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Wow what a change log!

AirOS V Firmware Revision History
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Supported products

  * Bullet M2/M5/Titanium
  * Rocket M2/M2 Titanium/M3/M365/M900/M5/M5 GPS/M5 Titanium/M6
  * NanoStation M2/M3/M365/M5/M6
  * NanoStation Loco M2/M900/M5
  * NanoBridge M2/M3/M365/M900/M5
  * AirGrid M2/M5/HP/HP New
  * PowerBridge M3/M365/M5/M10
  * PicoStation M2
  * AirRouter/HP
  * PowerAP N

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Version 5.5.4-Service Release (March 14, 2012)
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New:
- New: Data rate module: Alternative data rate algorithm option
- New: WEB UI: Audio option for Antenna Alignment Tool
- New: WEB UI: "Feed only - 3dBi" option for antenna type (AirGrid and NanoBridge models only)

Improvements:
- airMax: Improved performance in PtMP scenarios
- airMax: Lower latency in Long Range PTP mode
- airMax: Voice performance/latency improvements in PtMP scenarios

- QoS: Map commonly used VoIP TOS values (0x68, 0xb8) to Voice queue

- Speed test: Improved timeout/errors handling and reporting
- TFTP recovery: Reset configuration to factory defaults when executing TFTP recovery mode without need to hold Reset button for 15sec and upload firmware image
- airView: Update certificate

- WEB UI: Show if custom scripts are present on device
- WEB UI: Show signal strength from remote radio in Station information window (airMax mode only)
- WEB UI: Show Station TX/RX bit rate statistics
- WEB UI: Disable WEB UI while airView is running
- WEB UI: Automatically redirect to HTTPS port when running Speed test
- WEB UI: Make MAC addresses in Main page easily selectable
- WEB UI: Add help text for UBNT/Advanced settings pages
- WEB UI: Improved FW update failure messages
- WEB UI: Do not offer to apply configuration changes if there are no any changes made
- WEB UI: Latitude/Longitude setting validation
- WEB UI: Interface Language update: French translations
- WEB UI: Interface Language update: Lithuanian translation

- Stability: Check filesystem on boot
- Stability: Memory leak protection for less than 1MB of RAM 
- Stability: HW watchdog in u-boot

Fixes:
- Fix: airMax: Radio is transmitting when operating in airView mode (AP mode only)
- Fix: airMax: Long range PtP mode: AP gets stuck at 81Mbps rate and transmit throughput goes down
- Fix: airMax: Sometimes AP locks up when applying configuration changes (possible fix)
- Fix: airSync: Rocket Titanium airSync Slave doesn't connect to airSync Master 
- Fix: airSelect: Default airSelect announce count set to 30
- Fix: airView: airView does not start when Device Name contains comma symbol 
- Fix: airView: M900/M3/M365/M6 products does not scan full frequency range 
- Fix: Detect Ethernet loopback on defective device and bring Ethernet interface down
- Fix: Sometimes M Series devices hang during reboot (except Titanium) 
- Fix: Change Max MTU to 2024 bytes on both Ethernet interfaces 
- Fix: Returning from Test mode does not revert some configuration changes
- Fix: Redirection issue when enabling/disabling HTTPS
- Fix: Satellite signal bar is centred under IE 
- Fix: During upgrade disable default route if DHCP client is configured 
- Fix: DHCP fallback IP isn't set
- Fix: Memory leak in Main page with IE8/IE9 (session timeout implemented)
- Fix: Low power mode fix for newer revisions of NanoStation M5 
- Fix: Device discovery issue when DMZ port is enabled 
- Fix: Cannot switch from Advanced to Simple Configuration mode when network role is Router
- Fix: Auto Channel does not follow channel plan for Canada (Rocket Titanium) 
- Fix: OSPF and other unregistered multicast traffic transmit problems in PtMP ~Finally!!!! We shall see... :) This is a big one for me!
- Fix: Skip EAP security certificate date validation if device date is before certificate start date
- Fix: Do not send discovery/ARP requests through bridge ports
- Fix: Enable busybox option to prefer IPv4
- Fix: UPnP: Router should accept "PORT FORWARD" requests from LAN side only
- Fix: Sometimes station can't associate when switching from open to WPA security
- Fix: Enable DFS when choosing country Austria
- Fix: Disable "Block Management" option for WAN in default configuration (AirRouter, AirRouter HP, PowerAP N)

Regulatory updates:
- Enable DFS for Germany upper band (5.8GHz) channels 
- Update New Zealand allowed frequencies for 5GHz 
- Update Chilean allowed frequencies for 5GHz

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Nanobridge M5 HP DataSheet

Ubiquiti NanoBridge HP

AirOS V Firmware Revision History
====================================================================
Supported products

  * Bullet M, Titanium
  * Rocket M, Titanium
  * NanoStation M
  * AirGrid M / AirGrid HP M
  * NanoBridge M
  * PowerBridge M
  * PicoStation M
  * NanoStation Loco M
  * AirRouter
  * PowerAP N
  * Rocket M365
  * Rocket M900
  * NanoStation M365
  * NanoStation Loco M900
  * NanoStation M900
  * NanoBridge M365
  * NanoBridge M900
  * NanoBridge M3
  * PowerBridge M10
  * NanoStation M6

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Version 5.5.1-Service Release (July 26, 2012)
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New product support:
- New: Rocket M2 Titanium
- New: Rocket M5 Titanium
- New: NanoStation M6 Interesting??? 

Regional Updates:
- New: Enable DFS frequencies for US/Puerto Rico/ Canada for

NanoStationM5/Loco M5/Rocket M5/Rocket M5 GPS/NanoBridge M5 models

- New: Lock Indonesia country code: once selected at Login

page do not allow to change country unless reset to defaults 
- Fix: Remove DFS enable/disable option for EU, turn DFS ON after upgrade
- Fix: Regulatory rules update for India 2.4GHz band
- Fix: Move Puerto Rico under US regulatory domain

Fixes:
- Fix: AirMax: When one of the clients reboot all others are disconnected from AP
- Fix: AirMax: Unexpected device reboots on high load/PTMP (possible fix) 
- Fix: Traffic shaping ingress rules on LAN port in some cases block Internet traffic
- Fix: Traffic shaping bursting is increased to the maximum allowed value according to configured throughput limits
- Fix: Association to non-broadcasting SSID CISCO AP takes couple minutes
- Fix: Complex AP-repeater setup creates loop in this network
- Fix: Increase Password attribute length to 18 when sending empty password to RADIUS server
- Fix: Auto Channel selection logic improvement
- Fix: DFS: Allow UNII-2 band for Canada w/o unlock key for approved product models
- Fix: Traffic Shaper rules changes during upgrade from v5.3.5
- Fix: PPPoE stops sending PPPoE Discovery packets on time change A big one for me!
- Fix: NBM3/NBM365 should support 2 Ethernet ports but shows only 1.
- Fix: Aggregated transmission problems with some Apple laptops and other devices
- Fix: Clients can't reconnect to AP with WPA2-AES security reason (15)
- Fix: After upgrade from v5.3.5 to v5.5 secondary Ethernet port isn't configured (running default configuration)
- Fix: Stations disassociation because of returned broadcast packets on Ethernet interface
- Fix: Second LAN port MTU max is 2024B not 1614B (affected all M series products)
- Fix: No Internet connection for clients behind device in router mode
- Fix: Access Point ignores Session-Timeout limit received from RADIUS server
- Fix: Reduce false positives and misclassifications of invalid DFS radar events
- Fix: Can't launch Airview when initial window disabled
- Fix: Making changes in Network tab resets MTU to 1500 when Management VLAN is enabled
- Fix: Incorrect ebtables VLAN drop rules
- Fix: Do not allow to upload Configuration file from different Regulatory domain 
- Fix: Port Forwarding public port range issue
- Fix: After UNII2 band unlock, any changes made afterwards are lost when the device does get power cycled

- WEB UI: Show DFS status in MAIN page
- WEB UI: airSync: Show correct default slots depending on channel size
- WEB UI: Static route disappears in Router mode
- WEB UI: Option to disable Multicast Enhancement for AP
- WEB UI: Improved IP address validation
- WEB UI: Don't enable "DMZ Management Ports" when DMZ is enabled (Router/SOHO Router)
- WEB UI: Bridge table display problem. Table too big
- WEB UI: Do not show graph for interface when it is not in use
- WEB UI: Don't report TOUGHSwitch/airCam WLAN mode in device discovery results
- WEB UI: Add Turkish language support
- WEB UI: In Simple configuration mode LAN should be BRIDGE0 containing both Ethernet interfaces
- WEB UI: Show the same antenna information in MAIN page as in Wireless settings page drop down
- WEB UI: Site Survey Scan button is disabled under IE browser
- WEB UI: Allow MAC Cloning for BRIDGE interface in Router mode
- WEB UI: Bridge table is not displayed in Main page when there are multiple bridge

Security Improvements:
- WEB UI: Default settings change: Enable HTTPS (port 443) by default
- WEB UI: Removed admin.cgi functionality
- WEB UI: Add option to disable HTTP service
- WEB UI: Add reminder when using default admin user name/ password

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Ubiquiti announced the TOUGHSwitch last year at the AMWC Vegas and now they are about to ship this much needed device to the masses.  Here are links to all the info that they have released.

ToughSwitch POE 5-Port Quick Start Guide

ToughSwitch POE Pro 8-Port Quick Start Guide

ToughSwitch Rackmount

ToughSwitch Pro

ToughSwitch

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This week we have Andrew, JJ, Justin and Greg on the call! Brothers Unite!

We are talking about future proofing your WISP.

• What equipment we choose
• Why we choose it
• Techniques we employ

We speak about fiber optic cable.

• How we terminate
• Where we use it
• why we use it

We also give a war story or two. Everyone messes up, so enjoy listening to us talk about how we’ve embarrassed ourselves. All hail king JJ with his fail stories…at least he told us his worse, the rest of us were holding back(or was that just me…hehehe).

The HotLava NICs JJ was talking about can be found here.
Here’s some pics of when a backhoe meets your fiber.
My homemade fiber tester.
My video of doing a mechanical splice. This kit can be demo’d by your local Corning rep.
Vegemite!
SixNet switches mentioned.

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This episode has JJ Boyd, Justin Wilson and (Greg Sowell). Andrew was unfortunately grabbing some much needed sleep.

We talk loosely about WISP security, bonding multiple connections across the internet, and Ubiquiti open lower frequency channels.

Talking points for the security section:
Securing border router
+ Router itself
+ • Disable unused services. Lock down administrative access. Put reflexive rules in place.
+ Access to publicly addressed assets inside
+ • Block external admin access. Put reflexive rules in place.

Securing towers
+ Protect from clients
+ • Towers should already be protected from outside access. Disable unused services. Lock down administrative access. Prevent clients from communication through tower.
+ • Encrypt backhauls. Potential impact to Aps should be pretty low.

Securing clients
+ Protect from clients.
+ • Disable unused services. Lock down administrative access.
+ • Encrypt to clients. Why not?

Securing administrative machines
+ Protect dude server
+ • Don’t install on local machine. Keep it secured on a machine you don’t surf the web from.
+ Protect admin machines
+ • Attempt to keep your work machine as clean as possible. Don’t be the source of the problem.

Matt announced today UNII-2 band approval and procedure of preparation for the release of firmware 5.5.1 will enable the use of the UNII-2 band on most 5ghz US hardware. The locoM5, NSM5, Nanobridge M5, & Rocket M5 are all included in the new update.

In a nut shell you will be required to affix a new sticker to your hardware pop in a super duper code that is specific to your company provided by ubiquiti and presto legal UNII-2 usage in the US. :) How to get your super duper code you ask? Just read below…

or just click here

Than you Ubiquiti for making this happen!

“Hi all,
We have successfully completed the FCC requirements necessary to be approved for the lower 5GHz frequencies (UNII-2 Band) for certain products in the US. In the upcoming v5.5.1 release, these new frequencies will be available for use. However, in order to use these frequencies, a few extra steps are required.

Due to FCC rules, all devices shipped prior to the approval will require updated FCC ID labels to be affixed to the devices before the new frequencies can be used. The UNII-2 band approval required a new FCC ID for each device, and this ID must be clearly visible on the devices.

To assist with this, Ubiquiti will be shipping out new labels with the updated FCC IDs free of charge to customers upon request.

In addition to the updated labels, the v5.5.1 software will require all US companies to enter an activation key to enable the UNII-2 frequencies. This activation code is unique per company and will be provided along with the updated labels.

To apply for updated labels and an activation code, please visit:
http://www.ubnt.com/fcclabelrequest
We have published an online form to collect the necessary information. Once the information is submitted, we will mail the requested labels and an activation code to you. We wanted to publish and announce the request form prior to the v5.5.1 release so activation codes will be ready at the time of release.

Notes:

• Each company will receive one activation code; this activation code may be used on all devices
• The devices do not have to have an internet connection in order to be activated.
• Currently, only the devices listed have approval for the new frequencies. Since the time for approval for each device is very long, we wanted to start out with the most popular products, and not create further delay working on additional certifications.

If you have any questions, please email us (support@ubnt.com).

Thanks,
Matt”

WOOOO HOOOOO! Fun time is here!

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AirOS V Firmware Revision History
====================================================================
Supported products

  * Bullet M, Titanium
  * Rocket M
  * NanoStation M
  * AirGrid M / AirGrid HP M
  * NanoBridge M
  * PowerBridge M
  * PicoStation M
  * NanoStation Loco M
  * AirRouter
  * PowerAP N
  * Rocket M365
  * Rocket M900
  * NanoStation M365
  * NanoStation Loco M900
  * NanoBridge M365
  * NanoBridge M900
  * NanoBridge M3
  * PowerBridge M10

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Version 5.5 - Final Release (April 10, 2012)
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New product support:
- New: Bullet M2 Titanium
- New: Bullet M5 Titanium

New functionality:
- New: Management VLAN support
- New: Advanced network settings configuration mode
- New: RADIUS MAC authentication
- New: Low TX power mode support for all M series models
- New: AirMax client support for 802.11 a/b/g products
- New: DHCP relay functionality in Router/SOHO Router mode
- New: UPnP server support in Router/SOHO Router modes
- New: Ability to Block WAN Access in SOHO Router mode
- New: Fallback IP for PPPoE client
- New: 3/8 MHz channel width support for M900
- New: 8/30 MHz channel width support for M2/M5
- New: 8/25 MHz channel width support for M3
- New: 25 MHz channel width support for M365
- New: Full range of channel width options in Compliance mode
- New: Max allowed MTU size for newer HW revision models is 2024 bytes
- New: Make Device name the Product Model by default
- New: Separate throughput graphs for LAN0/LAN1 interfaces
- New: Option to create support info file with ping watchdog before device reboot
- New: Enable/Disable CDP option in Device Discovery section
- New: Check for existing uploaded firmware image when opening System page
- New: Prepare for IPv6 support
- New: Traffic shaper for ingress traffic
- New: Notification for software updates
- New: Add PPPoE service name configuration
- New: Kernel patches for SIP conntrack/NAT support
- New: Show AirMax priority in Main page for Station mode

Fixes:
- Fix: Configuration change causes device with a long uptime to lock up
- Fix: Device stops passing traffic after some time and requires a reboot or "kick" to work again
- Fix: Dynamic DNS update after PPPoE session initialization
- Fix: Station list is empty when there are few stations associated
- Fix: Port ID is mandatory in CDP packet
- Fix: STA-WDS in bridge mode is passing back multicast/broadcast packets
- Fix: "Antenna Gain" and "Cable Loss" fields are locked for LocoM900 with external antenna
- Fix: Incorrect connection time reporting
- Fix: Timestamps reset because of stuck beacon. Causes other manufacturers' (i.e. Tranzeo) devices to re-associate.
- Fix: Can't launch airView with HTTPS enabled on IE8
- Fix: Traceroute fails to DNS host with multiple addresses

Improvements/Change requests:
- Improvement: Linux kernel update to 2.6.32 version
- Improvement: AirMax performance in large PtMP networks
- Improvement: AirSync performance in PtMP networks
- Improvement: ACL List: Dynamic list now allows instant changes (no restart or dropped connections required)
- Improvement: ACL List: MAC list limit increased from 64 to unlimited
- Improvement: ACL List: Ability to add comments to MACs
- Improvement: ACL List: Ability to enable/disable a MAC without removing it from the list
- Improvement: DFS functionality improvement according FCC/ETSI requirements
- Improvement: Report Horizontal / Vertical antenna instead of "Chain 0 / Chain 1"
- Improvement: New look for wireless mode configuration
- Improvement: Various WEB GUI tweaks, changes, improvements
- Improvement: Send NASID in Access-Request packet.
- Improvement: Add internal speed test tool to DMZ exemption ports
- Improvement: Hide Discovery Tool for read-only account
- Improvement: Extension for Port Forward configuration. Allow to specify Public IP

Regional Updates:
- New: Initial Login page with Country/Language selection
- New: Replace Obey Regulatory rules with Auto Adjust to EIRP Limit functionality
- New: Remove possibility to change country for some countries (USA, Spain)
- New: Remove indoor range for Brazil (5.1-5.3GHz frequencies)
- New: Show Band C for UK Frequencies
- New: Add Iraq country code
- New: Add Nigeria country code
- New: EIRP limits for US Regdomain on 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz band
- New: Add German translation
- Fix: Regulatory rules update for Australia
- Fix: Devices with selected country Ukraine doesn't work in 5GHz band

Additional Notes:
- Note: SNMP interface indexes have changed with v5.5 due to advanced network configuration options
- Note: AirControl v1 Configuration changes are not supported with v5.5 firmware
- Note: Possible Web UI issues with out of date browsers (i.e. Firefox 3.6). It's recommended to use current browser software

Was just trolling the ubnt forum and found a thread about a possible April fools day prank :)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

http://ubnt.com/pink

AprilFoolsUbnt

Since I was at Ubiquiti World Conference Andrew and Greg had to have all the fun with out me :( Haterz gona hate :) I really enjoyed the first episode. Maybe I can get in on the next one! I would love to share with the world what I think about airFiber!

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