Firmware compatible to Wireless Space?

[coelhonet]

Awesome, firmware loaded and running! :) :woohoo

Now I need sometime to explore all functions your firmware has and check if all works fine on Wireless Space.

After loading your firmware, do I also need to apply patches as specified here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2314 ?

Also, I know Wireless Space is a new class of device into the mix for your firmware and because of that, some functions related to this specific device might not be present at your kernel, for instance configuration for other LAN ports, WLAN port, routing, change led color (green for when not using wireless capabilities and blue when using that, as from LaCie firmware), etc. I think I can try some of those configurations via command line (not sure if I can all of them). Question is if you think you have time for adding such features, in future?

Anyway, thanks a lot for all effort to make it run on Wireless Space, I'm sure it'll bring new life to this device and expand further its capabilities. Awesome work!

[coelhonet]

Something I just noticed, shutdown doesn't really shutdown device. Hitting power button after a shutdown do not bring it back on. Also there is a soft touch in front of the unit that is not triggering anything.

Just to be clear, not pushing to any fix, just reporting what I have seen, maybe I can work on creating a short backlog of things that might not working or I need clarification. :)

[Jocko]

Hi coelhonet,

I think we forgot to deepen a point.

Can you post these outputs

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ls -l /usr/sbin/buttonsd
ls -l /sbin/standbyd-spd
ls -l /sbin/rebootd-spd

I assume also you can not reboot or standby the NAS by using the reset menu

After loading your firmware, do I also need to apply patches as specified here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2314 ?

No need to do it as you used version 16.1 with the first install.

Note: you do not need to apply the patch for version 16.1 (firmware image for wsp2 had been updated with these new files)http://plugout.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2326

[fvdw]

Indeed i forgot about the buttons, Jocko will setup a patch

the bridge function should work and should be able to use all lan ports, just test. The wan port is not operational, also wireless lan is not yet implemented. We can switch the green led on if you wish but it has no function on this moment.
Later I will look if we can activate the wireless chip and driver, a donation could help to speed things up, seems you are the only user so far

[coelhonet]

Hi coelhonet,

I think we forgot to deepen a point.

Can you post these outputs

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ls -l /usr/sbin/buttonsd
ls -l /sbin/standbyd-spd
ls -l /sbin/rebootd-spd

I assume also you can not reboot or standby the NAS by using the reset menu

After loading your firmware, do I also need to apply patches as specified here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2314 ?

No need to do it as you used version 16.1 with the first install.

Note: you do not need to apply the patch for version 16.1 (firmware image for wsp2 had been updated with these new files)http://plugout.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2326

Hey, here you are:

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# ls -l /usr/sbin/buttonsd /sbin/standbyd-spd /sbin/rebootd-spd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            22 Dec 14 17:23 /sbin/rebootd-spd -> /bin_cab/rebootd-nwsp2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            23 Dec 14 17:23 /sbin/standbyd-spd -> /bin_cab/standbyd-nwsp2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            22 Dec 14 17:23 /usr/sbin/buttonsd -> /bin_cab/buttons-nwsp2


About reset/reboot, I tried halt command line (which I think is what is triggered from web interface) and result is the same, device do not power off or reboot, all commands to stop services and umount are sent, but not actually power down unit.

Thanks!

[coelhonet]

Indeed i forgot about the buttons, Jocko will setup a patch

the bridge function should work and should be able to use all lan ports, just test. The wan port is not operational, also wireless lan is not yet implemented. We can switch the green led on if you wish but it has no function on this moment.
Later I will look if we can activate the wireless chip and driver, a donation could help to speed things up, seems you are the only user so far

Hello!

About led color changes, I don't think it's critical, just a nice to have feature (if I remember correctly, on standard firmware, we had 3 colors, blue when using with wireless NIC on, green when using only LAN and red when powering down, also, read and write to disk activities made led to blink).

I'll test bridge and let you know. I can use it as NAS by now, wireless and routing via WAN would be great for future, but I understand it's something new based on other devices you had added support in the past.

Absolutely I can donate for work you do, don't know if Wireless Space was so popular as Network Space, but hopefully more will board and test this firmware.

Thanks!

[coelhonet]

Hey there! I have been out of town and now I'm back for more 2 weeks.

So far, NAS is running stable, I can confirm bridge is working fine and I'm playing with several options we have on your firmware.

One thing I have noticed is that SMB file transfer is running slower than before, but I need more time to work on some better testing (I can say we have a sustained transfer rate at 7-8M/s and it was used to be 16-17M/s via local LAN 1Gb/s connection) and case scenarios to ensure it's true or not.

Will keep you posted.

Thanks!

[fvdw]

Probably we need to upgrade the kernel. Seems 3.18.21 has an issue with ethernet speed. I see same drop in speed on my 5big2. I selected a newer one, linux 4.2.5. It is currently in testing fase and shows promising speeds, see other topic in this development