[isf-wifidog] Some new features

[Max Horváth]

Hi Philippe,

Indeed it would be great if you could provide the current CVS version  
somewhere on the web.

Thanks and cheers, Max!

Am 24.09.2005 um 18:15 schrieb Philippe April:


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> It's sourceforge's CVS that's delayed/slow, I just checked out a  
> new version with my developer login and it's indeed updated.
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> If you need a snapshot, let me know.
>
> Philippe April
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> On 24-Sep-05, at 12:05 PM, kaouete wrote:
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>> hi,
>>
>> dont forget to update the wifidog.conf on the openwrt cvs, for the
>> moment (in fact i checked 2hours ago :) it is the old one.
>>
>> kaouete
>>
>> ps: these changes are great, thanks a lot :]
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:03:34AM -0400, Philippe April wrote:
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>>> Hi,
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>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
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