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Embeding Monowall Traffic Graphs Into A Webpage

June 2, 2015 No Comments

I had a situation where I needed to embed a monowall interface stats into a webpage so thought i’d do a quick how to.

Create a user group
Login as an admin and navigate to System > User manager > Groups

Click the + to add a new group Choose a group name and description ie ‘stats’ Scroll down and select the field marked Status: Traffic graph status_graph.php

Click ‘Save’ Click the ‘Users’ tab Click the + to add a new user

Add new user details and under the ‘Group Name’ select the group you just created ie ‘stats’

Click ‘Save’ Navigate to Status > Traffic graph Choose the interface you want to monitor.

Right click on the graph and select ‘View Source’ Search the page ‘Ctrl+F’ for the word ’embed’

Put the embed tag into a webpage with the user details and ip address of your monowall device along with your usernam and password ie

src=”stats@YOUR-IP/graph.php?ifnum=re0&ifname=WAN”” >http://stats:stats@YOUR-IP/graph.php?ifnum=re0&ifname=WAN” etc etc

If you enter stats:stats@YOUR-IP/graph.php?ifnum=re0&ifname=WAN directly into a browser a full page will open showing your graph.

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Map owncloud share in linux using webdav

November 6, 2014 No Comments

Install davfs2
apt-get install davfs

Reconfigure davfs2 to allow access to other users (select ‘yes’ when prompted).
dpkg-reconfigure davfs2

Add users you want to be able to mount the share (where USER is the username)
usermod -aG davfs2 USER

Create a mountpoint
mkdir /mnt/owncloud

Mount the WebDav ownCloud
mount -t davfs https://owncloud_address_or_ip/owncloud/remote.php/webdav /mnt/owncloud

If your owncloud installation is in a directory other than ‘owncloud’ substitute it above. I used HTTPS which will encrypt communication and credentials but HTTP can also be used but obviously is higher risk.

Credentials can be automatically supplied by adding them to the following files

system wide /etc/davfs/secrets

individually ~/.davfs2/secrets

Edit either file using nano and add
https://owncloud_address_or_ip/owncloud/remote.php/webdav /mnt/owncloud USERNAME PASSWORD

To mount on boot add the following to fstab
https://owncloud_address_or_ip/owncloud/remote.php/webdav /mnt/owncloud davfs2 user,auto 0 0

(using noauto instead of auto will prevent it beingmounted automatically so choose depending on your enviroment)

To manually mount use
mount /mnt/owncloud

To unmount use
umount /mnt/owncloud

When I tried to create a test file on the shared I got the following error
touch: setting times of ‘test’: No such file or directory

To fix this edit your /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf file and change/uncomment the ‘use_locks’ parameter to
use_locks 0

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Mounting a WebDav Share In Linux

November 6, 2014 No Comments

Will clean up this post when i get a chance

apt-get install davfs2

Remote filesystems should not be indexed, so you should exclude the /dfs directory from the updatedb command:
edit /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron and add the /dfs directory in the list of excluded directories:
/usr/bin/updatedb -f "nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts" -e "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net,/dfs"

http://techiech.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/mounting-webdav-directory-in-linux.html

http://camille.wordpress.com/2006/03/12/webdav-mounting-under-linux/

http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/using_box.com_as_a_special_remote/

http://rbgeek.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/increase-the-root-filesystem-in-linux-inside-vmware-workstationvsphere-without-lvm/

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HP Microserver N54L Nas Build

August 12, 2014 No Comments

As per my previous posts i've decided to take the plunge and go for the N54L Microserver from HP. Rather than doing many posts covering the post I will be encompassing everything into a single one as a blog reader I find this easier to follow than many posts spread over lots of days causing confusion.

As I said previously the thing that put me off about the microserver was the fact it had no media card slots and only a single 5.25" bay. After some research i've found a solution, namely the Startech Slim Optical & 3.5in Hard Drive Mounting Bracket for 5.25in Front Bay which allows for fitment of slim optical drive and a standard 3.5" device in my case a media card reader.

That's the first problem sorted, the next one was to overcome the fact that the internal usb on the N54L doesn't use a header as on most motherboard but rather a 'real' usb port. I managed to find the Akasa External to internal USB adapter which will convert from the header connector on the media card reader to a usb port. I purchased this and a Samsung SN-208FB/BEBE 8x DVD/RW SATA Slim Black OEM along with a Akasa AK-ICR-07U3 3.5" Black Internal Multi Card Reader M2, Micro SD & USB 3.0 from Scans store on ebay for total of £27.66 delivered to my local argos store, ok so the usb 3.0 connector is pointless for the microserver but i've had a couple of the cheapo media readers before and they seem to just stop working or break so thought i'd spend a couple of poound extra on a named brand.

More to follow………..

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New NAS the FINAL decision

July 29, 2014 No Comments

Yes i've still been pondering over which new nas to go for and like a woman i've ended up back at the first product I looked at *sigh* namely the HP Microserver.

I did look at the Acer Aspire XC-603 which ebuyer were selling for £130 as I liked the fact it was of reasonable spec and had a media card reader built in. However looking at 2.5" 2tb drives they were coming in at over £100 each when a 4tb 3.5" can be had for the same money.

I again considered the shuttle but like my current one power consumption is a little on the high side and due to previous hardware failures don't appear to be designed for 24hr usage.

Alas it was back to the microserver with it's 4 HDD slots and numerous USB ports it's surely a no brainer. I copy pi sd cards quite regularly so wanted to put in a media card reader but there is only a single external 5.25 slot so couldn't have a optical drive as well, or so I thought….. after some searching I came across the Startech Optical & 3.5in Hard Drive Mounting Bracket for 5.25in Front Bay (wow that was a long name to type) which can be had for around £20 posted. I've specced a slim DVD RW and card reader and will be ordering them shortly.

Next decision is HDD, i'm probably going to go for WD Red's either 2 or 3tb in RAID 1.

This project will take a while to complete due to limited funds but at the end it's should be a nice little setup.

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Zalman Z9 U3

July 15, 2014 No Comments

Now I like my Antec 300 case but have always had a problem with the front usb ports being loose/not working properly so after a lot of research i've decided to go for the Zalman Z9 U3 case. OK i'll be honest i'm not overly keen on the front 'flaps' but it's pros clearly out weight this con, front usb 3 and 2 ports, side window, dust filter, a neat space for mounting the SSD behind the motherboard plate, all black interiror (saves me spraying again) and finally price, it can be had for £47.27 shipped from quietpc.com so for sub £50 this case is hard to beat.

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Jump to SSD

July 15, 2014 No Comments

So i've been planing to make the move to SSD in my desktop for a while due to the fact I want to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP and that my current installation never shuts down properly and thus rebuilds the raid every time making it unusable for about an hour. On the hotukdeals website an offer was posted 'Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB SSD @ Amazon £45.87' I had orginally been looking at the Samsung Evo 840 but the price is always stuck around £55. I asked the misses to order the sandisk one but before she did the price went back up to £54.99 *sigh*, then I remembered flubit, I put in a request thinking they'd discount on the £54.99 price but I was pleased to find they did it on the sale price so was 'offered' it at £40.27! well needless to say I couldn't buy it quick enough and have recieved confirmation that it's been dispatched today. Now the drive is sata III ie 6Gb/s and my motherboard only supports sata II 3Gb/s, I was looking to get a PCIe card so I could use ut to it's full capacity but I also wanted to upgrade to USB 3.0 but the trouble is I only have one spare PCIe x4 slot so I have decided to just upgrade to USB 3.0 for now as the SSD will still be faster than my current mechanical drive.

I checked my current drives with CrystalDiskInfo and both have power on hours of nearly 2 years solid, the second drive is also reported as 'Bad' so don't think this upgrade could come any sooner.

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TP Link WDR3600 recovery without serial

June 9, 2014 36 Comments

For those of you that don't feel confident enough to solder a serial header or need to recover a router quickly without having to buy any extras i've found a quick and easy way to do so.

I found holding the reset button in and powering on the router attempts to download a recovery firmware from a tftp server, i've written some simple steps to allow this.

1, Change your PC/Laptop ip address to 192.168.0.66

2, Connect you computer to one of the LAN ports on the router (WAN port won't work for this)

2, Setup a tftp server on your machine (I use solarwinds tftp server)

3, Put the desired firmware in your tftp folder and rename it to wdr3600v1_tp_recovery.bin

4, Start the tftp server

5, Hold down the WPS/Reset button on the router

6, Power on the router

7, After approximately 7 seconds release the reset button

8, The router will now download the firmware from your server and upgrade

Sit back and marvel at it's simplicity.

Here is the output seen via serial during this operation….

[code]U-Boot 1.1.4 (Sep 9 2013 – 14:28:41)

U-boot DB120

DRAM: 128 MB

id read 0x100000ff

flash size 8MB, sector count = 128

Flash: 8 MB

Using default environment

PCIe Reset OK!!!!!!

In: serial

Out: serial

Err: serial

Net: ag934x_enet_initialize…

No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address

wasp reset mask:c03300

WASP —-> S17 PHY *

: cfg1 0x7 cfg2 0x7114

eth0: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41

athrs17_reg_init: complete

eth0 up

eth0

dup 1 speed 1000

Using eth0 device

TFTP from server 192.168.0.66; our IP address is 192.168.0.86

Filename 'wdr3600v1_tp_recovery.bin'.

Load address: 0x80060000

Loading: T T T T T #################################################################

#################################################################

############################

done

Bytes transferred = 8126464 (7c0000 hex)

original_product_id = 36000001

original_product_ver = 01

recovery_product_id = 36000001

recovery_product_ver = 01

auto update firmware: product id verify sucess!

First 0x2 last 0x7d sector size 0x10000

125

Erased 124 sectors

Copy to Flash… write addr: 9f020000

done

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Sep 9 2013 – 14:28:41)

U-boot DB120

DRAM: 128 MB

id read 0x100000ff

flash size 8MB, sector count = 128

Flash: 8 MB

Using default environment

PCIe Reset OK!!!!!!

In: serial

Out: serial

Err: serial

Net: ag934x_enet_initialize…

No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address

wasp reset mask:c03300

WASP —-> S17 PHY *

: cfg1 0x7 cfg2 0x7114

eth0: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41

athrs17_reg_init: complete

eth0 up

eth0

Autobooting in 1 seconds

## Booting image at 9f020000 …

Uncompressing Kernel Image … OK

Starting kernel …

Booting Atheros AR934x

Linux version 2.6.31–LSDK-9.2.0_U6.616 (root@localhost.localdomain) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #1 Wed Mar 20 15:14:56 CST 2013

Ram size passed from bootloader =128M

flash_size passed from bootloader = 8

CPU revision is: 0001974c (MIPS 74Kc)

ath_sys_frequency: cpu srif ddr srif cpu 560 ddr 450 ahb 225

Determined physical RAM map:

memory: 08000000 @ 00000000 (usable)

Zone PFN ranges:

Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00008000

Movable zone start PFN for each node

early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges

0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00008000

Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 32512

Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:02 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=ath-nor0:128k(u-boot),1024k(kernel),6912k(rootfs),64k(config),64k(ART) mem=128M

PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 2048 bytes)

Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)

Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)

Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.

Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes

Writing ErrCtl register=00000000

Readback ErrCtl register=00000000

Memory: 112924k/131072k available (1852k kernel code, 17984k reserved, 428k data, 120k init, 0k highmem)

NR_IRQS:128

plat_time_init: plat time init done

Calibrating delay loop… 279.55 BogoMIPS (lpj=559104)

Mount-cache hash table entries: 512

****************ALLOC***********************

Packet mem: 8026c4c0 (0xe00000 bytes)

********************************************

NET: Registered protocol family 16

PCI init:ath_pcibios_init

ath_pcibios_init(294): PCI CMD write: 0x356

registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset

bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0

pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot

pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# disabled

Returning IRQ 64

NET: Registered protocol family 2

IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)

TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)

TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)

TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)

TCP reno registered

NET: Registered protocol family 1

ATH GPIOC major 0

squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher

msgmni has been set to 220

Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)

io scheduler noop registered

io scheduler deadline registered (default)

Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled

serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xb8020000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A

console [ttyS0] enabled

PPP generic driver version 2.4.2

NET: Registered protocol family 24

5 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device ath-nor0

Creating 5 MTD partitions on "ath-nor0":

0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "u-boot"

0x000000020000-0x000000120000 : "kernel"

0x000000120000-0x0000007e0000 : "rootfs"

0x0000007e0000-0x0000007f0000 : "config"

0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "ART"

->Oops: flash id 0xef4017 .

—-TP IGMP has been init——

TCP cubic registered

NET: Registered protocol family 10

NET: Registered protocol family 17

802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>

All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>

athwdt_init: Registering WDT success

ath_otp_init: Registering OTP success

ath_clksw_init: Registering Clock Switch Interface success

VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2.

Freeing unused kernel memory: 120k freed

init started: BusyBox v1.01 (2013.02.27-07:39+0000) multi-call binary

This Board use 2.6.31

insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/x_tables.ko': No such file or directory

insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/xt_tcpudp.ko': No such file or directory

xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000

nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (2048 buckets, 8192 max)

CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use

nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or

sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.

insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/iptable_raw.ko': No such file or directory

insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/flashid.ko': No such file or directory

PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V1.0

PPTP driver version 0.8.3

insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/harmony.ko': No such file or directory

(none) mips #1 Wed Mar 20 15:14:56 CST 2013 (none)

(none) login: Now flash open!

Now flash open!

Erase from 0X7E0000 to 0X7EFC80:.

Program from 0X7E0000 to 0X7EFC80:

write successfully

Now flash open!

Erase from 0X7E0000 to 0X7EFC80:.

Program from 0X7E0000 to 0X7EFC80:

write successfully

Now flash open!

Erase from 0X7E0000 to 0X7EFC80:.

Program from 0X7E0000 to 0X7EFC80:

write successfully

ATHR_GMAC: Length per segment 1536

ATHR_GMAC: fifo cfg 3 01f00140

ATHR_GMAC: RX TASKLET – Pkts per Intr:100

ATHR_GMAC: Mac address for unit 0:bfff0000

ATHR_GMAC: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

ATHR_GMAC: Max segments per packet : 1

ATHR_GMAC: Max tx descriptor count : 128

ATHR_GMAC: Max rx descriptor count : 128

ATHR_GMAC: Mac capability flags : 2381

athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 2048 at 0x87af3000

athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 2048 at 0x87a6f800

WASP —-> S17 PHY *

Setting Drop CRC Errors, Pause Frames and Length Error frames

Hello, nat module!

thread: napt_ct_scan create success pid:108

netlink_kernel_create succeeded at tp_rule_nl_prot: [29]

isis_ip_intf_entry_add id[0] for vid[1]

isis_ip_intf_entry_add id[1] for vid[2]

ACL(Index 0) For packet From Wan Port and TTL is zero

ACL is not yet enabled. Enabling…

ACL Rule(Index 2) For UDP with Zero Checksum

######## S17 SSDK init succeeded! ########

++++ athrs17_igmp_setup once

athrs17_reg_init:done

Setting PHY…

napt_ct_scan_thread: time: 4

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

device eth0.1 entered promiscuous mode

device eth0 entered promiscuous mode

Now flash open!

Receive unknown msgType:10 at isis_nat_helper.2631.c:2930/tp_rule_netlink()!

isis_ip_intf_entry_add id[1] for vid[2]

br0: port 1(eth0.1) entering forwarding state

ACL Rule(Index 1) For Packet From WAN to LAN Port And DIP is in lan net

nf_conntrack_rtsp v0.6.21 loading

nf_nat_rtsp v0.6.21 loading

Enet:0 port4 up

ATH_MAC_TIMER: enet unit:0 is up…

RGMii 1000Mbps full duplex

ATH_MAC_TIMER: done cfg2 0x7215 ifctl 0x0 miictrl

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

asf: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.

Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

ath_hal: 0.9.17..1 (AR5416, AR9380, REGOPS_FUNC, WRITE_EEPROM, 11D)

ath_dfs: Version 2.0.0

ath_ahb: 9.2..0_U10.1020 (Atheros/multi-bss)

__ath_attach: Set global_scn[0]

ACBKMinfree = 48

ACBEMinfree = 32

ACVIMinfree = 16

ACVOMinfree = 0

CABMinfree = 48

UAPSDMinfree = 0

Restoring Cal data from Flash

dfs_attach: use DFS enhancements

DFS min filter rssiThresh = 18

DFS max pulse dur = 151 ticks

ath_get_caps[5108] rx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0

ath_get_caps[5083] tx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0

SC Callback Registration for wifi0

wifi0: Atheros 9340: mem=0xb8100000, irq=2

ath_pci: 9.2.0_U10.1020 (Atheros/multi-bss)

__ath_attach: Set global_scn[1]

ACBKMinfree = 48

ACBEMinfree = 32

ACVIMinfree = 16

ACVOMinfree = 0

CABMinfree = 48

UAPSDMinfree = 0

Restoring Cal data from Flash

dfs_attach: use DFS enhancements

DFS min filter rssiThresh = 18

DFS max pulse dur = 151 ticks

ath_get_caps[5108] rx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0

ath_get_caps[5083] tx chainmask mismatch actual 3 sc_chainmak 0

SC Callback Registration for wifi1

wifi1: Atheros 9580: mem=0x10000000, irq=64 hw_base=0xb0000000

wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0x87bd82c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1

wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0x87bd82c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1.

VAP device ath0 created

DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_2.4GHz_B69685

ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=131712, new mode=3, valid=1

device ath0 entered promiscuous mode

br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state

ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=1442432, new mode=3, valid=1

br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state

DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_2.4GHz_B69685

br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state

br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state

br0: starting userspace STP failed, starting kernel STP

br0: topology change detected, propagating

br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state

wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0x86c802c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1

wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0x86c802c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1.

VAP device ath1 created

DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_5GHz_B69686

ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=66176, new mode=3, valid=1

Found best 11na chan: 44

br0: port 1(eth0.1) entering disabled state

br0: topology change detected, propagating

br0: port 1(eth0.1) entering forwarding state

device ath1 entered promiscuous mode

br0: topology change detected, propagating

br0: port 3(ath1) entering forwarding state

ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=852608, new mode=3, valid=1

br0: port 3(ath1) entering disabled state

DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_5GHz_B69686

br0: topology change detected, propagating

br0: port 3(ath1) entering forwarding state

br0: port 3(ath1) entering disabled state

br0: topology change detected, propagating

br0: port 3(ath1) entering forwarding state

fuse init (API version 7.12)

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs

usbcore: registered new interface driver hub

usbcore: registered new device driver usb

ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver

Port Status 1c000004

ath-ehci ath-ehci.0: ATH EHCI

ath-ehci ath-ehci.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1

ehci_reset Intialize USB CONTROLLER in host mode: 13

ehci_reset Port Status 1c000000

ath-ehci ath-ehci.0: irq 3, io mem 0x1b000000

ehci_reset Intialize USB CONTROLLER in host mode: 13

ehci_reset Port Status 1c000000

ath-ehci ath-ehci.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00

usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found

hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected

SCSI subsystem initialized

usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ath-ehci and address 2

usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found

hub 1-1:1.0: 4 ports detected

Initializing USB Mass Storage driver…

usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage

USB Mass Storage support registered.

GPL NetUSB up!

kc 86 : run_telnetDBGDServer start

kc 223 : init_DebugD end

INFO1758: NetUSB 1.184, 0002061F : May 7 2012 10:36:59

INFO175A: AUTH ISOC

INFO175B:

usbcore: registered new interface driver KC NetUSB General Driver

INFO0076: init proc : PAGE_SIZE 4096

INFO17B4: Check mac address

INFO162C: infomap 8654c220

INFO162F: sleep to wait br0 to wake up

INFO02D0: use dev Name br0

INFO1638: sleep to wait br0 end.

INFO1651: UDP_BROAD 7437 tcpPort:625868800

INFO02D0: use dev Name br0

INFO1538: tcpConnector() started…

TP_RULE_NAT:enable hardware nat

IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver

(tp_mroute_enable_write)140, tp_mroute_enable = 1

INFO1415: Bind to br0[/code]

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TP-Link WDR3600 N600 Serial

June 6, 2014 No Comments

When adding a serial header to the board of a WDR3600 and using the same RS232 TTL converter as with the WDR4300 I found the output was all garbage. I re-soldered the connectors several times but the output remained unchanged.

After some investigation I found that a TTL UART converter is required so I ordered one from ebay titled

USB 2.0 to TTL UART 6PIN CP2102 Module Serial Connector Converter Adaptor Cable

which arrived today, inserting into my Windows 7 laptop the appropriate device driver could not be found for it, after some further investigation I found the correct one for it which i've made available from here

Windows XP/Server 2003 Vista/7/8/8.1

Other windows versions and os's are also available to download from

http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx

The converter which worked with the WDR4300 but not the WDR3600 is titled

MAX232 RS232 Serial To TTL Output Converter Board RXD TXD RTS CTS F PIC Atmel

and the output from it was

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Using the TTL UART converter output was as expected

[code]U-Boot 1.1.4 (Sep 9 2013 – 14:28:41)

U-boot DB120

DRAM: 128 MB

id read 0x100000ff

flash size 8MB, sector count = 128

Flash: 8 MB

Using default environment

PCIe Reset OK!!!!!!

In: serial

Out: serial

Err: serial

Net: ag934x_enet_initialize…

No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address

wasp reset mask:c03300

WASP —-> S17 PHY *

: cfg1 0x7 cfg2 0x7114

eth0: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41

athrs17_reg_init: complete

eth0 up

eth0

Autobooting in 1 seconds

## Booting image at 9f020000 …

Uncompressing Kernel Image … OK

Starting kernel …

Booting Atheros AR934x

[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.31–LSDK-9.2.0_U6.616 (tplink@localhost.localdomain) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #1 Mon Sep 9 14:32:03 CST 2013

[ 0.000000] Ram size passed from bootloader =128M

[ 0.000000] flash_size passed from bootloader = 8

[ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 0001974c (MIPS 74Kc)

[ 0.000000] ath_sys_frequency: cpu srif ddr srif cpu 560 ddr 450 ahb 225

[ 0.000000] Determined physical RAM map:

[ 0.000000] memory: 08000000 @ 00000000 (usable)

[ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges:

[ 0.000000] Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00008000

[ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node

[ 0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges

[ 0.000000] 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00008000

[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 32512

[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:02 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=ath-nor0:128k(u-boot),1024k(kernel),6912k(rootfs),64k(config),64k(ART) mem=128M[/code]

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WRT1900AC Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router

May 12, 2014 No Comments

I've just read some reviews on this router and I can safely say when the price drops to a reasonable amount below it's current one of £250 it will definitely be my next home router.

http://www.linksys.com/en-eu/products/routers/WRT1900AC

Reviews

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/linksys-wrt1900ac-wireless-router/

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/29/linksys-wrt1900ac-review/