V3 projected beta release date

[Skaught]

Can this be a sticky?

What is the current estimate for v3? I tried a search but it was not obvious.


Nevermind:

http://forums.star-os.com/showthread.php?p=29616#post29616

[lonnie]

Projected date is mid Feb to end of Feb. We are trying our hardest to get the mid Feb release.

[Skaught]

with my lack of sucess on VX, I am going to try installing a dish on the roof the building at my tower and then runng LMR-400 to a PC inside with a mpci card in it.

That way it will be V2 and that I know works.

[tog]

For what, a backhaul you need right now?

A WRAP running v2 doesn't have the horsepower for the next few weeks? Or perhaps you're already using that and it's getting overloaded?

Instead of a PC at the base and a long piece of LMR-400, you might consider getting yourself a grey nema box and a VIA EPIA setup running with PoE. I can tell you exactly all the parts you need to order and where to get them. It will cost you about $300 - $400, it will run at 10 - 12W of power with 1 CM9, use PoE and be at 15% - 20% CPU when a WRAP would be at 100%.

I don't think there will be much signal left if you're using 5GHz and a long piece of LMR-400.

I have two VIA EPIA 5000 (533MHz PIII-equivalent) connected point to point using v2 and they do 90+ mbit and at least 10 - 20 thousand packets per second with CM9s using 802.11a turbo.

It's a great solution available right now, has been for me for over a year. The only caveat is that StarOS v2 seems to hang randomly (normally once every couple days for me) when used point to multipoint so be careful about using a VIA setup as a client-bearing AP with 2 or more associations on it. You have to have a remote power-cycling solution in place to take the place of a hardware watchdog. I can tell you after 1 year of 99.999% uptime that StarOS v2 never hangs when used point to point, though.

[Skaught]

I can tell you exactly all the parts you need to order and where to get them. It will cost you about $300 - $400, it will run at 10 - 12W of power with 1 CM9, use PoE and be at 15% - 20% CPU when a WRAP would be at 100%.

Send me the details, I am all ears!

I have my business partner in Tokyo right now trying to buy a NanoITX but I was not aware you could POE a full PC or even a nano-ITX. (HE happens to be in Japan on holiday)

The CPU on V2 WRAP is stuck at 100% 24/7

[Ick]

It's a great solution available right now, has been for me for over a year. The only caveat is that StarOS v2 seems to hang randomly (normally once every couple days for me) when used point to multipoint so be careful about using a VIA setup as a client-bearing AP with 2 or more associations on it. You have to have a remote power-cycling solution in place to take the place of a hardware watchdog. I can tell you after 1 year of 99.999% uptime that StarOS v2 never hangs when used point to point, though.

What about non VIA motherboards, do they lock up like the VIA's? We are getting ready to deploy a DFI motherboard setup and am not excited about the idea of possable lockups? You also mentioned the lack of a hardware watchdog, does this not work on PC based setups?

[tog]

To answer your question, yes, I believe any time you run StarOS v2 on a PC or WRAP or anything and put multiple clients on the AP, it will hang and require a restart periodically. The WRAPs have a supported hardware watchdog built in to them so when you use WRAPs all you will see is that your access points restart sometimes.

Again, if you're just talking about point to point where the access point only has one association or the station end, I have never had it hang on me, ever. ONLY when v2 is run in access point mode with multiple clients do you run into problems.

I am not aware of any supported third-party add-on PCI cards that provide a hardware watchdog to a PC that StarOS will recognize and activate.

[luka]

Skaught, is there reason why you are insisting on nanoitx boards? As far I know it is nearly the same thing as miniitx but more expensive and smaller. Size in this case doesnt matter and for one nanoitx you can buy 2-3 similar miniitx boards.

Regarding watchdog, some miniitx boards have it. For instance, this one: http://www.unicorn-computer.com.tw/products/itx/6540.htm. We have got several boards http://www.unicorn-computer.com.tw/products/itx/3220m.htm for $30 each and they are ok, besides they can host only one card (irq related problem with riser).

Also regarding watchdogs, on some sites we are using cell phone connected with power source. Remote box is monitoring them via ping, if one fails after some period it initiates phone call which restarts power. This is easy and cheap solution in Europe but suppose there in US it might be different.

[Skaught]

I was looking at nano-itx as I thought they had lower power needs and they will fit in a mini-box enclosure. But mini is ok too now that I know how to POE it.