XINCOM Firmware Release Notes Product Model: X16-R Date revised: October 22, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------ Release 1A (Official) – October 2, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------ General Fixes 1) IPSec passthru not working with clients without NATT enabled/feature. 2) Resolved PPPoE re-connection issue. 3) DNS Loopback query failure. 4) NAT timeout exception not working properly. 5) Issue with PPTP virtual server GREP packet not passing through 6) Static routing issue (Specify large Subnet mask). 7) PC's Traceroute from behind device issue (using UDP protocol). 8) The protocl binding settings would sometime affect other traffic not bound to a specific WAN port. 9) Host's traffic binding with DHCP server's turning off. 10) IPsec passthrough issue. Feature Enhancements 1) Add LAN Alias on LAN & DHCP web page. 2) URLs (Websites) visited log (by opening NAT log info level). 3) Add port conflict avoidence when in NAT (not NAPT) mode; useful for gaming type of traffic. 4) Add Alias local port range to support port translation for virtual server. 5) Add option to disable Local access to device setup web pages ------------------------------------------------------ Release 18 (Official) – June 20, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL FIXES 1) WAN Status – WAN percentage statistics sometimes displays incorrectly with figures over 100%. 2) Failover would fail for a WAN port using a dynamic (DHCP) connection type. The connection state for the WAN port will alternate between Connected and Disconnected status if the connection Health Check fails. FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS 1) The Email Alert SMTP port number can be changed. 2) In the "Advanced Feature" section, added session persistence based on IP, protocols, or port range. ------------------------------------------------------ Release 18 (Beta 02; Internal use only) – May 24, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL FIXES H323 pass-through AGL codes modification. FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS URL Blocking – several key words can be placed into one entry by using “;” to increase the maximum number of URLs that can be black/white listed. Example: yahoo.com; xincom.com; msn.com ------------------------------------------------------ Release 17 – April 26, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL FIXES 1) LAN Any IP disrupted the normal communications among host IP addresses in LAN. 2) Fixed failover for Loose Binding and Load Balancing when the X16-R is configured for Bridge Mode. NEW FEATURE Alias LAN (in LAN & DHCP section) - includes an extension for LAN Any IP; supports multiple LAN IP addresses. ------------------------------------------------------ Release 16 – April 14, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL FIXES 1) Active/Backup Wan interface smooth swap. 2) PPTP virtual server. 3) PPTP client pass-through. 4) Failover on Bridge mode using DHCP (WAN interface). FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS 1) Add a simple network Diagnostic Tool, including ICMP, HTTP, DNS, ARP query 2) Add HTTPS (443) port persistency (no more protocol & port binding rule for https access). 3) Add default routing support with NAT disabled. 4) QoS support with NAT disabled. 5) Adjustable sliding window size with NAT disabled. 6) Enhance H323 client pass-through ------------------------------------------------------ Release 14 & 15 (internal beta use only) – March 2007 ------------------------------------------------------ Note: Releases 14 & 15 addresses a specific scenario involving H.323 VoIP sessions and memory heap issues. These releases were for internal testing only and are not available for distribution. Resolutions for the H.323 issues were applied to Release 16 general fixes and feature enhancements (see above). ------------------------------------------------------ Release 13 – December 15, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL FIXES 1) Group filter fail to work properly after setting up Host IP binding. 2) WAN DHCP client's IP renewal failure. 3) FTP data transfer failure using active mode 4) Rebooting issue caused by UPnP feature. 5) Email alert casting using incorrect WAN interface. 6) Incorrect alive indicator name resolution when using ICMP/HTTP health check method. 7) Sluggish performance when using IP addresses as load balancing type. 8) Incorrect syslog time/date value FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS 1) Extend virtual server's capability with more protocol bindings in additions to TCP/UDP. 2) Extended NAT Alias capability by accepting inbound traffic (acting as virtual server). 3) Extended Email alert capability with LAN casting (email server can be located within LAN). 4) Add security authentication for device's menu access. ------------------------------------------------------ Release 12 – November 14, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------ Base firmware release.