ZoneCD 0.5-1 is Finally Released!!

I finally let this one go... It should be very stable. It's been tested for about three weeks, and went through 10 beta releases. Thanks to everyone that provided me with feeback!

Remember to configure Zone Control to use the correct version. Setting the version to .5-1 will make new options(bandwidth shaping) available.

HAVE FUN!!

ZoneCD 0.5-1 Release Delayed

There are some issues in the beta release i need resolved before it becomes a stable release. On some hardware, something is wrong with the network configuration when using DHCP for eth0. Certain nics fail to get configured before the authentication attemp. In the latest beta release i am not using `pump`, instead i am trying `dhclient`. Me thinks pump is a piece of shit. It seems like it backgrounds itself (it's a daemon)... which is bad for this use.... The device needs to be configured when the command is run... not when it feels like it.

man pump pump is a daemon that manages network interfaces that are controlled by either the DHCP or BOOTP protocol.

man dhclient The Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client, dhclient, provides a means for configuring one or more network inter-faces using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, BOOTP protocol, or if these protocols fail, by statically assigning an address.

Hopefully dhclient does a better(faster) job of getting eth0 configured before authentication is attempeted.

Hey - I also made a tweak to the "Block wireless users..." configuration. Now Super users can get through the ZoneCD to the Internal network. Just Super users...

What the ' f ' ?

Yup, I got up to ZoneCD_0.5-0f in beta... I promise to stop here, that is unless someone finds a major problem that needs fixin before making it .5-1 and putting it on SourceForge.

I believe that i have finally cleaned the boot process to correctly configure the network connection. I had to go into the Morphix base to remove the code that starts 'pump' on every NIC it finds. While in there i also wiped out all the references to /proc/splash. This was used for the splash screen progress bar. I ripped out the splash screen but never removed the references... because i don't see any errors in my boot, but a few others have reported seeing /proc/splash messages during boot so i removed it all...

I've had a couple people provide feedback on bandwidth shaping. So far - so good! It's working like a champ!! If you want to test it, the beta version can be downloaded here http://www.publicip.org/mirror/dists/beta/. You will need to define your zone as .5.0(beta) and go into Manage->Zone Control-> Manage Bandwidth to configure your zone's bandwidth shaping. If you make changes in Zone Control, you do not need to reboot the ZoneCD, you can click the reload icon in the GUI, or run '/etc/init.d/nocat reload' to download changes to your ZoneCD.

ZoneCD 0.5-1 Approaches

The development on the new ZoneCD release is almost complete.

Kernel Stuff:
QOS
IMQ
Hostap
IPSEC support
PPTP support

Programs:
Shorewall (new)
Wondershaper (new)
FreeS/Wan (new)
OLSR (new)
Motion (new)
DDclient - dyndns.org (new)
Squid (recompiled)
Iptables (recompiled)

Misc:
pre.sh fix.
DHCP eth1 fixed!
Bad d/l key error check
Internet connection error


I don't think i forgot anything else...

The hottest item has got to be bandwidth shaping. I am adding a new section for bandwidth management in Zone control that will be visible when you select ZoneCD version 0.5. It got too complicated adding it to each user class section. There was a conflict with the content filter... I need to know the setting before presenting you with the options for bandwidth shaping because users going through the content filter are not "routed" through the gateway, they're proxied, threrefore throttling doesn't work... I had to use squid's delay pool to throttle the content filter traffic.


Back to work....

Old Authserver is a goner...

It's only a matter of time now... I have updated DNS to point ssl.publicip.net -> 216.203.40.136. That's all she wrote for the old public ip zone control server.

PUBLICip Moved..... again

I just got done moving everything to a new server at a new hosting provider. I have already noticed a faster response from the new server(f-u dinix). If anybody notices something not working correctly please let me know....

ZoneCD 0.5-0 Beta

ZoneCD 0.5-0 is available for testing. It has a new kernel and a few other minor changes. http://www.publicip.org/mirror/dists/beta/

Kernel Stuff:
QOS
IMQ
Hostap
IPSEC(Frees/Wan)

Programs:
Shorewall
Wondershaper
FreeS/Wan

Misc:
pre.sh fix.
DHCP eth1 fix?

I am still working on the throttling. Any help is greatly appreciated. Let me know if there are any problems... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/publicip-testers