Difference between revisions of "StarV3 Differences"

Revision as of 17:09, 4 December 2007

This article covers the differences between StarOS v2 and StarV3. This is especially useful for people who are upgrading from StarOS v2 to StarV3.

2x/4x cloaking modes, providing 2x/4x more range than the standard 36.29 miles (58.4 kilometers) and some resistance to interference due to narrow 10MHz/5MHz wide channels as compared to the 802.11 standard 20MHz wide channels
OLSR dynamic routing
Policy-based routing
802.11h DFS and TPC support necessary for some countries, especially european ETSI countries
802.11e WMM/WME QoS (1.2.0 beta series only)
Managed mode - communication between StarV3 AP and client software, giving much more resistance to noise interference. Sync button for instantaneous channel/cloaking change without loosing single packet.
Quality is now calculated as % concerning number of errors and retried packets.
"Enhanced ANI" option for clients, giving more resistance to high noise.

Proxy-arp type bridging for client-side station. You must NAT or route a /30 or use VDS. You can use WDS bridged clients on a Point-to-Multipoint AP with StarV3 1.3.x, but do not with StarV3 1.0.x/1.1.x.
No StarV3 Server Edition comparable to the StarOS v2 Server Edition
Caching proxy server, squid (from StarOS v2 Server Edition)
RADIUS server (from StarOS v2 Server Edition)
BGP dynamic routing
Starutil -da/-ai/-ci commands not supported
IP accounting
PPTP client
PCMCIA and Agere/Hermes wireless support
Prism 2/2.5 wireless support

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 == StarV3 Missing Features Compared to StarOS v2 ==
-* Proxy-arp type bridging for client-side station. You must NAT or route a /30 or use VDS. Do not use WDS bridged clients on a Point-to-Multipoint AP.
+* Proxy-arp type bridging for client-side station. You must NAT or route a /30 or use VDS. You can use WDS bridged clients on a Point-to-Multipoint AP with StarV3 1.3.x, but do not with StarV3 1.0.x/1.1.x.
 * No StarV3 Server Edition comparable to the StarOS v2 Server Edition
 * Caching proxy server, squid (from StarOS v2 Server Edition)
 * RADIUS server (from StarOS v2 Server Edition)
-* RADIUS ACL support exists from 1.3.0
 * BGP dynamic routing
-* [[Starutil]] -dscr/-uscr commands are supported from StarV3 1.3.x series)
 * [[Starutil]] -da/-ai/-ci commands not supported
 * IP accounting
-* SNMP support is basic and supports full wireless interface stats from StarV3 1.3.x series
 * PPTP client
 * PCMCIA and Agere/Hermes wireless support
-* Prism 2/2.5 wireless support (should be included in StarV3 - unconfirmed)
+* Prism 2/2.5 wireless support
-* WPA/WPA2 exists from StarV3 1.3.x series)