MikroTik RouterOS changelogs

6.5 Stable 2013-Oct-16 (13 years ago)

Component	Change
certificates	merge '/certificate ca' into '/certificate', use set-ca-passphrase to maintain CA functionality;
console	exported physical interface configuration uses 'default-name' instead of item number to match relevant interface;
console	report all constituent errors for parameters with multiple alternative value types;
console	':return' does not trigger 'on-error=' action of ':do' command;
dhcp server	added option to disable conflict-detection;
general	fix routerboot upgrading if RouterOS is partitioned;
general	add support for second serial port on CCR boards;
general	fix serial port baudrate selection on CCR boards;
general	ethernet interface stats that are behind switch chip show real hw stats instead of just the traffic that goes through cpu;
ipsec	fix peer mathing with non byte aligned masks;
lcd	backlight option is replaced with "/lcd backlight" command
ovpn server	use only ciphers that are allowed not that client requested;
route	fixed crash that could be triggered by change in nexthop address resolution;
route	some imported VPNv4 routes were not using MPLS labels;
route	imported VPNv4 routes were not always updated or removed when the original route changed;
ssh client	fixed public key authentication;
tftp	added data packet pipelining for read requests;
winbox	fixed problem where all settings were read only on first open;

6.4 Stable 2013-Sep-12 (13 years ago)

Component	Change
console	make newly added item names always immediately available;
general	fixed watchdog on mipsle boards;
general	fixed usb Yota LTE modem hangup;
graphing	make sure that interface graphs gets preserved across reboots;
ovpn	allow to specify server via dns name;
traceroute	added count %26 max-hops parameters;
traceroute	added back use-dns parameter;
winbox	fixed problem where ipv6 routes with non local link address gateway could not be added;
wireless	improved 802.11n wireless retransmission (doesn't effect nstreme/nv2)

5.26 Stable 2013-Sep-04 (13 years ago)

Component	Change
ssh	fixed denial of service;

6.3 Stable 2013-Sep-03 (13 years ago)

Component	Change
RB1200	fixed crash when receiving over l2mtu size packets on some ethernet interfaces;
RB2011L	fixed occasional gigabit switch-chip lockup;
bug fix	sometimes some new interfaces could not be created properly any more (f.e. some pppoe clients could not connect);
console	added '/console clear-history' command that clears command-line history for all users, requires 'policy' policy;
console	fixed issue with local variables having non-empty value before first assignment;
console	fixed command ":global name" without second argument to not create or change global variable "name", only effect is to make "name" refer to global variable.
console	fixed passing local variables as argument to function;
dhcp	added ability to specify where to insert rate limiting queue;
fix queues	correct queue was not installed when last child removed;
fix simple queues	sometimes some simple queues would stop working after configuration changes;
hotspot	do not account traffic to local hotspot pages;
ppp, hotspot	added ability to specify where to insert rate limiting queue, it's parent and type;
pptp, l2tp, sstp	allow to specify server via dns name;
ssh	fixed denial of service;
sstp	limit packet queue for each device;
traceroute	show mpls labels as well;
traceroute	added mtr like pinging;
user manager	will warn on 1MB and stop before reaching minimum of 500KB disk space;
webfig	fixed problem when opening quickset page country was automaticly changed to etsi;
www proxy	support ipv6 parent proxy;

6.2 Stable 2013-Aug-02 (13 years ago)

Component	Change
backup	changed default backup file name to <id>-<YY><MM><DD>-<HHMM>.backup for file browsers to sort them properly;
console	added "on-error" argument to ':do' command that is executed if command raises error;
console	added new ':return' command that interrupts execution of script and passes argument as return value if script was called as function;
console	resolved issue with 'from-pool' propery in '/ipv6 address';
console	array value syntax in expressions '{1;2;3;4}' now can specify values with word keys as '{a=1;b=2}';
console	added 'verbose' argument to '/import' command that enables line-by-line script import. By default import whole script at once and don't print it, as it was in version 6.0;
console	':global', ':local' and ':set' commands have new parameter 'do' that allows assigning block of commands to the variable;
console	global variables now are common to all users and are available to all users with at least "read,write,test,policy" policy;
console	fixed parameter passing to scripts. Script parameters can be accessed without declaring them with ':local' and ':global' commands. For backwards compatibility global variables are first looked up in script parametrs;
console	'$var 1 2 a="a" b="b"' syntax for passing parameters to commands stored in a variable. Parameters are accessed as '$1' '$2' '$a' '$b';
dhcp server	framed routes are now also added to the server routing table;
dhcpv6 server	added binding-script option;
fixed addresslist	dynamic entries sometimes would still show up even afther being timed out;
fixed bug	sometimes some types of interfaces would stop working;
general	improved CCR responsiveness on other interfaces when one interface is under attack;
general	eoip,gre tunnels could occasionally crash multicore router;
general	ipsec sometimes could crash kernel on CCR;
general	connection tracking sometimes could crash kernel on CCR;
general	winbox, webfig: allow to enter space in the text fields;
general	fixed crash when setting master-port on AR8327 switch chips;
general	added /ip settings allow-hw-fast-path setting to control AR8327N hardware ipv4 fast path;
graphing	make graphs stable on ppp %26 ovpn interfaces;
hotspot	fixed chap error after failed http-chap login (broken in v6.1);
ipsec	fixed peer address matching;
ipsec	fix phase1 autonegotiation on little endian platforms;
lcd	current-screen option is replaced with "/lcd show" command
lcd	current-interface option is replaced with "/lcd interface display" command
lcd	added option for enabling or disabling the touch screen;
lcd	added options for screen switching;
lcd	up to 10 non-physical interfaces can now be added to the lcd;
lcd	all interface graph screen can now be customized from /lcd interface page;
ppp,pptp,l2tp,sstp	added default-route-distance parameter;
pppoe server	allow service with empty service-name to accept all pppoe clients;
proxy	allow multiple src-address for ipv4 and ipv6;
queue simple	fixed bug - actual queue order sometimes was wrong;
queue simple	queue is not invalid when at least one of target interfaces is up;
routerboot	fixed upgrade from RouterOS (could fail on some units);
scep	"/cert scep ra" merged into "/cert scep client" without saving ra config;
sms tool	added sim-pin setting;
trafficgen	allow ranges for ip addrs and udp ports;
trafficgen	add tcp header support;
ups	query smart ups capabilities before issuing any commands;
userman	fixed payment gateway response notify processing;
vrrp	allow more than one vrrp on interface;
webfig	fixed configuration of VPLS %26 routing filters;
webfig	it did not work in Opera;
webfig	made terminal work again;
winbox	added ability to fully set up traffic generator in winbox;
www, hotspot	fixed problem when www service stopped responding on high load;