What's new in Daihinia 1.8.4
Jun 29, 2015
- Now Control App explicitly unbinds the driver from the interfaces that were not selected by the user for binding (could cause problems in some cases).
New in Daihinia 1.8.3 (Jun 26, 2015)
- Gave up on redistributing DIFxAPI with the app, even if Microsoft [still] recommends so. The version of DIFxAPI that they provide in their SDK for redistribution does not work well on all Windows versions, so it was decided to rely on the version that is provided by Windows itself, because different versions of Windows have different versions of this library.
- In case that your system misses this library, take this archive (DIFxAPI.DLL from the latest official SDK as of today, from the redist folder) and Extract DIFxAPI.DLL from the appropriate subfolder depending on your platform, and put it in Windows\System32. This is mostly the case of XP systems that are not officially supported anymore.
New in Daihinia 1.8.2 (Jun 24, 2015)
- The new method of driver installation (DIFxAPI) implicitly installs both parts of the driver package; Daihinia Control App was explicitly calling DIFxAPI for both parts, causing errors that some files that have to be copied into the system already exist there. Fixed.
New in Daihinia 1.8 (May 15, 2015)
- Added native 64bit Daihinia Control App, this should fix WOW64 issues on x64 systems, when the driver may have got installed into Windows\SysWOW64 instead of Windows\System32.
New in Daihinia 1.7.15 (Mar 25, 2015)
- Network schematic added to the control app, for easier reference
New in Daihinia 1.7.14 (Dec 17, 2014)
- Easy Internet Sharing (new feature): new tab in Control App where you can quickly enable Internet sharing on your gateway computer.
- Overview tab improved, now you can quickly set the computer role in your Daihinia network, in many cases it will save you from being asked extra questions.
New in Daihinia 1.7.13 (Jan 6, 2014)
- Internet Connection Sharing made even easier, from the Control App itself.
- Almost all explanatory texts were rewritten.
New in Daihinia 1.7.12 (Jan 6, 2014)
- new tab added in Control App for quick access to Network Connections where users can share their Internet connection into their Daihinia network.
New in Daihinia 1.7.11 (Oct 29, 2013)
- it is now possible to opt-out from checking for new versions (checkbox on the About page in Control App).
- better-looking skin.
- there was a problem when entering the unlock key
New in Daihinia 1.7.10 (Oct 14, 2013)
- added a human-understandable explanation on the system error about too many network filters.
New in Daihinia 1.7.9 (Aug 20, 2013)
- wording of some text labels was changed to better reflect the meaning
New in Daihinia 1.7.8 (May 11, 2013)
- update checker scheduled task was not created on xp-based systems.
New in Daihinia 1.7.7 (Mar 12, 2013)
- there was a problem with the updates checker.
New in Daihinia 1.7.6 (Feb 27, 2013)
- added some support for non-DMA wireless adapters.
- fixed that strange situation when sometimes DHCP was working but ARP was not.
New in Daihinia 1.7.5 (Feb 13, 2013)
- transit packets are now queued first, then sent in batches; it increases throughput performance on adapters that support bursting.
- Control App was sometimes losing focus and getting under other windows on the screen.
New in Daihinia 1.7.4 (Feb 11, 2013)
- on Vista and upper, we might get notification from the underlying driver that a neighbor node has connected with us; in this case we can mark it as a bidi link without trying to talk with it first, this saves time when establishing new routes.
New in Daihinia 1.7.3 (Feb 2, 2013)
- on Vista and upper, we might get notifications from the underlying driver when a peer node disconnects; in this case we clean up our tables quicker than waiting for timeout, and new routes around the disconnected node may be established faster.
New in Daihinia 1.7.2 (Nov 30, 2012)
- all possible security+encryption options were added to the create adhoc net dialog, this allows you to experiment.
- digital signature is now embedded and timestamped, this allows you to install Daihinia while offline.
New in Daihinia 1.7.1 (Nov 22, 2012)
- fixed bugs in password validation of the Create Ad-Hoc dialog.
New in Daihinia 1.7 (Nov 21, 2012)
- we are now using the old Wlan* API set to create the Ad-Hoc network, which works fine.
- Ad-Hoc network creation also works on Windows XP if you have SP3 installed.
- we don't need the user guide to create Ad-Hoc nets on Windows XP anymore, package got smaller.
New in Daihinia 1.6.3 (Nov 13, 2012)
- added some more "hresult to human-readable" error explanations.
- adhoclib updated to SDK 8.0.
- Create SSID Dialog added the selection of the interface to create on, and a password verification input box.
New in Daihinia 1.6.2 (Oct 23, 2012)
- Now it prompts for adhoc net parameters when creating it, private networks are created easier.
New in Daihinia 1.6.1 (Oct 23, 2012)
- Control App will now warn at start if driver needs update.
- do not tell that driver needs update when installing the first time (beta issue).
New in Daihinia 1.6 (Oct 23, 2012)
- route collector didn't work in some cases
- Daihinia now comes with signed code
- added support for x64 systems
New in Daihinia 1.5.2 (Sep 26, 2011)
- new versions are checked more periodically, not only at control app start.
- scheduled version checker now properly informs of new versions
New in Daihinia 1.5.1 (Jul 25, 2011)
- doesn't open the start menu folder after installation.
- show shield icon on buttons with admin tasks.
- do not tell negative "days left", say "expired".
New in Daihinia 1.5 (Mar 28, 2011)
- automatic setup feature added.
- it is now possible all the setup/update steps to be performed with fewer clicks.
New in Daihinia 1.4 (Mar 14, 2011)
- we now process duplicate routes and choose the optimal one
New in Daihinia 1.3.4 (Mar 7, 2011)
- it now notices the user when it finished installing/removing the driver amd creating the ad-hoc network profile.
- it now disables buttons when processing, to avoid doubleclicking.
- explanations in Control App made more explicit.
New in Daihinia 1.3.3 (Feb 4, 2011)
- we don't need the version.txt file anymore.
- file versions on the About page are displayed with all numbers, not only the first two.
- a confirmation is asked when Uninstall Driver button is pressed.
- we now use the new logo in the app too.
- versioncheck now tells which version is yours and which is on the site.
- Control App now tells the Package version in the About box.
New in Daihinia 1.3.2 (Jan 20, 2011)
- explanation text about creating the ad-hoc net made more meaningful
- Control App might silently quit on Windows 2003, doing nothing
New in Daihinia 1.3.1 (Nov 9, 2010)
- trial period extended to 30 days
- it might have not set next hop destination correctly when forwarding
New in Daihinia 1.3 (Oct 17, 2010)
- create adhoc net programmatically on Vista and Win7
- automatic version check at Control App start
- (speed issue) don't repeat down packets destinated to us
- the outstanding sends counter was incorrectly handled in one place of the driver
- the installer was using the old icon
- we now use WDK 7600.16385.1
- remove the driver when package is uninstalled
- we now use unicast packets whenever possible (speed increased dramatically)
New in Daihinia 1.2.1380 (May 19, 2010)
- registered user names can be unicode
- Next/Back buttons disabled when first/last page focused
- now the driver is based on the latest WDK sources and is fully compatible with Windows 7
- it was incorrectly setting the Restore Point description as only the letter B
- now we correctly report the MTU size to protocols above us
- now it takes advantage of hyperthreading and multi-core CPUs
- driver now turns on with any SSID prefixed "Daihinia"
- now it properly activates itself on Vista and Windows7
- there was a speed issue
New in Daihinia 1.1.1380 (May 3, 2010)
- registered user names can be unicode
- Next/Back buttons disabled when first/last page focused
- now the driver is based on the latest WDK sources and is fully compatible with Windows 7
- it was incorrectly setting the Restore Point description as only the letter B
- now we correctly report the MTU size to protocols above us
- now it takes advantage of hyperthreading and multi-core CPUs
- driver now turns on with any SSID prefixed "Daihinia"
- now it properly activates itself on Vista and Windows7
- there was a speed issue
New in Daihinia 1.1.1220 (Mar 2, 2010)
- the driver now compiles with 7600.16385.0 WDK
- Controll App is now theme-aware
- Release Notes now only contains links to the site (nobody reads them in the file anyway)
- Controll App visually changed to accomodate new logo and icon
- compiler warnings resolved
New in Daihinia 1.0.1164 (Feb 8, 2010)
- Control App now tells the user when the trial period has expired
New in Daihinia 1.0.1147 (Feb 8, 2010)
- newer Manifest Tool used to add the manifest for Vista's UAC
New in Daihinia 1.0.1132 (Feb 8, 2010)
- installer opens the start menu folder
- app window centers on current screen, not desktop (dual monitor compatibility)
- there were problems with some adapters that support TCP task offloading.
- mesh net functionality now turns on/off automatically, being active only when the adapter is connected to "Daihinia" SSID.
- minor cosmetic improvements
- Control App is now wizard-like
- installer now launches daihinia.exe instead of showing User's Guide
New in Daihinia r1003 (Jan 16, 2009)
- INF files updated to be Vista compatible
- control app: a "please wait" box instead of disabling the main form when pressing buttons
- max ethernet packet size increased to 2048
- manual: how to set up the ad hoc network on Vista
New in Daihinia r986 Beta (Jun 5, 2008)
- INF files updated to be Vista compatible
- Control app: a "please wait" box instead of disabling the main form when pressing buttons
- Max ethernet packet size increased to 2048
- Manual: how to set up the ad hoc network on Vista