[BPI-R64] WAN port not working

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1

For some reason the WAN port on my BPI-R64 doesn’t work, though the LAN ports do.When I plug in a LAN cable the LEDs do not light up and I do not see any messages from the kernel.

I’ve tried several different images (Ubuntu, OpenWRT) and none of them work.

Do I have bad hardware, or am I missing something?

This is what the linux kernel sees (WAN & LAN1 are plugged in):

root@(none):/# ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK> mtu 65536 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1504 qdisc fq_codel state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether e2:c8:b1:a2:66:dd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether aa:67:4f:fd:4a:6a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: wan@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether e2:c8:b1:a2:66:dd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: lan1@eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether e2:c8:b1:a2:66:dd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: lan2@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether e2:c8:b1:a2:66:dd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
7: lan3@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether e2:c8:b1:a2:66:dd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: lan4@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether e2:c8:b1:a2:66:dd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
2

maybe you need to set wan up

ip link set wan up
3

I’ve tried that, both running in OpenWRT recovery environment, and in the normal environment.

I do see that WAN is being set up in dmesg:

[   10.484102] mtk_soc_eth 1b100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
[   10.493790] mtk_soc_eth 1b100000.ethernet eth0: configuring for fixed/2500base-x link mode
[   10.502320] mtk_soc_eth 1b100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 2.5Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[   10.509422] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan1: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[   10.519160] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan1
[   10.527460] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[   10.534007] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered blocking state
[   10.539295] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered disabled state
[   10.545283] device lan1 entered promiscuous mode
[   10.549900] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   10.563259] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan2: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[   10.570486] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan2
[   10.578730] br-lan: port 2(lan2) entered blocking state
[   10.583965] br-lan: port 2(lan2) entered disabled state
[   10.590574] device lan2 entered promiscuous mode
[   10.600700] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan3: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[   10.607962] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan3
[   10.612753] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan3: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[   10.616181] br-lan: port 3(lan3) entered blocking state
[   10.626396] br-lan: port 3(lan3) entered disabled state
[   10.632380] device lan3 entered promiscuous mode
[   10.639991] br-lan: port 3(lan3) entered blocking state
[   10.645223] br-lan: port 3(lan3) entered forwarding state
[   10.650983] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br-lan: link becomes ready
[   10.660980] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan4: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[   10.668188] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan4
[   10.676187] br-lan: port 4(lan4) entered blocking state
[   10.681411] br-lan: port 4(lan4) entered disabled state
[   10.687591] device lan4 entered promiscuous mode
[   10.699888] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 wan: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[   10.706954] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device wan

I then see messages for the LAN ports:

[  128.169883] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan4: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[  128.177409] br-lan: port 4(lan4) entered blocking state
[  128.182628] br-lan: port 4(lan4) entered forwarding state

But nothing for WAN.

4

right, i do not see wan-port in dmesg too…so try it manually first with the command i’ve posted. if that works we have a config issue…

5

Setting via ip link does not work.

root@OpenWrt:/# ip link set wan up
root@OpenWrt:/# ifconfig wan up
root@OpenWrt:/# ifconfig
...snip...
wan       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B2:55:08:32:E8:38
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

No LEDs on WAN port, which leads me to believe it’s a kernel or hardware issue.

6

sad…then indeed it looks like a HW issue…can you check soldering-points/circuits of wan-port?

7

It was a bad solder joint on the ethernet transformer.

8 pins were not making contact, after resoldering it the WAN port now works :smiley:

Thanks!

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