Hotfix Update: This release was updated on 2025-11-22 01:00 GMT with a fix for Heltec V4 interference detection and LNA handling, as well as a fix for a rare bug that would cause packet buffer state de-synchronization. This bug was extremely rare when running low or normal bitrates, but more likely if the RNode was configured with a high bitrate and transferring large amounts of data.
If you updated your RNodes before the hotfix update, you can re-update to the fixed version of 1.85 using:
rnodeconf --clear-cache followed by rnodeconf /dev/ttyACM0 -uU
This release brings the ability to use WiFi and Ethernet networks for connecting host devices to RNodes. It also fixes a number of bugs.
The WiFi features are currently available on all RNodes based on ESP32-S3 chips. Plain ESP32 devices (non-S3) has WiFi features disabled currently, due to some quirks in their WiFi handling.
Changes
- Added support for connecting RNodes to a local WiFi network
- Added support for hosting a connectable WiFi access point
- Added support for connecting host RNS devices over WiFi and Ethernet
- Added support for configuring WiFi and IP settings using
rnodeconf - Added support for handling noise floor calculations on devices with LNA gain variance during LNA recalibration
- Improved interference detection
- Fixed potential incoming packet buffer corruption on split packet reception at high bitrate
- Fixed packett buffer state de-synchronization at high bitrates
- Fixed minor display rendering issues
- Updated console site with latest RNS and LXMF versions