[MVMA] New AREDN Production Release Available

[Chuck Gelm]

On 12/6/23 01:36, Orv Beach wrote:
> Here are the release notes for AREDN production release 3.23.12.0, 
> derived from nightly build 20231018
>
> *Enhancements*
>
> Added supernode support.
>
> "Supernodes" are specially configured AREDN nodes in various locations 
> which support a "mesh of meshes". With this release your localnode 
> will automatically detect a nearby supernode, if one exists, and will 
> show a new button on the Mesh Status page, labeled "Cloud Mesh". 
> Clicking on that button will take you to the Mesh Status page of that 
> supernode and show you all the nodes and services on the Cloud Mesh. 
> You can navigate to any of them as though they were on your local mesh.
>
> The URL for the supernode map is https://arednmap.xojs.org/ Clicking 
> on any of the node types in the upper-right-hand corner of the map 
> will filter all other nodes out, showing only the types selected.
>
> Remember and reinstall packages after firmware upgrade (AFTER this 
> version is installed)
>
> Simplified search tool
>
> Added LZ77 decompression for Mikrotik firmware, which is now using a 
> different compression method
>
> Cron:
>
>   * Now run cron.boot tasks earlier
>   * Changed poll rate default to one hour
>   * Added installable cron package for people who need more functionality
>
> Improved dual radio configuration support in hAPs
>
> Added support for wildcard DNS subdomains
>
> Now using frequency list for scan. Some hardware didn’t scan all the 
> frequencies we want by default. (Not a fix for the scan issue being 
> seen on some 802.11ac devices.)
>
> Set tunnel weight to 1 and provided UI to change it. With this change, 
> if there are both RF and tunnel links to a destination, the tunnel 
> value can be set high (relatively poor). In that way traffic will only 
> flow over the tunnel if the RF link goes down. This provides an 
> effective method for implementing backup links.
>
> Bumped the allowed Ubiquiti version numbers to support AREDN 
> installation on newer LiteBeam 5ACs. (Probably all new Ubiquiti 
> devices but currently only tested on Litebeams).
>
> Xlink broadcast - Allow xlinks to broadcast OLSR traffic as well as 
> targeting specific IPs.
>
> *New Device Support*
>
> None in this release
>
> *Bug fixes*
>
> Now detect if we support firstboot mode (x86 VMs don't support it, so 
> don't show the button in that case)
>
> Fixed dnsmasq directives
>
> Correctly set WiFi wan mode when depending on the mesh WiFi setting. 
> Corrected a bug where it would mess up the wan WiFi when switching the 
> band of the mesh WiFi
>
> Made LQM neighbor improvements (fixed occasional exclusion of specific 
> DtD neighbors)
>
> *Known problems*
>
> Ubiquiti 802.11ac devices missing WiFi scan and waterfall info (but 
> fixed in next nightly build).
>
> Note that nightly build 20231018 has been the release candidate for 
> about six weeks and about 15% of all nodes are already running it.  As 
> a result no major issues are anticipated with this release.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73
>
> Orv W6BI
>
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