StarV3 Release Branch
StarV3 v1.3.0 build 2446 release information
August 16, 2007

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Downloads

All firmware related downloads are on our file download server here.

Read 1.1.13 Release notes here.

Change Log

• StarV3 Common Changes
  • New: Compliance-based FCC version of the firmware for the US and Canada.
  • New: WORLD version of the firmware for use in other parts of the world.
  • New: 802.11h (DFS v1, and DFS v2 for FCC3, ETSI, and MKK4).
  • New: 802.11e (QoS w/ Bursting and Aggregation).
  • New: Complete 802.11i (WPA and WPA2/RSN).
    • Full support for TLS, TTLS, and PEAP authentication protocols.
    • Support for Internal, and remote radius authentication.
  • New: Radius-based ACL with full accounting and session limits.
  • New: Auto channel selection when none are selected.
  • New: Improved Dynamic WDS with full SuperA/G and 802.11e support.
  • New: Atheros 'Managed' support to provide extended management and functionality to supported clients.
    • Enhanced rate manipulation for better performance and reliability in low signal and noisy environments.
    • Sync option on the AP to synchronize all channel, cloaking and distance options between clients. (allows for live channel and cloaking changes without service interruption)
  • New: snmp support for experimental 802.11 mibs for signal and association lists.
  • New: Hotspot / Captive Portal support.
    • Authentication support via username & password.
    • Authentication support via MAC-level authentication.
      • Radius-based static IP assignments.
    • Login page located on your corporate / centralized web server.
  • New: iptables 'connlimit' support has been included.
  • Upd: System-wide update to provide higher performance and reliability.
  • Fix: layer-7 and ipp2p should work as expected.
  • Fix: Connection tracking table size is now set on bootup.
  • ... Plus many small fixes, updates, and cosmetic changes.

Caveats

• See notes below, as well as release notes from past versions.

Operational changes between 1.1.x and 1.3.x:

• Per DFS requirements, you cannot use the "Hide SSID" feature if your AP is using a passive channel (marked with a '*' in the channel list).

Country Code notes:

In order to follow regulatory requirements, the following changes have been made:

• FCC specific firmware has been released for United States and Canada users.
  • Country Codes US (United States), and CA (Canada) are available.
  • No frequency outside of the allowed FCC bands are permitted.
  • All other options and features are available.
• WORLD firmware is also available, which supports all normal country codes.
• Country codes which have been removed, or changed include:
  • U1 - To be compliant, this country code has been removed, and will default to US if selected.
  • ## - This feature has been removed. In the future, we will be providing a license option to re-enable these frequencies for people that have legitimate rights to use them.

For those using the world firmware release, the UZ country code contains the same bands as the U1 release did in the previous versions. (FCC3 w/ DFSv2)

WAR-1 Platform Notes:

The WAR-1 contains two ethernet ports, which act as a small 2-port switch. The software will use these two ports as a single interface.

LED lights: (Blue power light = LED 1, LAN1 = LED 5, LAN2 = LED 6)

LED 2: Status / Diagnostic light
This will blink quickly during bootup, then settle to a constant one second 'heartbeat' blink once every second.

Updating the flash (such as saving settings, or doing firmware updates) will cause the LED to blink rapidly.

This LED is also used with the button (see below)

LED 3: VDS Status light
This will turn on when a VDS tunnel has been successfully created, otherwise it is off.

LED 4: Atheros signal level indicator
This will flash to indicate current signal level of the client connection. Solid light indicates a signal of -67dbm or lower, and if the light is off, it the client is not associated.

Button:
While pressed, LED 2 will turn off for roughly one second. If you release the button in this timeframe, the CPE will be rebooted.

If you continue to hold the button, LED 2 will start flashing, slowly at first but will quickly gain pace. Once it reaches a solid state (roughly 10 seconds), the system will reboot, and restore to factory settings (including generating new SSH keys).

If you release the button after the LED starts blinking, but before it turns solid, the system will perform no actions. (will not reboot, or perform a factory restore).

Feature set:

The WAR-1 contains the following feature set:

• All Atheros features, including client-side WPA support.
• Full Firewall, CBQ and NAT support.
• Static routing, RIPv1/2 and Policy Routing.
• 802.1d bridging, and WDS for client-mode Atheros.
• DHCP client and server support.
• VDS support (minus link encryption).
• 802.1q vlan support
• Uses the familliar SSH interface.
• And other items such as NTP, syslog, static ARP, ping watchdog, etc.