Two radios running 0.7.5 here lost connections last night, so the recent
reliability issues can now be addressed, thanks to the logs being
preserved.

In the meantime, a version 0.7.6 has been uploaded to the GitHub
development and 'main' (https://github.com/PomDev2/wlanpoke/tree/main)
branches. This version is intended for stable operation. It is important
that it always work. It achieves this by setting the default quick reset
timing to disable the method, now suggested only for troubleshooting.

The current quick reset method has two issues: First, every 24 seconds
the script tests for the gateway, and if, at that moment, the gateway is
invalid because it is still 'recovering' from the quick reset, the
script becomes ineffective from then on, the radio eventually loses its
connection again, but it is not mitigated. Second, the current quick
method's effects don't seem to last as long as the full reset, making
this coincidence more likely. Because of these, the new version 0.7.6
sets the quick method's default timing to disable it so that the script
will work as reliably as in the past.

The basically undeveloped code used to handle network gateway changes
will be re-written in 0.8.0. Once that has been tested, an improved
quick method can be reinstated by default. But reliability comes first.

Thanks to all you contributors out there. BTW, another first: I was able
to take a battery powered radio that had lost its connection, connect it
to the Ethernet still on, used SqueezePlay to switch to Ethernet, and
upload the logs from /var/log. That was the first time doing this has
been successful for me!


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