Hi folks, After some time with peaks and valleys in the development pace, we bring you the 2.3.7.0 beta3 release. This release contains most of the changes for the final release and should be the last beta release for 2.3.7.0. Read on for the goods.
What changed?
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This release brings mostly bugfixes, but a few small features as well.
Here’s a few highlights:
- Instabilities in the wifi driver were fixed (broken since beta 1).
- USB driver, ethernet driver, Transmission and OpenVPN were updated.
- Various fixes to the downloader plugin and uploader plugins.
- Rapidshare logins are working again.
- Alternative dynamic DNS providers are now supported
- Improve communication with the userzone on www.fon.com
- This firmware can be flashed through the 2.0g failsafe image again
For the complete list of changes, see the changelog:
http://download.fonosfera.org/RC/2.3.7.0_beta3/Changelog.txt
What about my feedback?
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We welcome more feedback from this new beta release, so go ahead and
comment or post away. This does not just mean issues or problems: If you
test a new or fixed feature and it works for you, we’d like to know as
well. Feedback is welcome through various channels: comments on the
blog, this development mailing list, IRC or by creating a ticket on our
trac:
http://trac.fonosfera.org/fon-ng/wiki/reportbugs
So, how do I upgrade?
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To install this beta firmware, download the web upgrade tarball here,
navigate to your Fonera’s dashboard through “Settings” and then “System”
and upload the downloaded file there (under “Firmware update”). Note
that you should not unpack the file you download (and make sure your
browser doesn’t automatically unzip the file either, it should remain a
.tgz file).
The following versions are available. Note that because this is beta
version, only the developer’s version is available, not the end user’s
version (but you can freely switch between versions without problems).
Be sure to pick the version for your hardware. If you pick the wrong
one, the firmware update will silently bail out and no upgrade will
happen (no error will appear either).
- 2.0g (FON2202) developer’s version:
http://download.fonosfera.org/RC/2.3.7.0_beta3/FON2202_2.3.7.0_beta3_DEV.tgz
- 2.0n (FON2303) developer’s version
http://download.fonosfera.org/RC/2.3.7.0_beta3/FON2303_2.3.7.0_beta3_DEV.tgz
It seems that in some cases, the 2.0g fails to flash a new firmware
through the webinterface due to insufficient free RAM. If you upload the
firmware through the webinterface, but that page keeps loading
indefinitely (and you do not get the updating countdown), you’re
probably seeing this issue as well. As a workaround, you can disable
windows file sharing (”Settings” -> “Fileserver” -> “Windows Network
Shares”) and/or the public Fonspot (”Settings” -> “FONSpot”) to free up
some memory. This should allow the 2.0g to successfully unpack the
firmware and start flashing it. Hopefully we can correct this issue
before the final release.
If the upgrade somehow fails and you need to recover, the recovery
instructions are available in the new FAQ section:
https://fon.zendesk.com/entries/21439902-firmware-restore
Have fun!
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