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Ubnt Routerstation Pro and Routerstation Debian 5.0 Image and kernel

Posted by admin - 16/08/10 at 02:08:21 pm

It looks as if some folks were trying to get debian running on the routerstation series from ubnt. Well here you go.

Eventually I will post instructions on debootstraping and how to build your own kernel..etc

Included modules for /bluetooth/dvb/vfl/ipv6/netfilter/ebtables/etc etc

Stock debian 5.0 image, username root and password is routerstation.
You can use a usb stick for the rootfs or use an sd card.
You can grab the filesystem archive and unpack it to an ext2 filesystem you create if you dont have any 4 gig cards around.
It will try to fetch an ip via dhcp on the wan port(poe port)

To install the kernel you will need a tftp server.

You can use dd or phydiskwrite to write the image to your usb key or sd card.
This KERNEL Runs on both routerstation and routerstation pro.
If you have a routerstation you will need to connect a usb port to the usb header.
Commands for loading

fis init
load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} vmlinux.lzma
fis create Kernel

If you were running openwrt then this is all that needs to be done.

Otherwise you will need to run
fconfig
fis load -d -e kernel
exec

*NOTE*
It is possible to boot via the sd card on the rs pro, however if you have a usb key plugged in, it is detected first as sda1……

*edit 1*
Forgot to add wireless modules, if you dont care, download, otherwise I am regenerating the rootfs
*edit 2*
Wireless modules(madwifi) are in the tarred filesystem image.

rootfs files
4 gig rootfs image
Kernel(for both rspro and rs)

Sapido gr-1102 and openwrt

Posted by admin - 02/08/10 at 04:08:31 pm

Close ,very close to a releasable openwrt image for the Sapido series routers.

Digital Yard sale 1.0

Posted by admin - 02/08/10 at 08:08:36 am

Thats right. A lame digital yard sale for embeded nerds.

Summer cleanup of the nerd closet.

First item on the list: Gateworks 2348-4 board.

About it: Great little box for embedded projects, or simple wireless router, or as a pbx, etc,etc.

site: http://www.gateworks.com/products/avila/gw2348-4.php

I have quite a few of these. 44 bucks shipped.

Second item on the list: Gateworks 2348-2

About it: Great little box for embedded projects, or simple wireless router, or as a pbx, etc,etc.

site: http://www.gateworks.com/products/avila/gw2348-2.php

I have quite a few of these as well. 30 bucks shipped.

3rd item on the list: Ubiquiti Sr5 400mw 802.11a mpci card.

About it: Good for long range, or just a powerful accesspoint, or client application, Goes great with items 2 and 1

site: http://www.ubnt.com/sr5

I have a few of these as well, 24 bucks shipped.

4th item on the list: Ubiquiti XR7 700mhz cards.

About it: 700mhz mpci cards…Public safety applications,etc, Long long range communications

site: http://www.ubnt.com/xr7

Price: Make an offer, I have 4

5th item : rflinx 2.4ghz amp’s

About it: They work very well. They peek at almost 2watts at times.

site: http://www.rflinx.com/products/amplifiers/2400/ca/

24 bucks shipped. Have a bunch of these as well.

6th item: Pc Engines Wrap boards.
site: dont remember
About it: Have a few of these. Some are the one ethernet, 2 minipci variant. and 2 are the wide 2 ethernet, 2 minipci versions. 25 bucks shipped

2 Zipits for sale

Posted by admin - 16/07/10 at 02:07:14 pm

Thats right, 2 z2’s. 64 bucks for the pair shipped..

One is hacked and has serial, the second one is not hacked.

Hacking the Sapido gr-1102

Posted by admin - 30/05/10 at 05:05:30 pm

I bought a sapido gr-1102 because I figured hey, its small, runs linux, wireless n, can be powered from usb and it has 2 usb ports.

Initially I plugged it in, plugged in a mobile broadband dongle. It detected it, I set it up to dial #99 and after a minute I was connected to the web through this little travel 3g router.

I was happy.

In an effort to get root access to the device I grabbed the most recent firmware off of Sapido’s site. Noticed some gzip magic in the file and extracted the rootfs.

I knew there was a hidden page so I searched my hex editor for the terms command and I had a hit for System command.

The hidden page was/is called obama.asp . Interesting….

I fired up telnetd with telnetd -l /bin/sh and telnet’ed to the device. I had root access….

I was able to get my cellphone to work, with some hackery.
a vid and pid for the usb device are written to a file: /var/HSDPACARD

I found this out by reading the /bin/HSDPA.sh script.

Of course my cellphone is detected as a generic ttyACM device , so a quick search of the supported vids/pids gave me 0fa1 and 6010 for ttyACM0.

I wrote a little script that just echos this to the correct place.

echo “Vendor=0fa1 ProdID=6010″> /var/HSDPACARD

And now the cellphones connection can be shared.

Openwrt is next. I have a kernel booting, Just working out the rootfs now..

Stay tuned.

Zipit and power management

Posted by admin - 11/03/10 at 09:03:09 pm

Rkdavis was kind enough to toss some code he was working on my way, namely battery status stuffs..

I have added some code to take into account the load of the cpu and I am trying to finish up the piece that takes into account the status of the backlights and audio…

I am debating over having the first run create a calibration file to make it a bit more accurate for batteries that have been cycled 50+ times, requiring a user to cycle the battery once(like laptops) and dealing with it from there…

Ideas??

Soon verry soooon….

Zipit updates

Posted by admin - 24/01/10 at 12:01:25 am

Over the weekend I was able to finish up the second edition rootfs’s and fs images as well as an installer for windows users.

This update should allow full FREE use of im networks via pidgin..

I will work on getting everything updated and uploaded this weekend.

tootles

Vaio P Instant On fun

Posted by admin - 24/11/09 at 10:11:01 pm

For those that did not know, InstantOn can be modified..

c:/InstantON is were this all resides.. The files inside are nothing more then ext2 file systems, kernel, initrd, etc.. Each Program you see when you boot into instanton mode is stored in its own filesystem.
These are all mounted when its booted.. Im sure they did this for modularity..

I snooped around the filesystem and found that an xterm binary was there. I modified the config file for the xmb-style menu program and booted up. There was my xterm.

http://aliosa27.net/projects/vaio-p/instanton/

I captured some of the info and uploaded it there..

I hate how you can only run one app at a time. I compiled fluxbox and placed it in the filesystem, changed a few things to get it to autostart and finally..Multitasking..

I will get the modified files posted soon..

For those that want to use the xmb key to boot a different distro..

Modify C:/kernel.pam

the kernel you want to boot must be on the C:/ File system. I created a directory called linux.

place the kernel and initrd from your distro of choice in this directory.
Im using crunchbang(ubuntu variant)

in the kernel.pam file change the line to look like:
/linux/(kernel file name here) as well as your boot args.

My kernel.pam looks as such

/linux/zimage root=/dev/sda3 rw

In your initrd.pam

add the name of your initrd file..

/linux/initrd

save, shutdown and press the xmb key.. with any luck, you should of booted linux without needing to install grub, simply with the built-in bootloader…

Enjoy…

Ps…backup your kernel.pam/initrd.pam ….just in case you want to use the default instant on os again..

Enjoy..

Zipit Updates

Posted by admin - 22/11/09 at 04:11:05 pm

My mac was dead for a little while there, sent off to apple so they could replace the video card…

Not much had happened with the zipit in that timeframe…Hope to get back on track soon

my god it’s full of stars

Posted by admin - 21/11/09 at 09:11:15 pm

testing 124