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AREDN Release Notes 3.23.4.0


Summary

There have been over 140 nightly releases of the AREDN codebase since the last production release in December 2022. Here are the highlights:


Major Enhancements

  • Support for the ‘AC’ class of radio[2]
  • Improved service validation
  • Improved WiFi scanning
  • Better error feedback for future upgrades
  • Hidden and Exposed node handling[3]
  • Enhance AP and WiFi Client channel selection
  • Support for easier “nightly build” testing
  • Upgraded to OpenWRT 22.03.3; the latest release of OpenWRT with many security and bug fixes.
  • Upgraded to Linux kernel 5.10.161

 
IMPORTANT NOTE!
 
Because of changes in the way OpenWRT names devices, this upgrade is not simple to revert without reinstalling your node as if you just took it out of the box.


New Devices

  • Ubiquiti[1]

    • LiteAP 5 AC
    • LiteBeam AC5 Gen2
    • NanoBeam AC 5 (WA)
    • NanoBeam AC 5 (XC)
    • NanoBeam AC 5 Gen 2 (WA)
    • NanoBeam AC 5 Gen 2 (XC)
    • NanoStation AC 5
    • PowerBeam AC 5 Gen2
    • PowerBeam AC 5 400
    • PowerBeam AC 5 500
    • Rocket 5 AC Lite
  • Mikrotik
    • hAP ac2
    • hAP ac3
    • ...
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Updated date: Sunday, April 16, 2023 - 20:31

AREDN at SCALE 2023

Thanks to the great AREDN team led by Orv W6BI, we had a significant presence at this year's SCALE event.

The photo shows the team manning the AREDN booth. 
 Left to right: 
Front: KE6BXT, KM6SLF.  
Rear: KJ6DZB, KN6PLV, N6RFI. W6BI. Missing: KG6WXC
 
And this year SCALE attendees voted the AREDN booth as "Best Presentation" 





 
Updated date: Sunday, March 12, 2023 - 18:39


Release notes for recent AREDN nightly builds (up to NB 2316)

Important note - 802.11ac equipment will not function completely properly without nightly build 2316 or later
Enhancements
Added Mikrotik QRT5 support
Added Ubiquiti Nanobeam ac gen1 xc support
Established a more consistent way to provide interface mac address in overrides
Provided a timeout on the iperf client
Now gather statistics about RF links
Updated firmware selector on web page
Set up to refresh LQM’s hostnames periodically
Made iperf3 improvements
Now ignore non-routable when calculating hidden nodes
Now handle missing IP and created more general RF/DTD identification
Now automatically enable RTS when hidden nodes detected

Bug fixes
Fixed "coverage" (distance) calculation in 802.11ac driver.
    (not working correctly for 5 & 10 MHz bandwidths; disabled for now)
Fixed AirRouter port identification
Made sure we never pass ‘nil’ to the json parser
Made sure we look for packages with the correct architecture
Fixed an xlink firewall rule inserted incorrectly
Fixed the netmask on the br-nomesh device (for when RF mesh is disabled)
A node with a single RF link cant have any exposed nodes - corrected
Fixed AR150 port settings
Fixed power offsets on various devices
Fixed...

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Updated date: Monday, February 13, 2023 - 16:06


AREDN at SCALE 20x


For the last few years, AREDN has had a booth on the expo floor at SCALE, the Southern California Linux Expo.  It's happening again at the 20th annual SCALE, March 9th through 12th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x), at the Pasadena Convention Center.  The Expo runs from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon, and the AREDN booth will be manned with knowledgeable AREDN users, including Tim KN6PLV, one of the principal AREDN developers. The booth dudes will be happy to chat about all things AREDN with you!

AREDN is derived from OpenWRT, which is a Linux "distribution". As you get into AREDN networking, it's helpful to know a bit more about Linux.  SCALE will be holding Linux training classes on both Saturday and Sunday.  After installing Linux on your computer of choice, a professional trainer from the Linux Foundation will guide you through the basics of Linux and system administration.

If you're interested, you can register for the training class when you register for SCALE itself.  Don't wait too long; the classes tend to fill up quickly.

Be sure to say hello to Orv W6BI and Tim KN6PLV.

Updated date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 16:45

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19.07 Release Status Update

The upcoming release of many new devices, bug fixes, and capabilities still has a few issues being worked out:

1) The OpenWRT release that AREDN is based on, recently published another release candidate rc2, and there is a rc3 in the pipeline. This means we are still days/weeks away to see the OpenWRT official release.
2) There are 2 identified issues so far on Rocket M5 XW and Nanostation M5 XW devices still being worked.
3) Many models do not yet have any know testing to confirm all is working.

How can you help?   Check the status here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IyDD_gPC4LLtZGERDQhS8Ix7EDiNjK12/view?usp=sharing

If you have a device that has not yet been tested, please down load the image and give a try here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pm466OqLPTARUuh_ux3xSoD2123H5EOw?usp=sharing

Joe AE6XE


Call for Code 2019 Global Winner Announced

Prometeo was announced the Call for Code 2019 Global Winner on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the award ceremony held in New York City. After intense judging from IBM, the David Clark Cause, the United Nations Human Rights Office, the American Red Cross, and other subject matter experts in the first round, the eminent judges ranked the five finalist teams and selected Prometeo as the winning solution.

Prometeo not only wins the 200,000 USD grand prize, but open source project support from The Linux Foundation, meetings with investors and mentors, and solution implementation support through IBM's Code and Response initiative. The team also won the People's Choice award on October 4, where thousands of voters chose Prometeo as their favorite solution.

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