StarV3 Release Branch
StarV3 v1.1.13 build 2080 release information
March 21, 2007

For those willing to test some of the upcoming features, the development branch may be of interest. Please visit the downloads page here for more information.

Please provide feedback on our forums (forums.star-os.com) so we can resolve any issues that are found.

Downloads

Please refer to 1.3.0 release notes for download instructions.

Read 1.1.12 Release notes here.

NOTE: There will be large Atheros enhancements in the upcoming 1.1.x releases, when we incorporate our new Qos & WPA-enabled support from the Development branch. Notable changes will be with Country Code selections, so please read all change logs, and additional notes from all future releases, to ensure a smooth transition.

Change Log

• StarV3 Common Changes
  • New: Atheros Roaming. (will roam to AP with strongest signal)
  • New: DHCP client lease renew when roaming.
  • Fix: DHCP client renew no longer drops vds, or causes rip / ospf issues.
  • Fix: Only reset Atheros cards that have changed, during an activate.
  • Fix: '##' country code works once again.
  • Enh: Activate now restarts rip and ospf, as to avoid losing routes.
  • Enh: DHCP client will restart rip and ospf, if the IP has changed.
  • Enh: Bridge now accepts '0' as a forward delay option.
  • Enh: Quagga 0.99.6 has been re-introduced.

Caveats

• SNMP has a small memory leak on some systems.
• please read past release notes.

WAR-1 Platform Notes:

The initial shipment of WAR-1 systems contain a pre-release version for 1.1.12. Please update to this release, if needed. (LED support as listed below is only available in build 2063 or newer)

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:

• Full Atheros capabilities, including AP mode, Cloaking and long distance.
• 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.