Firmware v1.2.3.0

[JOCKYW2001]

USE THIS FIRMWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Firmware for the WL-HDD can be found here:

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=11&l2_id=2&l3_id=0&m_id=9&f_name=WLHDD_1230_en.zip~zaqwedc

http://www.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-HDD/WLHDD_1230_en.zip
ftp://www.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-HDD/WLHDD_1230_en.zip
ftp://www.asus.it/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-HDD/WLHDD_1230_en.zip
http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-HDD/WLHDD_1230_en.zip
http://www.asuscom.de/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-HDD/WLHDD_1230_en.zip
http://www.asus.com.cn/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-HDD/WLHDD_1230_en.zip

Changelog:


1. format partition to ext3 filesystem
2. usb storage to share
3. disk free space
4. computer name can be set different from SSID
5. running script
6. Windows 98/ME work with FAT on WL-HDD
7. 40GB partition limit to 160GB
8. connection limit to 12
9. Fix: data exist after formatting
10. turn of USB LED while formatting
11. disable the usb ftp while usb mode is set to autocopy


Mirror @ Chupa.nl: (down)
http://files.wl500g.info/asus/wlhdd/firmware/WLHDD_1230_en.zip

[master1601]

It is actualy 1.2.3.0

I've installed it.. and the IDE speed was increased by 5%.

[JOCKYW2001]

It is actualy 1.2.3.0

Ah, yes my mistake :o
@Antiloop:can you correct the thread title? thanks


I've installed it.. and the IDE speed was increased by 5%.
How did you measure that?

[master1601]

My measurement was wrong.

I looked at the 100mb network connection... (task manager)

First it was 14% of 100Mb/s and now 19%..

so actualy it's 30% increase of speed. Forgive me if i'm wrong :D

[pepe]

Do we compare apples with pears? :confused:

A increase of the network load by 5% (from 14% to 19%) doesn't neccessary have anything to do with an increase of the IDE (read/write) speed.
In the worst case this could be due to network problems. (retransmits, more overhead, smaller packet size, etc.) :(

Could you please give us more details on how you messured this?
How dit you generate the network traffic?
What volume of data dit you send/copy to the WL-HDD?
How were the network settings before and after?
etc.

If it ends up to be a 'real' increase (30%) of transported content, this would in deed be very impressive and should ease the problems of streaming video content a lot!!! :eek:

[Styno]

I guess he 'measured' it with taskmanager under Windows XP which you can't use for serious benchmarking IMHO.

[master1601]

I guess he 'measured' it with taskmanager under Windows XP which you can't use for serious benchmarking IMHO.

I did measure it in taskmanager, but i noticed after upgrade to the new firmware, a shorter time to copy and read files from the harddisk.

Did not write the times down.. :o

[master1601]

Could you please give us more details on how you messured this?
TASKMANAGER
How dit you generate the network traffic?
100Mb FILE Write to HDD and same file read
What volume of data dit you send/copy to the WL-HDD?
See previous question..
How were the network settings before and after?
SAME

[JOCKYW2001]

I did measure it in taskmanager, but i noticed after upgrade to the new firmware, a shorter time to copy and read files from the harddisk.
Did you reformat your drive to ext3?

Some other guys also reported better disk performance. Whereas mine got slower! :confused:

Here's how you normally measure raw hdd performance:



# /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/busybox time dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/harddisk/part2/testfile bs=16k count=16384

raw write speed 3.5MB/sec (was 3.8MB/sec with 1.1.2.8)
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
real 1m 13.91s
user 0m 0.35s
sys 0m 33.33s
#
#
# /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/busybox time dd if=/tmp/harddisk/part2/testfile of=/dev/null bs=16k

raw read speed 6.2MB/sec (was 9.1MB/sec with 1.1.2.8)
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
real 0m 41.20s
user 0m 0.16s
sys 0m 17.21s
#


[Update]
Yes indeed! The ext3 filesystem is much faster.

here we go:


# /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/busybox time dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/harddisk/part1/testfile bs=16k count=16384

raw write speed 5MB/sec (was 3.8MB/sec with 1.1.2.8)
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
real 0m 50.72s
user 0m 0.35s
sys 0m 46.90s
#
#
# /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/busybox time dd if=/tmp/harddisk/part1/testfile of=/dev/null bs=16k

raw read speed 11.2MB/sec (was 9.1MB/sec with 1.1.2.8)
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
real 0m 22.66s
user 0m 0.18s
sys 0m 18.04s
#

[petgun]

hi,
I measured the raw speed...


# /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/busybox time dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/harddisk/part1/testfile bs=16k count=16384
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
real 0m 54.34s
user 0m 0.31s
sys 0m 47.12s

4,7 MB/sec writing


# /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/busybox time dd if=/tmp/harddisk/part1/testfile of=/dev/null bs=16k
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
real 0m 27.85s
user 0m 0.25s
sys 0m 17.60s

9,2 MB/sec reading



..that is imo pretty good ! I formattet the disc with ext3 and I have no WLAN and UPnP-Advertising is disabled.

cu,
peter

[pepe]

@JockW2001
What HDD do you have installed in your WL-HDD?

@Petgun
Is your file system formated as ext3?

[petgun]

hi,


@Petgun
Is your file system formated as ext3?

.I formattet the disc with ext3.

cu,
peter

[JOCKYW2001]

@JockW2001
What HDD do you have installed in your WL-HDD?

# ./hdparm -i /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc

/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc:

Model=FUJITSU MHT2080AT, FwRev=0022, SerialNo=NN5AT4915M5H
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a:

* signifies the current active mode

[bartz]

After upgrade to firmware v1.2.3.0 the [Network Neighborhood] with [Apply rules in shared node] doesn't work anymore. I can't connect with a windows XP machine. I tried [net use ..] and [map network drive] in windows explorer. Firmware 1.1.2.8 works fine. In this new firmware I have to disable security and use the guest account or [share all partitions in disk].

Does anyone have the same problem and a solution?

[JOCKYW2001]

You might want to try this: install my 1.1.2.8 custom firmware, it has Samba 3.0.9 and afaik works fine. Next you upgrade to 1.2.3.0 and put the script below in /tmp/harddisk/part1 and call it init.sh. Also put "init.sh" in the "initial script" textbox of the Storage Setting menu of the web interface.



#!/bin/sh
/tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/telnetd -d -l /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/mysh

mount -o bind /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/etc/ /etc

cd /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin

# start userspace NFSv3 daemon
mkdir /var/lib
mkdir /var/lib/nfs
cp /etc/exports /var/lib/nfs/etab
./portmap
./mountd
./unfsd

# start FTP daemon
#killall -9 stupid-ftpd
#./vsftpd &

# start Samba 3.0.9 daemon
killall -9 nmbd
killall -9 smbd
./nmbd -s /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf -D
./smbd -s /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf -D


PS: vsftpd is commented out fttb. I need the 1.2.3.0 GPL sourcecode in order to build it in.

[Martin1802]

Hi :-)

I like my wl-hdd ... now (since 1.2.3) it is possible to switch off wlan *very-happy-now*

Or am I wrong? This Option in WL-HH Configure / Wireless / Advanced / Enable Radio? ... this option was added in Firmware V1.2.3 ... after upgrading FW and resetting to fatory defaults, nothing in selected yes neither no ... so I switched to no ... wlan led goes of after restart ... but after more configurations ... it switches on again :-(

but I have trouble to telnet to wl-hdd ...

---------------
linuxnote1:/home/mazi1802 # telnet 192.168.0.100
Trying 192.168.0.100...
telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.100: Connection refused
---------------

- any chance for a ssh server on wl-hdd?

- How to get the nfs server to my wl-hdd working? seen this howto for FW 1.2.8?

Thanks
Martin

[fallscrape]

I can't seem to get mine to update to the latest version - firmware reads "1.1.2.8" but I get "firmware update failed"

The unit still works fine and I've tried every mirror I can find just in case it was a corrupt download/mirror.

Any ideas?

[fallscrape]

ASUS can put this under "stupid user error"

OK - for people as dumb as me, follow these instructions:

1.)Goto asus site, search for WL-HDD.
2.)Goto downloads
3.)Select BIOS
4.)Download update
5.)Open configuration page on router
6.)Goto firmware section
7.)Try and upload still zipped firmware.

8) Goto 1 as many times as you like, it ain't going to upload.

Or

Do steps 1 to 6
7.) Unzip firmware
8.) Upload
9.) Wait.

D'oh.

[Valkenier]

@jockyw2001

What if i already have firmware 1.2.3.0? Can i just place your files on the HDD/part 1 and then run the script? Or will there be an 1.2.3.0 based custom firmware?


@bartz

I do have the same problem.

[JOCKYW2001]

@jockyw2001

What if i already have firmware 1.2.3.0? Can i just place your files on the HDD/part 1 and then run the script? Or will there be an 1.2.3.0 based custom firmware?

Yes, should run fine

[logos999]

I have installed firmware 1.2.3.0, added your "Linux Distribution" and init.sh as the startup script. THANKS!!! Everyting is working. I can record flwlessly from my DBOX about 80% of the time, 90% if I turn off "record all audiopids".

Any chance I can reach 100% ? :-),

Ive modified the init-script a little, I dont need Wlan and USB:
Thanks 1000 Times
:)
logos999

#!/bin/sh


ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth2 down
ifconfig eth1 10.0.1.220 netmask 255.0.0.0

cd /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin

# start Samba 3.0.9 daemon
killall -9 nmbd
killall -9 smbd
./nmbd -s /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf -D
./smbd -s /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf -D


/tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/telnetd -d -l /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/bin/mysh

mount -o bind /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/etc/ /etc

# start userspace NFSv3 daemon
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/var/lib
mkdir /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/var/lib/nfs
cp /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/etc/exports /tmp/harddisk/part1/conf/var/lib/nfs/etab
./portmap
./mountd
./unfsd

# start FTP daemon
killall -9 stupid-ftpd
#./vsftpd &

[Werner]

I have done the same. Firmware 1.2.3.0 and Jocky's linux distro. What I am missing here is a SSH server. I have seen that Oleg's distribution contains Dropbear. Would it be possible to obtain that binary for the WL-HDD?

Thanks,
Werner

[JOCKYW2001]

I have installed firmware 1.2.3.0, added your "Linux Distribution" and init.sh as the startup script. THANKS!!! Everyting is working. I can record flwlessly from my DBOX about 80% of the time, 90% if I turn off "record all audiopids".

Any chance I can reach 100% ? :-),

I'd say 100% in your case should be possible once the 1.2.3.0 sourcecode is available. That allows to recompile the kernel in order to add a kernel mode NFS server which should be more performant than the usermode nfsd.

I think your current successrate of 80%-90% is not so good. Have you tried different networkconfigurations, e.g interconnect dbox and asus via a switch? Doing it that way you must either disable autonegotiate on the port where the dbox is connected to or you must set the asus to 10 or 100mb halfduplex with the "et" command

/JockyW

[Valkenier]

In firmware 1.2.3.0 I find busybox in /bin I discovered it after installing the files from jockyw2001, don't know if it was there before or not.

But i didn't link it to /bin right? Was it there in earlier firmwares?

Couldn't we just use this busybox, so whitout installing it on HDD, or is it different, or am I just completely wrong? (linux newbie)

2nd Can i put a username/passwd on telnet?

[signed]

I found my drive making clicking sounds this morning, it has been up for 1,5 days. (Rebooted the drive and it was going again.)

How stable is this drive anyway?
I enabled ftp this week, but if i try to connect from the internet and i use NETFTP the ftp server crashes.
This was never a problem when the drive was connected by USB to a Netgear WGT634U.
When i connect using flash FXP it works great however.