Gluon 2016.2 ============ Added hardware support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ar71xx-generic ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * ALFA Network - Tube2H - N2 - N5 * Buffalo - WZR-HP-G300NH2 * GL Innovations - GL-AR150 * OpenMesh - MR1750 v1, v2 [#ath10k]_ - OM2P-HS v3 - OM5P-AC v1, v2 [#ath10k]_ * TP-Link - Archer C5 v1 [#ath10k]_ - Archer C7 v2 [#ath10k]_ - TL-WR710N v2.1 - TL-WR842N/ND v3 * Ubiquiti - UniFi AP AC Lite [#ath10k]_ - UniFi AP AC Pro [#ath10k]_ .. [#ath10k] Device uses the ath10k WLAN driver; no image is built unless GLUON_ATH10K_MESH is set as described in :ref:`getting-started-make-variables` brcm2708-bcm2708 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * RaspberryPi 1 brcm2708-bcm2709 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * RaspberryPi 2 New features ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Many UBNT Airmax XM model names are detected correctly now (e.g., the Loco is no longer displayed as Bullet) (`#632 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/632>`_) Also, various new image aliases have been added for these devices. * batman-adv: mesh_no_rebroadcast is now enabled for Mesh-on-WAN/LAN (`#652 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/652>`_) * The new UCI option ``gluon-core.@wireless[0].preserve_channels`` can be used to prevent a changed WLAN channel from being reset on firmware upgrades (`#640 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/640>`_) * PoE passthrough can now be configured from site.conf and the Advanced Settings on TP-Link CPE 210/510 and Ubiquiti NanoStations (`#328 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/328>`_) * The config mode *altitude* field can now be hidden using the ``config_mode.geo_location.show_altitude`` site.conf setting (`#693 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/693>`_) * The contact information field in the config mode can be made obligatory using the ``config_mode.owner.obligatory`` site.conf option * The *node name* setting in the config mode is no longer restricted to valid DNS hostnames, but allows any UTF-8 string (`#414 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/414>`_) * Besides the hostname, public key, site config and primary MAC address, the contact information can now be accessed from config mode site texts * The functions ``escape`` and ``urlescape`` for HTML and URL escaping are now available from config mode site texts. They should always be used when including user-provided information like hostnames and contact information in HTML code or URLs. * Dropbear has been updated to a newer version, enabling new SSH crypto methods and removing some old ones like DSA. This reduces the time needed for the first boot and makes SSH logins faster (`#223 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/223>`_) * WLAN basic and supported rate sets have been made configurable, to allow disabling 802.11b rates (`#810 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/810>`_) * ath10k-based devices are now supported officially; it's possible to choose between IBSS- and 11s-capable firmwares in site.mk (`#864 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/864>`_) * The ``prefix4`` and ``next_node.ip4`` site.conf options are optional now. Bugfixes ~~~~~~~~ * The stability of the ath9k WLAN driver has been improved significantly (`#605 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/605>`_) mac80211, hostapd and other related drivers and services have been backported from LEDE ``42f559e``. * Extremely slow downloads could lead to multiple instances of the autoupdater running concurrently (`#582 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/582>`_) A lockfile is used to prevent this and timeouts have been added to download processes. * Usage of static DNS servers on the WAN port has been fixed (`#886 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/886>`_) This is a regression introduced in Gluon v2016.1.6. Other changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The "Expert Mode" has been renamed to "Advanced Settings" Site changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~ site.mk ^^^^^^^ If you want to support ath10k-based devices, you should set GLUON_ATH10K_MESH and GLUON_REGION as described in :ref:`getting-started-make-variables`. i18n ^^^^ As the hostname field may now contain an arbitrary UTF-8 string, escaping must be added. Change :: <%=hostname%> to :: <%=escape(hostname)%> Inside of URLs, ``urlescape`` must be used instead of ``escape``. Internals ~~~~~~~~~ * Mesh interfaces are now configured in a protocol-independent way in UCI (`#870 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/870>`_) The MAC address assignment of all mesh and WLAN interfaces has been modified to prepare for support of Ralink/Mediatek-based WLAN chips. * Preparations for supporting the new batman-adv multicast optimizations have been made (`#674 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/674>`_, `#675 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/675>`_, `#679 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/679>`_) * All Lua code is minified now to save some space Known Issues ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/94>`_) Reducing the TX power in the Advanced Settings is recommended. * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_) This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed). * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_) The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced eventually. The old API will still be supported for a while.