<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Actually I’ve found a couple of new Unifi AP AC Lites at my house. Are these supported? Do you think I could try installing cw firmware onto them?</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Thanks again!</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Nicolas</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"> </font></div> <div class="airmail_ext_on" style="color:black"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><br>From: <span style="color:black">Nicolas North</span> <a href="mailto:star@nikksno.io"><star@nikksno.io></a><br>Reply: <span style="color:black">Nicolas North</span> <a href="mailto:star@nikksno.io"><star@nikksno.io></a><br>Date: <span style="color:black">17 May 2016 at 14:46:06</span><br>To: <span style="color:black">commotion-discuss</span> <a href="mailto:commotion-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><commotion-discuss@lists.chambana.net></a><br>Subject: <span style="color:black"> Re: [Commotion-discuss] CW Firmware on a Ubiquiti Picostation M2HP <br></span></font></div><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><br> </font><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div></div><div>
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Hi!</font></div>
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That would be fantastic thank you so much!</font></div>
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I can try anything you may suggest tonight.</font></div>
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Thank you very much again in advance!</font></div>
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Nicolas</font></div>
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From: <span style="color:black">J. Heretic</span> <a href="mailto:jking@chambana.net"><jking@chambana.net></a><br>
Reply: <span style="color:black">J. Heretic</span> <a href="mailto:jking@chambana.net"><jking@chambana.net></a><br>
Date: <span style="color:black">17 May 2016 at
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To: <span style="color:black">Nicolas North</span> <a href="mailto:star@nikksno.io"><star@nikksno.io></a>, <span style="color:black">commotion-discuss</span> <a href="mailto:commotion-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><commotion-discuss@lists.chambana.net></a><br>
CC: <span style="color:black">Ben West</span> <a href="mailto:ben@gowasabi.net"><ben@gowasabi.net></a><br>
Subject: <span style="color:black">Re: [Commotion-discuss] CW
Firmware on a Ubiquiti Picostation M2HP<br></span></font></div>
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<div><span><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Hi Nicolas,<br>
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I'm going to grab some picostations from the office today and try
again<br>
to reproduce the problem you're having.<br>
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On Tue, 2016-05-17 at 11:13 +0200, Nicolas North wrote:<br>
> Hi there everyone!<br>
> I'm very sorry for the really late reply but I've been a
little held<br>
> back lately by all of the difficulties I've encountered
while<br>
> starting this project that I really believe in, so I've been
working<br>
> on it on my own for a few weeks to see what I could figure
out. Key<br>
> updates are as follows:<br>
> I've found a way to "unlock" / "unbrick" ubiquiti picostations
and<br>
> bullets and have been able to do so several times. For now
my<br>
> experience has always been: unbox them, try installing
commotion<br>
> firmware immediately from the web interface as per the
instructions,<br>
> device installs and reboots, seemingly gets stuck in limbo
[no<br>
> bootloop but not showing up in any network scan with or
without dhcp<br>
> under any subnet], enter tftp, try reinstalling AirOS, device
reboots<br>
> into endless bootloop, enter tftp again to flash cw firmware
only to<br>
> get 512 firmware check error. The solution for me has
consistently<br>
> been to install unifi on the devices as per ubiquiti
instructions [a<br>
> procedure that is unsupported but explained on their website]
via<br>
> tftp [I can provide the link if anyone is interested] [always
got<br>
> them working on unifi like this btw], then enter tftp again
and<br>
> install AirOS 5.1.2, and only then was I always able to
actually<br>
> install cw firmware via AirOS web interface and working as
instructed<br>
> in the cw howtos. The devices reboot perfectly and fully
functionally<br>
> in cw and except for my first attempt [see last mail] where I
had<br>
> problems with LuCI, I was always able to do the initial
setup<br>
> perfectly. The major problem here which had been haunting my
dreams<br>
> [irony, but true] for the last few weeks is that upon the
first<br>
> reboot the devices completely loose their mesh and WiFi
configs and<br>
> they seem to be missing key packages suck as olsr and such.
A<br>
> possible explanation for this is that after the cw install
only 2% of<br>
> space is left on the device's NAND for some reason I have yet
to<br>
> understand. A quick df -h via ssh reveals the partitions all
together<br>
> make up less than 50MB although this also appears to be the
case with<br>
> stock AirOS and Unifi at least on my devices.<br>
> I've been searching everywhere for a solution to this problem
and<br>
> I've found that the standard openwrt image is 50MB but being
these<br>
> always bin files I've never been able to expand their
partitions<br>
> before flashing them.<br>
> I've also tried installing stock owrt following metamesh's
directives<br>
> from a link in the last email but although I could install
it<br>
> [through the super complex procedure listed above] on both
devices I<br>
> still got 98% of storage space used and couldn't get all
packages<br>
> installed as per their tutorial!<br>
> I really don't understand how this is happening given that
except<br>
> from the possible firmware locks introduced recently I'm
basically<br>
> getting extremely common deviceS in the mesh world and
installing cw<br>
> or even stock openwrt onto them. I'd really like to know what
I'm<br>
> doing wrong. I've seen your new thread about this ubiquiti
issue but<br>
> I don't understand how I could even try using other routers on
the cw<br>
> download page if they're not weather proof. Apart from the
fact of<br>
> course that I risk getting even more devices that will end up
bricked<br>
> or not fully functional after all of the money I've already
spent.<br>
> Should I try with unifi AC AP pros? Are they supported by
cw?<br>
> I really want and need to start this project. It'll be a
very<br>
> profound achievement I think and there are already tens of
people<br>
> with more every day asking me when it'll be online and I
cannot<br>
> accept that it's not working or even worse that I'm so close
such as<br>
> having it only work until a reboot or a power loss related
hard<br>
> reboot.<br>
> I will happily reward any dev or specialist at cw or in
this<br>
> community with a 100€ bounty / donation if this can help [all
I can<br>
> afford right now] that will be able to help me get online by
any mean<br>
> in a timely fashion and in a cost effective way, with more
small<br>
> donations to the project every month in the future from the
tip jar<br>
> we'll establish here on location.<br>
> This has to happen now :)<br>
> Thanks in advance and truly sincere kudos for the amazing work
on<br>
> this fantastic project. I really appreciate all of your help
on this<br>
> as well of course and I definitely look forward to working
with you.<br>
> Thanks again!<br>
> <br>
> Nicolas</font><br></span></div>
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