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Key Features for La Fonera (addon's version status 0.9.6a)
- 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
- FON support will not give any support on Freewlan implementations
- Freewlan gives support on:
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 FON2100A owners (download prior to installation):
Fon Firmware 0.7.1r1
- Connect to the "MyPlace" signal
- Surf to 192.168.10.1
- Take note of the IP address, subnet mask, gateway address and version number of your fonera.
- Connect your fonera directly to your PC
- If you fonera was allready connected to the internet then the version number will have been 0.7.2r3+
- Push the "reset" button at the bottom of the fonera for 20 seconds
- Wait for 5 seconds, the WLAN & internet LED will go out for a few seconds.
- Wait until it has restored it's default firmware (0.7.1)
- If it has restored to firmware 0.7.0 then please go to "advanced"
- Enter user/password : "admin" & "admin"
- Go to firmware
- Upload the FONFirmware 0.7.1r1 (see requirements) and proceed:
- If your pc is configured as "dhcp", wait for 10s until it reports "connected to limited network"
- Surf to 169.254.255.1 where the local fon managment website is shown of your fonera
- Go to "advanced"
- Enter the user/password : "admin" & "admin"
- Go to internet settings and change "dhcp" into "static"
- Enter the IP address, subnet mask & gateway address from step #3
- Enter 88.198.165.155 as DNS adres. This is called the "Kolofonium" hack.
- Press Submit
- Go to "public wifi" and change FON_AP into FON_ADDON
- Press Submit
- Remove the powerplug at the back.
- Reconnect the fonera back to your network
- Insert the powerplug and wait for 10 minutes
- Reconnect to the "MyPlace" signal
- Surf to 192.168.10.1
- 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 FON 2100 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
Fonera+
- METHOD 1 - Adding SSH access on Linux/Windows/MacOSX --> German Version
- METHOD 2 - Easier SSH access method for Linux
- Install of a "beta" version of Freewlan+ 0.9.4
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
- FreeWLAN website: http://trac.freewlan.info/wiki
- Changelog of the addon: http://trac.freewlan.info/wiki/Changelog
- Demopage of the GUI: http://www.chpohl.de/fonera/webifdemo
- Installation of our FreeWLAN addons: http://trac.freewlan.info/wiki/Documentation/Installation
- Offline installation by using a WLAN or LAN connection: http://trac.freewlan.info/wiki/Documentation/Installation#OfflineinstallationbyusingaWLANorLANconnection
- FreeWLAN board: English - German
- HowTo: activate "Fallback Mode": http://en.freewlan.info/viewtopic.php?p=3864#3864
- Different installation senarios (only in German): http://trac.freewlan.info/wiki/Documentation/Scenarios.de
- La Fonera SSH Access: http://k0k0.k1k2.de/ssh/open-ssh-access-to-fonera_en.htm
- Enabling RedBoot(Loader)'s Telnet function: http://en.freewlan.info/viewtopic.php?t=375




