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--- packet:xrouter:downloads [2026/01/21 02:44] – [Executables for X86 Linux:] g8pzt
+++ packet:xrouter:downloads [2026/01/21 03:07] (current) – [XRouter Changelog] g8pzt
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 https://groups.io/g/xrouter/files
-These are the XRouter executables, as of 9th November 2025.
+These are the XRouter executables, as of 20th January 2026.
 If you already have a working XRouter system, simply replace the old executable with the new one as follows:
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 ==== Executables for X86 Linux: ====
-{{xrlin32v504v-static.zip| v504n-static for any O/S}}
+{{xrlin32v504v-static.zip|v504v-static for any O/S}}
-{{xrlin32v504v-stretch.zip|v504n-stretch for Debian 9 (Stretch) and later O/S}}
+{{xrlin32v504v-stretch.zip|v504v-stretch for Debian 9 (Stretch) and later O/S}}
 ==== Executables for X86-64 Linux: ====
-{{xrlin64v504n-vanessa.zip|v504n for Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)}}
+{{xrlin64v504v-vanessa.zip|v504v for Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)}}
-{{xrlin64v504n-static.zip|v504n for any flavour of Linux}}
+{{xrlin64v504v-static.zip|v504v for any flavour of Linux}}
 The "vanessa" version should work on most recent flavours of Linux, especially if they are Debian or Ubuntu-based.
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 This one requires WINPCAP or NPCAP if you want to directly access the Ethernet via XRouter's IP stack:
-{{xrwin32v504t.zip}}
+{{xrwin32v504v.zip}}
 This one doesn't require PCAP, but doesn't allow direct access to Ethernet:
-{{xrwin32v504t-no-pcap.zip}}
+{{xrwin32v504v-no-pcap.zip}}
 ==== XRouter Changelog ====
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-                  Summary of Recent Changes
-                  =========================
+                    Version 504v - 20th Jan 2026
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Version 504k (19th Oct 2025)
-============
-Fixed:  Bug introduced in v504j which caused segfault when unicasting
+Fixed:  When used via NetRom, the HTTP "routes" page sometimes
-        an "internal" nodecall via INP3.
+        displayed the wrong callsgns for neighbours.
-Fixed:  Bug introduced in v504j which caused blank Admin page on HTTP
+Fixed:  SMTP client was completely broken by v504j.
-        interface.
+Fixed:  From v504s onwards, XRouter could send DM frames in response
+        to overheard packets, if neither callsign was one of
+        XRouter's callsigns.
+Fixed:  On low bandwith summary HTML page, the wind speeds were
+        incorrectly displayed at 10 times their value!
+Fixed:  PMS events weren't being distributed by MQTT broker unless the
+        MQTT publisher client was enabled.
+Change: Resolver process names are no longer re-used on subsequent
+        resolutions, so it should now be easier to follow their
+        progress in the log (trivial).
+Change: SMTP timer now defaults to zero, i.e. disabled. No point in
+        wasting time checking for mail if the sysop hasn't configured
+        the node for SMTP, e.g. the majority of cases..
+Change: When entering an email into the BBS, the confirmation text now
+        displays the destination address in email format instead of
+        "BBS" format
+Change: Process logging is less cryptic (trivial).
+Change: PMS, BLOG and WALL events now include the event type in the
+        topic, allowing finer-grained subscription.
+Added:  "CMD LIST", to list the sysop-defined commands.
+Added:  "Z" option in FWD.SYS to force the use of Ctrl-Z instead of
+        /EX for line endings when forwarding mail (required by BayCom
+        mailboxes).
+Added:  "Use Ctrl-Z" checkbox on BBS forwarding admin page.
-Change: When loading the XRNODES recovery file, the saved MAXHOPS value
+Added:  Detection of BayCom and OpenBCM mailboxes, causing XRouter to
-        for a ROUTE now overrides the PORT maxhops ONLY if the route is
+        use Ctrl-Z for line endings.
-        locked.
-Added:  AX25v2.2 TEST functionality.
 ************************************************************************
-Version 504l (26th Nov 2025)
+                    Version 504u - 10th Jan 2026
-============
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Fixed:  PING now returns "No Route" instead or "No socket layer" if
+Fixed:  L2 connections to CHAT and PMS callsigns have been broken
-        an ethernet port was available but no suitable route had been
+        since 4/1/2005! It took 20 years for anyone to notice!
-        defined in IPROUTE.SYS.
-Fixed:  Restored the ability to specify COM in the Windows version as
+Fixed:  Case normalisation of user names in BBS was causing hyphenated
-        either "COM=5" or "COM=COM5". This was broken in March 2020,
+        first names such as Jean-Paul to have the wrong case.
-        since when only the second form had been accepted.
-Fixed:  Suppressed the "Use cap-net_raw" msg on Windows.
+Fixed:  Since v502w (2nd August 2023), running in Daemon mode with log
+        level set to WARNING or above, caused the log to fill with
+        "4 SYST: sendto() err 22: 'Invalid argument'" warnings.
-Fixed:  The Windows version can now use ALT-X to exit, as per the Linux
+Added:  Sysop Chat window now accepts the shifted versions of function
-        versions, instead of CTRL-C.
+        keys, for cases where the host operating system intercepts the
+        unshifted function keys.
-Change: CHANNELS.DAT now uses plain text instead of binary format,
+Added:  Extra flags (bits 4 and 5) to CFLAGS as follows:
-        allowing it to be used by 16, 32 and 64-bit versions without
-        risk of corruption.
-Change: Prevented reception of outgoing frames looped back from
+           Bit Dec  Function
-        EXTERNAL ethernet drivers. These were not causing any problem,
+           ---------------------------------------------------------
-        other than cluttering up the packet trace display.
+  32   Prevent connections to PMS/BBS on this port
+  64   Prevent connections to CHAT on this port
-Added:  Automatic default route, if no routes specified in IPROUTE.SYS.
+Added:  MQTT request option "xrouter/get/{nodecall}/mheard/ports", to
-        The policy of giving sysops the freedom to configure things how
+        obtain a list of MH enabled ports.
-        they wanted has caused far too much work for me, having to try
-        and diagnose their configuration mistakes by telepathy. The
-        automatic route can of course be overridden by a manual entry.
-Added:  AXTEST command, which sends an AX25v2.2 TEST frame.
+Added:  MQTT topic "xrouter/event/{nodecall}/mhlast/{portnum}".
-Added:  Lots more packet reporting stuff.
+        Clients subscribed to this topic receive a single MHeard item
+        for each frame XRouter receives on an MH-enabled port. This
+        allows client applications to build their own global or port
+        MH lists which may be larger than the XRouter ones. Or simply
+        display the callsign of the last packet received on one or all
+        ports. For example, one possible application may be a
+        standalone ESP32 device with an LCD display which shows
+        details of the last packet heard.
-Added:  Protection against unspecified ETHADDR in EXTERNAL interface,
+Added:  Console windows can now be scrolled using mouse wheel, in
-        in Windows version.
+        addition to the up/down arrow keys..
+Added:  Text may now be copied and pasted within XRouter, and to/from
+        the operating system's clipboard. This is a proof of concept
+        only, and may be refined in future versions.
+        To Copy Text From XRouter to Clipboard:
+        Press and hold the left mouse button at the top left of an
+        imaginary rectangle containing the text.  While holding the
+        button down, drag the mouse to the bottom right of the
+        rectangle. There will be no visual indication of the selection
+        until the mouse button is released, at which point the text is
+        briefly highlighted and copied to the clipboard.
+        To Paste Text Into XRouter From the Clipboard:
+        On a window which has an "input" line, e.g. "consoles" or
+        "sysop chat", the key sequence Ctrl-V *appends* the clipboard
+        text to the command line. In this version, you cannot "insert"
+        text at a specific point, only append.
+Added:  Graceful shutdown upon receipt of SIGTERM.
 ************************************************************************
-Version 504m (29th Oct 2025)
+                Version 504t - 2nd Jan 2026
-============
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Fixed:  In some situations, the timestamp associated with a CHAT
+Change: Command history is bigger and is preserved across reboots.
-        channel could be wrong.
-Added:  ARP and IP header tracing for Packet Network Monitoring Project.
+Added:  New directive CONSOLEFLAGS for use in XROUTER.CFG. If bit 0
+        is set, the action of up/down-arrow keys and their shifted
+        counterparts is swapped, meaning that the unshifted up/down
+        arrow keys control the command history instead of scrollback,
+        and the shifted up/down arrows control scrollback. This makes
+        the console behave more like a Linux/Windows terminal, at the
+        expense of confusing the seasoned XRouter users.
+Added:  Pressing <SHIFT> plus <F1> through <F6> on a CONSOLE allows
+        those function keys to behave as in the DOS version, i.e.
+        without being intercepted by the operating system.
+Added:  On console windows, Ctrl-C can now be used to terminate a PING,
+        NPING, Traceroute etc. in addition to the usual method of
+        entering a blank command line.
+(Only xrwin32v504t-no-pcap.exe and xrwin32v504t.exe were published.)
 ************************************************************************
-Version 504n (9th Nov 2025)
+                    Version 504s - 30th Dec 2025
-============
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Fixed:  Potential memory leak upon graceful close of TCP stream on the
+Fixed:  WXPRESS was setting the value of WXPOLL and vice versa,
-        host TCP/IP stack.
+        potentially causing manic polling of the weather server.
-Fixed:  When node-hopping via the HTTP interface, the user callsign
+Fixed:  Since v501b, when a frame was received while LAPB was in
-        was being replaced by the nodecall.
+        disconnected state, it was being ignored instead of being
+        rejected with a DM.
-Fixed:  Bug in FRMR tracing that could, in very rare instances, cause
+Fixed:  Response to an MQTT "get" request had missing topic.
-        a segfault.
-Change: Trace for CREQ and CREQX now report "myCct" instead of "cct".
+Change: Minimum interval for WXPOLL is now 10 seconds. Setting it any
-        It is the same number, but this change clarifies its purpose.
+        lower will disable polling altogether. Be aware that polling a
+        public weather server any more frequently than every 600
+        seconds will most likely result in your account being banned!
-Added:  L2 trace reports can now be read via the MQTT broker, using
+Change: When viewing an XRouter MAN(ual) page via the HTTP interface,
-        the topic xrouter/L2Trace/{nodecall}/{portnum}.
+        clicking on the section number in the header or footer will
+        open the index page for that section. The header caption
+        "XROUTER REFERENCE MANUAL" is now a hyperlink that opens the
+        root page, i.e. the list of manual sections.
-Added:  If the mailbox is in "full BBS" mode, it is now connectable
+************************************************************************
-        via NetRomX service 3 (BBS). Service 2 (PMS) access the mailbox
-        in "PMS" mode, i.e. private messages only. If the mailbox is
-        NOT in "full BBS" mode, service 3 is not available.
-Change: Added "serial" to "L2Trace" reports, so that the chronological
+                    Version 504r - 28th Dec 2025
-        sequence of reports can be preserved even if the transport or
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-        server processing changes the sequence.
-Change: Other minor tweaks to packet tracing.
+Added:  Support for the new XrTrace application.
 ************************************************************************
-Version 504o (12th Nov 2025)
+                    Version 504q - 26th Dec 2025
-============
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Fixed:  Connecting to a DEDHOST application causes segfault on 64-bit
+Fixed:  FBB unproto broadcasts sent upon reception of a new message
-        version.
+        had the destination "MAIL" instead of "FBB".
+Fixed:  On some operating systems only, XRouter would connect to the
+        VARA TNC, then immediately disconnect with the error message
+        "TNC has gone away".
+Fixed:  XRouter was IP-banning AXUDP from (X)net because the latter
+        sends nodes broadcasts with missing AX25 destination.
+Fixed:  On some systems, viewing the PMS listing with a browser via
+        the Linux IP stack occasionally caused XRouter to segfault (It
+        did not segfault if XRouter's own IP stack was used).
+Change: Connections to APPLTYPE=TCP normally default to "binary" mode,
+        and use "carriage return" (ASCII 13) as the line ending, as
+        per standard Packet Radio practice.  But some applications may
+        require "telnet" standard line endings (carriage return plus
+        line feed) instead.  If this is the case, appending 'T' to the
+        APPLTYPE=TCP directive causes the connection to use Telnet mode
+        instead of pure binary. e.g. "APPLTYPE=TCP,192.168.1.1:8015 T".
+Added:  "SMACK" to KISSOPTIONS, for TNC's that support/require it.
+Added:  New subcommand: "IP B[an] I[gnore] <ipaddr> [netmask]", which
+        can be used to exempt an ip address or range of IP addresses
+        from automatic banning in the event of suspicious activity.
+        LAN and "localhost" addresses are now automatically exempt.
 ************************************************************************
+                    Version 504p - 13th Dec 2025
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Fixed:  ROUTE commands, which had been broken by v504j.
+Fixed:  WP "Is_BBS" entries were not updated from routing headers
+Fixed:  On very fast connections, CHARGEN was using most of the
+        resources. Slowed it down to a more manageable pace, still
+        plenty fast enough for AXUDP or RF connections.
+Fixed:  L4 RX Flow Control. L4 circuits would sometimes choke on very
+        large buletins sent on fast links, and would take a long time
+        to unchoke.
+Fixed:  XRouter would silently exit if OARC map server sent a TCP
+        reset.
+Fixed:  When a non-XRouter neighbour enabled INP3, any conventional
+        "qualities" it sent in NODES broadcasts were being heavily
+        de-rated by XRouter, often causing them to fall below the
+        high MINQUALs that are used nowadays. This was was caused by
+        code from long ago, when the only non-XRouter neighbours
+        capable of INP3 were (X)Net. ((X)net manufactured
+        artificially high "qualities" from RTT and hops, distorting
+        the routing).  With BPQ now having INP3, the forgotten code
+        came back into play, so it has now been disabled for anything
+        other than (X)net.  But note that the last time I looked,
+        Linux's INP3 implementation was also wrong, so please report
+        any instances of silly qualities from such neighbours.
+Fixed:  Chatserver would sometimes lose sysop's settings (name etc)
+Fixed:  Excessive DNS requests in cases where non-authoritative name
+        server couldn't resolve a name.
+Fixed:  "Private" IP route indication was potentially unreliable,
+        although this had never actually been observed in practice.
+Fixed:  BBS Mail import from "mail.in" file, broken by v504j.
+Fixed:  If BBS forwarding script was edited via the HTTP interface,
+        it was saved in upper case, upsetting "Waitfor" lines which
+        are case sensitive.
+Fixed:  The C[onnect] command was passing garbage to the ARDOP and
+        VARA TNC's.
+Fixed:  ARDOP, VARA and TCP interfaces were rejecting RADIONUM, so
+        they were prevented from using rig control.
+Fixed:  UIFLOOD and UITRACE digipeating were not working.
+Fixed:  APRS digipeating was disabled unless the "DIGI_UI" flag was
+        set in DIGIFLAGS, meaning that it was not possible to enable
+        APRS digipeating independently of "normal" digipeating.
+Fixed:  DISTRIB.SYS "don't forward" entries were distributing
+        everything to BBS callsign "*".
+Fixed:  Storage for COM device name is now explicitly deallocated at
+        closedown, to prevent orphaned memory upon "hot" restarts.
+Change: Prevented attempts to make AX25 connections on ports that
+        don't support AX25.
+Change: Following a complaint that it was slowing workflow, removed the
+        HTML dialog confirming message deletion.
+Change: AXRoutes command was always sysop-only, but why? As is useful
+        for network debugging, it is now open to all except guests.
+Change: Connections to BBS now always use "Connected to" instead of
+        replying in the caller's language, otherwise it confuses
+        simple machines.
+Change: Added more fields to the BBS "J" response.
+Added:  BBS "JK" command, to list the recent connections separately
+        in chronological order.
+Added:  "ilen=" to L4 trace, so that the payload length can be known
+         even when there's no AX25 layer on the trace to display the
+         packet length.
+Added:  "CONFIG={ipaddr}" in INTERFACE type TCP, to prevent
+        connections from unauthorised client IPs.
+Added:  S[tats] PORT <n> [reset]
+Added:  R[oute] S[tats] <call> <Port> [R[eset]].
+Added:  Route connection / disconnection history
+Added:  BBSBEACONS flag (8) to TXOK. Setting this flag on a PORT's
+        TXOK enables FBB "Resync" requests, mail header broadcasts,
+        and "Mail for:" beacons on that PORT.
+Added:  FBB unproto headers and resync capability. To enable this on
+        a PORT, you must add 8 to the TXOK flags for that port, e.g.
+        normally TXOK=9, or TXOK=13 if weather beacons are also
+        enabled.
+Added:  BBS "Mail for" beacons. Enabled as above.
+Added:  New directive "FbbUnprotos" to PMS.CFG. Setting FbbUnprotos=1
+        enables FBB unproto (UI) mail header broadcasts on any
+        PORT that has the BBSBEACONS flag (8) set in TXOK. If the
+        FbbUnprotos directive is not included, it defaults to 0 (no
+        unprotos)
+Added:  New directive "MaxUnprotos" to PMS.CFG. This specifies the
+        maximum number of message headers that will be returned in
+        response to an FBB "resync" request. The default is 100.
+        Setting this to 0 disables the resync capability. Note that
+        resync requests are ignored unless the TXOK flags for the PORT
+        include the BBSBEACONS flag (8).
+Added:  Controls for setting FbbUnprotos and MaxUnprotos via the BBS
+        Admin HTTP interface.
+Added   Logging to syslog.
+Added   Live BBS activity logging to a console, allowing scrollback
+        and capture, to remote sysop sesions, and to HTTP interface
+Added   Live logging to console, remote sysop sessions, and HTTP
+        interface.
+Added:  Sysop command "LOG L[ive] [n]", where [n] specifies the
+        subsystem(s) to display: 0=off, 1=BBS, 2=All. (unfinished)
+Added:  At console, F6 key enables "Live Log" mode on that console.
+        Normal console operation is suspended while in Live Log mode.
+        Options are displayed on the menubar. Use Q[uit] to exit.
+Added:  L[og] [ A[ll] | B[bs] | O[ff] ] subcommand to MON[itor] cmd.
+Added:  BBS "OLR" command to enable "Off Line Reader" mode. This is
+        for automated mail programs such as Sally and Winpack. If the
+        client sends the command "OLR" soon after connection, the
+        session will switch to OLR mode, turning off colour and
+        pagination, and ensuring a consistent machine-friendly mail
+        header format.
+Added:  New or updated MAN files, to be placed in the XRouter's MAN
+        subdirectory, overwriting any existing files of the same name.
+Added:  New or updated BBS help files, to be placed in the HELP/PMS
+        subdirectory, overwriting any existing files of the same name.
+************************************************************************
+        "XRouter - The Superior Solution"
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