2.8.18

smile787

new is out

txwwy

what new?

txwwy

What's new in v2.8.18:*) added - work around for motorola VoIP and Canopy RFC DHCP incompatibility;*) fixed - snmp was not returning status information about     wireless interfaces in station-wds mode;*) added - new realm attribute to RADIUS;*) added - statefull encryption in PPPoE is now more tolerant to   packet loss;*) fixed - dhcp relay not to loose unknown DHCP options;*) fixed - WDS disconnect/reconnect;*) fixed - create-certificate-request command was truncating input fields that   contained whitespace;What's new in v2.8.17:*) added - Atheros cards are checked for b/g and a band support;*) added - report Atheros chip info;*) fixed problem - AR5211 in station mode would rarely disconnect;*) fixed problem - Prism cards could not connect to B/G Atheros;*) added - periodic-calibration setting for Atheros 5211&5212/13;What's new in v2.8.16:*) fixed problem - Atheros did not work with 2.3Ghz;*) fixed problem - PPPoE client did not work with some DSLs;*) fixed problem - wireless was performing slower then could;*) fixed problem - console crashed when saving backup from a script;*) do not allow more than one serial-terminal on a single port;*) fixed problem - only 17 eoip interfaces were kept after reboot;What's new in v2.8.15:*) fixed problem - winbox crashes if "/ip routes" is opened;What's new in v2.8.14:*) added nstreme protocol to wireless;*) added Atheros periodic calibration;*) added power saving workaround to wireless;*) added Atheros hardware encryption support;*) added AES encryption support to wireless;*) added WebDAV support for hotspot http proxy;*) fixed problem - PPTP, PPTP and PPPoE did not favour    require-encryption if RADIUS server did not provide encryption keys;*) fixed problem - "/ppp print stats" did not show user names and    accounting data;*) fixed problem - enabling/disabling simple queues could cause kernel panics   under heavy loads;What's new in v2.8.13:*) fixed problem - PPTP and PPPoE Windows client could disconnect   after about 15 minutes;*) fixed bridge after reboot proxy-arp problem;*) fixed crash when bridging fragmented VLAN packets;What's new in v2.8.12:*) fixed L2TP server - server could not accept more then one tunnel   from the same address but with different UDP ports;*) fixed e-mail sender;*) reduced sector writes by dhcp server;*) fixed bug - console safe mode and setup was not working with HyperTerminal.     now ^[c sequence is not sent to terminal more often than once per 30       seconds;*) changed in console - prompt for netmask when no netmask is specified in     '/ip address add' command. Previously default netmask was 0;*) added support for Moxa CP-168U;*) added wds-ignore-ssid setting for wireless;*) fixed signal and noise display for Orinoco cards;*) fixed proxy-arp bug for wireless after reboot;*) VLAN over WDS allowed;What's new in v2.8.11:*) fixed dns cache - will query other dns server if one returns 'server   failure';*) fixed bug - NATing (masquerading) of TFTP data could lead to   router crash;*) fixed some Atheros WDS disconnect problems;What's new in v2.8.10:*) fixed bug - ospf was not becoming designated router on interface     after it's state changed to non-running and back.*) serial console is not restarted every time "/port set" command for     console port is used, but only if port settings are actually     changed.*) added keepalive-timeout to PPTP server;*) added in console 'do' and 'once' arguments to 'torch' and some     other commands;*) changed in console - referencing undefined variable now returns     empty value instead of aborting script with error;*) fixed problem with file corruption immediately after installation;*) fixed - L2TP static connection username got cleared on reboot;What's new in v2.8.9:*) fixed certificate private key decryption.      Keys marked with 'Q' flag cannot be decrypted if they were imported by any       previous version. Remove them and import again.     Decrypted private keys (marked with 'K' flag) will still work with this       version.     After using 'reset-certificate-cache' command or restoring backup you can       try 'decrypt' command, and if it doesn't work (keys       still have 'Q' flag after you enter correct pass-phrase for 'decrypt'       command) you will have to remove and import them again.*) changed - dns cache - does no log warning message at all since windows 2003   dns server responds pretty inconsistently*) fixed - dns cache - entries in cache were not aging*) added feature - new RADIUS attribute Rate-Limit for PPP (all types);*) fixed WDS problems with hidden SSID;*) updated network drivers;*) fixed "system reset";*) added World-Mode support for Cisco-Aironet cards;*) fixed - WinBox got disconnected sometimes;What's new in v2.8.8:*) improved - proxy - compatibility of hotspot proxy;*) changed  - dns cache - will not log a lot of 'server does not allow    recursive request' when working with windows 2003 dns server as parent;*) fixed - queues - queues in the tree could incorrectly show up invalid;*) fixed - PPPoE session listing - may showed disconnected session;*) fixed - PPP (all types) RADIUS accounting - accounting stop message    sometimes has zeros for accounting data;*) fixed  - dynamic ack timeout - sometimes would use max time incorrectly;What's new in v2.8.7:*) improved handling of stale PPPoE sessions;*) fixed reliability of web-proxy;*) improved SSL handling for www server;*) fixed bugs - DNS cache improved on TCP requests or when   caching nonexisting names. Improved cleanup performance;*) updated Atheros 5212 supported channel list;*) improved setup in console;What's new in v2.8.6:*) added support for RealTek RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet;*) fixed bug - PPPoE queues on active interfaces could get lost with   some clients;*) fixed bug - PPPoE server could stop serving when dynamic interface   is removed at wrong time;*) fixed bug - PPPoE one-session-per-host did not allways limit number of sessions    from one host;*) changed p2p firewall matcher - winmx protocol matcher fixed;*) fixed bug - some packages weren't upgraded on upgrade if more    than one version of system package was uploaded;*) fixed bug - did not report failure on upgrade (upgrade did not happen)   if broken packages were uploaded;*) fixed bug - CPU usage could get 100% after connecting to the router   via WinBox in secure mode;*) added initial DFS and radar-detection for wireless;*) wireless in station mode now uses access-list to choose AP;*) improved CPU usage for Atheros cards;*) fixed bug - MPPE (in PPTP and PPPoE) could stop receiving data after   a while;*) LEDs support for atheros;*) fixed Atheros AP to accept Prism clients when ack-timeout is dynamic;*) improved support for WDS;*) fixed Prism "ghost" clients problem;What's new in v2.8.5:*) fixed hotspot proxy to work with hotmail;*) fixed bug - PPPoE could leave old IP addresses, queues and firewall   rules;*) added firewall connection limit matcher;*) router beeps twice after startup;*) added Copy&Paste to WinBox Terminal;*) WinBox now runs in Linux under Wine;*) fixed bug - could not select A/G wireless rates in WinBox;*) fixed bug - WinBox crashed when stopping "Ping Speed";*) fixed bug - mikrotik packet packer could crash kernel;*) fixed bug - universal client did not reset idle-timeout on hotspot    keepalive requests in arp=no-arp mode;*) fixed bug - PPP, PPTP, PPPoE, L2TP servers could not authenticate    users with empty passwords via MS-CHAPv1 and MS-CHAPv2;*) changed the way how 1 minute CPU load average is computed -   makes SNMP reading more similar to console and winbox;What's new in v2.8.4:*) improved SSL handling for www server;*) added support for TFTP NAT;*) serial console does not lock up on wrong baudrates;*) changed SNMP hrStorageAllocationUnits to 1024 - hdd and ram is   reported in kilobytes now;*) changed no-ping-delay to ping-start-after-boot;What's new in v2.8.3:*) fixed bug - web-proxy did not work with RAM size < 42MB;*) fixed traffic counting for WDS;*) allow to run only one sup-output command at a time;*) added no-ping-delay feature to system watchdog;*) fixed prism transmit rate in station mode;*) fixed bug - ISDN dial on demand did not work sometimes;What's new in v2.8.2:*) fixed bug - SNMP reported sysUpTime in seconds;*) asynchronous PPP now works with modems a little bit better;*) added support for GSM/GPRS GlobeTrotter PCMCIA modem;*) fixed bug - PPP MSCHAP (v1 and v2) authentication did not work with   passwords longer then 8 characters;*) fixed bug - could not added queue type in WinBox;What's new in v2.8.1:*) limited amount of memory web-proxy can use;*) changed dns cache - now treats all queries as recursive (needed to make        dst natted queries work);*) fixed dns cache - generates truncated packets correctly;*) fixed dns cache - could store same but different case records;*) added support for 3com AR5212 based card;*) fixed bug - routerboard health was showing negative temperature as   a big positive number;*) fixed bug - rip did non propagate some routes;*) changed web-proxy to require 15MB of RAM per 1GB of cache;*) fixed bug - hotspot was unable to limit bandwidth for shared users;*) changed web-proxy to always listen on all ip addresses;*) fixed bug - snmp reported ifHCInUcastPkts as always 0;*) added snmp support for routerboard health values;*) fixed SBE (LMC) interface licese issue;*) fixed bug - firewall statistics were wrong in WinBox;*) fixed bug - wireless interface status was wrong in WinBox;*) fixed bug - wireless interface rate selectiong was wrong in WinBox;*) fixed bug - hotspot walled-garden rules could not be reordered in WinBox;*) fixed bug - wireless interface could disappear on upgrade sometimes;*) fixed bug - L2TP client did not try to reconnect on lost link;*) L2TP server reports AT-Called-Number and AT-Calling-Number (received   from its peer);*) asynchronous PPP client tone-dial argument has changed in to   dial-command (to support GSM modems);*) asynchronous PPP supports multiple initialization commands;*) improved power-saving clients handling in wireless;What's new in v2.8:*) fixed bug - simple queue tx/rx limits got inversed on change;*) fixed bug - ISDN client dial-on-demand did not work with 128k mode;What's new in v2.8rc7:*) added support for Broadcom BCM4401 ethernet adapter;*) fixed bug - MS-CHAPv2 authentication did not work correctly with    RADIUS;*) fixed maximum frame size for AR5211 & AR5210 that can be used   with fast-frames*) fixed bugs - when quitting console editor with C-x, some   fields were set to blank, also no error messages were shown;*) changed console editor quit key to C-cWhat's new in v2.8rc6:*) new interface aggregate-monitor command;*) fixed AR5211 minimum ack-timeout;*) added fast-frames feature to wireless;*) added burst-time setting to Atheros wirelessWhat's new in v2.8rc5:*) added bridge STP configuration;*) fixed kernel crash with PPPoE server and client;*) fixed bug - sometimes PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP server interfaces did not   disappear after user disconnected;*) fixed bug - PPP server sometimes didn't accept incoming calls;*) fixed bug - PPPoE server encryption got out of sync with small    packets in statefull mode;*) fixed bug - masquerading didn't work on multihop routes;*) fixed bug - some text fields in WinBox (under Windows98) were too   short;*) fixed many ospf issues;*) added edit command throughout the console;*) added system note feature;*) fixed dhcp server to accept requests with no udp checksum;*) fixed bug - all active ppp users disappear after removing one of them;*) added support for Mikrotik-Recv-Limit & Mikrotik-Xmit-Limit for ppp   users;What's new in v2.8rc4:*) added support for VIA Rhine Gigabit ethernet cards;*) added support for Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx Gigabit   ethernet cards;*) fixed web-proxy access list to handle correctly dst-port of 0;*) fixed console pager scrolling;*) disabled ^S/^Q flow control in console (Ctrl-S key doesn't stop   console anymore);*) changed login prompt backspace key code from ^? to ^H;*) fixed bug - ISDN client established only one 64k link (even if asked    for 128k);*) fixed bug - PPPoE server crashed sometimes when removing PPPoE static   interface;*) fixed bug - L2TP server crashed sometimes when removing L2TP static   interface;*) dns cache logs error message if dns server does not allow recursive   requests;*) added support for USB keyboard in installation;*) fixed bug - OEM branding disappeared after upgrade;*) fixed bug - bridge + pppoe was not working properlyWhat's new in v2.8rc3:*) fixed bug - vrrp on startup was not loading configuration properly*) fixed bug - bridge firewall did not work;*) fixed ISDN resource leakage;*) fixed pasting much text into console - sometimes blocks of input were   discarded;*) fixed dns cache crash;*) fixed bug - WDS did not work with Prism interfaces;*) fixed bug - ppp active list had stale users if user disconnected at   wrong time;*) fixed bug - DHCP static lease bandwith limitation tx and rx rates   were swapped;*) added support for static PPPoE server interface;*) scripts can now have ftp permition - could not write to file from script   because it required ftp permition;What's new in v2.8rc2:*) added deny action to hotspot walled garden;*) fixed SNMP wireless signal statistics;*) fixed bug - dns cache occasionaly crashed when resolving negative   records;*) added - can specify tx/rx rate for dhcp static leases that adds   simple queue;*) fixed bug - synchronous interfaces could not receive data;*) fixed bug - PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP server crashed sometimes;*) fixed bug - remote logging did not work;*) updated ethernet bridge;*) fixed bug - specified MTU for PPP interfaces was not used in TCP MSS   calculation;*) fixed bug - could not remove PPPoE, PPTP clients;*) fixed bug - special-login was not working in a previous release;*) changed simple queue position in routers packet flow - simple queues   together with src-nat and dst-nat should work properly;*) fixed bug - hotspot crash was possible if keepalive-timeout is used;*) fixed bug - universal client did not work on currently added bridge   and vlan interfaces;*) interface monitor can show aggregate traffic;What's new in v2.8rc1:*) removed write to disk in some conditions;*) added RADIUS MAC authentication for wireless;*) web proxy now allows underscores in dns names;*) added scan command for wireless;*) fixed invalid static arp entry issueWhat's new in v2.8beta12:*) added dump to file command key in console pager;*) fixed periodical spikes in traffic monitor;*) fixed few minor bugs in console print command;*) license update/upgrade utility moved from security to system package;*) fixed bug - changing clock corrupted ospf link state ages;*) improved www proxy speed for hotspot users;*) fixed reboot problem on upgrading system package when ntp package   is installed;*) Prism moved to common wireless directory;*) Prism uploads fixed version secondary firmware if primary allows;*) Prism and Atheros have signal strength translated to dBm;*) Atheros 5211 and 5212 now use antenna-mode setting (5210 and Prism   ignores it);*) added check-status command for dhcp server busy leases;*) added WEP support for Prism cards;*) fixed hotspot login to work when other programs on client's computer   generate http requests;*) added support for Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet cards;*) fixed bug - old packages were

0779hjj

2.8.17