2007-04-03 Paweł Nawrocki * WPA-PSK support, UI cleanup and much more. 2007-02-27 Paweł Nawrocki * dhclient connection: get gateway from stdout, so there's no need to check later. 2007-02-27 Paweł Nawrocki * get rid of many external proc calls in favor of ioctls, WATools cleanup 2007-02-27 Paweł Nawrocki * Don't check for active connection while wizard is running 2007-02-27 Paweł Nawrocki * Fixed connection success detection 2007-02-27 Paweł Nawrocki * Beginnings of WPA-PSK support 2007-02-09 Paweł Nawrocki * Got rid of "iwconfig_status" action. Get essid with iwlib calls. 2007-02-03 Paweł Nawrocki * Added option to group APs with the same ESSID 2007-02-03 Paweł Nawrocki * Hide security keys in dialogs and console output 2006-11-22 RELEASE 0.5.6 2006-11-22 Pawel Nawrocki * Added an option to wait before getting scan results - fixes a problem when some networks were not visible after initial scan. 2006-11-22 Pawel Nawrocki * Added option to automatically connect to best network at startup. 2006-11-22 Pawel Nawrocki * Added customizable per-network commands before/after connection/disconnection. 2006-11-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed the '-q' option from dhclient execution (problem reported by marshallbanana) 2006-11-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Added Arabic translation (by Mohammed Gamal) 2006-11-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Added Norwegian Bokm� translation (by Alexander Nicolaysen S?rnes) 2006-11-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Added Swedish translation (by Daniel Nylander) 2006-11-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Updated Spanish translation (by Enrique Mat�s S�chez) 2006-11-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Made automatic reconnection option more visible (modified patch by Henry Kay) 2006-03-11 Pawel Nawrocki * Fix bug 1447119 - ignore hostap's wifi0 interface (reported and patched by Andreas Nolda) 2006-03-09 Pawel Nawrocki * Wait a little bit before checking if connection was successful (a working connection was sometimes not detected) 2006-03-09 Pawel Nawrocki * Fixed detection of a running DHCP client (patch by James Ots) * Fixed gateway detection for SUSE10 (patch by James Ots) 2006-03-04 Pawel Nawrocki * Added .info files path for SUSE10 2006-03-01 Pawel Nawrocki * Skip channel setting if not supported (fixes bug 1349228) 2006-02-16 Pawel Nawrocki * Revised and completed Portugese (Brazil) translation (by BRUNO GON�LVES) 2006-02-13 RELEASE 0.5.5 2006-02-13 Pawel Nawrocki * Get device list from iwconfig 2006-02-13 Pawel Nawrocki * Added AUTHORS file 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * Updated to latest bksys (based on kdissert) 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * Show system tray icon by default. Added categories. (wlassistant.desktop) 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * Always try to kill stale dhcp client before connecting (fixes bug #1305952) 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * New quality level indication. Fixes bug #1323274 "Link quality seems strangefully low..." 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * Updated Portugese (Brazilian) translation (changes by Wintceas Godois) 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * Added Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) translations (by Peter Zhang) 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * Fixed "unknown escape sequence" warning (thanks to Achim Bohnet) 2006-02-12 Pawel Nawrocki * Return to iwlist scan results parsing * Pass essid as the last argument - fixes bug #1366531 2006-01-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Added license to src/waconfig.h 2005-10-24 Pawel Nawrocki * Automatically detect paths to .pid and .info/.leases files. Fixes bug #1323263 2005-10-07 Pawel Nawrocki * No concole output if radio ok * Added missing i18n(...) (wlassistant.cpp line 382) 2005-10-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Added Catalan translation (by Adonay Sanz Alsina) 2005-09-30 Pawel Nawrocki * Normalize quality returned by scan results (range 0-100) 2005-09-30 Pawel Nawrocki * Open kernel socket once, reuse it till program exits. 2005-09-29 Pawel Nawrocki * Fixed possible division by zero problem. 2005-09-27 Pawel Nawrocki * FIxed initialization of some variables in WATools. 2005-09-27 Pawel Nawrocki * WATools::scanResults does not freeze UI anymore (using callback function to update UI) 2005-09-23 Pawel Nawrocki * Small fixes to the WATools::scanResults parsing. (wlassistant.cpp) * Migrated to bksys/scons 2005-09-20 Pawel Nawrocki * Get Wireless Extensions version from iw_get_kernel_we_version() (watools.cpp) 2005-09-14 Pawel Nawrocki * Added configure check for iwlib.h (patch by Sheldon Lee-Wen) 2005-09-13 Pawel Nawrocki * Migrated from iwlist scan results parsing to direct iwlib calls. 2005-09-11 Pawel Nawrocki * Added version number in window title (main.cpp) 2005-09-11 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed redundant include (watools.h) * Default (fallback) interface in WATools * Auto set fallback interface in WATools::interfaceList() if none set. * Made returned variables static in WATools functions * Renamed devices() to interfaceList() in WATools, adjusted references. 2005-09-06 Pawel Nawrocki * Added French translation (by Olivier Butler) 2005-09-06 Pawel Nawrocki * Added 'ASCII' checkbox next to WEP key fields. 2005-09-02 RELEASE 0.5.4a 2005-09-01 Pawel Nawrocki * Made WATools::txpower return -1 if radio is disabled. * Use WATools::txpower instead of output parsing to check if radio is enabled. 2005-09-01 Pawel Nawrocki * List only managed (& master) networks 2005-09-01 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed setIfname and ifname from WATools, made 'iface' argument in functions mandatory.. * Don't check for active connection when no scan results. * Changed linux/socket.h to sys/socket.h (watools.cpp) * Only bring interface up (before scanning) if it is down. ('no scan results' fix, part 1) * Don't bring interface down if there were no scan results. ('no scan results' fix, part 2) * added "ifconfig_status" action (output to check if interface is up) (netparams.cpp) 2005-08-30 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed double #include for qcursor 2005-08-27 Pawel Nawrocki * Changed linux/socket.h include to sys/socket.h (watools.cpp) * Don't check for active connection if there are no scan results (wlassistant.cpp) 2005-08-20 RELEASE 0.5.4 2005-08-20 Pawel Nawrocki * Reviewed 'timerConnectionCheck' occurences. Make it work regardless of connectedItem presence (to detect if connected from an outside app) * Fixed 'wlassistant crashes when pressing 'scan' a lot' bug. * Set config groups * Created README with usage hints * Changed 'restricted' to 'shared key' * Changed 'open' to 'open system' (WEP mode) * Fixed 'connect from selected network' to 'connect to connected network' * Added Portugese Brazilian translation (by Daniel Nascimento) * Added Polish translation * Added Polish description to .desktop file (Comment[pl]) 2005-08-16 Pawel Nawrocki * Added WATools:: txpower, ap, iface, setIface. (watools.h/.cpp) * Added getGateway() function. (wlassistant.h/.cpp) 2005-08-15 Pawel Nawrocki * Pressing 'Quit' kills all background processes. (wlassistant.cpp) 2005-08-15 Pawel Nawrocki * Changed 'Scan' to 'Refresh' (ui_main.ui) 2005-08-13 Pawel Nawrocki * Fix: if no gateway (manual config or DHCP) - report that connection failed. * Properly detect connection on startup, if only gateway accessible. * Wait 2sec before checking for internet after establishing connection. * Wait 150ms after DHCP client finishes before getting gateway from route. * Added more detailed output to stdout. 2005-08-13 Pawel Nawrocki * Changed host to ping to www.ibiblio.org 2005-08-13 Pawel Nawrocki * Fix: set mInternet to false when mConnected is false. 2005-08-11 Pawel Nawrocki * Reworked connection status monitoring & indication. 2005-08-09 Pawel Nawrocki * Added WATools::devices that returns comma separated list of wireless devices. * Migrated to WATools::devices (wlassistant.cpp) 2005-08-08 Pawel Nawrocki * Added WATools::isWireless to determine if interface supports wireless extensions. 2005-08-08 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed TDEConfigXT, .kcfg & .kcfgc files. Variables to store are added in wlassistant.cpp files. * Changed 'WaSettings' to WAConfig. 2005-08-08 Pawel Nawrocki * Introduced helper class WATools (uses iwlib directly). * Get currentItem quality with WATools::quality instead of parsing iwconfig output. 2005-08-07 RELEASE 0.5.3 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed redundant includes. 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed "ui_confgeneral.h" dependancy (wlassistant.cpp). 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed KDE version dependancy (ui_main.ui). 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Added ToolTips and 'What's This' help to all elements. * Changed 'Close' to 'Quit'. 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Change 'Settings' to 'Options' where appropriate. 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Added formatting to message boxes. * Change 'Close' to 'Stop' only if process runs longer than 1.5sec 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Last used interface is saved in config file and reused next time the app is run. 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * While running external executables, 'Close' button changes to 'Stop' that terminates current process. 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * Added DHCP client timeout and GUI to configure it. 2005-08-07 Pawel Nawrocki * New settings GUI (wlassistant.h/.cpp, ui_main.ui). * Droppen tdeconfigdialog.h dependancy. * Fixed item height with the new settings GUI (netlistviewitem.h/.cpp). 2005-08-06 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed 'netReconnect()' function. * Reduced CPU usage while running external executables. Thanks to Remco Treffkorn. 2005-08-05 Pawel Nawrocki * Removed 'Honor KDE single click' UI. * Removed 'Honor KDE single click' from kcfg. * Connect signal/slots in wlassistant.cpp, not in the .ui files. * Removed 'Reconnect' context menu action. (sometimes froze the app for unknown reasons). 2005-08-05 Pawel Nawrocki * Changes to global KDE settings take immediate effect in wlassistant. 2005-08-05 Pawel Nawrocki * If encryption is "off" - disable it, enable if anything else. This fixes encryption detection for drivers that return '****-****-****-**' instead of just 'on' 2005-08-05 Pawel Nawrocki * Changed connected item's context menu (part II) so that default action is listed first. * Make mouse behaviour (Single- or Double-Click) consistent with KDE global settings. * 'Connect' button caption changes to 'Disconnect' when connected item is selected. * Double clicking on an item connects/disconnects (when mouse settings require this behaviour). 2005-08-04 RELEASE 0.5.2f 2005-08-04 Pawel Nawrocki * Fixed sorting by channel number (e.g. 11 is now after 10, not after 1) * #ifdef to check for KDE 3.4 - this should make wlassistant compile on KDE 3.3 2005-08-04 Pawel Nawrocki * Fixed recognition of '' ESSID. 2005-08-04 RELEASE 0.5.2e 2005-08-04 Pawel Nawrocki * Try to kill stale DHCP client instance (if any) when connection fails. 2005-08-04 Pawel Nawrocki * Try to kill any stale DHCP client if connection fails. This seems to be dhclient only. 2005-08-03 Pawel Nawrocki * Bring interface up before setting network parameters (esp. wep key) - this fixes problems with connecting to encrypted networks using a DHCP client. 2005-08-03 Pawel Nawrocki * Fixed network encryption and frequency (if no channel info available) detection. 2005-08-03 Pawel Nawrocki * Changed connected item's context menu so that default action is listed first. 2005-08-03 Pawel Nawrocki * automatically disconnect from current network when connecting to a different one. 2005-08-02 Pawel Nawrocki * Try to kill running instance of DHCP client (if any) before connecting. 2005-08-02 Pawel Nawrocki * Added semicolons to DNS labels in the 'Edit Settings' dialog. *** version 0.5.2d: * FIX: Wait 1.5sec for dhcp client to quit. This fixes reconnecting problems. * FIX: Default action when clicking on a connected item is "Disconnect..." again. *** version 0.5.2c: * FIX: On some systems user got disconnected on app startup. *** version 0.5.2b: * FIX: Network status monitoring. * FIX: Wrong WEP indication * FIX: Few more fixes of ridiculous bugs. *** version 0.5.2a: * FIX: uncommented lines that were commented out for testing only. *** version 0.5.2: * NEW: Connection status monitoring, ask to reconnect when connection lost. * NEW: If no scan results returned - check if external radio switch (laptops) is turned on. * The above feature is tested with madwifi driver only. Please let me know if it works with different ones. * NEW: Connected network marked with an icon. * NEW: 'Don't ask again' checkboxes for some dialogs (No GUI to switch them back on yet, you will need to edit 'wlassistantrc' manually) * FIX: Fixed crash on startup/scan (thanks go to Remco Treffkorn for reporting this). * FIX: No not report half a star when quality is 0. * FIX: Reduced flicker when populating network list. * FIX: Workaround for some drivers wrongly reporting that connection is available when it is not. * FIX: Workaround for drivers overusing cache when returning scan results/errors (works with madwifi at least). * Lots of other fixes and internal improvements, code cleanup. *** version 0.5.1a (BUGFIX RELEASE): * NEW: Actions for a network that is connected but not configured. * FIX: Network is no longer shown as 'connected' if link quality is 0. * FIX: Tab order in "Edit Settings..." dialog. * FIX/ADD: The AP column is back :) * FIX: Changed default action of connected item to 'Reconnect'. *** version 0.5.1: * NEW: Dialog to edit existing network settings. * NEW: Basic network settings change monitoring, proper actions if needed (e.g. if an ESSID of a configured network (AP) is no longer broadcasted, you will be asked what to do). * NEW: connected network item always first and highlighted and bold and whatnot. * NEW: Dynamic quality indication for the connected network. * NEW: Disconnect functionality. * NEW: Moved to i18n strings. * NEW: If radio is off, user is asked if it should be switched on. * NEW/FIX: '' gets replaced by ESSID if network configured (code was there in 0.5.0 but it only worked for older wireless-tools). * NEW: If connection fails, user is asked whether to review settings. Comment if it annoys you... * FIX: Rewritten item drawing code. Reduced flicker. * FIX: Changed dhclient command arguments. Does this one work for everybody? * FIX: UI refinements (thanks to Stephan Binner for pointing these out) * FIX: Couldn't connect after channel/frequency of a network changed. * FIX: Hack to prevent wrong column width setting. * FIX/REM: AP column removed. * Changed scan results parsing to use qregexp and optimised. * Quite a few other bug fixes, some code cleanup. * NEW: Wireless Assistant now has a CVS repository. You can find instructions on how to use it at: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=134488 * THANKS go to Stephan Binner for giving me some valuable hints. *** version 0.5.0: *** This release is a major rewrite. Loads of under-the-hood changes. Huge part of the code has been rewritten, reimplemented, organised, cleaned up, optimised and made easier to extend in the future. * NEW: Network profiles (finally!). Comments please! * NEW: Automatic path detection. No manual config. * NEW: Support for networks with hidden ESSIDs. * NEW: Context menu for each found network. * NEW: Sysfs based device detection (kernel 2.6.x required!). * NEW: Device selection combo is hidden if only one interface is found. * NEW: wlassistant runs using sudo to avoid permissions mess in different distros. * FIX: Much shorter startup time. * FIX: Proper connection checking. * REM: Real interface name lookup removed. * REM: Only managed networks supported (Ad-Hoc & other didn't work most of the time anyway. Will rewrite it sometime later, depending on how badly the users want it. Comment pls.). * REM: Removed "Scan upon startup" option - it is the default behaviour now. * REM: Removed "Skip encrypted networks" scanning option. * REM: Removed "Connection timeout" option for dhcpcd. Hardcoded to 25s. * NOTE: As for now, per network profiles can not be edited. You have to delete one and re-enter all the settings. It might be an inconvenience if you are using networks that change their parameters often, but I wanted to release and get early feedback on the whole profiles implementation. * NOTE: You might encounter some annoying "This function is not yet implemented" messages. Reason? See above. * NOTE: I am well aware that the configuration dialog needs redesigning. I'm actually considering removing it completely and implementing more per network options. Comments pls! * NOTE: See TODO before giving ideas or feature requests to get an overview of what is already planned for the next releases. *** 0.3.9: * NEW: the long-awaited dhclient support * NEW: button to terminate current process * some bugfixes and ui changes *** 0.3.8a BUGFIX RELEASE: * FIX: Quality detection (again, last time, hopefully) * FIX: some cards reported 'Managed' as 'Master' * FIX: ESSIDs including space now are correctly set * FIX: no more unnecessary errors from iwlist & others * FIX: kcfg file now installed in the proper location * FIX: path detection (now only accepts files in /usr/.. or /sbin or /bin) * FIX: existing dhcpcd instance now properly quits if necessary * some code cleanup *** version 0.3.8: * NEW: manual interface configuration (not DHCP) * NEW: Option to run custom command upon connection * NEW: use frequency if channel number not available * NEW: honor KDE single-click behaviour (option) * NEW: Quit upon successful connection (option) * NEW: Use ping to verify that connection is successfully established. * NEW: Case-sensitive essid matching option * FIX: Support for dhcpcd .pid files * FIX: Column width set correctly * FIX: Removed "Auto mode" option (shouldn't be needed) * FIX: All columns now movable & resizable * FIX: Proper quality detection / estimation (if no noise level reported) * FIX: Icon *** version 0.3.7: * NEW: app now aware of channel number (thanks to Michael Long) * FIX: network list is sorted properly now * FIX: interfaces should be now detected properly if more than 1 is present (feedback pls!) * FIX: 'Detect' and 'Configure...' buttons disabled while connecting * FIX: quality should be now reported properly on all cards (with help of Michael Long, feedback pls!) * FIX: mode changed to 'Managed' before scanning to ensure proper results * other minor fixes *** version 0.3.6: * NEW: Encryption status shown using an icon * NEW: Graphical link quality indicator * NEW: automatic key selection if name matches ESSID. * FIX: revert cursor after setting ad-hoc parameters * some UI refinements * status info if ad-hoc and/or encrypted networks skipped during scanning * other small fixes I don't remember. *** version 0.3.5: * NEW: WEP support (please test it, I have no wlan with WEP atm) * FIX: compile problem fixed, thanks to elitecodex (& his friend) * FIX: do not try to get info from dhcp when in ad-hoc mode. * changed binary name to wlassistant (shorter), so make sure to uninstall any previous version! * changed defaults. *** version 0.3.1: * NEW: human-readable interface names (PCI devices only, udev required). * NEW: option to automatically scan at startup (using first detected device) * FIX: signal quality now shown correctly. * FIX: other small fixes. ****** DESCRIPTION ****** Wireless Assistant (wlassistant) is a small application that allows you to connect to wireless networks. * MAIN FEATURES: - Managed Networks Support - WEP Encryption Support - Not Broadcasted ("hidden") ESSIDs Support - Per Network (AP) Configuration Profiles - Automatic (DHCP, both dhcpcd and dhclient) and manual configuration options. The program uses wireless-tools, route, ifconfig, dhcpcd/dhclient as its backends so they need to be installed. *** IMPORTANT: As of this release wlassistant is run using 'sudo'. As a result no 'permission denied' errors are handled. Make sure your sudo is configured properly so you can run wlassistant. EXAMPLE: If you want to create a e.x. 'wifi' group wich users should be allowed to use wlassistant, add the following line to your /etc/sudoers: %wifi ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/wlassistant