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What's new in the firmware

Below is a list of more important changes in subsequent firmware releases.

Please read important information about new safe way to upgrade firmware in Tahoe 681, 682 and 684 modems introduced in version 1.2.9.

Version
Changes
Products
affected
1.4.1
(05.11.2008)
SSH access (enable using 'ssh' command)all
 Line speed may be set on one end only, the remote modem retrieves settings before synchronizationTahoe 68x/4681
 Fixed speed autonegotiation (working only up to 2304 kbps per line)Tahoe 68x/4681
 Configuration will be retained while upgrading from 1.4.1 to further versionsall
 Configuration downloadable/uploadable by TFTP ('eeprom' file)all
 Improved VLAN support (one VLAN may be used to pass user data, while other may be used to manage modem)all
 Shell command completion and use of shortened commands (i.e. 'ifc eth0')all
 Interface packet queue length may be changed using 'ifconfig qlen ' (lower values mean lower delays but higher packet loss in case of link overload)all
1.3.0rc13
(19.12.2007)
Fixed a bug causing packet duplication when working in routing modeall
1.3.0rc11
(04.12.2007)
New DSL transceiver microcode achieving up to 5696 kbps per DSL line (22784 kbps in case of 8-wire modem)Tahoe 68x/4681
 Fixed a bug causing available memory to run low and making device stop passing trafficall
 Fixed a bug causing spurious reboots of DSLAM cardsTahoe 4681/NMC
 Fixed a bug causing DSLAM cards disappear from NMC LCDTahoe 4681/NMC
 Improved performance (data flow symmetry) when modems passed high amount of traffic in both directionsTahoe 68x/4681
1.3.0rc4
(24.07.2006)
'bundle' command gathers selected DSL lines into separate trunks and allows connecting together modems with different number of lines supported, for example two Tahoe 681 to one Tahoe 682 or four Tahoe 681 to one Tahoe 684 or two Tahoe 682 to one Tahoe 684 - read moreTahoe 68x
 'dsl' command allows separate configuration of each DSL lineTahoe 68x
 'vlan' command configures VLAN switching, port tagging and untagging, etc. - read moreall
 'tcpdump' command monitors traffic on an interfaceall
 Port Address Translation redirects selected TCP ports to another hostall
 TFTP server bug fixall
1.2.9
(27.01.2006)
fixed a bug causing telnet connections to stop respondingall
 fixed a bug in ARP code causing memory leakall
1.2.9rc2
(24.11.2005)
fixed a bug causing accidental rebootsall
1.2.9rc1
(17.08.2005)
firmware divided into two parts - bootstrap and compressed firmware, safer firmware upgrade - read moreTahoe 68x
 passwords encoded using MD5 ('config' command doesn't show plaintext anymore)all
 more detailed G.shdsl link statesTahoe 68x
 'console speed' command allows changing serial console speedall
 'more' command allows disabling '-- more --' promptTahoe 68x
 fixed a bug causing modem to lock after some timeall
 fixed a bug causing some connections to remain in 'netstat' listingall
 corrected sending syslog messages via gatewayall
 some code optimizationTahoe 68x
1.2.8
(22.04.2005)
'mii' command for configuring Ethernet interface (MII)Tahoe 68x
 line throughput autonegotiationTahoe 68x
 'keypad' command allowing keypad lockingTahoe 580/68x
 corrected procedure reverting to factory defaultsTahoe 68x
 improved G.shdsl transmission symmetryTahoe 68x
 8-wire modems supportTahoe 684
 fixed a bug causing transmissio to slow down after some timeTahoe 68x
 fixed a bug causing unwanted modem rebootsTahoe 68x
1.2.7
(15.06.2004)
code optimisation - higher efficiency in packets per secondall
 'tech' command displaying details for technical supportall
 'prompt' command changing default 'Tahoe>' promptall
 minor bugfixesall
1.2.6
(29.03.2004)
many important bugfixes improving system stabilityall
 extended 'ping' commandall
 'raw HDLC' transmission modeall
1.2.5
(20.10.2003)
'config' command displaying current configurationall
 more readable helpall
 some minor bugfixes improving system stabilityall
 PPP, Frame Relay and Cisco HDLC supportTahoe 580
 fixed bridging of multicast packetsall
1.2.4
(21.07.2003)
bridge over Frame RelayTahoe 17xx/18xx
 fixed a bug causing high packet latency in PPP modeall
 fixed a memory leak which appeared in version 1.2.3all
 fixed a bug in DHCP Relayall
1.2.3
(31.01.2003)
G.703 port statisticsTahoe 17xx
 'console' command enabling console access password protectionTahoe 17xx/18xx
 'timeout' command for setting login and session timeoutsall
 '-m' option for 'ipchains' command (masquerading using selected IP, not the IP of the output interface)all
 LAN port status reporting (up/down)Tahoe 17xx
 'user' command allowing multiple users with different access levelsall
 fixed a bug in DHCP serverall
 fixed a bug in unframed E1 modeTahoe 174x
1.2.2
(12.11.2002)
VLAN supportall
 improved assigning many IPs to single interfaceall
1.2.1
(5.07.2002)
'syslog' command (sending system logs to a central syslog server)all
 fixed a bug in FTP connections masqueradingall
 'dhcp log' option - logging of DHCP messages to syslog serverall
1.2.0
(12.02.2002)
'watchdog' command (sends pings to selected IP addresses and reboots device if no reply is received)all




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