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Feature Enhancements by Firmware Version: R-Series

Firmware Versions in Numberical Order


Version 4.11

Feature Enhancements:

  1. Added tiered access.
    1. Superuser to control User Access and Configuration
    2. Additional User access to view only or have Customized Privileges controlled by the Superuser
  2. Allow For TOS Bit Prioritization On R7200/R6100/R5300/R5100
  3. Text Formatted Config Dump.
  4. Improved IPsec 'Dead Peer' detection.
  5. SNMP Trap For Changed PPPoE IP Address.
  6. Ability To Configure SNMP System Name, Contact, And Location via CLI
  7. SNMP support to set/show WAN parameter
  8. Added support for SNMP configuration
  9. D3100 IDSL Interface Compatible With Additional DSLAM's (Nokia)
  10. Ability To Source RIPv2 Packets From Numbered WAN Interface
  11. PPPoE Passwords Asterisked Out When Entered
  12. CLI Command To Set The Layer 2 Backup Timer
  13. CLI command to display Ethernet MAC address.
  14. ISDN Call Filtering
  15. Resolved Issues:
    1. Traceroute behind NAT
    2. ISDN backup mode negotiating multilink PPP between 2 Netopia Routers
    3. SNMP vulnerability testing

Version 4.10

New Features

  1. Version 4.10 firmware supports NetBIOS brodcasts over a VPN, allowing remote network browsing without the necessity for a WINS server or LMHost files.
  2. The PPTP ALG will allow multiple hosts behind a single PAT address to simultaneously establish and maintain tunnels to multiple exterior hosts.
  3. The IPsec ALG will allow multiple hosts behind a single PAT address to simultaneously establish and maintain tunnels to the multiple exterior hosts. The only limitation will be that the IKE negotiations and the first ESP exchange may not be overlapped to a single remote host.
  4. ESP will support 3DES encryption without an accelerator card (HiFn card) present. The router will use a software implementation of 3DES to provide the function.
  5. R5300 T1 Router data link encapsulation enhancements, including Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (RFC 1483) support (Bridged and Routed).
  6. R5300 T1 Router PPPoE support.
  7. R5300 T1 Router LLC SNAP PPP support.
  8. NAT may be applied to the Ipsec tunnel profiles.
  9. Scheduled Connections now support having more that 1 Scheduled Connection active.
  10. The 4.10 firmware release allows access to view the system information via the CLI.
  11. Wanlet Firmware Version Included in Show Version Command via the CLI.
  12. Upgrade wanlet firmware via CLI.
  13. Display/Set/Change/Clear SNMP System Group Objects via the CLI. Supported System group objects are: sysName, sysLocation, and sysContact.
  14. Configurable Telnet Server Port.
  15. Configurable Ping Source IP Address.
  16. There is now an option to log packet filter violations via syslog.
  17. There is now an option to specify the "Layer 2 Failure timer," which is used to specify a shorter amount of time to spent attempting to recover, thus reducing network downtime.
  18. There is now a CLI command to set, change or delete the security screen password.
  19. A CLI command has been added to provide these functions: To change or view the MAC address on the r9100 or r910 ethernet router, and to view the LAN MAC address on all Netopia R-series routers.
  20. As of this release, if you try to type a CLI command to set an option on the Security Options screen it will prompt you for the Security Options screen password.
  21. Via CLI only, it is possible to show the address translations table. This shows all the current sessions passing through NAT.
  22. A NIMDA virus fix.

Version 4.8.3

  1. PPTP throughput enhancement of 30% or greater.
  2. PPPOE compatibility with the Redstone router.

Version 4.8.2

  1. PPPoE Support for all RFC1483/bridged-capable wanlets (31xx, 61xx, 71xx, 72xx) in addition to the currently supported Ethernet router.
  2. HiFn VPN Hardware Acceleration Support (When a customer has this add on card in their Netopia router, IPSec 3DES and compression will be supported, IPSec and ATMP DES, PPTP MPPE and PPP compression will all be accelerated.)
  3. DHCP support for Serving Alternate WINS Server.
  4. SNMP Support for T1 Stats (Specifically, the T1 tests screen. The T1 statistics available in the General Stats screen have always been supported via SNMP.)
  5. 2.3 Mbps Support for the R7200 in Nokia Fixed Mode.

Version 4.8

  1. IPsec
    IPsec stands for IP Security, a set of protocols that supports secure exchange of IP packets at the IP layer. IPsec is deployed widely to implement Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

    IPsec supports two encryption modes: Transport and Tunnel. Transport mode encrypts only the data portion (payload) of each packet, but leaves the header untouched. The more secure Tunnel mode encrypts both the header and the payload. On the receiving side, an IPsec-compliant device decrypts each packet. Netopia Routers support the more secure Tunnel mode.

    DES stands for Data Encryption Standard, a popular symmetric-key encryption method. DES uses a 56-bit key. Netopia Routers running firmware version 4.8 or higher offer IPsec DES encryption over the VPN tunnel. The optional VPN Accelerator (TER/VPN1 - not yet shipping) increases the level of encryption by offering 3DES (Triple-DES) encryption for VPN tunnel Connection Profiles. It also accelerates PPTP MPPE, ATMP DES, and PPP LZS.

  2. RADIUS Client Support
    The version 4.8 firmware implements a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) client (RFC 2138) and adds the ability to authenticate console configuration access using a RADIUS server. This feature is strictly for console menu access authentication and is not intended for WAN connectivity access authentication.

  3. MultiNAT Enhancements
    The version 4.8 firmware adds the following changes to the MultiNAT functionality:

    1. NetBIOS Datagram service - NetBIOS datagram service is transparently mapped so that the domain login service will be available. It is possible to browse a remote network from behind NAT if the remote network has an NT server and domain login. The resources of the host behind NAT will not be available to the remote network.
    2. Arbitrary IP protocol pass-through for Static and Dynamic NAT addresses - All IP protocols are passed through the Static and Dynamic NAT mappings.
    3. Unmapped IP address support - IP addresses can be passed through the router unmapped. The (un)mapping is indicated by a Static map with the Public range and Private map addresses equal to each other. The unmapped addresses function as though they are routed without NAT applied.
    4. QuickTime 4 (RTP and RTSP) support - Transparent support for QuickTime 4 and RealAudio(r) native streaming protocols has been added. Multiple streams and multiple hosts are supported.
    5. Transparent NetMeeting Gateway - A single NetMeeting session at a time can be supported.
    6. Default service export is no longer necessary - Although the EasyServers list is created by default, it does not contain any entries. Creating a server list no longer adds a default entry for the router. Additionally, all such entries are removed by the upgrade to version 4.8. The service exports are added to the end of the list (similar to NAT rules) rather than to the beginning as in firmware versions earlier than 4.8.

  4. Multiple ATM Permanent Virtual Circuit Support
    The version 4.8 firmware adds support for up to eight permanent virtual circuits on cell-based SDSL (ATM over SDSL) and ADSL routers.

  5. Multiple PPP-based DSL Bonding Support for ADSL and SDSL Routers
    The version 4.8 firmware offers Multilink PPP-based DSL Bonding support for new R6161 ADSL and R7272 SDSL routers. R7171 routers gain Multilink PPP DSL Bonding support as well. This requires that PVCs be set on a per-WAN interface basis.

  6. RFC1973 LMI Support
    The version 4.8 firmware provides RFC 1973 Local Management Interface (LMI) support. LMI is a set of enhancements to the basic Frame Relay specification that includes support for:

    1. a keep-alive mechanism, which verifies that data is flowing
    2. a multicast mechanism, which provides the network server with its local DLCI and the multicast DLCI
    3. global addressing, which gives DLCIs global rather than local significance in Frame Relay networks
    4. a status mechanism, which provides an on-going status report on the DLCIs known to the switch
    RFC1973 LMI support applies to all routers that support RFC1973 (R3000-series and R7100-series routers).

  7. Copper Mountain DHCP Server Support
    The version 4.8 firmware offers Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client support for the Copper Mountain proprietary operation mode necessary to interoperate with a Copper Mountain Networks Copper Edge 200 DSLAM-based DHCP server. This operation mode supplements but does not replace the existing standards-based mode of operation.

  8. PPP Ethernet LAN Reconfiguration
    The version 4.8 firmware adds the ability for PPP to reconfigure the router's Ethernet LAN when establishing an unnumbered, non-NAT connection.

    In firmware versions earlier than 4.8, when establishing an unnumbered, non-NAT connection, PPP would not request or accept a different IP address from the PPP peer. When establishing a numbered connection, PPP does request an IP Address for the WAN interface if no local WAN IP address was configured.

    The version 4.8 firmware allows a central site router to supply an entire IP subnet, rather than a single IP address, for use by a Netopia router. If the applicable Connection Profile specifies an unnumbered, non-NAT connection and Negotiate LAN IP Addr/Mask is set to On, PPP will attempt to negotiate both an IP Address and subnet mask.

  9. Connection Profile Changes Require Commit
    In order to ensure that Connection Profile configurations can be changed without immediately affecting your connection, the Add/Change Connection Profile menus now operate on an internal copy of the profile until you press COMMIT. If you change your mind and decide not to make the changes as you have entered them, press CANCEL and your changes are discarded.

  10. Backup Enhancements
    The Backup and Recovery timers now allow you to enter your own values in minutes. The value zero is not permitted for these fields. If you are upgrading from 4.7.x or earlier your previous settings will be preserved; however a value of 30 seconds is rounded up to 1 minute.

    By setting "Clear Backup Call only if idle" to Yes you can access "Requires idle time of". You enter this value in seconds. When in backup mode and the primary inter face comes up, the router waits the specified time entered in the Recovery timer field. In earlier firmware versions, after this expires the router would normally switch back to the Primary inter face (depending on various settings). Starting with firmware version 4.8, if you want a backup call to be cleared only when idle, the router will wait until the call has been idle for the time you specified. After this expires the router will tear down the call and switch to the Primary inter face.

  11. 47 Character PPP Authentication Strings
    PPP Authentication User Name/Passwords and Host Name/Secrets Can Now Be Up To 47 Characters in length.

Version 4.7.2

  1. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Fix for IDSL 'sleeping bug' where Netopia would fail to pass traffic over an IDSL line after a short interrupt on the IDSL line.

Version 4.7.1

  1. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Fix for Frame Relay LMI on DDS routers where LMI packets were lost when a DDS connection was saturated with data.
    2. Fix for IDSL related problem where an R3100 would not train on some IDSL lines due to misinterpretation of wakeup tone from IDSL repeaters.
    3. Fix for IDSL problem where the Netopia would stop passing traffic after receiving an EOC loopback request from the Copper Mountain DSLAM.
    4. Fix for alternative Q.922 header format in CMCP messages causing the Netopia to stop passing traffic after a series of CMCP and EOC loopbacks.
    5. Fix for SDSL issue where status of the connection and was reporting as activating when connection actually active.
    6. Backup and VPN enabled for "T" SKU's.

Version 4.7

  1. Enhanced support for the R7200 cell-based SDSL wanlet.
    1. SDSL generic mode support (aka. transparent) for non-Nokia framing.
      • Requires new wanlet (daughtercard) firmware for the R7200.
      • Now supports the following DSLAMs: Lucent Stinger, Paradyne Grand DSLAM, and Promatory/Nortel IMAS.
    2. Nokia EOC Fast support for automatic data rate negotiation.
      • Requires new wanlet (daughtercard) firmware for the R7200.
      • Uses proprietary EOC (Embedded Operations Channel) communion between the DSLAM and CPE device.
      • Will still support old (aka. classic) Nokia Hunt and Locked behavior.
      • Requires 5.0 firmware on the DSLAM
      • DSLAM's running older (3.03) firmware will use Nokia 'classic' mode
    3. Non-zero VPI support.
      • VPI 0 - 255 support.
        • Requires new wanlet (daughtercard) firmware for the R7200.
    4. LLC-Encapsulated PPP over ATM.
      • Allows PPP connections to a Nokia when FRF.8 internetworking is used and ppp-llc is used on Redback.
      • Added as a convenience for Mindspring, Netopia partner.
      • Requires new wanlet (daughtercard) firmware for the R7200.
      • LLC/SNAP encapsulated PPP offered as a popup menu option.
    5. New mechanism for downloading firmware directly to the R7200 (Virata) wanlet, rather than to the router first.
    6. Netopia will respond to F5 / F4 OAM Loopback
    7. Support for MLPPP over leased ISDN
      • Requires that IMUX be enabled on the Netopia (shipped enabled on R3131 and R3232 models).
      • Support for either IMUX or MLPPP on CMN compatible lines, not both.
      • Automatically negotiated when using Leased-ISDN switch type.
      • Must be selected (and then negotiation occurs) when IDSL-CMN is selected.
  2. Support for LAN side filter sets.
    1. Allows filtering between subnets.
    2. Allows filtering access to the router from the LAN.
    3. Applied to the Netopia router's Ethernet interface.
    4. Requires a reboot to be enabled.
    5. Input and Output filter rules are opposite of WAN filter sets.
      • Input = Inbound traffic to EN port
      • Output = Outbound traffic to EN network
  3. New SDSL CLI commands:
    1. interface sdsl id operation mode { generic | lucent | nokia-eoc-fast | nokia-fixed | paradyne | promatory} [default]
    2. show command rejected (unsupported).
  4. New PPPoE CLI commands:
    1. show interface ethernet { 1 | 2 } pppoe enable
    2. interface ethernet { 1 | 2 } pppoe enable { yes | no }
    3. no interface ethernet { 1 | 2 } pppoe enable
  5. New TOS bit CLI commands:
    1. show interface sdsl { 1 | 2 } priority-queuing enable
    2. interface sdsl { 1 | 2 } priority-queuing enable { yes | no }
    3. no interface sdsl { 1 | 2 } priority-queuing enable
  6. New IMUX/MLPPP CLI commands:
    1. interface isdn 1 imux mode { none | mlppp | dml }
  7. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Fixes for Frame Relay Congestion Mgmt user interface:/li>
      • CIR/Be/Bc are now properly asked for in bits rather than bytes.
      • Values of Be/Bc/CIR do not disappear when screen refreshes.
    2. Tx injection management now properly discards 'Amber' frames.
    3. Fix for incorrect % utilization being reported on upstream traffic.

Version 4.6.3

  1. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Ability to FTP through static NAT map when FTP PORT commands are used.
    2. EA bit now set correctly in RFC1973 header.
    3. Traceroute from Unix hosts now work through PAT.
    4. R9100 no longer has a Number to Dial field when PPPoE is enabled.
    5. Frame Relay TX Injection Management will now discard 'Amber' frames when congested.
    6. Frame Relay Be (Excess Burst Size) now functional.
    7. User will now get Access Denied when SNMP access is disabled and there is an attempt to configure the SNMP read-write string via command line and telnet.

Version 4.6.2

  1. Support for RFC1973 on R3100 and R7100.
  2. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Ability to establish a VPN connection to the Ethernet interface of a Netopia that has a non-routable Local WAN IP adddress (NAT disabled) added.
    2. Fixes for Out of Band management:
      • On dial-up connections to the AUX port, characters now echoed back.
      • Using a TER/20 daughtercard, old menu based user/pass prompt updated to now use new prompt.
    3. Fix for ping through CLI. CTRL-C now stops a ping, failed in previous firmware versions.
    4. Fix for UDP based traceroute (from Unix machines). Would fail when tracing to a host behind a static map in previous firmware versions.
    5. Fix for TFTP file transfers through static map. Would fail in previous firmware versions.
    6. Fix to make AURP work (broken in 4.6).
    7. SmartStart fix to prevent telnet from being launched when running SmartStart to an R2020.
    8. Ability to use PPPoE with or without NAT on the WAN interface added.
    9. PPPoE change to reduce the MSS size on PPPoE packets to 1414 bytes.
    10. Fix for incorrect value of trap sent when a backup connection is engaged.
    11. Fix for incorrect IP address reported in the Device Event History when user telnets to the Netopia but fails authentication.
    12. DHCP fix for all routers in which a DHCP offer would not be accepted when DHCP options were not terminated as expected.
    13. Fix for CHAP authentication on switched routers where the number to dial would be pre-pended to the username (due to a fix in PPTP which pre-pended the domain before the username).
    14. Fix for a packet checksum of '0' through NAT.
    15. Fix for issue where users could be added/deleted via CLI even if the Security screen was password protected in the router's menu interface.
    16. PPTP fix for interoperability with Altiga VPN concentrator.

Version 4.6

  1. ICMP type and code filtering.
    Due to the fact that ICMP types use the same leaf as the source/destination port for TCP/UDP, the following leaves in the SNMP MIB have been changed from:
    1. ipFilterSrcPortComparison to ipFilterData1Comparison
    2. ipFilterSrcPort to ipFilterData1
    3. ipFilterDstPortComparison to ipFilterData2Comparison
    4. ipFilterDstPort to ipFilterData2
  2. Initial PPPoE support for R9100.
    1. Toggle item in Line Configuration on R9100.
    2. Tunnels PPP over Ethernet, IP in PPP.
    3. Offers Ascend and Standard compression.
    4. Authentication is PAP, CHAP, PAP-Token, Cache-Token.
    5. Standard PPP options for IPCP.
  3. Initial support for the R310.
    1. International only S/T cost reduction.
  4. Configurable DHCP lease times.
    1. Configurable on an hourly basis.
    2. Max time is 168 hours (1 week).
  5. WAN change "toggle" delays:
    1. WAN Setup.
    2. Data Link Encapsulation.
    3. Connection Profiles.
    4. DLCI's.
    5. Default Gateway.
    • Toggle item is in Line Configuration.
    • NAT changes are still immediate.
  6. Maximum Static Routes increased to 32.
  7. Extended IPCP options.
    1. If DNS servers are set to 0.0.0.0 then the Netopia will request IPs through IPCP.
  8. Path MTU discovery.
    1. Necessary for PPPoE due to the potential packet sizes.
    2. When a TCP packet is received that would have to be fragmented to route and the Don't Fragment bit is set in the packet, a Destination Unreachable ICMP packet is sent back to the packet's source that includes a field specifying the largest payload the router can route to that destination without fragmenting.
  9. MS/CHAP v2 128 bit MPPE.
    1. Will negotiate back to 40 bit MPPE if server doesn't support 128 bit MPPE.
  10. CLI extensions, including:
    1. Configuration of Ethernet Wanlet.
    2. Ability to send a binary configuration file to a TFTP server via CLI.
    3. Ability to view TFTP status.
    4. Ability to view errors on last TFTP attempt.
    5. Name of connection profile may now be used as index instead of the index #.
    6. Upgrade keys may be entered via the CLI.
    7. Configure DHCP lease times via CLI.
    8. Connection profile commands:
      • Manually connect
      • Manually disconnect
    9. Configure a VPN profile.
  11. Password confirmation for security screen.
  12. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Fix to router crash when a Windows PPTP client establishes a connection with Novell file sharing client installed.
    2. Vulnerability to 'land.c' attack resolved.
    3. ATMP bug where traffic could only be initiated in one direction.
    4. IPCP failure w/DNS not entered.
    5. DNS servers served via IPCP are now served out of RAM (those obtained from the ISP) and not NVRAM.

Version 4.5

  1. Initial support for the R/D3232 IDSL and R/D7171 SDSL routers.
  2. Adds Copper Mountain IMUX support.
  3. Address server enhancements including:
    1. Ability to reserve IP address based on MAC address.
    2. Ability to release an IP address.
    3. Ability to exclude an IP address.
    4. Ability to get more info on an IP address (i.e. - see systems host name).
  4. Initial support for ISDN backup SKU's (Rxx31).
  5. Dynamic NAT.
  6. Changes to R5200 user interface:
    1. Default DDS datarate changed to 64k.
    2. Auto datarate option removed in DDS routers.
  7. CLI Changes:
    1. CLI command added to set R/W community string.
    2. CLI command added to set console timeout.
    3. Added CLI command to set LMI type.
  8. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Ping times are now displayed as < 10ms when times under 10ms are reported. Previously these were reported as 0ms.
    2. Maximum TCP connections to router increased from 16 to 32.
    3. Addition of ‘auth type mismatch’ error when different authentication types are used between client and server.
    4. Fix for Half-Life gameplay through NAT exhausting available NAT sessions.
    5. Performance enhancements for throughput on the D7100.
    6. The name ATM FUNI has been changed to RFC 1483.
    7. Inverse arp fix needed for Bay routers.

Version 4.4.1

  1. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Ability to PING WAN address fix.
    2. Fixed loss of LMI under high traffic loads.

Version 4.4

  1. VPN support, including PPTP and ATMP.
  2. NAT improvements including:
    1. Enhanced PAT.
    2. New Server Lists.
    3. One to One static mapping.
    4. Rule based configuration.
  3. Text configuration file upload.
  4. Backup support.

Verison 4.3.8

  1. Initial support for the Covad -T SKU's (R7200-T & R3100-T).</li>
  2. Initial support for ATM cell-based SDSL.
  3. No VPN or Backup support for -T SKU's.
  4. Addition of option for routed RFC 1483.
  5. Expanded and enhanced CLI with scripting capabilities.
  6. Addition of DHCP relay.
  7. New ARP table via CLI.

Version 4.3.4

  1. PPP Datalink Encapsulation.
  2. Support for the QOS 'D' Bit.
  3. Initial Analog backup support.
  4. Programmable MAC Addresses on R9100.
  5. DHCP client modified.
  6. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. Flash hook POTS fix.
    2. NetBIOS filter set fix.
    3. POTS Call Routing fix (S/T only).
      4.

Version 4.3.2

  1. D7100 CSU/DSU + bridge support.
  2. Addition of Generic Filtering.
  3. Automatic Frame/FUNI datalink detection.
  4. D7100 to R7100 upgrades/sidegrades.
  5. Management interface.
  6. MAC address proxy.

Version 4.3.1

  1. Additional ICP support for the R3100-I IDSL router.
  2. PPP over IDSL support.
  3. Diamond Lane IDSL support.
  4. Miscellaneous problem fixes and features:
    1. SmartStart EuroISDN check.
    2. AppleTalk zone limitation fix.
    3. Scheduled Connection PING fix.
    4. QuickView shows MAC address and IP address for IDSL.
    5. Fixed authentication type send name/password for Leased ISDN.
    6. Supplementary Services only appear for NA switch types.
    7. Allow zero length pap-auth-ack.

Version 4.3.1k

  1. PSI build for ISDN routers.
    1. NAT off by default.
    2. IP Address serving off by default.
    3. Dual Analog Aux port off by default.
    4. NetBIOS filter off by default.

Version 4.3

  1. Universal release for all UMB3 platforms.
  2. AUX port support for Sync/Async/LocalTalk/Console connections on all platforms.
  3. Support for all ISDN Wanlets, U, S/T, POTS & non-POTS.
  4. Configurable circuit types including switched, leased, Ascend IDSL and Copper IDSL.</li>
  5. SPID Wizard to determine ISDN switch and SPID's.
  6. NI-1 supplementary services (hold, drop, transfer, conference).
  7. Revised Call Accounting.
  8. Addition of Telnet and Syslog client.
  9. Frame Relay partial mesh support.

Version 4.2

  1. New SmartStart/SmartView.
  2. R3100-SP POTS S/T & S/T support.
  3. R7100-C SDSL Frame Relay support.
  4. R9100 EN to EN support.
  5. R2121 multiple subnet and address server support.
  6. R3100-I IDSL support.
  7. Built-in NetBIOS filter.

Version 4.1

  1. R7100 SDSL support.
  2. DHCP client & server on WAN.
  3. ATM FUNI datalink protocol.
  4. Multiple subnet support.
  5. Multiple address server support.
  6. Autosensing of console data rate.

Version 4.0

  1. Initial support for the R-series platform.
  2. R2121 dual analog support.
  3. AppleTalk as an upgrade option.
  4. SmartStart II automatic configuration.
  5. Adds RIP version 2 support (RIPv2).
  6. Adds Ascend's MultiLink Protocol Plus (MP+).
  7. Redesigned user interface.

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