1.2-BETA-2 has been released! Here are just a few of the new improvements and features that have made their way into this new version:
- Advanced outbound NAT fixes
- UPNP now works on LiveCD
- Misc log viewing fixes
- Password field lengths now line up on nervecenter theme
- IPSEC now works correctly on CARP interfaces out of the box
- Routed hosts behind a policy-routed segment can now reach the LAN interface correctly when the anti-lockout rule is enabled
- pfSync and CARP now will work correctly on extremely restrictive rulesets
- Captive portal images fixed
- SLBD 100% utilization fixes
- 64 megabyte memory improvements (works but not supported)
- Misc packet capture fixes
- Dashboard package added
- Update static routes on filter reload
- Miniupnpd version bump to 20070521
- Turn off antispoof on bridges
- NAT reflection timeout extended to 2000 which is roughly 33 minutes
- use_rrd_gateway location fixes
- Fixed advanced firewall rule tunables
And the features/fixes that where introduced in 1.2-BETA-1:
- FreeBSD updated to 6.2
- Reworked load balancing pools which allow for round robin or failover
- miniupnpd has proven to work so well that it is now in the base install but deactivated by default (uninstall the miniupnpd package before upgrading to avoid duplicate menu items)
- Much enhanced RRD graphs
- Numerous Squid Package fixes
- PPTP Server includes WINS server settings correctly now
- General OpenVPN stability improvements
- “Nervecenter” theme added as default
- Status -> DHCP leases now 1500% faster
- Captive portal now allows traffic to port 8000 and 8001 behind the scenes
- Multiple miscellaneous pf rule fixes to prevent broken rulesets
- DNS server with active failover will show up when 1.2 releases (Screen shot of test >here<.)
- dnsmasq updated to 2.36
- olsrd updated to 0.4.10
- Alias line item descriptions backported from -HEAD
- Enhanced cron handling backported from -HEAD
- dhclient changes backported from FreeBSD 7
- miniupnpd updated
- Speed NAT apply page up 100%
- PPPoE auto disconnect (for our German users)
- Soekris/WRAP error light usage now when a problem or alert occurs
- TCPDump interface
- VLAN assign interface improvements
- SLBD/load balancing ping times increased to a timeout of 2 seconds
- Package infrastructure to safely sync package data between CARP nodes added
- Miscellaneous DHCP Server OPT interface fixes
- 1:1 NAT outgoing FTP fixes
- OpenVPN stability fixes
- Traffic shaper wizard now displays errors correctly
- BandwidthD package added
- Pinger framework improved
- Dynamic filter log viewer added
- IPSec filtering is now possible. You need to create rules before traffic will pass!!
- Individual kill state feature back ported from HEAD on Diagnostics, Show States screen
- Fix for DHCP Load balancing edge case where monitor IP’s would be mapped through the wrong gateway.
- Option added to turn off TX and RX hardware checksums. We are finding more and more hardware that this feature just simply doesn’t work very well.
- OpenVPN PPPoE fixes
- Reload VLAN interfaces correctly after adding a new one
- Multiple client OpenVPN fixes
- PHP upgraded to 4.4.6
- Synchronized captive portal with m0n0wall
- CARP IP addresses can be used on IPSec VPN connections and multi-WAN IPSec now works correctly
- config.xml stability improvements to drastically reduce chances of corruption
- Packages auto-fix themselves if a problem arises in the installation
- Lighttpd upgraded to 1.4.15
- PPPoE server subnet fixes
- OpenVPN outgoing bandwidth limits added
- Firewall schedules feature added
- Server load balancing pool page added
- Multi-WAN NAT configuration now correct in non-Advanced Outbound NAT mode
- Load balancing ping now uses fping
1.2-BETA-2 will appear at a mirror near you very soon. Please let us know what you think on the forum or mailing list.