2007
Sputnik Agent Firmware 3.3.6.6
21 December 2007 11:00 AM Filed in: Sputnik Agent Firmware
Sputnik Agent Firmware enhancements include:
- Syncs up all supported platforms to the latest Sputnik Agent version
- Integration with DD-WRT v24 (starting with RC 6)
- Fixed bug that could cause a crash after hard reset
SputnikNet 3.3.6.3
08 August 2007 11:55 AM Filed in: SputnikNet | Sputnik Control Center
SputnikNet/Sputnik Control Center updates:
New feature: basic quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth throttling
New feature: basic quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth throttling
- A checkbox on the "Config Router" page allows users to enable QoS throttling of common peer-to-peer (P2P) services
- Maximum bandwidth can be set per router
- These features require DD-WRT firmware, starting with release v24 Beta
- New feature: specify ranges for port forwarding instead of just individual ports
- New feature: dynamic host name support for walled gardens (requires Sputnik Agent firmware version 3.3.6.2 or above). This allows users to set walled garden rules using hostnames whose IP addresses may change over time.
- Bug fix: "Block Private Nets" now works when applied to an authentication system
- Uses new dynamic walled garden rules to define PayPal hosts. This should correct many of the redirect issues that some customers have experienced since changes to PayPal's network (requires Sputnik Agent firmware version 3.3.6.2 or above)
- New menu "Venue Type" on "Config Router" page to help classify AP locations
- Sputnik Support link now points to Sputnik's new support ticketing system
SputnikNet 3.3.6.2
13 July 2007 11:46 AM Filed in: SputnikNet | Sputnik Control Center
SputnikNet/Sputnik Control Center updates:
Support for CentOS 4.4
Support for CentOS 4.4
- Updated installer script to support Sputnik Control Center on CentOS 4.4 (note: we do not currently support CentOS 5)
- Improved overall CentOS Support
- Improved overall PostgreSQL 8.2 support
- Timezone fixes for Postgres 8 (e.g., removing Isreal from timezone menu due to conflicts with IDT)
- Vacuum script (scc_dbmaint) deprecated if running under PgSQL8+. Requires --force to run.
- Handle if mc_fee (transaction fee) is undefined from PayPal
- Hard-coding PayPal IP addresses for walled garden rules until firmware fix (dynamic walled garden rules) is available
- Improved checking for invalid user names (spaces in user names, invalid characters)
- Blocked Devices: allows an administrator to create a list of MAC addresses to block from authenticating with the Guest module. MAC can still authenticate with other Authentication Systems if available.
- Access Codes: prompts the user to enter an access code to log in as a Guest. Administrators can add access codes from the web UI or import from a CSV file. Administrators can also define valid time periods that a code can be used.
- Guest Expiration Interval: requires the user to log in through the captive portal after a specified interval. For example, you can require guests to view captive portal advertising every x minutes.
- Guest Blackout Period: if an expiration interval is defined, an administrator can optionally set a blackout period where a client (MAC Address) will not be permitted to log in again for the specified interval. For example, you can let a user surf for an hour for free, after which they are blocked for 6 hours.
- Updates to watchdog
- Fixed node page "Map" button
- Properly detect validity of email addresses in Node Contact field (to send node inactive emails)
- Fixed handling of invalid characters in captive portal image file names (single quotes)
SputnikNet 3.3.6.1
12 April 2007 11:42 AM Filed in: SputnikNet | Sputnik Control Center
SputnikNet/Sputnik Control Center updates:
- Support for new module, WorldPay, enables credit card, bank transfer and more in 100's of local currencies
- Updates to support PostgreSQL versions 8.2 and up, including autovacuuming
- Updates to support databases on a remote server
- New script to output node data to XML or RSS for display on a map
- E-Mail alert notification for inactive nodes
- SCC Display of Agent License levels (Standard, Pro, NMS) and updated node view for NMS routers
- New script: scc_service_watchdog. Monitors system health and corrects errors
- Send hostname instead of resolving IP address for network policies (should fix PayPal issue with resolving distributed hosts like Akami)
- Guest Module: Added blocked device list, prevent devices from logging in with as Guest (can still log in via other methods if available)
- Guest Module: You can force users to log in via the captive portal after specified interval ("expiration" interval)
- PayPal: Warn that admin can not delete users that have transaction data
- PayPal: Node ID added to custom field (Node ID will show up in the "custom" field in reports from PayPal)
- PayPal: Better handle a "SuccessWithWarning" result from PayPal API (DirectPayments)
- PayPal: Fixed bug in user signup that was not always verifying password
- Ad-Hoc reports output csv fields in quotes (Values that contain a comma get parsed correctly by spreadsheet/viewer application)
- Remove constraint for systems that still have historical sessionusage tables (fixes bug with archiver script)
- UI Updates to support Safari web browser
- Option for SputnikNet users to opt-out of mailing list announcements
- Expanded list of ignores for captive portal requests (Weatherbug, iTunes, Urge, Skype, Windows Media, etc.)
- Suppressing authsys modules from being display on the captive portal page (admin) that do not support captive portals (i.e. devices)
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and UI enhancements