[Commotion-discuss] [OTI-Field] Commotion: now without the paper clips
Dan Staples
danstaples at opentechinstitute.org
Thu Apr 18 16:20:10 UTC 2013
AirOS would only take the factory version, not the sysupgrade image.
Also, I tested AirOS version 5.3.5 and 5.5.4 (the oldest and newest
versions listed on their website); both worked on the Picostation M2. I
haven't tested with versions 5.5, 5.5.2, 5.5.3.
On 04/18/2013 05:37 PM, Ben West wrote:
> Some searching thru the UBNT user forums indicates that while it may
> work to flash OpenWRT onto their radios via the stock AirOS firmware,
> it's not tested and may not work depending on what version of AirOS is
> there.
>
> Also, which image was flashed via AirOS? Was it the 'factory' version
> or the 'sysupgrade' version?
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Georgia Bullen
> <georgia at opentechinstitute.org <mailto:georgia at opentechinstitute.org>>
> wrote:
>
> + Commotion Discuss list
>
> This sounds great! The paper clip "dancing lights" state (as
> Jonathan describes it) was always the most challenging from a
> dexterity perspective.
>
> If anyone has opportunities to confirm this, please share here on
> the commotion-discuss list!
>
> -Georgia
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Georgia Bullen
> <georgia at opentechinstitute.org
> <mailto:georgia at opentechinstitute.org>> wrote:
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>
> This sounds great! The paper clip "dancing lights" state (as
> Jonathan describes it) was always the most challenging from a
> dexterity perspective.
>
> If anyone has opportunities to confirm this, please share here
> on the commotion-discuss list!
>
> -Georgia
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Andy Gunn
> <andygunn at opentechinstitute.org
> <mailto:andygunn at opentechinstitute.org>> wrote:
>
> This is a game-changer. We weren't able to do this
> pre-DR1, so it never
> crossed my mind to do it with other builds.
>
> Amazing find Dan, thank you. We need to do this a few more
> times with
> fresh out-of-the-box routers, to confirm.
>
>
> On 04/17/2013 03:33 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
> > Whether or not we are all insane, that's still open for
> discussion.
> > However, I'm not sure whether or not we could have done
> this pre-DR1. At
> > least it works now!
> >
> > On Wed 17 Apr 2013 09:28:13 PM CEST, Ryan Gerety wrote:
> >> :-) nice! Were we all insane to be doing it the other
> way by default?
> >> Was there a way to also upload firmware? Or only online?
> >>
> >> On 4/17/2013 1:09 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
> >>> So it looks like Commotion can be flashed onto stock
> Ubiquiti routers
> >>> using the AirOS web interface. No need for the
> confusing paper
> >>> clip/command line method. Just wanted to give folks a
> heads up, as I
> >>> expect it will be greatly beneficial for educational
> and training
> >>> efforts.
> >>>
> >>> I was only able to test by flashing the AirOS firmware
> onto one of our
> >>> Picostations, and then flashing Commotion via the web
> interface. I
> >>> wasn't able to test an actual stock router, but I
> don't expect there
> >>> will be any differences. If anyone has access to a
> stock router and
> >>> could confirm this, that would be very helpful.
> >>>
> >>> Dan
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