Download m0n0wall 1.2 beta 7

The embedded firewall package m0n0wall has just arrived at version 1.2 beta 7. The software is based on a bare-bones version of FreeBSD 5.3 and comes with a web server (thttpd), PHP and a few other utilities. More information can be found in the User Guide are being found. Below is what has changed since the last time this package was discussed in the junk tracker:

1.2 beta 7

• read this if you’re trying to upgrade a pre-1.2b6 generic-pc version through the webGUI
• beta images are now digitally signed too
• show lease start/end time on DHCP leases page in local time instead of GMT
• added logging for the captive portal
• changed the generic-pc HD standby timer feature to use ataidle
• captive portal support for local user database
• apply new version of captive portal RADIUS per-user bandwidth patches
• updated wireless status page for FreeBSD 5.3 and ath
• add some common 11a wireless channels as a temporary solution until we can query the actual list of available channels using ifconfig
• ipfilter window scaling patch
• allow “WAN IP address” as source/destination in firewall rules; reload firewall rules when the WAN IP address changes
• the previous change also solves the PPTP VPN server + traffic shaper problem
• (no more NAT redirection to localhost)
• set link0 flag for fxp interfaces (interrupt moderation)

1.2 beta 6

• fixed inbound NAT + traffic shaper bug (kernel patch; see FreeBSD PR core/76539†
• fixed: filtering bridge doesn’t filter while the traffic shaper is enabled; traffic shaping for bridged links is disabled for the time being though (see FreeBSD PR core/78090†
• packet loss rate/queue size options for traffic shaper pipes
• per-user bandwidth restrictions for captive portal users (according to special attributes returned by the RADIUS server
• removed CPU meter from main webGUI page (causes 1 second delay and fluctuates too much); replaced by SVG CPU graph
• MAC addresses with dashes instead of colons now work too
• static mappings can now be added by clicking a button on the DHCP leases page
• several small HTML fixes (mainly for Firefox)