• Watchdog will be less prone to reboot the system under sustained high system load.
• Atheros now has an option to select short/long, or long preamble. (see note below)
• Preamble related notes:
  • This option is located under the Atheros 'advanced security and access control' menu option.
  • To enable short/long preamble (the default), add this line:
    • preamble short/long
  • To enable long preamble (needed for some 11b clients), add this line:
    • preamble long

New and Changes version 2.10.0

• core components have been updated.
• ssh server has been upgraded to openssh v4.2.
• ssh logging has been reduced.
• syslog server no longer shows --MARK-- lines if redirected to a remote server.
• small atheros update to resolve an optimization problem introduced in an earlier build.
• zebra 0.95 (rip, ospf & bgp) has been replaced with quagga 0.98.5.
• quagga watchdog will now ensure the routing daemons do not quit.
• iptables marking, layer-7 and connlimit features are available for use via the firewall passthrough.
• cbq now supports gre, esp, ah, and vpn protocols. (vpn will match any packet with gre, esp or ah protocols)
• cbq 'all' protocol for shape, and qshape now catches all ipv4 protocols, and not just tcp, udp and icmp.
• firewall 'lallow' (local allow) is now implemented, with the same syntax as 'allow', but will only effect traffic 'to' the host system.
• hotspot default rx and tx cbq rates now use the proper values when 'chap' authentication is used.

New and Changes version 2.01.7

• atheros channel list is now correct once again for 11b and 11g modes
• atheros performance improvements
• Release Caveats:
  • Firewall iptables pass through does not support layer7, match or connlimit support. If you are using these features, please stay with version 2.01.6 until an updated is released in which these problems will be resolved.

New and Changes version 2.01.6

• core component updates
• hotspot user kicking via rwv-utill no longer generates two accounting stop messages
• rwv-utill now displays the association name as entered by the admin
• rwv-utill v1.14 will now show the prism ap associations in dbm

New and Changes version 2.01.5

• nat would occasionaly fail if there were two or more default routes of equal cost
• atheros 5.5Mbps setting now works as expected
• several maintenance fixes, mainly related to cosmetics
• zebra (rip, ospf and bgp) has been upgraded to version 0.95
• throughput test averaging has been improved to produce more accurate results
• support for rwv-util v1.13, which includes hotspot user list output support in both formatted, and easy to parse forms.

• beacon tx rate is no longer 0 if operating on a bridged interface
• activate changes now prompts you to save changes with yes, no and cancel options
• type-o in the vds configuration dialog has been corrected
• 'vds master' is now known as 'vds server', 'profile name' is now known as 'user name'
• vds keepalive timeout has been reduced from 2 minutes to 40 seconds
• vds now rejects duplicate logins from the same user name more gracefully
• cbq qshape 'share' command now operates on bridged interfaces as expected
• added support for 'static' eezee clients (clients that need a static ip such as routers or servers)

New and Changes in Version 2.01.0

• core has been upgraded, improving hardware support and compatibility
• setting the admin password had a low chance of not being set correctly, causing an inability to log back into the system
• system arp table has been increased to support 8192 entries as opposed to the standard 1024
• large number of ips would cause the ui to have extended pauses logging in
• ppp has been upgraded, and should not longer cause the occasional, and harmless 'oops' message
• pppoe mppe support has been added (see included notes)
• pppoe support for auto mss clamping has been added (see included notes)
• pptp client lease view menu item should no longer be gray (disabled) when pptp client is active
• ending a pptp client session no longer terminates the pptp server on the same system, if enabled
• zebra core routing services have been upgraded to 0.95 CVS
• intel pro/100 ethernet support has been improved, and should support several new cards (see caveats)
• atheros error reporting has been improved to provide more feedback for cards that are not able to be initialized properly
• atheros ap and clients now have full support for wpa-psk and wpa eap/tls, eap/ttls and eap/peap
• atheros site survey support has been added
• cbq qshape command now accepts pipe ranges in the form "first_pipe:last_pipe", while incrementing the ip for each instance
• cbq update to support shaping iptables marks (iptables marks are set in the firewall script)
• full layer-7 support via iptables, providing the ability to shape and firewall p2p and other forms of traffic
• virtual distribution system (vds) support has been included (see included notes)
• beacon, a realtime traffic monitor has been included, and will assist in network management and troubleshooting
• ntp client and timezone support has been included
• the dmesg log window (F9) has been replaced with a system logger with time and date stamps. ntp must be configured in order for accurate time keeping
• pressing F9 multiple times while the system log window is open will update the displayed log
• ui desktop background color is now black, with an option to change it back to blue via the advanced menu
• ui desktop service section has been reworked to show more service states, yellow represents an enabled service
• system date and time is now displayed on the desktop. ntp must be enabled for the time to be accurate
• Release Caveats:
  • by design: systems that have remote system logger enabled will require their server ip to be re-entered once upgraded
  • bug - 2004-11-25: beacon 'tx' readings will be 0 when operating on a bridged interface. will be fixed in next beta.
• Additional Release Notes:
  • pppoe:
    • enabling mss clamping may improve network compatibility, however at a cost of session performance on some systems
    • mppe support requires mss clamping to be enabled
  • virtual distribution system:
  • vds provides the ability to create peer-to-peer connections between systems. the resulting vds interface works much like a standard ethernet adapter in that you can assign ips and routes, plus has the ability to be bridged
• ntp:
  • there are many public ntp servers. some good ones are located here: http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers
• layer-7:
  • layer-7 and netfilter marking have not been integrated into the firewall scripting language yet, however iptables commands can be entered in their place.

New in version 2.00.2:

• New: ppp traffic (rx, tx and bps) are now available via the soon to be released RWV-UTIL v1.11
• Update: 5213-based Atheros cards are now shown as such on boot up, and in the configuration interface
• Fixed: Atheros association display now shows the proper TX rate of users
• Fixed: Hotspot login no longer passes PAP-based passwords with special symbols encoded to the Radius server. (for example, '#' was previously passed as '\#').

Changes between v1.13.3 and 2.00.1

• New: Atheros option to hide it's ssid from scans
• New: Atheros option to enable / disable InterBSS relay
• New: Atheros option to select antenna diversity
• New: Atheros options to enable / disable ar5212+ performance features
• New: Special country code '##' can be used to unlock all channels supported by the Atheros hardware (2312-2732, 4920-6100). It is up to the end user to ensure they stay within their region's regulatory channel ranges
• New: Atheros device traffic counts for SNMP and MRTG users
• Update: Atheros channel handling has been updated. Now clients only scan the band that is selected. Be sure to select 'auto', or the correct band before upgrading to this release
• Update: Atheros client-side signal levels have now been updated to better reflect the signal based on rate, and tpc levels of the AP. previously they were based on the AP's beacons which are always at a constant rate, and do not take into consideration any tpc options on the AP. This change also requires traffic flowing through the client for the signal levels to be updated. Once the card is activated, the signal may show artificially low, but will average out to the proper levels after a few seconds of traffic flow.
• Fixed: Association idle time is now accurate with an Atheros AP
• Fixed: 802.11G turbo (108G) mode works as expected once again
• New: Atheros Security options:
  • 40, 104 and 152-bit WEP using shared-key and open-system. (ap and client)
  • per-client unique keying (ap)
  • WPA-PSK using TKIP and AES (ap)
  • WPA via EAP/TLS and radius, using TKIP and AES (ap)
  • 802.1x via EAP/TLS and radius, using WEP (a
  • Access Control Lists (ap)
• Update: Atheros clients now re associate to APs much quicker. Previously it could take several minutes for the client to detect an AP outage and re associate.
• Update: Atheros distance value is now specified in miles, as opposed to raw ack values
• Update: rwv-util update to support uploading and downloading hotspot pages
• Update: rwv-util now shows the software version number under system information
• New: rwv-util now supports a support feature '-support', which is to be emailed to use when requesting assistance, or reporting problems
• Update: core hotspot update to better handle pppoe w/ hotspot splash pages
• Update: serial console now has the ability to reset the password, and default IP of ether1
• Fixed: resetting to factory defaults under the serial console now works as expected
• Update: you can now enable transparent proxy redirection while using hotspot service
• Fix: 100% CPU usage issue caused by hotspot has been resolved
• New: New 'splash' radius attribute added to allow the ability to disable and enable splash pages for specific users.
• New: Telnet Client, with option to specify target port
• Update: Unauthorized hotspot users are no longer able to access the local server, with the exception of icmp, dns, dhcp, pptp, port tcp 8000 (hotspot web server), and port 22 (ssh, for admin use from client location)