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@@ -2,6 +2,104 @@ NEWS ==== -------------------- +0.7.3 (2011-12-22) +-------------------- + * Scan window: + - items are now sorted first by channel (ascending) then by signal + strength (descending), as before + - using one line per entry doubled the capacity of the scan window + - refresh interval is made configurable (via 'Statistics updates') + * Configuration screen: + - memorizes the last-changed item to ease longer configuration tasks + * Fixes: + - better (cleaner) termination on error + - fixed clear-line refresh in info screen + - fixed bug in generator for random link quality (causing negative values) + - reverted using separate process group (problems when running under sudo) + - miscellaneous code reordering to decouple functional units + +-------------------- +0.7.2 (2011-02-25) +-------------------- + * General: + - support SIGWINCH for resizing (thanks to Koniu) + - reorganized screen handling to support resizing + - make geometry checking optional and off by default + - allow suspending wavemon (CTRL-Z) on most screens + * Info screen: + - suppress obvious broadcast address (deriving from prefix) + - special case for "no interface address assigned" + - display interface MTU if different from the default value + - show interface flags and TX queue length if enough space + * Scan window: + - set up enable interface if it is down (otherwise no scan) + - drop support for wireless extensions < 18 (minimum requirement) + - clean up child scan process on error (avoid garbled screen) + * Configuration screen: + - support 'Cisco-style' MAC addresses (dots rather than colons) + * Fixes: + - do not report zero bitrates (Info screen, 802.11n interface) + - remove unused timer in Scan window (data sampling is now + confined to info/histogram screens) + - fixed various compiler warnings + - fixed several problems in and improved the random generator + - use sigaction() rather than signal() + - miscellaneous reorganization of the configuration menu code + +-------------------- +0.7.1 (2010-12-24) +-------------------- + * Scan window: + - improved and more consistent formatting of entries + - better responsiveness by running scan operation as child process + * Security capabilities: + - display capabilities supported by the driver + - display current and available key sizes + - decode relevant IE information + * check and warn about insufficient permissions (CAP_NET_ADMIN) that + are required for several wireless operations (e.g. scanning) + * Bug Fixes: + - avoid triggering assertion on large screens + - require minimum version (18) of the wireless extensions + - better clearing of info screen + - various cleanups + * overhaul of manpages + +-------------------- +0.7.0 (2010-10-18) +-------------------- + * NEW Scan Window: this replaces the old access point screen. It displays + a sorted list (in descending order of signal quality) of access points + and other wireless clients within range, periodically refreshed at a + configurable rate. + * Access Point screen: finally deprecated this - the SIOCGIWAPLIST + ioctl itself is deprecated and works only on some older kernels. + * Info Window: clear screen to erase stale data. + * Bug Fixes: fixed a compiler warning in string-tolower operation. + +-------------------- +0.6.11 (2010-06-14) +-------------------- + * Info screen: + - fixed a bug in the freq/channel display: some drivers, such as ipw2100, + only return the channel number, requiring to look up the frequency; + - added a warning to indicate the absence of data from the interface. + * Histogram screen: + Tag the grid lines with the corresponding dBm levels: + - no levels are shown if there is no valid interface data (screen empty); + - level tags are restricted to the signal level graph only: + o if both signal and noise level data are valid, there are three graphs + (signal level, noise level, SNR), which would cause ambiguity, + o many cards (e.g. ath5k, rt73usb, iwl3945) do not supply noise data, + so that the histogram screen will then only contain the level graph; + - since the scale is adjustable, while the grid lines are fixed, the tags + are dynamically recomputed based on the y position and current scale; + - the min/max bounds of the scale are also shown. + Thanks to Sean Muir for this suggestion. + * Updated manpage regarding access point screen; as soon there is time, the + outdated and restricted SIOCGIWAPLIST ioctl should be replaced by a scan. + +-------------------- 0.6.10 (2009-10-25) -------------------- * Bug Fixes: |