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17 (2012-May-28 12:34): *) files - fixed problem when directories disappeared after reboot on usb or sd flash; *) webfig - make QuickSet scan list work in Firefox v12; *) webfig - fixed problem in QuickSet when changing country or channel-width in AP mode would enable NV2 protocol; *) webfig - fixed skins when hiding first tab may make other tabs inaccessible; *) winbox - fixed packet raw data view in packet sniffer; *) winbox - fixed problem when router could be DoS attacked through winbox port; *) ports - add option "/port firmware ignore-directip-modem" which will ignore modems ip interface and modem's serial ports will be made accessible to users; *) ipv6 pool - allow pools with prefix equal to prefix length; *) ping times improved on Nv2 high data rate wireless links; *) tool email - added starttls option; *) snmp - allow multiple ip ranges for each community; *) serial console - added channel support; What's new in 5.16 (2012-May-09 17:23): *) webfig - fixed problem when new item addition to status page in design skin m ode did not work; *) add pw-type option for BGP VPLS; *) fixed mac telnet - sometimes did not work if more than one mac level path to destination; *) user - fixed problem when adding new users from console it's password was not set; *) reset packet mark when encapsulating/decapsulating from eoip,ipip,gre,eoipv6, ipipv6,gre6 tunnels What's new in 5.15 (2012-Apr-20 13:11): *) ssh - added option "/ip ssh always-allow-password-login" which will allow password based login for users using public key; *) snmp - moved disk oids shown in console from "/system resoure" to "/store dis k"; *) certificate manager - added PKCS#8 support for key import; *) lte - support for modems which utilize sierra_net driver with product ID 0x68 a3, serial interface is no longer accesable for those modems; *) quickset - added AP mode; *) smb - fixed authorization problems, shares should now be browsable; *) dhcp client - revert NTP settings on dhcp client disable; *) dhcp server - use DNS server from DHCP client (broken in v5.13); *) sstp - made it working on Pentium 4 again; *) added support for usb forwarding over tcp; *) webfig - fixed uptime column in hotspot active users list (and other places a s well) ; *) webfig - hide design skin button if user does not have sensitive & policy permissions; *) webfig - do not allow to upload/download files without write/read & ftp permisions; *) webfig - fixed blank page when logout, undo, redo, hide-menu or safe-mode wer e hidden in skin, *) winbox - show connection tracking max entries properly; *) winbox - make interface name sorting more stable; *) winbox - do not reset user password when changing it's properties;

*) rb1200 ether6,ether7,ether8 did not support big packets when linked at 10/100 Mbps; What's new in 5.14 (2012-Feb-22 12:04): *) winbox - fixed problem when changing main winbox window size and some of the inner windows become hidden; *) backup - backup file creation failed if router identity name had / in it; *) wireless - improved nv2 link stability to reduce control frame timeouts, only AP requires update; *) fixed rare configuration retention problems on RB1100AHx2; *) certificate manager - fixed building certificate trust chain which caused certificate validation problems for some programs (VPN, SSTP etc) when downgrading from this version to older version please run "/certificate reset-certificate-cache" to maintain correct trust chain; What's new in 5.13 (2012-Feb-14 08:18): *) firewall - to-address can be specified as ip address with mask in addition to ip range; *) traffic-generator - fix crash on multicore systems; *) smb - fixes and improvements; *) sstp - added RC4 cipher support to fix interoperability issues introduced in MS KB2585542 security update. from now on RC4 is the preferred cipher and AES will be used only if peer does not advertise RC4; *) dhcp client - revert DNS settings on dhcp client disable; *) quickset - country & channel-width can now be specified; *) quickset - added support for configuring pppoe client on wireless interface; *) bridge - fixed problem where arp reply-only or disabled mode didn't work and disabled bridge interfaces didn't have X flag; *) webfig - fixed problem where none of table entries were shown if table filter was left to 'all'; *) webfig - show login page if autologin fails; *) user manager - don't store backups in active store, always use path relative to /; What's new in 5.12 (2012-Jan-19 14:31): *) console - allow to specify blank interval on x86 screens; *) console - changed 'password' command, now can be used from scripts and api; *) winbox - reorganized window layout to match console better; *) ssh - fixed interoperability problem with psftp based clients; *) implemented simple SMB (windows file sharing) server; *) fixed ovpn-client - client stopped working if it was enabled/disabled at wron g time; *) fixed ipv6 - ipv6 neighbor discovery stopped working when interface arp setting wasn't set to enabled; *) console - minor fixes and improvements; *) console - added support for compact export; *) hotspot - added login redirect through http status 302; *) leds - added default configuration for R5SHPn wireless card; *) ppp - fixed problem were remote-ipv6-prefix was not given to user if remote-i pv6-pool was provided; *) winbox, webfig - sort ethernet interfaces properly when more than 10 exist; *) added QuickSet to RBSXT, RB411, RB711; *) user manager - command to create and assign user profile from console; *) added support for LTE modems (cdc ethernet type); *) fix gre tunnels on x86 and other little endian machines;

What's new in 5.11 (2011-Dec-12 11:05): *) hotspot - fixed https login (broken in v5.9); *) eoip: swap tunnel id bytes to be compatible with previous versions; *) eoip,gre: fix setting config What's new in 5.10 (2011-Dec-09 11:49): *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) snmp - provide extended interface statistics when availabe; dhcpv6 client - use link-scoped multicast address; dhcp client - renew dhcp lease on ethernet link up event; ipv6 gre tunnel added (/interface gre6) supports ip and ipv6 encapsulation; ip gre tunnel supports ipv6 encapsulation; allow setting bigger trafflow cache; improved RB1200 stability when using ether9,ether10; fixed RB1200 stability issues when using crypto hardware acceleration;

What's new in 5.9 (2011-Nov-29 14:32): *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) ssh - fix mempry leak when client uses public key authentication; ppp - added support for new RADIUS attribute MT-Delegated-IPv6-Pool (#22); ntp client - faster initial synchronization; ppp - added support for dhcpv6 pd; wireless - nv2 improvements for 11n cards; hotspot - fixed login page to better handle big load; wireless - change default rate-selection to advanced; snmp - fix simple queue table; webfig - fixed problem were users wihtout sensitive permission could download senstive files (like backups); *) webfig - fixed problem were table filters did not work allways as expected; *) metarouter - fixed problem where local routeros instances did not boot; *) dhcpv6 - client and server moved to respective /ipv6 dhcp- entry; *) dhcpv6 server - changed how bindings are defined, users should add missing static binding information after upgrade; *) sms - send sms now uses channel from config if it's not specified in the comm and; What's new in 5.8 (2011-Nov-01 10:14): *) snmp - fixed problem where some rows were missed in a few tables when walking them; *) ipv6 - added support for router address assignment from ipv6 pools; *) routerboard - fix RB400/RB700 bootloader upgrade problem *) radius - respond to CoA & Disconnect requests with the same ip address it was received to; *) improved webfig look; *) webfig - do not allow to show secret passwords if user does not have sensitive permission; *) webfig - allow to customize all item names in skins; *) updated timezone information; *) lcd - added support for new ax93304 model and nexcom LCDs; *) ppp - added support for ipv6 pools; *) ppp - added support for Framed-IPv6-Pool radius attribute; *) dhcp client - fix high CPU usage when interface is disabled; *) snmp - trap interface filter, multiple trap targets; *) dhcp - added server support for IPv6 prefix delegation from /ipv6 pool, client support is also added; *) ipsec - support authorization with raw RSA keys; *) added ipv6 prefix pools;

*) winbox - now copied item in ordered list is added right after it's original; *) pcq - fixed possible crash; What's new in 5.7 (2011-Sep-14 10:54): *) ovpn client - fixed crash when user name or password together were longer than 11 symbols; *) sstp client - added an option to skip server address verification from certificate; *) fixed problem - router crashed sometimes when using USB modem; *) userman - show overall totals, show user totals if user has more than one entry; *) lcd - retrieving '/system lcd page' configuration did not work with hundreds of interfaces; *) webfig - added ability to reorder fields in skins; *) webfig - added ability to add/remove new tabs & separators in skins; *) webfig - added ability to add any field to special status page; *) webfig - fixed problem when user sometimes got logged out with message "internal server error"; *) webfig - logout didn't log user out from router; *) webfig - added System/Password for changing user's own password; *) system reset-configuration - if keep-users is specified ssh user keys are preserved as well; *) ipsec - new exchange mode (main-l2tp) for l2tp tunnel users to allow FQDN as a peer ID with preshared key authorization in main mode; *) ssh - fix possible server crash when connection is interrupted; *) improved ipv4 forwarding performance on all boards with simple configuration by up to 30%; *) add passthrough setting to change-dscp, change-ttl, change-mss, strip-ipv4-options, change-hop-limit mangle targets; *) ipsec - fixed problem of RB1200 rebooting when large amount of UDP traffic is sent through IPsec; *) sniffer - added more useful packet filtering options, also available as quick mode command parameters; What's new in 5.6 (2011-Aug-02 14:45): *) ipsec - fix a problem which could silently remove a manual policy from the kernel if the peer configuration has 'generate-policy' set to 'yes' and if the policy matches with the traffic selector of a SA being removed on the responder side, also fix a problem that some generated policies may stay in kernel after relevant SA was removed; *) profiler - correctly show idle task on RB1200; *) webfig - fix dual nstreme interface setting lists; *) webfig - fix Wireless Access/Connect List editing; *) webfig - fix bitrate presentation in simple queues (show 1.5M as 1500k); *) fixed micro-sd access on RB400 not to stop everything else; *) sstp - when server certificate verification is enabled for sstp client, it will additionally compare IP addresses found in certificate's subjectAltName and subject CN to the real address, DNS names are ignored; *) tftp - optional block counter roll-over support; *) hotspot - fixed possible crash in case of multiple Radius CoA requests; *) userman - speedup user deletion with big log size, note that first userman startup after this update may take few minutes if the log size is in hundreds of MB; *) mpls - added support for enabling/disabling control word usage for BGP based VPLS tunnels (both - Cisco and RFC 4761 based); *) mpls - added support for auto-discovery of VPLS NLRI encoding method for Cisco BGP based VPLS tunnels;

*) winbox - sometimes after disconnecting, winbox could not connect back; *) gre,ipip tunnels - new dscp parameter (0..63 or inherit); *) ping - new dscp parameter; What's new in 5.6: *) bgp - allow parallel operation of RFC4761 "l2vpn" and draft-ietf-l2vpn-signaling "l2vpn-cisco" BGP VPLS variants inside single peering session. *) console - ":resolve" command now returns IPv6 address for domain names that have only IPv6 address records; *) snmp - provide ups alarms for bad or low battery or for ups overload; *) route - fixed SNMP getnext queries, were failing to find next prefix in the OID order; What's new in 5.5 (2011-Jun-20 14:43): *) console - resolved problem that appeared in version 5.4. it caused 'sup-output' command to crash console on systems with many ethernet interfaces or very long interface names. *) serial console - do not automatically send login prompt to attached usb modem if no other serial port exists; *) winbox - fixed scrolling in terminal window; *) webfig - encrypt whole session even in non https mode; *) do not show contents of skin files to users without 'sensitive' permission; What's new in 5.4 (2011-May-27 13:18): *) webfig - do not try to open many windows if first open was blocked by browser; *) RB4xx ether1 port flapping fixed; What's new in 5.3 (2011-Apr-29 15:05): *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) snmp - fix table get next with partial row keys; snmp - respond from correct source address when multiple exist; snmp - fix possible interface disappearing when walking ipNetToMediaTable; snmp - fix possible memory leak; ipsec - flush SAs and inform peer when rebooting or shutting down; openvpn - fixed crash; implemented terminal in WebFig; implemented Skin mode in WebFig; added support for more Broadcom Tigon3 based ethernet cards; winbox - fixed byte to KiB, MiB and GiB conversion (digit after decimal point could be a bit off); *) console - align numbers right in tabular print output; *) fixed RB450G, RB750G switch chip slow ethernet problem; *) fix vlan disable not taking effect; *) userman - fix Authorize.Net payment bypass; *) userman - added profile option to overwrite shared users option in user settings when profile is activated; *) userman - fix db backup if it's size exceeds 2G; *) wireless - merged ht-extension-channels in to channel-width; What's new in 5.2 (2011-Apr-21 09:36): *) fixed webfig; *) console - fixed problem with supout file generation and export that appeared in version 5.1, it was causing console to enter busy loop

on some boards; *) ssh client - added source address and remote command options; *) user manager - added /tool usermanager profile; What's new in 5.1 (2011-Apr-08 12:55): *) *) *) *) *) ipsec - fix SA lifetime display when timezone offset does not equal 0; ipsec - now default DPD interval is 2 min for new configurations; webfig - make bandwidth-test work; fixed problem - wireless package got disabled after upgrading from v4; sstp - fix problems on multicore systems;

What's new in 5.0 (2011-Mar-31 11:33): *) route - fixed cause of crashes when handling multipath routes; *) route - fixed limit on maximum active IPv6 route count, was causing issues with more than 2000 active routes; *) ipsec - added command kill-connections under remote-peers; *) ipsec - fix responder side phase2 negotiation problem which prevented more than one Windows7 host to initiate SA; *) fixed vrrp - interface was invalid after undoing remove; *) winbox - added more detailed /interface ethernet stats; *) winbox - added ability to send e-mail; *) winbox - added missing 'set-metric' parameter in 'Routing/Prefix List'; *) wireless - 802.11 dynamic distance fix; *) fixed problem - packages could not be uninstalled if disk was full; *) fixed problem - some of the RouterBOARDS did not reboot properly sometimes; *) fixed problem - VLANs on bridge interface did not work; *) ssh - client supports public key authentication; What's new in 5.0rc11 (2011-Mar-04 14:29): *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) led trigger - changed blinking for modem signal and interface monitoring; ppp - added ability to specify data-channel for ppp server interfaces; ipsec - added more Diffie-Hellman groups; console - fixed a memory leak; console - don't recreate default '/system console' entry for the serial port if it is removed; netinstall - fixed CD-ROM & usb install; wireless nv2 - fixed RB532 freeze; wireless - fixed station-bridge mode; wireless - added station-bridge support for 802.11 and nstreme; gps - show higher precision coordinates; snmp - added OIDs for kvm and metarouter; usermanager - works again and to make user profile active after signup, please recreate relevant user profiles;

What's new in 5.0rc10 (2011-Feb-17 14:06): *) routing - fixed ipv6 connected routes, IPv6 connected routes disappeared after interface restart; *) routing - fixed high CPU usage when adding BGP ipv6 routes; *) winbox - fixed opening terminal window to KVM instance; *) winbox - fixed connect button in wireless scan; *) winbox - fixed make-binding in hotspot hosts; *) ipsec - fix possible crash when ipv6 is enabled; *) snmp - add usb power reset (see updated MIB); What's new in 5.0rc9 (2011-Feb-09 13:57):

*) wireless - fixed disconnect problem on long distance 802.11 40MHz links; *) wireless nv2 - fixed station mode that broke when station-bridge was introduced *) wireless - more improvements for 11n compatibility; *) routing - fixed problem with best route selection, sometimes inferior route could get selected as the active, problem was introduced in 5.0rc8; *) kvm - fix guest starting; What's new in 5.0rc8 (2011-Feb-01 14:03): *) *) *) *) *) *) added led trigger - change leds on different events; snmp - restored access to routing tables; snmp - fixed memory leak for OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.2; ipsec - added ipv6 support; removed broadcast setting from ip address; radv - fixed problem when wrong link local address was used to send advertisements on bridge interface; *) ppp - make IPv6 work again (introduced in v5.0rc7); *) ppp - fixed problem when user re-authenticated and traffic accounting included data from previous session; *) fixed traffic-flow on x86-smp (could stop sending flows); *) improved usb modem mode switching; *) kvm - fixed problem when sometimes virtualization detection fails; *) routing - route with recursive gateway sometimes was not selected as active, if another inferior route with directly reachable gateway was present; *) bgp - removed "interface" property from bgp peer configuration, now ipv6 link local remote address must be specified using the "address%interface" notation; *) added extended ethernet statistics (/interface ethernet print stats) for RB80 0,RB1000,RB1100 and RB7xx with AR7241 or newer cpu; *) wireless - improved 11n compatibility; *) wireless nv2 - added support for station-bridge mode; *) wireless nv2 - added area support; *) wireless - added ability to set registration-table comment using RADIUS attribute; *) implemented usb power-reset command on RB SXT 5HnD; What's new in 5.0rc7 (2010-Dec-29 10:39): *) fixed hotspot; *) tftp - fixed problem when nobody could connect if no ip-address were provided; *) winbox - fixed mac ping from neighbor list; *) fixed simple queues on little endian cpus; *) fixed simple queues without provided dst-address; *) fixed problem - could not update license for old style 7 digit software-id's; *) fixed winbox - IPv6 route could not be added; *) ssh - allow bigger packets (fixes some disconnecting problems); *) added support for RDC R6040 Ethernet controller; What's new in 5.0rc6 (2010-Dec-23 13:33): *) ntp server now requires a broadcast address for broadcast mode to work it should be specified under broadcast-addresses (X.X.X.255), 255.255.255.255 is not going to work; *) ssh - fixed showing forwarding settings,

check your setting after upgrade! *) allow to specify multiple networks (including IPv6) in user's allowed-from list; *) added support for Safe Mode to WinBox; *) allow to specify non acceptable groups for RADIUS console logins; *) handle correctly IPv6 address on bridged or switched interfaces; *) added IPv6 connection list; *) added IPV6 support to graphing; *) added IPv6 support to SNTP client; *) added IPv6 support to NTP client & server; *) added IPv6 support to RADIUS client; *) added IPv6 support to snmp; *) added IPv6 support to tftp server, also changed logging levels; *) added IPv6 support to ssh client; *) added IPv6 support to watchdog; *) added IPv6 support for /tool e-mail; *) added IPv6 support to log remote target; *) added IPv6 support to API; *) added IPv6 support to winbox; *) added IPv6 support to ftpd; *) added IPv6 support to netwatch; *) added IPv6 support for /queue simple; *) added IPv6 support for /tool bandwidth-test; *) added IPv6 support for /tool torch; *) added IPv6 support for /interface vrrp (version 3); *) added IP/IPv6 over ipv6 tunnel interface (/interface ipipv6); *) added Ethernet over IPv6 tunnel interface (/interface eoipv6); *) snmp - added ipv6AddrTable from IPV6-MIB; *) wireless nv2 - fixed station-wds mode multicast problem; *) wireless nv2 - fixed occasional encrypted link stalls; What's new in 5.0rc5 (2010-Dec-01 07:47): *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) logging - added email-starttls option for email target; pcq - added burst settings, like in "/queue tree" and "/queue simple"; pcq - can specify address masks for pcq; pcq - added ipv6 support; wireless - fixed WPA; radius - fixed encryption key decoding for wireless EAP & PPPs; winbox - make keyboard work right away after main window is activated; snmp - fix BER encoding for negative INTEGER values;

What's new in 5.0rc4 (2010-Nov-22 16:58): *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) radius - fixed Disconnect and CoA response signature generation; winbox - make double click work in text fields again; winbox - allow to drag windows outside of main one to the left; winbox - make some settings look more consistent; winbox - allot to specify IPv6 address in routing filter prefix; winbox - make possible to open IPv6 routes without crashing; winbox - improved item reordering in long lists; winbox - improved SNMP configuration support; winbox - added support for KVM configuration; winbox - added support for Traffic Engineering configuration; ovpn - make ovpn client work with OpenVPN v2.1.3; lcd - support Crystalfontz 631,633 also support for Crystalfontz lcd contrast setting is added; *) console - fixed missing return value of the ping command when executed from a scheduler entry; *) console - 'ping' command with specified value of 'interface' always forced

"arp-ping=yes", fixed; *) routing - fixed problem with 'check-gateway' status update that could get triggered when multiple routes with different values of 'target-scope' and 'check-gateway' referenced the same gateway IP address; *) store - allow to use external disks; *) modem firmware directory can be specified in /port firmware Gobi users should change this setting or directory name; *) ups - support USB UPS on RB4xx as well; *) snmp - fix BER encoding for some INTEGER based values; *) snmp - provide proxy stats using SQUID-MIB; *) snmp - provide ups info using UPS-MIB; *) snmp - provide external storage information; *) wireless nv2 - add missing statistics fields; *) wireless - add per-chain signal strength fields; *) added hotspot html variable "host-ip"; *) fixed pcq queue type; *) fixed leds on RB750; *) added hotspot html variable "host-ip"; *) wireless nv2 - fixed station-wds mode multicast problem; *) wireless nv2 - fixed occasional encrypted link stalls; What's new in 5.0rc3 (2010-Oct-29 09:02): *) *) *) *) *) lcd - support Crystalfontz 635 wireless nv2 - fix stalls on encrypted 11n links using high rates; wireless nv2 - fix encryption related kernel crash; sstp - fixed memory leak; fixed problem - bad boot/kernel crc was reported on powerpc boards when in fact it was good;

What's new in 5.0rc2 (2010-Oct-27 16:20): *) wireless nv2 - encryption support; *) tool fetch - support ftp STOR; *) ospf - fixed crash when working with external LSA that contain forwarding addess; *) ipsec - supports NAT-T drafts; *) ipsec - added debug logging, to maintain same log verbosity as before with 'ipsec' topic now use topics 'ipsec,debug,!packet'; *) ipsec - make it work with EoIP, GRE, PPTP and L2TP; *) support for Atheros AR9271 wireless chip; *) added support for more Intel 82575/82576 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet cards; *) added support for idle detection on RB1xx/RB5xx in /tool profile; *) fixed Wireless manual tx power configuration for 11n rates in WinBox; *) fixed torch; What's new in 5.0rc1 (2010-Sep-17 13:58): *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) wireless nv2 - add WDS support; added ability to monitor cpu usage by task (/tool profile); added support for RPS (Receive Packet Steering) on multicore systems; added cisco compatible gre tunnels; fix simple queues on multicore (fixes intel 82576 crash/reboot); fixed sstp memory leak; winbox - fixed ability to configure RB1100 switches; ssh - fix possible crashing; snmp - fix GET request processing; ipsec - added ability to specify ID_USER_FQDN peer identity; ipsec - encypt last IKE phase 1 packet when in aggresive mode as initiator; wireless nv2 - added nv2-cell-radius parameter to specify distance

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in km to farthest client on AP; wireless nv2 - fix transmit stall issue for non-11n chips; wireless - fix x86 nstreme multiprocessor hang; made user manager web interface work again; updated drivers and kernel (to linux-2.6.35);

What's new in 5.0beta6 (2010-Aug-10 13:22): *) *) *) *) *) *) sstp - fixed memory leak; wireless - changed band setting and added channel-width setting wireless - support for 11n rates in 5&10mhz channels wireless nv2 - fixed multiple problems including occasional tx stall; made gps accessible through SNMP; snmp - added GETBULK support, no more table caching - solves problems with huge tables, routing tables currently are not available; *) ssh - fixed public key authentication in case when client is not verifying if server will accept the key; *) fixed problem - MetaROUTER did not work on RB800, RB1000 & RB1100; *) user manager is not working - will be fixed in next version; *) intel 82576 (uncommon expensive chip) crash/reboot to be fixed in next release; What's new in 5.0beta5 (2010-Jul-23 14:50): *) *) *) *) *) email - supports multiple CCs fix 5&10MHz channel support for 11n cards; ssh - fix ssh client crash; ssh - password authentication is disabled for users with public keys; ping - fixed ping packet-loss calculation;

What's new in 5.0beta4 (2010-Jun-28 16:17): *) console - /ping command again returns number of ping responses received, didn't work in 5.0beta3; *) added ability to monitor each cpu core usage; *) added support for SATA,SCSI & USB CD-ROMs in CD installer; *) fixed problem - IRQ balancer did not use correct CPU core on non auto MSI irqs after reboot; *) fixed memory leak; *) route - new property 'vrf-interface' (for static and dhcp routes), automatically updates 'routing-mark' of the route to keep it in the same VRF as the specified interface; What's new in 5.0beta3 (2010-Jun-17 13:46): *) hotspot - drop hotspot specific tcp connections from non-hotspot clients already at firewall; *) lcd - added support for AX89063 *) console - output of '/ping' and '/tool traceroute' commands is more in line with the rest of the console commands; *) api - '/ping' and '/tool traceroute' commands are fully functional; *) console - added 'server' and 'server-port' arguments to '/resolve' command; *) lcd - show free/total memory in units of million bytes (MB); *) lcd - added page that shows system identity; *) sstp - made it work with Windows 7; *) sstp server - client reconnects did not work; *) winbox - implemented proper maximize support for inner windows; *) fix 5&10MHz channel support for 11n cards; *) added IRQ balancer;

*) enabled PCI MSI on i386 multicore setups; What's new in 5.0beta2 (2010-Apr-30 11:24): *) *) *) *) *) *) added wireless distance setting, removed ack-timeout; improved 802.11 operation for outdoor distances; fixed sstp on x86; console - removed 'delay' argument from '/system scheduler add' command; console - remove 'comment=""' values from export; console - updated '/system script job': - also show active login sessions here; - new read-only property 'type' with values "command", "login" or "api-login" for running commands and either kind of login sessions; - new optional read-only property 'parent' with id of the job that has spawned this one; console - changed "started" property of '/system script job' to use local time; console - new property 'type' in '/system script job' console - added '/port remote-access export' command; console - fixed bug that caused "cannot set ..." error when using some properties in 'find' commands; show old software id in export file header; api - can supply password to '/system/upgrade/upgrade-package-source/add'; api - 'print' command was not showing values of some properties such as 'servers' in "/ip/dns"; api - fixed api login sessions not dissapearing from '/user active' after termination; '/user active' now lists type of api connections as 'api'; added support for hardware watchdog on RB1000 & RB800; added support for ASIX AX88xxx based USB Ethernet Adapters on RB4xx; fixed problem - ipv6 traffic was not bridged if ipv6 package was not enabled; fixed getting interface stats in dude; fixed metarouter stability problem on RB400s & RB750s; fixed metarouter - it didn't work on RB1000 with 2Gb; fixed metarouter - it locked up on RB800; fixed problem - SFQ queues did not work on interfaces (wireless) if none of simple or tree queues were added; fixed RB800 temperature; fixed problem - WinBox crashed while opening VAP interface; dhcp server - fixed possible inactive dhcp server in case of many dhcp leases with address-pool enabled; dhcp server - show non-printable option 82 agent-circuit-id and agent-remote-id values in hexadecimal notation (in the same way as client-id is shown);

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What's new in 5.0beta1 (2010-Mar-31 09:17): *) updated drivers and kernel (to linux-2.6.32.5); *) ssh is now completely rewritten (supports connection forwarding, only DSA key s); *) added support for SSTP protocol (PPP over TLS); *) added support for multiple Intel Ethernet cards; *) added support for IPv6 over PPP (enabled by default if ipv6 package is installed), link-local addresses are assigned, and server can issue IPv6 global prefixes to clients per ppp secret or RADIUS reply (Framed-IPv6-Prefix); *) added proper support for MPLS over PPP (by default it is now disabled); *) fixed RB800 temperature; *) silentboot feature updated; *) WinBox - any file dropped on WinBox will be uploaded to router;

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multicast - fixed possible crash during PIM startup; report platform name in "/sysrem resource"; fixed problem - vlans were not working on RB750 ether1; fixed mac address handling on RB750, some specific arp requests did not work; more than two dns servers allowed in /ip dns; sniffer and torch could process packet from other interfaces; ospf - fixed DR and BDR election; ospf - changed "/routing ospf route" to show type 2 metric instead of internal metric for type 2 external routes; *) added IPv6 support to trafflow (v9 only); *) rewritten user-manager (formerly known as userman-test); *) dns cache rotates order of records in reply messages What's new in 4.6: *) only accept dotted decimal notation for IP addresses. Use of numbers with leading zero, numbers larger than 255 and non-decimal numbers is not accepted (but still can omit third or second and third numbers, if they are zero); *) email - user must enable tls explicitly *) remove limit on number of multicast enabled interfaces, maximum was 32; *) dhcp server - show last-seen time for leases; *) fixed - when closing winbox terminal window with active serial-terminal console command, serial port sometimes was left in acquired state; What's new in 4.5: *) *) *) *) *) *) ipsec - added blowfish, twofish, and camellia encryption algorithms; fixed static route removing; fixed DHCP client compatibility with some DHCP servers; added static multi-cast route support; fixed temperature monitor on RB800 and RB450G; user manager - payment bug fix - now able to buy credits without extend price specified;

What's new in 4.4: *) *) *) *) *) *) *) snmp - fixed snmp version three; snmp - fixed vlan interface speed; hotspot - fixed radius variables in hotspot html pages; removed support for xen; routing - added support for BFD protocol; fixed problem - MetaROUTER sometimes froze on RB4xx; fixed OSPFv3 on bridge interfaces;

What's new in 4.3: *) kvm - vnc support, booting from cdrom image *) API - fixed possible crash when running concurrent commands; *) console - fixed logging commands: 'warning', 'error' and 'debug' were all using 'info' topic; *) bgp - added routing-table configuration option for instances; *) bgp - added 'as-override' and 'passive' configuration options for peers; *) bgp - added support for Site of Origin extended communities; *) bgp - fixed some network issues; *) ospf - fixed problem: when last neighbor on multi-access interface disappeare d, incorrect RouterLSA was generated on designated router; *) metarouter - allow to specify metarouter's memory size when importing image; *) firewall - added 'routing-table' matcher;

*) fixed problem - e1000 driver did not work in virtual machines; What's new in 4.2: *) ; *) *) *) fixed problem - RB450G ethernet did not work if one of the ports was disabled fixed ethernet of RB433 with switch chip IP175D; fixed route attribute problem; fixed route next-hops falling under multiple connected routes;

What's new in 4.1: *) fixed problem - RB750 (clocked at 300MHz) Ethernet did not work; *) fixed problem - routes on some interfaces (like VLAN) were not activated; *) ppp, gps, sms, serial terminal - allow use of different channels on same port across multiple programs simultaneous *) dhcp server - added support for dynamic address-list entries; *) hotspot - added support for dynamic address-list entries; *) hotspot - fixed redirect after login in case if client gets new IP address (problem introduced in 3.28); What's new in 4.0: *) IT87XX hardware monitoring sensor support; *) kvm allows to choose emulated nic model; *) hotspot - fixed redirect after login in case if client gets new IP address (problem introduced in 3.28); *) hotspot - fixed redirect after login in case if client gets new IP address; *) console - commands like 'monitor', 'torch' and others that periodically refresh information sometimes failed to work when started from the scheduler; *) console - scheduled scripts no longer require 'test' policy to run; *) console - fix issues with scripts that contain lines with trailing spaces; *) console - add back compatibility with old scripts that use space instead of '=' to separate argument name and value; *) console - following fixes: - accept item numbers when prompted by command to specify item; - argument names without '=' were matched even when expecting unnamed value; this broke code such as: :foreach i in=1,2,3 do {} here 'i' was matched as argument name "in"; - 'tab' key did not automatically append '=' after complete argument names; What's new in 4.0rc1: *) console - removed support for Lua (will be reintroduced later); *) incorporated all the bug fixes since v3.30; *) port remote-access - added 'log-file' property. If value is a non-empty string, then all data that is read from the port is appended to a file with that name, regardless of the active remote connection; *) console - removed '/user' from the output of top level '/export' command, still can be exported by '/user export'; What's new in 4.0beta4: *) routing - changed BGP network and default-originate behavior; *) web proxy - allow to edit error page; *) console - terminal window size change now does not trigger full terminal reset;

*) mesh protocol - improved loop prevention (becomes incompatible with earlier v ersions); *) incorporated all the bug fixes since v3.27; What's new in 4.0beta3: *) *) *) *) *) added support for 802.11n atheros based wireless cards; added ability to run other OSs in MetaROUTERs; console: Lua scripting language. http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Lua console: added nstreme-dual OIDs; incorporated all the bug fixes since v3.23;

What's new in 4.0beta2: *) console: added 'without-paging' argument to 'monitor' commands; *) console: now 'without-paging' and 'interval' arguments in of 'print' commands work together. Printing can be stopped by pressing 'q' or ctrl-c, any other key triggers printing; *) incorporated all the bug fixes since v3.22; *) fixed TFTP server logging; *) fixed problem - "/system upgrade" did not show proper package architecture and was unable to fetch new packages; What's new in 4.0beta1: *) added support for MetaROUTERs; *) all test packages are regular ones; *) console - can mix named and unnamed arguments, can use names for unnamed argument values. For example all of the following commands are accepted now: /ping 10.11.12.13 count=4 /ping address=10.11.12.13 count=4 /ping count=4 10.11.12.13