La Fonera 2.0
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Fonera 2.0 WiFi router, combines all the revolutionary WiFi sharing and money making features of FON with home networking. Fonera 2.0 has a USB port that allows users to connect an external hard drive and other USB devices. This enables users to share data wirelessly, upload videos or photos automatically to YouTube, Flickr, Picasa and Facebook, or
download* torrents or files directly from BitTorrent, RapidShare, and Megaupload without a computer running at the same time. Additional features available with the Fonera 2.0 include the ability to backup files via WiFi to a hard drive, print, access a remote webcam, and connect an HSDPA or 3G dongle and emit WiFi. Fonera 2.0 is based on open source and developers are encouraged to create and share additional applications.
Fonera 2.0 maintains all the features of previous FON WiFi routers. Once connected, it creates two WiFi signals, one private and one public, that allow for a secure, wireless Internet connection at home and free access at FON Spots worldwide. Fonera owners can also choose to make money by selling FON WiFi access passes or letting guests roam at their FON Spot.
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Description
Fonera 2.0 is a 2 Ethernet Port and 1 USB port cool Wireless router. It comes with an Internet port to connect to your existing broadband service, an additional LAN port to connect a wired device to your network and a USB port. Fonera 2.0 is easy to install, offers data transfer rates of up to 54Mbps, and works with all of your WiFi-ready devices (laptops, phones, MP3 players, etc.). The standard range is between 10-50 meters depending on the environment.
The Fonera 2.0 is intended to be a Liberator of your desktop computers by being able to both execute applications that you usually need to run in background on your computers and to help you share USB devices between the notebooks connected to your Fonera 2.0, like USB Disks, USB Scanners, USB Printers or Webcams (Not all USB Devices supported).
In addition to all that, Fonera 2.0 also allows you to get Roaming privileges to the whole FON Network by sharing part of your bandwidth at home, and also allows you to make some money from the visitors who still don“t share their connection.
Technical Specifications
- Model Name: FON FON2202
- Dimensions:93.5 mm x 25.5 mm x 110 mm (excluding antenna)
- Antenna Connector:RP-SMA connector (reverse SMA)
- USB Port: USB A-type Receptacle (USB 2.0)
- Antenna: External detachable antenna (1,5dBi)
- Authentication: WEP 64bit/128 bit, WPA, WPA2, WPA mixed
- Encryption: TKIP, AES, Mixed
- Network Standard Support:IEEE 802.11b / 802.11g (up to 54 Mbps)
- Frequency Range: 2412 MHz~2462MHz (802.11b/g, Channel 1~Channel11)
- Maximum output power: 112.460mW
- Ports: 1 Ethernet WAN port (10/100Mbps) for internet + 1 Ethernet LAN port (10/100Mbps) for computer connections and other devices (network printer, storage, etc.)
- SSIDs: One public (named FON_FREE_INTERNET by default) non-encrypted and one private (named MyPlace by default) encrypted with WPA-PSK
- Platform / frequency: Atheros AR2315 @ 180MHz
- Flash: 8MB / Ram: 32MB
- Wireless NIC: Atheros SoC, LAN Switch: Marvell 88E6060
- bootwait: Redboot*
- Serial: Yes JTAG: Yes USB: Yes
Use of USB Devices
USB devices are Plug 'n Play: you plug them they appear in your dashboard!
We advise connection of USB devices only through a USB 2.0 HUB powered externally. Because:
- USB 1.1 devices do NOT work unless they're plugged to a USB 2.0 HUB
- A non powered one might cause malfunctioning if there are too many devices, especially USB hard drives that need power to spin the discs.
Firmware Releases & Update Instructions
- 2.2.5.0 aka Flipper (2009-04-21)
- 2.2.4.0 aka Platero (2009-03-16)
- 2.2.3.0 aka Caterpillar (2009-02-18)
- 2.2.2.2 aka OktoPussy-2 (2009-01-30)
- 2.2.2.0 aka OktoPussy (2009-01-23)
- 2.2.0.0 aka Tantor The Elefont (2008-12-22)
- 2.2.0.0 aka Alfred (2008-12-04)
- 2.1.0.2 aka Sylvester (2008-11-11)
- 2.1.0.1 aka Evil Teddy (2008-10-01)
- 2.0.1.1 aka Rats (2008-05-12)
See Firmware Update Instructions for instructions of how to apply these updates.
LED Status description
| LED | color | activity | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNET | green | solid | cable connect on internet port |
| INTERNET | green | strobing | WAN activity |
| COMPUTER | green | solid | cable connect on computer port |
| COMPUTER | green | strobing | LAN activity |
| WIRELESS | green | blinking 3s | wireless on and working |
| WIRELESS | orange | solid | Someone is connected to your Fonera |
| WIRELESS | green | strobing | wireless activity |
| WIRELESS | orange/green | blinking | wireless crash (to be confirmed) |
| WIRELESS & POWER | orange/green | blinking | Fonera in failsafe mode |
| USB | green | solid | USB storage device connected |
| USB | green | blinking | USB activity |
| POWER | orange | slow blinking | booting |
| POWER | orange | solid | connecting to WAN |
| POWER | green | solid | Fonera on and working |
Plugins
FON plugins
- OLPC 1.0 Plugin Allows La Fonera 2.0 to become a node of the mesh network supported by OLPC devices
- Requires a special Mesh Dongle which is not yet for sale
- DynDns 1.1 Plugin
- FONbackup/Java Allows you to backup (incremental) data from one drive to another.
- Audiocli Plugin Allows you to stream music from your network to a simple USB sound device. Here's a small manual
- Only available upto firmware version 2.2.4
- Tested on version 2.2.5+ succesfully
- Printer Plugin
- Webcam Plugin
- Firefox Fonera 2 Addon
Third party plugins
- Proxy redirector from FrancoFon Allows you to redirect the traffic going through the La Fonera 2.0 to a proxy. You may choose to redirect the traffic coming from the private signal, the public one or both.
- Jamendo Enjoy the Internet Radio station Jamendo on your Fonera 2 equiped with a low cost usb music stick. More details & screenshots
- Neorouter Ideal Remote Access & VPN Solution
- FonHome - The X10 Domotica Project
- Owbox An other Domotica project (with energy monitor), open source, open hardware, based on a wireless sensor network
- Rapidshare downloader Application that allows automated download of files from Rapidshare file hosting service without premium account.
- Wake On LAN Wake up your computer or other devices connected through the LAN port.
Compatibility Lists
- Tested Webcams or Webcam compatibility List
- Printer Compatibility List
- 3G/3.5G modem Compatibility List
- Soundcard compatibility List
- Scanner Compatibility List (Not supported anymore)
- Bluetooth Compatibility List (Not yet supported)
Developers Community
- fonosfera blog will keep you updated about the work made on the La Fonera 2.0 firmware: http://blog.fonosfera.org
- A development and support mailing list is available, so independent developers can get in touch with FON ones as well as with each other. Subscribe here
- Many Fonera 2.0 developers meet each other on IRC - Freenode: #fonosfera
- A dedicated sub-forum was created at boards.fon.com for discussions around the La Fonera 2.0
- You can report bugs on the bug tracker
- You can download the last source code from fonosfera's SVN, independent developers can get a folder with writing privileges to develop their plugins upon request.
- If you have good reason to not make your communication public, you may contact directly the developers writing to fonera20 [] fon.com Keep in mind that most of the time the mailing list will be more useful as the answers will be public and can benefit to other developers.
Related Pages
- Webcam use on La Fonera 2.0
- Printer use on La Fonera 2.0
- External Storage (HD, Pen drive, etc) use on La Fonera 2.0
- UMTS/3G modem use on La Fonera 2.0
- Fonera Development related How-to (content not checked)
- La Fonera 2.0 Management Console (content not checked)
- Amule on La Fonera 2.0 (content not checked)
- SSH access with key (content not checked)
- F2-USB internal 4 port USB hub













