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Note : RPI-3 B and B+ have same Build instructions and testing procedure

Introduction

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ featuring a 64-bit quad core processor running at 1.4 Ghz. R-Pi3 B+ supports the dual band 2.4GHz and 5GHz IEEE 802.11.b/g/n/ac wireless LAN which provides an high edge for the broadband developer community to test the RDK-B stack with Router, WiFi functionalities

Build Instructions

To build, follow below instructions

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$ bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

Required Hardware

                   The equipment listed below is required for complete functionality of the standalone environment. The only devices that are tested to work properly in this solution are the specific brands and models listed below. Support for other types of equipment is not available at this time.

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1. Raspberry Pi 3 b or Raspberry Pi 3 b+ device

2. Standard USB keyboard

3. Television set/monitor with HDMI input.

4. Ethernet cables

5. USB-Ethernet Adapter

6. SD Card ( Preferably 8GB or more )

7. Tp-link dongles
8. USB to Serial Debugging Adaptor ( Needed only for serial debugging )

USB to Serial Debug converter Link and set up

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Note : In usual, adaptor will have device name as ttyUSB0 after connected to host PC ( can be checked using dmesg command in host ). Please configure minicom accordingly. 

Dongles Information Links

• For xfinity-wifi - 2g - Purchase Link - TP-LINK TL-WN823N
• For Private-wifi and xfinity-wifi - 5g - Purchase Link - TP-Link AC1300

Lists of Supported Features

1. DHCP Gateway Configuration
2. Connected Devices (Wired/Wireless)
3. Private Wifi 2g/5g
4. Xfinity-wifi 2g/5g
5. Parental Control(Managed Devices,Managed Sites,Managed Services)
6. Port Forwarding
7. Remote Management
8. DMZ
9. Factory-Reset
10. Captive Portal 
11. Password-Reset
12. Test and Diagnostics
13. Bridge Mode
14. Webpa
15. WPS
16. Bootchart
17. MAC Filtering
18. Firewall Settings
19. Log level control through EthLogAgent
20. Firmware Upgrade using Dual bank

Supported Features User manual

• Clients Connection and its set up Diagram in RPI - User Manual
  • RDK Based WiFi Management 
• Additional Routing features user manual - Bridge Mode, Test and Diagnostics,DMZ,Xfinity hotspot (wifi connection) and Remote Management
  • Demo Videos - which covers mentioned features
• Captive Portal in R-Pi User Manual - Captive Portal
• WebPA Client Support - User Manual - Webpa
• Wireless Protection Setup - User Manual - WPS
• RDK-B Boot time data automation - User Manual - Bootchart
• MAC Filtering in R-Pi - User Manual - MAC Filtering 
• RDKB CcspLogAgent Component in RPI - User Manual - Log level control through EthLogAgent
• RDKB(V) Firmware Upgrade in RPI - User Manual  - Firmware Upgrade using Dual bank

Additional Links

• RDK-B Components - covers components supported by RDKB
• Utopia covers basic routing features of RDKB 
• Webui provides the snapshot of RDKB-RPI-webui and control options for routing functionality 

Yocto Modification for RDK B+ Support

1. Back port of Linux kernel from sumo branch(4.14.68) to morty branch in meta-raspberrypi layer
2. Modified linux-firmware bbappend in meta-raspberrypi layer to bring up wireless interface
3. Modified bcm2835-bootfiles bbappend and rdk-rpi.inc (added dtb files) in meta-cmf-raspberrypi layer to boot up  RPI B+ Board