[MLB-WIRELESS] WL-HDD going cheap

[Simon Knight]

Anyone seen any good prices on these lately?

On 6/29/06, Dan Flett <conhoolio at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've just used the method mentioned on the OpenWRT site to flash the
> Freifunk Firmware to a WLHDD.  It worked ok - I had to muck around with the
> command-line to get the network interfaces right because I didn't start with
> the default firmware.  The default firmware has an NVRAM variable called
> "productid", which in this case should be set to "WLHDD".  OpenWRT and
> Freifunk detect this variable and set up the network interfaces
> appropriately.
>
> For the record - in the WLHDD the network interfaces are:
> Wired Ethernet - eth1
> Wireless - eth2
> eth0 also exists, but doesn't seem to do anything.
>
> By default, eth1 and eth2 are bridged together as br0.  The Freifunk
> firmware has some fancy code to auto-detect the wireless interface and to
> separate it out as a "wifi" interface.
>
> One other thing - for flashing Asus routers the OpenWRT site says you have
> to do this:
>
> tftp> get ASUSSPACELINK\x01\x01\xa8\xc0 /dev/null
>
> to get the firmware to start it's TFTP server and accept firmware images.
> I've found you don't have to type all that ASUSSPACELINK stuff.  I've found
> that you can "get" anything:
>
> tftp> get A /dev/null
>
> is sufficient.  You can then happily "put" any firmware you want via tftp.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au
> > [mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of
> > mike campion
> > Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 11:59 PM
> > To: David Ashburner; Melbourne Wireless
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] WL-HDD going cheap
> >
> > I have flashed a few of these with no problems using the
> > procedure on the openwrt site
> > http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware/Asus/Flashing ,
> > ensure you are directly connected to the wl-hdd and not
> > through a switch and also use the TFTP with control commands method.
> >
> > I have also found that if you take too long to issue the tftp
> > command the transfer will not work and you have to start from scratch.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > ---- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Ashburner" <d_ashburner at hotmail.com>
> > To: "Melbourne Wireless" <melbwireless at melbournewireless.org.au>
> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] WL-HDD going cheap
> >
> >
> > > OK, so I got a couple of these but am having trouble
> > flashing them with
> > > OpenWrt.
> > >
> > > I checked the instructions on the web site and have tried doing the
> > > following:
> > > use xxx4mb.trx file
> > > set it in recovery mode by holding the reset button while
> > powering on
> > > I can ping it at 192.168.1.220  but when I start the tftp
> > transfer it
> > > dosen't respond.
> > >
> > > At the last meeting Ratbaggy mentioned something about
> > using the right
> > > network switch speed but I can't remember what he said.
> > > Regardless of what I plug this thing into only the 10x
> > light comes on
> > > the RJ45 the 100x flashes a couple of times while it is booting but
> > > It won't negotiate to the higher speed ( well according to
> > the lights
> > > on the back )
> > >
> > > any tips or pointers?
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 30, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Dan Flett wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Guys,
> > >>
> > >> I discovered the WL-HDD has had a drop in price recently.
> > There are
> > >> $69
> > >> here:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.computeralliance.com.au/parts.aspx?qryPart=4698
> > >>
> > >> They have a standard Broadcom radio, integrated, which isn't great.
> > >> But at
> > >> $69 you can't complain.  They are confirmed to run
> > OpenWRT, they have
> > >> 4MB
> > >> Flash and 16MB RAM, and they are physically slightly
> > smaller than a VHS
> > >> tape.  If you've got a spare 2.5 inch HDD lying around
> > then all of a
> > >> sudden
> > >> you've got heaps of storage space.  And it has USB too.
> > >>
> > >> Now to find a suitably-sized outdoor enclosure! :)
> > >>
> > >> Does the drop in price mean that EoL is coming?
> > >>
> > >> Also, this place sells cheap 9dB indoor antennas:
> > >>
> > >> http://stores.ebay.com.au/confero24-com-Wireless-Shop
> > >>
> > >> I've had one of these on Ratbaggy's return-loss analyser
> > and it came
> > >> up with
> > >> very good figures - so in this case cheap doen't mean nasty.
> > >>
> > >> So add one of these antennas to the WL-HDD, stick them
> > both inside a
> > >> waterproof enclosure and you might be able to make yourself a
> > >> reasonable
> > >> outdoor AP/Router for less than $150.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>
> > >> Dan
> > >>
> > >>
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