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[johnson]

Here are firmwares compiled from zyxel sources, the ...jumboframes.bin ones have only the patches from Olipro's repo and the 3925 ones have the updated A2pv6F039x1 xDSL driver vs A2pv6F039v version in the latest ones from zyxel.

I have tested all to boot with a serial console attached and none make any new warning messages. I have only used the 8324 with new xDSL driver on my line and it worked fine several hours before I pulled it to test more.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jw4pdc3yem4zzaa/AACVBARaPKaEemeeJ8hP87J_a?dl=0

Edit: To clarify these are all based on the latest version of each, the VMG8324-B10A_1.00(AAKL.21)C0 & VMG1312-B10A_1.00(AAJZ.14)C0

[johnson]

Thought I'd add if anyone is apprehensive, the recovery procedure from a bad flash is easy (though I have not needed it):

The 1312/8324 can be recovered without a serial connection by holding the reset button in while booting for ~20 seconds. The light flashes red then goes solid red, you wait ~1 minute and then you can upload a working firmware as the boot loader has a build in web server. Set your PC to 192.168.1.100 and access 192.168.1.1 after waiting the required time.

This process is the same as having a serial connection and interrupting the boot, so gets you to the same boot loader based web server. I admit I have not had a bad flash to test it, but given its totally in the boot loader I cant see how a flash from the web GUI or other could interfere with it.

[hushcoden]

Here are firmwares compiled from zyxel sources, the ...jumboframes.bin ones have only the patches from Olipro's repo and the 3925 ones have the updated A2pv6F039x1 xDSL driver vs A2pv6F039v version in the latest ones from zyxel.

I have tested all to boot with a serial console attached and none make any new warning messages. I have only used the 8324 with new xDSL driver on my line and it worked fine several hours before I pulled it to test more.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jw4pdc3yem4zzaa/AACVBARaPKaEemeeJ8hP87J_a?dl=0

Much appreciated ! 

[Weaver]

Many thanks indeed. Most grateful!

[johnson]

Have also been trying to make changes to the VMG1312 initially to make 1500 mtu work from boot using it as a modem router. Have got as far as changing out the ppp version from 2.4.4 to one from this later commit that enables baby jumbo frames:
http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=commit;h=fd1dcdf758418f040da3ed801ab001b5e46854e7

But I tried it on my line yesterday and the ppp1.1 interface still came up with an mtu of 1492 

I'm honestly at a loss as to how springs setup works - changing the ppp interface mtu after it is live, as a decent amount of work was done to the ppp program to get RFC4638 to work.

[spring]

Maybe you can make it set itself to 1500 after it is live, or change PPPoE default to 1500. Any way for it to work xd

[underzone]

Great ROM! Just loaded '1312-B10A-from-zyxel-jumboframes-3925adsl_phy.bin' - the one with the latest Broadcom driver.

Jumbo frames are working correctly and DSLstats is showing Modem/router firmware: AnnexA version - A2pv6F039x1.d26a as expected.

Thanks for the effort you have put into this johnson, well done! 

[Ixel]

I'm curious to know if there's any improvement in attainable/sync rate and/or error rates with this new DSL driver?

[underzone]

I didn't want to say, cos reboot time of day and local conditions are always changeable and play their part... but my re-sync was up by 700K.
It will take longer testing to be sure of any ongoing improvement...

[hushcoden]

Is there a .bin file editor I can use just 'for curiosity' ?

[burakkucat]

Earlier in this thread (Reply #97) I responded with a terse --

Sorry but neither suggestions have any relevance to the fact that two separate VMG1312-B10A have been configured from the GUI and the upper limit of the MTU offered -- and accepted -- is 1500.

I feel that I should expand on the above.

When both of the VMG1312-B10A devices were configured they were not connected to the xDSL circuit. The only connections were to the PSU (duh!) and via an Ethernet patch cable to a computer. The "wizard" process, offered on the first GUI visit, was ignored (& turned off), the pre-existing WAN interfaces ("Network Setting ---> Broadband") were deleted and one WAN interface was created for my usage.

I wonder if that accounts for why I was allowed to create the WAN interface with an MTU of 1500 using the ZyXEL released firmware image?

[Weaver]

Tested johnson's new build for the VMG 1312-B10A all fine no problems.

No speed improvement with G.992.3 and my very long line, in fact downstream sync is 25kbps slower and upstream is 3kbps slower. I did a second resync, speeds were unchanged. A 1% downstream change like this hardly means much of course.

[luggles]

Here are firmwares compiled from zyxel sources, the ...jumboframes.bin ones have only the patches from Olipro's repo and the 3925 ones have the updated A2pv6F039x1 xDSL driver vs A2pv6F039v version in the latest ones from zyxel.

I have tested all to boot with a serial console attached and none make any new warning messages. I have only used the 8324 with new xDSL driver on my line and it worked fine several hours before I pulled it to test more.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jw4pdc3yem4zzaa/AACVBARaPKaEemeeJ8hP87J_a?dl=0

Edit: To clarify these are all based on the latest version of each, the VMG8324-B10A_1.00(AAKL.21)C0 & VMG1312-B10A_1.00(AAJZ.14)C0

Thanks for all your work. I've just ordered an 8324 yet to arrive so the device is new to me and this may be dumb. But your post says you used the latest 8324 firmware but the dropbox link I'm only seeing links for 1312 and 8924. Is it fine to use the 8924 on the 8324? 

[banger]

Many thanks Johnson for compiling those firmwares have saved them in my hardware archive for the VMG-1312-B10A.

[burakkucat]

Is it fine to use the 8924 on the 8324? 

Yes, the VMG8924 and VMG8324 share the same firmware.

And while I think of it: "Welcome to the Kitz forum."