Upload new firmware

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Warning

Note: This does NOT modify the user partition, all user data remains unchanged.
Note: This will format your system partition ("/" tree) and all ipkg mods or custom mods will be erased.

Requirements

New firmware either downloaded from the Downloads section from this site or the official Freecom website

Firmware Update through the Web Interface

  • Open the web configuration of your Data Tank Gateway in your browser. By factory default, the configuration can be reached under http://192.168.1.1
  • In the configuration, go to Hardware --> Update firmware
  • Select the new firmware file (xyz.bin from the folder where this data file is located)
  • Click on "Update firmware" to start the update procedure
  • Wait until you get the message that the upgrade is finished


Firmware Update through the Recovery Procedure

Your FNA software (also known as FSGA/FNSA) comes with a firmware in the same folder (called firmware.bin or dt2image.bin or vtimage.bin)

  • rename this to firmware.old
  • download the new firmware and rename it to firmware.bin (or whatever the original name was), then put it in the FNA folder
  • after this start the Recovery Procedure as described in the wiki HowTos
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