Topic: Need Avalon setup HELP [1 BTC] (Read 6901 times)

Might want to try this Christian https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/avalon-batch-2-connect-to-pclinux-guide-262601

Little guide to using usb and connection to PC under Linux.

what was the problem?

Thanks for helping the community.

I got this guy finally up n hashing away, hes happy  and Im happy I got to help him woot! Happy hashing Chrstian!

It is pretty odd for someone to link their Avalon directly to a DSL/Cable modem. (Unless he has one of those DSL/Cable modems with a router and switch inside.

Either way, keep up the good work GenTarkin.

My Avalon has run through WiFi since about July 9.  Hashing at about 80 GH/s.
I did add an antenna from an old router.

Google for OpenWRT and Failsafe

Indeed, you hold the reset button in while powering up the machine.  Wait until the blue LED does a fast flash.  Then you have a fail-safe IP number and password free account.

I have same problem after new flashing today.


This help -

1. Reboot (Power Down and then UP) the router

2. When the blue LED starts flashing, press the RESET (inside the tiny
hole next to cable connection.

3. Stop pressing the RESET when the blue LED starts flashing quickly This is where its upto



and all ok.

Seems like the correct setup in this situation would be to get a router that supports PPPoE authentication, plug a cable into the 'internet' port of the router and plug the other end into the DSL modem's internet port, and then configure the pppoe information in the router, configure the LAN interface to use an IP in the same subnet his machines will be setup in.

For linksys:
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=2210

All should be well after that... as long as the LAN interface is setup correctly on the avalon with correct subnet masks/IP/gateway/dns, and his machine is set correctly with an internal IP matching the same subnet of the avalon, as well as the subnet of the router

example: 
new router- 192.168.0.1
his machine - 192.168.0.2
avalon - 192.168.0.3

all using 255.255.255.0 as a subnet mask... and his machine/avalon using gateway of 192.168.0.1   (and probably the same IP for DNS, depending on the router... if not, just use the DNS servers that his ISP uses, whoever the ISP is... these are easy to find/lookup on the internet)

There is my 2 cents given the information I am seeing... there are enough people helping with this... no need to add any more hands in, I'll go read other threads now 

Why? If you mess up the wifi settings, ethernet still works.  If you mess up ethernet, well, you can see what happens by reading the thread. They have totally separate configurations.

Only problem is batch2/3 didn't come with Wifi antennas - so you might need to find a spare one. Mine got a weak signal without an antenna, but I had one from a wifi USB thing I wasn't using. Before I put on the antenna it was showing a weak signal though, it might be enough if close to the router.

Get something like this: http://amzn.com/B000SEQGT2 and you'll be able to run your Avalon off your neighbors wifi if they have an open AP

shit, I would steer clear doing anything on the avy using its wifi, just askin for a fuckup.. =/ imo

That's great!  But, do you remember what it is you did? It would be helpful for people who are in a similar circumstance to you in the future if you posted what you did.

Also, with your router, can you tell us the brand and model number of your router? That would be helpful in looking up how to configure it. And does it have Wifi? If so, you can setup your router as a wifi AP, and then configure the Avalon to connect to it using wifi, while still being able to configure it using the 192.160.0.100 address.

Ok I went and bought a router, unfortunately I think I screwed something up as it is not being detected. I am now bringing in the nerd cavalry to assist me in getting a working internet setup. also after 3 hours of raging and doing random stuff on my network connection I managed to connect to the Avalon! and I changed its IP back to what it should be. unfortunately I broke my internet connection shortly thereafter, hence why im bringing in the nerds. but atleast I was able to fix the unable to connect to Avalon issue. Tech guys arrive in 3 -4 hours. I will update once I have access to the internet with a router.


 if I manage to get the Avalon working all those who have contributed thus far will be rewarded proportionately to their level of assistance and effort, I thank you all for helping and hopefully it is just the fact I didn't have a router set up that was disabling the Avalon from hashing. ( I thought my modem was a router initially oops)

I looks like all the needs to do, is get a router and do a proper factory reset on the router to get it back to the the 192.168.1.100. He must have gotten the external ip from his PC. It probably a good thing he is on PPoe DSl and not Cable DHCP. Had he copied the setting correctly, someone else could be minding on his brand new Avalon.

Get router and get connectivity  to his isp.
Reset the TPLink. From the instruction I read you need to hold down the reset button 6-10 seconds.

The problem is, all he has atm is DSL jack -> DSL modem -> ethernet to his PC. The modem is not a router so his PC has the external IP settings / pppoe auth.
Meaning, he cant have more than 1 device working on the internet till he gets a router to put behind the modem.

All I want to know is whats the proper way to reset the avy?

It's pretty simple.  You take an ethernet cable.  You plug one end of the ethernet cable into your computer, and then you plug the other end into your Avalon.  Then, if you haven't completely FUBAR'd it previously, you connect to 192.168.0.100 in your browser and configure it however you want it. You can't mine that way, unless you setup a wifi link, though.  

The other option for "direct connection" is to take the internal USB cable, unplug it from the TP-Link. and plug the USB cable into PC's USB socket, and run CGMiner on your PC. People have supposedly done it, not a very good long term solution, obviously.


Is he in a dorm room or something? That would have been helpful to know.

By the way, there's still a router out there somewhere sending him traffic, and if he's using a switch instead of a hub, will the avalon even see packets destined for 67.204.32.5?

If he has a switch, I would think that switch might send all outgoing traffic from his PC to the MAC address of the upstream router, and wouldn't share any of the ethernet frames with the Avalon, unless it's an internal address like 192.168...  At least I think  (I'm not a networking engineer or anything)

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He's probably lost about 0.5-1BTC worth of mining time already.

A lot of his problems would have gone away if he'd just bought a wifi router in the first place like I told him to do.  Oh well.  

Ive been helping him out remotely guys, He indeed does not have a router which is goin to buy today.
Once can get rid of his silly pppoe connection in windows, which is interfering with freakin ethernet interface, that will weed out 1 of the problems.

Whats the official method to reset to avy to factory defaults? Ive looked up how to do it on that tplink router inside it, its stated to just hold the reset button 10-20 seconds then let go and light should flash for a bit indicating its on factory defaults.
I guess we will find out once we get the LAN setup behind his router when he puts it in =P

a hub or switch couldn't send traffic anywhere, only a router would do that. A hub/switch would be the solution to re-establishing a connection, as it would create his own internal network where he could set whatever IP scheme he wanted... although I do not have an avalon myself, and am not entirely sure what is involved with connecting it 'directly'.

255.255.255.255 is funny, and I have no clue why I didn't see that before heh... but that would likely be an issue  

No kidding!  He can't even access the device's web interface anymore. The Avalon is listening for packets on 67.204.32.5, and whatever router/hub/whatever he has hooked it up to is sending those packets out to the internet (I would imagine). That's why he needs to connect his PC directly to the Avalon, rather then using a router/hub. (or else setup static routing some other way)

However, that 255.255.255.255 netmask... looks problematic?  I don't know if that might cause additional problems, or what.

There is something wrong with this.

67.204.32.5 <-- This is where your Avalon's IP should be. It should not be a public IP. Use a 192 address that matches the desktop/laptop computers in your home. Just make sure the one you set for the Avalon does not match any other desktop or Laptop.

An Example:

If you laptop is 192.168.0.2
If your desktop is 192.168.0.3
If your router/gateway is 192.168.0.1

Then your Avalon should be:
192.168.0.100
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255.255.255.255 <-- This also seems wrong. Most people tend to fill it in with 255.255.255.0
This is called a "subnet mask". (think of it like "network segments" where all your computer in a basic router configuration should all be in the same "network segment".)

Again check your desktops/laptops and router to find what kind of "subnet/network segment" it uses.

Your laptop might be 255.255.255.0
Your desktop might be 255.255.255.0
Your router might be 255.255.255.0

Then your Avalon should be: 255.255.255.0

=====================
67.204.32.5 <--- This is clearly wrong. Your gateway should be your router IP. (Assuming you have one)

If you laptop is 192.168.0.2
If your desktop is 192.168.0.3
If your router/gateway is 192.168.0.1

Then your gateway IP should be: 192.168.0.1
Your DNS number is usually the same: 192.168.0.1

Usually, if you have a home router and aren't directly connected to a DSL/Cable modem, your DNS is usually the same number as your gateway. (Your gateway [router] usually resolves the DNS stuff for you)

Stratum is a protocol type used by certain pools.

As for the bad gateway,

A) Make sure to place your router (or if directly connected) your DSL/Cable modem as the gateway. That should resolve your issue.

You can find the gateway info by turning on one of your desktop/laptop pcs and simply looking at your network configuration.

B) You have to make sure your chosen pool is active and typed in correctly. Otherwise you will get that sort of error if the pool server cannot be found when queried.

C) You have to carefully check your Pool settings (in the Avalon device settings) and make sure they are validly entered and accurate. Otherwise the server won't send you any work and you'll see the type of socket error.

These three things should clear up your problem.

I am still open to a teamviewer session, but you never responded to the PM, and I got tired   

I have several avalons setup and running smooyh for over a month now.

Go into processes kill cgminer TWO times then goto startup and RESTART not start cgminer


edit: also out of the 5 avalons i have running, i did not have to change any IP settings on any of them, batch 1 & 2

Watching on the sidelines. I think he needs a find a local geek to help him.
It twould appear that he might not have a router, that would explain how he does not have WiFi and where he got the public IP address. I dont think he reset the internal router correctly.

Good luck and get to hashing.

He would need a static rout too 67.204.32.5... good luck trying to get him to do that though, he'll probably end up bricking his router.

What he needs to do is unplug his PC's ethernet, and plug it directly into the Avalon, then try to connect to 67.204.32.5.  The Avalon should provide an IP, it has a DHCP server.

He said it was wired and that he doesn't have wifi.

Okay so network engineer and Batch 2 owner here...

What did you do?  Set the IP to a public one?  67.204.32.5? 

Here's how to fix it:

Make your PC:
67.204.32.6
255.255.255.0

Log into:
67.204.32.5

REMOVE that IP, do you know what your regular IP behind your router?  If you use 192.168.1.x then set it to say 192.168.1.200, gateway 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0, DNS 4.2.2.2

You never answered WIRED or WIRELESS.

Well, anyway.

Here's what I'd do if I were in your situation at this point:

1) Go to the store.
2) Buy a set of allen wrenches so you can open the case.
3) Buy a cheap laptop running windows. Make sure it has an Ethernet port and a USB port.

4) When you get home, install CGMiner on the Laptop.

5) Use the allen wrenches you just bought to open up the case.
6) Unplug the USB cable from the TP-Link module and plug it into your laptop.
7) Turn on the Avalon
8] Run CGMiner on your laptop with on the command line

Otherwise, IDK.  Maybe you can get someone to send you a new TP-LINK TP-WR703N board with the avalon software pre-configured, and once you get it you can try again, then return the laptop to the store.

Wait, I just noticed this:



You set it to use itself as a gateway? And used 255.255.255.255 as a netmask?

Anyway, Here is something you could try doing:

1) take your PC's ethernet cable, unplug it from wherever it's plugged in
2) Plug it directly into the Avalon
3) Try to connect to http://67.204.32.5 - see if it works.

Note: you won't be able to connect to the internet on your PC while doing this.  It would be good to use a laptop or something while doing this, if you have one.

Eh, if I were in your position I'd try the USB technique at this point, but I have a lot of experience building PCs, etc. Although, do you have the tools you need to open the case?

Connect it up to your pc and login to your router and see if you have any other connected devices and see if it has openwt or unknown and an ip address and try connecting to it. think you are almost their just need find out what ip its using as if its not using default then something is wrong somewhere.

just attempted . did not work

do i need to set anything in the DNS section?

ok. i just turned it off then back on. i now have the legendary solid blue light. i will now set my ip to 192.168.0.101.   and then attempt to load http://192.168.0.100/

So you have solid blue light if so you should be able to connect using default settings.

ok im really confused. my avalon blue light is spazzing out flashing right now. i cant connect to it via the default settings. and i cant connect it in default if i shut it off then back on to the solid blue light. What do i do now?

the settings that hes upto on resetting is fail safe settings and with firmware of Avalon on it should default to default settings of 192.168.0.100 and 101

as for telnet shoulder need to do this should be fine connecting up as normal but if not then only other options but i  wouldn't advise doing unless knows what is doing taking router out connecting to pc and re doing it that way. or goto Amazon buy one of the exct tp links and change it and flash to  Avalon firmware and I can confirm ProMac done this with a router from amazon to paly with the settings on it. However he didn't connect to Avalon tho.

Other option would be to plug usb direct to pc or laptop running ubunto and then compiling cgminer.

Also, here's the thing: You can, in theory, use your own computer rather then the TP-Link to run the controller.

Here's a picture of the controller inside the Avalon unit: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/File:Avalon-controlunit-v1.2.JPG
As you can see there is a USB-B port on that control board.  here's a picture: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/File:Avalon-controlunit-v1.2-usb-connector.JPG

That plug will be pluged into the USB port on the TP-Link board: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/File:Avalon-703n-front.JPG

If you unplug the USB cable from the TP-Link, and plug it into your own computer's USB port, and run CGMiner on your own computer, you should be able to use it that way.

Make sure the Avalon unit is turned off when disconnecting/reconnecting things.

This should theoretically work if you have the latest version of CGMiner on your computer.   Obviously that's a temporary solution, but it should theoretically work if you can't get your TP-Link to work.

I really recommend you don't do that at this point.  It's from here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/village-telco-dev/-01vpXQjmUo

I don't know what happens if you do that, it could overwrite the Avalon/OpenWRT firmware with whatever ships from TP-Link.

1. Reboot (Power Down and then UP) the router

2. When the blue LED starts flashing, press the RESET (inside the tiny
hole next to cable connection.

3. Stop pressing the RESET when the blue LED starts flashing quickly This is where its upto

At this time the router is in failsafe mode.

4. Telnet 192.168.1.1. It will take you to the root prompt.
5. Enter "firstboot" at the prompt to reset the router to default
6. Restart


Now with option 4 because its Avalon firmware you should able to change your lan to 192.168.0.101 and connect to 192.168.0.100

It should be reset now, apparently you have to press it for a while.  Try connecting to the default IP again. And... if that doesn't work maybe try turning it off and on again.

I am referring to where you plug the cable at the back

just saw blue light. its fast blinking

i have a green light and an orange light. no blue light. both are currently solid.

on the avalon after you reset is the blue light solid, slow blinking or fast blinking ?


And with  regards to what other person said. Wasn't aware can configure over wifi too as thought couldn't as with trying with ips it had in wouldn't allow to connect up and configure over wifi always got time out but would mine away on wifi just not able to configure but not worried.

67.204.32.5 try setting your lan connection on pc to that and connect to 67.204.32.4 in browser might work. or 67.204.32.5 if cant then revert back to normal for lan settings on pc or what ever you trying to connect to avalon with

also just confirmed i cannot connect to the ip i set it to. this is what i filled each line with


static address
67.204.32.5
255.255.255.255
67.204.32.5

just confirmed i cannot connect to the default ip address.

Okay, that's good.  Now, can you connect to the original IP address, 192.168.0.100?  Otherwise, can you connect to the ip address you set it to?

Ok hold on im doing another system restore. I think i reset the avalon?? I pressed the button but nothing obvious happened. I did save a copy of the ip

Lol, what?  Why do you think you can't configure it over wifi?  And why would you have to disable wifi to use a cable?  You can connect and configure it using either one, or both at the same time if you want. If both are connected, it has two IP addresses and both can be used configure it.

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If the reset works, I'm pretty sure what you need to do is go in and set the GATEWAY, not the IP address, under common configuration to the same gateway your windows machine is working.

1 find out what ip you changed the device to connect to it. Maybe reset back to default?

2 go into  Interfaces - LAN change this to DHCP client give it a name you can easily remember and save settings.

3 goto your main router login and login to it. Goto devices and see what is connected and look up the name for the Avalon you made in DHCP.

4 goto that address should be 192.168. something and login. Goto cgminer settings and put in your details for pool and start mining. DHCP should find the settings of your main router with connection to the internet and auto configure. If you have it on static you would need to configure all the settings your self in order to gain internet.

5 Regarding WiFi you only want this on if you are going to keep running on one pool and one pool only and mine and leave it running as on WiFi you can not configure so if you want to change settings and stuff use cable and disable WiFi.

I just told you that you would risk making your device inaccessible. Why didn't you just buy a wifi adapter? How far away from a walmart are you?

Anyway dude there is a physical reset button near the ethernet port on the back of the machine. There's a hole, and you'll be able to see a little white button.  Take a pen or screwdriver or something and press it, that should reset the default settings (IP address, etc)


Did you happen to remember what you set the IP address to? That's kind of important Did you set it to use DHCP? If so, you may be log on to your router and see what IP address is associated with Avalon's MAC address (which you posted earlier, it's 14:CF:92:87:26:BE) - but no one can tell you how to do that without knowing your router type.

read my pm's dude, also dont know where ya went! you randomly DC'd =P

i dont know how to do a system restore on the avalon if i need to.

i just finished a system restore. i redownloaded teamviewer. i havent done ANYTHING now. ip hasnt beeen changed nothing has been done.  i sent you teamviewer info please connect asap.

I will assist ya if you can get back into its interface =) what exactly did you change and how is the avy currently hooked up to the network via ethernet?
Is your goal to leave it on ethernet?(I hope cuz its wireless sucks)

I just played around with my interfaces lan section and changed the common configuration ip address  and i can no longer access the avalon. any ideas?

Please guys......

I am willing to do a teamviewer session. 1 Bitcoin still up for grabs. i just want this fixed... please help!

i managed to ping, before it said 100% packet loss

 PING 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.441 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.330 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.283 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.282 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.100: seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.282 ms

--- 192.168.0.100 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.282/0.323/0.441 ms

Actually, honestly you should just go walmart or BestBuy or something and buy a wifi bridge, or router or something - something that connect to a wired network and act as an AP (Access point)

That way, you can connect over Ethernet on 192.168.0.100 and use the web config thing and configure Wifi that way, once that's done your avalon will have two IPs, one for the ethernet port (eth0) and one for the wifi adapter (wlan0).  Once that's done  your Avalon should be able to connect to the internet.

A wifi AP is like $20-30, way less then 1BTC. If you buy one and it works, you can subtract that from my bounty

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I think you might be able get it to get an IP address from your router by configuring it to act as a DHCP client (under Network/Interfaces/Lan - protocol pulldown), but the problem is once you get a address lease, you won't know what the IP address is of your Avalon, and won't be able to connect to it over the web, unless you can get that information from your router somehow (it should be possible to see that information somewhere but each router is different.  Normally when I'm setting up a network thing, I'm using a keyboard and monitor, not doing it over the network itself, with no other way to connect to the device!)

Other then that, you could try leaving your IP static as 192.168.0.100, but setting the gateway manually on that same page (Network/Interfaces/Lan)

On your windows machine run the command 'ipconfig' in the command line. Look for he line that says "Default Gateway".  There should be an IP address.

Plug that IP address into the gateway field on the LAN setup tab.

After that's done, you can check to see if you're connected to the internet by going to the Network | Diagnostics tab and trying the ping tool

One thing to keep in mind, though - you want to setup your cgminer config stuff right away.  If you get online before setting that stuff up, you'll automatically start mining using the preconfigured pools, and making money for Avalon!

Stratium is a protocol, you don't need to install any software to use it.  In fact, you don't need to install any software at all on your windows machine to use it, the Avalon is a standalone computer with it's own OS and all the software it needs.

Do you have a phone that can do wifi tethering? If so, you could connect your Avalon unit to your phone, and start hashing that way.  Obviously not a useful solution long term, but if you just want to get hashing right away it might might work. Although you might need to find a Wifi antenna for it work well (I happened to have one lying around when I set mine up)

Do you have the capability of doing any screenshots of your configuration?

EDIT: more specifically, your IP configuration for the LAN interface...
EDIT#2: you want to check DNS/Gateway settings, you could also try using a specific IP address for your pool, to make sure DNS resolution isn't an issue... but I assume it would be giving a different error in that situation.

Is your avalon connected wirelessly or wired? from your pc on the same network can you ping 192.168.0.100 ?

Uptime: 1h 28m 2s
MAC-Address: 14:CF:92:87:26:BE
RX: 1.70 MB (12331 Pkts.)
TX: 3.77 MB (11888 Pkts.)
IPv4: 192.168.0.100/24


By the way this is the thingy ^

also i attempted to restart. got same problem as before.

Still not working. Still offering 1BTC bounty.

also does the avalon thing automatically install stratum?

OK im testing your suggestion now

PM 'Kartaiv' ( https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kartaiv-100703 ) on this forum.  He'll be probably able to help you as he's done a number of things with Avalons.

Your WR703n doesn't have an internet connection at this moment.

This segment is copied from bitcoin.it. Please follow this step according to your local network configuration.

WIFI or Ethernet Cable ?

Avalon shipped with a 9db antenna after connect it to WR703N usually could establish good wireless connection with your WIFI router. But if for some reason you would like to use Ethernet Cable to connect Avalon with your network, please login OpenWrt and configure the LAN port:
Network -> Interfaces -> LAN -> Edit -> Common Configuration -> General Setup
Disable the DHCP on Lan port
Attention: You need to configure it correctly based on your own network enviroment. If anything wrong you might could not access your WR703N any more.

Good luck.

I sent you a tip for replying and attempting to help

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errrrr, what are MAC addresses?

Bad gateway can be no internet on the connection, do you need to register MAC addresses? Assuming the connection is fine, then the cgminer error needs a hard restart of the unit a few times to clear.

Also when i press restart cgminer thing this happens:

Bad Gateway
The process did not produce any response

Hey im a noob and i have no idea what im doing. i plugged avalon in to wall. and Lan cable into avalon then into router.

I changed ip address stuff, then loaded it up. pressed the restart cgminer button thingy after configuring my miner info.

im getting this error in the cgi miner api log

[Firmware Version] => 20130607
cgminer-772b354
luci-d854edc
cgminer-openwrt-packages-44ceab8
Socket connect failed: Connection refused


I am also confused on this step
Make sure WR703N can access Internet, Configure WiFi: Network -> WIFI -> Scan(select your WIFI network) -> Join Network -> WPA passphrase -> Submit -> Save & Apply for connect to WIFI Internet

I do not have wifi. also i have no idea what i am doing. i have windows 7. also i have never used cgminer. but avalon automattaciallicy installed it.

I hereby offer a 0.1 BTC bounty. Help me set this up correctly within 30 mins of posting this and ill up the bounty to 1 BTC

I am willing to use a throw away chat service for faster communication.

HALP!!!!!