After playing around with my lafonera and ddwrt i decided to go back to the original lafonera firmware. Nothing really existed, or it did at one point, but doesnt seem to any more. Latest updates on everything detect chipset software related. As of late i havent bothered to update the firmware because it was stable. You must have an ethernet connection by cables between fonera 2. It is based on openwrt, but is locked down to prevent tampering with its software. Fon also made it impossible to flash a new firmware, since the. Though you can flash your own supported equipment with the openmesh firmware, youll probably want to buy their branded gear right from their site. They jointly created the btfon community by flashing fons software on all bt total broadband wifi routers in the uk. So why is flashing done every time a device is in repair service. You cannot turn power on before you click go in ap51, as the flash process needs to interrupt the boot process to work correctly.
Mobile flashing was once deemed to be a complicated affair involving a lot of expertise and detailed knowledge on the latest os and syncing software. He used a 75ls05 to adapt the io levels, and some bit banging in the software to pull it off. Compatibility with this firmware downloader software may vary, but will generally run fine under microsoft windows 10, windows 8, windows 8. Binaries and sources are now available in the download section. Requires usb ports, p2k driver, windows xp and higher.
These can be used to reflash another fonera to become an identical copy. Two memory ics are available on the fonera, the first is an st m25p64 serial flash, with a 50mhz spi bus and 64mbit capacity 8mb, in 300mil so16 format. However, i read a post on the forums and it said that the new latest firmware increase signal quality. Click the browse button to select the required fonerafirmware. There are a couple suggested in the autoap fonera thread. Mine took about 15, but it can vary on different pcs. The shared drive can be a usb flash disk or a usb hard drive i plugged. A great feature of this app over ap51 flash, is that it can flash several different types of firmware. If rhis is your first time flashing and you want autoap to run right, get a presp2 build dated december 2008 or newer. This provides many useful features, such as turning the router into a wireless repeater, or even an ethernet to wireless bridge. As of 30042016, the installation steps below for flashing openwrt were tested successfully for flashing fonera 2. No support documentation is available, so if you wish to configure yours, you should follow similar guidelines, such as the ones provided for fonera 2.
Do not lose your patience and powercycle your fon, or youll have to start steps 4 and 5 over again. Ap51 flash program i used the gui version for winxp, which was easy enough root. Reflash lafonera with original firmware wolfgang reutzs blog. Click upgrade and wait around 8 minutes before doing anything else. In that case i would suggest you to download and install a software which allows xmodem and ymodem protocols. Free wireless internet is one feature of the fonera, but there are many more that can be unlocked. When communicating with various micro processors one needs to convert the rs232 levels down to lower levels, typically 3. The fon company seems to live to give their routers away for free sometimes. The goal was to create a global wireless network where other fonera users could roam between access points for free. Fon flashing takes a while, leave it alone for about 30 minutes. Ethernet cable plug in a lan port 1 to 4 on your fonera 2.
One such software is securecrt by vandyke software. But now, thanks to the mobile flashing software free download for all. I was looking in the faq and found a link about unlock the 0. I was looking for streaming solutions the other day. Flashing the fonera fon2200 the easy way took a bit of work, but i was able to flash a fon2200 ap with ddwrt via a regular cat5e cable. Low level usb flashing downloader utility for huawei e3372 and other modems baesd on balong v7. Fon is the global wifi network with millions of hotspots fon. The following is a guide to flashing the fonera access point, into a minirouter albeit with only one ethernet jack running the excellent, opensource ddwrt firmware. Theres plenty of information out in the net, and heres a small compilation of links. Each word must consist of at least 3 characters and must not contain.
We pioneered residential wifi sharing over a decade ago and, together with leading telcos, weve built the worlds largest wifi community of. Complete tutorial with screenshots of flashing to a newer firmware using the command line method. First of you will need to download and install the latest setup of easy flasher. Stepbystep unlocking install guide with pictures wifi. Reflashing the fon wifi pineapples mark i, ii, iii hak5. This causes the fonera to pick another wifi station as ap. Openvpn is a fullfeatured open source vpn virtual private network.
Then download the latest flash files of your mobile and put those flash files in one specific folder in c. This allowed bt total broadband customers to participate in the fon community without buying a fonera router and in some. And there is only a 2 second time slot during the fon2200 boot process where ap51 can do that. Debricking fonera using a serial cable alone khalbali. I liked ddwrt for its featurerichness, but as my requirements changed i dont need the router to sit inside the lafonera and thought it would be good to rejoin the fon community. If youre not careful, itll patch all of its security holes before you get a chance. The main reason for doing this is ensuring a good quality of service, and that you wont have to send your device in for repair again soon after. I have successfully flashed fonera 2200 and 2201 with fon flash, however i got 3 fonera s 2100 with 0.
If you were like me and the ap51 screwed up during the flash, i found a handy guide on how to flash the fon back to its original or close to it at. Software lafonera as a kismetdrone this needs to be converted and tested software lafonera universal repeating without wds commandline method software lafonera. The fonera fon2100a is based on an atheros systemonachip soc. A fake dns server at that ip applies the hack to your router for you, and you can now connect via ssh until the next reboot. I turned on mac filtering, and now i cant ssh or telnet my fonera. The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words. No need to download html hacks and manual edi files. Wifi pineapple flashing guide building or unbricking. Most instructions which ive seen on the web assume that you have telnet over ethernet access to redboot, which is a chicken and egg problem. This opens up the program that is going to flash the unit. Type theses command in your redboot console fis init load r b. How to flash a cloudtrax enabled wifi router with open mesh. Dec 06, 2008 if you were like me and the ap51 screwed up during the flash, i found a handy guide on how to flash the fon back to its original or close to it at.
From the following webpage autopsy of a fonera, you can read. Lafonera software flashing in conclusion, what i was exicted about the most was the fact that using arduino and a couple other jumper wires i replaced two whole circuits with over 6 components each. I was trying to do something really cool, and set it up as a transparent ethernet bridge. Reflashing the software is a way to ensure that the device is in a known good state when it leaves the service company.