Component: wifi

7.20beta5 Testing 2025-Jul-03 (9 months ago)

• avoid picking 5GHz channels by default which are unlikely to be supported by clients, can be overridden with channel.deprioritize-unii-3-4;

7.20beta4 Testing 2025-Jun-13 (10 months ago)

• increased wifi scan list;

7.20beta2 Testing 2025-May-27 (11 months ago)

• added tr069 support for wifi interfaces;
• avoid picking 5GHz channels by default which are unlikely to be supported by clients, can be overridden with channel.deprioritize-unii-3-4 (CLI only);
• restart CAPsMAN only on significant configuration changes;

7.19 Stable 2025-May-22 (11 months ago)

• add channel.reselect-time parameter which allows to perform channel re-selection at given time of day (CLI only);
• add information on CAP uptime and connection uptime in "Remote CAP" list;
• added "eap-identity" to registration table;
• added SSID to logs;
• display error when trying to run snooper on interface which does not support wireless packet capture (sniffer);
• fix authentication of clients which omit some RSN information at association;
• fix incorrect info about current channel for station interfaces after AP has switched channel (introduced in v7.17);
• fix possible snooper crash when parsing frames with malformed headers;
• fixed 5GHz chain enumeration on Chateau PRO ax;
• implement WPA2 PSK authentication with key derivation using SHA256 (CLI only);
• improve parsing of captured frames which have nested flags in radiotap header;
• improved stability for wifi interfaces;
• improved stability when doing SNMP query;
• improved wifi connection stability when used as a station for "b" mode access point;
• re-word log entries about disconnections which are likely caused by peer using a wrong passphrase;
• use at least TLS 1.2 for securing connection between CAPsMAN manager and CAPs;

7.19rc3 Testing 2025-May-20 (11 months ago)

• improved stability when doing SNMP query;

7.19rc1 Testing 2025-Apr-28 (1 year ago)

• fixed 5GHz chain enumeration on Chateau PRO ax;

7.19beta7 Testing 2025-Mar-31 (1 year ago)

• improved wifi connection stability when used as a station for "b" mode access point;
• use at least TLS 1.2 for securing connection between CAPsMAN manager and CAPs (additional fixes);

7.19beta5 Testing 2025-Mar-12 (1 year ago)

• fixed incorrect attribution of 802.11be capability to 802.11ax APs in output of scan command (introduced in v7.19beta2);
• fixed sending of reassociation response frames (introduced in v7.19beta2);
• improved stability for wifi interfaces;

7.18.2 Stable 2025-Mar-11 (1 year ago)

• improved stability for wifi interfaces;

7.19beta4 Testing 2025-Mar-06 (1 year ago)

• display error when trying to run snooper on interface which does not support wireless packet capture (sniffer);
• fix possible snooper crash when parsing frames with malformed headers;
• implement WPA2 PSK authentication with key derivation using SHA256 (CLI only);
• improve parsing of captured frames which have nested flags in radiotap header;

7.19beta2 Testing 2025-Feb-28 (1 year ago)

• add channel.reselect-time parameter which allows to perform channel re-sellection at given time of day (CLI only);
• add information on CAP uptime and connection uptime in "Remote CAP" list;
• added "eap-identity" to registration table;
• added SSID to logs;
• fix authentication of clients which omit some RSN information at association;
• fix incorrect info about current channel for station interfaces after AP has switched channel (introduced in v7.17);
• re-word log entries about disconnections which are likely caused by peer using a wrong passphrase;
• use at least TLS 1.2 for securing connection between CAPsMAN manager and CAPs;

7.18 Stable 2025-Feb-24 (1 year ago)

• added max-clients parameter;
• avoid excessive re-transmission of SA Query action frames;
• fix issue which made it possible for multiple concurrent WPA3 authentications to interfere with each other;
• implement steering parameters to delay probe responses to clients in the 2.4GHz band;
• log a warning when a client requests power save mode during association as this may prevent successful connection establishment;
• re-word the "can't find PMKSA" log message to "no cached PMK";
• try to authenticate client as non-FT client if it provides incomplete set of FT parameters;

7.18beta2 Testing 2025-Jan-21 (1 year ago)

• added max-clients parameter;
• avoid excessive re-transmission of SA Query action frames;
• fix issue which made it possible for multiple concurrent WPA3 authentications to interfere with each other;
• implement steering parameters to delay probe responses to clients in the 2.4GHz band;
• log a warning when a client requests power save mode during association as this may prevent successful connection establishment;
• re-word the "can't find PMKSA" log message to "no cached PMK";
• try to authenticate client as non-FT client if it provides incomplete set of FT parameters;

7.17 Stable 2025-Jan-16 (1 year ago)

• add information to each interface, showing which CAPsMAN manages it or which CAP hosts it when applicable;
• added a debug log entry when switching channel;
• added ability to set security.owe-transition-interface to "auto";
• added access-list stats (CLI only);
• added configuration.installation property to limit use of indoor-only channels;
• added debug log messages on station authentication mismatch;
• added extra info to CAPsMAN about message;
• added last-activity property in registration table;
• added multi-passphrase (PPSK) support (CLI only);
• added option to reset MAC address (CLI only);
• added station-roaming support;
• allow IPv6 LL address in caps-man-addresses;
• disabled 802.11h on 2.4GHz station;
• fixed "disabled" property in certain cases;
• fixed failure to resume operation after DFS non-occupancy period has elapsed;
• fixed failure with "auto" peer update on the OWE interface;
• fixed occasional failure to bring up management frame protection and channel switch capabilities;
• fixed the "no available channels" message still being displayed after a setting change has made some channels available;
• improved FT roaming with WPA3 for some Apple devices;
• indicate radios' ability to perform a channel switch in their "hw-caps" attribute;
• indicate which channels are subject to DFS, or are indoor-only in output of "monitor" command;
• re-word the "SA Query timeout" log message to "not responding";
• show authentication type and wireless standard used by each client in registration table;
• show regulatory limits on maximum bandwidth in output of radio/reg-info command;
• when operating in station mode, log more information when AP switches to an unsupported channel;

7.17beta5 Testing 2024-Nov-13 (1 year ago)

• add information to each interface, showing which CAPsMAN manages it or which CAP hosts it when applicable;
• added station-roaming support (additional fixes);
• fixed failure with "auto" peer update on the OWE interface;

7.17beta4 Testing 2024-Oct-18 (1 year ago)

• added extra info to CAPsMAN about message;
• fixed "disabled" property in certain cases;
• fixed occasional failure to bring up management frame protection and channel switch capabilities;
• improved FT roaming with WPA3 for some Apple devices;

7.17beta2 Testing 2024-Sep-27 (1 year ago)

• added a debug log entry when switching channel;
• added ability to set security.owe-transition-interface to "auto";
• added access-list stats (CLI only);
• added configuration.installation property to limit use of indoor-only channels;
• added debug log messages on station authentication mismatch;
• added last-activity property in registration table;
• added multi-passphrase (PPSK) support (CLI only);
• added option to reset MAC address (CLI only);
• added station-roaming support;
• allow IPv6 LL address in caps-man-addresses;
• disabled 802.11h on 2.4GHz station;
• fixed failure to resume operation after DFS non-occupancy period has elapsed;
• fixed the "no available channels" message still being displayed after a setting change has made some channels available;
• indicate radios' ability to perform a channel switch in their "hw-caps" attribute;
• indicate which channels are subject to DFS, or are indoor-only in output of "monitor" command;
• re-word the "SA Query timeout" log message to "not responding";
• show authentication type and wireless standard used by each client in registration table;
• show regulatory limits on maximum bandwidth in output of radio/reg-info command;
• when operating in station mode, log more information when AP switches to an unsupported channel;

7.16 Stable 2024-Sep-20 (1 year ago)

• added "slave-name-format";
• added interface provisioning logs;
• adjusted virtual interface naming when provisioning local radios;
• do not allow frequency-scan on virtual interfaces;
• do not unset radio-mac and master-interface properties on reset;
• enable creating virtual wifi interfaces using "copy-from" setting;
• fixed packet receive when having multiple station interfaces;
• fixed signal strength reporting during association (introduced in v7.15);
• fixed typo in log message;
• improve regulatory compliance for Chateau ax devices;
• improved interface stability when receiving invalid FT authentication frames;
• improved system stability after interface hang;
• improved WPA3 PMKSA handling when access-lists with custom passphrases are used;
• make sniffer tool return an error when attempting to sniff with a radio which does not support it;
• send channel switch announcements to clients when switching channels at requested re-select intervals;
• use name-format also for local interfaces when provisioning;

7.16beta7 Testing 2024-Jul-25 (1 year ago)

• added "slave-name-format";
• added interface provisioning logs;
• fixed packet receive when having multiple station interfaces (additional fixes);
• improved system stability after interface hang;
• send channel switch announcements to clients when switching channels at requested re-select intervals;

7.16beta3 Testing 2024-Jun-27 (1 year ago)

• added "slave-name-format" (CLI only);
• adjusted virtual interface naming when provisioning local radios;
• do not allow frequency-scan on virtual interfaces;
• fixed packet receive when having multiple station interfaces;
• fixed signal strength reporting during association (introduced in v7.15) (additional fixes);
• improve regulatory compliance for Chateau ax devices;

7.15.1 Stable 2024-Jun-07 (1 year ago)

• fixed signal strength reporting during association (introduced in v7.15);
• improved WPA3 PMKSA handling when access-lists with custom passphrases are used;

7.16beta1 Testing 2024-Jun-05 (1 year ago)

• do not unset radio-mac and master-interface properties on reset;
• enable creating virtual wifi interfaces using "copy-from" setting;
• fixed signal strength reporting during association (introduced in v7.15);
• fixed typo in log message;
• improved interface stability when receiving invalid FT authentication frames;
• improved WPA3 PMKSA handling when access-lists with custom passphrases are used;
• make sniffer tool return an error when attempting to sniff with a radio which does not support it;
• use name-format also for local interfaces when provisioning;

7.15 Stable 2024-May-29 (1 year ago)

• added "reselect-interval" support;
• changed interface default to "disabled=yes";
• do not report disabled state for CAPsMAN managed interface;
• fixed configuration export for "disabled" property;
• improve channel selection after radar detection events;
• improve regulatory compliance for L11, L22 devices;
• improved interface initialization reliability on DFS channels;
• improved stability of DFS check in the 5GHz-A band;
• improved system stability when provisioning CAPs in certain cases;
• rename "available-channels" parameter to "channel-priorities" and include desirability rating for each channel;
• report current CAPsMAN address and identity on CAP;
• show inherited properties with "print" command (replaces "actual-configuration") and added "print config" for showing only configured values;

7.15rc5 Testing 2024-May-28 (1 year ago)

• improved interface initialization reliability on DFS channels;

7.15beta9 Testing 2024-Mar-27 (2 years ago)

• added "reselect-interval" support;
• rename "available-channels" parameter to "channel-priorities" and include desirability rating for each channel;
• report current CAPsMAN address and identity on CAP;