Support for TP-Link TL-WR710n

[heilbronn]

Hello
For some of my very practical TL-WR710 routers (8MB/32MB)
that run fine in OpenWrt 19 I was looking for some interface that allows for easy configuration.
Gargoyle seems to be recommended for ease of configuration and I was wondering if it were easy to build it for this target, too?!
Thanks in advance for any support or hints!
Kind regards, Stephen

[ispyisail]

I would stick with Openwrt

Gargoyle adds a bit of overhead, so your experience on low powered machines will not be so good.

As the internet gets faster we need more powerful routers.

If your internet is really slow your router may work.

[heilbronn]

Thanks for your reply!
The reason I‘m asking is that the TL–WR710N travel router has some nice hw features that would be nicer to use without complexity in configuration: 5V/1A: attach second USB powered router (e.g. Freifunk/Gluon), no power cables needed, placeable without a shelf.
Plus the cheap price on ebay makes a nice gift.
Would that be reasons enough?
Thanks again, Stephen

[ispyisail]

Just get a cheap GL-AR150 from ebay

fully supported

[heilbronn]

Just get a cheap GL-AR150 from ebay

fully supported

OK, I'll try that.

@ispyisail: However, if I happen to get Gargoyle running on the WR-710N, would a PR get accepted?

[Lantis]

I'm more than happy to review any and all PRs and provide feedback. If it is good i'll merge

[heilbronn]

Current status: I'tried to compile Gargoyle 1.13.0 for TL-WR710n on Ubutu 20.04 LTS on WSL. Compile wasn't successful (broke), possibly because my Ubuntu installation was mixed up.
Reinstalled WSL and now moving the fresh installation directly to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Will report back about success or not.

[ispyisail]

Current status: I'tried to compile Gargoyle 1.13.0 for TL-WR710n on Ubutu 20.04 LTS on WSL. Compile wasn't successful (broke), possibly because my Ubuntu installation was mixed up.
Reinstalled WSL and now moving the fresh installation directly to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Will report back about success or not.

Custom build aren't a trivial thing to do in my opinion. I suspect most people making customs build have backgrounds in software development or related activities.

[heilbronn]

Hi @ispyisail
I actually do have systems programming background (C on HP-UX, AIX and the first Linux versions), but that was 30 years ago . And thats exactly why I like fiddling twith OpenWrt & Co. in my spare time!

And one thing I learned when working at the university was to try to keep the docs updated - so here are 2 improvement requests :

1. On https://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/do ... umentation it says:

Code: Select all

git clone git:github.com/ericpaulbishop/gargoyle.git

But that should probably get corrected to:

Code: Select all

git clone https://github.com/ericpaulbishop/gargoyle.git

2. The given link "build OpenWRT" (to http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildroot.exigence) leads to the outdated https://oldwiki.archive.openwrt.org/doc ... t.exigence . That should probably better be:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-develope ... uildsystem

Would that be ok to get corrected?

[Lantis]

Done with a few modifications. There's HTTPS and SSH options for cloning so i listed both. Personally i always use SSH.