AREDN Production Release 3.25.8.0 Now Available

   

• Some new features only appear in the Babel-only nightly build and are not in this release.
• Halow/802.11ah devices are supported in the Babel-only nightly build and are not in this release.

• Ubiquiti NanoStation AC Loco

• ​​Improve location handling when map cannot be reached. #2371
• Fixed TPLink CP710 problem in Mesh mode #2338
• Fixed setting channel on M9 node shuts down RF #2324
• Fixed low memory issues on 64MB PBE 400AC #2253
• Fixed arednlink dump in support data #2344
• Add support for NanoStation AC loco #2333
• Fixed parsing of tagged dhcp options #2330
• Fixed math for generating M9 channel numbers. #2325
• Fixed LAN devices routing Internet traffic over mesh instead of WAN. #2229
• Fixed “Restore backup requires a reboot and packages not applied” #2193
• Fixed a memory leak causing high CPU usage and increased jitter/latency #2192
• Fixed “Cannot Change Channels on Rocket RM3” #2171
• Fixed Port Forwarding failing #2169
• Pulling support data from 'mesh ptmp' device no longer breaks all RF connectivity #2141
• Removed duplicate neighborhood node reports #2130
• WAN to LAN port forwarding no longer creates a forwarding rule for dtdlink #2119
• Port forwards don't work - fixed #2103
• WAN port forwarding is no longer applied to mesh requests #1993
• Migrated to OpenWRT 24.10.2 #2272
• Fixed routing to WAN subnet from local #2190
• Fixed calculation of 3 GHz channel numbers #2173
• Completely rewrote the routing rules. #2165
• Fixed messages display #2161

• Improved URL parser. #2317
• Fixed package validator to no longer allow a path as part of the url. #2315
• Quieted failed message pings. #2312
• Tightened proxy URL validation. #2311
• Common validation of the URLs now passes to the various proxy urls. #2307
• Speed up the status page by avoiding DNS lookups. #2300
• Added missing backup message when autoselecting firmware. #2284
• Now we ping the correct download servers rather than hardwired #2281
• No longer add WAN default route if there isn't one. #2279
• Added timeout to socat in case connection hangs #2276
• Changed check for adhoc mode to avoid a circular dependency #2268
• Disabled wpa_supplicant to save memory if we're not using encryption #2256
• Now autoselect correct upgrade firmware after refresh. #2247
• Enabled more channels in PtXP modes #2246
• Restart babel when we restart the network #2245
• Make sure DNS is always active on the node with a wired connection. #2240
• Added a publish/subscribe-like mechanism to AREDNlink #2236
• Force br-dtdlink to always have an IPv6 link local address. #2235
• Fixed wifi migration from old UI. #2217
• Use broadcast address in all xlink OLSR payloads. #2211
• Fixed bad port forwarding for WAN only. #2205
• Fixed memory leak in dnsmasq. #2203
• Fixed missing reboot after restore. #2200
• Allow LAN subnet access to WAN subnet for port forwarding to function #2197
• Use the DEVICE variable when setting up wan/lan routes during network setup #2196
• Only scan in mesh mode #2145
• Improved handling of nodes with multiple names and ip addresses. #2135
• No longer masquerade link local broadcast traffic #2128
• SNAT locally originating traffic for tunnels and xlinks #2125
• Removed extra 'close' of file descriptor #170
• Fixed send typo #169
• Fixed detection of neighbors which caused unnecessary disconnects. #165
• Ardenlink 0.0.2 #161
• Now avoid popen + lines bug in metrics lua code. #159
• Added timeout to socat in case connection hangs #157
• Various Ardenlink improvements. #156
• Minor performance and reliability improvements #154
• Now make sure we reject any resource from an unknown host. #152
• Support custom babel rules #148
• A number of improvements to Ardenlink #147
• Use unicast on wifi when we can to get better link data #145
• Fixed channel shutdown which was stopping it restarting #142
• Harsher treatment of links with packet loss or poor round trip times #139
• Because there are hidden nodes, we cannot optimize and use a best connection #137
• Don't redistribute new xlink/tunnel endpoint addresses #134
• Fixed bad assumption about visibility of nodes on mesh wifi. #133
• Ardenlink pub/sub like mechanism #130
• Stopped logging EPIPE errors on local sockets as it’s just noise. #127
• Now sync up the babel config in nightly to match what being used in babel nightly #121
• Fixed metric process name #118
• Per process memory info added  #116
• Added per-process memory statistics #114
• Don’t include wifis in babel config when not used for mesh #107

If you're interested in experimenting with the HaLow devices, the devices that AREDN supports to date are here:
https://github.com/aredn/aredn/blob/babel/SUPPORTED_DEVICES.md#morsemicro-and-partners


The Tube-AHM will likely be the most desirable product, because unlike all the others it's designed for outdoor use.  It's reminiscent of a Ubiquiti Bullet: Ethernet on the bottom end, N-connector on the top.
To find the software, use AREDN's AFS (Automated Firmware Selector): https://downloads.arednmesh.org/afs/www/
Select the babel nightly build, then search for either ALFA or Heltec.
900 MHz Meshtastic is oriented towards a mesh concept and their nodes use omni antennas almost exclusively.  In contrast, we expect most AREDN users will use 900 MHz as a point to point link to drill through vegetation.  As such, a Yagi antenna would be used on each end.  Here a few sources (not an exclusive list!)