MK1: Step-By-Step Unlocking / Install guide (with pictures)

James0331 · September 27, 2008

Quick Tip:

I noticed the Jasager does not like IE7, it will display the admin page, but does not operate correctly. If anyone is having some frustration, using Firefox should clear it up.

Another example of why you should avoid IE, I guess...

.exe · September 28, 2008

I will try out what you suggested James and let you know what happens. The port on the FON must be autosensing if you dont require a crossover (why the hell did they suggest this in the readme??).

Anyway I cant wait to play with this.....

James0331 · September 28, 2008

I will try out what you suggested James and let you know what happens. The port on the FON must be autosensing if you dont require a crossover (why the hell did they suggest this in the readme??).
Anyway I cant wait to play with this.....

The readme you read dictated a slightly different procedure (if it was the same one I saw). Darren's instructions include switching the FON port from WAN to LAN, removing the need to "trick" it with a cross over cable. Feel free to hit me with an email if you are still having trouble, I'll try to walk you through it.

Even if you get bored with Jasager, the FON makes a nice little travel router. It is worth the time to unlock it properly.

Cheers,

James

syuusuke · September 28, 2008

For those who are getting this error:

root@OpenWrt:~# ipkg install jasager-madwifi_1.ipk

Installing kmod-madwifi (2.6.21.5+r2568-20070710-atheros-2) to root...

Nothing to be done

Done.

Collected errors:

Package kmod-madwifi md5sum mismatch. Either the ipkg or the package index are corrupt. Try 'ipkg update'.

The reason why is because you've executed the "ipkg update" command before installing the jasager-madwifi_1.ipk. To fix this problem, just edit the /etc/ipkg.conf and comment out the first 2 lines which relates to downloads.openwrt.org.

Cheers,

.exe · September 28, 2008

Right I am still getting "unable to connect" even though im sure the flashing process has completed.

After I do the flash and its succesful should Freifunk come back with done or finished or something? I've waited a few hours for flashing to complete. When I power cycle (to re-attempt connection) the WLAN is not coming up.

Ive tried virtually every timeing variation I can think of. What is the exact window for telnet access?

digininja · September 28, 2008

Quick Tip:
I noticed the Jasager does not like IE7, it will display the admin page, but does not operate correctly. If anyone is having some frustration, using Firefox should clear it up.

Another example of why you should avoid IE, I guess...

what problems are you having and on what page (give url). I'll have a look at it.

33W@rl0r) · September 28, 2008

Great write-up, Darren.

I'm posting a few edits you may want to consider adding, to make it even more noob friendly. I just conducted a usability test, and I had my very non-tech GF update my 2nd router. She DID (eventually) get it working, but I did have to help several times. I've made notes below for the steps where my test subject became confused, ran into problems, or did the wrong thing.

Also, since some folks haven't done this type of stuff before, they may not have the utils installed (or may not even know what the are!), so it may be beneficial to list them at the beginning of the guide.

Perhaps you can include a "before you begin" section with these things:

Install Putty, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatha...y/download.html
Install WinSCP, http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Install WinPCap, required before running step 11 (Flashing the firmware with AP51 EasyFlash)
- http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm
Copy all files from the ZIP file at the end of this guide to a directory on your HD (ex: "c:\fon")

Here are some suggested additions (very targeted at novices):

Step 5 - rewording - "Use Putty (or other SSH utility) to connect to the Router via SSH, its IP address is currently 192.168.10.1"
Step 8 - rewording - "Use WinSCP (or another transport utility/method of choice) to copy these files to the Router. (it's still at 192.168.10.1)"
Step 9 - add warning - "NOTE: after each reboot in this step (and future reboots), it will take a minute or so for the Router to reboot and all of the processes to start. If you attempt to re-connect too quickly after a reboot, your OS may not be able to obtain an IP address (since the DHCP process isn't yet running on the Router), and instead use an "autoconfigure" IP address. An autoconfigure IP address will not allow you to connect to the Router. If this does happen, you can simply disconnect & reconnect to the "MyPlace" AP, which will get you a proper IP address (since the Router DHCP process is now running)."
Step 11: rewording - "note that upon a successful flash of the firmware, the EasyFlash App just disappears. There is no "complete", or "success" dialogs. If you saw the flash occurring properly (in the info dialog at the bottom), and the EasyFlash UI is gone, its safe to assume the flash worked correctly. After waiting a moment or so for the Router to reboot, you can proceed to step 12."
Step 12: add note of interest - "Note the firmware flash has now reconfigured the IP address of the router to 192.168.1.1"
Step 13.5: rewording - "Once again Use WinSCP (or your other transport method) to copy all .IPK files to the Router (into the /tmp/ directory). Note, the IP address is now 192.168.1.1 (so you cannot use the same settings from the last time you used WinSCP)"
Step 14: add info - "when installing 'webif_0.3-10_mips.ipk' ignore any errors related to downloading additional components from the internet (as the router most likely doesn't have internet connectivity yet)."

I thought your walkthrough was great, but hopefully you find these recommendations valuable to the noob community.

Cheers,

³³\/\/

.exe · September 28, 2008

Right - now I've established theres something wrong with my flashing of the fon.

Any ideas about why the flash just seems to hang and not complete successfully?

SordFish · September 29, 2008

My pc has these settings:
IP: 192.168.0.252

MASK: 255.255.255.0

The fon when it comes out the box uses dhcp so im not sure if flashing openWRT assigns the FON nic a static 192.168.1.1 (the address im trying to telnet to).

So two questions:

What the hell have I done wrong here and why? (ANY help would be very appreciated)

Is my FON now useless and beyond repair?

I've found that the computer and the fon have to be in the same ip range.

the fon ip will be 192.168.1.1 so your computer needs to be 192.168.1.252 for it to work.

James0331 · September 29, 2008

what problems are you having and on what page (give url). I'll have a look at it.

The buttons do not behave properly. For example, the button to turn Karma on and off, as well as the status messages. No matter how many times you click, the page will not indicate that Karma is off. In addition, the Jasager admin page seems to time out and run sluggishly in IE, likely due to the usage of Javascript (which IE is not the fastest with).

Overall it is a nice front end. I appreciate the effort you went through. It makes running Karma, something I have been doing lately anyway, a bit easier.

Thanks,

James

James0331 · September 29, 2008

Right I am still getting "unable to connect" even though im sure the flashing process has completed.
After I do the flash and its succesful should Freifunk come back with done or finished or something? I've waited a few hours for flashing to complete. When I power cycle (to re-attempt connection) the WLAN is not coming up.

Ive tried virtually every timeing variation I can think of. What is the exact window for telnet access?

You will not get a message that the flash is complete. After about 20 minutes it is, however. It sounds like you are at that point.

Now connect the FON to the laptop using the Ethernet cable (NOT wifi). Unplug and re-plug the FON. Quickly initiate the Telnet session from your laptop. If it does not connect try again immediately, the router just might not have been done booting. Now change the password over Telnet (this will re-enable SSH).

As I said in an earlier post, the FON will not appear to be booting normally anymore, it is fine though.

Good Luck

James

Darren Kitchen · September 29, 2008

@33W@rl0r),

Thanks I'll merge these into the original post

.exe · September 29, 2008

@33W@rl0r),
Thanks I'll merge these into the original post

Darren you might also want to put in that some integrated NIC drivers are not compatible with EasyFlash and it would be better to use a PCI version - found out what was wrong today and now my Jasager is up and working.

Can anyone else confirm this?

I have also noticed the error when installing Jasager from package that Darren had in his guide. Im showing OpenWrt as an access point but even though its enabled (jasager on) its not autoconnecting clients. Did everyone install it from the tar?

DeepN1KE · September 30, 2008

Managed to get a brand new fon 2100 at a bargain basement price.

Installed the Jasager App no issues.

No to test it, and see whats what.

tachyonxero · October 2, 2008

Is there any way to get around the GUI step? I am on OSX and need to know if I must use windows for that step.

spud · October 2, 2008

Was on step 9, happily patching the kernel, when my house had one of those split second power outages that normally does nowt worse than turning the telly off and making you need to reset the time on the microwave.

A Fon router with a borked kernel is not a happy puppy.

tachyonxero · October 2, 2008

I am getting a cannot write out.hex error when trying to patch redboot, what causes this? After the first reboot I ran ls and got this:

login as: root
root@192.168.10.1's password:


BusyBox v1.1.3 (2006.11.21-19:49+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

 _______  _______  _______
|   ____||       ||   _   |
|   ____||   -   ||  | |  |
|   |    |_______||__| |__|
|___|

 Fonera Firmware (Version 0.7.1 rev 1) -------------
  *
  * Based on OpenWrt - http://openwrt.org
  * Powered by FON - http://www.fon.com
 ---------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~# ls
dhcp.leases     log             resolv.conf     spool
hostapd.conf    network-config  run
root@OpenWrt:~#

It's almost as if nothing I did took, any help would greatly be appreciated.

Bitstream · October 5, 2008

ALSO, when you bring the router back up after the Kernal patch (right before the Telnet step), you will not see the WLAN LED light up. This is normal, as the router is not fully booting.

Is the WLAN LED supposed to light up after the whole process is complete as it does not on mine irregardless of whether Karma is turned on via the web interface or not...

digininja · October 5, 2008

Is the WLAN LED supposed to light up after the whole process is complete as it does not on mine irregardless of whether Karma is turned on via the web interface or not...

No idea, but if it works, who cares? Especially if you stick it inside a pineapple!

SordFish · October 6, 2008

Is the WLAN LED supposed to light up after the whole process is complete as it does not on mine irregardless of whether Karma is turned on via the web interface or not...

WLAN led doesn't light up at all with openwrt, unless you specifically tell it to with the gpio settings.

Would be cool if digininga could turn WLAN led on when karma is activated.

just need to have proc_gpio installed and run

* # turn gpio pin on

* echo 1 >/proc/gpio/2_out

*

* # displays the status of the switch, 1 on, 0 off

* cat /proc/gpio/2_out

*

* # turn gpio pin off

* echo 0 >/proc/gpio/2_out

Darren Kitchen · October 6, 2008

I am getting a cannot write out.hex error when trying to patch redboot, what causes this? After the first reboot I ran ls and got this:

login as: root
root@192.168.10.1's password:


BusyBox v1.1.3 (2006.11.21-19:49+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

 _______  _______  _______
|   ____||       ||   _   |
|   ____||   -   ||  | |  |
|   |    |_______||__| |__|
|___|

 Fonera Firmware (Version 0.7.1 rev 1) -------------
  *
  * Based on OpenWrt - http://openwrt.org
  * Powered by FON - http://www.fon.com
 ---------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~# ls
dhcp.leases     log             resolv.conf     spool
hostapd.conf    network-config  run
root@OpenWrt:~#

It's almost as if nothing I did took, any help would greatly be appreciated.

IIRC after rebooting anything in /temp/ gets cleared so you'll need to copy out.hex before issuing the command

digininja · October 6, 2008

WLAN led doesn't light up at all with openwrt, unless you specifically tell it to with the gpio settings.
Would be cool if digininga could turn WLAN led on when karma is activated.

just need to have proc_gpio installed and run

* # turn gpio pin on

* echo 1 >/proc/gpio/2_out

*

* # displays the status of the switch, 1 on, 0 off

* cat /proc/gpio/2_out

*

* # turn gpio pin off

* echo 0 >/proc/gpio/2_out

Added to the todo list.

I've just got to get round to doing them! I'm home alone for most of this week so assuming I can get my new fon's flashed I'll get some stuff done and get a new release out.

SordFish · October 9, 2008

Added to the todo list.
I've just got to get round to doing them! I'm home alone for most of this week so assuming I can get my new fon's flashed I'll get some stuff done and get a new release out.

I've actually managed to get the led working myself, its a little dirty as its more of an educated guess but it does the job! but i've semi-bricked my fon atm (bad network conf) so need to go in via serial to fix it then tidy it up.

digininja · October 10, 2008

Just tried to look at this, where did you get proc_gpio from? Can't find it in the openwrt packages or in any of the svn repos.

SordFish · October 10, 2008

i had a tough time finding it at first

You need kmod-gpio_2.6.21.5-atheros-1_mips.ipk

then insmod proc_gpio.ko

then you can issue the commands

I added the commands to the functions.rb file then called them in karma_up.rb I wasnt' sure if that was the best place to put them but i've never used ruby.

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