[sf-lug] Any experience with DreamPlug?

[Ehud Kaldor]

And yes, any notes would be welcomed.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 17:09 Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, the 2 NICs is one of the main reasons I wanted it to begin with.
> To use it as a home gateway, one leg connected to the modem and the other
> to the network.
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 16:46 Alex Kleider <akleider at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> On 2016-12-27 15:36, Ehud Kaldor wrote:
> > I gave a DreamPlug I managed to brick (I can get to the u-boot Marvell>
> > prompt), and I'm looking for
> > 1. A good procedure in how to upgrade the u-boot
> > 2. A good u-boot to upgrade the default one I have on
>
>
> I've had a lot of experience with DreamPlug (and have upgraded the
> U-boot a time or two) but none recently (and my memory for details is
> not good.)
>
> ...but I do try to keep copious notes which I'd be happy to share with
> you if you like.
>
> Also: it's easy to open the device, scrape away the glue, and then
> remove the 4G micro sd card and replace it with a higher capacity one.
>
> There have been several different versions of the Dreamplug each
> configured in it's own way so that bears keeping in mind.
>
> Unless your use case specifically requires two ethernet ports, I suggest
> you would do better using a Raspberry Pie: much more support- the
> Dreamplug is an orphaned project and never was very well supported.  It
> uses an old kernel (2.7 vintage if I remember correctly) and this can
> not be upgraded (or at least I was unable to do so and maintain the
> functionality I needed.)
>
> Alex
>
>
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