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Important IPv6 bugfix and lots of new features in MikroTik RouterOS 3.20:

*) added support for IPsec hardware acceleration on RB1000,
increases IPsec SHA1-3DES encryption from 45Mbps to 500Mbps
and SHA1-AES from 79Mbps to 500Mbps;
*) fixed IPv6 on RB1xx and RB5xx;
*) added support for ZTE MY 39, CDMA EVDO USB card;
*) added clear-df action to firewall;
*) fixed bug - sometimes netinstall could fail to install RouterBOARD
with “ERROR: could not format partitions”;
*) fixed PCQ bug - pcq-rate < 70000 did not work correctly (broken in 3.17);
*) added radius-mac-format setting in hotspot server profile;
*) allow to use ip firewall for encapsulated PPPoE packets;
*) graphing - fixed 10Gbit card bug;

New version of RouterOS 3.19 brings the following changes:

*) fixed problem - web proxy used up all router memory
if unlimited ram caching was enabled;
*) fixed problem - some log topics got swapped in configuration;
*) reduced maximum supported memory for RB1000 to 1.5Gb (was 1.75Gb);
*) interface mesh was not working in 3.18, fixed;
*) fixed Prism crash;
*) fixed VPLS interface related crash in mpls-test;
*) allow to enter range in BGP instance confederation peers;
*) console - fixed ‘/system backup save’ command, name argument is
optional, and backup file name is automatically generated if empty;
*) sped up IPv6 forwarding on RB4xx, RB1xx and RB5xx;
*) fixed BGP route selection in routing-test;
*) fixed dhcp server to update agent-circuit-id and agent-remote-id for lease
whenever it changes;

Mikrotik 3.18 came out today with a lot of fixes:

*) IPv6 address auto-configuration: added recursive DNS server option;
*) fixed problem - sometimes firewall did not work after reboot on RB1xx;
*) do not send IPv6 packets over PPTP, L2TP or PPPoE - could confuse some
servers or clients;
*) allow queues to have all traffic, not only ip (for example vpn);
*) added ability to specify dns name in bandwidth test in WinBox;
*) fixed problem - sometimes RB1xx (and RB4xx) could not start up or startup was very long;
*) improved ipv6 sniffing;
*) improve torch and sniffer behavior under high load;
*) improved queue statistics;
*) fix xen make-routeros-image command;
*) fix potential wireless crash under load when negotiating encryption;
*) fix several MPLS issues in mpls-test;
*) fixed support for Novatel Wireless Ovation MC950D HSUPA;
*) fixed some bugs in routing-test OSPF;
*) added support for D-Link DUB-E100 USB Ethernet adapter;
*) fixed user-manager database rebuild command to succeed in case of
malformed database disk image;
*) sms - added descriptions for error codes;
*) sms - added automatic ’smsc’ (service centre address) value detection,
to work around first time error when sending SMS without specifying
an ’smsc’ value;
*) fixed - during uptime 4:20 .. 5:00 interface traffic (byte and packet
count) was being reported 100 times larger than the actual value;
*) provide L2TP server address in Called-Station-Id when doing authentication over RADIUS;
*) added support for Sierra Wireless MC8790;
*) recalibrated noise floor adjustment for R5H;
*) updated drivers & kernel - fixed fast clock issue on x86;

Along with the newly introduced 4.x branch of MikroTik RouterOS, a new concept is announced - the MetaROUTER. So what is a MetaROUTER?

Essentialy it’s a virtualized RouterOS. You will be able to run multiple instances of RouterOS on a single hardware unit. This exciting new feature opens up a lot of new possibilities and uses for the RouterOS.

MikroTik announced a new 802.11a (5GHz) miniPCI wireless card - the R5H. I’ts a high power card, rated for up to 25dBm, with  integrated surge protector and filter to reduce interference. These features make it a very attractive solution for professional and industrial purposes.

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It’s official: first beta version of MikroTik RouterOS 4.0 is out! Here’s what’s new:

*) added support for MetaROUTERs;
*) all test packages are regular ones;
*) console - can mix named and unnamed arguments, can use names for unnamed
argument values. For example all of the following commands are
accepted now:
/ping 10.11.12.13 count=4
/ping address=10.11.12.13 count=4
/ping count=4 10.11.12.13

Here’s what’s new in RouterOS 3.17:

*) added support for Intel 10Gb PCI Express driver;
*) made Huawei E220 USB modem work again;
*) added support for Novatel Wireless Ovation MC950D HSUPA;
*) fixed PCQ fairness when pcq-total-limit is reached;
*) fixed fetch tool to work when dst-path is not specified (broken in 3.16);
*) fetch tool - added keep-result command line argument;
*) allow to specify routing-table for ping, trace-route, and telnet;
*) fixed an IPsec bug;
*) fixed /ip firewall address-list;
*) added propagate-ttl option for MPLS;
*) fix very long wireless scan-list issues;
*) fixed problem - sometimes PCQ could stop data pass-through if pcq-rate was set;
*) fixed problem - L2TP could stop working when one of clients stopped responding
at wrong time;
*) fixed problem - reduced size of supout.rif files;
*) graphing - support for 10 Gbit interfaces;
*) routing-test - added support for multi-instance OSPF;
*) user manager - fixed bug for PayPal payments with long parameter list;
*) user manager - database load command supports external storage
for temporary files;
*) user manager - added support for all UTC time-zone offsets,
including +5:30, +5:45, etc.;

What's new in 4.0beta1:

*) added support for MetaROUTERs;
*) all test packages are regular ones;
*) console - can mix named and unnamed arguments, can use names for unnamed
     argument values. For example all of the following commands are
     accepted now:
       /ping 10.11.12.13 count=4
       /ping address=10.11.12.13 count=4
       /ping count=4 10.11.12.13

Version 3.16 was released earlier today with the following changes:

*) added support for IGMP proxy;
*) improved Nstreme polling in wireless-test;
*) routing-test - routing filters now use regular expressions
to match BGP AS_PATH; use ‘_’ (underscore) to match any of:
comma, space, beginning of line, end of line, parentheses, braces;
*) make secondary disk contents visible under /file;
*) console - allow use of ‘/’ and ‘.’ characters in backup, export
and print output file names;
*) fixed bug - hotspot universal client did not work for clients
with IP address ending with 127 or with 224-239;
*) fixed problem - x86 clock was 10 times faster then it should be on some boards;
*) fixed kernel panic on RB1000;
*) console - fixed wrapping of long lines in GNOME Terminal;
*) console - autodetect Mac OS X Leopard Terminal.app, fixes condition
when only the bottom line of the terminal was used;
*) console - ‘find’ commands could not match some properties, like
‘routing-mark’ of the ‘/ip route find’ command. Fixed;

It’s a new high performance RouterBOARD with lots of ethernet ports - 9, and 3 miniPCI card slots. It’s built around the very fast Atheros AR7161 680MHz CPU, with 128Mb RAM memory and includes a Level5 RouterOS license.

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