Category Archives: Hardware

UBNT with firmware 6.0 stop working

I once treated Ubiquiti Networks airMAX® M Series devices with firmware 5+ from the exploit and updated the firmware to the latest, at that time it was the version of XM 6.0 and XW 6.0.
See my article – Removing exploits from Ubiquiti devices

In the 6.0 firmware, the vulnerability was removed through which the exploit was accessed, but there were other bugs.

Literally a couple of weeks later I noticed that there are no connected stations on some bridges in the Access Point (AP) mode, power was lost from the station, the station was booted and connected to the AP, but the AP did not show the connected stations and the traffic did not pass, it’s just and there is a bug.

Solve the problem by restarting the AP, in the future, if the power supply was lost again on the station or it was reboot, there was a high probability of a repetition of this problem.

Fortunately, this problem was later eliminated in new firmware, I did not exactly look at which version, but on devices with firmware 6.1+ it was no longer observed.

Foscam FI9821W V2.1 Firmware Upgrade

I updated the firmware on several Foscam FI9821W V2.1 cameras on which there was such firmware version:
System Firmware Version: 1.5.2.11
Application Firmware Version: 2.21.1.127
Plug-In Version: 3.0.0.2

The camera receives an IP address via DHCP both via cable and Wi-Fi, so you can find out its IP in the router menu or on the same network as the camera by running the IP Camera Search Tool utility:
https://files.ixnfo.com/Soft/Network/Foscam/03_IP_Camera_Search_Tool.zip

The standard login admin without a password, the first time you connect it, you must change it and specify a new password.

Before the process of firmware download the archive with the firmware from here:
https://files.ixnfo.com/Firmware/Foscam/FI9821W_V2.1.zip

You can also see if there are newer firmware versions on the official site:
https://www.foscam.com/downloads/firmware_details.html?id=91

And so, open the web-interface of the camera by typing its IP-address in the browser.
Let’s see the firmware version on the first tab “Status“.

Next, open “System” – “System Upgrade“, click “Browse“, select the firmware file and click “System Upgrade” to start the upgrade process.
If the firmware in the camera is very old, as in my case, then it is necessary to update first the intermediate firmware (it is also in the archive in the directory “Older firmware V2.x.2.18” link above), and it is updated by two files, first Step1, later Step2.
Then you can sew the newest when I sewed it was FosIPC_B_app_ver2.x.2.23.

That’s all, after the camera firmware settings are not reset, I updated the firmware remotely.

Watch my video:

Reset HP A5800 Switch to Factory Default Configuration

On the test, I reset the configuration on the HP A5800 Series Switch JC103A.

And so, connect to the device and see what files are in the device’s memory:

dir

By default, the configuration is saved in the file config.cfg, let’s say that it is, so we’ll delete it:

delete config.cfg

We removed the configuration file, now we will reboot the device:

reboot

On the offer to keep the configuration we will refuse and on the next issue agree to the reboot:

This command will reboot the device. Current configuration will be lost, save current configuration? [Y/N]:n
This command will reboot the device. Continue? [Y/N]:y

Done, the switch will start with the default configuration, after which you can begin to configure, for example, as I described in the article – Настройка HP 5800

You can also try to reset the configuration as follows:

reset saved-configuration
reboot

Either through the Boot menu, to open it, when you turn on the device, press Ctrl+D and pressing the number 5, we select in the menu the reset of the configuration:

5. Restore to factory default configuration

Then, press 0 to select the reboot:

0. Reboot

When starting the switch, make sure that the configuration is reset:

display current-configuration
display saved-configuration

Solution of error “The transceiver type is not supported by port hardware” on HP A5800

I noticed once on the switch HP A5800 Series Switch JC103A, when inserting the module Foxgate SFP-1SM-1550nm-10SC (10km), the following error:

%Apr 26 12:18:56:384 2000 HP OPTMOD/4/MODULE_IN:
 GigabitEthernet1/0/24: The transceiver is UNKNOWN_SFP_PLUS.
%Apr 26 12:18:56:524 2000 HP OPTMOD/5/CHKSUM_ERR:
 GigabitEthernet1/0/24: The checksum of transceiver information is bad!
%Apr 26 12:18:56:674 2000 HP OPTMOD/3/TYPE_ERR:
 GigabitEthernet1/0/24: The transceiver type is not supported by port hardware!

Alternatively, you can try running the command:

transceiver phony-alarm-disable

But in my case this command did not help.
Also noticed that the error did not occur when inserting a similar module is not at 10km, but at 3km – Foxgate SFP-1SM-1550nm-3SC 3km.

The problem was solved by updating the firmware of the switch, as I did in the article – HP A5800 Firmware Upgrade
I updated the firmware from “A5800_5820X-CMW520-R1809P11” to “A5800_5820X-CMW520-R1810P13”.
After the upgrade, both modules were working and there were no errors in the console.

See also:
Using third-party SFP modules in Cisco switches

Updating the GI Matrix Lite’s firmware

There are several options for updating the GI Matrix Lite firmware:
1) Using USB flash drive
2) From the computer through the RS-232 port
3) From the Master receiver to the Slave receiver through the RS-232 ports
4) Through the Internet
5) From the satellite

On the test I will give an example of updating the firmware using a USB stick.

First of all we make a backup copy of the firmware by connecting the USB flash drive to the receiver and selecting MENU – System – Save to USB – OK
And also save the keys MENU – Conditional access – CA setting – Edit keys – press the green button, after that the file mcaskey.bin appears on the flash drive.

So:

1) Download the latest firmware from the Internet or for example from here
https://files.ixnfo.com/Firmware/GI_Matrix_lite/ALI3612_0E060B00_galaxy_140_combo_official_synaps_1CA_0CI_1.5.69.rar

2) Unpack the firmware file from the archive if it is in it and copy it to a USB flash drive, then connect the USB flash drive to the receiver.

3) Open MENU – System – Update via USB, select the firmware file, select the update type, then Start and OK.

At the end, the receiver will reboot itself.
At the time of updating, you can not turn off the power of the receiver or turn off the USB flash drive.

How to upgrade the firmware on D-Link DI-804HV

To update the firmware of the router D-Link DI-804HV, perform the following necessary steps:

1) Let’s see the revision on the label under the router and download the new firmware from the official site for it http://ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Router/DI-804HV/Firmware/
Updating the firmware of the router for the wrong revision can lead to its failure.

2) Open the settings of the router by typing in the browser its address, for example http://192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 and enter login/password (can be “user” without password).

3) In the opened interface at the top, open the “Tools” tab, on the left of the menu, select “Firmware“. The current page will show the current version of the firmware, if it is older, then click “Browse” and select the previously downloaded new firmware file, then click “Apply” to start the process updates.

We will wait for the update to complete, usually 2-5 minutes. When finished, the router will reboot.

Done.

Solving the problem when upgrading iLO 3 “98% Receiving Image…”

Updated somehow iLO 3 from version 1.10 to 1.88, on the HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server and the process stopped at “98% Receiving Image…”

So, if the firmware version of iLO 3 is lower than 1.28, then you must first upgrade to version 1.28, and then higher.

That’s the whole solution to the problem.