NFT Firmware Release Notes

What’s new in the v7.66-1 firmware release?

(Decmber, 2021)

New:

• French language was added to the device WEB GUI

Fixes:

• TACACS+ user authorisation was working only on port 49

Improvements:

• Unnecessary messages removed from the device log file

What’s new in the v7.66 firmware release?

(May, 2021)

New:

• Admin user can be authenticated via RADIUS
• RADIUS failover added to user authentication
• Admin user can be authenticated via TACACS+
• TACACS+ failover added to user authentication

Fixes:

• Integrated Controller: MasterAP does not overwrite ManagedAP configuration
• Integrated Controller: ManagedAP jumps back to “fallback IP”
• “Seamless roaming” and WPA/WPA2 Enterprise security issue

Improvements:

• Integrated Controller: ManagedAP firmware upgrade improvements
• WISPr bandwidth parameters are removed from UAM settings
• “NAS-ID” field is mandatory in WPA/WPA2 Enterprise security

What’s new in the v7.65 firmware release?

(August, 2020)

New:

• DHCP option 82 is added to the NFT devices
• Added support for “Seamless roaming” 802.11r
• CVE-2020-3702: Kr00k vulnerability patch

Fixes:

• BA window size option is not configured on 5G radio
• HotSpot profile issue with NFT 1N
• PPPoE connection issue
• Wrong channel width is displayed with 802.11n clients
• NFT 2N management VLAN issue
• Routers WAN interfaces doesn‘t receive IP from DHCP server

Improvements:

• Guest Access: update arp-table entry of gateway after authentication
• Radio scheduler improvement after power loss

What’s new in the v7.64 firmware release?

(June, 2019)

New:

• Added ETH stats in the controller agent.
• Added “VAP isolation” feature to isolate client communication between VAPs.

Fixes:

• Fixed GUI: should not allow to save changes when an error message is displayed in the Disable radio on schedule.
• Fixed MQTT communication hang after upgrade to v7.63.

Improvements:

• DHCP relay uses ip from DHCP server instead of  Gateway in guest access mode.

What’s new in the v7.63 firmware release?

(April, 2019)

New:

• Added new Kernel and wireless driver to APCPE.QM-2 NFT firmware
• Added Guest access support for LigoWave Controller
• Added Management Frames Protection (MFP) feature
• Added Limit legacy data rates feature on 2.4GHz radio
• Added Airtime fairness feature

Fixes:

• Fixed Proximity unexpected shutdown when server is not reachable
• Fixed Double secondary IP options on 5GHz station mode
• Fixed empty network mode when LigoWave Controller sets HotSPot mode

Improvements:

• Disabled WPA/WPA2 GTK strict rekeying
• Changed VLAN ID limitation to 2-4093. VLAN 4094 is reserved for Guest Access feature
• Removed same VLAN-ID limitation between different VAP’s
• Increased default WPA pairwise and Group Retry count from 4 to 6
• Improved Power Saving mode to not kick long sleeping STAs

What’s new in the v7.62 firmware release?

(November, 2018)

New:

• Added UTC +5:30 Time zone
• Added SNMP v3 on ac series
• Added Remote Syslog
• Added Station + Router mixed scenario
• Added automatic firmware and configuration update from FTP server
• Added 5GHz station mode on dual band radios
• Added Dynamic VLAN tagging based on Radius tunnel attributes (Core)

Fixes:

• Fixed increased clients Authentication time
• Fixed wrong Status|Information table on 5GHz STA list
• Fixed band steering compatibility with WACL allow and deny policy
• Fixed Ba window size save option
• Fixed Access via Ethernet without VLAN on NFT 2ac Outdoor Router mode
• Fixed Controller URL testing button
• Fixed Managed AP connection to Master AP with Management VLAN
• Fixed Frequency axis position in Site Survey
• Fixed Controller agent memory leak

Improvements:

• Removed 144 channel from channel list
• Fixed NFT 2ac/3ac – WPA2 Personal/Enterprise low throughput
• Fixed WACL save changes button present after reverting added changes
• Fixed wireless Statistics in core
• Reworked Proximity agent including improvements and fixes

What’s new in the v7.61 firmware release?

(July, 2018)

New:

• Added firmware upgrade and reboot progress bar
• Added Proxy ARP feature
• Added controlled devices count on Master AP
• Added Ethernet speed report using LEDs
• Added Infinity controller status report using LEDs
• Added HTTP management option
• Added public status page option
• Added MACauth support on UAM

Fixes:

• Fixed bad RSSI values in proximity
• Fixed configurable periodic beat with various bug fixes and improvements in proximity
• Fixed issue with managed APs not connecting to the Master AP with Management VLAN
• Fixed issue with the save changes button when WDS is enabled in Repeapter Mode
• Fixed issue with the save changes button when Multicast enhancement is enabled in Repeater mode
• Fixed unexpected reboots
• Fixed the hide indoor channels option (core)
• Fixed incoming speed limitation
• Fixed DHCP status reporting
• Fixed wrong protocol in connected clients info
• Fixed site survey providing wrong protocol reporting
• Fixed issue with uppercase on all MAC addresses in statistics
• Fixed unnecessary non-standard channel notification during change saves
• Fixed unselected radio reporting after discarding changes on the wireless config page
• Fixed 3dB lower transmit power for US country code
• Fixed RAM memory leak on DLB-NFT firmware
• Fixed Master AP’s connected clients list
• Fixed WDS incompatibility with Mikrotik
• Fixed the wizard to show Ethernet MAC
• Added length limit for location, operator, and network name options (Operator and Network Name: 64 symbols length, Location Name: 255 symbols)

Improvements:

• Improved IP changing redirection
• Added detailed controller status reporting
• Changed auto-channel mode name from ‘Default’ to ‘Startup’
• Updated Brazil regulatory domain

Limitations:

• Dual boot image support removed from NFT 1N

What’s new in the v7.60-1 (57485) firmware release?

(April, 2018)

Fixes:

• Fixed 5GHz radio statistics

(April, 2018)

Fixes:

• Fixed 11 ac unexpected radio crash

New:

• Added detailed stations statistics (requires Infinity Controller v1.10)

(February, 2018)

New: 

• Added DMZ management ports option
• Added dual stack IPv4 + IPv6 to router mode
• Added static DHCP server leases
• Added display DHCP IP table
• Added NFT Controller agent: VAP SSID and SNR needed for clients statistics

Fixes:

• Fixed some components with tabs in NFT did not work properly
• Fixed NFT 2ac ETH driver receive (Rx) problem with small packets
• Fixed GUI logouts with delay
• Fixed DHCP lease parsing
• Fixed issue with Master AP constantly loosing Managed APs
• Fixed IPv6 PPPoE MTU byte validation
• Fixed IPv6 prefix length validation
• Fixed NFT 2AC/3AC HT40 Upper and Lower setting reverse in simple Chinese UI

Improvements:

• Updated Chinese translations
• Updated Australia and Bahrain country codes

What’s new in the v7.56 firmware release?

(October, 2017)

New:

• Added security patches for the WPA2 vulnerability called KRACK
• Added Peer count statistics for WNMS
• Added friendly name to CPD/LLDP protocols
• Added Infinity firmware support for LigoDLB 11ac devices
• Added custom script support in configuration file

Fixes:

• Fixed wrong IP address sending from AP (NAS) to radius server
• Fixed incorrect error message in Infinity Controller section
• Fixed radius session time was 11s lower then configured on NFT 3ac
• Fixed issue when after firmware upgrade SSID with spaces was cut to first space
• Fixed Master AP can not find Managed AP on second LAN port
• Fixed dhcp client uses product name except friendly name
• Fixed wrong 2.4 GHz tx power reporting on GUI for NFT 2ac/3ac

Improvements:

• UAM portal secret is not mandatory.

What’s new in the v7.54-6 firmware release?

(July, 2017)

New:

• Geolocation support implemented for Google Maps.

Fixes:

• Corrupted beacon issue fixed by removing useless customized IE elements from the beacon.
• Issues with clients occasionally being advised to lower the power when being connected to an AP fixed.

Improvements:

• DTIM period changed from 1 to 4. It will help “sleeping devices” to save battery power.

What’s new in the v7.54-5 firmware release?

(June, 2017)

New:

• Easy Mesh scenario support added to the controller agent.
• MAC address changed from Wireless to Ethernet in RADIUS attributes.

Fixes:

• Automatic device registration to the NFT controller fixed for when the new device is connected to the second/third LAN port.
• Site Survey operation fixed for when the device is in the DFS channel and CAC is active.

What’s new in the v7.54-4 firmware release?

(April, 2017)

New:

• DHCP option 43 to read cloud controller URL added.
• Background auto-channel added.
• VLAN configuration per Ethernet port added to NFT 2ac and NFT 3ac.
• Option to enable/disable DHCP IP fallback added.
• NAS-IP-ADDRESS added to RADIUS failover check.
• Reset button control option added.
• Statistics counters in DAS/Accounting stop message added.

Fixes:

• WISPr default maximum upload bandwidth fixed.
• DHCP IP fallback subnet restoration after “discard changes” fixed.
• DHCP lease time GUI component issue fixed.
• Validation error message link to Infinity controller section fixed.
• Wrong signal and Tx/Rx rate statistics on the 5GHz radio fixed.
• Master AP sorting by IP fixed.
• Missing RADIUS attributes in Disconnection-Request packets fixed.
• Scheduler time validation fixed.
• Issues with the last symbol of the Infinity Controller organization ID being impossible to delete fixed.
• DNS parameter saving issue fixed in UAM configuration.
• Issues with the repeater station connecting over legacy modes only fixed.
• Wrong station count fixed.
• Acct-Session-Id like NAS-IP-Address fixed.

Improvements:

• RADIUS server secondary IP address is optional.
• Disconnect request from IP option is mandatory.
• Auto re-authentication disabled for every 1 hour on WPA-Enterprise.

Limitations:

• Only one UAM service is possible per device.

What’s new in the v7.54-3 firmware release?

(February, 2017)

New:

• Option to sort managed APs added to the Master AP menu.

Fixes:

• NFT 3ac third radio site survey results fixed.
• CLI traceback fixed for when setting WPA security.
• Issues with the wrong interface in the information page fixed for when the radio is disabled.
• Issues with the IP address missing from the status window fixed for when the radio is disabled.
• Issues with the wrong channel width reported on the information page fixed.
• Site Survey results fixed for when the AP is configured using a DFS frequency only.
• Error deleting the second NTP server fixed.
• VAP SSID issues fixed for when performing a site survey.
• Wrong accounting NAS-IP-address issue fixed.
• Issues with the AP not being able to change channels after a DFS event fixed.
• Issues with the device’s name change causing mDNS client disconnection fixed.
• Issues with the encryption disheartening fixed for when Ping Alert is enabled.
• Incorrect proximity time display in packets fixed.

Improvements:

• Improved UAM performance—throughput per user.
• Spanish and Portuguese GUI translations updated.

What’s new in the v7.54-2 firmware release?

(January, 2017)

New:

• Radio schedule added. It allows users to turn off the radio at certain times.
• CLI added.

Fixes:

• Issues with no TxPackets being displayed in the statistics fixed for when repeater mode is enabled.
• Ddata VLAN fixed on Repeater mode.
• Password change via Infinity Controller fixed.
• Wrong Ethernet status fixed.

What’s new in the v7.54-1 firmware release?

(November, 2016)

• Band steering added.
• Beamforming added to core.
• STP on/off control added to GUI.
• WDS added to repeater mode.
• System alerts via SNMP traps added.
• Spectrum Analyzer added.
• RADIUS failover added to WPA-Enterprise.
• SISO mode support added.
• Reset support from NFT controller added.
• Reboot support from NFT controller added.
• Nigeria country code and regulatory database added.

Fixes:

• NFT 1Ni maximum power fixed for US.
• Integrated controller configuration with LigoDLB 5G(11n) series fixed.
• SNMP Enterprise OID object type fixed.
• Rx statistics calculation fixed on VAP.
• WAN IP showing for NFT 2AC/3AC fixed.
• Secondary IP handling with Integrated Controller fixed.
• Cloud AP organization ID length fixed.
• RSSI value format of the Proximity service fixed.
• Ethernet duplex status issue with NFT firmware for the LigoDLB series fixed.
• Proximity daemon start issue fixed.
• Power reporting with “iwconfig” fixed.
• Channel handling with repeater operating mode fixed.
• NFT 2N Ethernet port stability fixed.
• Password handling fixed on Master AP.
• Saving of copied UAM profile fixed.
• Traffic limitation fixed for when data VLAN is enabled.
• Issues with connectivity between the NFT repeater and MikroTik AP fixed.

Improvements:

• NFT 3AC scanning radio label added.
• Device serial number and radio MAC to NFT controller added.
• WPA-Enterprise NAS-IP address as device management IP updated.
• WPA-Enterprise Framed-IP address as station IP updated.
• Wireless performance on 11ac radios improved.
• discovery services management improved.
• UAM white list URL amount increased from 32 to 128.

NFT v7.54 firmware has been updated to a newer revision.

(October, 2016)

It is recommended to upgrade from the previous v7.54 to a newer one because the controller’s memory leak was fixed with the newer firmware.

What’s new in the v7.54 firmware release?

• Infinity controller support added.
• Option to run UAM on the Ethernet port (NFT 1Ni, NFT 1N/ 1N AF) added.
• Throughput allocation by SSID added.
• LAN interface enable/disable functionality added.
• Option to list the exact port names for WAN and LAN added.
• Graphical site survey representation added.
• ARP information added to GUI.

Fixes:

• Kernel stack corruption fixed for when IGMP snooping is enabled.
• Wireless status indicator color for different behaviors fixed.
• CoovaChilli SSL redirect problems with Cloud4wi external pages fixed.
• Issues with two repeaters installed in a row not forwarding DHCP fixed.
• UAM failure to start on LigoDLB 5-15 with NFT firmware fixed.
• Crashes with antenna gain setting fixed.
• Invalid value storing fixed for when switching GUI windows.
• Empty graphs in GUI “throughput per radio” fixed.
• Wrong statistics in GUI [Status]->[Wireless networks] fixed.
• Missing Country information tag from management packets fixed.
• Toggle buttons fixed in the GUI where settings can be enabled by clicking outside of the option’s bounds.
• Message fixed for when the restored configuration is equal to the device’s current configuration.
• GUI crash issues fixed for when nonsensical values are entered into the entry fields.
• Wrong DFS CAC timeout displayed in the GUI fixed.
• Issues with some URLs not redirecting to the UAM login page fixed.
• Traffic stop problems fixed for when multiple repeaters are used.
• NFT 2N crashes fixed for when enabling the secondary IP on a router configured with a DHCP client and server.
• Issues with “Device discovery” not being able to find devices once IPv6 is disabled on a PC’s LAN interface fixed.
• Maximum input field length fixed to support 128 symbols.
• SSID length fixed to 32 bytes.
• Peer filtering in Wireless networks stats fixed.
• Link-state/Speed-state LEDs issues fixed for NFT-1Ni.
• launchd periodic tasks bug fixed.
• Issues with the WPA-PSK not having enough entropy pool available for secure operations fixed.
• Save changes modal window issue fixed for when input texts are very long.
• GUI issues fixed for when the “Please wait” message stays up indefinitely on Site Survey.
• Issues with the Repeater mode fixed for when the security status is always displaying “Open” on the status page.
• Main SSID’s misconfiguration fixed for when VAP’s security is changed.
• WAN/LAN interface distribution fixed in router IPv6.
• GUI crashes fixed for when Site Survey is used on a disabled radio.

Improvements:

• “Channel width” and “Non-Standard” removed from Site Survey.
• “Wireless VLAN ID” removed from Repeater settings.
• Password can only use ASCII symbols.
• Notification regarding IP change improved for when changing radio states (bridge mode + dynamic IP).
• Blacklist, logout, and welcome URLs are not required to save UAM configuration.
• Throughput graph results improved.
• Openssl packages replaced wolfssl.
• PER auto-rate optimized for NFT products.
• “Public safety” removed from country list.
• Switch port VLAN configuration improved for router mode.
• NFT-2N Ethernet setup handling improved.
• Radio status icon improved (DFS CAC).
• Flow control enabled on switch CPU port.
• Password change improved—generates hash on GUI.
• Coap-client improved to return proper status code.

What’s new in the v7.52-2 firmware release?

(May, 2016)

• Option to get white/black list from URL in UAM added.
• Option to Enable or Disable LAN interfaces added.
• Ethernet 3 control added for NFT 1N/1N AF.

Fixes:

• LAN speed LED indication for NFT 1Ni fixed.
• Issues with redirecting to external UAM using SSL fixed.
• Issues with the NFT 2N not booting up when disabling both radios fixed.

Improvements:

• Site Survey improved to scan over 5, 10, and 20MHz channel widths.

What’s new in the v7.52 firmware release?

(August, 2015)

• UAM/CoovaChilli support added (throughput up to 60Mb/s).
• Repeater mode with third party AP support added.
• Router mode added.
• Option to close wireless sessions from RADIUS (RADIUS initiated disconnect) on WPA/WPA2-Enterprise added.
• Option for indoor-outdoor channel-frequency filtering in list added.
• LAN speed indication over a single LED added.
• Option to view DHCP server IP address leases added.
• IPv4 routing table management added.
• Ping tool added.
• TraceRoute tool added
• Option to configure Ethernet speed added.
• Multicast enhancements option added.
• “Network mode” added to information page.
• WAN and LAN IP subnet validation added.

Fixes:

• Issues with the “Save changes” button appearing without any changes being made fixed.
• Issues with VAP and the wrong Data VLAN interface on bridge fixed (NFT 1Ni).
• Wrong PPPoE WAN IP address fixed in the WEB interface’s information section.
• Issues with the duplication of empty field information messages fixed.
• IPv6 redirection fixed.

Improvements:

• Site Survey improved to scan 5, 10, and 20MHz channel widths.
• Radio LED functionality indication of real data only improved.
• WPA/WPA2-Enterprise stability improved.
• Antenna gain units changed to “dBi”.
• Firmware upgrade process improved to avoid system corruption.

What’s new in the v7.3-2 firmware release?

• Implemented Infinity branding.
• Reset Tool support added.
• Device discovery added.
• Control added, allowing users to set the maximum allowed number of stations.
• Control added, allowing users to set the minimum signal level for stations.
• Station kick-out option added.
• SISO/MIMO radio mode added.
• Option to turn off the radio added.
• Friendly name and IP of wireless peers statistics added.
• Secondary IP added.
• Custom channel list support added to auto-channel.
• SSH server control added.
• Telnet server control added.

Fixes:

• UDP performance improved on some packet sizes.
• GUI error fixed for when disabling the radio.

What’s new in the v7.3 firmware release?

General:

• Configuration test option added.
• Login username and password change added.
• Device reboot via UI option added.
• Backup/Restore device configuration added.
• Reset to default factory settings via UI option added.
• Troubleshooting file generation added.
• SFTP support added.
• Firmware upgrade added.
• System log added.
• Firmware upgrade checking added.
• Dual-Boot mode added.
• Recovery mode added.
• Device settings, friendly name, device location, device coordinates, and contact information added.
• Test and Discard configuration buttons added.
• Product File upgrade via firmware upgrade added.
• Ping watchdog added.
• SNMP support added to GUI.
• NTP client added.
• Site Survey tool added.
• Device coordinates added to the status information page.
• CCQ added to the statistics page.
• Wireless client count added to the statistics page.
• Wireless client table added to the statistics page.
• Instant traffic graph added to the statistics page.
• Radio and Ethernet MAC representation added to the statistics page.
• Radio peer MAC representation added to the statistics page.
• Tx/Rx data bytes counters added to the statistics page.
• Tx/Rx error counters added to the statistics page.
• Instant noise graph added to the statistics page.
• Device up-time added to the status page.
• CPU usage level added to the status page.
• Network settings added to the status information page.
• Network mode added to the status information page.
• Wireless signal level in dBm added to the status information page.
• Wireless information added to the status information page.
• Wireless mode added to the status information page.
• Product name added to the status information page.
• Ethernet networks state and speed added to the status page.
• Firmware version added to the status page.
• Wireless connection status added.
• Bridge mode added.
• IPv4/IPv6 support added to bridge mode.
• Basic services IPv6 support added.
• Management VLAN added to bridge mode.
• Data VLAN added.
• NAT on/off added to router mode.
• DNS masq on router added.
• IP fallback settings added to DHCP client.
• Open encryption added.
• WEP 64/128 bit encryption added.
• Regulatory DB support added.
• Set SSID option added.
• Search SSID function added.
• Maximum AP limit set to 127 clients in core.
• MPDU density added in core.
• SGI added in core.
• ACK timeout control added.
• Legacy device auto-data rate added.
• 11n auto-data rate added.
• Output power control added.
• Static data rate added for 11n and legacy devices.
• 20/40MHz wireless channel support added.
• SISO/MIMO mode added in core.
• AMSDU added in core.
• WMM added in core.
• RTS parameter added in core.
• Fragmentation parameter added in core.
• WPA Enterprise added to AP mode.
• WPA Enterprise added to AP station.
• CT country code added.
• Operational Country support added.
• Client isolation added.
• WACL added.
• IEEE pure mode support added.
• IEEE mixed mode support added.
• Auto-channel added.
• AP mode without WDS added.
• AP mode with WDS added.
• Station mode without WDS added.
• Station mode with WDS added.
• IEEE a/b/g/n wireless modes support added.
• Support for the reset to default factory settings using the reset button added.
• WNMS agent added.
• Virtual AP support added.
• Management VLAN added.
• Data VLAN added.
• Dual radio support added.