What’s new in 2.9.51:
*) graphing - fixed bug;
*) fixed bug - user manager database in-use counter was wrong
for database size over 21 MB;
*) fixed p2p - bandwidth shaping on ARES P2P traffic was not working properly;
*) fixed bug - dhcp server failed to give out options with code > 127;
*) fixed bug - r8169 could crash the router after some time;
*) graphing - bugfixes; health section restored;
*) user manager - fixed security bug in user page;
*) user manager - fixed ampersand bug;
*) user manager - fixed bug related to download/upload counter overflow
in reports;
What’s new in 2.9.50:
*) nand improvement for RB532A;
What’s new in 2.9.49:
*) nand improvement for RB532A;
*) user manager - fixed bug with accounting creating too many sessions;
What’s new in 2.9.48:
*) fixed vlan on bridge - some firewall features did not work;
*) improved warez/ares p2p protocol matching
*) fixed memory leak in ospf that is triggered by adding/removing a lot of
dynamic interfaces;
*) fixed bug in routing-test package;
*) updated timezone information;
*) user manager - fixed bug for credit extension using PayPal payments;
What’s new in 2.9.47:
*) make external-fdb for station-wds interfaces be disabled when
in auto mode;
What’s new in 2.9.46:
*) added support for Broadcom BCM4401 (B0 & B1);
What’s new in 2.9.45:
*) routing-test -
fixed memory leak;
inside confederations ignore routes with our AS number in AS path,
this fixes looping of routing information inside confederation;
*) calea server supports limited intercept;
*) mac address changing did not work for RB44G (realtek 8169 chip);
*) fixed bug - could not set new-tos in mangle rules from console;
*) realtek 8169 ethernet chip (rb44g) could stop when using vlans
*) user manager - fixed bug for PayPal payments with user data containing
specific characters;
*) implement hw-retries setting for wireless;
What’s new in 2.9.44:
*) fixed support for MTB-134 / Portwell EZIO LCD display;
*) fixed bug - user-manager did not send upload/download limit gigawords
to hotspot server (value was limited to 4.2 GB);
*) fixed bug - hotspot login could fail with “failed to grant access”
under some specific configurations;
*) routing-test - fixed bug introduced in 2.9.43. connected routes could show
wrong interface;
*) routing-test - fixed multipath route displaying
(only one address were displayed for all nexthops);
*) fixed bug - DHCP server did not parse Relay-Agent-Info option 82;
*) fixed PSD matcher in firewall;
*) made Torch to not exlcude non TCP & UDP traffic if no specific port was provided;
*) fixed bug - telephony could crash on incoming ISDN call;
*) fixed bug in ospf - nbma network sometimes lost all ospf routes after
peer flap;
*) PPP will use private address automaticly if remote end has not provided one;
*) added initial calea support
*) user manager - 3-byte char (UTF-8) bugfix;
What’s new in 2.9.43:
*) routing-test - changes that are aimed at increasing perfomance and
reducing memory usage:
limit number of outstanding bgp updates, sending feeds to many peers
uses bounded amount of memory;
*) fixed bug - telephony was crashing whenever voice-port was changed;
*) ups - fixed: program was becoming unresponsive when serial ups was
configured but was not connected;
*) support for full frequency list of Atheros chips;
*) user manager - password not revealed on sign-up;
What’s new in 2.9.42:
*) fixed RouterOS configuration to reset when “Soft Reset” jumper on
RB133C or JP1 on RB532r5 is shorted;
*) webproxy-test - fixed FTP protocol detection;
*) routing-test - fixed bgp crash;
*) fixed wireless sniffer file format;
*) work around bugs in some WPA2 implementations that do not do
proper group key updates;
What’s new in 2.9.41:
*) routing-test - fixed bugs introduced in 2.9.40:
bgp routes were not removed;
was possible to enter busy-loop;
*) fixed RADIUS rate attribute processing in wireless;
*) fixed RSTP protocol version number;
*) certificates - sometimes when importing CA certificate, certificate
cache was reset. Fixed;
*) graphing - incorrect scale legend bugfix for large data amounts;
*) improved support for realtek 8169 chip (routerboard 44G)
*) user manager - added PayPal payment system;
*) user manager - voucher customization bugfix;
*) user manager - user signup bugfix;
What’s new in 2.9.40:
*) ups - fixed resource leak;
*) sped up packet handling when router had a lot of queues;
*) fixed RIP redistribution after an interface down/up (routing-test);
*) fixed in console - print count-only in scripts was crashing console;
*) updated WinBox Loader to v2.2.11;
*) fixed Atheros 5211 channel lists;
*) console - fixed export to escape ‘?’ with ‘\’ in strings;
*) routing-test - improved BGP reload time and memory usage on peer down/up;
*) routing-test - fixed very rare crash, small performance improvement;
*) graphing bugfix - some interface (bridge, wlan) data was dropped on reboot;
*) user manager - voucher customization;
*) user manager - added database save/load/reset actions (from console only);
*) user manager - added Authorize.Net payment system;
*) user manager - prices now stored as decimals;
*) user manager - increased active session count limit for license levels 4 and 5;
*) user manager - object removal confirmation;
*) user manager - CSV files now have header;
*) user manager - popup-blocker workaround for CSV;
*) user manager - close option for active sessions;
*) user manager - reset-counters option for routers;
*) user manager - public-host field for customers;
*) user manager - group field for users;
*) user manager - fixed time-zone bug;
What’s new in 2.9.39:
*) fixed scheduler to notice clock changes;
*) fix for miniRouter ethernet tx stop;
*) improved performance of user-manager;
*) some fixes in USB UPS report handling;
*) fixed line power monitor to also work with USB UPS;
*) added workaround for WinBox freeze under latest Wine;
*) added support for Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 (3G);
*) added support for Novatel Merlin S720 (HSDPA);
*) fixed encrypted link establishment when using nstreme;
What’s new in 2.9.38:
*) fixed unnecessary BGP update sending (when BGP networks were configured);
*) fixed rb100 ethernet driver;
*) fixed hotspot not to allow login at all if WISPr-Session-Terminate-Time
is in past (previously 1s uptime was allowed in this case);
*) console now accepts hexadecimal numbers in more places, fixes bridge
filter mac-protocol import;
What’s new in 2.9.37:
*) fixed rb100 ethernet driver;
*) fixed mkdir to work for Windows XP FTP client;
What’s new in 2.9.36:
*) added GIS/WISPr xml pages for hotspot smart client support;
*) fixed possible routing program crash when using check-gateway;
*) DNS update tool now before updating always deletes any existing DNS
records with the same name;
*) added Event-Timestamp radius attribute in hotspot Accounting messages;
*) realtek 8169 could temporarily be unable to receive packets;
*) fixed bug - PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP server could stop authenticating new users after
RADIUS request timeout;
*) user manager - fixed bug related to IE7 innovations;
*) fixed rb100 ethernet driver;
What’s new in 2.9.35:
*) fixed OSPF daemon configuration - in some case it did not receive
router id and list of interfaces;
*) fixed bug - after configuration change or startup scheduler was delaying
execution of items for 0.5 .. 1.5 times the interval;
*) fixed bug - PPPoE server could lose current state when many clients
are connecting at the same time and when RADIUS server is very slow;
*) fixed possible ethernet lockups on RouterBorad 153
*) user manager - added support for MS-CHAPv1 & MS-CHAPv2 authentication and encryption
key generation, now user manager can authenticate PPTP server clients;
What’s new in 2.9.34:
*) hardware watchdog for RouterBoard 100 series;
*) fixed bug - DHCP server did not work on wireless interfaces
(bug introduced in 2.9.33);
*) user manager - renamed ‘username’ field to ‘name’ under users for
compatibility with hotspot and ppp user export file;
*) fixed bug - PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP server could stop working properly if
RADIUS authentication is used and RADIUS server is slow on responding;
What’s new in 2.9.33:
*) fixed bug - dhcp client could use empty MAC address on vlan over wlan
interface;
*) added support for Option G3 PCMCIA card (Vodafone UMTS);
*) fixed bug - PPPoE server could lock up after reboot if many clients
were connecting at a same time;
*) fixed bug - sometimes ghost ppp users appeared, users have disconnected long ago,
but system still listed them as active;
*) user manager - increased field maxlength in web;
*) user manager - fixed csv generation bug (introduced in 2.9.32);
What’s new in 2.9.32:
*) fixed bug in PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP - rate limiting queue addition failed sometimes;
*) fixed bug in PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP - after reboot 100s of users reconnecting can make
some connections non working;
*) fixed bug in PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP - some logged out users could still be shown in active
ppp users lists, disallowing re-login if only-one is set;
*) speed up WinBox secure mode data transfer rate 2.5 times;
*) notice clock changes made by NTP and adjust GMT offset accordingly;
*) console command “system reset” has been renamed to “system reset-configuration”;
*) user manager - improved object removal performance;
*) user manager - added session and log removal;
*) user manager - user page now requires customer’s public-id;
*) user manager - fixed logout crash bug;
*) user manager - fixed order of dirs in export;
What’s new in 2.9.31:
*) allowed Radius server to change MAC address for DHCP server lease;
*) fixed bug - DHCP server did not parse Relay-Agent-Info option 82 correctly;
*) added support for Subversion to web-proxy;
*) added missing stuff to OSPF in WinBox;
*) added support for Xmit-Limit-Gigawords & Recv-Limit-Gigawords to PPP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP;
*) fixed ghost PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP interfaces - users with the same name
could not login, if such invisible interface existed;
*) fixed route filters in routing-test;
*) fixed bridge mac address issues - affects hotspot on bridge
interfaces;
*) user manager - popout table option toolbar;
*) user manager - draggable windows;
*) user manager - improved unlimited user reports;
*) user manager - correct table refresh on user extend;
*) user manager - search field for tables;
*) user manager - fixed active session limit to work correctly;
*) user manager - fixed cookie bug for Opera browser;
*) user manager - user signup page;
What’s new in 2.9.30:
*) improved webproxy-test performance;
*) fixed support for some Novatel U740 (Wireless HSDPA Modem);
*) added support for D-Link DGE-530T;
*) fixed MS-DNS-Server & MS-WINS-Server address retrieval from RADIUS
for ppps;
*) RADIUS provided Interim-Update takes precedence over user configured one;
*) fixed bug - when upgrading from v2.8.x only system package got upgraded;
*) user manager - logging config for routers;
*) user manager - multi-object actions affect only objects on active page;
*) user manager - popout menu;
*) user manager - multi-page object selection improvements;
What’s new in 2.9.29:
*) fixed webproxy-test cache expiration when only disk cache is used;
*) speed up downloading large files from cache (webproxy-test);
*) fixed a memory leak in routing-test;
*) fixed BGP attributes for static routes in routing-test;
*) user manager - user counter reset
*) user manager - CSV files for user print-pages
*) user manager - fixed web-session timeout bug
*) user manager - fixed permission bugs for user-batch-add
*) user manager - using customer specific date format on web pages
What’s new in 2.9.28:
*) fixed bug - user-manager could crash on RB100 and RB500;
*) fixed bug - hotspot could crash (introduced in 2.9.27);
*) fixed bug - sometimes hotspot login could fail with failure to add queue;
*) fixed bug - file-system cache on RB100 and RB500 was not flushed on reboot
(sometimes “Keep old configuration” on netinstall did corrupt
configuration data);
*) fixed bug - PPP, PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP could not authenticate via MS-CHAPv1 with some
passwords;
*) fixed bug - PPP, PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP on lost carrier did not correctly report disconnect
cause;
*) added support for Broadcom 5753, 5789 and 5704S2 LAN chips;
*) added support for Novatel U730 (Wireless HSDPA Modem);
*) fixed route redistribution with more than one BGP peer (routing-test);
*) fixed bug - sometimes not all routes were removed after BGP peers went down;
*) fixed some crashes in routing-test;
*) added “blackhole” routes (routing-test);
*) added named time zone support;
*) added ‘reset-mac’ command for ethernet interfaces;
*) fixed min-runtime and on-line for APC USB UPS;
*) added support for Recv-Limit-Gigawords and Xmit-Limit-Gigawords
Radius attributes for hotspot;
*) added options for contolling nexthop selection in BGP updates;
*) user manager - added log section to web interface
*) user manager - result message for enable/disable operations improved
*) user manager - added reports for single user
*) user manager - GUI improvements
*) user manager - page for users (statistics, settings)
*) user manager - reports for unlimited users
What’s new in 2.9.27:
*) added WISPr Radius attribute support to hotspot;
*) fixed booter setting damaging on MIPS based routerboards,
bug was introduced in 2.9.18;
*) fixed hotspot to handle lost DHCP leases in a more graceful way;
*) changed serial terminal prefix key to Ctrl-A;
*) fixed special-login;
*) fixed Interface column in WinBox VRRP Table;
*) fixed BGP connection establishment when router ID is not explicitly set;
*) changed webproxy-test logging topics from “webproxy,info” to
“webproxy,account”;
*) ppp client acquires serial port only when dialing in, not immediately;
*) improved vrrp gratuitous arp sending, fixed vrrp enable/disable bug
*) added support for Novatel U740 (Wireless HSDPA Modem);
*) fixed NTLM authentication in webproxy-test;
*) fixed default route distribution in OSPF;
*) fixed graphing bug related to periodic hard disk writes;
*) user manager - user report bugfix
*) user manager - active user sorting bugfix
*) user manager - data table header improved
*) user manager - uptime-limit & rate-limit improvements
*) user manager - javascript popup transparency bugfix for IE
What’s new in 2.9.26:
*) removed support for MMS connection tracking - it did not work as it should;
*) fixed unsetting of ppp secret local and remote addresses;
*) added ping option to ppp active sessions in WinBox;
*) added total statistics for Torch in WinBox;
*) fixed problem with static ARP entries not added after reboot
on the bridge interface;
*) dns cache max tll setting did not apply to negative records;
*) fixed some memory leaks in dns cache;
*) fixed BGP bugs in routing-test;
*) fixed RIP bugs in routing-test;
*) fixed bug - some stale PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP dynamic interfaces were not removed;
*) added logging of ups events;
*) added support for more then 2 USB serial ports;
*) fixed to save system logging echo messages every 30s and not immediately;
*) fixed scrolling in WinBox;
*) fixed bug - command output executed directly through ssh sometimes got
trimmed;
*) user manager - customer page added
*) user manager - active session page added
*) user manager - report performace improved
*) user manager - GUI improved
What’s new in 2.9.25:
*) added missing ‘/ip dhcp-server alert get’ command;
*) fixed DHCP server to work with some non-RFC compliant DHCP clients;
*) improved robustness of serial port UPS handling; fixed value exponent
handling for USB UPS;
*) fixed problem with static ARP entries not added after reboot
on some interfaces;
*) graphing web interface is now a valid xhtml 1.0;
*) added support for Novatel Wireless CDMA card;
*) speed up route table updates in routing-test;
*) fixed crash in routing-test (introduced in 2.9.19);
*) fixed crash in user-manager if download-limit is used and radius packet
logging is enabled;
*) fixed handling of disabled packages by console setup;
What’s new in 2.9.24:
*) fixed console crashes on rb500, that were produced by many
scheduler entries;
*) added option to WinBox to not automatically open previous session windows
works only with v2.9.24;
*) improved vrrp (fixed some bugs, added interface setting to addresses);
*) fixed crashing while tracking PPTP connections for NAT;
*) fixed rb500 ether1 - did not restore speed/duplex settings after reboot,
disable,enable was needed;
*) bandwidth-test could crash router with packet sizes < 32;
*) fixed link-monitor=arp when bonding used on WDS interfaces;
*) made roaming handling in AP more liberal to support different
interpretations of 802.11 (for Siemens WL2);
*) fixed memory leak in graphing;
What’s new in 2.9.23:
*) fixed bug - Intel Gigabit ethernet cards did not report current traffic rate
correctly;
*) improved rb500 ether1 interface stability
*) fixed graphing bug - statistics’ values of cpu graphs
What’s new in 2.9.22:
*) show detected http-proxy for hotspot hosts;
*) fixed webproxy-test to detect http-proxy for hotspot hosts
(broken in 2.9.12);
*) fixed MAC address changing in Ethernet like interfaces;
What’s new in 2.9.21:
*) added “/system show-license” command;
*) fixed hotspot to work on RB112;
*) fixed memory leak in IPSec ISAKMP;
*) fixed WinBox “Set BGP Prepend” option in routing-test;
*) updated Intel E1000 driver and added support for
latest Intel Gigabit ehternet cards;
*) fixed bug - rb500 had problems with ether1 interface
What’s new in 2.9.20:
*) fixed write-sect-total for RB500;
*) added limit of simultaneous hotspot mac logins to 1 for each MAC address;
*) made LCD displaying more stable;
*) added WinBox support for routing-test package;
*) fixed PPTP client to not disconnect every 30s on some occasions;
*) fixed bug - interface and queue graphs got lost on reboot (introduced in 2.9.19)
*) fixed bug - hotspot walled-garden did not work (broken in 2.9.19);
What’s new in 2.9.19:
*) fixed BGP memory leak in routing package;
*) implemented write-sect-total for RB500;
*) added feature to access hotspot servlet pages by suffix “.cgi”;
*) fixed bug in sniffer;
*) changed simple queues to work better together with pppoe;
*) added WinBox support in webproxy-test package;
*) PPTP client now uses PPTP TCP keepalives too;
*) changed hotspot not to detect new hosts from broadcast requests;
*) added hooks before hotspot dynamic firewall rules for custom modifications;
*) added NSSA support for OSPF;
What’s new in 2.9.18:
*) fixed bug - dhcp server, dhcp client and hotspot could show up as
invalid in case of many (> 10) vlan interfaces;
*) added back ospf logs, they were removed since 2.9.13;
*) fixed vrrp mac address restoring after reboot;
*) upgraded SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx Gigabit Ethernet driver;
*) inceased the speed of CDMA modems;
*) fixed netwatch missing ping replies;
*) added ability to reset counters for single queue;
*) fixed bug - PPTP server started to use 100% CPU after NMAPing it;
*) changed behaviour of scheduler entries that have start-time=startup:
use router uptime instead of clock time,
if interval is not 0, then do not run that entry immedeately after startup;
*) added radius-default-domain setting for hotspot server profile;
What’s new in 2.9.17:
*) fixed TCP SYN connection tracking timeouts;
What’s new in 2.9.16:
*) fixed ospf bugs that caused problems when multiple addresses were
assigned to the same interface;
*) added option for enabling TCP SYN cookies;
What’s new in 2.9.15:
*) fixed mac address changing (improves vrrp)
*) fixed dns cache, it could stop working
*) added server-name and interface-name variables in hotspot servlet pages;
*) fixed bonding, works better with wds slaves
*) fixed wireless related kernel crashes when some combinations of
nstreme/framer-policy/encryption are used;
*) added support for VerizonWireless CDMA modem;
*) fixed major bug in routing protocol operation that was
introduced in 2.9.13;
*) decreased default queue size for Simple Queues (uses less memory);
*) fixed bug - system backup did not work on RB500
(introduced in 2.9.14);
*) fixed bug - RB500 with 64MB NAND could loose all free space
(introduced in 2.9.14);
*) disabling connection tracking could sometimes crash router;
What’s new in 2.9.14:
*) fixed upgrade from version 2.8 to keep correct order in web-proxy
rule lists and radius server list;
*) ping shows more types of ICMP reply messages, including
destination unreachable;
*) fixed some ethernet card autonegotiation/speed/duplex settings;
*) RB500 ether1 interface has mdix-enable feature (enabled by default)
*) fixed bgp in routing package, did not work in previous version;
*) fixed amount of free-hdd-space on RB500;
What’s new in 2.9.13:
*) added support for SSH DSA keys;
*) fixed bug - nstreme link with framer-policy=dynamic-size was not
taking into account framer-limit;
*) fixed bug - RADIUS disconnect request did not work;
*) fixed problem - PPPoE server had too aggressive initial timeouts, and
some clients could not connect;
*) improved WPA link establishment for WDS;
*) fixed problem - interface graphs got lost on reboots;
What’s new in 2.9.12:
*) fixed WPA2 when WDS link security profile is other than for interface;
*) do not warn about ssh client automatic tries with empty password if successful
login follows;
*) fixed problem - PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP could loose all connections in some rare cases;
*) added multi-homing support to PPTP server;
*) fixed problem - sometimes WinBox window disappeared when snooping on
wireless interface;
*) fixed problem - WinBox did not show signal strength in wireless
snooper;
*) fixed bug - traffic monitoring on bridge interfaces did not work;
*) added authoritative=after-2sec-delay default option for dhcp server;
*) fixed bug - mac-ping could fail on bridge interface;
What’s new in 2.9.11:
*) added hotspot active users list to snmp;
*) fixed OSPF in routing-test package;
*) added complementary Hotspot feature (trial user support);
*) added priority and min-rate fields in rate-limit attribute for
Hotspot, PPP and DHCP;
*) reverted replay window size change that introduced problems
with IPSec in 2.9.9;
*) updated RTL8169 driver;
*) added ability to enable & disable installed packages;
*) test packages included in big upgrade package - each requires enabling to use;
*) fixed bug - hotspot server did not handle correctly disabling of
bridge interface;
*) fixed tx-power selection for SR2 cards in wireless-test;
What’s new in 2.9.10:
*) fixed problem - bridge configuration was not kept on upgrade on RB500;
*) fixed problem - PPPoE server did not work on bridge interface sometimes;
What’s new in 2.9.9:
*) removed write-sect display from RB500 version. it is not supported on
this version and was showing zeros;
*) changed bridge configuration approach;
*) improved handling of arbitrary characters in console completions;
*) fixed check-gateway in routing-test;
*) improved Simple Queues in WinBox;
*) allowed bypassed hotspot hosts to talk directly with each other even
if address-pool is set for hotspot server;
What’s new in 2.9.8:
*) added support for Verizon Express Network PC5220 (AirPrime 5220);
*) increased connection tracking table size;
*) fixed after reboot disappearing WDS interface issue;
*) added 5/10MHz Atheros channel support to wireless-test.npk package (must
be installed separately);
*) added WPA2 (Personal&Enterprise) support to wireless-test.npk package (must
be installed separately);
What’s new in 2.9.7:
*) fixed bug - web server could crash sometimes (introduced in 2.9.6);
*) fixed traceroute time display;
*) added route rule configuration;
*) fixed performance problem with universal client on RB500;
*) improved dynamic wireless rate selection;
*) updated WPA to work with Netgear WGE111;
*) added hotspot ip-binding changes to take effect immediately;
*) fixed M3P;
*) fixed queue time limits;
*) added direction matcher to simple qeueues;
*) fixed problems with graphs;
What’s new in 2.9.6:
*) added “:nothing” command to console, and made void return values of
console commands behave as “false”;
*) fixed bug that was triggered by multiple routes with same destination
and different routing-marks;
*) fixed default ppp profile export;
*) added non passthrough option to mangle rule mark actions;
*) added daylight savings time configuration;
*) fixed bug - dhcp server could stop responding, if address-pool is empty
and next-pool is used;
*) added ip scanner;
*) fixed bug - USB modems did not get recognized;
*) fixed memory leak in dns cache;
*) made wireless station to take into account local compression setting;
*) REMOVED SETUP OF ADDITIONAL FEATURES FOR Prism CARDS TO AVOID
DISCONNECTION PROBLEMS;
What’s new in 2.9.5:
*) fixed bug - sometimes active user sessions were forgotten;
*) fixed bug - data storing in graphing, it was always on storing;
*) fixed bug - TKIP encryption was misbehaving over poor links and
under load;
*) fixed web-proxy to show client-ip even if it goes through hotspot proxy;
*) fixed bug - https login for hotspot did not work, if parent-proxy was set
for /ip proxy;
*) fixed Prism disconnect issue;
What’s new in 2.9.4:
*) fixed WinBox configuration problems;
*) added multiple ip address support for dns-update;
What’s new in 2.9.3:
*) fixed bug - hotspot https login could crash web server;
*) added fragmented packet matcher in firewall;
*) last critical logs get displayed on login in console and telnet;
*) changed wireless response on link loss;
What’s new in 2.9.2:
*) removed “/system scheduler move” command;
*) added “start-time=startup” option for scheduler items;
*) updated PPTP connection tracking driver;
*) fixed wireless registration handling on radar detect event;
*) fixed multiple file uploading in WinBox;
*) improved performance of bridging over WDS when neighbor discovery is
enabled;
*) fixed hotspot to log RADIUS accounting Start and Update request
timeouts as warnings and not errors;
*) fixed problems with PAP authentication in PPP, PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP;
*) fixed GPS;
*) fixed hotspot www servlet to use smaller amount of memory;
*) updated Prism disconnecting to improve reconnect time;
*) fixed Prism STA scanlist handling;
*) improved handling of PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP sessions;
*) added missing server field in hotspot active user list;
*) fixed bug - hotspot did not allow access to its routed hosts from
outside even when address-pool=none;
*) fixed bug - DHCP server could hang under heavy load;
*) fixed bug - hotspot limited addresses-per-mac even if address-pool=none;
*) removed preamble-mode=both for Prism cards;
*) fix WDS statistics counters;
What’s new in 2.9.1:
*) fixed memory leak in torch tool;
*) fixed routing filter set-nexthop - was always setting to 0.0.0.1;
*) added VLAN support to tulip ethernet chips;
*) sped up IPsec AES decryption on RB500;
*) not running discovery protocol on interfaces that are in bridge
*) fixed bug - dial-on-demand interfaces did not remove dynamic addresses
sometimes;
*) fixed console bug - was crashing on scheduler scripts
*) fixed bug - DHCP server forgot dynamic BOOTP leases after reboot;
*) fixed atheros lock up under specific situations;
What’s new in 2.9:
*) fixed bug - hotspot could crash if radius authorization is used;
*) fixed WPA with AES encryption sometimes not working;
*) fixed nstreme with compression;
*) fixed multiple PVC issues;
*) updated Czech Republic regulatory domain info;
*) fixed WPA for virtual-APs;
What’s new in 2.9rc10:
*) added support for Atheros hardware compression;
*) fixed bug - dhcp-relay on wireless interface dissapeared after reboot;
*) fixed bug - hotspot could crash if addresses-per-mac limit is exceeded;
*) fixed Prism WDS bug;
*) fixed bug - webbox timeouted user removing;
What’s new in 2.9rc9:
*) added support for BCM5721 Gig-E cards;
*) improved wireless frame handling;
*) fixed wireless WPA with WinXP;
*) fixed wireless wds-slave bug;
*) lot of other wireless bugs fixed;
*) fixed bug - AES group key handshake failed;
What’s new in 2.9rc8:
*) fixed format-drive and check-drive to work in web-proxy;
*) added support for NTP servers in DHCP;
*) fixed dhcp-server to accept DHCPREQUEST while lease is in waiting state;
*) added deauth sending when AP decides that link is lost due to
inactivity or extensive data loss;
*) fixed bug - fixed routing memory leak when adding and removing
interfaces;
*) fixed bug - web-proxy access list did not handle src-address and
dst-address correctly;
*) updated wireless regulatory domain info;
What’s new in 2.9rc7:
*) fixed bug - wireless scan sometimes did not work;
*) fixed bug - wireless security-profile changes did not reset affected
interfaces;
*) fixed bug - Ethernet ports & miniPCI slots on daughterboard was locking up;
*) fixed bug - some ppp users where not removed from active list on lossy links;
*) removed replay checking when AES-CCM or TKIP used with static keys;
*) added back rip and ospf to routing-test package;
*) fixed nstreme2 transmit power setup;
*) fixed wild card url in web-proxy access list to be a substring;
*) fixed bug - web-proxy access list entries were not used in correct order;
*) added default web-proxy access rule to block dst-port=23-25;
*) added direct access list for built-in http proxy;
*) added support for multiple HTTP page sets for the same hotspot server;
*) fixed bug - hotspot sent only 1st RADIUS Class attribute in
accounting packets;
*) added option to select Nas-Port-Type value for hotspot RADIUS;
*) improved hotspot not to account idle-timeout as part of session time;
*) added ability to bypass whole ip subnet in hotspot;
*) improved upload/download speed of files to/from WinBox;
*) fixed bug - WinBox loader from v2.8 did not work well with v2.9;
*) fixed bug - PPPoE/PPTP/L2TP ignored profile rate-limit when authenticating over RADIUS;
*) fixed bugs with IPsec that made active policies invalid;
What’s new in 2.9rc6:
*) fixed wireless disconnect reason logging;
*) fixed bug - console import did not work, reported “no such command or directory”;
*) fixed bug - WinBox could crash when opening list window with sorting by
statistics;
*) fixed bug - WinBox could show really big numbers improperly;
*) improved address list performance
*) fixed bug - modifying queue tree nodes for which parent interface has been
removed could make router unusable
*) fixed bug - firewall src/dst port matcher was applied on packets even if it
was ‘unset’ or disabled by winbox
*) fixed bug - http proxy could not open ask.co.uk offered links;
*) fixed bug - static arp entries were lost after reboot for bridges and wlans
What’s new in 2.9rc5:
*) fixed nstreme framing behaviour if framer-policy=exact-size, removed
unnecessary frame padding;
*) added support for 0 and less tx-power for wireless;
*) fixed 100% CPU usage with wireless package without appropriate license;
*) fixed prefsrc of static routes, was used in reverse order;
*) added support for SR2 Atheros cards;
*) fixed bug - IP pool address were not released if dynamic PPPoE, PPTP & L2TP
interface got removed manually;
*) fixed bug - empty passwords in PAP RADIUS authentication were not sent in
compliance to RFC;
What’s new in 2.9rc4:
*) fixed via driver for RB500;
What’s new in 2.9rc3:
*) fixed radius-mac-authentication bug in wireless;
What’s new in 2.9rc2:
*) added next-pool feature to ip pools;
*) fixed virtual AP client registration;
*) limited responding to unauthorized data frames in wireless;
*) added temporary blocking of misbehaving wireless clients that periodically
attempt, but fail to connect or authenticate;
*) WDS links now can run with different security-profile;
*) added WPA-PSK support for WDS links;
*) fixed bug - PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP servers were slower than needed in accepting
hundreds of connections;
*) fixed bug - Winbox crashed on opening wireless sniffer packet window;
What’s new in 2.9rc1:
*) fixed bug - asynchronous PPP did not work after reboot;
*) fixed bug - via ethernet could lock up on too big packets (more than 1500);
*) fixed bug - hotspot ran out of memory after a while;
What’s new in 2.9beta19:
*) added advertisement support to hotspot;
*) made prism cards working on RB500;
*) added PPP packet logging in debug mode;
What’s new in 2.9beta18:
*) small bugs fixed;
What’s new in 2.9beta17:
*) added rogue dhcp server finder;
*) added support for custom options in DHCP server;
*) added connect-list for wireless stations to have priorities for APs;
*) added area string and area string matching in connect-list for wireless;
*) changed WDS links to check against connect-list, not access-list;
What’s new in 2.9beta16:
*) fixed nstreme speed problems;
*) added wireless security profiles framework;
*) added initial WPA-PSK version;
*) more bugs fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta15:
*) fixed in ipsec - installed-sa print reported timeout when no policies were
configured;
*) fixed in ipsec - when policies were configured to use manual-sa, ipsec did
not work after reboot;
*) improved web based configuration;
*) fixed snmp interface counters;
*) added setup to Hotspot;
*) more bugs fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta14:
*) added wireless sniffer & snooper;
*) added web based configuration;
*) memory leak fixed;
*) more bugs fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta13:
*) fixed Atheros station to connect to hidden-ssid networks;
*) added delay threshold for dhcp server and dhcp relay;
*) added SNMP IF-MIB::ifOperStatus entity to mirror running flag of
interface;
*) minor bugs fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta12:
*) Virtual AP have their own MAC addresses;
*) WDS support on Virtual AP;
*) added support for wireless short preamble;
*) added new HotSpot;
What’s new in v2.9beta11:
*) fixed - National Semiconductor 100Mbit ethernet driver could not receive
packets;
*) minor bugs fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta10:
*) fixed - connection tracking did not work as expected;
*) fixed - ethernet interface bonding did not work;
*) added - workaround in transparent web proxy for IE6 access to Hotmail;
*) bugfixes;
What’s new in v2.9beta9:
*) simple queues now have all the features of queue tree (and more);
*) added address-lists to firewall;
*) isakmp does not listen on udp port 500 while ipsec is not configured;
*) bugfixes;
*) WinBox now remembers opened windows;
*) added auto DNS name lookup in WinBox;
What’s new in v2.9beta8:
*) fixed - router locked up immediately after startup sometimes;
*) made branding packages work again;
*) added possibility for web proxy to cache in memory;
What’s new in v2.9beta7:
*) fixed write-sect-since-reboot counter, it was showing zero;
*) added ability for WinBox to connect to router directly over ethernet;
*) a lot of bugs are fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta6:
*) routerboard is able to reboot without serial cable attached;
*) a lot of PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP fixes;
*) a lot of other bug fixes;
What’s new in v2.9beta5:
*) some of bugs are fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta4:
*) added regulatory domain support for atheros;
*) some of bugs are fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta3:
*) added check-gateway to routes;
*) loggin now works (with a lot of new features);
*) a lot of bugs are fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta2:
*) queues and firewall rules can be sorted in WinBox;
*) added more queue statistics;
*) improved system booting;
*) added radius authentication to DHCP server;
*) added client-id support to DHCP server;
*) added support for binding static leases to DHCP server interface;
*) a lot of bugs are fixed;
What’s new in v2.9beta1:
*) reduced disk space requirement by 50%;
*) improved ip firewall with many more matchers, chains in NAT and mangle
and more actions;
*) improved bridge firewall with more matchers, tables and chains;
*) increased speed of PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP connection creation, routerboard
can now handle 3000 active PPPoE connections;
*) router boots much faster even with lots of queues;
*) added more statistics to queues;
*) added support for multiple DHCP clients;
*) all PPP interface active MTU & MRUs are reported;
*) PPPoE server can have limit on maximum served clients;
*) added support for memory testing;
*) added support for full cpu loading (to test overheating);
*) multiple serial consoles;
*) possibility to increase visible screen lines in the console;
*) winbox now uses only one TCP port to get plug-ins and send data;
*) routes now support recursive nexthop lookup;
*) console help format reworked;
*) added Nstreme support for Atheros wireless;
*) added dual link Nstreme for Atheros wireless;
*) more 802.11g support for Atheros wireless;
*) hardware encryption support for Atheros;
*) AES encryption support for wireless;
*) added BOOTP client support in DHCP server;
Caveats:
*) prefix list configuration is incompatible with previous versions;
