Some news for unlocked Fonera+


One month after unlocking, here are some news, reported problems and tips for the unlocked Fonera+

* QoS, transfer rates.

Lot of foneros reported problems on transfer speeds on all ports.
This problems occurs on unlocked or not unlocked fonera+

First apply the good settings for QoS on LAN ports (uci parameters qos.wan.* )

Default is 2048DL/128UL. Take a look at he wiki .

If your problem is not solved apply Anton's mod, this post !

* Bug in dropbear 0.49

Dropbear window in PuTTY does'nt close while exiting shell session.

This problem is reported here in OpenWRT bugtracker : https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/1651 (thanks to Giorgio for the search)

Updated ipk package for this same version of dropbear can be found here .
Reinstall package or directly replace the executable file:

cd /tmp
wget http://www.moliets-bastide.info/public/foneraplus/dropbear
chmod 755 /tmp/dropbear

Launch manually /tmp/dropbear , verify that there is no error message...

No error allowed here , since the there is a risk to loose SSH access !!

If OK, finally move and replace dropbear to the right place:

mv /tmp/dropbear /usr/sin/dropbear
and please reboot !!



* klogd and CPU load

Try the "top" command, and see your klogd process running at 90% CPU.

We have no known issue for the moment

* File editors.

Since vi is not implemented in the original version of Busybox, we DON'T really RECOMMEND upgrading Busybox to a more recent versions, just to get vi editor..
Keep in mind to try running (when possible) same versions as installed by FON, to stay 100% FON-compliant.

And upgrading Busybox will use an important memory space on your flash ( more than 10% of total space).

Try this

Install first package libncurses

And then choose the editor to install: "nano" editor, or "joe"

As always the good repository for download is : http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/7.06/atheros-2.6/packages/

except for kmod-*-atheros-1_mipks.ipk which you can't install on fonera+

* JFFS easy backup

Please once you've customized your Fonera+, take a minute to make a simple backup of your mods.
This is just a simple way to perform a backup without extra tool or mod.

Perhaps you will need this backup later, after a crash or firmware upgrade sent by FON.

cd /jffs
tar  -czv -f /tmp/save_jffs.tgz ./

Operation may take a minute or more depending of busy space on your JFFS.

Then simply copy the file to your computer by SCP.
Last step: remove the file from /tmp or reboot.