Has anyone else got their free FON router in the mail yet? I just got mine today and it totally surprised me. It's not looking to be very useful though. What I found really interesting is that this router has two SSIDs, one of them is a public one that anyone can use and the other is a private one.

Here are some pictures of this bad boy. I think this will be pretty useful if I every go somewhere that I need instant wireless setup. It comes with a really cool flat network cable also.

Got mine today. Haven't had a chance to mess with it yet.

Got mine today also.... haven't messed with it much other than the manual... busy day..but i'm gonna try and throw dd-wrt on it later tonight. I'll post back with screenies if I can do it.

How do you get one of these?

Haven't gotten home yet so can't check if I got mine. So basically this router will automatically try to set its self up a an access point (hotspot)?

I didn't get one... I want one! I can use it with my lappy!!!

it sets itself up as a regular AP and a hotspot... so it shows 2 SSID's, one secure for you and one open for everyone else.

http://dealmac.com/deals/fon-com-Free-La-F...f=rss_dealmac_7 details on how to get a free one. Unsure if I should get one mind you!

Let me know how that goes. That would be awesome if you could!

I can't use it. Against my local ISPs' regulations.

mine still hasn't come

Edit: yeah it came this morning

UK Residents
https://shop.fon.com/FonShop/shop/GB/Direct...533159859991690
Canadian Residents
https://shop.fon.com/FonShop/shop/CA/Direct...824751107431218
US Residents
https://shop.fon.com/FonShop/shop/US/Direct...350536244364355

thanks for the codes for UK residents, i was starting to feel left out

Yeah took me awhile of clicking around to find it they seem to have now added it to the promotion frontpage now so thought I would post it... sometimes I hate living in the UK.. we are always left out

Thank you so much!!! And yes the being left out thing is a bit shi*

Seriously?? Who do you have for your ISP?

This is an excerpt taken from their "Special Offer Conditions":

"Once you have received your La Fonera, your will be required to install the La Fonera and maintain it activated within the FON Community. If for any reason you are not able to do so, we ask that you kindly pass the La Fonera onto a friend who wants to share WiFi as a Fonero."

Is that the catch? You have to register the device with their network and remain a member of the FON Community?

I would hope not. I don't plan on replacing my WRT54GC with a router that is open to anyone and doesn't have port forwarding. I don't really see how they could deactivate the router if you didn't keep up with the community.

by the look of it its not a router, just an access point. so you plug this into your router.

Does anyone know if you can turn off the public SSID or disable the wireless on the public side? If not, why carry around a device that allows everyone access to your bandwidth?

Singtel from nanny state Singapore. In the T&C, customers aren't allow to resell their Internet service for 'personal profit'. The ISP just want to earn more that's all.

Still, I want to give Fon a try when their router is more available worldwide.

It is a router. There is only one port on the back and that is for connecting it to you modem.



No. You cannot disable anything on either side of it, the public or the private side. The settings are really limited and all you can really change is SSID, the wireless key on the private side, the "firewall" you can turn on and off, and then how the router is connected to the modem.

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WOOOOOOO!!!! Post Number 1000!!!!

The FON routers you have recieved, and I am waiting for, are Linksys WRT54GSV4 routers underneath!

They are easy to flash with dd-wrt and become just a normal access point/router without sharing to the world =D

Website: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/ddwrt.php

Nice to know

I'll try it out in a little bit, I decided to take a 10 minute nap but it ended up being 2 hours (it's 8 pm right now).

You read that giant piece of paper. The piece of paper verizon sent me was about 4'x5' and had size 10 font. It was against my policy to torrent and use lime wire, ive been doing the two on verizon for 7 years now, not one call or email lol

With verizon it's also against the ToS agreement to "Access adult media" lol

I want even more!!! It's similar to WRT54G.v4 and WRT54GL.

My FON came a few days ago. I planed on flashing DD-WRT to it, but ill set it up as a normal FON router to see what its like for a day.

Just to ease my conscience, did anyone order this for the explicit intention of using it on that FON network? I have to admit that if I ordered one, I'd never use it for that FON crap. Also, is the wireless capability b series, or g series?

It supports both 802.11b & g except 802.11a & n.

I just got mine 20 minutes ago and am in the same boat as you my friend.

Time to flash it

exactly... so Im gonna flash mine

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Will you guys let me know how well it works after you flash it? I'm curious.

I'm new to the whole router flashing thing. I was wondering if anyone could give me directions that they used to successfully flash their routers. So far the ones I've found online aren't very helpful. Thanks guys.

i seem to be having trouble flashing it myself...

I meant to say I amg going to flash mine sorry

I'm trying to flash it using these instructions: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/La_Fonera_Flashing

I'm current stuck on #7.

It can't be too bad living in the UK. At least you get to watch the Rest of SG-1 and Atlantis before us here in the US. Thank goodness for MIRC.

I finally got mine yesterday, have yet to set it up. So basically this works as an AP where anyone with one of these can connect?

Got mine orderd, anyone know how long it takes approx?

I'm pretty sure I got mine in less than a week in the US.

I live in canada.. probbaly 2 weeks or so I guess..

How do you get it for free???

There are link on front page, and Canada,UK, USA.. gets them free, maybe more.

Took more than a week for me to get mine. Took something like 3 weeks. But, who cares cause I ain't using it. You imagine this is a big sting by the RIAA/MPAA to see whos sharing what? Simply assign a code to each router and match that code to the person whom it was shipped to. Then, monitor the router for the type of packets it is sending. If it is copyrighted data, then send information to HQ including serial number of device. hummmmm.

That's an interesting idea G.

I don't know G. That's a little paranoid, just a little. FON is backed by Google so I couldn't imagine that there'd be something like that in the system.

But, on the other hand, if someone were to get sued by the MPAA//RIAA, one could claim that they had the FON AP hooked up and someone else must have done it because one is an Internet saint.

Yeh, but see the beauty of it all. This is meant to be an access point. Even if they do trace copyrighted stuff, doesn't necessarily mean we were downloading it. If the cops come to my house I'll just tell them, some guy wirelessly accessed my internet. Anyway, these things are built to allow outsiders to connect to our internet. I don't think the they would expect to catch us doing the dirty work.

EDIT: What shadowgate929 said, I took my time typing.

That doesn't sound legal, lol. If the RIAA/MPAA were to sue based on data they had been monitoring, civil rights activists would have a field day on them, and the RIAA/MPAA would be slapped with lawsuits, limitations and citations. That would be a huge hit that I'm sure they aren't willing to take.

Just got my FON.
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Is the internet free that you get of of the fon?