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Thanks for all the help! I was successful installing Jasager using the flash application with digininja's firmware. The serial interface was very helpful to get going again. I think the issue some people report of needing to disconnect the ground or disconnect the interface before plugging in the fon is from the active serial adapters injecting power into the fon before the power is up. This can cause digital chips to latch. I used the 3.3 volts from inside the fon to run the interface. I did not have to disconnect anything during power up. Here's the interface I built. I rigged it on a ten pin header out of a scrapped PC case. It was very helpful to watch the chatter coming from the serial port (using putty) while the package was installing.

I hooked up a 2N7000 inverter and read the serial stream with Putty. Can anyone explain what the failure message means after the Redboot> prompt?

I think there's enough left living inside my FON to recover through the serial pin. She's blinking out SOS messages on the TX line.

Well, I've turned this FON into an expensive green nightlight. I got through the login, renamed dropbear and transferred openwrt-ar531x-2.4-vmlinux-CAMICA.lmz and out.hex. WinSCP stopped at 90-something percent during the transfer, but the file showed in the tmp directory. I sent the command mtd -e vmlinux.bin.l7 write openwrt-ar531x-2.4-vmlinux-CAMICIA.lzma vmlinux.bin.l7 reboot Fon winked and flickered, but didn't seem to reboot. It was 2:30AM, so I called it a night. I recycled power this morning and connected using WinSCP. The two files were missing from the tmp directory. I guess they never wrote from ram to flash. I transferred them again. this morning. This time I got a little further. I was successful in getting the "writing from openwrt-ar531x-2.4=-vmlinux-CAMICIA.lzma .... [w] " I proceeded to the step to write redboot config. That's when the unit bricked. I can ping the ethernet side at 192.168.1.2. The Wifi side doesn't try to connect. I have a serial adapter on order. What are the steps to restore/install via the serial connection? Is there anything I can try through the ethernet port while I'm waiting for the usb to ttl converter to arrive?

That's what I thought. Why does it matter what version of FON is on the system then? In the user guide it says to make sure FON is at firmware version 0..7.1 r1 or below. Why would this matter? I have 0.7.1 r2. Are there any applications I can try first that simply put the FON into promiscuous mode so I can tinker with wireshark?

Thanks for the reply. I should have said "not acquiring" in my title. It was stuck in the "acquiring network" mode instead of connecting. The problem is the router was configured to an ssid of myfon and looking for a different WAP key than the s/n. It wasn't accepting the decal s/n as the WAP key to gain access. And it wasn't resetting with one cycle of the restart button. I guess I should also have explained the seller had subscribed this unit on FON service for a while before selling it on eBay. I finally got in this evening. I found a reset procedure at reset process I had to run this reset several times, but my FN2100 finally submitted. The id changed back to MyPLace and I finally get the Router Status screen and it shows Firmware Version: 0.7.0 r2. What happens if I don't "downgrade" it to an older rev? When I go through step by step Jasager unlocking / install explained at the top of project/Jasager, does that overwrite the FON2100 software, or does it just add modules? If I make a mistake, will the reset procedure bring it back to default condition?

I picked up a used 2100ABC. With no internet plugged in the WAN port, I'm trying to bring up the FON setup page at 192.168.10.1 over the wireless side. My notebook finds the WPA security enabled network called myfon. I entered the s/n from the bottom of the fon for the encryption key. It's just sitting there "acquiring network address" while the fon blinks. I've reset the fon using the pushbutton at the bottom. I'm not able to get passed this point. Are there any other default key's for the fon that I should try?

Would this hardware work with Jasager? It has the Atheros 2315 chipset, 8MB flash, 32MB RAM, 500mw and GPIO connection. Wiligear WBD-500 manual

There's 4MB memory in the Ubiquiti vs 8MB in the Fon or the ECB3500. Would there be an advantage to have more memory later for more stuff? The ECB3500 is pretty easy to find. I can't even find FON on ebay. I aaw a cheap Nano2 but I wasn't sure it would be useful.

Will the Jasager package work on another wireless bridge router, such as the ECB3500? The ECB3500 device uses the Atheros 2416 chip instead of the 2415. The difference seems to be the addition of Super-G mode. The ECB3500 has 32MB SDRAM and 8MB of flash.