<3>[ 9.060000] ath9k 0000:00:00.0: Failed to initialize device
<4>[ 9.060000] ath9k: probe of 0000:00:00.0 failed with error -5

[buddee]

No, i wouldn't throw it. The clue is in dd-wrt not functioning properly as noted in the svn:

http://svn.dd-wrt.com/ticket/3151

You are probably facing this same issue as others are. In the ticket, dun4cheap lists 23082 as working, so it may benefit you to use that for now as well.

[Malachi]

It's the same on the buffalo friendly fw also. Not the dd-wrt buffalo branded but the other. Not sure what its called.
That ticket says the radios appear. Mine don't show at all. There is no wireless tab or page.

[buddee]

used unit?

[Malachi]

Yes.

[buddee]

Yea, no tellin then if it suffered hardware damage of any sort.

And i know its a pain in the ass, but have you serial'd this unit at all?

[Malachi]

No but I can. Not a pain at all. I as waiting for you to tell me if it was even worth doing though as you are the buffalo guy around here.

[Malachi]

This morning when I powered it up I got a red blinking diagnostic light.
So I tftp'd the buffalo fw and the dd-wrt professional branded one.
The buffalo 1.93 downloaded from buffalo kept giving me an invalid model or something like that.
The professional _v24sp2-19438.enc would flash but not unbrick it.
I tried again but it kept saying timeout occured. So I figured something got messed up and the lan ports were now not working.

So I put a serial header on it transferred both of those files to the router over loady, did iminfo and I get a message saying "bad magic number"

These are the firmware for this router. Any clues buddee?

[earthmind]

[Malachi]

I got it working again. Followed the steps at this page to fix the magic number problem.
http://scarygliders.net/2010/02/23/hacking-around-the-japanese-buffalo-wzr-hp-g300n/comment-page-1/?__

I still am missing the wireless page.

[Malachi]

I did notice in the boot log in hyperterminal this line:
Starting architecture code for wzrg450.

Is that ok?

[buddee]

Mainly lost for words here because i do not have this unit or anything equivalent (ie. wzr-hp-g300nh2). I have a wzr-hp-g300nh v1 which is very different than this unit.

From the sounds of it though, if you have gone thru some recovery steps here and it is still not showing wireless i would say it isn't worth it. But one of the reasons i asked if you serial'd it is because 9 times outta 10 serial will tell you exactly if its gonna recover or not. dmesg will tell you errors on the firmware lvl, imo - serial will tell you deeper errors because its not relying on any kind of OS loading to do error reporting.

So far we haven't any ideas of why its not showing wireless. Looking at the log, its as if the wl iface has no caldata, but i could be wrong, as i said, i have no exp. with this unit...

Like my wl iface initiates with these:

ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9100 MAC/BB Rev:7 AR2133 RF Rev:a2 mem=0xb80c0000, irq=2

yours never shows that, it shows a buncha zeros which some times indicates bad caldata..

[Malachi]

Ok thanks. I guess in the trash it goes.