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.