New AREDN Production Release Available

AREDN production software version 3.24.6.0 is now available, with many new features and enhancements.   Besides a fix for an RF link issue that snuck past beta testing release 3.24.4.0, this release contains these fixes and enhancements:

Enhancements

• Added MTR support via installable package (mtr-nojson).

• Improved iPerf3 service to provide data line by line rather than at the end.

• Now use the closest supernode rather than first discovered supernode.

• Made LQM+OLSRD improvements where weak connections are detected.

• Now detect "leaf" nodes and prevent them being blocked.

New Device Support

• Antenna: Mikrotik 30 dBi 5° Dish

• Antenna: airMAX 2.4 GHz, 24 dBi 6.6° RocketDish

• Antenna: airMAX 3 GHz, 26 dBi 7° RocketDish

• Antenna: airMAX 3 GHz, 18 dBi, 120° Sector

• Antenna: airMAX 3 GHz, 12 dBi Omni

• Antenna: airMAX 5 GHz, 30 dBi 5.8° RocketDish Light Weight

• Antenna: Mikrotik 15 dBi 120° Sector

• Antenna: Mikrotik 19 dBi 120° Sector

• Antenna: Mikrotik 30 dBi 5° Dish (PA)

Fixes and Improvements

• Added service validation state to support data.

• Now name xlink configs.

• Fixed missing file error when retrieving messages.

• Simplified olsrd watchdog.

• Fixed bug requiring reboot when updating tunnels.

• Now ignore badly formatted service definitions.

• Updated AREDN® registration marks.

• Now count Wireguard tunnels in sysinfo.json reporting.

• Fixed NAT mode: Allow NAT traffic to LAN from all interfaces (WAN, RF, DTD, TUN, WG and XLink).

• Moved to standard OpenWRT firewall configuration rather than custom rules.

• Now force DHCP server active even when other servers detected (restore OpenWRT 22.03 behavior).

• Fixed check-services bug when all services fail.

• Fixed manager.lua busy wait bug.

• Fixed hostname alias pattern to allow dns delegation.

• Now use more reliable system ip-to-hostname lookup rather than hand-rolled version.

• Fixed status page info for 900MHz devices.

• Moved all logging into syslog so it can be logged remotely.

• Changed web, telnet and ssh WAN settings without reboot.

Notes

• There remain problems with the TP-Link CPE710.

• GL.iNet GL-B1300 does not support negative channels on the 2.4 GHz band.