V2.0.0 Announcement

WLAN Pi v2.0.0

WLAN Pi v2 includes some major changes behind the scenes, rebuilt from the ground up on Armbian using the latest Linux kernel (5.8). This update also includes a revamped toolset, many usability improvements, and paves the way for the future of the project to support multiple hardware platforms.

Core contributors: @danielmundi @wifinigel @joshschmelzle @jiribrejcha @crvallance @adriangranados

Summary

New WebUI
New Web Admin Interface
New Server Mode
Updated Profiler
Updated Front Panel Menu System (FPMS)
Updated Wiperf Mode
Updated Wi-Fi Drivers

Documentation Site (WIP): docs.wlanpi.com

Note 1: The USB Ethernet IP address has been changed to use a static link-local address of 169.254.42.1

Note 2: Several previously included tools have been dropped from the WLAN Pi 2.0 toolset. This allowed us to refocus our efforts on improving a core set of tools that were determined to be the most used and useful.

More details on the toolset and what's changed can be found here.

New WebUI

Extensible framework built on Flask
Network information includes:
- Reachability test
- Local IP info
- Public IP info
- CDP and LLDP neighbor info
Profiler results
LibreSpeed test improved

New Web Admin Interface

Cockpit Project - https://cockpit-project.org/
Adjust time zone
Manage services
Monitor and administer multiple WLAN Pi’s at the same time
Embedded terminal

New Server Mode

Ideal for lab, provisioning, staging and software upgrades of network devices
Enables all services on the WLAN Pi like DHCP server, TFTP server, Wi-Fi console, wireless access to the WLAN Pi and more coming soon
Safety first: this mode is non-persistent and WLAN Pi will switch back to its default “Classic” mode after reboot
Many use cases:
Build a lab network, demonstration or a Proof the Concept (PoC) setup
Software upgrade of a switch, controller or AP using the TFTP server
Point APs to their controller by configuring Option 43 on the WLAN Pi DHCP server http://bit.ly/wlanpi-option43
Easily convert hundreds of APs from Mobility Express or Embedded Wireless Controller mode to Lightweight mode https://bit.ly/convert-to-lightweight

Updated Profiler

Complete rewrite of the codebase from python2 to python3
Integrated and customized fakeap scapy code
Improved performance
Packaged and isolated in its own Python environment
Dozens of minor improvements

Button clicks are 50% more responsive! No more double pressing buttons :)
Button layout options - choose your preferred button layout
CDP neighbour - now also shows software version if advertised
Port blinker - identify switch port number on the far end of the Ethernet cable by blinking switch port LEDs
Mist cloud test - verify connectivity to the cloud