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;