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.
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.;
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.
3.15 came out today with lots of fixes:
*) added workaround for non-standards compliant CPE with timestamp issue;
*) added ability to manage multiple disks & stores under /store;
*) added support for storing user-manager database on secondary media via /store;
*) /store should be used to set up secondary disk as web proxy cache;
*) added support for Mesh in WinBox;
*) fixed client roaming in mesh protocol;
*) fixed bug in MME routing protocol:
routes sometimes were lost from routing table;
*) fixed some bugs in routing-test;
*) fixed traffic forwarding when VRF (virtual routing and forwarding) is used;
*) fixed problem - USB did not work on Geode LX boards;
*) fixed problem - farsync cards did not negotiate links;
*) added support for Novatel EU870D;
*) added support for Intel 82575EB & 8257GB gigabit ethernet PCI-Express cards;
*) removed support for all synchronous cards but farsync;
*) graphing - all target (source) addresses displayed in queue statistics page;
*) bridge firewall broute table is removed - it did not work as expected anyway;
*) ingress-priority matcher added to bridge firewall
*) fixed use-dns property of console traceroute command, default now is
use-dns=no;
*) updated UK 5.8 FIXED regulatory domain info;
*) /system ssh now by default uses name of logged in user instead of “admin”;
*) fixed support for some microSD cards on RB400;
*) include Relay-Session-ID in packets sent by PPPoE client if required;
*) added ability to specify src. address for radius client;
*) dns cache - improved static entry behavior;
*) fixed dial-on-demand on ppp interfaces;
RouterOS 3.14 released today with the following changes:
*) fixed ‘/xen console’ command;
*) fixed problem - queue bursts did not work;
*) added support for OSPF NSSA in routing-test;
*) updated drivers, some of the changes:
synchronous cards should work in frame relay mode;
SIP connection tracking is more standards conformant;
valid TCP connection packets will not be marked as invalid;
*) mlppp - fixed problem when small packets could not be transmited
while more than 2 links were active;
*) bgp - fixed attribute flags checking;
*) fixed dhcp client - routes were not added back after lease expires
and then is acquired again;
*) fixed handling of multiple identical address-list entries
*) ospf could become unresponsive in some situations, fixed;
*) winbox - fixed problem: when moving multiple items at once,
correct order was not maintained;
*) fixed automatic fan control on RB600;
*) added ipv6 firewall address-list;
*) fixed some bugs in mesh protocol driver;
*) fetch tool - added basic HTTP authentication;
*) 6to4 tunnel - allow to specify remote address;
Version 3.13 brings some important fixes for bugs introduced in previous versions:
*) hotspot - fixed dst-nat for SMTP (broken in 3.11);
*) dhcp client - added support for DHCP option 121 (classless route);
*) fixed simple queues - changing simple queues could lock up i386 routers
*) routing-test - added support for multiple recursive nexthops;
*) routing-test - fixed BGP AS number byteorder, broken in 3.12;
Version 3.12 came out today with some important fixes:
*) fixed problem - static queues on PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP interfaces became invalid
on client reconnect;
*) changed behaviour of simple queues - queues with no limit and type default-small
and no children actually do not get installed, as if there was no queue;
*) console - allow “{}” array syntax only for some command arguments, as it
does not make sense in most cases and interferes with the existing
scripts. Now “/system script add source={….}” works as it did
before 3.11;
*) graphing - fixed crash when dynamic interfaces/queues disappear;
*) fixed IPv6 address auto-configuration on routerboards;
*) added support for OSPFv3;
*) improved PCQ queueing algorithm;
*) dhcp server - pass Agent-Remote-Id and Agent-Circuit-Id to Radius server;
*) user manager - option to use test gateway for Authorize.Net payments;
*) fixed bug - web server could lock up at startup
(no access to hotspot login page after that);
*) routing-test - added support for 4-octet BGP AS numbers;
*) routing-test - added default-originate feature for BGP peers;
*) routing-test - added IPv6 BGP networks and aggregates;
