I have tried various distros and none will get my fritz box working.
AVM have said that should work in suse.
Can any one help please. I am new to linux have been running linux in virtual pc.
Can’t you be (much) more specific about the problem. This device is a router and as such works (or not) by itself. It does not need a distro like openSUSE on a PC connected to it to work. (Although you might need a working web-browser on a connected system to configure it, but that works with any Linux distro).
I thankyou for reply but this router needs a program to run.
In windows must insert a cd to set-up.
I wish to know how to do this in suse.
I did say I was new to linux.
I now understand what you mean. (This is not about if you are new to Linux. we all were some time ago and in certain subjects still are. This is about telling what your problem is).
Now the transfer of the firmware from a CD to th Fritzbox is something I can not help you with. I have more or less the same problem with a SpeedTouch. They refuse to tell you what protocol is used (or they may have invented one of their own).
But as there are many Fritxbox users around I hope someone else will pick up this thread.
Bigjge wrote:
> I have tried various distros and none will get my fritz box working.
> AVM have said that should work in suse.
> Can any one help please. I am new to linux have been running linux in
> virtual pc.
The Fritz runs on Linux (of course…), and can be access from any browser.
Normally, with a PC on DHCP, you point the browser to http://fritz.box/ and
you get the set-up screen. Otherwise point your browser to http://192.168.178.1
and the set-up page should appear (assumed your network mask is set correctly).
From there you can edit the settings for your ISP, type of connections etc.
If you don’t know those, ask their helpdesk or look on their service site.
See also the manual for this device.
http://avm.de/en/service/manuals/FRITZBox/Manual_FRITZBox_Fon_WLAN_7170.pdf
This modem/router has been in service here for about a year, without a problem,
and the set-up with the built-in webserver was painless. No need for any CD
whatsoever.
Theo
Ps: there are some nice hacks for this device, e.g. to get a SSH or telnet
server going, or to do smart(er) stuff with the VoIP capabilities.
As the OPs problem is the set-up (loading firmware) I think he wants to know more about why the CD is not needed, etc.
With my SpeedTouch I also got a CD which I never used. But my ISP had an update for it which I could only upload to the device using a MS Windows program (so I never did).
I do thank all for reading. I did like the pdf which is
in english and only gives details of how to install in windows.
I need to figure how to get suse to read a cdrom drive and with wine can install the fritz program.
Bigjge wrote:
> I do thank all for reading. I did like the pdf which is
> in english and only gives details of how to install in windows.
> I need to figure how to get suse to read a cdrom drive and with wine
> can install the fritz program.
Again, there is nothing to install.
Everything that you can do with the Windows CD, you can do (and more) in
the device’s webserver.
Just point you browser to the address(es) I mentioned.
Theo
hcvv wrote:
> LittleRedRooster;1983293 Wrote:
>> … and the set-up with the built-in webserver was painless. No need
>> for any CD
>> whatsoever.
>>
>
> As the OPs problem is the set-up (loading firmware) I think he wants to
> know more about why the CD is not needed, etc.
>
> With my SpeedTouch I also got a CD which I never used. But my ISP had
> an update for it which I could only upload to the device using a MS
> Windows program (so I never did).
The fritzbox! has an upload program in the webserver, all you need to do
is tell the the updater where it can find the new firmware file.
Heck, you can even tell it to search for new firmware and download it
by itself.
I thank all for replies. I find that most replies are from people who seem not to know to much at all.
I am 64 and have only had a computer since 2000 a gift.
When I find a linux os that will do what I would like and be allowed to install what I would like with ease then might think about linux.
I have installed 6 different linux os and not one can do what I will have with ease.
I can see why linux will always have a problem getting converts when windows is so easy.
Bigjge wrote:
> I thank all for replies. I find that most replies are from people who
> seem not to know to much at all.
Says the guy who can’t even get a simple router to work, and doesn’t bother
to give one useful reply to the options given…
Have you even /tried/ to access the device via the LAN i/f?
> I am 64 and have only had a computer since 2000 a gift.
So who are you to claim other people don’t know much? Many of the users here
(including me) have 20, 30 years or more ICT experience, and have been using
Linux since kernel 1.x, so you can pretty much trust that most of the answers
and advices you get here have merit, even if they don’t always lead to a
solution straight away.
> I can see why linux will always have a problem getting converts when
> windows is so easy.
There comes the monkey out from the sleeve as we say where I come from.
You just want to bitch and say “why isn’t Linux more like
yadayadayouknowwhat” !?
> I can see why linux will always have a problem getting converts when
> windows is so easy.
Linux is not everyone. Why don’t you just stick with the one that is
easy for you.
That is exactly what i do…i find Redmond’s stuff extremely
confusing and difficult…but, i took Redmond’s nose ring out in '95
when i left Win3.11 for OS/2, a real, industrial strength, 32 bit OS
that ALSO never needed an anti-virus program of any kind…
stick with what you know and like, and just keep paying to try to
protect it from crackers…and, smile…
crank up your easy to use windoz, insert the CD, let it automatically
do its thing and suddenly your avm FritzBox will throw open it doors
to the internet in an VERY predictable way and thereby lay out the
WELCOME mat for all crackers to step inside and co-op your machine to
be another in the million+ strong win-zombie force…
–
somebody_else
- Bigjge,
I have a 7170 and you really don’t need to install anything on your computer to make it work.
Could you please try and connect your computer to the 7170 with a cable, then boot from the Live DVD. I am pretty sure you have an immediate internet connection.
Uwe
I came across this thread and, although a little old, as I have a 7170 I thought I would stick my bit in, to finish off the thread. As Uwe says there is no need to install anything to use the Fritz, the 7170 install CD in windows installs the Fritz!box programme which can be used to monitor the box and do some rudementary testing. It also installs the AVM port for printing (The 7170 is also a print server) All these things can be done under windows without installing the programme. Under Linux, the 7170 works fine without any install. The printer can be set up, the testing can be done and anything else, such as firmware updates is easily achieved through the normal fritz.box portal. Wireless works fine, and any laptop, Linux or MS, can print through the 7170, with some basic set up. Having installed the Fritz!box software under windows, I find little use for it anyway, the only upside is the automatic install of the printer port, which can be achieved anyway without the programme.