Topic: Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread - page 28. (Read 49535 times)

Yes, most modern routers let you separate 2.4 and 5Ghz with different SSIDs

Plain as in set to solely one radio mode (2.4GHz or 5GHz - as opposed to dual band supporting both)?

I'm using a mesh network with simultaneous dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz/5 GHz) supporting 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (with WPA2).

Its still buggy, the chipset hasn't received a linux firmware update and our efforts to have them fix the issues have not gone anywhere. It still works fine, you just need to make sure your router has an SSID thats in plain a/b/g mode and WPA2 for password. It starts acting buggy when its trying to connected to mix mode APs

Quick FutureBit Apollo question:

What's the status of WiFi support as of November 2019?

Searching the forums, all I could find was a post from December 2018 stating that WiFi was buggy. Has it improved since then?

I'm considering purchasing a batch 2 Apollo, but the plan would be to have it located in room other than where my router is. I can (obviously) do Ethernet for the setup, but I'd like to move it to the other room where it would be permanently located and would be using WiFi.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks

Thats fine, discarded shares are on the pool side, only thing that matters is your rejected shares, those need to be low.

Hi

I have 2 FB Apollos which i have just re-directed to Litepool (EU pool litecoinpool.org:3333). Hashrate and HW errors seem fine but discard rates are very high - 1228 accepted 53k discarded. I am using #skipcbcheck in the stratum URL.

The other FB is running at 1.2k accpeted to 9.8k discarded.

Both units are in balanced mode. Is this a hardware or possible pool/latency issue?

any help appreciated.

Buddy.

Check your pool, I mine at litecoinpool.org , just register an account there and setup a work.
setup the pool on the Apollo: stratum+tcp://litecoinpool.org:3333

as you see I use port 3333 you can double check your router if the port isn't blocked, I use the website:
https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

if port is open then you're fine and the apollo should be mining!

I can't mine with him, I've reviewed everything and I don't know what it can be ...
Is there any special configuration I have to put on my router? Open any port, or something unknown?
As long as it doesn't work soon, Apollo is going back to Germany

thanks jstefanop

I have left only the donation in the pool, connect but immediately the miner goes out of line and the connect econnrefused message 127.0.0.1:4428 appears again
I don't know what problem the router can have, I have access to the internet with a fiber connection, and I have no problem connecting to any device ...
What can be?

Yea, your putting in the wrong pool info/credentials, as you can see on the top it says "All pools are dead". To rule out any internet issues try deleting all pools from the pool config so it only mines on donation pool, if that also does not work then the issue is with your router/settings.

Thanks for your advice ...
I've tried two pools, litecoinpool and nicehash ...
It seems that with nicehash it holds the connection better, error 127.0.0.1:4028 does not appear, but I am not able to undermine.
At no time does the green light appear, it stays blinking in orange / yellow.
On the dashboard it appears active for a few seconds and is deactivated ... so constantly. Until the miner goes out of line
I have reviewed the credentials and passwords in the pool a thousand times and they are fine, I don't know where to go.

Your either putting in your pool URL/credentials wrong, or your device is not getting a proper connection through your router. Username/password are usually case sensitive.

If you know how to SSH into device (futurebit/futurebit) run "sudo screen -dr miner" this will bring up bfgminer output and you can better see why its not connecting.

- try with only one pool
- try another pool

orange light blinking means network/pool issue

Hello,
I just received my Apollo LTC, 2 days ago ... but I can't get it to work. I have read almost all the thread and I see there are cases similar to mine, but I do not find the solution.
I followed the instructions to the letter but nothing, I still get the error: connect econnrefused 127.0.0.1:4028
I have tried the image on 2 different SD cards, the 2 of 32 GB. I have checked the password and the workers several times in the pool, reviewed their writing in case there were spaces between letters ... and nothing.
From the first moment the front orange light has not stopped blinking, I have never seen the green light shine. It connects through its IP to the dashboard, the futurebits website appears, but immediately loses the connection "Miner offline; try to start".  ... and so again and again, it connects and leaves. I have configured the pools and raised the fan to 25% ... I can access settings perfectly.
I don't know what it can be, I'm quite lost the truth.
I don't know if it could be a port problem ...
I am somewhat blocked, I have read that same problem to several people in this same thread, but for now they have not served me the possible solutions that arise.
I would appreciate if you could guide me where the problem might be

thank you very much, and sorry for my bad english

Did u swap SD cards , like previous person said. And did u get the same error after swapping cards?
Sometimes SD cards get corrupted and will not flash correctly.

mine are actually profitable with .05 cent electric, with free they would be better lol the diff has been dropping lately so that is good

4 do about 440 mh and use about 460 watts. they only roi with free power. or hit a block.

i am still trying to hit a block with my two.  i have hit two doge blocks.

try reflashing the card - you could test this easier by taking the card out of the other new one and put it in the one that isnt working - if that works, then I would say you need to reflash the original card.


as for having 4 of these miners, kudos! If they were a bit cheaper or there was an actual ROI to them, I would have a shit ton of em lol but I have one of these and one of the GekkoScience Terminus R606 ones on my desk - makes for good convo to share with people when they come over.

Yes this is a known issue that will be fixed in the next update.