RouterOS version 7.8beta2 has been released “v7 testing” channel!
Before an upgrade:
- Remember to make backup/export files before an upgrade and save them on another storage device;
- Make sure the device will not lose power during upgrade process;
- Device has enough free storage space for all RouterOS packages to be downloaded.
What’s new in 7.8beta2 (2023-Jan-20 12:27):
Important note!!!
Version is not recommended on CRS3xx devices.
Changes in this release:
!) storage - added new “rose-storage” package support for extended disk management and monitoring functionality (ARM, ARM64, Tile and x86) (CLI only);
*) bgp - fixed setting of “default-prepend” parameter;
*) bridge - fixed PVID warning typo;
*) bridge - improved HW offloading logic;
*) certificate - improved certificate management, signing and storing processes;
*) conntrack - improved system stability when changing connection tracking state;
*) container - added authentication option for registry (CLI only);
*) container - fixed “.type” file ownership;
*) container - fixed file ownership after system upgrade for containers running on internal disk;
*) container - fixed multiple container automatic startup on boot;
*) disk - limit maximum TMPFS size;
*) dns - added configurable DoH concurrent query limitation parameters (CLI only);
*) dns - do not cache results from “:resolve” command with specific server;
*) dns - limited “DoH max concurrent queries reached” logging messages to once per minute;
*) firewall - fixed bridge priority target;
*) firewall - fixed DSCP priority target for IPv6 Mangle;
*) firewall - fixed netmap range maximum address calculation for IPv6 NAT;
*) graphing - fixed hiding of target queues when “allow-target” is disabled;
*) graphing - fixed sorting of interface and queue graphs;
*) graphing - properly handle disabled and static-binding interface graphs;
*) graphing - removed “move” command for graphing rules;
*) hotspot - fixed setting of “address” parameter for IP binding;
*) hotspot - restore cookie timeout on reboot;
*) ike2 - added support for “address”, “key-id” and “dn” for Remote ID matching (CLI only);
*) ipsec - added support for “Framed-Route” RADIUS attribute support;
*) ipsec - do not match incoming IKE requests by unresolved DNS name peers;
*) ipv6 - added “pref64” option configuration for RA;
*) ipv6 - limited “hop-limit” parameter value range to 255;
*) ipv6 - made distributed DNS lifetime RFC8106 compliant;
*) l3hw - added destination MAC address check for offloaded FastTrack connections;
*) lte - added AT support for Telit LE910C4 in MBIM mode;
*) lte - fixed APN setting usage on initial connection attempt for AT based Quectel and Neoway modems;
*) lte - fixed automatic antenna selection on Chateau LTE12/LTE18;
*) lte - fixed dialing for Fibocom L850-GL module;
*) lte - fixed displaying of “subscriber-number”;
*) lte - improved AT port matching for SIMCom, Huawei, WeLink, Cinterion, BandLuxe and Sierra modems;
*) lte - improved modem detection speed in lower mini-PCIe slot on LtAP;
*) lte - parse USSD even if encoding is unsupported;
*) mpls - fixed handling of more than 9 VRF’s;
*) mpls - fixed LDP listen socket creation before IPv6 address is ready for use;
*) mpls - improved stability when neighboring router reboots;
*) ospf - fixed “ospf-type” parameter for OSPFv3 routes;
*) ospf - fixed simple auth for OSPFv3;
*) ovpn - added AES-GCM and multicore encryption support (CLI only);
*) poe - properly turn off power when link not detected on hAP ax2 and hAP ax3;
*) port - fixed modem channel number on KNOT;
*) resource - show filesystem related statistics on CCR2004;
*) route - fixed IPv6 default route presence when received from RA;
*) route - fixed printing of routing table’s “count-only” parameter;
*) sfp - fixed false link detection with S+RJ10 on RB5009;
*) sfp - fixed reading of SFP EEPROM on single SFP port devices;
*) sms - improved reporting of SMS sending errors;
*) sms - log USSD response when USSD is sent over MBIM;
*) sniffer - added additional filtering parameters (CLI only);
*) snmp - do not show identity in LLDP when branding is used with hide SNMP data;
*) snmp - fixed handling of disabled routes;
*) snmp - fixed reporting of total number of routes counter;
*) ssh - hard-coded “localhost” address for forwarding requests;
*) sstp - fixed TLS session establishment when “connect-to” is DNS name;
*) switch - fixed SFP rate select for CRS354 devices;
*) switch - improved system stability for 98DXxxxx switch chips;
*) torch - allow “without-paging” parameter for Torch;
*) traffic-generator - increased maximum allowed stream count;
*) upgrade - show error message when license prohibits upgrade;
*) vxlan - added “dont-fragment” setting that allows managing fragmentation;
*) webfig - allow setting numeric values in time interval fields;
*) webfig - fixed accessing of WebFig when “Interface” menu is disabled by skin;
*) webfig - fixed editing of multi-field parameters with “not” checkbox;
*) webfig - fixed handling of empty skin files;
*) webfig - improved navigation responsiveness;
*) webfig - improved skin file parsing;
*) webfig - properly escape all reserved URI characters;
*) webfig - updated WebFig and graph web pages to HTML5;
*) wifiwave2 - added wireless sniffer tool to capture wireless transmissions (CLI only);
*) wifiwave2 - enabled additional channels in UNII-3 and UNII-4 bands for Europe and USA on hAP ax^2, hAP ax^3 and Chateau ax;
*) wifiwave2 - implement 802.11w management protection SA Query procedures;
*) wifiwave2 - improve protections from denial-of-service attacks on WPA3;
*) winbox - added “Match Subdomain” parameter under “IP/DNS/Static” menu;
*) winbox - added missing WifiWave2 related parameters under “WifiWave2” menu;
*) winbox - fixed displaying of “Default Prepend” value under “Routing/BGP/Sessions” menu;
*) winbox - fixed displaying of “Tx/Rx CCQ” values under “Wireless/Registration” menu;
*) winbox - fixed displaying of flags under “System/Console” menu;
*) winbox - fixed displaying of multiple character flags;
*) winbox - fixed usage of IPv6 family addresses under “IP/Web Proxy/Access” menu;
*) winbox - improved mouseover hint for “local” policy under “System/Users/Groups” menu;
*) winbox - show “Gateway” column by default under “IPv6/Routes” menu;
*) x86 - added support for TP-Link TG-3468;
*) x86 - fixed SR-IOV support for Intel X710 series NIC;
*) x86 - improved Intel 500 series 10G SFP module support;
*) x86 - improved stability for Intel X550 series NIC with SR-IOV;
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
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