[isf-wifidog] Some new features
Philippe April
isf_lists at philippeapril.com
Sam 24 Sep 02:03:34 EDT 2005
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Hi,
I just committed some new/old features to CVS, we'll test more and
deploy them in the next version of WiFiDog (I hope!).
*1. I added {Saul Albert,Jo Walsh,Schuyler}'s patch to send MAC
address as the node_id.
Mina: I saw your comment regarding "if we want it to be the new
default or not", I personally think so. Some folks use the 'default'
node for a long while and it ruins some of our stats on the prod
server :)
Not just that, I think a lot of people would actually pick to use the
MAC address as the node ID instead of creating IDs (which are random)
anyway.
Everybody: let's see what you guys have to say. I personally don't
mind either ways, but the default is now the mac address (if
nothing's specified in the config) and the config's node_id has been
commented. We can revert anytime, we'd just need to add a new flag in
the config, something like "UseMACAsNodeID".
*2. I added new code and rules to allow people to specify trusted MAC
addresses.
It's an old request, which is handy. Of course it could be done by
the authentication server. I think it's nice to be able to do it on
the WiFidog gateway since some people would actually run it with a
light auth server (or none!).
*3. Some new features are coming, including Mina's cool:
1. Update
2. Restart
3. "Look Ma! No downtime!"
... modifications.
See changelog below.. Have a good night!
ChangeLog:
2005-09-24 Philippe April <philippe at ilesansfil.org>
* (finally) Added {Saul Albert,Jo Walsh,Schuyler}'s patch (thank
you!) to send
the GW interface's mac address as the node_id if no node_id is
specified. It allows
the use of generic configuration files without the need to
hardcode the
node_id in.
* Added TrustedMACList configuration variable which allows
specifying
MAC addresses which are allowed to go through without
authentication.
* Updated OpenWrt instructions.
Philippe April
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