alpha rt-n firmware releases

[Bohlendach]

Anyway, does someone know how to make the harddrives to spin down? hdparm doesn't seem to work and my old scsi script doesn't work for the RT-N (hence it doesn't have any)

I would like to know too

Have you try scsi start/stop utilities from project downloads page?

How do I install the scsi start/stop utilities when

on my RT-N16 my drives don't show up as scsi drives.

and

2.6 kernel uses /dev/sd[a-z] entry for drives and /dev/sd[a-z][0-9][0-9] dor patritions, and /dev/discs/disca/disc is just a symlink to /dev/sda for now

Thanking you in advance.

By the way I am a Linux noob

[wpte]

2.6 kernel uses /dev/sd[a-z] entry for drives and /dev/sd[a-z][0-9][0-9] dor patritions, and /dev/discs/disca/disc is just a symlink to /dev/sda for now

suspected something like that.
and the scsi tools work fine on /dev/sda

[Bohlendach]

suspected something like that.
and the scsi tools work fine on /dev/sda

Sounds great! Can you provide me with instructions on how to use/install the tools. Thx

[wpte]

Sounds great! Can you provide me with instructions on how to use/install the tools. Thx

I'm just using the script from: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=47135&postcount=10

I modified it a bit tho, since the start stop utilities are pre-installed with the new firmware
look at: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=203696&postcount=173

[necrolatry]

Hello everyone,

Will there be a support for unicode characters in file names? Here: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...e=en-us&page=2 is written that the Chinease characters in file names are NOT supported.

[wpte]

I'm just using the script from: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=47135&postcount=10

I found out that the script doesnt do that much...
because in /proc/stat there is no value called "disc_io"

I was looking for a replacement... but haven't found any yet

is there a way to add that value?

[lly]

Will there be a support for unicode characters in file names? Here: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...e=en-us&page=2 is written that the Chinease characters in file names are NOT supported.

Unfortunately, nobody of us know Chinese. Which NLS codepage you are using? Probably, appropriated charset simply turned off in kernel.

updated: We have cp950 turned on, should we change it to cp936? or?

I found out that the script doesnt do that much...
because in /proc/stat there is no value called "disc_io"

I was looking for a replacement... but haven't found any yet

is there a way to add that value?

You have to use /proc/diskstats in 2.6 kernel.

[wpte]

You have to use /proc/diskstats in 2.6 kernel.

even easier

new script:

#!/bin/sh
if /usr/bin/[ $# -ne 1 ]; then
        /bin/echo 1>&2 "Usage: $0 <device>"
        /bin/echo 1>&2 "example: $0 sda"
        exit 1
fi

#Check every 30 seconds for disk io changes
PERIOD=30
#if no changes are found during 5 minutes -> disk spindown
BOUNDARY=300
SCSISTOP=/usr/sbin/scsi-stop
LOGFILE=/tmp/scsi-$1.log

str=`/bin/grep $1 /proc/diskstats`
cooltime=0
stopped=0

while /bin/true; do
        /bin/sleep $PERIOD
        newstr=`/bin/grep $1 /proc/diskstats`
        if /usr/bin/[ "$newstr" = "$str" ]; then
                cooltime=$(($cooltime + $PERIOD))
                if /usr/bin/[ $cooltime -ge $BOUNDARY -a $stopped -eq 0 ]; then
                        $SCSISTOP /dev/$1
                        time=`/bin/date '+%b %e %H:%M:%S'`
                        /bin/echo "$time: Cooled down..." >> $LOGFILE
                        stopped=1
                fi
        else
                if /usr/bin/[ $cooltime -ne 0 ]; then
                        time=`/bin/date '+%b %e %H:%M:%S'`
                        /bin/echo "$time: Disk first used after $cooltime seconds" >> $LOGFILE
                fi
                cooltime=0
                str=$newstr
                stopped=0
        fi
done 

it should be used like

/usr/local/sbin/scsi-stop.sh sda &
/usr/local/sbin/scsi-stop.sh sdb &

for each device a new log file will be created.

[RdBw]

Are you sure?
with inssider you can find out if it really broadcasts at WPA2
http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider

Inssider shows under Security RSNA-CCMP for my connection. I also tried Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector and it shows WPA2/PSK under Default Auth. So it looks like WPA2 is really working with latest builds.
Just for info ...

[wpte]

Inssider shows under Security RSNA-CCMP for my connection. I also tried Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector and it shows WPA2/PSK under Default Auth. So it looks like WPA2 is really working with latest builds.
Just for info ...

Yes RSNA-CCMP is WPA2-AES.
I've tried to turn it on today, but it didn't work out that well.
I put my router back to defaults, and after that I got WPA2 working, but as soon as you changed to a different encryption method WPA is used, even when you put it back on WPA2

I tried to reset my router again, but I haven't managed to put WPA2 on again, maybe some sort of bug

[lly]

I put my router back to defaults, and after that I got WPA2 working, but as soon as you changed to a different encryption method WPA is used, even when you put it back on WPA2

I tried to reset my router again, but I haven't managed to put WPA2 on again, maybe some sort of bug

If you can localize the problem, please save nvram variables before and after, for analysis.

[RdBw]

WPA is working fine for me for all of the latest builds, but I've another question: When used Bandwidth 20Mhz, then 802.11n SubChannel should be marked as None. But even when saved as None, it shows like Upper or Lower and Upper or Lower should be used only for 40 Mhz. Is that correct?

[wpte]

WPA is working fine for me for all of the latest builds, but I've another question: When used Bandwidth 20Mhz, then 802.11n SubChannel should be marked as None. But even when saved as None, it shows like Upper or Lower and Upper or Lower should be used only for 40 Mhz. Is that correct?

that's correct

see chapter bandwidth and subchannel: http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/wiki...elessInterface

[s1za]

Hi,

Following this posts http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=193019&postcount=86

today I've re-formated everything (pen with /opt and the 1 Tb hard disk), installed from scratch with r1807 (no usb hubs, no raid partitions) and still no harddisk stability. It stops after couple of reads and writes.

I'm really at a dead end (no backups, no streaming). I'm open for suggestions...

[wpte]

Hi,

Following this posts http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=193019&postcount=86

today I've re-formated everything (pen with /opt and the 1 Tb hard disk), installed from scratch with r1807 (no usb hubs, no raid partitions) and still no harddisk stability. It stops after couple of reads and writes.

I'm really at a dead end (no backups, no streaming). I'm open for suggestions...

and does it work with the harddisk only?
you know... swap, optware and general space on the hdd...