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WNDR3700v2 (N600) - Can't change wifi region
This was covered in another topic which is locked I guess to avoid bumping of old threads or consolidating of information about a single topic. https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Router...
Thanks for pointing me in that direction.
I recall trying telnetenable before without success and as the WNDR3700v2 wasn't listed on the OpenWRT page I assumed it wouldn't work.
Tried it again and was able to enable telnet and get into the box.
Since this router has Atheros chipset I used artmtd to set the region (burnsku is for broadcom) to WW (Europe).
root@WNDR3700v2:/# artmtd -r region
The region number is: 0x0001
REGION: NA
root@WNDR3700v2:/# artmtd -w regionset WW
argv[3] = WW
write region number: 0x0002
Unlocking /dev/mtd/8 ...
Writing from /tmp/temp.img to /dev/mtd/8 ... [w]
The region number is: 0x0002
REGION: WW
root@WNDR3700v2:/# artmtd -r region
The region number is: 0x0002
REGION: WWI can confirm that the region selection is now enabled and defaults to Europe.
I can also confirm that this change persists across factory resets and firmware upgrades.
I am finally able to legally operate this thing. Thanks again for the nudge in the right direction.
Thanks for pointing me in that direction.
I recall trying telnetenable before without success and as the WNDR3700v2 wasn't listed on the OpenWRT page I assumed it wouldn't work.
Tried it again and was able to enable telnet and get into the box.
Since this router has Atheros chipset I used artmtd to set the region (burnsku is for broadcom) to WW (Europe).
root@WNDR3700v2:/# artmtd -r region
The region number is: 0x0001
REGION: NA
root@WNDR3700v2:/# artmtd -w regionset WW
argv[3] = WW
write region number: 0x0002
Unlocking /dev/mtd/8 ...
Writing from /tmp/temp.img to /dev/mtd/8 ... [w]
The region number is: 0x0002
REGION: WW
root@WNDR3700v2:/# artmtd -r region
The region number is: 0x0002
REGION: WW
I can confirm that the region selection is now enabled and defaults to Europe.
I can also confirm that this change persists across factory resets and firmware upgrades.
I am finally able to legally operate this thing. Thanks again for the nudge in the right direction.
> Thanks for pointing me in that direction.
Thank _you_ for posting that additional information.
> I recall trying telnetenable before without success [...]
I use the program which I modified: http://antinode.info/nte/