Any guidance with TippingPoint S10?

stephenw10

Yup, BIOS rom chip size is always given in Mbits for some reason. ::)
I know that people have used a 512KB image on an 8Mb chip without issue. Obviously it won't fit the other way around.
I'll try and modify that image when I get a chance then.
Another option, potentially more fun but also more frustrating, is to probe the various GPIO pins until you find where the lan-bypass relays are connected.

Steve

heper

@steve

could you point me in the right direction on how to modify firmware&bios images?

unknown001

@Shonky:

49LF008 is by definition 8Mbit = 1Mbyte (Mb is a megabit, MB is megabyte). So a 1MB BIOS is the right size for a 8Mb flash chip. Many/most memories are usually specified in bits not bytes (because they can be arranged differently - sometimes 8 bits wide, 16 bits wide etc).

There is no 4 Megabit 49LF008.

Thank you for clearing this up. I understand the difference btw Mb & MB. Just so used to working in Megabyte, that when ever anyone refer to MB or Mb, I tho they mean the same. In reality (technically) they are not, so thank you.

stephenw10

Ok, find attached the modified bios image the only thing I have changed here are the default values for the two lan-bypass segments from enabled to disabled. For this to have any effect you'll have to flash it then reset the cmos to load the defaults. It may catch fire etc… ;)
Remove the .png extension. The MD5 should be 2a4017953a1031f97b36b1174b85f9b1.

Steve

tps10mod.bin.png

unknown001

Yup followed those directions and it works. Had to reset bios.

Stephenw10, are you in Europe? How many Euros do I owe you? Thanks a million.

stephenw10

I'm in London, we haven’t moved to Euros, yet.
That's great news anyway. Does it control the 'active' leds also? If not that's more potential fun right there. :D

Steve

unknown001

LED on the ports are working.

robi

@stephenw10:

Ok, find attached the modified bios image the only thing I have changed here are the default values for the two lan-bypass segments from enabled to disabled. For this to have any effect you'll have to flash it then reset the cmos to load the defaults. It may catch fire etc… ;)

Steve, how did you modify the bios file?

heper

yes, i want to know/learn and would be willing to take the ferry to london to find out :D :D

stephenw10

There's no big secret I just opened it in modbin6. Pretty easy with older bioses like this. ;)

Steve

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I'm just going to point out that Paul, Netgate's COO, used to work at Tipping Point as the VP Business Management / VP Product Management.

IJS…