The Neo Freerunner from Openmoko is addictive. I would call it a "phone," but I haven't really used that feature much yet. It's simply a nice, very nice, pocket sized Linux system with touch-screen, GPRS, GPS, and, of course, Wi-Fi. My Freerunner came with Google Android on it, but I wanted to start out with Openmoko's own firmware. With the latest version of their software, I found most features of the phone operational, complete with a nice soft keyboard. It is also very easy to build applications for the phone, using standard GNU tools and GUI building in X/GTK.

JRadius 1.0.0 has  been released. JRadius is both a client and server Java framework for RADIUS. In the server context, it typically runs as a standalone Java server accessed by the standard rlm_jradius module in the FreeRADIUS server. FreeRADIUS connects to JRadius similarly to how it connects to a SQL server, but this module allows for complete RADIUS logic handling in Java.

Happy new year!

To bring in the new year, there are new features already live in CoovaAAA and some interesting CoovaChilli development in progress. As mentioned on the mailing list, CoovaAAA now has the following features:

• basic session history graphing
• basic access point bandwidth graphing
• downloading of session data
• access point monitoring notifications
• "open access" MAC address authentication

Yes, development never stops! There are some new releases to report:

CoovaChilli 1.0.9 has been released. This is largely a bug fix release, see the ChangeLog for details. Binaries for more systems will be available soon.

CoovaAP 1.0-beta.7 has also been released, with the following highlights:

• CoovaChilli 1.0.9
• Facebook HotSpot configuration
• Notes on Upgrading from previous version

New releases of CoovaAP and CoovaChilli are available for download.

New in CoovaAP Firmware version 1.0-beta.6:

• Upgraded wl, nas, and nvram packages
• Upgraded WiFiDog with patch (for CoovaAAA compatibility)
• Default interim interval and secondary server options in HotSpot / RADIUS
• Upgraded coova-chilli to 1.0.8
• Fixes for problems reported in beta.5

New in CoovaChilli version 1.0.8

New releases of CoovaAP and CoovaChilli are available for download.

New in CoovaAP Firmware version 1.0-beta.5:

• Stability patch from OpenWrt forum (thanks to solca)
• OpenID Authentication option in HotSpot / RADIUS
• Default session time and idle timeout options in HotSpot / RADIUS
• Some fixes and updates

New in CoovaChilli version 1.0-coova.6

New CoovaAP Firmware version 1.0-beta.4!

• Project Page
• Download

Highlights in this release:

• Updated OpenWrt (WhiteRussian 0.9)
• ChilliSpot version 1.0-coova.4 (see below)
• Updated web console and embedded captive portal

New Coova ChilliSpot version 1.0-coova.4!

• Project Page
• Download

Highlights in this release:

New CoovaAP firmware version 1.0-beta.3!

• Project Page
• Download

Highlights in this release:

• Updated OpenWrt (WhiteRussian RC6)
• Updated web console and HotSpot configuration
• New Coova Chilli and other additional packages
• A completely embedded and customizable captive portal
• Option to use the "MAC Allowed" list without RADIUS authentication

New Coova ChilliSpot version 1.0-coova.3!

• Project Page
• Download

Highlights in this release:

• Additional RADIUS support and features
• A "WPA Guest" feature for 802.1x captive portal
• A local users file for simple non-RADIUS authentication
• Restricting the walled garden to ports, not just hosts
• Support for post authentication HTTP proxy
• An external "chilli_response" utility

Introducing CoovaAP version 1.0-beta.2!

This release has improved PPTP, OpenVPN, ChilliSpot (CoovaChilli), and much more. We hope it will assist you in your hotspot deployment!