Summary of Contents for WLINK OpenWrt WL-R220 Series
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Quick Start ---Apply to WL-R220(MTK) Series OpenWrt Router V1.1 http://www.wlink-tech.com Oce, 2022...
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Due to product updates or functional upgrading, we may renew the content of this file, and this file only for reference. All statement, information, suggestion .etc in this file does not compose any form of guarantee and we WLINK reserves the right of final explanation. Shenzhen WLINK Technology Company Limited 2A, F5 Building, TCL International E City, No.1001 Zhongshanyuan...
(LuCI). Customers can be allowed to customize WL-WL-R220 series router to fit any application from the selection and configuration by WLINK provided . It’ll be used for anything that an embedded Linux system can be used for, including functions as SNMP, SSH, VPN, traffic-shaping system, and so on.
But the difference won’t have any influence to products performance. Panel Table 2-1 WL-WL-R220 Structure WL-WL-R220 OpenWrt Router WLINK Tech. Front There are difference on Antenna interface and indicator light for the device with extended GPS features. www.wlink-tech.com...
If you want to connect the router via serial port to laptop or other devices, you should prepare a serial port or RJ45 cable, this cable is optional available from WLINK. One end connect to computer serial port, the other end connects to the console port of the router...
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WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart Before connecting, please disconnect any power resource. 2.3.4 Power Supply In order to get high reliability, WLINK OpenWrt Series Router power adapt supports wide voltage input range from +7.5V to +32VDC, support hot plug and complex application environment.
SIM card. Then power on 4G module in 8sec. GPIO38 Default Factory GPIO44 WLAN Function Description GPIO2 GPIO2 for 4G module power control cd /sys/class/gpio/usb0 (GPIO2 is exported from dts file) echo 1 > value (Power on) www.wlink-tech.com...
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(N for GPIO value. Signal LED indicators for 4,5,45. Error LED indicator for 46. WLAN LED indicator for 44. value 0 for WLAN LED Light off) Extend GPIO to Control DI/DO GPIO 0~1 cd /sys/class/gpio (PL2303 driver file patch exports gpiochip508) www.wlink-tech.com...
level) GPIO2 echo 510 > export (510 for DO. gpio510/value for output signal. 1 for low level. 0 for high level) Interface(8PINs) indication The RS232 port is used to debugging OpenWrt. Indication Note Vin+ (Nonpolar) Vin- (Nonpolar) www.wlink-tech.com...
3.3.1 OpenWrt Source Code Libraries 1)git clone https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git 2)cd openwrt; git bracn -a 3)git checkout -b openwrt-18.06 origin/openwrt-18.06 Especially, please download openwrt v18.06. The v19.07+Ethernet driver will cause system crash. 3.3.2 Feeds.conf.default to add modem management tool src-git mobile_broadband www.wlink-tech.com...
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<*> umbim. Control utility for mobile broadband modems <*> uqmi. Control utility for mobile broadband modems -*- modemmanager..Control utility for any kind of mobile broadband modem 3.3.5 Custom Kernel 3.3.5.1 Modify firmware volume and partition size 1) <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk 2) <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/MT7628.dts www.wlink-tech.com...
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WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3) <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/MT7628.dts 3.3.5.2 Modify debugging serial port baudrate <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7628an.dtsi 3.3.5.3 GPIO Control Define GPIO and remove GPIO multiplex: <openwrt>/target/linux/ramips/dts/MT7628.dts www.wlink-tech.com...
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The SIM2 is available as default SIM in the original firmware. There are 3 types of 4G connection as Mobile Data Connection, QMI Connection and PPP Connection. However, it’s alternative between the Mobile Data connection and PPP connection. 3.3.6.1 Mobile Data Connection www.wlink-tech.com...
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WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3.3.7 Storage 1) Load Driver -*- kmod-usb-storage........USB Storage support <*> kmod-usb-storage-extras....Extra drivers for usb-storage -*- kmod-scsi-core........SCSI device support <*> kmod-fs-ext4........EXT4 filesystem support www.wlink-tech.com...
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WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart <*> kmod-fs-ntfs........NTFS filesystem support <*> kmod-fs-vfat........VFAT filesystem support 2)mount -t vfat /dev/sda/mnt 3) Configure the auto loading 3.3.8 VLAN Configuration 1) 2 LAN Port As default www.wlink-tech.com...
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WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 2)If configure WAN, it will be customized by customer. 3.3.9 Enable Wi-Fi www.wlink-tech.com...
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WL- R220(MTK) OpenWrt Router Quickstart 3.3.10 Status GUI 3.3.11 Debugging Check the system log during troubleshoot. www.wlink-tech.com...
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Upgrade firmware in the Back/Flash Firmware of System Menu. Please don’t power off the router. It will be taken a few minutes for upgrade process. It might be necessary to renew the address of your computer to reach the device again. www.wlink-tech.com...
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1) Press and hold RST button, then power on the router. 2) Release the RST button at the 8 second. 3) The router will enter Mini Web upgrade mode. Please access to 192.168.1.1 in the browser as below. Choose the correct firmware and click upload. --- THE END www.wlink-tech.com...
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