icarus Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 I have built the serial cable and got that connected to the fon 2201C-UK I have the Ethernet cable connected to my Ubuntu netbook which is running a tftp server on it so I can send the openwrt-atheros-vmlinux.lzma file across BUT my netbook won't connect to the fon. It starts connecting but then fails Any help? If you need more information just ask and I will try to provide you with it so you can help me =] Quote
digininja Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 How are you trying to connect, have you got the connectors the right way round, can you see redboot? If you want a full walk through on flashing using a cable then checkout the guide I did for the Interceptor Quote
icarus Posted October 12, 2009 Author Posted October 12, 2009 I have the serial connection connected and working correctly and I can access redboot, just after I tried fis init my netbook disconnected and would no longer stay connected after that for me to download the vmlinux to the fon Is there another way to send the files ? or do I have a dead fon? Quote
digininja Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 The fis init should take a couple of seconds at the most then come back to the command line. What do you mean by it is disconnected? Quote
icarus Posted October 14, 2009 Author Posted October 14, 2009 I have run fis init and when I switch the fon on it cannot get past redboot as it has nothing to load About not being able to connect to it over Ethernet: Before when I connected the fon with the Ethernet cable the netbook would say it was connected on the ethernet port BUT now it isn't so the fon cannot connect to the tftp server that is on my netbook and can't get the files =/ Quote
digininja Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 I have run fis init and when I switch the fon on it cannot get past redboot as it has nothing to load That is correct, you have wiped the flash by running fis init. About not being able to connect to it over Ethernet: Before when I connected the fon with the Ethernet cable the netbook would say it was connected on the ethernet port BUT now it isn't so the fon cannot connect to the tftp server that is on my netbook and can't get the files =/ Have you setup the ip addresses in redboot? Set the ip of the fon ip_address -l 192.168.1.1/24 Set the ip of the tftp server ip_address -h 192.168.1.254 check the addresses ip_address Quote
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