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Mon, 06/25/2018 - 15:18

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AA6E

status of nanostation loco M5 XW?

We seem to have acquired two nanostation loco M5s that have XW.6.0.6 firmware. I gather from the product matrix that these are in the "yellow" zone. I can't find any external labeling that indicates XW or XM versions :-(.

I found the "nightly" builds still under www.aredn.org dating from March 4. (These are not on arednmesh.org. I also note that there are various links in arednmesh.org that point to nonexistent aredn.org pages.)

Who is the right person to ask (if not on this forum) about the status of the XW firmware? Is it wise to try the yellow firmware? (At ARRL, we are not in a production mode yet, so we may be willing to use beta firmware if it's not too flakey.)

Thanks very much!

73 Martin AA6E

Mon, 06/25/2018 - 15:52

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K6AH

They are all there...

The nightly builds are all there. You just need to scroll up to find them.
Andre

Mon, 06/25/2018 - 20:11

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AA6E

nanostation loco M5 XW firmware

Andre - Thanks. I see the file http://www.aredn.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/AREDN-develop-176-8c5be0cf-ubnt-loco-m-xw-squashfs-factory.bin. The file was last updated 3/4/18.

Would that be the right file in the right location to try to install via TFTP to replace Ubiquiti's XW.6.06?
Martin

Tue, 06/26/2018 - 00:49

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AE6XE

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Yes, can load this image

Yes, can load this image directly with tftp. You might need to swap aredn.org with arednmesh.org for the link to work.

Tue, 06/26/2018 - 16:00

#5

AA6E

Progress update - nanostation loco m5 XW setup

Thanks to all who got me oriented to the right files yesterday. There is some progress:
TFTP downgrade to 5.6 is OK (from 6.0.6)
AirOS downgrade to 5.5 is OK (U-Boot Test is Good/Good)
AirOS "upgrade" to AREDN seems to work (no errors), but the device comes to rest with power LED = Steady ON and right hand (green) LED = Steady ON. Other LEDs = off.
Wireshark shows no activity. No DHCP activity with my Linux host. Try power off/on, but same result. Never any AREDN DHCP or web action.
I tried both AREDN-3.16.1.1-ubnt-nano-m-xw-squashfs-factory.bin and AREDN-develop-176-8c5be0cf-ubnt-loco-m-xw-squashfs-factory.bin images, but both behave the same. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to TFTP back to v 5.5 AirOS.

Has anyone had better luck with this device? Any suggestions what to try now?

TIA/73 Martin AA6E

Tue, 06/26/2018 - 21:04

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AE6XE

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martin, ah oh, need loco-m

martin, ah oh, need loco-m-xw image and not nano-m-xw. It wasn't available back with 3.16.x was released, so nightly build. See this post for how to recover options. Summary, look for meshnode ssid standard AP to connect to, get into admin screen and upload the correct firmware flavor.

https://www.arednmesh.org/content/nanostation-loco-m5-xw-can-not-config-...

joe AE6XE

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