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    • YourAverageHomelabberY
      YourAverageHomelabber @shdf
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      @shdf during the boot process does it mention watchdog at all?

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      • shdfS
        shdf @YourAverageHomelabber
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        @youraveragehomelabber
        i didn't flash this rom, so i can't say.
        i'm still with :

        Sage_coreboot-4.0-VELOCLOUD-EDGE-01.00.00.05 Fri Apr 27 14:21:51 PDT 2018 starting...

        and of course there is the watchdog in the 2018 version.

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        • YourAverageHomelabberY
          YourAverageHomelabber @shdf
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          • YourAverageHomelabberY
            YourAverageHomelabber @shdf
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            @shdf Don't flash this rom if you haven't already. It appears to have broken my network interfaces in openwrt. I've tried wiping the install and resetting the config. It appears that the kristian openwrt build is recognizing my device as an Edge 510 instead of the Edge 5x0/520. Could you make a backup of your current rom and send it to me? I'll try flashing it to see if it fixes the interface problem.

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            • shdfS
              shdf @YourAverageHomelabber
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              @youraveragehomelabber
              in the firmware folder there are 2 folders, one for the 510 and one for 5x0, are you sure you flashed the correct one (5x0)?

              Everything is well explained in the readme.boot-flash.txt file in the root folder 😊

              From my point of view you, if you flashed the correct file, then you forgot the latest command after flashing.

              ./dmi-tool -w -p EDGE520 -v 1

              ok, so anyway i extracted my firmware with the command :

              flashrom -r /root/velocloud-520ac-01.00.00.05.rom -p internal

              Here is the file below :
              velocloud-520ac-01.00.00.05.zip

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              • YourAverageHomelabberY
                YourAverageHomelabber @shdf
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                @shdf yeah, I used the readme and everything. I also made sure to set the serial numbers and stuff. Openwrt seems to not be detecting any mac addresses for my hardware and even when I put in the correct ones manually, the nics don’t do anything. It appears that this rom isn’t communicating with the nics or the LEDs on this board either. The cloud led on the front stays white even while booted into openwrt (it didn’t before) and the two wan Ethernet LEDs stay lit even when there’s no traffic and none of the other ports light up or anything, even when a device is plugged in.

                Thanks for sending your firmware, I’ll try flashing it and seeing if it fixes the problem.

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                • shdfS
                  shdf @YourAverageHomelabber
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                  @youraveragehomelabber said in What is this board??? Help!:

                  Thanks for sending your firmware, I’ll try flashing it and seeing if it fixes the problem.

                  OK let me know...so that rom is not the one they were speaking above in the comments. let's wait for the one from @castarnet

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                  • YourAverageHomelabberY
                    YourAverageHomelabber
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                    @shdf Everything is working now! I didn't realize I had a board revision 2. When I updated the DMI I forgot to change the board revision, so it was not reading my board correctly. I have flashed the rom with no watchdog and it is working perfectly fine, so if you decide to flash yours, don't forget to change your board revision, and also be sure to back up your serial numbers and UUID.

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                    • shdfS
                      shdf @YourAverageHomelabber
                      last edited by shdf

                      @youraveragehomelabber
                      things that didn't seem important or unnecessary are in fact mandatory. Thanks for your feedback!

                      so basicaly, after flashing, you ran this command, right ?

                      ./dmi-tool -w -p EDGE520 -v 2.0

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                        adven @shdf
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                        @shdf said in What is this board??? Help!:

                        readme.boot-flash.txt

                        Hallo
                        Where can i find the readme.boot-flash.txt file.
                        download from :
                        https://bitbucket.org/velocloud/openwrt/src/master/trunk/target/linux/x64/edge5x0/files/root/firmware/5×0/vc5x0-cb-01-bootorder.rom

                        do not work, with the message: We can’t let you see this page

                        Gr. Ad.

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                        • shdfS
                          shdf @adven
                          last edited by shdf

                          @adven said in What is this board??? Help!:

                          Where can i find the readme.boot-flash.txt file.

                          it's inside the folder /root of your velocloud, or inside the image to flash on the usb key hosted on Kristian's site : https://modlog.net/velocloud-520-to-opensource/

                          cd /root
                          
                          # 0. **Optional** step 0 - Save off old ROM
                          
                          flashrom -p internal -r ./my-current.rom
                          
                          # --
                          # Step 1. Flash new Boot rom:
                          
                          ./dmi-tool -u firmware/vc5x0-cb-01-bootorder.rom
                          
                          # This should update the old boot flash, and show you what
                          # entries it's preserving. With this release (01.00.00.00),
                          # it seems to preserve the product serial number, UUID, and
                          # board serial number, but it reads garbage for the product
                          # name and # board version (both of which are new).
                          
                          # The fields that are shown are:
                          # SN=VCExxxxxxxxxx, UUID_str=009fed51-565d-4fe0-b87f-f05daaf94c0c, BSN=xxxxxxxxxx, pname=EDGE520 bversion=1
                          
                          # The key fields here are the product name and board version.
                          # 
                          #   pname = one of "EDGE520" or "EDGE540"  (without quotes)
                          #   bversion = one of "1" (rev A) or "2.0" (rev B)  (without quotes)
                          # 
                          
                          
                          # --
                          # Step 2. Flash the appropriate updated DMI info for product name and board version if needed:
                          
                          ./dmi-tool -w -p EDGE520 -v 1
                          
                          # --
                          # Step 3. Confirm all the info is correct:
                          
                          ./dmi-tool -r
                          
                          # Verify all of the fields, and then power-cycle.
                          
                          
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                          • YourAverageHomelabberY
                            YourAverageHomelabber @shdf
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                            @shdf Yes, that command should work. As far as I know, there should only be two revisions of the 520.

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                              adven @shdf
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                              @shdf
                              The box reconfigured, with the old fw (5x0).
                              Installed Opnsense, went flawlessly.
                              LAN (igb0) with v4 on 192.168.1.1/24 and
                              WAN(igb1) not yet connected.
                              However, booting is not possible without a USB stick.
                              The message is: Missing bootloader.
                              so far so good.

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                              • YourAverageHomelabberY
                                YourAverageHomelabber @adven
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                                @adven From what I remember, it’s not possible to use the Ethernet drivers from the kristian openwrt image. Do you think there’s an easy way to run opnsense or pfsense with Ethernet support?

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @YourAverageHomelabber
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                                  @youraveragehomelabber said in What is this board??? Help!:

                                  Do you think there’s an easy way to run opnsense or pfsense with Ethernet support?

                                  No. It needs an igb driver that can recognise the connection type used the link to the switch. Or maybe one that just doesn't care about unknown types. We did link to the code mods that were done on OpenWRT to allow it in the now closed repo.
                                  There have been FreeBSD drivers written to do this but as far as know none have ever been made public. Stormsheild/Netasq used exactly this type of setup in some of there devices.
                                  So, it needs driver rework to igb, Non-trivial. And mode if you want to be able to configured the attached switch.

                                  Steve

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                                    adven @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10
                                    Thank you for your response and information.
                                    I just had opnsense working fine on the HD, without a USB stick.
                                    Getting the drivers right is too hard for me, so that
                                    is waiting.
                                    gr. ad.

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                                    • YourAverageHomelabberY
                                      YourAverageHomelabber
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                                      I just got pfsense running on my 520-AC and the two SFP ports work flawlessly! I'm currently using two SFP to RJ45 adapters from eBay and I'm getting full gigabit throughput. I was able to get it to install onto the internal storage and all is good! Now we just need to figure out the rest of the ethernet ports on it.

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                                        hc8903 @YourAverageHomelabber
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                                        @youraveragehomelabber I got an edge-500-N, also the eth can not bring up, the 444-intel-igb.patch may help that, but https://bitbucket.org/velocloud/openwrt can not access now.

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                                        • bubbadestroyB
                                          bubbadestroy @hc8903
                                          last edited by bubbadestroy

                                          @hc8903 Possibly something around here can help?

                                          https://bitbucket.org/canofthings/openwrt/downloads/?tab=branches

                                          https://bitbucket.org/canofthings/openwrt/downloads/?tab=tags

                                          https://bitbucket.org/canofthings/deployment/downloads/

                                          https://bitbucket.org/canofthings/openwrt/src/master/

                                          https://bitbucket.org/canofthings/openwrt/src/master/trunk/target/linux/x64/edge5x0/files/root/firmware/

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                                            hc8903 @bubbadestroy
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                                            @bubbadestroy Thanks very very much, that help me a lot.

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