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====== Release Notes ======

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===== 5.33F4 =====
Date: 2011-OCT-14
  * USB long directory names improved
  * USB memory stick compatibility improved
  * Handling of empty passwords corrected
  * SMTP client stability and compatibility improved
  * SMTP client now adds date field to sent e-mails
  * Stability improvements
  * Other minor improvements

===== 5.33F2 =====
Date: 2011-AUG-31

**General:**
  * Dropdown menu entry "Log out" added
  * Help texts improved on several pages
  * Online manual links point to new site
  * VPN stability during heavy load improved
  * TR-069 support improved
  * Support of new PBX [[license:|licenses]] (seat-type, auto attendants)

**SIP related:**
  * Internal PBX named “SIP Switch” introduced (requires [[license:]])
  * SIP Switch Overview page added (requires [[license:]])
  * Seat type Basic and Pro added (requires [[license:]])
  * Internal voicemail added (requires [[license:]])
  * Auto Attendant added (requires [[license:]])
  * PBX scheduler, time of day routing introduced
  * Ring time setting introduced on PBX personal page
  * “SIP” page renamed to “SIP Server” page
  * “SIP Switch” page renamed to “SIP Switch Advanced”
  * [[sip:Trunk]] config improved: support of multiple PBXs and fallback SIP server
  * Duplicate AOR for phone ports allowed
  * Checkbox "always use B2BUA" added on SIP Switch Advanced page
  * B2BUA end-to-end BYE and PRACK handling now configurable
  * Call log improved
  * Client support of RFC 5626 small (CRLF) keep-alive packets

**Other:**
  * [[web_gui:Dynamic DNS]] account types removed (as dyndns.org no longer supports them)
  * [[web_gui:e-mail_page|SMTP server address field]] now also accepts URL
  * Ability to send a [[web_gui:e-mail_page|test e-mail]] added

===== 5.32F6 =====
Date: 2011-NOV-10

  * SIP correction of authenticated re-INVITE without SDP through B2BUA

===== 5.32F5 =====
Date: 2011-OCT-14

  * Stability when installing licenses improved
  * Telephone ports' PRACK settings corrected
  * WiFi stability improved
  * WiFi WPA long (more than 31 chars) passphrases corrected
  * Bootloader factory default improved
  * Handling of unit-specific CWMP (TR-069) improved
  * Minor memory leak corrected when using IPSec
  * SIParator spirals corrected
  * SNOM FENT compatibility improved

===== 5.32F4 =====
Date: 2011-AUG-31

  * Support for hardware with 16MB flash memory added
  * CWMP (TR-069) stability improved

===== 5.32F2 =====
Date: 2011-JUL-21

**General:**
  * Encrypted passwords
  * Changed procedures for Backup/Restore of configuration
  * Firmware upgrade files with both .tar and .ii extension accepted

**SIP related:**
  * Support of RFC 3262, 100rel and PRACK in SIP B2BUA and FXS ports
  * localgw no longer default value for emergency routing
  * Authentication efficiency improved “reuse received nonces” 
  * Call log media statistics improved
  * Voice prioritization over SIP signaling improved
  * WAN SIParator 1 mode DHCP sniffing improved
  * GUI for whitelist settings: Now possible to set AC and RI from user page
  * Multiple “Supported:” headers handling improved 
  * Support of GIN registration, draft-ietf-martini-gin
  * CSRC extension headers handling in RTP of Telephone port corrected 
  * FENT asymmetric streams/one way media problem resolved
  * SIP ”Allow:” header INFO handling improved

**Other:**
  * SMTP client
  * E-mail logs & debug file
  * Flow quotas (Filesharing programs can no longer consume all flows)
  * Disable HTTP TRACE
  * FTP proxy IP alias handling improved
  * Front panel Setup (SET button) can be disabled on Administration page
  * Menu “ DHCP Server” changed to “DHCP Advanced”
  * USB file system stability improved
  * Minor memory leak removed
  * Minor firewall flow leakage removed
  * Debug file improved
  * Firmware upgrade fail handling improved
  * ADSL VPI=0 now stored correctly in backup file
  * Improved HTTPS handling
  * HTTPS error handling memory leak removed
  * TR-069 now also available in WAN SIParator mode
  * TR-069 logging more efficient
  * TR-069 CR port now configurable (default 7547)
  * TR-069 configuration download improved
  * TR-069 firmware download improved
  * TR-069 stability improved
  * Reduced SSL session cache size in web server
  * ADSL HEC errors retrain modified 

===== 5.30F2 =====
Date: 2010-NOV-22 

**General:**
  * Stability improved
  * Firewall rule parsing correction
  * Ports for Telia IPTV opened in Hi security profile

**SIP related:**
  * SIP flood detection was only active when firewall log was enabled - Corrected
  * Potential bug causing restart fixed
  * Port number allocation and return improved

===== 5.30 =====
Date: 2010-OCT-19 

**General:**
  * Some web GUI pages moved to new Applications menu
  * Firewall throughput improved

**SIP related:**
  * IP blacklisting based on contents of SIP message added
  * General SIP DoS flood detection and protection added
  * Protection against brute force SIP password guessing attacks added
  * WAN SIParator 1 and 2 added to Operational modes
  * Better operator selection on Administration page
  * Authentication credentials forwarded when b2bua without account is used
  * Forward Action and Condition on SIP Switch page improved
  * RTCP support added to FXS ports
  * Voice metrics (MOS etc) in Call log / CDRs extended and improved
  * Additional licensing mechanism for SIP sessions based on set CAC value
  * Inhibit hold setting on SIP Advanced page added
  * Settings added to SIP Advanced pages to hide Via header
  * Settings added to SIP Advanced pages to hide Record-Route
  * Several settings added to SIP Trunk pages
  * New configuration option for escape characters in username of SIP URI
  * Improved handling of forked calls that gets authenticated
  * FXS port call waiting (incoming call while busy) timeout set to 25s
  * FXS ports compatibility with Telia plus services as Swedish default
  * Setting to convert leading +468 to 08 for caller-ID in FXS ports
  * Compatibility improvements
  * Stability improvements

**Other:**
  * DHCP relay support added [[web_gui:dhcp_server|DHCP Server Advanced page]]
  * Bridge IEEE 802.1D WAN to ET4 added to Network
  * Collect debug info now button added to [[web_gui:administration_page|Administration page]]
  * Fingerprints added to certificate viewer page
  * RTMP (Macromedia Flash) checkbox added to Security profile page
  * Packet size (max payload) added to classifier for extra WAN interfaces
  * Remote configuration (web) available on extra WAN interfaces also
  * USB read-only access (write protect) selectable
  * Logging to USB memory stick added (see help text)
  * Automatic selection of SNTP time zone in Europe
  * Interface QoS class added to WAN interfaces on Network status page
  * IP-TV (multicast) quality during heavy load improved
  * TR-069 stability, speed and security improvements
  * VPN stability improved
  * Web GUI stability improved
  * Other minor improvements

===== 5.20F6 =====
Date: 2010-MAY-11 

  * SIP trunk PBX account password corrected
  * emergency number default 112 to vgw-regions file for swedish region
  * remote https access corrected
  * SIP switch page layout improved
  * Spontaneous reboot when SIP uses an invalid TCP connection corrected
  * TCP data chunks sent in wrong order or duplicated corrected
  * Hide Record-Route setting
  * Resolve public GRUU setting
  * Use software versions of AES and DES for SSL/TLS applications
  * Prioritize "incoming call matching" (SIP trunk) before "static domain forwarding"
  * Ignore invalid Replaces header, don't generate parse error
  * RIP advertises high "cost" for default route, if no WAN connection
  * Wireless was erroneously activated when saving on Network Page

===== 5.20F5 =====
Date: 2010-MAR-29 

  * Prepared for future upgrades
  * :!: **Users of 5.20F4 should upgrade!**

===== 5.20F4 =====
Date: 2010-MAR-18 

  * TR-069 improvements
  * PPP improvements
  * Config file storage improved
  * ADSL removal through branding on 5-port models corrected
  * MOS value format in call log corrected
  * Logging expired flows turned off by default
  * IX78 stability improved
  * TCP stack improved, TCP ACK flood when FIN meet on the wire
  * GUI for SIP settings "inhibit hold" and "rfc2543 hold" added
  * Checkboxes added for "allow" and "auth" in SIP authorization table
  * SIP trunk setting added for hiding record-route
  * SIP trunk setting added for showing only one "to" tag
  * SIP trunk setting added for hiding Via headers
  * Configuration files white space handling improved
  * SIP media routing after call transfer corrected
  * LAN SIParator detection of inside IP addresses improved
  * SIP URI pattern matching improved
  * Operator Sting settings improved
  * Operator TeliaFiberLAN settings improved

===== 5.20F3 =====
Date: 2010-FEB-01 

  * Wireless mode 802.11b/g default
  * Wireless temporary enable using SEL button corrected
  * Wireless page save & reboot improved
  * Missaligned fields on SIP Trunk page adjusted
  * USB device detection improved
  * Improved syntax for allowing only specified GUI pages to be shown for certain users
  * SIP stability when re-invite client transaction is deleted improved
  * TR-069 digest authentication corrected
  * Internal SIP UA:s now copies Record-Route to 180 responses
  * Improved manipulation capabilities of From header in SIP b2bua
  * Bootloader now supports up to 128MB SDRAM

===== 5.20 =====
Date: 2009-DEC-28

**General:**
  * SIP Trunking module added - See Configuration > SIP Trunk GUI page
  * Interface to management system (iEMS) added
  * Call logging with MOS score (call quality) added
  * VPN EasyServer improved
  * SIParator with ADSL as WAN now configurable
  * IP aliases now supported on all network interfaces
  * RTSP proxy support for 'destination' parameter
  * Possible to set ToS on ftp and other "flow" traffic generated by IX78 itself
  * Operator settings extended with more operator choices
  * Configuration Scheduler improved
  * DHCP server lease time settings added
  * ADSL negotiation and performance improved
  * HTTPS support for Web GUI access
  * IX78 provisioning system improved
  * TR-069 improvements (https, more objects, logging)
  * IX vendor specific TR-069 extensions, more objects added
  * SNMP setting improvements
  * IX vendor specific SNMP extensions added
  * Upgrade of software licenses (IFC) improved
  * Wireless settings reset upon upgrade
  * Wireless turned off by default
  * Wireless mode 802.11g default (not b/g mixed due to performance drawbacks)
  * Wireless MAC address changed to Intertex range
  * Wireless WPA2 encryption changed to AES
  * Wireless Cafe Mode corrected
  * Wireless iPhone and Android compatibility improved
  * Changes on wireless settings page now require reboot

**SIP Improvements:**
  * SIP Trunking according to RFC 4904 supported
  * SIP generic header manipulation tool using URI header syntax added
  * SIP calls with preloaded Route treated as outbound calls in call filtering
  * SIP authentication setting added to static domain forwarding table
  * SIP self-made GRUU, new option for URI encoding setting
  * SIP setting for ignoring required SIP extensions in Require and Proxy-Require header field.
  * SIP setting for anonymous call handling when using b2bua
  * SIP To header when using b2bua displays forward to URI
  * SIP setting for handling of missing Privacy header
  * SIP re-invite caused small audio glitch, now fixed
  * SIP session licenses allocated for b2bua calls improved
  * SIP session licenses counting for parallel ringing fixed
  * SIP setting to cancel all branches on 486 busy or user initiated reject added
  * SIP authorization/authentication configuration improved
  * SIP Refer-To header handling improved
  * SIP setting for not changing port number when switching to T.38 fax added
  * SIP support for Swedish characters in quoted string
  * Multiple authentication challenges for same request now supported
  * SIP log options added (methods, internal messages)
  * Do not modify SDP if "a=candidate" is present (SIP connect req.)
  * Default diffserv bits according to SIP connect and RFC 4594

**SIP fixes and corrections:**
  * SIP authentication when calling anonymously
  * SIP DNS SRV redundancy not working
  * Calling FENT (Far End NAT Traversal) UA through b2bua not working
  * SIP route header was not decrypted if loose route
  * Multiple registrations for same account on startup
  * SIP, cancel pending re-invite when BYE is received
  * Route header not removed in stateless ACK (2xx)
  * Remember primary server down for a 401/407 was not working for INVITE
  * Media relay was not working if offer is in response and answer in ACK
  * Switch to codec type used by other party did not always work
  * Re-INVITE for putting on hold disappear and 408 returned
  * Hanged SIP TCP connection
  * SIP B2BUA pools, use SIP account that is not busy when sharing accounts among many users
  * SIP registrations was not deleted properly (memory freed when objects was reused after long time)
  * CANCEL server transaction timeout was unnecessarily long
  * SIP Contact list in REGISTER response could contain bindings that was for another address-of-record with same username.

**Webserver improvements:**
  * Webserver stability improved
  * Increased number of parallel connections
  * deadlock caused by config function calls fixed
  * upgrade firmware problem fixed

**Various improvements and corrections:**
  * Increased number of parallel connections
  * deadlock caused by config function calls fixed
  * upgrade firmware problem fixed
  * Problem with flash file system reads on startup fixed
  * Rare Ethernet driver lock-up removed
  * TCP FIN flood when closing TCP connections between IX78s
  * Long DNS host names caused buffer overflow in DNS relay
  * Ethernet driver blocked in transmit
  * PPPoE problem when setting ET4 as WAN
  * Easy server sent packets in wrong tunnels when multiple clients
  * Remote config by web problem fixed
  * Fixed bad noise when no packets received when using G.729
  * FXS/FXO voice packet time setting
  * FXS sent PCMA when Snom phone sends PCMU
  * Resolver DNS servers not being set after PPP link is up
  * IP-redirection (using Security-GUI config) did not work for TCP and UDP
  * DSA/SHA-1 certificates with SIP/TLS/openssl was not working
  * TLS firewall rule not present after first own certificate was deleted.

===== 5.11F6 =====
Date: 2009-JUN-23 

  * Memory leaks in dhcp server and dns relay fixed
  * String objects unnecessary allocation of 1 byte fixed (sip)
  * SIP registrations was not deleted properly (memory freed when objects was reused after long time)
  * CANCEL server transaction timeout unnecessarily long
  * MEM hybrid objects used for RNG_delay_node_s (fw)
  * Memory logger improved
  * Switch to codec type used by other party did not always work (vgw)
  * FXS sent sometimes PCMA payload type instead PCMU
  * ADSL retrain improved

===== 5.11F3 =====
Date: 2009-APR-14 

  * SIP route in retransmitted ACK corrected
  * DNS recursions improved
  * Call setup delay with Aastra PBX corrected
  * SIP spirals in LANSIParator mode corrected
  * DNS recursion to authorative name servers corrected
  * Version number system modified, now also supports 'subversions' (=patches) in releases, e.g. "5.11F3"
  * MAC address cloning now also possible for ethernet WAN
  * Automatic siparator configuration corrected to support SIP spirals and spoof protection
  * route/record-route encryption/decryption corrected in SIParator mode
  * New SIP registrations now wait until previous finished
  * "WAN IP server access from inside" corrected
  * DHCP server improvements
  * Increased telephone ports password and username lengths
  * Terminating # or * not removed if timeout when calling from Telephone Ports
  * Other minor improvements

===== 5.11F2 =====
Date: 2008-DEC-17 

  * Many improvements of FXO port functionality
  * Better T.38 compatibility (SIP reuse of port number when media type changes)
  * Correction of IX78 with non enabled WLAN
  * Correction of flow handling after ADSL retrain
  * SIP DID (Direct Inwards Dialing) improved
  * DHCP correction when using many WAN interfaces
  * SIP DNS SRV redundancy while primary SIP server down corrected
  * SIP FENT when users behind same NAT improved
  * SIP FENT through B2BUA corrected
  * SIP Loose Routing setting now default enabled

===== 5.11F1 =====
Date: 2008-OCT-30 

  * Web based configuration wizard for PBX settings
  * SIP FROM-based routing in SIP trunking scenarios
  * FXS-port ring notification when other phones ring
  * Option to keep outside SIP port number unchanged within a session
  * Setting for response to SIP-registrations at WAN link down
  * RTSP proxy can now be turned on/off
  * A web page with unit information in GUI under Help
  * Option to force ADSL SNR margin on ADSL Advanced pages
  * Empty PPP username and password allowed
  * Other SIP improvements
  * Other minor improvements

===== 5.10 =====
Date: 2008-JUN-24 

  * Performance improved
  * Voice ports (FXS/FXO) improved
  * SIP support of RFC 2069 added
  * SIP selection of preferred QOP added
  * SIP Music on hold added
  * SIP B2BUA re-INVITE end-to-end added
  * SIP Strip ICE SDP attributes added
  * Other SIP improvements
  * Scheduler added
  * Internet filter (parental control) added
  * IPTV quality during heavy load improved
  * ADSL improved
  * Save permanently using front panel buttons added
  * T.38 support improved
  * IPTV quality during heavy load on Ether-WAN connections improved
  * SNTP client now autoadjusts daylight saving time
  * Wireless access point can now be enabled/disabled using front panel button
  * Lifeboat stability improved
  * Virtual access points (VAPs) implemented: AIR, AIR2, AIR3 interfaces
  * Extra WAN interfaces can now be bridged to certain inside interfaces
  * TR-069 improved
  * VPN over PPP connections corrected
  * VPN stability improved
  * Added support of two channels on same PVC (one PPPoE, one DHCP)
  * Telia ADSL PBX settings profile added
  * Static routes support improved
  * QoS routing improved
  * Restore from backup file improved
  * Stability improvements
  * Other minor improvements

===== 5.02 =====
Date: 2008-JAN-30 

  * First official release
<else>
Firmware and release notes can be found [[http://www.media5corp.com/downloads|here]].
</if>