Magic device support about dlan-openwrt HOT 3 CLOSED

Hi Steve,

good to see, that somebody is interested in this ;-).
For clarification: Both devolo Magic devices are based on the g.hn standard. Magic 1 are SISO devices and Magic 2 are MIMO devices. But they are all interoperable.
Our dLAN devices are based on HomePlug; the latest (1200) are HomePlug AV2 devices.
Currently there is no need to support the community with g.hn firmware, because it is located in a separate flash which is indepentend from the OpenWrt firmware.
One more hint: The Magic 2 WiFi is very close to dLAN 1200+ WiFi ac. Magic 1 WiFi is different and support for OpenWrt is not planned yet.

Regards,
Thomas

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Thanks for the correction.

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@Molkenbur thanks for the info. I have some questions as I'm considering replacing my dLAN 1200 ac WiFi access points with the Magic 2 ones.

You mention that the firmware for the G.hn modem is on a separate flash; does it mean it works independently from the main firmware, or does it still need the firmware to be loaded at boot time like it's currently done with the AC 1200 WiFi (so needs to extract some files from the official firmware and include them in the OpenWrt image)?

Does the G.hn modem need any configuration utilities, or can it all be done in hardware (via a dedicated push button, etc) independently from the main firmware?

The OpenWrt tech data page mentions that it works with the 1200 Wi-Fi ac image; can you confirm? Does the image work out of the box or is some customisation required?

Finally, if you have any details on this, how is the Wi-Fi chip and/or antenna design on the Magic 2 different from the 1200 ac one? Mine currently top out at 180Mbps on the wireless interface (and I can get 300mbps over the power line), would the Wi-Fi speed also potentially increase, or is the wireless part identical to the ac 1200 one? And does the stock firmware support 802.11r and 802.11k? That was my main reason for using OpenWrt on my 1200 ac ones, as otherwise roaming was so slow (I have 4 of them in the house) I would still get "dead" zones where the phones keep trying to use a far away AP instead of roaming, and when they do the data stream drops momentarily so it's not ideal for voice calls.

Thanks!

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