Firmware v1.9.2.7 CR4 [Oleg]

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11-04-2005, 21:04
petgun

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Well, as I do not have wlhdd, I could not even check how this should work.

..you have done a masterpiece without hands on a WL-HDD..

Quote:

Does it really turns off (i.e. all LEDs are turned off and HDD is stoped)?

yes!
11-04-2005, 21:09
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styno

Dear Oleg, thank you for replying so quickly.

- Yes, I've read the entire thread -> It has only hints for people using FAT, rootfs or NFS. I'm using native ext3 partition without rootfs.

This makes sense.

Quote:

- Yes, I've searched (the search button is a big friend of mine remember? :p) on `/opt` and read all topics (about 14 of them) but could only find pointers to this topic, no solution.

Please can you help me?

Would you like to use whole ext3 for /opt? If the answer is no (i.e. you want to leave something to /tmp/harddisk - user accessible share), then repartition the drive.
Anyway, here is goes (it's really simple). Add these lines to your post-boot:

Code:

swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part5 mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc0/part6 /opt

That's all. Am I miss something?
P.S. If you want to share part5 both for /opt and /tmp/harddisk, then create directory named /opt in the /tmp/harddisk and add this line to the post-mount

Code:

mount -obind /tmp/harddisk/opt /opt

and this to post-boot:

Code:

swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part5
11-04-2005, 21:12
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styno

Edit: Ok, I've tried every option in the mount man page and voila, the following works:

Code:

mount -obind /tmp/harddisk /opt

Thanks for your patience.

Styno, I would recommend you creating /tmp/harddisk/opt or separate partition (this is preffered).
11-04-2005, 21:16
yilias

I will probably will be kicked for this (i hope not) but i like the features in this firmware. As i noticed that there is an ssh client in here and thats one thing i like to have.

But now i have a little problem.
1. Is this version safer / more stable then the asus firmware?
2. Is there a webinterface?
3. Can i just upload the firmware to my asus wl500g?

i have a bit linux knowledge but not much aimed at the wl500g

br
Ronald
11-04-2005, 21:19
Styno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Styno, I would recommend you creating /tmp/harddisk/opt or separate partition (this is preffered).

Ok, I will do that. Thanks again for your help!
11-04-2005, 21:22
Styno

Quote:

Originally Posted by yilias

I will probably will be kicked for this (i hope not) but i like the features in this firmware. As i noticed that there is an ssh client in here and thats one thing i like to have.

But now i have a little problem.
1. Is this version safer / more stable then the asus firmware?
2. Is there a webinterface?
3. Can i just upload the firmware to my asus wl500g?

i have a bit linux knowledge but not much aimed at the wl500g

br
Ronald

Well, I must say: You should read a bit in this forum, but I won't kick you out for this ;)

1. Simple rule: When you install more software on a router -> it will become less safe. But hey, everyone is doing this and I've never heard of someone being hacked for it.
2. Yes, it uses the original Asus webinterface with some added pages. An webinterface for ipk packages is underway.
3. Yes, uploading works as described in your manual.
11-04-2005, 21:23
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by petgun

..you have done a masterpiece without hands on a WL-HDD..

In fact Antiloop performed much testing and added WL-HDD pages. I've spent most of time playing with ide modules...
Ok, I need someone to play with GPIO lines then. There should be one, which turns WL-HDD off. The lines in question are accessible via /dev/gpio/outen (output enable) and /dev/gpio/out (output). One line is controling power-led (bit 0), another one is RESTORE button (bit 6) other lines are used for accessing real time clock and controlling power as seems. So, I need volunteer that will run these commands in turn and let me know which one turned wl-hdd off:

Code:

test gpio /dev/gpio/out ff test gpio /dev/gpio/outen 2 test gpio /dev/gpio/out 0 test gpio /dev/gpio/out ff test gpio /dev/gpio/outen 4 test gpio /dev/gpio/out 0 test gpio /dev/gpio/out ff test gpio /dev/gpio/outen 8 test gpio /dev/gpio/out 0 test gpio /dev/gpio/out ff test gpio /dev/gpio/outen 10 test gpio /dev/gpio/out 0 test gpio /dev/gpio/out ff test gpio /dev/gpio/outen 20 test gpio /dev/gpio/out 0 test gpio /dev/gpio/out ff test gpio /dev/gpio/outen 80 test gpio /dev/gpio/out 0
11-04-2005, 21:37
Styno

Hmm, strange thing happens: When I place the mount -obind ... command in post-mount script, the /tmp/harddisk/opt directory doesn't get mounted. But when I execute the same command after logging in it works....
11-04-2005, 21:40
Oleg

Have you added this?

Code:

#!/bin/sh
11-04-2005, 21:53
Styno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Have you added this?

Code:

#!/bin/sh

Code:

cat /usr/local/sbin/post-mount #!/bin/sh swapon /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 mount -obind /tmp/harddisk/opt /opt

Yep, I did :)
11-04-2005, 22:18
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styno

Yep, I did :)

So, it still does not work? If it does not, then try adding something like

Code:

echo post-mount > /tmp/post-mount.log

to check if it really works.
11-04-2005, 22:25
petgun

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

So, I need volunteer that will run these commands in turn and let me know which one turned wl-hdd off:

Code:

test gpio /dev/gpio/out ff .

sorry, I tried them all, but no one switched off the WL-HDD
12-04-2005, 10:50
Feico de Boer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

My guess is that somebody near you just installed wireless equipment. Nothing changed in the wireless stuff in the -4, as it's available as precompiled binary only. The problem is that I've never experienced reboots, etc., so I could not even try to catch this.

As for stability - this one runs in the AP mode - no reboots, etc:

Code:

[root@wl500g-1 root]$ uptime 18:08:19 up 21 days, 25 min, load average: 0.08, 0.01, 0.00 [root@wl500g-1 root]$ cat /.version 1.9.2.7-4

I believe you Oleg, that's not the issue. The -4 firmware just breaks over and over on my setup. Most of the time loosing ssh and wireless, but yesterday it freaked out completely and even LAN access was gone. Being tired of this I flashed back to -3c and sofar things are still going. The last reboot (planned) was around 10 pm yesterday and this morning 9 am I could still log on to the router from the office, sofar it's still alive.

Regarding the wireless. I don't think someone just installed wireless equipment in the neighborhood. I did a netstumbler scan yesterday and all looks the same. Ofcourse, the unit can be switched of but considering the neighborhood and range of the wireless devices, I don't think so. Ofcourse the band is an ISM band and shared with other ISM devices as well, I can't check for wireless videolink devices that may interfere. Apart from that the lower channels are also shared with amateur radio (high power) and professional video link services (low power). One of the reasons to go back to the -3c release, if it is the wireless stuff, that one might give problems to. If the -3c stays online, it may be something different in the -4 release.

If I find something more, I'll let you know.
12-04-2005, 13:34
hugo

Did you try the full reset? I also get instability between firmwares versions if I don't restart configuration from scratch. Also, I usualy disable WMM extentions and work using WEP
12-04-2005, 18:09
Styno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

So, it still does not work? If it does not, then try adding something like

Code:

echo post-mount > /tmp/post-mount.log

to check if it really works.

New day, new attempts :) and I found the problem: post-mount was not executable yet. :o My bad, sorry.
12-04-2005, 19:11
Feico de Boer

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugo

Did you try the full reset? I also get instability between firmwares versions if I don't restart configuration from scratch. Also, I usualy disable WMM extentions and work using WEP

It shouldn't be neccessary for these two versions I think, but to make a long answer short, no I didn't.

Anyway, I appears not just to be -4 because today I lost wireless also on the -3c release (without full reset that is), there was no reset however. I'm trying something different now. With netstumbler I noticed that someone else is on the same channel my box has autoconfigured. Despite the risks of choosing a bad channel, I now fixed the box to channel one that was often used before the change.

If that fails also I will try a full reset and configure from scratch.
12-04-2005, 19:14
hugo

You're right about the firmware difference, but I did experience problems between 3c and 4. I also thought I wouldn't need any reset, but I had random failures while copying big files for example. Now it's perfectly working.
12-04-2005, 19:37
Feico de Boer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feico de Boer

If that fails also I will try a full reset and configure from scratch.

The !@#$% thing just did a reset, that's it, full reset after I cleaned up the kitchen table (should have done that before experimenting anyway and has nothing to do with this issue :) ).
12-04-2005, 19:55
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styno

Am I the only one experiencing problems with ipkg installation?

So far I've encountered the following (which has been reported before, I know):

Code:

$ ipkg.sh update Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/Packages ... wget: //opt/tmp/ipkg/Packages: No such file or directory ipkg_download: ERROR: Failed to retrieve http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/Packages, returning ipkg_update: Error downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/Packages to /opt/lib/ipkg/lists/unslung

Which I solved creating the following directories by hand (Jean-Fabrice told me they shoul've been created automatically, but that doesn't happen with me):
- /opt/etc
- /opt/lib/lists
- /opt/tmp
- /opt/tmp/ipkg
After this I issued the ipkg.sh update again and I receive the list without errors.
Next step is to install ipkg binary, but then new errors occur:

Code:

$ ipkg.sh install ipkg ipkg_get_install: ERROR: Cannot find package ipkg in /opt/lib/ipkg/lists ipkg_get_install: Check the spelling and maybe run `ipkg update'.

When I check the list with:

Code:

$ cat /opt/lib/ipkg/lists/unslung | grep ipkg Source: http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/downloads/ntpclient_2003_194.tar.gz

There is no occurance of any ipkg package.

What to do next?

These is my ipkg.conf file:

Code:

$ cat /etc/ipkg.conf src unslung http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g dest root /

Styno, do NOT touch /etc/ipkg.conf, as otherwise you will not be able to update ipkg. The ONLY step needed is typing

Code:

mkdir -p /opt/tmp/ipkg ipkg.sh update ipkg.sh install ipkg

All directories would be created automatically. Please remove this from your how-to as it's not needed.
12-04-2005, 20:28
Styno

Oleg, I've updated the HOWTO and removed my previous post. Sorry for all the fuss, I guess I was confused by not getting my HDD mounted on /opt.
12-04-2005, 20:42
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styno

Oleg, I've updated the HOWTO and removed my previous post. Sorry for all the fuss, I guess I was confused by not getting my HDD mounted on /opt.

:) I've fixed ipkg.sh, so it will create this directory automagically in the next release.
14-04-2005, 11:10
petgun

Quote:

Originally Posted by petgun

..i think there will be a little performance boost if i can use 32768.

..some NFS-Tuning Tips with speed comparisons table http://cdfcaf.fnal.gov/doc/cdfnote_5962/node16.html
18-04-2005, 08:50
Feico de Boer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feico de Boer

I believe you Oleg, that's not the issue. The -4 firmware just breaks over and over on my setup. Most of the time loosing ssh and wireless, but yesterday it freaked out completely and even LAN access was gone. Being tired of this I flashed back to -3c and sofar things are still going. The last reboot (planned) was around 10 pm yesterday and this morning 9 am I could still log on to the router from the office, sofar it's still alive.

Regarding the wireless. I don't think someone just installed wireless equipment in the neighborhood. I did a netstumbler scan yesterday and all looks the same. Ofcourse, the unit can be switched of but considering the neighborhood and range of the wireless devices, I don't think so. Ofcourse the band is an ISM band and shared with other ISM devices as well, I can't check for wireless videolink devices that may interfere. Apart from that the lower channels are also shared with amateur radio (high power) and professional video link services (low power). One of the reasons to go back to the -3c release, if it is the wireless stuff, that one might give problems to. If the -3c stays online, it may be something different in the -4 release.

If I find something more, I'll let you know.

Currently I'm on -4 again and sofar (keeping my fingers crossed) thing appear to stay online. One of the weird things I noticed was that the wireless (automatic channel selection) always started at channel one, but was on channel 6 when it was in a bad state, this also happened with the -3c release. This, together with Oleg remark that someone else in the neighbourhood may have installed wireless equipment, does indeed appear to be the case.

I did a factory reset and fixed the unit to channel 6 and sofar the issue did not show up. There are a few other settings like fixing to 54g but I don't think that should matter much.

Quite funny (sarcasm implied) that something like channel disturbance should result in loss of wireless ...
18-04-2005, 23:06
reul

Is it also possible to cap the bandwith limit of the FTP-server, with the integrated bandwith limiter?
21-04-2005, 01:15
undead

ipkg midnight commander

I installed on my wlhdd Oleg's firmware 1.9.2.7-4, moved rootfs to hdd, add swap, install ipkg and install midnight commander from unslug (mc_4.1.35-2_mipsel.ipk) and ncurses library (by dependecies).
But when I try to start mc - I have blank screen. I tryed start with any parameters (without mouse, colors e.t.c.) in ssh and telnet - no results, blank screen only.
Anybody run mc from unslug on wl500g or wlhdd ???
21-04-2005, 07:39
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by undead

I installed on my wlhdd Oleg's firmware 1.9.2.7-4, moved rootfs to hdd, add swap, install ipkg and install midnight commander from unslug (mc_4.1.35-2_mipsel.ipk) and ncurses library (by dependecies).
But when I try to start mc - I have blank screen. I tryed start with any parameters (without mouse, colors e.t.c.) in ssh and telnet - no results, blank screen only.
Anybody run mc from unslug on wl500g or wlhdd ???

I've tried to use it, but also failed. Probably something is missing...
21-04-2005, 15:33
iog

1.9.2.7-CR4 still has problems with bigpond

Previously I had Asus FW 1.9.2.7, which worked well except that it dropped out about every two days (on Bigpond cable). With Oleg's custom FW 1.9.2.7-CR4, VPN connection (MS) drops out frequently (it can be after 5 minutes; usually it is 20-25 minutes). I had no dropouts of VPN with Asus 1.9.2.7 (ran for hours). Also, with CR4 there are frequent 1-2 minute periods of timeouts while browsing or email client send/receive (Outlook), which did not occur with Asus 1.9.2.7. It does not look as if it is yet fixed for bigpond.
22-04-2005, 18:34
Ascathôn

When I use telnet and some commands on the router, the device reboots after a few minutes. And it keeps doing this every ~30 minutes until I disconnect the power cable for an half hour to let it cool down. Is it possible the router got overheated?

Using v1.9.2.7 CR4 Oleg
22-04-2005, 21:30
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ascathôn

When I use telnet and some commands on the router, the device reboots after a few minutes. And it keeps doing this every ~30 minutes until I disconnect the power cable for an half hour to let it cool down. Is it possible the router got overheated?

Using v1.9.2.7 CR4 Oleg

Unlikely. Which commands are causing this?
23-04-2005, 02:52
michael

1 Attachment(s)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbrbv

To share my experiences with you:
On my set of two WL-500g's WDS does work with WPS-PSK and AES (on Channel 11).
Both are in AP mode and one of them is connected to a router.

jbrbv : I'm trying to get the same setup working, and have both my WL-500g's set up as you have said above, but still cant get bridging working - could you please give more information on your wireless settings that you used to getthis to work - my WL-500g's are on v1.9.2.7 CR4 and the other details are in the attached pdf - any help you could give would be very much appreciated
23-04-2005, 05:42
guch79

FTP subfolder problem

Hey Oleg

I´ve just updated to this new firmware, and i must say it runs more smoothly then the ASUS Unmodded firmware.

I have read thru this thred and i cant find enybody with the same problem as i.

Problem:

I want to upload all my mp3 music to my FTP, so i want to make a subfolder i a folder. There is no problem with making the folder in flash fxp, but when i try to upload enything to the subfolder i get an error.
If i manualy make the folder, there is no problem uploading files to it.

Exampel:
I make a folder path: Psytrance \ -Artist \ -2003-\
And then i try to upload a folder with the album in, and then i fails.
But if i creat the subfolder manualy and then upload the mp3 files to it, there is no problems.

I use a maxtor ide hardrive, with fat 32 format on it.

Would it help if i make it a linux partiton??

Sorry english is not my first language (",) so i hope this makes sense.

-Gustav
23-04-2005, 12:44
Ascathôn

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Unlikely. Which commands are causing this?

Well, I was just trying some commands. Not any special commands which will change the settings but things like vi, cat, mkdir... Just testing the capabilities.
23-04-2005, 12:53
jbrbv

WDS with WPA-PSK and AES/TKIP

Is it possible to use WDS with WPA-PSK and both AES+TKIP encryptions?
I noticed that most PDA's with WLAN only support WPA-PSK with TKIP (like ASUS A730w), but i want to have AES encryption for PC's and portables. And the WL-500g supports both encryptions at the same time in normal mode.
So i want to have both encryptions available in our environment if possible.
23-04-2005, 15:20
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbrbv

Is it possible to use WDS with WPA-PSK and both AES+TKIP encryptions?
I noticed that most PDA's with WLAN only support WPA-PSK with TKIP (like ASUS A730w), but i want to have AES encryption for PC's and portables. And the WL-500g supports both encryptions at the same time in normal mode.
So i want to have both encryptions available in our environment if possible.

Please read Known Bugs in the FAQ section.
23-04-2005, 17:52
nOBeLium

I've read on first post that this firmware still has wi-fi issues. I just want to confirm the problem I have is determinated by the wi-fi driver or if my router chip is really broken.

With netstumbler, I get an output of 80dBm while the computer is just 1 meter away from the router, in the same room. Tried on a PCMCIA D-Link card and on a Centrino. Both have severe problems with wireless and I don't have signal in a distance of 5 meters tops.

What is your opinion? Firmware issues/wi-fi driver or broken chip? (I tried a different antenna, the one that bundles with asus motherboards and I had exactly the same problem).

Thanks,
23-04-2005, 18:00
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by nOBeLium

I've read on first post that this firmware still has wi-fi issues. I just want to confirm the problem I have is determinated by the wi-fi driver or if my router chip is really broken.

With netstumbler, I get an output of 80dBm while the computer is just 1 meter away from the router, in the same room. Tried on a PCMCIA D-Link card and on a Centrino. Both have severe problems with wireless and I don't have signal in a distance of 5 meters tops.

What is your opinion? Firmware issues/wi-fi driver or broken chip? (I tried a different antenna, the one that bundles with asus motherboards and I had exactly the same problem).

Thanks,

Looks like hardware problem. It should be about -30 - -50 dB.
23-04-2005, 18:29
nOBeLium

Thank you for the reply Oleg. Any suggestion before taking it to the local shop I bought it from?
23-04-2005, 18:38
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by nOBeLium

Thank you for the reply Oleg. Any suggestion before taking it to the local shop I bought it from?

Flash ASUS firmware and reset to defaults before returning it.
23-04-2005, 19:08
nOBeLium

Any special firmware? Since I want to be able to return to the wonderful custom firmware, I'd like to flash it with a firmware that allows me that. I've read that 1.9.3.6 version is harder to flashback.
23-04-2005, 19:17
guch79

Oleg was my question so stupid, that u dont want to answer it???

-Guch79

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