Posted by jpluimers on 2020/02/24
Reminder to self: [WayBack] Tomato by shibby – upgrade procedure and cfg backup | LinksysInfo.org:
I keep a text file with the changes I’ve made after a fresh install and I keep the file updated as I make changes.
Re-configuring the router after that takes a bit of time, but it is not that bad. Toastman’s method (here) noted above as well as the methods described here and here can also be used, but I haven’t tried them.
which references:
- [WayBack] Using QOS – Tutorial and discussion | Page 3 | LinksysInfo.org
You need to save a file somewhere on or off the router, with the following command from the command line.
nvram export –set >config.txt
This outputs the complete setup in useable text form, each line beginning with “nvram set”. This means it’s ready to input to the router without having to add the “nvram set” to every line. You could do this by ssh or telnet.
NOTE – you can only restore the whole config file to the original router. To configure a different router you need to cherry pick the important lines (see below)
e.g.
nvram set clkfreq=480,240,120
nvram set wl0_country=AU
nvram set wan_domain=freewifi
nvram commit
- [WayBack] Tomato RAF Releases | Page 18 | LinksysInfo.org
save off the results of nvram export –quote, ie:
Code:
nvram export –quote > nvram_clean
after erasing, then subsequent changes are easy to find later with:
Code:
nvram export –quote | grep -Fvf nvram_clean
While not quite as readable or cut and paste friedly as –set, –quote is script friendly with the advantage that all entries are always a single line.
- [WayBack] I’ve created a command-line NVRAM cfg file parser | LinksysInfo.org
Decodes Tomato cfg files into JSON so they can be changed and compared against other backups. Encodes JSON-formatted Tomato cfg key/value pairs into the Tomato cfg format.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/11/04
By now I should have had plenty of time to try out an ARM based pfSense multi-WAN router like the [WayBack] Netgate SG-3100 is an ARM based pfSense Firewall Appliance.
So this is a reminder for myself to write down more detailed experiences than the summary at [WayBack]Netgate SG-3100 pfSense Security Gateway Appliance.
It is in the Mikrotik price range, but each time I use those I bump into mysterious RouterOS issues that only I seem to have.
–jeroen
via:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/04/08
When one of the machine isn’t active for a while it seems to disappear. Even when it’s active some of the machines have intermittent errors pinging it as like every 10-30 seconds one of these ping results appear:
92 bytes from tl-er5120 (192.168.71.1): Redirect Host(New addr: 192.168.71.193)
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst
4 5 00 0054 05de 0 0000 40 01 644d 192.168.71.108 192.168.71.193
Sometimes even a simple
Request timeout for icmp_seq 6900
So I need to dig into ICMP “Redirect Host” .
It might be a simple ARP thing like mac mini – Why the different results for ping? Or why is the Time Capsule getting involved? – Ask Different [WayBack] but like usual stuff I bump into is of a more complex kind so I’ve archived at least these:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/12/11
Not sure when this happened but the CIDR list is no more [WayBack] https://www.whatsapp.com/cidr.txt:
Dear partners,
Please note that we have migrated the latest IP pools of WhatsApp to Facebook Mobile Partner Portal. Feel free to browse to the Settings page of the portal and download the latest WhatsApp IP pool: https://fb.me/mpp_support
Further IP pool updates are also done through the portal and are no longer distributed via email or through WhatsApp web site.
If you have not yet registered on the Mobile Partner Portal or have difficulties accessing it - please request access through the following form and we'll be happy to assist: https://fb.me/mpp_access
For any technical requests please contact us through the Support section of the portal: https://fb.me/mpp_support
WhatsApp team
In the past it was the place to get the CIDR so you could either block or allow WhatsApp traffic: [earlier WayBack]
It is still widely cited as way to regulate WhatsApp traffic, for instance at these places:
Time to find an automated way to get the replacement list. Maybe the below helps (via [WayBack] Block facebook messenger and whatsApp on Dlink router – Super User)
whois -h whois.radb.net '!gAS32934'
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/12/03
This will come in useful one day:
Notes for monitoring at [WayBack] Multi-WAN – PFSenseDocs: Gateway Groups
- monitoring packet loss on ADSL is cumbersome depending on the ADSL distance
- member down is the easiest to monitor, but on fiber can fail to detect packet loss (the connection seems online, but in fact doesn’t provide traffic)
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/02
Nice find on not so nice packet conversion: [WayBack] Fun with IPv6 We were investigating packet loss. The loss rate was very low (smaller than 1 of 1000) but as UDP was used, it caused rare but noticeab… – Martin Seeger – Google+
Basically the load balancer could not cope well converting empty IPv4 UDP checksums to IPv6 and back.
Or like Kris mentioned it: [WayBack] Null. In Zahlen: -1., causing a nice set of comments to be posted on short term solutions versus long time forgotten problems.
–jeroen
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