WR703N Shairport

This is a simply a barebones OpenWRT image designed to turn a WR703N into an airplay streamer using shairport and a cheap USB sound card.

Installation Instructions:
1) Flash firmware using appropriate image/method.

2) Telnet to the administrative LAN interface @ 192.168.1.1 (no password). Set a password (passwd).

3) Update /lib/wifi/mac80211.sh with your wireless settings.

4) Update /etc/rc.local - set "--apname" to your choosing. This name will appear in your iDevice.

5) Reboot

If you want to build it yourself, I've included the instructions I followed in the wiki.

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michaelgoodson Posted 2014-08-13

Just installed it this last weekend. Worked flawlessly. Thanks. Just as an aside to anyone else trying install this for the first time, replacing the firmware on you TP-Link TL-WR703N router with OpenWRT and flashing in this build to use it as an AIrplay receiver, you are probably going to have to do a bit of playing around to get a feel for how it all works and you may wind up "bricking", though not permanently, you router. Just plan on a bit of hacking and it will all work out. You probably need a bit of an understanding of Linux as well.
voodle Posted 2014-05-11

Thank you very much for the write up on this build, it's very helpful. I had some trouble with it but I used a newer version of Shairport and now it's behaving perfectly :)
hilgude Posted 2013-11-06

Cool !!! Not tested yet, but was about to do the same thing... thanks for making this work available on sourceforge ! had make shairport running using alternate method (using the IPK by microfono on shairport openwrt forum thread) A little soldering to intégrate the additional hardware in the original case and the WR-703N, become the perfect and cheapest airplay device...