v7.3rc [testing] is released!

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RouterOS version 7.3rc1 has been released “v7 testing” channel!

Before an upgrade:

  1. Remember to make backup/export files before an upgrade and save them on another storage device;
  2. Make sure the device will not lose power during upgrade process;
  3. Device has enough free storage space for all RouterOS packages to be downloaded.

What’s new in 7.3rc1 (2022-May-27 11:50):

*) bgp - moved “interface bgp-vpls” menu to “routing bgp vpls”;
*) bgp - remove unused commands and parameters;
*) bluetooth - improved long-term service stability;
*) bridge - fixed TCP, UDP port parsing for loop detect warning;
*) capsman - fixed bridge disabling when using L2 connection;
*) ccr - improved interface link stability on CCR2004-16G-2S+PC;
*) chr - fixed Cloud DDNS update after license renewal;
*) console - fixed “terminal inkey” command;
*) crs1xx/2xx - improved system stability during switch reset;
*) defconf - do not add passthrough ports to local bridge on CCR2004-1G-2XS-PCIe;
*) ipv6 - fixed dynamic non link-local addresses displaying;
*) l2tp - added VRF support for L2TP client;
*) l3hw - greatly improved route offloading speed;
*) l3hw - log HW routes count and the shortest offloaded subnet prefix if the HW memory gets full;
*) l3hw - offload only main routing table;
*) l3hw - partial routing table offload for Marvell Prestera DX4000/DX8000 switch chip series;
*) lhgg - improved system stability (introduced in v7.2);
*) lte - improved LTE interface initialization process on LtAP-2HnD;
*) mpls - made LDP bindings work on PPP interfaces;
*) ospf - ignore instance route when originate-default=if-installed is enabled;
*) ovpn - fixed server instance not responding to incoming connections after reboot on CHR;
*) profile - added “wireguard” process classificator;
*) profile - added “zerotier” process classificator;
*) qsfp - reset module only when all ports are disabled;
*) queue - allow to set higher limits than 4G;
*) queue - display warning for CAKE type in simple and tree setups when “bandwidth” parameter is configured;
*) resource - fixed CPU type display under system resources for ARM and ARM64;
*) routerboot - prevent enabling “protected-routerboot” on unsupported factory firmware versions;
*) smb - fixed SMB2 file list reporting;
*) snmp - added VRF support;
*) ssh - fixed private key usage after downgrade;
*) winbox - added “Default Cost” parameter under “Routing/OSPF/Area” menu;
*) winbox - fixed “Type” values under “IP/Route” menu;
*) winbox - fixed minor typo in reboot confirmation prompt;
*) winbox - made wireless access list entries sortable when using the wifiwave2 package;
*) ww2 - general stability and throughput improvements;
*) x86 - added support for Solarflare SFC1920 NIC;
*) x86 - fixed soft-id reading on virtualized x86 installations (introduced in v7.2);

RouterOS version 7.3beta37 has been released “v7 testing” channel!

What’s new in 7.3beta37 (2022-Apr-25 15:29):

*) bonding - fixed LACP flapping for RB5009 and CCR2004-16G-2S+ devices;
*) bridge - fixed packet marking for IP/IPv6 firewall;
*) dot1x - improved server stability when using re-authentication;
*) fetch - improved full disk detection;
*) gps - fixed minor value unit typo;
*) l3hw - improved offloading for directly connected hosts on CRS305, CRS326-24G-2S+, CRS328, CRS318, CRS310;
*) led - fixed QSFP+, QSFP28 activity LEDs when using 40Gbps modules (introduced in v7.3beta33);
*) lte - disabled wait for LTE auto attach;
*) mpls - fixed MPLS MTU and path MTU selection;
*) ovpn - fixed hardware offloading support on CHR;
*) ovpn - improved Windows client disconnect procedure in UDP mode;
*) ovpn - moved authentication failure messages to “info” logging level;
*) ppp - added warning when using prefix length other than /64 for router advertisement;
*) ppp - fixed “remote-ipv6-prefix” parameter unsetting;
*) ppp - fixed issue with multiple active sessions when “only-one” is enabled;
*) routerboot - properly reset system configuration when protected bootloader is enabled and reset button used;
*) rsvp-te - improved stability when “Resv” received for non-existing session;
*) sfp - improved QSFP/SFP interface initialization for 98DXxxxx switches;
*) switch - fixed missing stats from traffic-monitor for 98DXxxxx and 98PX1012 switches;
*) system - fixed RouterOS bootup when wifiwave2 package is installed (introduced in v7.3beta34);
*) system - fixed rare partial loss of RouterOS configuration after package upgrade/downgrade/install/uninstall;
*) user-manager - improved stability when received EAP attribute with non-existing state attribute;
*) vpls - fixed “pw-l2mtu” parameter usage;

To upgrade, click “Check for updates” at /system package in your RouterOS configuration interface, or head to our download page: http://www.mikrotik.com/download

If you experience version related issues, then please send supout file from your router to support@mikrotik.com. File must be generated while router is not working as suspected or after some problem has appeared on device

Please keep this forum topic strictly related to this particular RouterOS release.

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filesystem - improved UBIFS stability and data integrity after downgrade to RouterOS v6 and upgrade to RouterOS v7

I assume that was all the fuss about for 7.21. This is much clearer and informative. :slight_smile:

Think about adding this to the before upgrade recommendations, by default if it is incremented: *) winbox - minimal required version is vx.xx;

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Where can read about lacp-user-key?

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*) torch - properly capture all related IPv6 traffic;
Thank you!

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Excellent! Any docs regarding this?

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Where can read about lacp-user-key?

The setting is documented on https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Bonding#Bonding-PropertyDescription
LACP key can be monitored with:

/interface bonding monitor-slaves
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*) switch - added option to match source and destination IP addresses in ARP packets for RB5009 (requires mac-protocol=arp setting);

Good news !
So the rule : …
/interface ethernet switch rule add dst-address=192.168.192.200/32 new-vlan-id=100 ports=ether2 switch=switch1
also needs the following one on RB5009 : …
/interface ethernet switch rule add dst-address=192.168.192.200/32 new-vlan-id=100 ports=ether2 switch=switch1 mac-protocol=arp
… to have something similar to CRS317, which properly handles related ARP traffic with the first rule only.
Right ?

Is mac-protocol=arp setting requirement (so the need for the second rule) a limitation from the RB5009 switch chip (88E6393X) ?

Many thanks !

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Now I have the same key on all the bonding interfaces. As far as I understand, this is normal. Could you give an example when need to manually change the key?

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*) lte - added MCS, CQI and RI value reporting for Fibocom FG621;

what details would you require for supporting the L860 and L850?
just a supout?

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[quote=dbnetwork post_id=926316 time=1649850582 user_id=194520]

  • “Old style” routing filters add (like v6), not only syntax
    [/quote]
    You post that in every release topic, but it is completely unclear what you mean.

    I agree to your other requests.
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*) gps - added GPS package support for Chateau devices;
*) lte - added SMS sending support for MBIM protocol;
*) lte - improved stability when configuring multiple APN’s at the same time in MBIM mode;
*) lte - improved stability when upgrading LTE firmware on Chateau 5G;

<3
Love to see this love working to fully support the Quectel chips advertised as fully supported in your Chateau 5G devices!

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Is mac-protocol=arp setting requirement (so the need for the second rule) a limitation from the RB5009 switch chip (88E6393X) ?

Correct, the second rule is needed due to switch limitation. For CRS3xx, there is a slightly more advanced ACL matcher that can correctly find ARP and IPv4 packets using a single rule.


Now I have the same key on all the bonding interfaces. As far as I understand, this is normal. Could you give an example when need to manually change the key?

It is perfectly fine to use the same key for multiple LACPs. We received a feature request asking for this option, I guess it was up to their network policy to use unique keys for each LACP. It was fairly easy to implement it in RouterOS, so here you go. :wink:

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*) sfp - added 2.5Gbps rate for SFP+ and QSFP+ interfaces on 98DXxxxx and 98PX1012 switches (requires disabled auto-negotiation);

Do you mean HGSMII ? :o

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When will container support be added?

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Is the changelog something carried over or new things compared to 7.2?

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Ask Jotne, see this result from of a spreadsheet.

http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/v7-2-is-released/157082/1

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I have not looked at 7.3beta, but my guess is that change log is the difference from 7.2 or 7.2.1

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I mean the possibility from winbox to add and manage routing filters through list options as currently present in version V6, currently on V7 there is only the possibility to compile and insert filters by hand using syntax

[attachment=1]v6.png[/attachment] [attachment=0]v7.png[/attachment]

[quote=pe1chl post_id=926342 time=1649857467 user_id=80589]
[quote=dbnetwork post_id=926316 time=1649850582 user_id=194520]

  • “Old style” routing filters add (like v6), not only syntax
    [/quote]
    You post that in every release topic, but it is completely unclear what you mean.

    I agree to your other requests.
    [/quote]
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Beta 33? Out of the world version numbering.

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Posting it in every topic won’t make it happen faster. As it was already mentioned in one of the topics we will try to think of some user friendly GUI method to add routing filters but doing that and implement it is not going to happen right away.