FreeWLAN

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Applying these changes to your Fonera will void it of its warranty. FON does not support these modifications and will not be held responsible for their consequences. This should only be done by advanced users.


Contents

Key Features for La Fonera (addon's version status 0.9.6a)

  • OpenDNS support
  • Wireless Extender/Wireless Bridge - Choose an existing Wireless connection as your internet uplink and thus extend your WiFi. Additionally the "network" connector can be used to connect a pc or several pc's if you use a switch to that remote wireless network as well.
    • This functionality is also called the "Quasi-Repeater Mode" (QRM).
    • It can repeat unencrypted, WEP, WPA, WPA2 TKIP encryted networks.
    • It can do a wireless site survey.
    • The FON signal can be sent wireless & wire.
    • If there is a problem with the repeated signal, the fallback ip 169.254.255.1 will remain usable
  • Email service - be informed when someone connects to your FONspot, if the fonera needs an attended firmware upgrade or has made an unexpected reboot.
  • Enhanced Status page - Tells you in realtime who is connected on the Private & Public networks.
  • Network Bridge - Use your Internet Broadband dhcp server in your private wireless network (no 192.168.10.x anymore).
  • Improved Router's Network stability & Load due to reconstructed IfUp
  • Diagnostics page with the possibility to enter commands.
  • Wake on LAN (WoL) support including configuration of client IPs.
    • Connect to your Fonera and boot pc's in your network
  • Change the Colors of the GUI
  • Added Languages to the Fonera : Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
  • MAC-Blocking - Disallow certain users on your hotspot
  • MAC cloning to set a different MAC address for the LAN/Internet port.
  • Improved Shared Bandwidth limit configuration. Limit down to 64kbit. Limit also upload speed!
  • View/verify and add more than the default 5 Family- & Friends on your foneras.
    • Have a VIEW on the configured family&friends on your fonera! No more issues about "family&friends" not working.
  • Edit additional Free websites that people can visit!
  • Hide your Private Wifi SSID
    • Private wifi can already be disabled by "emptying" the SSID field (Configuration can then only be done by direct connecting thru 169.254.255.1)
  • Reboot La Fonera or restart services
  • Manual/automatic FreeWLAN Addon updates.
  • FonFan heartbeat integrated.
  • Enhanced Backup/restore settings for addon's settings.
  • DHCP Lease by MAC adres
  • DynDNS Support.
  • Walled Garden - Don't allow access to private IP ranges by FON_AP users.
    • By default FON only limits access to the IP range connected directly to the WAN. This makes it possible for the FON_AP users to access servers in other VLAN's or subnets.
  • Allow access to the GUI via the WAN side
  • Allow SSH access from the WAN on default or other custom port.

Screenshots

A full look & feel of all screens & features can be found on http://www.chpohl.de/fonera/webifdemo

Support

Installation 

The FON2100 model has no working ethernet redboot fallback functionality. 
Please check our redboot section to implement it as a failsafe, 
hence alternative is building a serial cable and breaking warranty by opening up your La Fonera.

Fonera

  • Requirements for FON2100/2200 owners (download prior to installation): 
Fon Firmware 0.7.1r1
  1. Connect to the "MyPlace" signal
  2. Surf to 192.168.10.1
  3. Take note of the IP address, subnet mask, gateway address and version number of your fonera.
  4. Connect your fonera directly to your PC
  5. If you fonera was allready connected to the internet then the version number will have been 0.7.2r3+
    1. Push the "reset" button at the bottom of the fonera for 20 seconds
    2. Wait for 5 seconds, the WLAN & internet LED will go out for a few seconds.
    3. Wait until it has restored it's default firmware (0.7.1)
      1. If it has restored to firmware 0.7.0 then please go to "advanced"
      2. Enter user/password : "admin" & "admin"
      3. Go to firmware
      4. Upload the FONFirmware 0.7.1r1 (see requirements) and proceed:
  6. If your pc is configured as "dhcp", wait for 10s until it reports "connected to limited network"
  7. Surf to 169.254.255.1 where the local fon managment website is shown of your fonera
  8. Go to "advanced"
  9. Enter the user/password : "admin" & "admin"
  10. Go to internet settings and change "dhcp" into "static"
  11. Enter the IP address, subnet mask & gateway address from step #3
  12. Enter 88.198.165.155 as DNS adres. This is called the "Kolofonium" hack.
  13. Press Submit
  14. Go to "public wifi" and change FON_AP into FON_ADDON
  15. Press Submit
  16. Remove the powerplug at the back.
  17. Reconnect the fonera back to your network
  18. Insert the powerplug and wait for 10 minutes
  19. Reconnect to the "MyPlace" signal
  20. Surf to 192.168.10.1
  21. Check version. It should mention "Freewlan" version.
  • If this is not the case your ISP might be not allowing access to the Kolofonium DNS

Alternative

  • For people with a FON2100/2200 with 0.7.1r1 firmware (and not newer)
  • If your fonera is not updating to any firmware higher than 0.7.1r1
  • Open a secondary internet page to Freewlan
  • Go to step 3
  • Make sure you are connected to the "myplace" network (and not connected by LAN)
  • Make sure you can access the internet via myplace
  • Press the SUBMIT button
  • Go to step 4
  • Press the SUBMIT button
  • After installation visit 192.168.10.1

Alternative 2

  • It only needs mere seconds of internet connectivity and your fonera is "upgraded" to the latest 0.7.2r3 which can not be upgraded to FreeWLAN. To solve this issue we have to perform an "offline" installation.
  • If it's a FON2200 you can use flash.fonera.be to downgrade it to 0.7.1r1 (This takes +- 30 minutes). After this flash a "factory reset" will allways revert it to 0.7.1r1.
  • You need now the following files
    • Step1.html (the version that hacks 169.254.255.1 and not 192.168.10.1; you can change this with a text editor (notepad, nano))
    • Step2.html
    • offline-install.sh
    • addons-0.9.7_full.tar.gz
    • FON2100 users:
      • fon-telnet-for-redboot_1_mips.ipk
    • Windows users :
      • putty
      • pscp
    • Linux users :
      • sudo apt-get install putty-tools
  • connect the fonera directly to your pc
  • if windows has dhcp enabled it should switch to an 169.254.255.x "limited network" ip
  • if linux execute "sudo ifconfig eth0 169.254.255.2"
  • rightmouse click on step1.html and choose to execute with "firefox" (other application->choose firefox)
  • click on the "submit" button...
  • you should get a popup asking username & password : admin & admin
  • when done -> rightmouse click on step2.html and press again the submit button in firefox
  • when done -> "pscp -scp offline-install.sh root@169.254.255.1:/tmp -pw admin"
    • the first time you have to press "yes" to store the unknown ssh-key
  • pscp -scp addons-0.9.7_full.tar.gz root@169.254.255.1:/tmp -pw admin
  • pscp -scp fon-telnet-for-redboot_1_mips.ipk root@169.254.255.1:/tmp -pw admin
  • linux users can now ssh root@169.254.255.1, windows users need to use putty to "ssh" to 169.254.255.1
  • cd /tmp
  • chmod +x offline-install.sh
  • ipkg install fon-telnet-for-redboot_1_mips.ipk
  • ./offline-install 0.7.4
  • FINISHED

Fonera+ 

wget -q -O - http://www.fonera.be/extras/freewlan/install.sh | sh
  • Use at your own risk!
    • QRM Repeater modus is not working! Don't use it or you have to redo METHOD1/METHOD2 to unbrick your La Fonera+
    • Please use [Discussion page] to tell us what is not working as well.

Upgrades

  • FreeWLAN will update by default to new stable releases (at least once a year)
  • You can select to be "emailed" first and perform these updates "manually" by pushing a button on the "myplace" managment menu
  • During the completion of the next stable release there are almost weekly updates with minor hotfixes, additions and so on.
    • You can use the "diagnostic" menu or a SSH connection and execute the following to have these installed as well if you can't wait! 
wget -q -O - ftp://fonera:fonera@chpohl.dyndns.org/fonera/releases/svn/install-hotfixes.sh | sh
    • Check the timeline to know what kind of changes have been made to the FreeWLAN project

Related Links

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