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This may only affect a few users, but the dev team thought we should put the word out so no one was surprised.
The nightly build that will be released as 20250129 changes a firewall behavior.
As it is now by default, if your node (usually a hap of some sort) didn't have a WAN connection, it would go out over the mesh to find an Internet link. It was difficult to make sure this wasn’t happening and not very obvious how to prevent it.
The change implemented in tomorrow's build is the addition of a new switch which will determine if LAN devices of your node can reach the Internet over the AREDN network. And it will be defaulted to off which is a change from current behavior.
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Orv W6BI
AREDN Project Manager
The biggest change in this release if you haven't been keeping tabs on AREDN, is the "new UI". The User Interface or UI is how data is presented to a person. The old UI, written in LUA not only looked old, it was hampering the implementation of new features. Now written in JavaScript, among other things it's more economical on bandwidth used to display the user interface. It's also much easier to add new features. The new UI has taken 6 months and the work of many, many people. We’d like to thank everyone involved with developing, documenting, and especially debugging this; we really appreciate our community!
Because it's new, navigating around it may initially be a challenge. Steve, AB7PA, keeper of the AREDN docs, has done a stellar job in documenting the new UI. It's highly recommended you at least skim them, here: http://docs.arednmesh.org/en/latest/ Within the new UI you will also find a Help button for every dialog. Please press it and read the inline help at least once. Finally, we recorded a walk through of the new UI which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG_2ploIYzg (note that there have been a few minor changes since we did this).
After upgrading, you may be returned to the old...
Read MoreComing to an AREDN nightly build near you soon - a shiny new UI :-)
This YouTube overview by Tim KN6PLV explains why the AREDN devs decided a new UI was needed for the AREDN software. Tim goes into the reasons why, then does a deep dive into every corner the new UI. Folks who have seen it like it a lot. Check it out! https://youtu.be/KG_2ploIYzg
Steve AB7PA has provided a preview of the documentation for the new UI here: https://docs.arednmesh.org This will eventually become available under docs.arednmesh.org after the new UI appears in the Nightly Build.
Bill Richardson NG1P presents his views on organizing an AREDN mesh network in Maine at the ARRL Convention in Lewiston, Maine on April 1 and 2, 2022.
The presentation is here.
Joe AE6XE described typical AREDN deployment scenarios with Ham Radio 2.0 host Jason KC5HWB. He offered advice on how to get started and choosing suitable devices.
His presentation slide deck is here.
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