Does this update include those changes made to allow NAS mounting without deleting it on every boot?
Thanks. 2012/12/28 Matthijs Kooijman - Fon <[email protected]> > Hi Folks, > > Paco is finally here, loaded with fixes, new features and improvements! > Just in time to have some holiday time to play with this new firmware. > > What changed? > ------------- > Comparing this release with the previous stable, 2.3.6.2, here’s a summary > of the most important changes: > > - 2.0g now supports bridge mode (but not wifi-bridge mode, due to > technical limitations). > - The “Orange page” with the “Your internet is misconfigured” message > was removed. It caused more problems than it solved, due to onlined > incorrectly detecting a broken connection when it was still working. > - Various networking and wifi fixes and improvements that can make the > network more stable and a bit faster in some circumstances. > - Wifi scans can now be performed from the web interface. > - Status display in the dashboard is improved. > - Large USB disks (>2TiB) are now supported. > - Multiple Dynamic DNS providers are supported now. > - Various software and drivers have been updated. > - OpenVPN was made a lot more configurable. > > There are dozens and dozens of smaller changes, which are listed in > detail in the changelog: > > http://download.fonosfera.org/2.3.7.0_Paco/Changelog.txt > > > So, how do I upgrade? > --------------------- > Download the web upgrade tarball below, navigate to your Fonera’s > dashboard through “Settings” and then “System” and upload the tarball > 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). > > Note: On 2.0g, the firmware update might fail due to insufficient > memory. 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. > > In the coming weeks, we will also offer this firmware upgrade directly > from the dashboard, making the upgrade even easier, but this procedure > needs a bit of testing before we enable it. > > This firmware is available for the following hardware. 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). > > - Web upgrade tarball for 2.0g (FON2202) > > http://download.fonosfera.org/2.3.7.0_Paco/FON2202_2.3.7.0.tgz > > - Web upgrade tarball for 2.0n (FON2303) > > http://download.fonosfera.org/2.3.7.0_Paco/FON2303_2.3.7.0.tgz > > The above links point to the end user’s versions of the firmware. For > different versions, like the developer’s version (which allows SSH > access and custom plugins) and the .img version (which can be installed > through SSH), you can look in the Paco directory on the download server: > > http://download.fonosfera.org/2.3.7.0_Paco/ > > If the upgrade somehow fails and you need to recover, the FAQ section > has recovery instructions: > > https://fon.zendesk.com/entries/21439902-firmware-restore > > Special thanks go out to all of our users who have been testing the > testing releases and have been providing excellent feedback and even > contributed back some code and improvements! > > Have fun! > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > [email protected] > http://fonosfera.org/mailman/listinfo/development >
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