New for 2009

[JohnC]

Hello all. After the holidays are over now I am going to resume work
on Pyramid. I am looking for input as to new features, hardware
support and omission of things. I have been looking at pci ADSL modems
for use on the 4501, 4801, and the 5501. I am wondering if there is a
demand for the inclusion of these drivers and the additional setup
support in the web admin. I am also looking for idea's for a new /
updated admin pages so if you have any idea's pass them along. I am
also looking to do a kernel upgrade to the latest stable. I may stick
with the ubuntu trend like the current version of Pyramid to ease the
building process. So I wish everyone a good year and please bring
forth your idea's.


John

[Vacio]

Thanks so much for taking this on, John. In no particular order, I'd
appreciate:
-working logs--buffered in the AP and periodically written to a syslog
server somewhere
-working statistics in wifiadmin--this eye candy helps me convince my
funders spend more money on new APs
-bandwidth throttling--probably MAC-based. As it is, the service speed is
erratic
-a howto that explains connecting one AP to the internet through a different
AP without users logging in twice. This could even be an auto-login script
that the AP executes for itself.
-updated wifidog version
-cpu and motherboard temperatures
-

[Val Schmidt]

John,

As you build the new version of pyramid, you might consider ways in which you can create your build environment such that others can more easily make contributions moving forward.

For example, in the past there was a request for a driver such that a Pyramid box could act as a gateway for Berkley Motes (small mesh sensor networks). The requester was interested to contribute something in a general way, but the hassle to create a build environment was so great that I think he ultimately did a one-off on his own. I think this happens a lot. 

I'm not sure what the best answer is. One clever method might be to create your build environment in a virtual machine (Qemu?) and then publish a copy of it somewhere such that others can easily compile their own software and simply copy over the binaries to their production systems. 

It might also facilitate the use of a package management system, in which people can compile software, build binary packages and serve them up in a repository such that others can install them with standard tools.

-Val

[C.J. Adams-Collier]

You might get a good deal of traction by hooking up with the emdebian folk.  they don't have a build system for i386, though, so it might be more effort than it's worth.

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moo.