How to Access Redboot 

Make sure the Fonera is powered off.  You also need to make sure you have a wired connection to the Fonera and an IP address in the 192.168.1.x range.  You can use a router to  connect the Fonera to your network, or you can connect straight from your computer to the Fonera with an ethernet cable.  If you connect straight to the Fonera, make sure you manually configure your IP address to be in the 192.168.1.x range (e.g. 192.168.1.161).

1.

Once that is done, open a command prompt and type in "ping -t 192.168.1.254"  Do not press enter yet!

2.

Open putty and enter in "192.168.1.254" for the IP address and "9000" as the port number.

3.

Start the ping process in Step 1.  Once it has started, you will recieve the "Request Timed Out" messages.  Power on the Fonera and wait untill you get a "Reply from. . ." message.  

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As soon as you get a "Reply from. . ." message, connect to the Fonera using Putty in Step 2.  Click "Open" in the Putty window as soon as you recieve a reply.  There is only a ~5-10 second window to connect to Redboot, so you must be quick.  This is the window you will get when you first connect.

That's it! You're in Redboot.  If you have seemingly connected, but you don't see the "RedBoot>" prompt, hit enter or control + C.  Disregard the "/home/alfa/..." messages.  Those seem to be debug messages from the Fonera.  They were created because I was pinging the Fonera after I was connected.  Now you're ready to flash 

Click "Next" to see the flash process.

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