UBNT-Mike.Ford
11-19-2008, 02:58 PM
irOS Firmware Revision History
* PowerStation
* LiteStation
* NanoStation
* MiniStation
* WispStation
* NanoStation Loco
* Bullet
* AP1000
====================================================================
Version 3.2.2 (11/13/2008 AirOS v3.2 SP)
- fixed long association time with very large AP count.
- fixed incomplete AP list with very large AP count.
- performance improvements for auto rate and auto ACK timeout
- performance improvements for WDS
- popup help for link options
- support for additional product lines (see list in header above)
Version 3.2.1 (10/17/2008 AirOS v3.2 SP)
- fixed webping
- fixed WPA/WPA2 AES
- fixed WEB UI redirection to WAN IP in Router mode
- fixed DMZ enable/disable issue
- fixed DHCP Server netmask issue
- fixed random reboot after apply changes in STAWDS mode
- added RTSP, PPTP/GRE and Local NAT support in Router mode
- allow DNS Proxy by default if DHCP Server is disabled in Router mode
- allow DNS Proxy be on/off if DHCP Server is enabled in Router mode
- allow 11A static turbo(40MHz) mode in 5.470-5.725 GHz outdoor band for
AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, GERMANY, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, MALTA, NETHERLANDS,
SWITZERLAND and UNITED KINGDOM
- allow dotted netmask format for routes configuration section
- improved 11A static turbo(40MHz) mode
- improved connected clients information page
- improved Auto ACK
Version 3.2 (09/11/2008 AirOS 3.2)
--------------------------------------
- added IP Aliasing
Version 3.2-rc3 (08/25/2008 AirOS RC3)
--------------------------------------
- added Firewall rules to FORWARD chain as well
- added read only user to view signal aligment and dhcp leases tools
- fixed channels lists with shifted channels for country codes
that have more than 128 channels
Version 3.2-rc2 (08/07/2008 AirOS RC2)
--------------------------------------
- added check on MAC address for WDS peers in GUI
- added report signal/CCQ to winbox in AP modes
- fixed DMZ management port
- fixed random lost of connection after Site Survey in AP modes
- fixed RX rates reporting in GUI
- improved to not probe active stations too often
- improved WDS modes
Version 3.2-beta (07/30/2008 AirOS multiuser)
---------------------------------------------
- added read-only user to access main status page
- added possibility to on/off LAN/WLAN network
- added 14 channel support in 11g mode under "Compliance Test" country code
- fixed ACK timeout distance range check in GUI
- fixed ssh/scp issues
- fixed configuration download issue
- fixed channel switching after Site Survey in AP mode
- fixed WDS connection issues
- fixed scan in WDS mode
Version 3.1.1 (07/25/2008 AirOS update)
-------------------------------------------
- fixed APWDS loop recovery issues
Version 3.1 (07/23/2008 AirOS firewall/DFS)
-------------------------------------------
- improved WPA/WPA2 support
- improved wireless driver stability/performance
- added DFS on/off support for 5GHz
- added port range support in port forwarding rules
- added firewall support (IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP) in bridge and router modes
- added IPP2P firewall support in router mode
- added simple Firewall/Port Forwarding status reporting
- added traffic bursting support
- added Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) support in bridge mode
- added graphical throughput representation
- added SSH server/client support
- added initial local/remote syslog support
- added Hostname in DHCP request
- added configurable extra reporting (aka addmtikie) on Advanced settings in Web UI
- added PPP connection status reporting
- added PPP manual reconnect support through Web UI
- added 802.1x support in STA mode
- added Secure Copy (SCP) support
- added title on each Web page - HOST_NAME -- PAGE_NAME [BOARD_TYPE]
- allow excluding device Web Management Port in DMZ scenario
- allow leading spaces in SSID
- allow all printable character in host name
- allow configuring HTTP/HTTPS, Telnet, SSH ports through Web UI
- allow changing Administrator user name through Web UI
- allow changing PPPoE MTU/MRU
- fixed WDS + WPA/WPA2 issues
- fixed random channel jumping AP + WPA/WPA2 mode
- fixed DHCP server lease time in GUI
- fixed noise floor reporting through SNMP
- fixed problem in AP+WPA/WPA2 with default route loosing
- fixed "Lock To AP MAC" ignorance in STA+WPA/WPA2 modes
- fixed VLAN pass through and manual VLAN support
- fixed wireless client roaming through AP+WDS nodes
- fixed DHCP Server and Static IP coexistence issue
- fixed SNMP reporting for signal level, manufacturer name OIDs
- fixed other small Web UI issues
- fixed memory leak in the system
- fixed AP + WDS compatibility with mtik STA + WDS
- fixed routes that are provided by DHCP server but are not on the same subnet as issued IP address
Version 3.0 (04/24/2008 AirOS update)
-------------------------------------
- AirOS artwork
- Multi language (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese simplified, Czech) support in Web UI
- single firmware for LS2/PS2/NS2 (for firmwares >3.0 version)
- single firmware for LS5/PS5/NS5 (for firmwares >3.0 version)
- added port forwarding support
- added MAC access list configuration
- added selectable list of channels to be scanned
- added more channels on 5Ghz when using half/quarter rates
- added possibility to specify DHCP Fallback IP
- added NTP client
- added PPPoE MPPE support
- added multicast routing support
- added possibility to specify default gateway from other network space
- added possibility to strictly specify TKIP or CCMP for WPA2 or WPA security
- added WPA/WPA2 EAP-TTLS-MSCHAPV2 in Station mode
- added possibility for 5GHz associations to hidden SSID
- introduced shifted frequency support
- introduced site survey in AP mode
- fixed signal level/noise level reportings for low signal environments
- fixed Station WDS mode compatibility with Mtik AP-bridge WDS issue
- more stability fixes for WPA/WPA2 in station mode
- EWMA is used as default rate algorithm (after reset to factory defaults)
- ACK timeout calculation is more accurate
- improved link reliability
- fixed NS5 max Tx power limit
- improved WDS link restoration speed after reboot
- fixed DHCP server netmask
- fixed PPPoE reconnection and MTU/MRU
- improved ping watchdog
- reduced the bootup duration
- faster firmware update procedure (again, for firmwares >3.0)
- removed Mtik pre-2.9.25 proprietary extensions
- changed signal LED Thresholds to dBm instead of RSSI
- HTTP/HTTPS switching fix
- GUI logout feature added (doesn't work for Opera and Safari though, sorry)
Version 2.2.1 (02/15/08 WPA/WPA2 update)
----------------------------------------
- AutoACK is enabled by default (after reset to factory defaults)
- fixed 1Gbit switch compatibility issue (too large packet flow)
- allow '$' character in WPA key
- fixed Tx CCQ calculation adjustment for fixed rates
- fixed EWMA max auto rate support
- fixed ebtable setup for WPA/WPA2
Version 2.2 (01/11/08 Full AP WDS support)
------------------------------------------
NOTE: disabled PowerStation2 downgrade to 2.1.x firmwares!
- added full AP WDS support
- improved Ethernet driver (fixes negotiation issues)
- station Bridge is now capable to bridge VLAN packets
- improved Station List web UI for AP mode (more stats)
- RSSI updating is more accurate in antenna alignment utility
- RX Rate now reports only rate of the received unicast packets
- more robustness improvements for low signal connections
- fixed PPPoE DNS retrieval
- improved connection statistic reporting
- improved discovery agent
- improved SNMP agent responsiveness (enabled caching)
- added partial Mikrotik MIB support for SNMP agent (to display signal statistics in Dude)
- added Tx CCQ display in Main page
- added Web Tools:
- traceroute
- ping
- throughput test
- DHCP client info with Renew capability
- added Secondary DNS support
- added MAC Clone type station bridging (bridges single computer/device)
- added HTTPS support for management via web UI
- added telnetd for command line access
- added autogenerated IP aliases, based on MAC address
- added ability to specify data rates for multicast packets
- added DMZ setup possibility for router mode
- added wireless client isolation support
- added EWMA rate algorithm (also known as minstrel)
- default rate algorithm set to Conservative (after reset to factory defaults)
Version 2.1.9 (07/24/07 PS2/LS2 Tranzeo compatibility)
------------------------------------------------------
- disabled 802.11h headers, as Tranzeo is choking on them
Version 2.1.8 (07/18/07 PPPoE fix)
----------------------------------------------
- fixed PPPoE traffic NAT in routing mode (network reconfiguration is required to trigger the fix)
- fixed broadcast address assigning for complex netmasks
Version 2.1.7 (07/04/07 Connection robustness)
----------------------------------------------
- improved connection robustness (targeted mostly for signals @ -85dBm)
Version 2.1.6 (07/02/07 PowerStation2 TX power fix)
---------------------------------------------------
- fixed PowerStation TX Power offset handling
Version 2.1 (05/05/07 Basic Access Point)
-----------------------------------------
- added basic Access Point mode support
- added basic Access Point WDS mode (currently works with LS Station-WDS mode)
- added automatic ACK timeout adjustment (a.k.a. dynamic-ACK) - works best
in Station mode now
- display current ACK timeout value in Main page
- added ability to backup/restore device configuration (on workstations)
- added ability to specify DNS server for static IP address settings
- added simple wireless traffic shaping
- added WPA2 as selectable wireless security algorithm
- added configurable thresholds for Signal Strength LEDs
- added possibility to change the host name (useful for SNMP monitoring)
- fixed issue in DHCP client + WPA encryption combination on Station mode
- fixed issue of WPA associations with hidden SSID Access Points
Version 2.0 (04/06/07 Router-Mode CPE)
--------------------------------------
- added router mode (Ethernet to WLAN) support with:
- simple NAT (masquerade-style)
- DHCP server
- PPPoE client
- added SNMP agent (tinysnmp) for monitoring:
- IEEE802dot11-MIB (wireless stats)
- IF-MIB (network interface stats)
- FROGFOOT-RESOURCES-MIB (system status)
- added Station-WDS mode support (as alternative to current station-bridging)
- includes experimental support for Mikrotik WDS Access Points
- added ability to choose wireless rate algorithms:
- optimistic ("sample" algorithm)
- conservative ("ONOE" algorithm)
- improved radio antenna handling - it doesn't attempt probing secondary
antenna over time, as LiteStations have single antenna
- reduced configuration saving time when applying new settings
Version 1.5 (02/09/07 Third Party Firmware Support)
---------------------------------------------------
- bootloader upgrade:
- properly handle 16MB RAM support
- support kernel LZMA compression
- enhanced firmware recovery routines
- Signal LEDs are blinking during firmware upgrade/recovery to indicate progress
- Added support for Third Party firmware upgrade (OpenWRT,IkarusOS)
- Ready LED is lit and gratuitous ARP is sent when device has fully started
Version 1.3.1 (12/28/06 1.3-bugfix release)
-------------------------------------------
- fix for half/quarter rate associations
- fix for ping-watchdog startup crash
Version 1.3 (12/22/06 RELEASE)
------------------------------
- Ping-style watchdog
- Show LAN cable state in "Main" page
- Show MAC address of the Access Point LiteStation is connected to
- Show traffic received/transmitted on WLAN and LAN interfaces
- Improved WEB page responsiveness
- ARP table information accessible from "Main" page
- Bridge table information accessible from "Main" page
Version 1.2 (11/28/06 RELEASE)
------------------------------
- Quarter/Half/Full (5/10/20 MHz) aka "Cloaking" modes supported
- Fix for infrastructure network operation
- Frequency reporting fix
- Hidden SSID's now shown in Site Survey
- "Preferred BSSID" field added to Link Setup page
- RTS enabled wrong data rate problem fixed
Version 1.1 (10/06 RELEASE)
---------------------------
- Better DHCP functionality across multiple platforms.
- Signal Strength LED Shift for better reporting of lower signal levels
- Faster RSSI refresh for antenna alignment
- Improved PPPoE pass-through support
- Tighter accuracy of TX Power adjustment
* PowerStation
* LiteStation
* NanoStation
* MiniStation
* WispStation
* NanoStation Loco
* Bullet
* AP1000
====================================================================
Version 3.2.2 (11/13/2008 AirOS v3.2 SP)
- fixed long association time with very large AP count.
- fixed incomplete AP list with very large AP count.
- performance improvements for auto rate and auto ACK timeout
- performance improvements for WDS
- popup help for link options
- support for additional product lines (see list in header above)
Version 3.2.1 (10/17/2008 AirOS v3.2 SP)
- fixed webping
- fixed WPA/WPA2 AES
- fixed WEB UI redirection to WAN IP in Router mode
- fixed DMZ enable/disable issue
- fixed DHCP Server netmask issue
- fixed random reboot after apply changes in STAWDS mode
- added RTSP, PPTP/GRE and Local NAT support in Router mode
- allow DNS Proxy by default if DHCP Server is disabled in Router mode
- allow DNS Proxy be on/off if DHCP Server is enabled in Router mode
- allow 11A static turbo(40MHz) mode in 5.470-5.725 GHz outdoor band for
AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, GERMANY, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, MALTA, NETHERLANDS,
SWITZERLAND and UNITED KINGDOM
- allow dotted netmask format for routes configuration section
- improved 11A static turbo(40MHz) mode
- improved connected clients information page
- improved Auto ACK
Version 3.2 (09/11/2008 AirOS 3.2)
--------------------------------------
- added IP Aliasing
Version 3.2-rc3 (08/25/2008 AirOS RC3)
--------------------------------------
- added Firewall rules to FORWARD chain as well
- added read only user to view signal aligment and dhcp leases tools
- fixed channels lists with shifted channels for country codes
that have more than 128 channels
Version 3.2-rc2 (08/07/2008 AirOS RC2)
--------------------------------------
- added check on MAC address for WDS peers in GUI
- added report signal/CCQ to winbox in AP modes
- fixed DMZ management port
- fixed random lost of connection after Site Survey in AP modes
- fixed RX rates reporting in GUI
- improved to not probe active stations too often
- improved WDS modes
Version 3.2-beta (07/30/2008 AirOS multiuser)
---------------------------------------------
- added read-only user to access main status page
- added possibility to on/off LAN/WLAN network
- added 14 channel support in 11g mode under "Compliance Test" country code
- fixed ACK timeout distance range check in GUI
- fixed ssh/scp issues
- fixed configuration download issue
- fixed channel switching after Site Survey in AP mode
- fixed WDS connection issues
- fixed scan in WDS mode
Version 3.1.1 (07/25/2008 AirOS update)
-------------------------------------------
- fixed APWDS loop recovery issues
Version 3.1 (07/23/2008 AirOS firewall/DFS)
-------------------------------------------
- improved WPA/WPA2 support
- improved wireless driver stability/performance
- added DFS on/off support for 5GHz
- added port range support in port forwarding rules
- added firewall support (IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP) in bridge and router modes
- added IPP2P firewall support in router mode
- added simple Firewall/Port Forwarding status reporting
- added traffic bursting support
- added Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) support in bridge mode
- added graphical throughput representation
- added SSH server/client support
- added initial local/remote syslog support
- added Hostname in DHCP request
- added configurable extra reporting (aka addmtikie) on Advanced settings in Web UI
- added PPP connection status reporting
- added PPP manual reconnect support through Web UI
- added 802.1x support in STA mode
- added Secure Copy (SCP) support
- added title on each Web page - HOST_NAME -- PAGE_NAME [BOARD_TYPE]
- allow excluding device Web Management Port in DMZ scenario
- allow leading spaces in SSID
- allow all printable character in host name
- allow configuring HTTP/HTTPS, Telnet, SSH ports through Web UI
- allow changing Administrator user name through Web UI
- allow changing PPPoE MTU/MRU
- fixed WDS + WPA/WPA2 issues
- fixed random channel jumping AP + WPA/WPA2 mode
- fixed DHCP server lease time in GUI
- fixed noise floor reporting through SNMP
- fixed problem in AP+WPA/WPA2 with default route loosing
- fixed "Lock To AP MAC" ignorance in STA+WPA/WPA2 modes
- fixed VLAN pass through and manual VLAN support
- fixed wireless client roaming through AP+WDS nodes
- fixed DHCP Server and Static IP coexistence issue
- fixed SNMP reporting for signal level, manufacturer name OIDs
- fixed other small Web UI issues
- fixed memory leak in the system
- fixed AP + WDS compatibility with mtik STA + WDS
- fixed routes that are provided by DHCP server but are not on the same subnet as issued IP address
Version 3.0 (04/24/2008 AirOS update)
-------------------------------------
- AirOS artwork
- Multi language (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese simplified, Czech) support in Web UI
- single firmware for LS2/PS2/NS2 (for firmwares >3.0 version)
- single firmware for LS5/PS5/NS5 (for firmwares >3.0 version)
- added port forwarding support
- added MAC access list configuration
- added selectable list of channels to be scanned
- added more channels on 5Ghz when using half/quarter rates
- added possibility to specify DHCP Fallback IP
- added NTP client
- added PPPoE MPPE support
- added multicast routing support
- added possibility to specify default gateway from other network space
- added possibility to strictly specify TKIP or CCMP for WPA2 or WPA security
- added WPA/WPA2 EAP-TTLS-MSCHAPV2 in Station mode
- added possibility for 5GHz associations to hidden SSID
- introduced shifted frequency support
- introduced site survey in AP mode
- fixed signal level/noise level reportings for low signal environments
- fixed Station WDS mode compatibility with Mtik AP-bridge WDS issue
- more stability fixes for WPA/WPA2 in station mode
- EWMA is used as default rate algorithm (after reset to factory defaults)
- ACK timeout calculation is more accurate
- improved link reliability
- fixed NS5 max Tx power limit
- improved WDS link restoration speed after reboot
- fixed DHCP server netmask
- fixed PPPoE reconnection and MTU/MRU
- improved ping watchdog
- reduced the bootup duration
- faster firmware update procedure (again, for firmwares >3.0)
- removed Mtik pre-2.9.25 proprietary extensions
- changed signal LED Thresholds to dBm instead of RSSI
- HTTP/HTTPS switching fix
- GUI logout feature added (doesn't work for Opera and Safari though, sorry)
Version 2.2.1 (02/15/08 WPA/WPA2 update)
----------------------------------------
- AutoACK is enabled by default (after reset to factory defaults)
- fixed 1Gbit switch compatibility issue (too large packet flow)
- allow '$' character in WPA key
- fixed Tx CCQ calculation adjustment for fixed rates
- fixed EWMA max auto rate support
- fixed ebtable setup for WPA/WPA2
Version 2.2 (01/11/08 Full AP WDS support)
------------------------------------------
NOTE: disabled PowerStation2 downgrade to 2.1.x firmwares!
- added full AP WDS support
- improved Ethernet driver (fixes negotiation issues)
- station Bridge is now capable to bridge VLAN packets
- improved Station List web UI for AP mode (more stats)
- RSSI updating is more accurate in antenna alignment utility
- RX Rate now reports only rate of the received unicast packets
- more robustness improvements for low signal connections
- fixed PPPoE DNS retrieval
- improved connection statistic reporting
- improved discovery agent
- improved SNMP agent responsiveness (enabled caching)
- added partial Mikrotik MIB support for SNMP agent (to display signal statistics in Dude)
- added Tx CCQ display in Main page
- added Web Tools:
- traceroute
- ping
- throughput test
- DHCP client info with Renew capability
- added Secondary DNS support
- added MAC Clone type station bridging (bridges single computer/device)
- added HTTPS support for management via web UI
- added telnetd for command line access
- added autogenerated IP aliases, based on MAC address
- added ability to specify data rates for multicast packets
- added DMZ setup possibility for router mode
- added wireless client isolation support
- added EWMA rate algorithm (also known as minstrel)
- default rate algorithm set to Conservative (after reset to factory defaults)
Version 2.1.9 (07/24/07 PS2/LS2 Tranzeo compatibility)
------------------------------------------------------
- disabled 802.11h headers, as Tranzeo is choking on them
Version 2.1.8 (07/18/07 PPPoE fix)
----------------------------------------------
- fixed PPPoE traffic NAT in routing mode (network reconfiguration is required to trigger the fix)
- fixed broadcast address assigning for complex netmasks
Version 2.1.7 (07/04/07 Connection robustness)
----------------------------------------------
- improved connection robustness (targeted mostly for signals @ -85dBm)
Version 2.1.6 (07/02/07 PowerStation2 TX power fix)
---------------------------------------------------
- fixed PowerStation TX Power offset handling
Version 2.1 (05/05/07 Basic Access Point)
-----------------------------------------
- added basic Access Point mode support
- added basic Access Point WDS mode (currently works with LS Station-WDS mode)
- added automatic ACK timeout adjustment (a.k.a. dynamic-ACK) - works best
in Station mode now
- display current ACK timeout value in Main page
- added ability to backup/restore device configuration (on workstations)
- added ability to specify DNS server for static IP address settings
- added simple wireless traffic shaping
- added WPA2 as selectable wireless security algorithm
- added configurable thresholds for Signal Strength LEDs
- added possibility to change the host name (useful for SNMP monitoring)
- fixed issue in DHCP client + WPA encryption combination on Station mode
- fixed issue of WPA associations with hidden SSID Access Points
Version 2.0 (04/06/07 Router-Mode CPE)
--------------------------------------
- added router mode (Ethernet to WLAN) support with:
- simple NAT (masquerade-style)
- DHCP server
- PPPoE client
- added SNMP agent (tinysnmp) for monitoring:
- IEEE802dot11-MIB (wireless stats)
- IF-MIB (network interface stats)
- FROGFOOT-RESOURCES-MIB (system status)
- added Station-WDS mode support (as alternative to current station-bridging)
- includes experimental support for Mikrotik WDS Access Points
- added ability to choose wireless rate algorithms:
- optimistic ("sample" algorithm)
- conservative ("ONOE" algorithm)
- improved radio antenna handling - it doesn't attempt probing secondary
antenna over time, as LiteStations have single antenna
- reduced configuration saving time when applying new settings
Version 1.5 (02/09/07 Third Party Firmware Support)
---------------------------------------------------
- bootloader upgrade:
- properly handle 16MB RAM support
- support kernel LZMA compression
- enhanced firmware recovery routines
- Signal LEDs are blinking during firmware upgrade/recovery to indicate progress
- Added support for Third Party firmware upgrade (OpenWRT,IkarusOS)
- Ready LED is lit and gratuitous ARP is sent when device has fully started
Version 1.3.1 (12/28/06 1.3-bugfix release)
-------------------------------------------
- fix for half/quarter rate associations
- fix for ping-watchdog startup crash
Version 1.3 (12/22/06 RELEASE)
------------------------------
- Ping-style watchdog
- Show LAN cable state in "Main" page
- Show MAC address of the Access Point LiteStation is connected to
- Show traffic received/transmitted on WLAN and LAN interfaces
- Improved WEB page responsiveness
- ARP table information accessible from "Main" page
- Bridge table information accessible from "Main" page
Version 1.2 (11/28/06 RELEASE)
------------------------------
- Quarter/Half/Full (5/10/20 MHz) aka "Cloaking" modes supported
- Fix for infrastructure network operation
- Frequency reporting fix
- Hidden SSID's now shown in Site Survey
- "Preferred BSSID" field added to Link Setup page
- RTS enabled wrong data rate problem fixed
Version 1.1 (10/06 RELEASE)
---------------------------
- Better DHCP functionality across multiple platforms.
- Signal Strength LED Shift for better reporting of lower signal levels
- Faster RSSI refresh for antenna alignment
- Improved PPPoE pass-through support
- Tighter accuracy of TX Power adjustment
