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[ryant704]

Just out of a curiosity, how would one start BT agent again via command?

[roseway]

That will take a little bit of working out. I'll see what I can do, but no promises.

[Howlingwolf]

It can be done via telnet using the detach modifier (&).

- Open a telnet connection and log in.
- Enter sh at the ATP prompt.
- Change to the /BTAgent/ro directory.
- Enter './start &'.

If you don't want it to restart when it exits, you'll need to set the path manually, then run './btagent &'.

[ryant704]

It can be done via telnet using the detach modifier (&).

- Open a telnet connection and log in.
- Enter sh at the ATP prompt.
- Change to the /BTAgent/ro directory.
- Enter './start &'.

If you don't want it to restart when it exits, you'll need to set the path manually, then run './btagent &'.

Thank you, didn't need to set the path manually. Worked fine without a restart!

[Howlingwolf]

Thank you, didn't need to set the path manually. Worked fine without a restart!

I meant BTAgent. The script contains a loop construct which restarts ./btagent whenever it exits.

[NewtronStar]

Looks like my HG612 has had a firmware update the HG612 UI (192.168.1.1) is unavailable and stats stopped working sat 2:08 am 

edit:

the upside is my download and upload speed has increase by 6 mbps DS and 1 mbps US

[boe323]

Still no update after reflashing old firmware, do you think ive been crossed off?, like the remote server as marked me as updated?.

[biohead]

Wow... looks like I've missed a few ongoings recently whilst I've moved.

I can't access my parents stats on the fly now (bit hard when you're at the other end of the country!) but I'm calling back this weekend so it'll be interesting to have a look (ECI cab, HG modem) for any changes.

Also... coming from 70mb to an estimated 7mb - gonna be hard 

[ryant704]

Still no update after reflashing old firmware, do you think ive been crossed off?, like the remote server as marked me as updated?.

No, it will eventually be updated. They have a weird system in-place to up to date, it's geographically done normally.

[NewtronStar]

Still no update after reflashing old firmware, do you think ive been crossed off?, like the remote server as marked me as updated?.

I will not be going down the reflashing path as you all know the reason for any update is stability for incoming hardware that my be introduced in the future it could even be the Vectoring as they did say the firmware on the Fttc modem would need to be updated for it to work.

[boe323]

As anyone got a modified version on d24j yet?. What is vectoring?.

[NewtronStar]

As anyone got a modified version on d24j yet?. What is vectoring?.

it's like noise reduction software/hardware from what I read into it

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/08/bt-make-final-adjustments-for-faster-fttc-broadband-vectoring-trial.html

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/06/bt-prep-uk-superfast-broadband-fttc-vectoring-trial-for-late-july.html

[Howlingwolf]

Still no update after reflashing old firmware, do you think ive been crossed off?, like the remote server as marked me as updated?.

I will not be going down the reflashing path as you all know the reason for any update is stability for incoming hardware that my be introduced in the future it could even be the Vectoring as they did say the firmware on the Fttc modem would need to be updated for it to work.

We don't know anything of the kind so let's not leap to any conclusions here.

The vectoring trial has only just started and has at least another month to run if all goes well. The cabinet upgrades will obviously take much longer if/when BT start rolling it out.

I'm also rather reluctant to trust anything the ISPReview or the BT community forums has to say on the matter. Some of those people have been off their medication for a long, long time now.

Of course, not all 'updates' are about 'stability'. Greybeard33 posted earlier about the web interface files being missing so it's entirely possible that this update is aimed, at least in part, at preventing the modem from being unlocked.

Personally, I'm going to wait until I've got a copy of the update and can see what has changed before I make a decision.

[NewtronStar]

Personally, I'm going to wait until I've got a copy of the update and can see what has changed before I make a decision.

Me to but it all look very interesting with some possiblities thrown in, I can't see why oprenreach would send a firmware update to lock us out as they have more urgent things to fix than stopping us logging the stats and they should know it will be hacked again in a matter of weeks so why bother 

[burakkucat]

Over in the Thinkbroadband Fibre Broadband Forum Ronski posted a query --

I haven't seen anyone that says they've extracted the new firmware, is that even possible?

A certain black neko responded thus --

Yes, it is possible.

(1) Connect an unlocked HG612 to a line carrying a VDSL2 service.
(2) Wait. Once per day, check the firmware version via telnet access.
(3) When the new firmware is seen to be in situ, power down and disconnect the HG612.
(4) Dismantle the HG612 and carefully remove the flash chip from the PCB.
(5) Mount the flash chip in a suitable cradle and connect to an appropriate reader.
(6) With a system running Unix (or a Linux kernel based OS), suck the data from the flash chip via the reader to a file.

A copy of the firmware image can then be 'broken down' into its component parts. Of particular interest will be the new Broadcom binary blob.

Etc. 

Once the new Broadcom binary blob has been isolated, Wolfy (a.k.a. Howlingwolf) could perhaps insert that driver into his customised firmware package . . . 

One must remember that the source code (made available by both Huawei and Beattie) only contains the source files to those components of the firmware which are covered by the GPL and not the Broadcom proprietary driver nor Beattie's proprietary code (i.e. her busybody, the BT Agent), etc.