Comments on: 2.3.7.0 Beta 2: Getting closer http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/ News from Fon development community Fri, 18 May 2012 13:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: simon http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-155496 simon Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:18:48 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-155496 hey tom, just don´t use N mode..no wpa2 and don´t download with the routers´ torrent-client etc.. sounds stupid, since this is the reason we bought it.. but: if you want it to be a stable router, just go for normal, plain and oldschool G mode with WPA and NOT WPA2. N mode seems to work stable only with some (laptop) wlan chipsets, and even then it requires a whole load of luck . The router just seems unable to handle the workload needed to run N mode with wpa2 (not to mention background downloads). hey tom,
just don´t use N mode..no wpa2 and don´t download with the routers´ torrent-client etc..
sounds stupid, since this is the reason we bought it.. but: if you want it to be a stable router, just go for normal, plain and oldschool G mode with WPA and NOT WPA2.
N mode seems to work stable only with some (laptop) wlan chipsets, and even then it requires a whole load of luck .

The router just seems unable to handle the workload needed to run N mode with wpa2 (not to mention background downloads).

]]> By: Ton http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-155432 Ton Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:13:11 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-155432 Fonera now at half a meter of Laptop. Only N. WLan speed 3-4.5 MBps and not stable. Lan speed 10-10.5 MBps. When will there be an update? Fonera now at half a meter of Laptop.
Only N.
WLan speed 3-4.5 MBps and not stable.
Lan speed 10-10.5 MBps.
When will there be an update?

]]> By: Marco http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-151865 Marco Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:37:39 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-151865 André, are the usb packages working now? Will I be able to get my 3G modem working? I tried previous releases but the usb packages were not working. André, are the usb packages working now? Will I be able to get my 3G modem working?
I tried previous releases but the usb packages were not working.

]]> By: Andre Pinto http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-151859 Andre Pinto Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:50:15 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-151859 Openwrt working flawlessly in Fonera 2.0n (2303). Great stable signal and great performance! http://www.erriko.it/internet-co/fonera/openwrt-ufficiale-per-fonera-2-0n-repository-di-erriko-it-update-r31054/ Openwrt working flawlessly in Fonera 2.0n (2303). Great stable signal and great performance!
http://www.erriko.it/internet-co/fonera/openwrt-ufficiale-per-fonera-2-0n-repository-di-erriko-it-update-r31054/

]]> By: t031 http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-149786 t031 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:01:57 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-149786 Thanks Matthijs, please do so Thanks Matthijs, please do so

]]> By: Matthijs http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-149748 Matthijs Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:34:22 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-149748 @UNIX4ALL, right. So you really need to Fonera to do normal routing instead of NAT routing or bridging. This is not currently supported. Note that this even if the Fonera would support this, this would additionally require setting up routes on all clients on the 1.x network telling them they can reach the 2.x network through the Fonera (either by setting up routes manually or pushing them through a DHCP server, but most consumer routers don't support this). Are you sure you need two separate subnets? @UNIX4ALL, right. So you really need to Fonera to do normal routing instead of NAT routing or bridging. This is not currently supported. Note that this even if the Fonera would support this, this would additionally require setting up routes on all clients on the 1.x network telling them they can reach the 2.x network through the Fonera (either by setting up routes manually or pushing them through a DHCP server, but most consumer routers don’t support this).

Are you sure you need two separate subnets?

]]> By: UNIX4ALL http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-149745 UNIX4ALL Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:57:47 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-149745 Thx for reply Matthijs, I will try to do bridge mode but I need to have 2 different networks, if I put bridge mode I need to put all together on the same subnet, right? for example all in 192.168.2.x or it will work if I maintain the same configuration with bridge-mode?? Cheers, Jacobo. Thx for reply Matthijs, I will try to do bridge mode but I need to have 2 different networks, if I put bridge mode I need to put all together on the same subnet, right? for example all in 192.168.2.x or it will work if I maintain the same configuration with bridge-mode??

Cheers,

Jacobo.

]]> By: Matthijs http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-149739 Matthijs Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:33:33 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-149739 @Danilo, you're using the Fonera in a way it's not intended. It does work if you disable the DHCP server, but as you noticed there is no way to have the Fonera itself access the internet through its LAN port like that. Instead, you'll want to use the actual "bridge mode", by selecting "bridge" in the Internet settings screen. This will stop the Fonera from doing NAT and bridges its LAN and WAN port together (as if it is a two-port switch). In addition, it adds all wireless clients into the bridge as well, which is what you're really after, I guess. @UNIX4ALL, as tman suggested, you'll want to use bridge mode. In bridge mode, traffic can flow between the LAN and WAN ports of your Fonera freely. When configuring bridge mode, you should give the Fonera a (static) ip in the network of your ADSL router (so 192.168.2.x). If you insist on not configuring bridge mode, then adding a rul for WAN -> Private access is not possible (since the Fonera applies NAT from Private -> WAN). What you can do is do port forwarding, but that is probably not what you want either. I would advise you to try bridge mode again and if you can't get that to work, provide some more details on what is not working so we can help you debug this. It is probably best if you open a forum topic for this, though. @t031, it seems there is something wrong with the wifi driver in beta2 that can make the network very unstable in some circumstances. I'm not exactly sure what's going wrong, but a clean recompile of the driver seems to improve things already. Once I'm sure the stability is good enough again, I'll commit the new driver to SVN and probably release beta3 shortly after. @Danilo, you’re using the Fonera in a way it’s not intended. It does work if you disable the DHCP server, but as you noticed there is no way to have the Fonera itself access the internet through its LAN port like that.

Instead, you’ll want to use the actual “bridge mode”, by selecting “bridge” in the Internet settings screen. This will stop the Fonera from doing NAT and bridges its LAN and WAN port together (as if it is a two-port switch). In addition, it adds all wireless clients into the bridge as well, which is what you’re really after, I guess.

@UNIX4ALL, as tman suggested, you’ll want to use bridge mode. In bridge mode, traffic can flow between the LAN and WAN ports of your Fonera freely. When configuring bridge mode, you should give the Fonera a (static) ip in the network of your ADSL router (so 192.168.2.x).

If you insist on not configuring bridge mode, then adding a rul for WAN -> Private access is not possible (since the Fonera applies NAT from Private -> WAN). What you can do is do port forwarding, but that is probably not what you want either.

I would advise you to try bridge mode again and if you can’t get that to work, provide some more details on what is not working so we can help you debug this. It is probably best if you open a forum topic for this, though.

@t031, it seems there is something wrong with the wifi driver in beta2 that can make the network very unstable in some circumstances. I’m not exactly sure what’s going wrong, but a clean recompile of the driver seems to improve things already. Once I’m sure the stability is good enough again, I’ll commit the new driver to SVN and probably release beta3 shortly after.

]]> By: UNIX4ALL http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-149724 UNIX4ALL Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:24:53 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-149724 How can I do a rule for WAN -> Private access ? How can I do a rule for WAN -> Private access ?

]]> By: UNIX4ALL http://blog.fonosfera.org/2370-beta-2-getting-closer/#comment-149675 UNIX4ALL Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:50:08 +0000 http://blog.fonosfera.org/?p=159#comment-149675 tman: I tried it without success too. tman: I tried it without success too.

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