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As promised in various threads, I've posted my custom 1.0.4.6 based firmware image, instructions, and commentary at:
http://home.comcast.net/~kfurge/wl700ge.html
Usual disclaimers: Dangerous, reflash at your own risk, as-is, no warranties, etc...
Future images to come as significant progress is made. Hope some of you find it useful.
- K.C.
Nice dude! Can't wait to try it!Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
OK, I have taken the plunge and installed this. I think I followed all of the instructions correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
I can telnet to the router, as advertised, so that works.
I seem to have all of the same functionality as I had with the original firmware ... so no damage to report so far.
How do I know if and when the HDD spins down? The "IDE" light is on faintly, and by feel the disk seems to be spinning. The parameter 180 in the rc.local file means 180*5 = 900 seconds = 15 minutes, does it not?
I guess I'll have to wait a quarter of an hour to find out if that is working then.
I'm keen to try at least the ctorrent_1.3.4-dnh1-1_mipsel.ipk package from the openmss project, but I'm not sure how to proceed on that front.
But anyway, so far, so good. A big "THANKYOU" for your efforts so far, kfurge.
I can report that HDD spin-down also works.Quote:
Originally Posted by hal2k1
I have seen no errors so far.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
In Firmware 1.0.4.2 the Switch on the back worked fine in AP mode. but not in the 1.0.4.6 - can you modify the firmware so this works??
The only problem with the switch is that I dont get any IP address - it works fine if I set up the IP manually - but no automatically setup will come through from my VPN router.
Thanks!
>>BARTENS<<
Yes, it's 15 minutes. It's hard to tell sometimes if the HDD is spinning or not. I find the best way is by feel or by putting my ear on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by hal2k1
To test whether or not the packages worked, I did the steps below. Don't take them too literally, I'm recalling them from memory, but they should help guide you in the right direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by hal2k1
1. Unpack the .ipk file with ar -x on a linux box
2. Copy the data.tgz file to /shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1
3. Unpack the data.tgz file (tar xvzf data.tgz)
4. Add opt/bin to your path
export PATH=/shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1/opt/bin:${PATH}
5. Add opt/lib to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1/opt/lib
6. Run your binary
Steps 4 and 5 will have to be repeated every time you login. This is annoying, so I plan to integrate these steps into my next image.
- K.C.
Sorry, right now I don't have time to fix Asus bugs. Perhaps when my to-do list is finished I'll be able to look into bug fixes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartens
FWIW, it's unlikely this problem is fixable by anyone outside of Asus. The basic router initialization is handled by a program called rc. It was buildable in 1.0.4.2, but is only distributed in binary form with 1.0.4.6.
- K.C.
kfurge - is it possible to password protect utelnetd on your firmware without having to modify the source code further?
I like to telnet into my router from the outside world, so password protection is fairly important :)
Thanks, it works for me, but when i use the third rc.local file, my webserver isnt working. So i switched to the second file.
Sollie.
This Firmware finally solved my problems
THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS
1000X THANKS :D
For some reason I cannot telnet the router? Is the port number 23? Do you need to make telnet in the boot time? strange. The telnet is always refuses. maybe that's because I change the IP adress to 192.168.1.2 since my ADSL router modem that I connect to wl700ge via a Lan port as the ip 192.168.1.1, don't know ...
I test with telnet wl700ge, and with telnet 192.168.1.2 and none seem to work
I probably should have been more clear on the web page. The third rc.local file is only for demonstrating some of what can be done within the script. It's not general purpose like the other two.Quote:
Originally Posted by sollie
If you review the script, you'll notice I kill the Asus thttpd then restart it to point to my content (which is not present on your router).
- K.C.
There's no IP address distinction for the telnet server. Perhaps you may have the router plugged into your lan via the WAN interface (eth0). I configured utelnetd to only listen on the LAN interface (br0). Try removing the "-i br0" part from the utelnetd startup. This will fire up telnet on both the LAN and WAN ports. See if that helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by IMM22
Another trouble spot may be the script failing to execute. Prior to gaining telnet access, make sure the script is only present in /shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1/web. If you have a script in /shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1 make sure to remove it. This is because the startup script (rcex) prefers the non-web location, but requires that the execute bits be set.
- K.C.
I'm working on this. It just requires a busybox built with login support.Quote:
Originally Posted by d3viant
One of my goals is to limit the amount of changes to the original Asus code. This will help shield me from future Asus upgrades.
To that end, I was hoping that one of the openwrt project busyboxes had login built in so I could just bolt it on, but it seems like they don't, so I'll probably have to enable it in the Asus code.
Another firmware image is coming soon anyway because I stumbled across the /dev/random blocking problem while configuring dropbear. Turns out our little box is starved for random entropy, so I need to tweak devfs a little bit to redirect /dev/random to /dev/urandom.
When I get this image ready, I plan to include some form of login support. Stay tuned...
- K.C.
Ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
It's working
Success installing ctorrent, very easy following kfurge instructions. A bit disappointed I aspect a more graphical interface, is only text mode :(
There are a fair few ncurses based bittorrent clients - so it may be possible to get one of those going eventually...
http://ctorrent.sourceforge.net/ ?
openwrt choosed that one.
That's the client that ships with the wl700gQuote:
Originally Posted by Gregoire.Favre
Quote:
Originally Posted by fireflash
It seem there is a new one, the "Enhanced CTorrent" is that the one who ships with the Wl700g?
If this is a more powerful version, does some one with the right acknowledge to compile or install this in the Wl700gE?
Default there is a gift deamon inside the wl700g (http://gift.sourceforge.net/software/core.mhtml), no ctorrent client. The client inside the wl700g is a webbased gifd client. Look on google and you can find windows and linux clients for giftd. Gift deamon has a cool feature. It can search over the gnutella and fasttrack networks. To use this you have to enable the extra function in the wl700g (Enable Download Daemon?). After that you have to download another windows client with search support and you are able to download more (http://www.kceasy.com/).
Ctorrent doesnt have this kind of features, but it has a ratio option (giftd not) and ctorrent isnt borked as the giftd implementation.
I hope you all know the differents.
Sollie.
PS: http://wl700g.info/showthread.php?t=7170
Stupid question, but how would I know that the upgrade worked?
Initially it stopped a couple of times, then I downloaded the firmware again (I thought I might have corrupted it). Then it seemed to work (following the wl500ge howto from this forum). Just for good measure, I tried again using the software on the brick itself, and again it seemed to step through the upgrade just fine.
The "System Setup - Firmware Upgrade" page still shows "Firmware Version 1.0.4.6" I waited about 20 minutes after the boot, but I think the hard disk was still running (it sure sounded like it). If I telnet to 192.168.1.1 I get a "connection refused" message.
Big thanks to kfurge for all of his efforts!!!:D
Quote:
Originally Posted by Life2Short
To notice some changes you have to read the explanation in the download page. Read it carefully. The disk keeps on going and the telnet is not working because you didn't install any of the scripts available on the download page, that's why :)
I guess that was an even dumber question than I thought it was... :o :p
Thanks for setting me straight IMM22!!! :D
I got the drive to spin down, and since I can telnet into the box everything is pie. Thanks again kurge!!!:D :D :D
There's a giftd client AND ctorrent. Otherwise the router would have no BT capabilities out of the box, which it does (such as they are). The problem lies with the fact that Asus chose to go with the ctorrent client instead of the enhanced-ctorrent client, which fixes a lot of the bugs the original ctorrent had.Quote:
Originally Posted by sollie
Trust me, the executable is on the router, and the source is in the firmware's source tree. And I've seen it running on the router when running a download.
Compiling enhanced-ctorrent, however is beyond my (limited) abilities. I've tried but I can't even get 'configure' to run properly when I put it in cross-compiling mode and point it to the mipsel-gcc stuff. 'configure' keeps trying to create a test executable to test the compiler, which is stupid since it shouldn't do that in cross-compiling mode because there's a 99.9% chance that if you're cross-compiling a program, it's not going to run on the host machine. :P There's a bug in the script I need to track down.. or just eliminate the compiler test from the script all together.
when can we aspect another release? :)
whith all the goods mentioned in the download page and maybe some other things?
In my opnion this was the best release for the wl700ge ever.
thanks again for the free and uninterested work. Is with members like you we see this comunity getting larger every day.
Damn does asus tecnical support guys who dont do anything.
Very, very soon. I have basically everything on my to-do list complete (with the notable exception of ksoftirqd which will take some more in-depth kernel hacking).Quote:
Originally Posted by IMM22
To make sure I didn't miss anything in my notes, I need to re-confirm my steps prior to publishing the details. Expect a release and an updated how-to no later than this weekend (Nov 31).
- K.C.
are you able to put UTorrent in it or something ?Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
so i don't have to use the stupid download master >> UTorrent you can see your torrents live much better
hope this aint a stupid question!
Stupid questions dont exist but stupid answers can be. And no, its not possible.
Sollie.
UTorrent is a Windows program, correct? If so, then no, it cannot be added to the router. You need a command-line BT client for Linux that can be compiled to work with the router's hardware. That's where enhanced-ctorrent would come in, if anyone can get it to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perkouw
Any chance of getting rtorrent compiled with this hardware? I really like rtorrent. It's simple and does its job perfectly.
I like rtorrent too. I does however have some library dependencies that need to be compiled as well: libcurl, libsigc-2.0 and maybe some more. I guess the dependencies it has (on my standard Debian dist) on libssl, libcrypto and some others are optional.Quote:
Originally Posted by fxr
My general philosophy on software changes is to modify the original Asus firmware as little as possible. Instead, I'm focusing my efforts on enhancing the routers functionality through the addition of external packages. In many cases, the external packages can replace (and greatly enhance) the original Asus binaries.
To that end, my next firmware image will not replace the existing Asus torrent client. Instead, you will be able to run any of the command-line torrent packages from this repository:
http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/op.../cross/stable/
Torrent, ctorrent, and enhanced-ctorrent are all in the package list.
Regarding rtorrent, I looked at the project page. Getting it to work on the router shouldn't be all that hard.
- K.C.
I've posted firmware image #2 at:
http://home.comcast.net/~kfurge/wl700g.html
Same caveats as before... Use at your own risk!
This image greatly enhances the usefulness of the box because it supports running all of the mipsel optware packages. It also adds login protection for telnet access. Many more details are posted at the link.
If you're currently running image #1 and want to upgrade, please read the instructions carefully. I've moved the startup script location to make it more secure.
- K.C.
Thanks for the update kfurge.
But I'm having problems at step 2.4. I can't telnet in. I revert back to WL700gE_1.0.4.6_kc_01 and I've got telnet access back. I have the starter untoched rc.local in /shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1/web.
Anyone else have the same problem or am I doing something stupid.
LK
I cannot telnet to. I'd like to revert to the older firmware, but I delete it, does some one knows where to find it ?Quote:
Originally Posted by LeperKing
Crap! I found the problem. I'm missing a "$" in the rcex script where it executes rc.local from the web location. I'll fix it tomorrow and post the image (I'll call it "kc_02a".
Sorry for the lack of quality control. :-(
- K.C.
Here's a temporary link of the first firmware. Download for your own resources.Quote:
Originally Posted by IMM22
http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~prospero....4.6_kc_01.nas
OK, I've posted a fixed (and tested) image. Please grab it from the web site. Sorry for the inconvenience.
- K.C.
Step 3.2
Is it meant to be shares/MYVOLUME1/MYSHARE1/opt ?
Thanks,
LK.
every worked fine, all but one thing
the installation of ncursesw
Collected errors:
Package ncurses wants to install file /opt/bin/reset
But that file is already provided by package busybox-links
Package ncurses wants to install file /opt/bin/clear
But that file is already provided by package busybox-links
and man
Configuring groff
Configuring less
Configuring libstdc++
Configuring libuclibc++
Configuring ncursesw
An error ocurred, return value: 2.
Collected errors:
Package ncurses wants to install file /opt/bin/reset
But that file is already provided by package busybox-links
Package ncurses wants to install file /opt/bin/clear
But that file is already provided by package busybox-links
Yes, thanks for the catch.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeperKing
- K.C.