Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

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Cool.
So what I'll do is I'll include kmod-input-polldev in all future gargoyle builds, so that in the future of people want to do this mod they just need to fix the gpio and setup the button handlers.

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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

Post by Adamon »

Lantis wrote:they just need to fix the gpio and setup the button handlers.
You did not describe how you fixed the gpio, i.e. transferring rfkill from gpio-13 to gpio-23.
I would not be able to do this even though I did read the corresponding openwrt wiki... :cry:

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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

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You fixed it yourself viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9118#p40289

I modified the firmware so that step wasn't necessary. However I can't make that a permanent change because it will break other devices.
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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

Post by Adamon »

Ok, understand now. The argument with breakage of other devices was also brought up on openwrt, hence only a patch exists there. So this workaround applies to Archer C7 V2, Archer C5 V1.2 but not to all other TP-link devices.

Thanks a million again for your patience and support. The switch is working like a charme.

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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

Post by ninderrycomp »

Hey guys, quick question, is this patch for the Wi-Fi switch going to be added to future releases for the Archer C7? Just realised this feature isn't working on 1.9.0 :(

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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

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Yes in future releases.
It is in the development branch currently, but there are no releases containing it.
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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

Post by ninderrycomp »

Great, would that mean that it would be in the new iSpy Builds?

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Re: Solved: Archer C7 Wifi button

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Yes, kmod-input-polldev is included in the most recent builds.
But you still need to do the other steps.
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