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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=167470705-31052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Pretty-much yes, that's what it means. The AP51 EasyFlash
app is basically a front-end for RedBoot. It works on Meraki's via
Ethernet straight out of the box - no need to open the Meraki's case or use
serial cables. Foneras do not support Ethernet access to RedBoot out of
the box - you need to attach a serial cable to change this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=167470705-31052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>One thing I have not tested is if it works on a Meraki
which still has the original vendor firmware installed - but I see no reason why
it shouldn't. I only have one Meraki to play with at the moment, and it
has been flashed with OpenWRT many times over. I even flashed it with the
Freifunk/Fonera firmware and it behaved like a Fonera router (complete with FON
captive portal) with Freifunk OLSR running in the background. It runs in
simultaneous Adhoc( for mesh)/Public AP/Private AP mode quite
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=167470705-31052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The only thing we are missing now is an
OpenWRT/Atheros-based firmware suited to our needs. The OpenWRT
Kamikaze snapshots currently available have no web interface at all. The
closest thing I can see that currently works is the Freifunk/Fonera firmware -
you can run it in "Ego" mode which disables all the FON network stuff and makes
it act like a regular Freifunk Firmware (with a FON admin interface). That
might be a starting point for us at the moment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=167470705-31052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=167470705-31052007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Dan</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Rohan Malhotra
[mailto:rohanmalhotra86@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 31 May 2007 3:01
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Dan Flett; melbwireless@wireless.org.au<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Meraki stuff yet again :)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>if i understand this correctly,</DIV>
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<DIV>this means that merakis and foneras are now able to be used off the shelf
with operwrt ?</DIV>
<DIV>by off-the-shelf i mean with the same difficulty it takes to flash one of
the linksys models?</DIV>
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<DIV>i've been following your postings but i'm not that pro with the
programming stuffs, if this is true this is GREAT news,
gw.<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 5/30/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Dan
Flett</B> <<A
href="mailto:conhoolio@hotmail.com">conhoolio@hotmail.com</A>>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Okey
dokey - I'm pleased to announce that my Expect script is now
redundant.<BR>Sven-Ola Tuecke of Berlin Freifunk has modified the Fonera
EasyFlash utility <BR>to support the Meraki.<BR><BR>Get it here:<BR><A
href="http://download.olsrexperiment.de/sven-ola/area51/">http://download.olsrexperiment.de/sven-ola/area51/</A><BR><BR>Under
Windows you need to install WinPcap:<BR><A
href="http://www.winpcap.org/">http://www.winpcap.org/</A><BR><BR>It's cool
because it has an internal TFTP server and with WinPcap it<BR>configures the
selected network interface transparently. It's also a
much<BR>smaller download, and a nice shiny GUI. <BR><BR>To use it, plug in
your Meraki to your PC's Ethernet jack. Run the<BR>EasyFlash
util, select the correct Ethernet interface, select your rootfs<BR>file
(*root.squashfs or *root.jffs2-64k), and your Kernel file
<BR>(*vmlinux.gz). Click on "Go" and plug in the power to your
Meraki. Then<BR>just sit back and wait for about 8 minutes while
the files are
flashed.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Dan<BR><BR>_______________________________________________
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