Firmware v1.9.2.7 CR4 [Oleg]

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15-03-2005, 15:25
Oleg

Firmware v1.9.2.7 CR4 [Oleg]
New long awaited firmware available for download: http://files.wl500g.info/asus/custom/oleg/1.9.2.7-4/
Please note, that it still uses the same Wi-Fi driver as other 1.9.2.7 firmwares, so you could have some instability with it. It's also idea to visit this page if you've questions.

Anyway, here it goes:
- First publically available firmware with LZMA compressed kernel
- Fixed bug in the stupid-ftpd code, which prevented NTFS files to be downloaded
- Fixed Telstra Bigpond support (including auto auth server selection)
- Updated dropbear to 0.45, fixed several scp related problems
- Included nfs server functionality (web integrated)
- Several new busybox applets added, including support for mounting nfs shares
- Fixed a bug, which is prevented to work client mode when SSID contains spaces
- Added support for PPTP configuration when PPTP server is located in the different net: use default gateway field to specify gateway address and "Hearbeat server" field to specify PPTP server address
- Removed debug output from the kernel PPTP/GRE modules and lowered loglevel for PPTP client
- Added several new iptables targets, including REDIRECT
  WL-HDD should now mount ide disk automagically, as well as any other units with extenal rootfs
- Added a support for /usr/local/sbin/post-mount script (it's launched once external drives are get mounted, consider moving dependent stuff from post-boot)
- Added color support in the rcamd refresh mode (thanks to benlau for patch)
- Added basic IPv6 support (tunneled and static IP address mode) (thanks to phedny for patch)
- Update uClibc toolchain to enable RPC and IPv6 support
  Added support for installable packages (thanks to Rod Whitby for help)
- Replaced both trx and addver binaries with modified openwrt trx (thanks to Kitsok for helping)
- Basic Microsoft MN-700 support
P.S. Installable package feature still needs to be documented. :) The keyword is ipkg.
15-03-2005, 15:32
Styno

Thanks Oleg! Great work as usual, lots of fixes and new stuff.

Would there be enough free space available with the current use of LZMA compression for exchanging stupid-ftp with vsftpd?
15-03-2005, 15:37
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styno

Thanks Oleg! Great work as usual, lots of fixes and new stuff.

Would there be enough free space available with the current use of LZMA compression for exchanging stupid-ftp with vsftpd?

Well, actually this space is now used by nfs and ipv6 stuff. Anyway, we still have free space and vsftpd could fit to it. The only problem is that vsftpd requires slightly different users concept, which does not applies very well with current stupid-ftpd...
15-03-2005, 15:40
Styno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

The only problem is that vsftpd requires slightly different users concept, which does not applies very well with current stupid-ftpd...

This could be overcome by replacing the FTP config page in the webinterface with a new one specifically for vsftpd, right? How much efford would that take?
15-03-2005, 15:43
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styno

This could be overcome by replacing the FTP config page in the webinterface with a new one specifically for vsftpd, right? How much efford would that take?

I have no idea, as I have not checked this carefully yet.
15-03-2005, 16:20
hugo

Does this mean we can use any openwrt package on the wl-hdd? This is the greatest news of the day then!
15-03-2005, 16:37
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugo

Does this mean we can use any openwrt package on the wl-hdd? This is the greatest news of the day then!

No, as they use different fs layout. I've compiled several packages from the nslu2-linux.org site, they've them in the unslung firmware.
15-03-2005, 16:43
hugo

So basicaly we still have a binary/lib difference between the packages, and we still have to compile them? or can we run the binary directly if set up on correct folders?
15-03-2005, 16:47
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugo

So basicaly we still have a binary/lib difference between the packages, and we still have to compile them? or can we run the binary directly if set up on correct folders?

You could run openwrt binaries as well. For this to work you need to make chroot environment, i.e. mount openwrt rootfs and chroot to it. That's all. You should be able to use most of the openwrt packages after that.
15-03-2005, 16:49
hugo

maybe a small bug?

Code:

[admin@wl-hdd bin]$ ipkg.sh update mkdir: Cannot create directory `/opt/lib/': Read-only file system
15-03-2005, 16:51
hugo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

You could run openwrt binaries as well. For this to work you need to make chroot environment, i.e. mount openwrt rootfs and chroot to it. That's all. You should be able to use most of the openwrt packages after that.

I never though about it, even if I'm doing this with debian for month now. I'm going to trash me for a few minute out of shame :(
15-03-2005, 16:58
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugo

maybe a small bug?

Code:

[admin@wl-hdd bin]$ ipkg.sh update mkdir: Cannot create directory `/opt/lib/': Read-only file system

No, this is not a bug, you will need to mount /opt first. BTW, small example for FAT16/32 users is follows:

Code:

# create 64M file on the harddisk dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 bs=1048576 count=64 # make an ext3 fs on it (answer yes when asked) mke2fs -j /tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 # mount it mount -text3 -oloop,noatime /tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 /opt

You now have 64M /opt for packages. Add this line to post-mount to mount it on startup

Code:

#!/bin/sh mount -text3 -oloop,noatime /tmp/harddisk/opt.ext3 /opt

installing packages (install real ipkg first):

Code:

ipkg.sh update ipkg.sh install ipkg

Once done:

Code:

echo "src unslung http://wl500g.dyndns.org/unslung" >> /opt/etc/ipkg.conf ipkg update ipkg list
15-03-2005, 17:01
hugo

Must I use a loop filesystem, or can I directly use my HD ext3 partition? Any performance issue?
15-03-2005, 17:12
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugo

Must I use a loop filesystem, or can I directly use my HD ext3 partition? Any performance issue?

The above sample is for ones, which are willing to use FAT filesystem. Mounting separate partition is much better than a loop. BTW, if you use rootfs, then mount is optional, as /opt is writable.
15-03-2005, 17:17
hugo

Work like a charm on my Wl-hdd. Thanks for all this Oleg.

BTW, if I use your sample post-firewall script, but then disable firewall in web page, then the wl will lock on reading the post-firewall script. I guess I have to think about removing it first, but it might stuck a begginer.
15-03-2005, 20:26
kfaessen

IPv6

Wow with IPv6 support GREAT!!! but how do I set it up properly?

My isp supports the IPv6 network but I don't know how to setup the addresses (because they are unknown to me)

My other Windows 2003 machine is directly connected to the internet and can ping directly without a tunnel to an IPv6 address and even open IPv6 websites so i'm sure my ISP supports it.

Anyone who can help me setting it up in my network?
15-03-2005, 22:05
rwhitby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Added support for installable packages (thanks to Rod Whitby for help)
P.S. Installable package feature is still need to be documented. :) The keyword is ipkg.

Note that www.nslu2-linux.org has 276 packages (growing every day), and 92 of them build out-of-the-box for uClibC on the wl500g.

See http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/un...table/Packages for the complete list (not all of them will compile for uClibC - the nslu2 is glibc-based).

Kergoth (the OpenEmbedded maintainer) has also added uClibC 0.9.19 support for us, which should make quite a few of the 2000 or so OpenEmbedded packages available for the wl500g too. I will be adding an "asusoe" distribution for the "wl500g" machine to OpenEmbedded in the next couple of days.

-- Rod
16-03-2005, 01:20
tomilius

Nice work! Excellent! If only I had a flash disk... To attempt to test free-radius, I just created a 2mb ext3 file in RAM following your instructions but with a count of 2...

"ipkg.sh update" tells me http://wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg/Packages is a 404, as does my browser...
16-03-2005, 01:32
rwhitby

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomilius

Nice work! Excellent! If only I had a flash disk... To attempt to test free-radius, I just created a 2mb ext3 file in RAM following your instructions but with a count of 2...

"ipkg.sh update" tells me http://wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg/Packages is a 404, as does my browser...

Seems that Oleg put the files in wl500g.dyndns.org/ipk instead of wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg (note the 'g' on the end).

Oleg, can you move the files on the server from the ipk directory to a new ipkg directory ? It should be called ipkg cause that's what everyone else calls it :-)

-- Rod
16-03-2005, 01:46
tomilius

I think I'll also mention, though this goes without saying by now (and you, Oleg, state that the WiFi driver is the same), that wireless issues are still present in this version (judging by my Event Log).
16-03-2005, 07:54
max2950

Oleg why don't you try to get a job at Asus? You're doing great things !

Silver in the Custom Developpment section posted smaller images to gain space, would this be worth?
16-03-2005, 09:15
elpaso

Problem upgrading

Hi,

I've successfully flashed the new firmware on my WL-HDD, but now the "old" root filesystem on my HDD is still mounted as root filesystem: how to copy the new root filesystem over the old one?

How can I mount the new filesystem from the new firmware and copy the files?

I tried mount /dev/root /sq -t squashfs but I get a permission denied message.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
16-03-2005, 10:08
petgun

hi,
work like a charm on my Wl-hdd. Thanks for all this Oleg.
Only two problems: files larger 2 GB become invisible browsing with Samba/CIFS or FTP and the NFS r/w buffers are limited to 8192...i think there will be a little performance boost if i can use 32768.

cu,
peter
16-03-2005, 20:36
mr0mega

Hi,

Just flashed my router with this firmware in the hope of making my storage of files on my usb disk in both windows and mac a more enjoyable task than FTPing :)

However, I have come accross some problems:

Samba: By the look of it I have to change some settings 'in' my router, how can I go about activating this, and using it in win/mac

NFS: This looks more complete than Samba, however whenever I try to connect I get access denied, so I try to do it using my router user and password and it still fails..is this correct?

mount admin:admin@192.168.1.1:/usb /Mount

where I added usb as one of the exported names

Thank you very much in advance, hopefully I can use the shared usb disk to it's potential :D
16-03-2005, 21:13
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by rwhitby

Seems that Oleg put the files in wl500g.dyndns.org/ipk instead of wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg (note the 'g' on the end).

Oleg, can you move the files on the server from the ipk directory to a new ipkg directory ? It should be called ipkg cause that's what everyone else calls it :-)

-- Rod

Sure, moved them. It should work now. :)
16-03-2005, 21:15
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by elpaso

Hi,

I've successfully flashed the new firmware on my WL-HDD, but now the "old" root filesystem on my HDD is still mounted as root filesystem: how to copy the new root filesystem over the old one?

How can I mount the new filesystem from the new firmware and copy the files?

I tried mount /dev/root /sq -t squashfs but I get a permission denied message.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Code:

rmdir /mnt reboot

Once rebooted it should not mount rootfs and you should follow original instructions.
16-03-2005, 21:16
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by petgun

hi,
work like a charm on my Wl-hdd. Thanks for all this Oleg.
Only two problems: files larger 2 GB become invisible browsing with Samba/CIFS or FTP and the NFS r/w buffers are limited to 8192...i think there will be a little performance boost if i can use 32768.

cu,
peter

Have you tried rsize and wsize mounting options?
16-03-2005, 21:20
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr0mega

Samba: By the look of it I have to change some settings 'in' my router, how can I go about activating this, and using it in win/mac

Nothing except specifying LAN host name and enabling samba.

Quote:

NFS: This looks more complete than Samba, however whenever I try to connect I get access denied, so I try to do it using my router user and password and it still fails..is this correct?

mount admin:admin@192.168.1.1:/usb /Mount

Nfs does not use usernames concept at all. So the right command should be as simmple as this:

Code:

mount -tnfs 192.168.1.1:/tmp/harddisk /Mount

Also, you need to be sure, that directory /usb exists on the router or you've used appropriate options in the exports to map /usb to something really present. Did you?
16-03-2005, 22:06
mr0mega

Hi,

Thanks for answering my questions, I have enabled NFS, and created two folders on my usb disk, any directory specified in the mount command gives me this error:

John-Yourens-Computer:~ johnyouren$ mount -tnfs 192.168.1.1:/usb /Mount
mount_nfs: can't access /usb: Permission denied

The same with your example:

John-Yourens-Computer:~ johnyouren$ mount -tnfs 192.168.1.1:/tmp/harddisk /Mount
mount_nfs: can't access /tmp/harddisk: Permission denied

I will restart my mac, and see if I have any look with SAMBA :)

Also, I cannot get my mac to print, if I use RAW printing there is no way of specifing the port to use, and so that doesn't work.

If I set to LPR, it still won't print, even though it seems to send the data to the router.

If you have any ideas I would be more than happy to try them.

Thanks!
16-03-2005, 22:20
mr0mega

ok, update

on my usb disk there are two folders called Disk and usb, in the nfs section of the settings I added:

/disk
/usb

Now, when I reference these files I get

John-Yourens-Computer:~ johnyouren$ mount -tnfs 192.168.1.1:/disk /Mount
mount_nfs: can't access /disk: Permission denied
John-Yourens-Computer:~ johnyouren$ mount -tnfs 192.168.1.1:/disk /Mount
mount_nfs: can't access /disk: No such file or directory

it seems to flip between permission denied and no such file or directory :S

Also, if I type

smb://192.168.1.1

in my 'Go To Server' box on my mac it won't connect :(
17-03-2005, 07:34
petgun

hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Have you tried rsize and wsize mounting options?

yes

cu,
peter
17-03-2005, 09:01
elpaso

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Code:

rmdir /mnt reboot

Once rebooted it should not mount rootfs and you should follow original instructions.

Thanks oleg, it worked perfectly :)

I'm now trying to install packages (gift) from unslung, but there is a libc issue:

Code:

[admin@wl /root]$ gift-setup -sh: gift-setup: not found [admin@wl /root]$ giftd giftd: linked against GNU libc!

Should I install other libs to run this packages?
Are thy meant to run in chroot?
17-03-2005, 09:05
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by petgun

hi,

yes

cu,
peter

So, what? Buffer size is controlled by client, not server, so rsize and wsize controls that. Is not it?
17-03-2005, 09:06
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by elpaso

Thanks oleg, it worked perfectly :)

I'm now trying to install packages (gift) from unslung, but there is a libc issue:

Code:

[admin@wl /root]$ gift-setup -sh: gift-setup: not found [admin@wl /root]$ giftd giftd: linked against GNU libc!

Should I install other libs to run this packages?
Are thy meant to run in chroot?

Well, looks like gift build is broken then. :) Unslung packages are not tested at the moment. Someone should take care of this.
17-03-2005, 09:08
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr0mega

I will restart my mac, and see if I have any look with SAMBA :)

It appears, that MAC requires support for CIFS, which is not supported by this Samba version.
17-03-2005, 09:13
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr0mega

ok, update

on my usb disk there are two folders called Disk and usb, in the nfs section of the settings I added:

/disk
/usb

Now, when I reference these files I get

John-Yourens-Computer:~ johnyouren$ mount -tnfs 192.168.1.1:/disk /Mount
mount_nfs: can't access /disk: Permission denied
John-Yourens-Computer:~ johnyouren$ mount -tnfs 192.168.1.1:/disk /Mount
mount_nfs: can't access /disk: No such file or directory

it seems to flip between permission denied and no such file or directory :S

Also, if I type

smb://192.168.1.1

in my 'Go To Server' box on my mac it won't connect :(

You need to setup exports in the right way. Start reading /etc/exports man page. Every line in the exports list should be valid line for the /etc/exports, as it's copied directly. For simple setup you could use this single entry:

Code:

/tmp/harddisk 192.168.1.0/24(rw,async,no_root_squash)

This will export your storage to all clients on the LAN.
You could then mount it like this:

Code:

mount -tnfs -orsize=32768,wsize=32768 192.168.1.1:/tmp/harddisk /mount_point
17-03-2005, 09:54
petgun

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

So, what? Buffer size is controlled by client, not server, so rsize and wsize controls that. Is not it?

..my client is a DBox2 and I changed rsize/wsize > 8192 without any success...'mount' always shows 8192...smaller is possible but not > 8192

What do you say to the invisible files > 2GB?
17-03-2005, 10:09
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by petgun

..my client is a DBox2 and I changed rsize/wsize > 8192 without any success...'mount' always shows 8192...smaller is possible but not > 8192

What do you say to the invisible files > 2GB?

This seems to be a limitation of the current kernel/daemon:

Code:

/* * Maximum blocksize supported by daemon currently at 8K */ #define NFSSVC_MAXBLKSIZE 8192
17-03-2005, 10:10
Oleg

Quote:

Originally Posted by petgun

What do you say to the invisible files > 2GB?

Do you've this with samba/ftp only?
17-03-2005, 11:05
petgun

hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oleg

Do you've this with samba/ftp only?

yes

will you change the rsize/wsize limitation of the current kernel/daemon in an upcoming Version of your brilliant Firmware?

cu,
peter

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