Hey buddee, can you go over what more NVRAM space would mean...better performance? Bigger Builds available?
Respectfully asked and thanks!
NVRAM is a portion of the flash where all the settings are stored. On most models NVRAM is 32KB and it can fill up fast, especially on dual radio devices that have to store all those extra settings for the 2nd radio. With the E2000 CFE there's 60KB of NVRAM space. If you fill up NVRAM then you can have partial setting loss which can cause erratic behavior or even a complete settings loss. You can check how much NVRAM space you have left by running this command and you'll want to keep a few thousand free if you have ttraff enabled for WAN bandwidth logging.
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:55 Post subject:
RiStaR wrote:
Hi buddee,
No I'm in Singapore (SG) in Asia and the channels are still available from what I can tell
Most excellent, i am mainly concern with the 1-13 channels in the 2.4Ghz band that overseas users have available to them, but if it works for you then it should be safe for other overseas users as well, but as always, for any EU~Asia users out there, until we actually get an EU E2000 CFE, try at your own risk _________________ Wireless N Config | Linking Routers | DD-WRT Wiki | DD-WRT Builds | Peacock - Broadcom FAQ
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:30 Post subject:
phuzi0n wrote:
fallout330 wrote:
Hey buddee, can you go over what more NVRAM space would mean...better performance? Bigger Builds available?
Respectfully asked and thanks!
NVRAM is a portion of the flash where all the settings are stored. On most models NVRAM is 32KB and it can fill up fast, especially on dual radio devices that have to store all those extra settings for the 2nd radio. With the E2000 CFE there's 60KB of NVRAM space. If you fill up NVRAM then you can have partial setting loss which can cause erratic behavior or even a complete settings loss. You can check how much NVRAM space you have left by running this command and you'll want to keep a few thousand free if you have ttraff enabled for WAN bandwidth logging.
nvram show >/dev/null
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just converted my EU wrt320n with the cfe in this thread. so far so good. _________________ Internet Router: Edgerouter ER-X v.1.10
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I just followed this procedure and upgraded my WRT320N.
Notes that might help others-
+ My WRT320N arrived as a "Dead" router- some tool had flashed a WRT160N firmware on it and the switch ports didn't appear to work. I was able to flash a standard WRT320N firmware to it and then follow the procedure that buddee provided.
+ On at least my WRT320N, I couldn't get the firmware upgrade to take, I kept getting upgrade failed from the web GUI. Turns out that I had to telnet back in and delete the CFE.BIN from the /tmp directory, then the upgrade worked for me on th next try.
+ To reinforce what buddee notes, BE PATIENT. The router will reboot three times, and it takes a while before you get back online. In my case, something greater than 8 minutes from the firmware upload until having a GUI again.
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:53 Post subject:
Also with this unit, for cooling i was using a piece of wood to hold up the backside of the router for air flow, i am now tried this with putting raised rubber footing on the bottom (pic shown is of my friends WRT610N after adding the bottom feet).
ok, working fine here other wrt320n EU and eko 14974 e2k-e3k big build
In my case, the update took me about 1-2 minutes. Anyway, I think will be interesting to found some EU CFE _________________ My Blog
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 18:36 Post subject:
buddee wrote:
Also with this unit, for cooling i was using a piece of wood to hold up the backside of the router for air flow, i am now tried this with putting raised rubber footing on the bottom (pic shown is of my friends WRT610N after adding the bottom feet).
Seems to work quite well for these style units.
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 19:09 Post subject:
barryware wrote:
I wax my shinny routers too (sunday mornings). They run better when waxed.. Kit ScratchOUT is what I use.. I also send all repairs home with a wax job (bikini wax)
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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 19:36 Post subject:
buddee wrote:
barryware wrote:
I wax my shinny routers too (sunday mornings). They run better when waxed.. Kit ScratchOUT is what I use.. I also send all repairs home with a wax job (bikini wax)
Not a bad idea! and best of all you provided me with a most massive LOL for the day. thanks barry
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