SW2

TTN and Semtech Packet forwarder doesn't boot if internet connection is not made at boot time

When autoboot is configured in the clouds-manager and if the connection to the server is not possible at boot time, the poly_pkt_fwd used for TTN (/opt/lorix/clouds/ttn) and the lora_pkt_fwd from Semtech (/opt/lorix/clouds/packet-forwarder) will die or stay stuck without any chance of contacting the server afterwards. This problem will most likely appear with an internet connection provided through 3G/4G modem which can take more time on boot.

Fix

The release 22 February 2018 fixes this issue (changelog) for the poly_pkt_fwd. We have adapted the poly_pkt_fwd to wait on server available at boot. 

The release 25 March 2018 fixes this issue (changelog) for the lora_pkt_fwd. We have adapted the lora_pkt_fwd to wait on server available at boot.

The packages should then be updated as described on the opkg package system page using the following command:

$ sudo opkg update
$ sudo opkg upgrade

Following the update, the old config file (global_conf.json and local_conf.json of updated packages) will be renamed to *.json.bkp and new default config file will replace them. It then necessary to modify the new configuration files with old parameters.