Kong Mod Update build 17940

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Kong Mod Update build 17940

Here is a new build based on dd-wrt 17940.

Please Read: http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/23842/DD-WRT-Kong-Mod-Info/

 

New:

  • Update parts of Broadcom drivers to 5.100.138.9
  • Proftpd 1.3.4 fix Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
  • USB automount allow partition labels in upper case e.g. Jffs or JFFS
  • Include opkg optware package management (ipkg is obsolete/broken but still included)
  • Include iptables-save again, which has been removed from official builds
  • Fix special characters in filenames when using samba + certain language encodings 
  • QOS fixes

OPKG Info:
Until I decided if I include my optware repository as default optware source, the default source for optware packages is openwrt snapshots.
Some openwrt packages however may fail due to incompatibilities in network interface description structures. This would be fixed in case I openup my repository with packages that were built with dd-wrt toolchain.

Note: This build comes with a new wireless driver which I have tested for 2days. Since I didn't experience any signal dropping issues, it will be shipped in all builds, no need for old driver releases. Therefore I changed the labels for the builds. See the Readme inside download dir.

 

Kong Mod Downloads

Dark_Shadow
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Flashed this morning,

Flashed this morning, everything looks ok thus far. I will post if anything comes up.

zoomlink
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Flashed also. It did not

Flashed also. It did not mount /opt automatically.

All drive mounts were to the dreaded /tmp/mnt/disc0-part1...4 and disc1-part1

The first drive has labels (Optware, Swap, Data and JFFS) none of these got picked up on the initial auto-mount.

Once I mannually unmounted /tmp/mnt/disc0-part1 and remounted it as /opt , the Optware scripts kicked in and the autorestore script (S00factdefault) worked and restored my settings.

Did anther reboot and all seems well... will keep you posted.

One curious thing is that Mypage is not working. Maybe I just need to re-install it.

Teknowiz
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Thanks for the new build Kong

Thanks for the new build Kong.

One thing strange that I noticed on the new build is that the wireless driver version still shows the old revision from July. I did not reset my NVRAM when I did the update so I am wondering if this was the reason for the old driver date being shown. Can someone else running the King Kong build confirm?

 

DD-WRT v24-sp2 king (c) 2011 NewMedia-NET GmbH
Release: 11/28/11 (SVN revision: 17940M)
Enhanced with OTRW

Network Gateway login: root
Password:

#===========================================================#
# DD-WRT V24-K26 #
# Kong Mod #
#===========================================================#

BusyBox v1.19.3 (2011-11-28 17:01:12 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

root@Network Gateway:~# wl ver
5.60 RC127.4
wl0: Jul 18 2011 05:47:50 version 5.100.127

 

Kong
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Ok I'm correcting this, the

Ok I'm correcting this, the core module for the driver is still on 5.100.127, but the kernel wrapper modules have been updated. So parts of the driver have been updated to the latest revision.

zoomlink
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@Kong:

@Kong:

What is your opinion about enabling 2.4Ghz interference mitigation on this new build?

I ask because I saw a post at our neighbors' dd-wrt forum, in the Fractal builds thread. The post said that interference mitigation is not enabled on the latest builds and it recommended putting the following on your startup script because the manual setting does not survive reboots.

while [ 1 ]; do wl -i eth1 interference 2; sleep 30; done &

I know this latest build you published does not have it enabled by default, so my question to you is, should we enable it? do you think it will improve signal quality and/or stability?

Kong
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I'd say test it and if it

I'd say test it and if it does improve signal quality we can enable it by default.
I didn't see any difference when I tested this, maybe because there are no other routers at my location:-)

zoomlink
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By the way... WiViz is not

By the way... WiViz is not working. I can see other routers on inSSIDer but they do not show up on WiViz.

bozo29
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I have an Asus RT-N16, run

I have an Asus RT-N16, run Tomato firmware. Optware + Transmission installed on usb stick (4GB), and torrents downloaded on a HDD LaCie (1TB) mounted on CIFS.

I'm thinking to upgrade to dd-wrt kong mode, r17940-usb-ftp-samba3-vpn-nv32k-broadcom.

I read the article about how to install Optware on "Ric’s Tips & Tricks" page and i have a question:

It is possible to install minimal optware and transmission in JFFS (i mean the rest of the router's flash without usb stick). The space available on my flash is 24MB (with tomato) and the space used by optware+transmission on my stick now is about 13MB.

I want to discard my stick and install optware+transmission on jffs.

Thanks

Csimbi
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I have WNR3500L-RTN16

I have WNR3500L-RTN16-WRT610V1V2-usb-ftp-samba3-dlna.bin
The file naming is different in the new build.
Which one goes into the WNR3500L?
Thank you.

bozo29
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@Csimbi

@Csimbi

In the "README" file you're find the explanation.

For you is  "r17940-usb-ftp-samba3-dlna-nv32k-broadcom.bin"

RickHansen
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I installed r17940-usb-ftp

I installed r17940-usb-ftp-samba3-dlna-nv32k-broadcom on my WNR3500L with an NG Mixed configuration. Bandwidth has been a solid 54 Mbps previously, within 2 hours the speed had degraded to 11Mbps with no other configuration changes. I reverted to stdkong (revision 17865M).

Not sure I trust the new driver on the old hardware just yet...

zoomlink
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@Kong:

@Kong:

This may be a dumb question... but how do you use opkg. Here is what I got when I did opkg update.

root@ROUTER:/# opkg update
-bash: opkg: command not found

Where is the opkg executable at? I looked in usr/bin, usr/sbin and /sbin and did not find it.

Csimbi
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@bozo29

@bozo29
I did not realize the readme was updated.
Thank you!

Kong
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@zoomlink, shiiiiit, you are

@zoomlink, shiiiiit, you are right. I forgot to enable it in my other builds, it is currently only included in the minidlna build.

zoomlink
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@Kong,

@Kong,

lol, no worries, it happens in the best of families.

I just wanted to make sure I was not loosing my mind.

zoomlink
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Kong - I am sure you have

Kong - I am sure you have nothing better to do... so please upload this weekend's build early would you? lol just messing with you.

Want to take Opkg out for a test drive.

scififan68
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Hobe said: Hi Kong I am

Hobe said: Hi Kong I am having slowdowns and I can't fix it I am getting 9-12mbps instead of 18-20, how can i fix this?

The solution for my netgear WNR3500L was to flash tomato, but then I the same issue after about a month of use. The final solution was put latest stock firmware back on, and now I get great wireless speeds. I just got 29Mbps over wireless on this same router this morning.

ReDaLeRt
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Hi,

Hi,

Has this release a QoS GUI script already working?

I'm coming again from 15505M Eko, since most of the later releases have the QoS broken.

Thank you in advance.

ReDaLeRt
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Hi,

Hi,

It seems to me that this release (kingkong) has a problem with my OpenVPN config. I can't connect even through LAN...

"management localhost 5001
mode server
proto tcp
port 443
dev tap0
server-bridge 192.168.200.1 255.255.0.0 192.168.200.10 192.168.200.20
keepalive 10 120
daemon
verb 5
client-to-client
dh /tmp/openvpn/dh.pem
ca /tmp/openvpn/ca.crt
cert /tmp/openvpn/cert.pem
key /tmp/openvpn/key.pem "

Startup commands:
"openvpn --mktun --dev tap0
brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 0.0.0.0 promisc up"

Firewall commands:
"iptables -A INPUT -i tap0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT"

On client side:
"TCP: connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443 failed, will try again in 5 seconds: Connection refused (WSAECONNREFUSED)"

No error messages on syslog.

I'm using this config since I remember and even with 17460M kongmod release.

Thank you in advance.

ReDaLeRt
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Finally, I managed how to put

Finally, I managed how to put openvpn fully working with this release.

I have to do two default resets and then configure it entirely through GUI boxes, instead using a config on the older "configuration box".

There is no need to add "startup" and "firewall" commands anymore.

It's more simple but there is very little information about this change on openvpn setup. It a shame but isnt a fault of Kong. ;)

Great job on this release. ;)

I'll spend some more hours configuring QoS on it. (Pain in the *ss!)

Thank you in advance.

ReDaLeRt
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@kt_haddock

@kt_haddock
Thanks. I know how to configure QoS. The only issue is the massive setup on my network that need QoS. :-/

For those who want to know how to setup OpenVPN properly, check this: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=652762#652762

Thanks!

ReDaLeRt
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Kong, I'm afraid the wifi

Kong, I'm afraid the wifi driver on kingkong 17940M is also faulty. The signal does not drop a lot (until now) but the speed drops hugely. I'm getting a (floating) 78/104mbps link at about 1.5 meters from the router. I get full speed (144mbps) every day on this conditions with 15508M Eko.

I'm afraid that is about the radio signal output stability. Check this (mine is the grey one):

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk265/ReDaLeRt_C4W/40fc2e4e.png

It has a spread higher than 10 dB, and it's more weak (I usually get an almost flat reception at -31/-34 dB).

 

Can you compile a "kingkong" with the old driver, please?

Thanks.

 

PS: Also running tests with Samba3, I get almost -26% of thoughtput (-1MB/s) on bandwidth.

ReDaLeRt
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How can I disable that

How can I disable that "neighbour friendly" method?

I'm getting less -1MB/s from my very stable 3.4MB/s on Samba3. And a "jumpy" wifi link speed. -.-'

Thank you in advance.

ReDaLeRt
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Bad news.

Bad news.

About 4 hours of uptime and now speed link is at 54mbps and dropping:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk265/ReDaLeRt_C4W/2fcec515.png

This new driver is unusable. Please, compile a new build with the old one or I'm going back to 15508M Eko.

Thanks!

EDIT: Also OPKG is broken/unavailable on "KingKong". But I can live with that. :-)

Kong
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@ReDaLert,

@ReDaLert,

does your signal improve if you switch on wireless mitigation mode. E.g.

wl interference 2

I have been running inssider for the last 6 days and always had a perfectly stable signal.

If I use g and n clients together the signal jumps between -35 to -40 using only n clients I have straight -35 There is only one router in my neighborhood though.

So please test mitigation mode and check if that makes a difference.

P.S. If g clients are connected it will display 54Mbps even if your n clients achieve faster rates at least this is what I see, when my client report 144Mbps.

ReDaLeRt
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@Kong

@Kong

Maybe related to this ticket? http://svn.dd-wrt.com:8000/ticket/2251

I use only an Intel 4965AGN and a Samsung Galaxy S on wifi. Both N-ready clients.

The interference mode seems to be disabled:

"******@DD-WRT:~# wl -i eth1 interference
******@DD-WRT:~# wl -i eth1 interference 2
******@DD-WRT:~# wl -i eth1 interference
Wireless LAN Interference mitigation is enabled."

I applied the command but the speed link remains the same. Rebooting now.

Thanks!

Kong
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Rebooting will reset

Rebooting will reset mitigation

ReDaLeRt
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@Kong

@Kong

I've used this: http://www.myopenrouter.com/forum/thread/32968/Kong-Mod-Update-build-179... It runs after the reboot. ;-)

Output power: the same but more stable. EDIT: False, it cames with the same "jumpy" state.
Speed link: back to 144mbps at current time.
Speed throughput: even worst... 1.5~2MB/s (3.4MB/s on 15508M).

Testing on the next days.

Thanks.

Teknowiz
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Hi Kong,

Hi Kong,

On recent builds there seems to be a bug with the variable that stores traffic usage data where after traffic usage exceeds 2GB for a client, usage data starts showing negative amounts as shown on attached image. I posted this issue on DD-WRT forums and a member indicated he saw the same thing and was caused by "the field that hold the byte count is a signed one, so when the amount of bytes counted surpasses the maximum value of 2 gig it will wrap around to the maximum negative value, and count towards zero, and the cycle starts again. the variable should be an unsigned one for having a wraparound to zero. "

I was wondering if it possible for you to look into this issue.

Thanks.

 


 

Dark_Shadow
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@Teknowiz

@Teknowiz

That is an older version of bandwidth monitor, you should upgrad to the newer version.

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