Recent Linux on my routers

I'm using OpenWRT on my routers.

Inteno Broadband Technology XG6846-R1

See separate page.

TP-LINK TL-WR703N

This router has a page at the OpenWRT wiki which is where you should start.

The OpenWrt releases and snapshots no longer supports the WR703N but there is this stripped down build from April 2022. Grab openwrt-ath79-tiny-tplink_tl-wr703n-squashfs-factory.bin for new installs and openwrt-ath79-tiny-tplink_tl-wr703n-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin for upgrades.

Configuration

I configured my TL-WR703N as a Dumb AP (just extending an existing NAT:ed LAN network with another access point), see this document on the OpenWRT website to see how to do that. Setting it up as a Routed AP (if it is your ONLY router) is also a good idea and straight forward. It depends on your usecase. My /etc/config/network can be found below.

This imported TL-WR703N had no clue what country it was in so I had to set up the regulatory domain in order to use the channels available in Sweden but not in the US (which is the default regulatory domain). Edit /etc/rc.local and add this:

  iw reg set NN
  echo phy0tx > /sys/class/leds/tp-link:blue:system/trigger

Don't forget: chmod +x rc.local

Where NN corresponds to your country code. For example BO is Bolivia and ZA is South Africa. (Those country codes are popular with wireless hackers because they are especially liberal with channel allocation and transmission power, but you should use your present country's code.)

In my /etc/config/wireless file I selected a channel that will not collide with the channel used by the primary router or any other AP. This goes without saying if you're good at physics. The tempting auto configuration is usually pointless because for it to actually work your router needs two antennas, one extra that listens to whatever happens. So unless you have that, use static allocation of channels. Also check what your neighbors are using so you don't collide with them.

How to keep it uptodate

When upgrading from wr71xx to the ath79 firmware all network settings and all settings overall will be lost. Sorry. Keep them at hand!

  # cd /tmp
  # wget [some url for ath79]/openwrt-ath79-tiny-tplink_tl-wr703n-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
  # sysupgrade openwrt-ath79-tiny-tplink_tl-wr703n-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

That is how I keep the installation uptodate and non-vulnerable.

Config

Set up to obtain an IP from DHCP on eth0 and bridge wlan0 to this network in /etc/config/network:

config interface 'loopback'
	option device 'lo'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
	option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config globals 'globals'
	option ula_prefix 'fdf0:81fb:d492::/48'

config device
	option name 'br-lan'
	option type 'bridge'
	list ports 'eth0'
	list ports 'wlan0'

config interface 'lan'
	option device 'br-lan'
	option proto 'dhcp'

Set up the Wireless network in /etc/config/wireless, I use channel 13 as specified elsewhere, my neighbors are not using that:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'platform/ahb/18100000.wmac'
	option channel '13'
	option band '11g'
	option htmode 'HT20'
	# option disabled '1'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
	option device 'radio0'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'Pretty Fly for a Wi-Fi'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option key 'ZuperZecret'

Network time in /etc/config/system:

config system
	option hostname 'Ninja'
	option timezone 'CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3'
	option ttylogin '0'
	option log_size '64'
	option urandom_seed '0'

config timeserver 'ntp'
	option enabled '1'
	option enable_server '0'
	list server 'ntp1.sp.se'
	list server 'ntp2.sp.se'

config led
	option trigger 'netdev'
	option sysfs 'ath9k-phy0'
	list mode 'tx'
	option dev 'br-lan'

When I like to experient with using channel 13 I just put this in my rc.local file:

iw reg set BO

Linksys WRT54G v2

Installed from the firmware upgrade web interface with the OpenWRT Backfire 10.03.1 brcm-2.4 firmware image. If something goes wrong during firmware update, just unplug/replug the router.

Do a first login using telnet, set up password etc.

Technicolor TG784n v3

TG784n PCB

Got this box from Bredbandsbolaget. As with any equipment not running OpenWRT I don't trust it. It's nothing personal, just not OpenWRT.

There is a datasheet with some condensed information from Technicolor (ex. Thomson). They also have an open source website but it was missing the source code for TG784n v3.

I requested source code for the router and on 2016-09-30 they came back with partial code dump that excludes some kernel files from Broadcom. After some help from Linux Foundation I have obtained the full sources as per 2016-10-06.

The internal web-UI on the device displays something like this:

  Gateway

  Global Information
  Product Vendor: Technicolor
  Product Name: Technicolor TG784n v3
  Software Version: 15.1
  Firmware Version: 15.24.6119-1029002-20150623154030
  Hardware Version: DANT-U
  Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxx
  MAC Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
  Uptime: 4min 36sec
  System Time: 1970-01-01 01:04:36
  Network Time: Disabled
  Current Timezone: Europe/Stockholm

Inspecting the board

We find the following components:

Identifying the serial port

This was very straight forward. It was bleeding obvious that four pins in a header on the board was the serial port. Then I used this method to identify which pin was which and connected a serial converter. Yay. See illustrations.

RX TX GND VDD

Identifying the JTAG port

The JTAG port is obviously on the lower left edge of the board. This is evidently the same 8 pin header 1 row connector found in Thomson routers and described on the OpenWRT JTAG info page.

I haven't tried my luck with this yet.

Unmodified bootlog from serial port

If you don't do anything, the firmware (MIPS Linux, of course) boots up. This is the bootlog on the console with an unmodified firmware:

Decompressing Bootloader.................................

Gateway initialization sequence started.


Version BL: 1.1.3Booting bank 2

Multicore enable; Booting Linux kernel

pfuncjmp = A0001840
JTAG select tp0
BOOTING THE LINUX KERNEL

Starting the kernel @ 0x8039ed20
Extra parameters passed to Linux:
[0]: bootloader
[1]: memsize=0x7EDD000
[2]: btab=0xc004060c
[3]: btab_bootid=2
[4]: tbbt_addr=0x3eb4000
[    0.000000] Linux version 3.4.11-rt19 (cpecomptst@cplx118.edegem.eu.thmulti.com) (gcc version 4.6.3 20120201 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.02) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 14 19:01:54 CEST 2015
[    0.000000] DANT-U prom init
[    0.000000] CPU revision is: 0002a070 (Broadcom BMIPS4350)
[    0.000000] Reserving DSL memory: 010CE000-011FFFFF
[    0.000000] Determined physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  memory: 010cc000 @ 00002000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  memory: 06cdf000 @ 01200000 (usable)
[    0.000000] Wasting 64 bytes for tracking 2 unused pages
[    0.000000] Zone PFN ranges:
[    0.000000]   DMA      0x00000002 -> 0x00001000
[    0.000000]   Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x00007edf
[    0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node
[    0.000000] Early memory PFN ranges
[    0.000000]     0: 0x00000002 -> 0x000010ce
[    0.000000]     0: 0x00001200 -> 0x00007edf
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 32171
[    0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 8048c6e0, node_mem_map 81200040
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   DMA zone: 4062 pages, LIFO batch:0
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 222 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 27855 pages, LIFO batch:7
[    0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 7 pages/cpu @81303000 s5360 r8192 d15120 u32768
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s5360 r8192 d15120 u32768 alloc=8*4096
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 [0] 1
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 31917
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=31:0 ro noinitrd memsize=0x7EDD000 btab=0xc004060c btab_bootid=2 tbbt_addr=0x3eb4000 console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock1 rootfstype=squashfs irqaffinity=0 console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock1 rootfstype=squashfs irqaffinity=0
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 16 bytes.
[    0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 2-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 16 bytes
[    0.000000] Memory: 122348k/128684k available (3697k kernel code, 6336k reserved, 898k data, 208k init, 0k highmem)
[    0.000000] Preemptible hierarchical RCU implementation.
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:128
[    0.000000] console [ttyS0] enabled
[    0.000000] Allocating memory for DSP module core and initialization code
[    0.000000] Allocated DSP module memory - CORE=0x0 SIZE=0, INIT=0x0 SIZE=0
[    0.004000] Calibrating delay loop... 397.31 BogoMIPS (lpj=198656)
[    0.016000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.017000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[    0.018000] --Kernel Config--
[    0.019000]   SMP=1
[    0.020000]   PREEMPT=1
[    0.021000]   DEBUG_SPINLOCK=0
[    0.022000]   DEBUG_MUTEXES=0
[    0.023000] Broadcom Logger v0.1 Jun 14 2015 18:59:46
[    0.032000] CPU revision is: 0002a070 (Broadcom BMIPS4350)
[    0.032000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 16 bytes.
[    0.032000] Primary data cache 32kB, 2-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 16 bytes
[    0.042000] Brought up 2 CPUs
[    0.051000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.054000] Enabling watchdog
[    0.166000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
[    0.379000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
[    0.380000] gpiochip_add: registered GPIOs 0 to 47 on device: bcm963xx-gpio
[    0.396000] bio: create slab  at 0
[    0.399000] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    0.400000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.401000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.402000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.403000] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[    0.404000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x10f00000-0x10ffffff]
[    0.405000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x12000000-0x1200ffff]
[    0.406000] pci 0000:00:00.0: [14e4:435f] type 00 class 0x028000
[    0.407000] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0x10004000-0x10005fff]
[    0.408000] pci 0000:00:09.0: [14e4:6300] type 00 class 0x0c0310
[    0.409000] pci 0000:00:09.0: reg 10: [mem 0x10002600-0x100026ff]
[    0.410000] pci 0000:00:0a.0: [14e4:6300] type 00 class 0x0c0320
[    0.411000] pci 0000:00:0a.0: reg 10: [mem 0x10002500-0x100025ff]
[    0.413000] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:01
[    0.414000] pci_bus 0000:01: root bus resource [mem 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff]
[    0.415000] pci_bus 0000:01: root bus resource [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x0]
[    0.416000] pci 0000:01:00.0: [14e4:6362] type 01 class 0x060400
[    0.417000] pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
[    0.419000] pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
[    0.420000] bcmhs_spi bcmhs_spi.1: master is unqueued, this is deprecated
[    0.421000] bcmleg_spi bcmleg_spi.0: master is unqueued, this is deprecated
[    0.424000] skbFreeTask created successfully
[    0.425000] gbpm_do_work scheduled
[    0.426000] BLOG v3.0 Initialized
[    0.427000] BLOG Rule v1.0 Initialized
[    0.428000] Broadcom IQoS v0.1 Jun 14 2015 19:01:21 initialized
[    0.429000] Broadcom GBPM v0.1 Jun 14 2015 19:01:22 initialized
[    0.430000] NET: Registered protocol family 8
[    0.431000] NET: Registered protocol family 20
[    0.432000] Switching to clocksource MIPS
[    0.438000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.442000] IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.450000] TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.457000] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.463000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
[    0.470000] TCP: reno registered
[    0.473000] UDP hash table entries: 128 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.479000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 128 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.486000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.490000] PCI: CLS mismatch (64 != 16), using 16 bytes
[    0.496000] bcm_tstamp initialized, (hpt_freq=200000000 2us_div=200 2ns_mult=5 2ns_shift=0)
[    0.507000] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[    0.513000] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (ZLIB) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) © 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[    0.523000] fuse init (API version 7.18)
[    0.527000] msgmni has been set to 238
[    0.533000] io scheduler noop registered (default)
[    0.543000] Broadcom NAND controller (BrcmNand Controller)
[    0.548000] mtd->oobsize=0, mtd->eccOobSize=0
[    0.552000] NAND_CS_NAND_XOR=00000001
[    0.556000] Disabling XOR: Before: SEL=40000001, XOR=00000001
[    0.562000] Disabling XOR: After: SEL=40000000, XOR=00000000
[    0.568000] B4: NandSelect=40000000, nandConfig=04042300, chipSelect=0
[    0.574000] brcmnand_read_id: CS0: dev_id=20762076
[    0.579000] After: NandSelect=40000000, nandConfig=04042300
[    0.585000] Block size=00004000, erase shift=14
[    0.590000] NAND Config: Reg=04042300, chipSize=64 MB, blockSize=16K, erase_shift=e
[    0.598000] busWidth=1, pageSize=512B, page_shift=9, page_mask=000001ff
[    0.604000] timing1 not adjusted: 5363444f
[    0.609000] timing2 not adjusted: 00000fc6
[    0.613000] BrcmNAND mfg 20 76 ST ST_NAND512W3A 64MB on CS0
[    0.619000]
[    0.619000] Found NAND on CS0: ACC=f3000000, cfg=04042300, flashId=20762076, tim1=5363444f, tim2=00000fc6
[    0.630000] BrcmNAND version = 0x0202 64MB @00000000
[    0.635000] B4: NandSelect=40000000, nandConfig=04042300, chipSelect=0
[    0.642000] brcmnand_read_id: CS0: dev_id=20762076
[    0.647000] After: NandSelect=40000000, nandConfig=04042300
[    0.652000] Found NAND flash on Chip Select 0, chipSize=64MB, usable size=64MB, base=0
[    0.661000] brcmnand_scan: B4 nand_select = 40000000
[    0.666000] brcmnand_scan: After nand_select = 40000000
[    0.671000] page_shift=9, bbt_erase_shift=14, chip_shift=26, phys_erase_shift=14
[    0.679000] Brcm NAND controller version = 2.2 NAND flash size 64MB @1c000000
[    0.686000] brcmnand_scan:  mtd->oobsize=16
[    0.690000] brcmnand_scan: oobavail=12, eccsize=512, writesize=512
[    0.697000] brcmnand_scan, eccsize=512, writesize=512, eccsteps=1, ecclevel=15, eccbytes=3
[    0.708000] Gateway flash mapping
[    0.712000] [NAND] : tBBT loaded
[    0.712000]
[    0.716000] Technicolor nand flash translation layer initialized.
[    0.723000] flash mapping initialized, size=64 Mb
[    0.728000] parse_btab: num_banks (5)
[    0.731000] Creating 1 MTD partitions on "technicolor-nand-tl":
[    0.737000] 0x000002c54000-0x000003ea4000 : "rootfs"
[    0.746000] Creating 5 MTD partitions on "technicolor-nand-tl":
[    0.752000] 0x000000080000-0x000001600000 : "rootfs_data"
[    0.762000] 0x000001600000-0x000002a54000 : "bank_1"
[    0.770000] 0x000002a54000-0x000003ea8000 : "bank_2"
[    0.779000] 0x000000020000-0x000000040000 : "eripv2"
[    0.786000] 0x000000040000-0x000000080000 : "rawstorage"
[    0.793000] Creating 1 MTD partitions on "technicolor-nand-tl":
[    0.798000] 0x00000001fffd-0x000000020000 : "blversion"
[    0.809000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[    0.814000] PPP BSD Compression module registered
[    0.818000] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
[    0.823000] NET: Registered protocol family 24
[    0.828000] brcmboard: brcm_board_init entry
[    0.832000] DYING GASP IRQ initialized
[    0.836000] Serial: BCM63XX driver $Revision: 3.00 $
[    0.841000] Magic SysRq with Auxilliary trigger char enabled (type ^ h for list of supported commands)
[    0.852000] ttyS0 at MMIO 0xb0000100 (irq = 11) is a BCM63XX
[    0.858000] ttyS1 at MMIO 0xb0000120 (irq = 12) is a BCM63XX
[    0.864000] Total # RxBds=2845
[    0.866000] bcmPktDmaBds_init: Broadcom Packet DMA BDs initialized
[    0.866000]
[    0.874000] bcmPktDma_init: Broadcom Packet DMA Library initialized
[    0.881000] IPSEC SPU: SUCCEEDED
[    0.884000] GACT probability NOT on
[    0.888000] Mirror/redirect action on
[    0.891000] u32 classifier
[    0.894000]     input device check on
[    0.898000]     Actions configured
[    0.902000] TCP: cubic registered
[    0.905000] Initializing XFRM netlink socket
[    0.910000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    0.916000] IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
[    0.923000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    0.927000] NET: Registered protocol family 15
[    0.932000] Bridge firewalling registered
[    0.936000] Initializing MCPD Module
[    0.940000] Ebtables v2.0 registered
[    0.944000] ebt_time registered
[    0.947000] ebt_ftos registered
[    0.950000] ebt_wmm_mark registered
[    0.953000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[    0.967000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:1.
[    0.975000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 208k freed
- preinit -
- regular preinit -
[    4.793000] jffs2: notice: (345) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 3 of xdatum (1 unchecked, 1 orphan) and 70 of xref (0 dead, 10 orphan) found.
switching to jffs2
HOMEWARE_CONFIG_ON_ACTIVE_BANK
Dual bank, overlay on /overlay/bank_2
[    5.816000] tommath: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
[    5.822000] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[    6.065000] Dsl Annex A board
[    6.067000] Set board (DANT-U)
- init -
[    7.598000] gre: GRE over IPv4 demultiplexor driver
[    7.714000] ip_gre: GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver
[    7.745000] ip6_gre: GRE over IPv6 tunneling driver
[    7.776000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[    8.212000] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    8.218000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0a.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[    8.224000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    8.230000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: EHCI Host Controller
[    8.236000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    8.243000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: Enabling legacy PCI PM
[    8.270000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: irq 18, io mem 0x10002500
[    8.281000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: USB f.f started, EHCI 1.00
[    8.287000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    8.290000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    8.436000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (1914 buckets, 7656 max)
[    9.464000] xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000
[   10.445000] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
[   11.043000] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   11.452000] ctnetlink v0.93: registering with nfnetlink.
[   11.515000] bcmxtmrt: Broadcom BCM6362B0 ATM/PTM Network Device v0.3 Jun 14 2015 18:31:56
[   11.547000] NF_TPROXY: Transparent proxy support initialized, version 4.1.0
[   11.554000] NF_TPROXY: Copyright (c) 2006-2007 BalaBit IT Ltd.
[   11.886000] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[   11.892000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:09.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[   11.898000] ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   11.904000] ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: OHCI Host Controller
[   11.909000] ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[   11.917000] ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: irq 17, io mem 0x10002600
[   11.978000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[   11.982000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[   12.070000] Broadcom Ingress QoS Module  Char Driver v0.1 Jun 14 2015 18:27:50 Registered<243>
[   12.079000]
[   12.079000] Broadcom Ingress QoS ver 0.1 initialized
[   12.111000] BPM: tot_mem_size=134217728B (128MB), buf_mem_size <15%> =20132655B (19MB), num of buffers=9986, buf size=2016
[   12.121000] Broadcom BPM Module Char Driver v0.1 Jun 14 2015 18:26:55 Registered<244>
[   12.344000] NBUFF v1.0 Initialized
[   12.361000] Initialized fcache state
[   12.365000] Broadcom Packet Flow Cache  Char Driver v2.2 Jun 14 2015 18:27:51 Registered<242>
[   12.375000] Created Proc FS /procfs/fcache
[   12.379000] Broadcom Packet Flow Cache registered with netdev chain
[   12.387000] Broadcom Packet Flow Cache learning via BLOG enabled.
[   12.394000] [FHW]  pktDbgLvl[0xc05cb010]=0
[   12.399000] [FHW]  fhw_construct:
[   12.404000] Initialized Fcache HW accelerator layer state
[   12.412000] flwStatsThread created
[   12.426000] Constructed Broadcom Packet Flow Cache v2.2 Jun 14 2015 18:27:51
[   12.684000] chipId 0x636220B0
[   12.686000] Broadcom Forwarding Assist Processor (FAP) Char Driver v0.1 Jun 14 2015 18:27:35 Registered <241>
[   12.696000] Enabling SMISBUS PHYS_FAP_BASE[0] is 0x14001000
[   12.722000] FAP Soft Reset Done
[   12.725000] 4ke Reset Done
[   12.735000] FAP Debug values at 0xa5122640 0xa5122640
[   12.741000] fapGso_LoopBkThread created successfully
[   12.745000] Allocated FAP0 SWQ_HOST2FAP_GSO_LOOPBACK_Q mem=a57b4000 : 16384 bytes
[   12.753000] Allocated FAP0 SWQ_FAP2HOST_GSO_LOOPBACK_Q mem=a5040000 : 16384 bytes
[   12.761000] GSO LOOPBACK Cached HOST2FAP Q INFO:
[   12.761000]  Swq =b1015fc4 qStart=a57b4000 qEnd=a57b8000 msgSize=4 dqm=18 fapId=0
[   12.773000] GSO LOOPBACK Cached FAP2HOST Q INFO:
[   12.773000]  Swq =b1015f94 qStart=a5040000 qEnd=a5044000 msgSize=2 dqm=19 fapId=0
[   12.786000] Allocated FAP0 SWQ_FAP2HOST_WFD_Q mem=a72de000 : 7200 bytes
[   12.792000] Allocated FAP0 SWQ_FAP2HOST_WFD_Q mem=a50ee000 : 7200 bytes
[   12.800000] Allocated FAP0 TM SDRAM Queue Storage (a51336d0) : 341376 bytes @ a5180000
[   12.808000] [NTC fapProto] fapReset  : Reset FAP Protocol layer
[   12.814000] [FAP0] DSPRAM : stack <0x80004000><1536>, global <0x80004600><4192>, free <2464>, total<8192>
[   12.824000] [FAP0] PSM : addr<0xE0010000>, used <24676>, free <8092>, total <32768>
[   12.832000] [FAP0] DQM : availableMemory 14668 bytes, nextByteAddress 0xE0004610
[   12.840000] [FAP0] Initializing FAP4KE GSO LOOPBACK on fapIdx=0 ...
[   12.846000] [FAP0] SWQ: HOST2FAP_GSO_LOOPBACK
[   12.851000] [FAP0] >>>>------------------
[   12.855000] [FAP0] swq =e0015fc4 msgSize =4 words , maxDepth=1024
[   12.861000] [FAP0] qStart =a57b4000 qEnd=a57b8000
[   12.866000] [FAP0] rdPtr =a57b4000 wrPtr=a57b4000 count=0
[   12.871000] [FAP0]  swq->interrupts 0 processed =0 dropped =0
[   12.877000] [FAP0]  Associated DQM=18 dir HOST2FAP
[   12.882000] [FAP0] ------------------<<<<
[   12.887000] [FAP0] SWQ: FAP2HOST_GSO_LOOPBACK
[   12.891000] [FAP0] >>>>------------------
[   12.895000] [FAP0] swq =e0015f94 msgSize =2 words , maxDepth=2048
[   12.902000] [FAP0] qStart =a5040000 qEnd=a5044000
[   12.906000] [FAP0] rdPtr =a5040000 wrPtr=a5040000 count=0
[   12.912000] [FAP0]  swq->interrupts 0 processed =0 dropped =0
[   12.918000] [FAP0]  Associated DQM=19 dir FAP2HOST
[   12.923000] [FAP0] ------------------<<<<
[   12.927000] [FAP0] FAP4KE GSO LOOPBACK Init Done...
[   12.932000] [FAP0] IC Timer started
[   12.936000] [FAP0] FAP4KE WFD Init Done...
[   12.940000] [FAP0] FAP BPM Initialized.
[   12.944000] Broadcom Packet Flow Cache HW acceleration enabled.
[   12.951000] fapDrv_construct: FAP0: pManagedMemory=b1010650. wastage 8 bytes
[   12.958000] bcmPktDma_bind: FAP Driver binding successfull
[   12.964000] [FAP0] FAP TM: ON
[   13.165000] Broadcom BCM6362B0 Ethernet Network Device v0.1 Jun 14 2015 18:31:39
[   13.172000] fapDrv_psmAlloc: fapIdx=0, size: 4800, offset=b1010650 bytes remaining 7000
[   13.180000] ETH Init: Ch:0 - 200 tx BDs at 0xb1010650
[   13.185000] fapDrv_psmAlloc: wastage 8 bytes
[   13.190000] fapDrv_psmAlloc: fapIdx=0, size: 4808, offset=b1011910 bytes remaining 2184
[   13.198000] ETH Init: Ch:0 - 600 rx BDs at 0xb1011910
[   13.203000] [FAP0] enetRxChannel 0
[   13.210000] ETH Init: Ch:1 - 1997 rx BDs at 0xa79c0000
[   13.255000] dgasp: kerSysRegisterDyingGaspHandler: bcmsw registered
[   13.263000] eth0:   PHY_ID <0x00000004 : 0x04> MAC : 30:91:8F:A3:DA:8C
[   13.273000] eth1:   PHY_ID <0x00000003 : 0x03> MAC : 30:91:8F:A3:DA:8C
[   13.284000] eth2:   PHY_ID <0x00000002 : 0x02> MAC : 30:91:8F:A3:DA:8C
[   13.295000] eth3:   PHY_ID <0x01880019 : 0x19> MAC : 30:91:8F:A3:DA:8C
[   13.305000] eth4:   PHY_ID <0x02080058 : 0x18> MAC : 30:91:8F:A3:DA:8C
[   13.363000]   Chip WAN Only Port 00000000, Defined WAN Only Port 00000000, WAN Only Port Result: 0x00000000
[   13.372000]   Chip WAN Preffered Port 00000000, Defined WAN Preffered Port 00000000, WAN Preffered Port Result: 0x00000000
[   13.383000]   Chip LAN Only Port 00000000, Defined LAN Only Port 00000000, LAN Only Port Result: 0x00000000
[   13.525000] Broadcom 802.1Q VLAN Interface, v0.1
[   13.659000] Wifi Forwarding Driver is initialized!
[   16.356000] --SMP support
[   16.358000] wl: dsl_tx_pkt_flush_len=338
[   16.362000] wl: norm_wmark_tot=3643, pktc_wmark_tot=3643
[   16.368000] wl 0000:00:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   16.373000] wl: passivemode=1
[   16.376000] wl0: creating kthread wl0-kthrd
[   16.392000] wl: napimode=0
[   16.399000] Neither SPROM nor OTP has valid image
[   16.403000] wl:srom/otp not programmed, using main memory mapped srom info(wombo board)
[   16.411000] wl: ID=sb/0/
[   16.414000] wl: ID=sb/0/
[   16.516000] wl: loading /etc/wlan/bcm6362_map.bin
[   16.520000] srom rev:8
[   16.529000] wl: reading /etc/wlan/bcmcmn_nvramvars.bin, file size=32
[   16.570000] wl0: allocskbmode=1 currallocskbsz=1024
[   16.583000]  wfd_bind: Dev wl%d wfd_idx 0 Type skb configured WFD thread wfd0-thrd RxQId (20), status (0) number_of_queues 1 qmask 0x1
[   16.583000] Instantiating WFD 0 thread
[   16.600000] +++++ Added gso loopback support for dev=wl0 <85022000>
[   16.607000] wl0: Broadcom BCM435f 802.11 Wireless Controller 7.14.89.14.cpe4.16L03.0-kdb
[   16.614000] dgasp: kerSysRegisterDyingGaspHandler: wl0 registered
[   16.750000] bcmxtmcfg: bcmxtmcfg_init entry
[   16.949000] adsl: adsl_init entry
[   17.119000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   17.124000] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[   17.242000] usbcore: registered new interface driver sierra
[   17.247000] USB Serial support registered for Sierra USB modem
[   17.278000] usbcore: registered new interface driver sierra_net
[   17.317000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[   17.321000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[   17.327000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[   17.460000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
[   17.584000] PCIe: No device found - Powering down
[   17.618000] usbcore: registered new interface driver huawei_ether
[   17.648000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[   17.810000] input: gpio-buttons as /devices/platform/gpio-buttons.0/input/input0
[   17.842000] Button Hotplug driver version 0.4.1
[   17.870000] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
[   17.904000] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[   17.909000] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[   17.939000] usbcore: registered new interface driver qcserial
[   17.945000] USB Serial support registered for Qualcomm USB modem
[   17.974000] Loading PCM shim driver
[   20.249000] SIOCGMIIPHY : Invalid swPort: 16
[   20.281000] SIOCGMIIPHY : Invalid swPort: 16
[   20.307000] ETHSETSPOWERDOWN : Invalid swPort: 16
[   26.671000] Registered led device: power:green
[   26.685000] Registered led device: power:red
[   26.689000] Registered led device: power:blue
[   26.693000] Registered led device: wireless:green
[   26.703000] Registered led device: wps:red
[   26.713000] Registered led device: wps:green
[   26.717000] Registered led device: broadband:green
[   26.722000] Registered led device: internet:red
[   26.732000] Registered led device: internet:green
[   26.736000] Registered led device: ethernet:green
[   26.741000] Registered led device: fxs1:green
[   26.745000] Registered led device: fxs2:green
[   26.750000] Registered led device: power:orange
[   26.755000] Registered led device: internet:orange
[   26.760000] Registered led device: wps:orange
Note: Loading 6300 MDK (default) driver for 6362 chip
Switch MDK: num_switches = 1
Switch MDK: unit = 0; phy_pbmp = 0x3e; config_pbmp = 0x3e
Switch MDK link poll thread: unit=0; phypbmp=0x3e config_pbmp=0x3e
[   28.878000] Energy Efficient Ethernet: Enabled
[   28.913000] SIOCGMIIPHY : Invalid swPort: 16
[   28.977000] SIOCGMIIPHY : Invalid swPort: 16
[   29.037000] ETHSETSPOWERDOWN : Invalid swPort: 16
[   32.724000] fapDrv_psmAlloc: fapIdx=0, size: 1600, offset=b1012be0 bytes remaining 584
[   32.732000] XTM Init: 200 rx BDs at 0xb1012be0
[   32.738000] fapDrv_psmAlloc: fapIdx=0, size: 128, offset=b1013220 bytes remaining 456
[   32.746000] XTM Init: 16 rx BDs at 0xb1013220
[   32.910000] monitor task is initialized pid= 1626
[   33.407000] bcmxtmrt: MAC address: 30 91 8f a3 da 8c
[   33.412000] [DoCreateDeviceReq.3393]: register_netdev
[   33.418000] [DoCreateDeviceReq.3395]: register_netdev done
[   33.423000] [FAP0] xtmCreateDevice : devId 0, encapType 0, headerLen 10
[   33.450000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): atm_wan: link is not ready
[   33.879000] bcmxtmrt: MAC address: 30 91 8f a3 da 8c
[   33.883000] [DoCreateDeviceReq.3393]: register_netdev
[   33.890000] [DoCreateDeviceReq.3395]: register_netdev done
[   33.895000] [FAP0] xtmCreateDevice : devId 1, encapType 0, headerLen 10
[   33.914000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): atm_voip: link is not ready
[   34.325000] bcmxtmrt: MAC address: 30 91 8f a3 da 8c
[   34.329000] [DoCreateDeviceReq.3393]: register_netdev
[   34.336000] [DoCreateDeviceReq.3395]: register_netdev done
[   34.341000] [FAP0] xtmCreateDevice : devId 2, encapType 0, headerLen 10
[   34.360000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): atm_iptv: link is not ready
[   37.896000] wl_event_open
[   37.898000] wl_event_open COMPLETED
Hostapd starting... (1)
[   40.073000] *** dslThread dslPid=1928
[   40.076000] BcmAdsl_Initialize=0xC11B6050, g_pFnNotifyCallback=0xC11E5500
[   40.331000] pSdramPHY=0xA11FFFF8, 0xFFFFFFFF 0xFFFFFFFF
[   40.336000] *** XfaceOffset: 0x21F90 => 0x21F90 ***
[   40.577000] *** PhySdramSize got adjusted: 0x90870 => 0xA693C ***
[   40.582000] AdslCoreSharedMemInit: shareMemSize=366240(366240)
[   40.595000] AdslCoreHwReset:  pLocSbSta=84230000 bkupThreshold=1600
[   40.601000] AdslCoreHwReset:  AdslOemDataAddr = 0xA118526C
[   40.607000] VersionInfo: A2pD039f.d26c
[   40.611000] ***BcmDiagsMgrRegisterClient: 0 ***
[   40.615000] dgasp: kerSysRegisterDyingGaspHandler: dsl0 registered
[   42.832000] AutoGreeen changed to disabled
[   42.948000] Energy Efficient Ethernet changed to disabled
[   45.972000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   45.980000] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   46.010000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): br-lan: link is not ready
[   46.025000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[   46.031000] device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
[   46.044000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready
[   46.050000] device eth2 entered promiscuous mode
[   46.063000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth3: link is not ready
[   46.069000] device eth3 entered promiscuous mode
[   46.408000] device wl0 entered promiscuous mode
[   46.413000] br-lan: port 5(wl0) entered forwarding state
[   46.418000] br-lan: port 5(wl0) entered forwarding state
[   46.424000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br-lan: link becomes ready
[   48.425000] br-lan: port 5(wl0) entered forwarding state
[   87.613000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <3>, channel <3>
[   87.703000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <3>, channel <3>
[   87.794000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <3>, channel <2>
[   87.885000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <3>, channel <2>
[   88.334000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <2>, channel <3>
[   88.406000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <2>, channel <3>
[   88.486000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <2>, channel <2>
[   88.559000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <2>, channel <2>
[   88.908000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <1>, channel <3>
[   88.988000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <1>, channel <3>
[   89.078000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <1>, channel <2>
[   89.164000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <1>, channel <2>
[   89.645000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <4>, channel <3>
[   89.730000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <4>, channel <3>
[   89.812000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <4>, channel <2>
[   89.905000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <4>, channel <2>
[   90.259000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <5>, channel <3>
[   90.344000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <5>, channel <3>
[   90.475000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <5>, channel <2>
[   90.576000] mapEthPortToRxIudma : Invalid Argument: port <5>, channel <2>
[   90.975000] Done.
[   94.933000] br_netlink_mcpd.c: Setting registration type 0 pid to 3866

So this is obviously a Broadcom E63xx-based router.

Get into the firmware

The router is probably using some fork of CFE and has an embedded firmware update service. Here is where I learnt about CFE. I just guessed the router would be using it because the strings in the console seems to be altered versions of messages from CFE. You access the firmware update mode by holding the reset button (with a pen or needle or something, it is found in the hole between the two USB ports) while powering on the device. Release after a while. The green LED first goes on, then when the red LED goes on, we are in BOOTP mode and you can release the RESET button. If you have a serial port attached like I do, it will prompt:

Version BL: 1.1.3
BOOTP reason : BLFLAG_BUTTON_PUSH

And if a cable is connected to a host, also:

[ROBO] : phy_19 up
[ROBO] : phy_19  fdx
[ROBO] : phy_19  1Gb
Ctrl: BOOTP initiated.

It then waits for something to happen. If nothing happens, it times out and says:

***Resetting the board***
[RESET] : board_reset : Debug CallStack information


81305f84 81305dd8 813147f8 81305f84 81305e58 81305e48
81305ea8 813176ac 8131767c 81306048 8131e2e4 81305ee8
8131b8c4 8131e2e4 8131e2e4 81306d70 81306c28 8131cdfc
81307cc4 8131b914 8131bf3c 8131bef4 813000c8
Decompressing Bootloader.................................

Connect an ethernet cord to one of the YELLOW connectors on the box, and to your computer. If you run tcpdump -v you will see this coming from the box:

10:46:37.057765 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 1271, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (oui Unknown), length 300, xid 0x8fa3da8c, secs 37, Flags [Broadcast]
   Client-Ethernet-Address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (oui Unknown)
   file "DANT-U"
   Vendor-rfc1048 Extensions
   Magic Cookie 0x63825363
   Vendor-Option Option 43, length 55: 83.84.5.4.146.6.1.1.3.7.64.8.49.53.48.54.84.65.66.68.86.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.9.0.1.10.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.11.0.6.1.1.9.0.0.0.12.255

So the machine is now in TFTP mode, asking for a file called DANT-U which is incidentally the name of the board.

So now we need to set up a BOOTP and DHCP server to serve a potential file. The firmware update service will only accept .bli file (I guess this means "boot loader image". So your DHCP configuration needs to look something like this:

subnet 169.254.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
    option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
    range dynamic-bootp 169.254.1.10 169.254.1.100;
    host tg784n {
        hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
        default-lease-time 200000;
        next-server 169.254.1.1;
        filename "/tg784n.bli";
    }
}

This enables us to flash a new firmware into the device by putting a valid .bli image into the TFTP root folder. I took the really old TG784nV3_10.2.6.2._gen_dant-u.bli firmware that I found online (see "downloads") so that the console login etc would still be there.

When I hold down RESET, power on the router and wait until the LED goes RED, the ethernet traffic starts (looked through tcpdump) and the following happens in the console:

Decompressing Bootloader.................................

Gateway initialization sequence started.


Version BL: 1.1.3
BOOTP reason : BLFLAG_BUTTON_PUSH
[ROBO] : phy_19 up
[ROBO] : phy_19  fdx
[ROBO] : phy_19  1Gb
Ctrl: BOOTP initiated.
Ctrl: BOOTP Reply received!
*****   Own IP = 169.254.1.10 ()
*****   Server = 169.254.1.1 ()
*****   Mask = 255.255.255.0
*****   Filename = /tg784n.bli
Ctrl: TFTP started (Rx:/tg784n.bli).

Ctrl: TFTP (SDRAM) finished (success).

*** New build received ***
[STARTADDRESS] : C0040000
[BUILDLENGTH]  : 63920 kB
*** FlashProgram started, please be patient! ***
*** 63920 kB programmed ***
*** flashing finished --> clearing FVP ***
Clearing bank FVP for bank 0
Clearing bank FVP for bank 1
Clearing kernel FVP for bank 1 at address 0xc1600000
Clearing bank FVP for bank 2
Clearing kernel FVP for bank 2 at address 0xc2a54000
Bank 2 is of type BOOTABLE, but does not contain a valid kernel at address 0xc2a54000.
Clearing bank FVP for bank 4

*** flashing finished --> rebooting modem ***
***Resetting the board***
[RESET] : board_reset : Debug CallStack information


81305f84 81305dd8 813147f8 81305f84 81305e58 81305e48
81305ea8 813176ac 8131767c 81306048 8131e2e4 81305ee8
8131b8c4 8131e2e4 8131e2e4 81306d70 81306c28 8131cdfc
81307cc4 8131b914 8131bf3c 8131bef4 813000c8

If we instead flash the .rbi image, this happens:

Decompressing Bootloader.................................

Gateway initialization sequence started.


Version BL: 1.1.3
BOOTP reason : BLFLAG_BUTTON_PUSH
[ROBO] : phy_19 up
[ROBO] : phy_19  fdx
[ROBO] : phy_19  1Gb
Ctrl: BOOTP initiated.
Ctrl: BOOTP Reply received!
*****   Own IP = 169.254.1.10 ()
*****   Server = 169.254.1.1 ()
*****   Mask = 255.255.255.0
*****   Filename = /tg784n.rbi
Ctrl: TFTP started (Rx:/tg784n.rbi).

Ctrl: TFTP (SDRAM) finished (success).

*** New build received ***
[STARTADDRESS] : C1600000
[BUILDLENGTH]  : 20816 kB
*** FlashProgram started, please be patient! ***
*** 20816 kB programmed ***
*** flashing finished --> clearing FVP ***
Clearing bank FVP for bank 1
Clearing kernel FVP for bank 1 at address 0xc1600000
Clearing bank FVP for bank 2
Clearing kernel FVP for bank 2 at address 0xc2a54000
Bank 2 is of type BOOTABLE, but does not contain a valid kernel at address 0xc2a54000.

*** flashing finished --> rebooting modem ***
***Resetting the board***
[RESET] : board_reset : Debug CallStack information


81305f84 81305dd8 813147f8 81305f84 81305e58 81305e48
81305ea8 813176ac 8131767c 81306048 8131e2e4 81305ee8
8131b8c4 8131e2e4 8131e2e4 81306d70 81306c28 8131cdfc
81307cc4 8131b914 8131bf3c 8131bef4 813000c8

It then proceeds to a much nicer old kernelboot which gives me a prompt:

Decompressing Bootloader.................................

Gateway initialization sequence started.


Version BL: 1.1.3Booting bank 1

Multicore enable; Booting Linux kernel

pfuncjmp = A0001840

Gateway initialization sequence started.

JTAG select tp0
BOOTING THE LINUX KERNEL

Starting the kernel @ 0x801e6b20
Extra parameters passed to Linux:
[0]: bootloader
[1]: memsize=0x7EDD000
[2]: btab=0xc004020c
[3]: btab_bootid=1
[4]: tbbt_addr=0x3eb4000
Linux version 2.6.30 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 Tue Mar 5 05:24:37 CET 2013
BCM63XX prom init
CPU revision is: 0002a070 (Broadcom4350)
physical memory available             : 129908 Kb
memory reserved for GOMP core        : 25600 Kb
memory reserved for GOMP shared data : 4 Kb
Reserving DSL memory: 00500000-005FFFFF
Determined physical RAM map:
memory: 004fe000 @ 00002000 (usable)
memory: 05fdc000 @ 00600000 (usable)
memory: 00100000 @ 87f00000 (usable)
Wasting 64 bytes for tracking 2 unused pages
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA      0x00000002 -> 0x00001000
Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x00020000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000002 -> 0x00000500
0: 0x00000600 -> 0x000065dc
On node 0 totalpages: 25818
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 80246080, node_mem_map 81000040
DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
DMA zone: 3806 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 172 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 21808 pages, LIFO batch:3
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 25614
Kernel command line: root=31:0 ro noinitrd memsize=0x7EDD000 btab=0xc004020c btab_bootid=1 tbbt_addr=0x3eb4000 console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblocs
wait instruction: enabled
Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 16 bytes.
Primary data cache 32kB, 2-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 16 bytes
NR_IRQS:128
PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 2048 bytes)
console [ttyS0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Allocated NMON module memory - CORE=0x810e8e20 SIZE=1638400, INIT=0x0 SIZE=0
Memory: 97984k/103272k available (1909k kernel code, 5212k reserved, 359k data, 108k init, 0k highmem)
Calibrating delay loop... 399.36 BogoMIPS (lpj=199680)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
--Kernel Config--
SMP=0
PREEMPT=0
DEBUG_SPINLOCK=0
DEBUG_MUTEXES=0
net_namespace: 584 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16
registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
bio: create slab  at 0
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x10004000-0x10013fff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x0007ff]
pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:09.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x10002600-0x100026ff]
pci 0000:00:0a.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0x10002500-0x100025ff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot
pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
pci 0000:01:00.0:   IO window: disabled
pci 0000:01:00.0:   MEM window: disabled
pci 0000:01:00.0:   PREFETCH window: disabled
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
BLOG Rule v1.0 Initialized
Broadcom IQoS v0.1 Mar  5 2013 05:23:41 initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
squashfs: version 4.0 with LZMA457 ported by BRCM
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) �© 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
msgmni has been set to 191
io scheduler noop registered (default)
Broadcom DSL NAND controller (BrcmNand Controller)
i=0, CS[0] = 0
brcmnand_probe: CS0: dev_id=20762076
NAND Config: Reg=04042300, chipSize=64 MB, blockSize=16K, erase_shift=e
busWidth=1, pageSize=512B, page_shift=9, page_mask=000001ff
timing1 not adjusted: 5363444f
timing2 not adjusted: 00000fc6
BrcmNAND mfg 20 76 ST ST_NAND512W3A 64MB

Found NAND: ACC=f3000000, cfg=04042300, flashId=20762076, tim1=5363444f, tim2=00000fc6
BrcmNAND version = 0x0202 64MB @(null)
brcmnand_probe: CS0: dev_id=20762076
1. Found NAND chip on Chip Select 0, chipSize=64MB, usable size=64MB, base=0x00000000
brcmnand_scan: B4 nand_select = 40000002
brcmnand_scan: After nand_select = 40000002
page_shift=9, bbt_erase_shift=14, chip_shift=26, phys_erase_shift=14
Brcm NAND controller version = 2.2 NAND flash size 64MB @00000000
brcmnand_scan:  mtd->oobsize=16
brcmnand_scan: oobavail=12, eccsize=512, writesize=512
brcmnand_scan, eccsize=512, writesize=512, eccsteps=1, ecclevel=15, eccbytes=3
numchips=1, size=4000000
Gateway flash mapping
[NAND] : tBBT loaded
<5>Thomson nand flash translation layer initialized.
flash mapping initialized
parse_btab: num_banks (6)
bank #0: 0, 80000 ()
bank #1: 0, 1600000 ()
bank #2: 0, 2a54000 ()
bank #3: 0, 20000 ()
bank #4: 0, 30000 ()
bank #5: 0, 40000 ()
Creating 1 MTD partitions on "thomson-nand-tl":
0x000001800000-0x000002a54000 : "rootfs"
Creating 6 MTD partitions on "thomson-nand-tl":
0x000000080000-0x000001600000 : "userfs"
0x000001600000-0x000002a54000 : "bank_1"
0x000002a54000-0x000003ea8000 : "bank_2"
0x000000020000-0x000000030000 : "mtdss"
0x000000030000-0x000000040000 : "eeprom"
0x000000040000-0x000000080000 : "rawstorage"
brcmboard: brcm_board_init entry
Serial: BCM63XX driver $Revision: 3.00 $
ttyS0 at MMIO 0xb0000100 (irq = 11) is a BCM63XX
ttyS1 at MMIO 0xb0000100 (irq = 11) is a BCM63XX
ttyS2 at MMIO 0xb0000120 (irq = 12) is a BCM63XX
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
NET: Registered protocol family 15
VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:1.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 108k freed
init started:  Bkserport: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
geniodb driver: Loading ...
geniodb driver: Loading finished with SUCCESS
usyBox v1.00 (201B.03.05-04:25+00utton char device has been created and initialized.
00) multi-call binary
init started:  BusyBox v1.00 (2013.03.05-04:25+0000) multi-call binary
Starting pid 129, console /dev/ttyS0: '/etc/init.d/rcS'
Initializing random number generator
loading geniodb kernel modules...
[BCM ADSL] BcmAdsl_SetOverlayMode = 85 new=0
Initialize the IPC channels.
Loading GOMP firmware : /nmon/firmware/gomp.firm
loaded 5547 Kb @ 0x868A4048
Kicking off Forward Core at entry point 0x868A4048...
Wait for completion....


Gateway GOMP -- CORE ID 1 initialization sequence started.

Enabling SMISBUS PHYS_FAP_BASE is 0x14001000
FAP Soft Reset Done
4ke Reset Done
fapDrv_construct: wastage 8 bytes
bcmPktDma_bind: FAP Driver binding successfull
4KE> PACKET : ethHeader 14, bcmHeader 6, vlanHeader 4, pppoeHeader 8
ipv4Header 20, ipv6Header 0, tcpHeader 20, udpHeader 8
icsum 4, ipTuple 20, key 4, flow 48, flowInfo 32
4KE> DQM    : XtmRx 16, XtmTx 16, EthRx 16, EthTx 16
4KE> MBOX   : 4
4KE> DSPRAM : stack <0x80004000><1024>, global <0x80004400><6760>, free <408>, total<8192>
4KE> PSM : addr<0xE0010000>, used <32692>, free <76>, total <32768>
4KE> FAP BPM Initialized.
4KE> FAP Ingress QoS Initialized.
[BCM ADSL] ------    dslFileLoadImage : OverlayMode = 0 fname=ZXD3AA
pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware: requesting ZXD3AA
[BCM ADSL] Firmware load : 550488 550488 LMEM=(0xB0D80000, 11764) SDRAM=(0xA0500000, 538716)
pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware: requesting phy
Total # RxBds=1616
bcmPktDmaBds_init: Broadcom Packet DMA BDs initialized

fapDrv_psmAlloc: bytes remaining 9400
fapDrv_psmAlloc: bytes remaining 5800
fapDrv_psmAlloc: bytes remaining 1000
b6w_init
FOUND WL DEVICE 0, bus=0, device=0, func=0, vendorid=14E4, deviceid=435F, regaddr=10004000, irq=15
wl:srom/otp not programmed, using main memory mapped srom info(wombo board)
IPC bcm6362 : rtems core has finished init, continueing...
GOMP firmware loaded and running.
Linux Driver Relay v0.1 Mar  5 2013 06:15:19 loaded
veth0 (): not using net_device_ops yet
Forwarding Adaptation Layer v0.1 Mar  5 2013 06:15:20
NET: Registered protocol family 9
NET: Registered protocol family 6
NET: Registered protocol family 5
NET: Registered protocol family 18
NET: Registered protocol family 25
NET: Registered protocol family 10
NET: Registered protocol family 24
Device ipsec not present.
Device rt_event not present.
voice will be loaded
Endpoint: endpoint_init entry
Endpoint: endpoint_init COMPLETED
Device ikanos not present.
Device soc4e not present.
Syncing hardware clock to system time
Starting pid 410, console /dev/ttyS0: '/etc/init.d/rc'
Switching to RUNLEVEL 1 ...
Disabling hotplug helper
route: SIOC[ADD|DEL]RT: File exists
linux application start ...
wait for linux_appl to initialize (1)
wait for linux_appl to initialize (2)

************* ERROR RECORD *************
000000:00:00.000000
Application NMON started after POWERON.
****************** END *****************
wait for linux_appl to initialize (3)

appl_init: BUILD VERIFIED! boardname(DANT-U)
wait for linux_appl to initialize (4)
wait for linux_appl to initialize (5)
wait for linux_appl to initialize (6)
wait for linux_appl to initialize (7)
[SS EMUL] ERR: opening config file /active/ss.conf failed
wait for linux_appl to initialize (8)
wait for linux_appl to initialize (9)
SSH disabled
start fseventd ...
fseventd is started.
start storagepl ...
storagepl is started
start vfspl ...
vfspl is started
MVFS plugin started
cifs plug-in: initializing ...
cifs plug-in is started
upnpavpl start ...
/usr/bin/fusermount
Loading fuse modulefuse init (API version 7.11)
.
Mounting fuse control filesystem.
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9...
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 1s)
WARNING: Unknown Parameter Type (0) ifmfilter for groupname qos
WARNING: Unknown Parameter Type (1) ifmfilter for groupname queue
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 2s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 3s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 4s)
endpoint_open COMPLETED
WARNING: Unknown Parameter Type (1) brgroup for groupname group
adsl: adsl_open entry
ADSL Line state is: DOWN
[adsl] trace = 5 0
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 5s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 6s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 7s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now -1, 8s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 9s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 10s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 11s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 12s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 13s)
ADSL configuration:
adslmultimode = adsl2plus
syslog = disabled
ADSL configuration:
adslmultimode = adsl2plus
syslog = disabled
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 14s)
Adding new linux user
Adding new linux user
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 15s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 16s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 17s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 18s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 19s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 20s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 21s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 22s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 23s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 24s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 25s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 26s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 27s)
******* DSP: Found BCM96362 *******
******* DSP: In PCM Mode *******
******* DSP: PCM running in 16 bit mode *******
gInterruptCounter     = 0xC081BFA8
gInterruptErrors      = 0xC081BFAC
gNextRxDesc           = 0xC081C0A4
gNextTxDesc           = 0xC081C0A0
gDectTestMode         = 0xc06ac9a4
dectBuffStart         = 0xc06ac9b0
gDectRxOutOfSyncCounter = 0xc06ac9b4
gDectTxOutOfSyncCounter = 0xc06ac9b8
64 ms ECAN tail-length
*** gStartRxDesc[0] = 0xA0C00000
*** gBufferSizeBytes = 640
*** gStartTxDesc[0] = 0xA0C01000
halPcmInit 369 nextTxDesc = 0xA0C01000
halPcmInit 369 nextTxDesc = 0xA0C01008
halPcmInit 373 Ownership for TX desc not set. Use this buffer.
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 28s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 3, 29s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 30s)
boardHalInit completed
Custom configuration loaded!
DSP: Interrupt Masks
---------------
IrqMask                   = 0x00000000
IrqMask1                  = 0x00000010

DSP: Interrupt Status
-----------------
IrqStatus                 = 0x00000000
IrqStatus1                = 0x00000000
EndpointInit completed
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 31s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 32s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 33s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 34s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 35s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 36s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 37s)
S67stopload: wait until configuration load reaches phase 9 (now 6, 38s)
S67stopload: configuration load reached phase 9...
nlplugd start ...
Initializing.
Starting netlink plugin
Daemonize netlink plugin

udhcpcd start ...
monitoripd start ...
anti_spoofd start ...
Starting OSGi framework...
/etc/rc1.d/S85launch_osgi: 48: renice: not found
Starting dlistaccess ...
anti_spoofd : process exit !
Intel MicroStack 1.0 - Digital Media Server (DLNA 1.5)(pid = 998),

dlistaccess: running
loc_generate_uuid:ad14fb70-011a-56e9-bd06-a8d00bd84afe
mud ...
mud start ...
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0a.0 (0000 -> 0002)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0a.0 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: Enabling legacy PCI PM
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: irq 18, io mem 0x10002500
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0a.0: USB f.f started, EHCI 1.00
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:09.0 (0000 -> 0002)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:09.0 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: irq 17, io mem 0x10002600
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
USB Serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
SCSI subsystem initialized
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
Starting power manager...
Name: /etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf

Username :

It is now possible to log into the router with username Administrator and a blank password (just press ENTER). And now we are here:

  Username : Administrator
  Password :
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            ______  Technicolor TG784n v3
                        ___/_____/\
                       /         /\\  10.2.6.2
                 _____/__       /  \\
               _/       /\_____/___ \  Copyright (c) 1999-2013, Technicolor
              //       /  \       /\ \
      _______//_______/    \     / _\/______
     /      / \       \    /    / /        /\
  __/      /   \       \  /    / /        / _\__
 / /      /     \_______\/    / /        / /   /\
/_/______/___________________/ /________/ /___/  \
\ \      \    ___________    \ \        \ \   \  /
 \_\      \  /          /\    \ \        \ \___\/
    \      \/          /  \    \ \        \  /
     \_____/          /    \    \ \________\/
          /__________/      \    \  /
          \   _____  \      /_____\/
           \ /    /\  \    /___\/
            /____/  \  \  /
            \    \  /___\/
             \____\/

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  {Administrator}=>
  {Administrator}=>help
  Following commands are available :

  help             : Displays this help information
  menu             : Displays menu
  ?                : Displays this help information
  exit             : Exits this shell.
  ..               : Exits group selection.
  saveall          : Saves current configuration.
  ping             : Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets.
  traceroute       : Send ICMP/UDP packets to trace the ip path.

  Following command groups are available :

  contentsharing  firewall        led             printersharing  pwr
  service         connection      cwmp            dhcp            dns
  download        dsd             dyndns          eth             atm
  config          debug           env             expr            grp
  hostmgr         ids             igmp            interface       ip
  ipqos           label           language        mbus            memm
  mld             mlp             mobile          nat             ppp
  pptp            ptrace          script          snmp            sntp
  software        statecheck      syslog          system          tls
  tunnel          upgrade         upnp            user            voice
  wansensing      webserver       wireless        xdsl

  {Administrator}=>

Next we need to get from the Thomson/Technicolor menu system to a proper root prompt. An old method looked like this:

:script add name addroot command "user add name guru password guru role root descr ROOT"
:script run name addroot pars ""
:saveall

Then you could log in as guru/guru. Haven't got any further with this.

Understanding the .BLI or .RBI image formats

I think BLI = Boot Loader Image, and RBI = Rescue Boot Image this comes mainly from qualified guesswork.

These firmware images are AES 256-encrypted images. The public key is stored in ROM in the device, and is known. A tool called bli223dcrypt can be used to decrypt them. After this, binwalk can be used to analyze the images.

python bliparser.py TG784nV3_10.5.2.Q_generic_demo.bli

decrypted :
00000000: 01 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000010: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000020: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000030: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000040: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000050: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000060: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000070: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000080: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
00000090: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
000000A0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
000000B0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
000000C0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
000000D0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  ................
000000E0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF FF 00 F3 A7 E9 0F 7A  ...............z
000000F0: A9 17 B8 2A F5 65 2D 93  02 EF B1 B5 46 DD E1     ...*.e-.....F..
decrypted2:
00000000: 48 F5 3B 43 92 25 71 CF  7A 16 B7 53 1B EA 05 05  H.;C.%q.z..S....
00000010: 6A F1 24 42 FC 88 BE 26  C6 73 9D 93 30 2F 45 38  j.$B...&.s..0/E8
00000020: 7C E3 D1 37 3C 1A 19 79  90 F1 69 0E 22 CF 51 B2  |..7<..y..i.".Q.
00000030: 57 4A F4 2B 68 CA E2 E6  41 90 28 2E F8 4B BF 30  WJ.+h...A.(..K.0
00000040: 77 90 8E 09 05 80 17 18  AD 50 D4 9A D3 AF 38 56  w........P....8V
00000050: 30 7D 22 18 B4 11 FC C8  15 C7 1A 65 FB 4C 98 1E  0}"........e.L..
00000060: 48 1E 3B C6 DC F9 2E E9  4B 71 EE 3B 55 17 A9 83  H.;.....Kq.;U...
00000070: F0 A3 A7 A9 37 6D 6E 7C  B0 D0 50 1B 4E 14 9C 82  ....7mn|..P.N...
00000080: A4 C1 1E 02 A5 83 DC 44  1E E9 B6 B7 39 16 56 68  .......D....9.Vh
00000090: A7 67 8A EA F6 7E 65 34  0D C2 DC FE 43 6F 79 26  .g...~e4....Coy&
000000A0: D3 79 E3 59 D2 BE 2F 46  4B 52 05 FE 26 DE 06 5A  .y.Y../FKR..&..Z
000000B0: 7C 60 67 E6 5A 0B 6A C6  49 2D CA BA B7 86 6A E9  |`g.Z.j.I-....j.
000000C0: 74 87 1B 93 9A 3B 7C BD  4C E2 8D B2 51 40 B4 0E  t....;|.L...Q@..
000000D0: 44 35 DE 85 1E 45 AA 62  D5 E8 2A 42 BC 42 F0 25  D5...E.b..*B.B.%
000000E0: 5C 28 10 FF 35 1B 2C 52  83 0F E6 B3 1D 0E FB 9B  \(..5.,R........
000000F0: C2 92 A1 3E 55 39 CD 32  F9 4A 23 2C 51 23 13 F9  ...>U9.2.J#,Q#..
aeskey:
00000000: FC 88 BE 26 C6 73 9D 93  30 2F 45 38 7C E3 D1 37  ...&.s..0/E8|..7
00000010: 3C 1A 19 79 90 F1 69 0E  22 CF 51 B2 57 4A F4 2B  <..y..i.".Q.WJ.+

********* fw fixed header decoding *********************************************************************

 [ptr :          ] filname           : TG784nV3_10.5.2.Q_generic_demo.bli
 [ptr : 000      ] imagetype         : BLI223WK0
 [ptr : 006      ] FIACODE           : WK
 [ptr : 020      ] branding          : 0
 [ptr : 028      ] flag??            : 00000000
 [ptr : 032      ] version           : 10.5.2.Q
 [ptr : 040      ] hdrlength         : 0x0000016f
 [ptr : 044      ] datalength        : 0x00c9c11f
 [ptr : 048      ] crc32             : bf2b3ce3
 [ptr :          ] computedhash      : f3a7e90f7aa917b82af5652d9302efb1b546dde1
 [ptr :          ] decryptedhash     : f3a7e90f7aa917b82af5652d9302efb1b546dde1
 [ptr :          ] integritycheck    : True
 [ptr :          ] aeskey            : fc88be26c6739d93302f45387ce3d1373c1a197990f1690e22cf51b2574af42b
 [prt : 0xc9c28e ] footer            :
 [ptr : 368      ] imagetype         : MUTE
 [ptr : 310      ] board             : DANT-U
 [ptr : 318      ] model1            : Technicolor TG784n v3
 [ptr : 341      ] model2            : TG784n v3
 [ptr : 352      ] ?????             : 200
 [ptr : 357      ] flashaddr         : c0040000

********************************************************************************************************

OK let's extract it:

python bli223dcryptex.py TG784nV3_10.5.2.Q_generic_demo.bli
fdata len : 0xc9c298
hdr len   : 0x16f
data len  : 0xc9c11f
totallen  : 0xc9c28e
diffsizes : 0x10
b2mutelen : 0xc9c115
b2posend : 0x179
ptr1dec : 0x179
00000000: 01 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF  FF 00 B1 4D 55 54 45 0A  ...........MUTE.
00000010: 00 C9 C0 D4 37 36 39 33  31 66 61 63 39 64 61 62  ....76931fac9dab
00000020: 32 62 33 36 63 32 34 38  62 38 37 64 36 61 65 33  2b36c248b87d6ae3
00000030: 33 66 39 61 BA 86 D4 55  D0 49 9D DC 2B EB C2 F1  3f9a...U.I..+...
00000040: 64 9A A0 91 56 87 15 52  31 36 BB 8B C7 6F F3 BD  d...V..R16...o..
00000050: CC CE DE 8B 3F 20 89 F0  C6 A8 C0 69 0B 09 5F 60  ....? .....i.._`
00000060: 0F 1E FB 7C B1 8E 6F A0  D2 52 8E 98 8E 4A F6 D7  ...|..o..R...J..
00000070: F6 B4 90 27 FB AB E2 B9  EA E9 48 E8 55 45 13 EA  ...'......H.UE..
00000080: 7F 3A 98 1C 5D A2 0B 9D  C5 39 5E 38 BD E3 F1 94  .:..]....9^8....
00000090: E7 04 68 3B FC 31 45 13  5A F6 5E E3 9B 88 49 77  ..h;.1E.Z.^...Iw
000000A0: 99 17 D5 11 40 9B 24 84  79 DF 4C 4A B1 38 2C EE  ....@.$.y.LJ.8,.
000000B0: 53 13 A1 C1 6E 9C 88 E5  22 F1 3C 93 A3 E2 DA 26  S...n...".<....&
000000C0: 5D A3 3B 97 2A F9 B4 B1  A6 25 ED 36 E1 6A B4 70  ].;.*....%.6.j.p
000000D0: 9D C9 B7 9D 60 1F 86 2F  18 7F F0 98 5D 17 0E B4  ....`../....]...
000000E0: 1A B2 9C 44 25 EC E5 CE  A1 2E 37 FD 27 9B 12 81  ...D%.....7.'...
000000F0: BE 06 3B 3B 18 67 FC 7E  42 80 00 0B E1 10 37     ..;;.g.~B.....7
-------------------------------------------
00000000: 72 7C 5A C0 1B 3A A9 CE  C7 B5 3F 79 73 89 E1 27  r|Z..:....?ys..'
00000010: 88 E8 82 46 F3 B9 9D 66  C1 2B D3 E1 7E 7D C2 BD  ...F...f.+..~}..
00000020: 3C CC F8 A6 9D FE 14 03  22 90 2C 11 79 FA C0 25  <.......".,.y..%
00000030: 18 E1 7E 8C D8 EE E9 68  5F F1 A0 D2 05 94 EB 08  ..~....h_.......
00000040: 54 2F 20 E6 79 3F F1 18  DB C3 62 27 3D E2 67 5E  T/ .y?....b'=.g^
00000050: A7 36 B2 63 5E CD 0E 1D  CE 7F 4D AB 15 5F CE 71  .6.c^.....M.._.q
00000060: 66 11 DB FC A2 C6 B2 DF  D1 4B BD 79 42 61 57 29  f........K.yBaW)
00000070: DA 2D D3 8C 14 30 86 23  AA E3 1E 22 F7 5C 5E 39  .-...0.#...".\^9
00000080: D5 2A 8E 89 32 85 42 BB  2B 68 20 6F 2B B1 23 A5  .*..2.B.+h o+.#.
00000090: 8B 45 EE AB 23 9A 0E 2E  C6 0B D1 D5 B5 45 10 8A  .E..#........E..
000000A0: 14 B1 14 DD 98 98 10 72  26 3A DC 48 05 2B E6 E5  .......r&:.H.+..
000000B0: 06 00 5F 75 D6 EF AD EA  8B A2 65 83 B2 B1 6C CB  .._u......e...l.
000000C0: 19 DB B0 AC F8 14 02 40  0C 63 46 3D 6A AE B5 CA  .......@.cF=j...
000000D0: 0D 36 49 38 09 55 6F 08  F7 6C A2 88 6B 38 CB 3C  .6I8.Uo..l..k8.<
000000E0: F1 35 C3 F8 FB EB 3C 48  62 CA 4C 05 DA 0E 97 83  .5....
000000F0: 60 EA B5 03 71 B7 E6 6E  99 EC 39 38 8D D9 E2 AF  `...q..n..98....
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***** PASS binwalk on this : inflated_TG784nV3_10.5.2.Q_generic_demo.bli

Then we can use binwalk to indentify the firmware contents:

$ binwalk TG784nV3_10.5.2.Q_generic_demo.bli

DECIMAL       HEXADECIMAL     DESCRIPTION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[linus@genomnajs bli223dcryptex]$ binwalk inflated_TG784nV3_10.5.2.Q_generic_demo.bli

DECIMAL       HEXADECIMAL     DESCRIPTION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
262150        0x40006         JFFS2 filesystem, big endian
22806560      0x15C0020       LZMA compressed data, properties: 0x5D, dictionary size: 2097152 bytes, uncompressed size: 2740508 bytes
23855110      0x16C0006       Squashfs filesystem, little endian, non-standard signature, version 4.0, compression:gzip, size: 12304877 bytes, 1342 inodes, blocksize: 65536 bytes, created: 2014-07-01 12:34:57

So we see a JFFS2 filesystem, an LZMA compressed kernel image, and a squashfs image. This is so close to the OpenWRT flash layout that it's hardly a coincidence.