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Modem Check Prior To Installation and Recovery Procedures
Modem Check Prior To Installation and Recovery Procedures
recovery:
1. Modem check – will help you understand if the modem is in need of a recovery
procedure
2. Manual 1 – option file recovery (how to load the option file via console)
3. Manual 2 – Version update/recovery via console+WinSCP, in case image
recovery is needed (ErrorStack)
4. Manual 3 – Hard reset. If there is no access to the modem via console, a hard
reset must be done, followed by Manual 2 and Manual 1.
Modem Check prior to Installation and Recovery Procedures.
Follow the bellow steps to check the modem’s operation status, according to
the results for each step act to correct or continue on to the next step.
Connect to the modem using a serial cable (console cable). Open the Hyper
Terminal or Putty in order to log in to the modem.
Speed: 9600
Username: root
Password: P@55w0rd!
Check that the network ports are configured and recognized by the modem by
typing ifconfig:
ixp0
lo
tun0
If you do not see all three as in the bellow screen shot follow the next steps to
correct it by loading the option file via the console connection.
Here you will see the files under falcon directory. One of them is the falcon.opt
which is the corrupted option file the modem is working on.
Make sure to have one space between” falcon.opt” and “falcon.opt.old” since
these are names of two different files.
6. Press CTRL+ A and then CTRL+ C (to copy the whole page).
7. Go back to the console connection and type the command: cat > falcon.opt
(Don’t press ENTER yet), Paste the text copied from the notepad, press
ENTER.
8. Once the text has been copied, press Enter and then Ctrl + C.
10. Type ifconfig and check to see that all 3 interfaces are showing.
Connect to the iDirect via console cable and login using the following:
3. find the IP address of the modem by typing: ifconfig –you can see the net
address under ixp0, IP address
*Configure your PC to an IP of the same network, Default GW is the modem
Via the console connection, use the following sequence to check and clear the
memory:
df
WinSCP:
The right side will show the folders of the iDirect modem. Go to ‘root/tmp’
Go back to the Console connection; install the files copied to the ‘tmp’ folder of
the modem.
Type the following (as written below) to extract the image file:
./package_install.sh
Then type: df
Type the following (as written below) to extract the image file:
./package_install.sh
When finished, load the option file via the console. Refer to MANUAL 1.
Restart the iDirect after loading the option file. (Type the command – reboot)
1.Press the red button at the back of the modem for 15 seconds you will see:
There will be no login at this point and you will see the “/ #” prompt.
To enable access via WinSCP (for Image recovey) type the command:
iDirect login: root
Password: iDirect/P@55w0rd!/
To change the root password:
4 Enter the following command:
passwd
5 Type a new password (iDirect is the default) and press Enter.
6 When prompted, enter the new password again to confirm.
Enter the following command again, to confirm the interface configurations:
Like ipconfig in CMD … here the command is Ifconfig
Turn on the SSH daemon by entering the following console command:
service sshd start
service idirect_falcon stop
Reloading Image Software Package
To reload the Image Software Package using TFTP:
1 Enter the following commands from the console to increase the swap-space in the
/tmp directory:
df
mount -t tmpfs -o remount,size=16M /tmp
df
2 To use the TFTP Server included with iSite:
a) Close any open sessions of iSite
b) Launch a new session of the iSite application
c) Select File—>TFTP
The TFTP Settings dialog box displays.
3 Browse and select the folder on the PC containing the iNFINITI package file(s) and
click OK when
Complete.
To start the installation of the Upgrade Prep package file, enter the following
command at the Linux
prompt:
or
Linux prompt:
or
/usr/sbin/falcon –version
Reloading Options File
1 Open the good Options file in a text editor (i.e. Notepad) and copy all of the
text to the Windows
clipboard.
2 On the console, move to the Options file directory by entering the following
command:
cd /etc/idirect/falcon/
3 Rename the current Options file by entering the following command:
mv falcon.opt falcon.opt.old
Note: A no Such file or directory error displays if there is no existing Options file.
4 Enter the following command to create, and enter text into, a new Options file:
cat falcon.opt
8 Reboot the iNFINITI unit, by entering the reboot console command:
Reboot