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esp5sp
08-25-2005, 12:17 PM
Hello,
Settings to connect via serial port to WAR board in order to make a reset to defaults?
Tnks.
lonnie
08-25-2005, 02:48 PM
The serial port does not have any function other than display. There is no factory reset capability. What have you managed to do?
Factory reset, and a few other abilities via serial port will be included in the upcoming release.
klyne
10-07-2005, 11:34 PM
whan i set the WAR4 to channel 5600 or so, it started rebooting every 40 sec. Once i remove the CM9 the board comes up fine... but i cannot reset the config, and since it is the config for Atheros0 that is the problem i cannot put any wireless interfaces in the box.
What to do?
Regards,
Martin
ps, upgraded to the latest release, today, havent tested if the serial works now, does it?
The serial port does have a console that can be used to restore factory settings in the later releases.
lonnie
10-08-2005, 10:08 AM
You are on a DFS channel and the unit is likely seeing a radar. Remove the antenna connector and maybe the signal is low enough to not cause a reboot. Then you can get in and reset your channel.
The other way is to reset using the serial port, which is now implemented.
115k,n,8,1 are the settings.
klyne
10-08-2005, 10:19 PM
I connected to the serial and reset the unit and now it is running fine. Dont you guys think it would be a good idea if VX shutdown the radio instead of rebooting again and again, the way it works now requires a truck rool and perhaps a reset.
Also would you consider a poll on the features ppl would like to see, that might give you a better idea of what ppl are urgently missing.
Per our conversation the other day i understood that you are not planning to implement OSPF anytime soon, and i think that is a shame. These boards have their main strength in their huge throughput, and as such are great for backhaul, but a backhaul needs redundancy and therefore it is a must to have a protocol that can handle that. BGP is not a possibility since it requires alot more RAM to hold the routes, but OSPF is great for this purpose.
Your thoughts are as always appriciated.
Regards,
Martin Madsen
Bel Air Internet
lonnie
10-08-2005, 10:39 PM
Actually OSPF is in testing. DHCP server is also testing. They will be ready in about a month. OSPF is the first step towards our own mesh.
For the other problem, if it just shutdown the radio it is still locked out potentially. I agree the system does not behave in a nice manner, but that is the way we were told to make it behave and play nice with radar. That is DFS. I will have some discussions and see if maybe we can modify that behaviour to dance around the radar and remain usable.
BGP will not be on the scene since these units are meant for the middle and client edge. At the POP edge we expect to have high powered routers doing the job.
stephenpatrick
10-11-2005, 03:57 AM
Just a plea from UK/EU, can you make sure we have "standards-compliant" DFS and TPC? Otherwise we can't get this through a CE lab and legally sell them -
Agreed a "souped-up DFS" mode would be nice to have as well.
Many thanks
Our DFS and TPC implementation is complete, and 'standards compliant' as you would put it.
If you are unsure as to which channels are effected by radar, the auto-channel selection will choose a nice clear one if one is available.
aziraphale
10-11-2005, 10:38 AM
Actually OSPF is in testing. DHCP server is also testing. They will be ready in about a month. OSPF is the first step towards our own mesh.
Won't running OSPF/DHCP compromise the possible throughput (IIRC, full throughput is only reached in bridging mode)? Although, I could see OSPF work very well as a sort of self-healing management mesh, similar to the Stratex Eclipsesetup...
If quagga's ospfd should still turn out to be unstable, the OpenBSD project has its own ospfd, could be possible to port it...
BGP will not be on the scene since these units are meant for the middle and client edge. At the POP edge we expect to have high powered routers doing the job.
No point in running BGP with less than 256M RAM, 512 if you've more than one full feed...
cheers,
azi.
The full throughput is obtained through bridging. With OSPF and DHCP, these facilities should not effect the overall routed throughput of the system, and appear to be functioning quite well.
So far, Quagga's OSPF has shown great promise, and has not shown any problems so far. We are keeping an eye on the OpenOSPF project. We have not tried it due to it's pre-release status, but it looks promising.
Bossman
10-31-2005, 07:56 PM
I have one unit that I can't ping. Re-boots only occassionaly come up on the serial. I've managed to get it to V1.04 last week and it still has issues. Have been trying to get it to 1.05 with no luck. My serial settings are 11500k, 8-N-1, Xon/Xoff flow control and an ANSI terminal. When I do get the terminal screen and I hit 'Enter' for recovery, nothing happens. I think it's my serial settings. Had to try a different serial cable just to get anything. The serial cable I use for my WRAP's doesn't work with the WAR's. Does anyone have a Hyperterminal config they can send me or another suggestion?
What issues do you encounter when uploading the v1.0.5 firmware?
Serial settings are: 115200 8-N-1
Bossman
10-31-2005, 08:28 PM
I can't even ping this board currently. On bootup with no cards it stops at the point where it says "apConfig: Press 'enter' for recovery console". If I hit enter, nothing happens. That's why I'm thinking I have something incorrect in my serial settings.
With all 4 cards I get to the point where it says: "Atheros 0 ready" and again no pings and no response to the enter key.
Thank you for the information.
Can you please email us (networks@valemount.com), and provide us with a list of symptoms you are seeing, and the power adaptor you are using. Lonnie may have some pointers as to the serial cable pin-out needed to access the recovery console.
Thanks!
Bossman
11-01-2005, 09:40 PM
Persistance paid off.... I managed to finally get it to boot normally and upgrade the firmware and the boot rom. Now it's flawless like all my others. Still no control via the serial port, but that's on my end.
Thanks
Thank you for the update, I am pleased to hear you got it updated Ok.