/etc/net Linux network configuration system

news archive

2007-09-27: /etc/net scripts 0.9.3 released. There were some release announcements lost in the way, but this shouldn't be a big issue.

2007-01-28: /etc/net scripts 0.8.5 released. This is mostly a bugfix release.

2006-09-16: /etc/net scripts 0.8.4 released. This release features bugfixes, new features and Fedora Core 6 compatibility.

2006-09-09: /etc/net SVN repository is available for read-only access at svn://svn.etcnet.org/

2006-05-15: /etc/net scripts 0.8.3 fix several minor bugs.

2006-03-31: /etc/net scripts 0.8.2 fix several minor bugs.

2006-01-23: /etc/net scripts 0.8.1 fix a serious bug in 0.8.0 version.

2006-01-17: /etc/net configurator 0.0.7 released to match /etc/net scripts 0.8.0 option set.

2005-12-29: /etc/net scripts 0.8.0 released with lots of improvements over 0.7.x versions.

2005-10-23: This Page Is Valid HTML 4.0 Strict!

2005-11-02: /etc/net scripts and configurator have switched from CVS to SVN and 0.8.0 scripts version is now in development. The project has reached 3% popularity at Freshmeat with 80 subscribers. More subscribers are welcome! etcnet.org web-site gained Google Pagerank 5 recently. If you are interested in getting /etc/net in your Linux distribution (especially Fedora Core), let me know.

2005-10-27: /etc/net scripts 0.7.15 released (minor bugfixes).

2005-10-01: /etc/net was presented at annual Ukrainian OSDN conference in Kiev.

2005-09-29: /etc/net scripts 0.7.14 released (minor bugfixes).

2005-09-18: /etc/net scripts 0.7.13 released (minor feature enhancement release).

2005-08-22: /etc/net scripts 0.7.12 (docs update + minor bugfixes) and /etc/net configurator 0.0.6 (minor feature enhancement).

2005-08-10: /etc/net scripts 0.7.11 released (bugfix release).

2005-08-09: today is the first anniversary of /etc/net project. Exactly one year ago the first /etc/net files were created after a long period of design and discussions. Since now /etc/net web-site will reside on its own domain name etcnet.org. The site is hosted at one of Ukrainian OSDN servers.

2005-08-08: /etc/net scripts 0.7.10 released (bugfixes and code cleanup).

2005-08-05: /etc/net configurator 0.0.5 released (updated for /etc/net 0.7.10).

2005-07-27: /etc/net project was presented at Free Software Conference in Obninsk, Russia.

2005-07-20: /etc/net scripts 0.7.9 released (major feature enhancement release).

2005-07-15: /etc/net scripts 0.7.8 released (minor bugfix release).

2005-07-12: /etc/net scripts 0.7.7 released (feature enhancement release).

2005-06-28: /etc/net configurator 0.0.4 released (fixed broken build with new pkgconfig).

2005-06-24: /etc/net 0.7.6 released (feature enhancement release).

2005-06-16: /etc/net 0.7.5 released (minor bugfix release).

2005-05-14: /etc/net 0.7.4 released (minor feature enhancement release).

2005-04-26: /etc/net 0.7.3 released (bugfix release).

2005-04-21: /etc/net 0.7.2 released (bugfix release).

2005-03-25: /etc/net 0.7.1 released (bugfix release).

2005-03-21: /etc/net 0.7.0 released (code cleanups, bugfixes, new features).

2005-03-16: /etc/net configurator 0.0.3 released (new technical preview) (screenshot).

2005-03-15: /etc/net configurator 0.0.2 released (new technical preview).

2005-03-05: /etc/net 0.6.4 released (bugfix release).

2005-03-03: /etc/net 0.6.3 released (bugfix release).

2005-03-02: /etc/net 0.6.2 released (bugfix release).

2005-02-26: /etc/net 0.6.1 released (bugfix release).

2005-02-24: /etc/net configurator 0.0.1 released. This is the first public GUI draft, this version does not configure anything.

2005-02-17: /etc/net 0.6.0 released

• PPP support
• smart sysctl.conf handling (variable auto-completion, global and type-specific defaults)
• Pent@NET bugfix
• QoS configuration is on by default
• configuration checker
• improved pre/post script invocation
• progress messages can be disabled at all
• ipneigh file support
• DHCP code fixes

2005-02-10: /etc/net 0.6.0pre1 is available for preview
New example: PPP/GPRS interface.

2005-02-07: new pcmcia-cs+libnetlink patch is available.

2005-02-04: /etc/net 0.5.3 released:

• fixed ifplugd support
• code cleanup (optimized profile detection, config processing)
• usbnet support (tested on Prolific PL-2301/PL-2302)
• added network subsys lock back

2005-01-03: /etc/net 0.5.2 released:

• initial IPX, ethernet bridge and traffic equalizer support
• code cleanup (includes, VLAN code) and minor fixes
• enhanced interface dependencies handling (changed variable naming, introduced shutdown scripts, updated README and default options)
• two new commands to network.init
• IPv4LL bugfix
• verbosity option
• enhanced pentanet support

2004-12-23: /etc/net 0.5.1 released:

• ifplugd integration bugfix
• ALT docs update

2004-12-17: /etc/net 0.5.0 released:

• initial QoS support
• initial interface dependencies and recursion support
• misc fixes and improvements

2004-12-05: /etc/net 0.4.2 released:

• documentation updates
• synced with most recent beta of wireless-utils
• disabled IPv6 by default
• enabled etcnet service by default
• fixed bug with missing iftab
• fixed bug with vlantab and UP flag

2004-11-11: /etc/net 0.4.1 released: minor bugfixes.

2004-10-19: /etc/net 0.4.0 released: DHCP, ZCIP, ifplugd/link detection support, minor enhancements.

2004-10-09: /etc/net was presented at 3rd Ukrainian free software conference.

2004-10-07: Some good news: John P. Looney was kind enough to provide access to NSA-1125 Linux router for /etc/net compatibility tests. Test results will be published in nearest days. UPDATE: after testing some massive configuration examples I discovered a bug in kernel, which was fixed by ALTLinux kernel maintainer Sergey Vlasov. Now we can really run thousands of VLAN interfaces.

2004-10-03: /etc/net 0.4.0 is planned to be released after some testing. Expected new features: DHCP, ZCIP support, optional link detection, ifplugd support.

2004-09-28: /etc/net 0.3.0 released. New feature: network configuration profiles. Additionally here is my patch to make cardmgr (pcmcia-cs daemon) pass correct interface names to ifdown-removable.

2004-08-29: /etc/net 0.2.2 is available. fixed some bugs and added experimental wireless support.

2004-08-24: /etc/net 0.2.1 is out. I have just got working PCMCIA part. Note that you must install modified ifrename for this to work (or apply the patch yourself).

2004-08-20: first public release 0.1.1