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Problem with HP Printer: 1.9.2.7-7b not OK in RAW modus
LPR mode - works fine
RAW mode - not works
Printer: HP 6p
HW ASUS WL-500b
printer port: LPT
Firmware 1.9.2.7-7b
External usb disk (possible reason?)
running built-in dropbear, built-in samba, cron (installed via ipkg), added Midnight commander (via ipkg)
ps:
70 root 276 S lpd
72 root 240 S p9100d -f /dev/usb/lp0 0
74 root 240 S p9101d -f /dev/printers/0 1
Syslog: - see attached file
Any ideas?
Vladimir
DNS Relay, VPN Problems....
Today was the first time i connected to my companie's network since i upgrade my WL500g to this firmware.
I had a very strange experience, although i'm not sure that it is linked to my VPN connection but i think so because i was able to reproduce the issue.
After connecting to the VPN i started to copy some files from the server to my computer and the connection dropped.
The router status mentionned that it was connected, but in fact the DNS relay was not working anymore. Setting up my ISP's dns on my computer did not help.
Hard restarted the router and everything was find until i connected to my VPN again..... I also reproduced the issue
I downgraded to 1.9.2.7-6b .... And now all is fine.
Here is my config :
WL500g in home gateway mode firewall disabled, connected to an ethernet DSL modem (freebox) which does the PPPoE job....
Thanx for reading ;)
Mini Howto for WDS with WPA-PSK TKIP
Hi,
I have spend many hours but now its works for me.
2x WL500g with FW 1.9.2.7-7b connected with WDS and WPA-PSK TKIP.
What i have found out:
You can configure all settings with the webinterface but don't add the MACs under
Remote Bridge List and Access Control List.
I have add the MACs in the /usr/local/sbin/post-boot script:
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#!/bin/sh
sleep 2
# WDS MAC from other site
wl wds 00:0C:XX:XX:XX:XX
sleep 2
# Client MACs
wl mac 00:13:XX:XX:XX:XX
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I think when the MACs are in nvram the Router turns the wds on but it's not the right time to turn it on.That's why i have put the sleep to the script.:rolleyes:
confirmation of mini howto use WDS with 1.9.2.7
Hi,
I can confirm this workaround is perfectly working. Thank you tomekmik!! I've been searching for this topic a long time. It's very important that if you will use the MAC access security the list of allowed WLAN stations will be empty in the web client and only be set by the post-boot as describe by tomekmik above.
Sigurd
How to completely clear memory?
Hi,
What can you do to completely clear a WL500g's memory? I.e. how to:
- flash another firmware release;
- clear the flashfs;
- clear the nvram settings / set nvram settings to those that are correct for this particular firmware release etc.?
- clear any other stuff that needs to be cleared :-)
In other words, how can you be sure to really start from scratch with an updated firmware? I already found some instructions on using firmware restoration, using clear_nvram firmware etc., but I'm not getting a complete picture of it yet. As a result, it seems that some settings from previously installed firmware are kept when upgrading.
Thanks!
changing password problem
Using 1.9.2.7-7b on a wl500g deluxe V: If I try to change the admin password it seems that it will not be saved correctly by pushing the save button.
Result: even if the router is rebooted immediately the password keeps unchanged.
The only way I found to change it in this firmware version is to enter the new password as usual at the change password page, push the "save" button. Change to the Wireless or Lan configuration page, push the "finish" button and use on the confirmation page the "save and reboot" button. After the reboot the the password is changed.
HP 990cxi Printer: RAW Modus not working with 7b
I have installed v1.9.2.7 CR7b. Thanks to Oleg again for his work. Seems to be OK with exception of printing in RAW Modus.
Prints are acccepted without error comment, but they are not processed.
In LPR Modus the printer works fine.
What are the findings of other users with raw printing and new firmware version?
VPN (PPTP) doesn't work with 1.9.2.7b
Hi,
First of all, many thanks to Oleg for his continuing work.
I'd like to report a problem with the new firmware on my WL500g. PPTP VPN stopped from working. I rolled back to 1.9.2.6 and it works again. I didn't clear nvram between flashing. The config is:
ISP WAN: private static 192.168.1.112
ISP Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
PPTP:
Heartbeat: public 195.a.b.c.H
Assigned IP: public 195.a.b.c.I
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.255
Gateway: 195.a.b.c.G
LAN: 192.168.2.0/24.
Routing stopped working. The routing tables before and after the upgrade look absolutely the same:
Code:
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
195.a.b.G 192.168.1.112 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 eth1
195.a.b.G * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 br0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 195.a.b.H 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
Downgrading the firmware fixes the problem.
Thanks for looking into this.
Cheers,
Andrew.
Unable to access USB drives without activating built in FTP server (stupidftp)
Hi,
I can't seem to get the USB drives to mount without activating the built in FTP server. Not with this firmware, or previous 1.9.2.7 CR6 firmware.
What I want to do is use VSFTP as an FTP replacement for the built in FTP server: http://www.sprayfly.com/wiki/VSFTP_Guides
The messages in the system log show:
USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x1058/0x400) is not claimed by any active driver.
To me, this sounds that there is no request by any existing process for a USB drive to function and therefore it is not loaded. Is this true?
What should I change to make sure USB drives can always be mounted without setting the built in FTP server to active?
Steps how to reproduce?
1. Log in to the router: http://192.168.1.1/index.asp
2. Click USB Application
3. Select FTP server
4. Select the "No" radio button for the "Enable FTP server" field
5. Finish, and does reboot
PS. I'm doing this on the WL500g Deluxe.
System Setup - Operation Mode - Access Point no longer functions
I upgraded from the initial firmware OOB to this firmware. I then want to use the router as an Access Point so I open System Setup - Operation Mode and select Access Point.
I do not have a Finish button to save and reboot the router and when I click Apply the screen flashed but nothing happens. Going to another screen where I can choose finish results in a no longer functioning router meaning that it does not come back up again on 192.168.1.1, the default ip adress.
Anyone else had this experience and if so what do I need to do to get Access Point mode functioning again. Can I change a setting using Telnet to test that?
Thanks in advance!
VPN with MPPE/MPPC working
After two nights of messing with it, I finally got my WL-500g (actually an MN-700) to connect reliably to a Windows 2000 VPN server, WITH mppe/mppc.
I pretty much followed this:
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ho...figure_by_hand
and then this:
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ro...tml#lan-to-lan
A few changes, of course, since pppd on the wl-500 is configured to have its config files in /tmp/ppp, not /etc/ppp
I had to wipe out the existing /tmp/ppp/ip-up and /tmp/ppp/ip-down links.
instead, my ip-up has only two lines:
Code:
route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev ppp0
ifconfig ppp0 mtu 1400
The other big change was to use the following pppd options in addition to those in the link above.
Code:
nomppe-128 (instead of require-mppe-128)
require-mppe-40
mppe-stateless
128 bit might work, but I saw in the troubleshooting guide (http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml) that it sometimes causes problems, so I force it to 40-bit instead. The kicker was forcing a stateless encryption though. Without that I was getting protocol rejects while trying to transfer data of any fairly large size, or at least CCP resets.
I also used the following pppd options to make the connection restore itself in the event it fails:
Code:
lcp-echo-interval 10
lcp-echo-failure 3
maxfail 0
persist
Before launching pppd, I modify the iptables a bit:
Code:
iptables --table nat --append POSTROUTING --out-interface ppp0 --jump MASQUERADE
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu
I didn't have to do any of the other iptables stuff recommended by the link because all the proper allow(s) are already in there.
finally, since there's no "pon" utility, I launch pppd with the following:
Code:
pppd call (my config file name)
I automated the file deletions and copies and such with /usr/local/sbin/post-firewall
Setup like this, any packets destined for 192.168.*.* get NAT'd through the VPN connection. Anything else gets NAT'd through the normal WAN port.
So, uh, yea, just like the link above, except everything is different. :D
I won't know how stable it really is until I use it for a while, but for now I can run remote desktop and outlook through it just fine.