Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.32SF-HW

[Voxel]

Continuation of

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-orbi-rbk50-v-2-5-0-42sf-hw.60308/
. . .
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/c...50-rbk53-rbr50-rbs50-v-9-2-5-2-30sf-hw.86438/
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/c...50-rbk53-rbr50-rbs50-v-9-2-5-2-31sf-hw.87272/

New version of my custom firmware build: 9.2.5.2.32SF-HW.

Changes (vs 9.2.5.2.31SF-HW):

1. Toolchain: binutils is upgraded 2.41->2.42.
3. Toolchain: Go is upgraded 1.21.3->1.21.6.
4. Toolchain: gdb is upgraded to 13.2.
4. dropbear: add patch to fix CVE-2023-48795.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48795​

(score 5.9. Medium)​

5. lighttpd package is upgraded 1.4.72->1.4.73.
6. OpenVPN is upgraded 2.5.9->2.6.8.
7. Add 'libcap-ng' package (needed to compile OpenVPN 2.6.x).
8. OpenVPN server: set default cipher to 'CHACHA20-POLY1305' for client config ('download' script).
9. proftpd package is upgraded 1.3.8a->1.3.8b.
10. ethtool package is upgraded 6.5->6.7.
11. curl package is upgraded 8.4.0->8.6.0.
12. bind package is upgraded 9.18.19->9.18.21.
13. iperf3 package is upgraded 3.15->3.16.
14. util-linux package is upgraded 2.39.2->2.39.3.
15. sysstat package is upgraded 12.7.4->12.7.5.
16. zlib package is upgraded 1.3->1.3.1.
17. libusb package is upgraded 1.0.26->1.0.27.
18. unbound package (used in stubby) is upgraded 1.18.0->1.19.0.
19. nghttp2 package is upgraded 1.57.0->1.59.0.
20. gettext-full package is upgraded 0.22.3->0.22.4.
21. libnl-tiny package is upgraded 2023-07-27->2023-12-05.
22. iw package is upgraded 5.16->6.7.
23. cifs-utils: add a dependency on libcap-ng.
24. Host tools: upgrade mkimage/u-boot to 2024.01.
25. Host tools: upgrade zlib to 1.3.1.
26. Host tools: upgrade xz to 5.4.6.
27. Host tools: upgrade UPX to 4.2.2.

The link is:

https://www.voxel-firmware.com (thanks to vladlenas for his help with hosting).

Voxel.

 

[gssjshark]

Thanks @Voxel !

 

[Dustin278]

Rock solid release again! Thanks again @Voxel

 

[TeamZero]

Thanks again as always, this has been the most trouble free setup Ive ever used. Hopefully folks donate enough to make this worth your while.!

 

[mannymore]

Greetings:

I have the latest Voxel firmware loaded into an RBR50 and 2 RBS50s. I am trying to run ProtonVPN directly on the router. I am a bit lost into how to do it.
Is it, taking a USB formatted as ext4 and putting the OpenVPN config file from ProtonVPN in /openvpn-client ?

 

[quackamole]

VPN speeds super slow on this release. went back to v31

 

[andykt]

Thank you for the latest update

 

[agneev]

I'm wondering if I should go back to v31 or v30 so due to random bursts of high CPU usage which was not present before:

 

[agneev]

This appears to be due to these processes and is also present on v31, anyone have any idea why this runs randomly?

 

[alexnev]

@Voxel and All,
Im a bit confused on netdata. I installed entware and netdata package from Voxel repository. With default config - does it write anything to flash? I hope not...I'm a bit paranoid on this since its very old hardware already. Can you please confirm?
Is it possible to ask it to write data on the same usb drive?
Thank you!

 

[agneev]

@alexnev entware is installed to persistent storage and netdata writes to memory by default.

 

[alexnev]

@alexnev entware is installed to persistent storage and netdata writes to memory by default.

Thank you for the reply! You mean it writes to RAM right, not flash? The entware and netdata itself are installed on usb drive in my case.

 

[MrBigglesworth]

Hi all, a quick message to say thank you for the Voxel firmwares - been using for a while and they certainly run better than with stock firmware. That said, I may be selling mine soon and so would like to revert to stock firmware. Before I stuff anything up can I check whether it straightforward to do that and if I am guessing the right steps, i.e. download latest firmware direct from netgear - upload it to satellite first. Then upload it to main device?

Thanks