Below is a list of more important changes in subsequent firmware releases.
| 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 synchronization | Tahoe 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 versions | all |
| | 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 mode | all |
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 traffic | all |
| | Fixed a bug causing spurious reboots of DSLAM cards | Tahoe 4681/NMC |
| | Fixed a bug causing DSLAM cards disappear from NMC LCD | Tahoe 4681/NMC |
| | Improved performance (data flow symmetry) when modems passed high amount of traffic in both directions | Tahoe 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 more | Tahoe 68x |
| | 'dsl' command allows separate configuration of each DSL line | Tahoe 68x |
| | 'vlan' command configures VLAN switching, port tagging and untagging, etc. - read more | all |
| | 'tcpdump' command monitors traffic on an interface | all |
| | Port Address Translation redirects selected TCP ports to another host | all |
| | TFTP server bug fix | all |
1.2.9 (27.01.2006) |
fixed a bug causing telnet connections to stop responding | all |
| | fixed a bug in ARP code causing memory leak | all |
1.2.9rc2 (24.11.2005) |
fixed a bug causing accidental reboots | all |
1.2.9rc1 (17.08.2005) |
firmware divided into two parts - bootstrap and compressed firmware, safer firmware upgrade - read more | Tahoe 68x |
| | passwords encoded using MD5 ('config' command doesn't show plaintext anymore) | all |
| | more detailed G.shdsl link states | Tahoe 68x |
| | 'console speed' command allows changing serial console speed | all |
| | 'more' command allows disabling '-- more --' prompt | Tahoe 68x |
| | fixed a bug causing modem to lock after some time | all |
| | fixed a bug causing some connections to remain in 'netstat' listing | all |
| | corrected sending syslog messages via gateway | all |
| | some code optimization | Tahoe 68x |
1.2.8 (22.04.2005) |
'mii' command for configuring Ethernet interface (MII) | Tahoe 68x |
| | line throughput autonegotiation | Tahoe 68x |
| | 'keypad' command allowing keypad locking | Tahoe 580/68x |
| | corrected procedure reverting to factory defaults | Tahoe 68x |
| | improved G.shdsl transmission symmetry | Tahoe 68x |
| | 8-wire modems support | Tahoe 684 |
| | fixed a bug causing transmissio to slow down after some time | Tahoe 68x |
| | fixed a bug causing unwanted modem reboots | Tahoe 68x |
1.2.7 (15.06.2004) |
code optimisation - higher efficiency in packets per second | all |
| | 'tech' command displaying details for technical support | all |
| | 'prompt' command changing default 'Tahoe>' prompt | all |
| | minor bugfixes | all |
1.2.6 (29.03.2004) |
many important bugfixes improving system stability | all |
| | extended 'ping' command | all |
| | 'raw HDLC' transmission mode | all |
1.2.5 (20.10.2003) |
'config' command displaying current configuration | all |
| | more readable help | all |
| | some minor bugfixes improving system stability | all |
| | PPP, Frame Relay and Cisco HDLC support | Tahoe 580 |
| | fixed bridging of multicast packets | all |
1.2.4 (21.07.2003) |
bridge over Frame Relay | Tahoe 17xx/18xx |
| | fixed a bug causing high packet latency in PPP mode | all |
| | fixed a memory leak which appeared in version 1.2.3 | all |
| | fixed a bug in DHCP Relay | all |
1.2.3 (31.01.2003) |
G.703 port statistics | Tahoe 17xx |
| | 'console' command enabling console access password protection | Tahoe 17xx/18xx |
| | 'timeout' command for setting login and session timeouts | all |
| | '-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 levels | all |
| | fixed a bug in DHCP server | all |
| | fixed a bug in unframed E1 mode | Tahoe 174x |
1.2.2 (12.11.2002) |
VLAN support | all |
| | improved assigning many IPs to single interface | all |
1.2.1 (5.07.2002) |
'syslog' command (sending system logs to a central syslog server) | all |
| | fixed a bug in FTP connections masquerading | all |
| | 'dhcp log' option - logging of DHCP messages to syslog server | all |
1.2.0 (12.02.2002) |
'watchdog' command (sends pings to selected IP addresses and reboots device if no reply is received) | all |