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NetComm NF18MESH Latest Firmware

Version history

NF18MESH.NC.ABB-R6B016 – 2nd November 2023

Enhancements

• Updated firmware to check both primary and secondary DNS for keep-alive before sending DHCP discovery (TT 45165)

• WebUI enhancement – Added CID name field (TT 42937)

• Updated RA Route Information to Medium (TT 42978)

• This update addresses a security vulnerability (TT 44047)

NF18MESH.NC.ABB-R6B015 – 29th October 2021

Enhancements

• Fixed an issue of IPv6-PD dropping out after a few days (TT 42217)

• Updated RA to include the RDNS option (TT 42797)

• Fixed an issue of random ULA prefix changes occurring after each reboot (TT 42799)

NF18MESH.NC.ABB-R6B014 – 30th June 2021

Enhancements

• Updated IPv6 ULA default setting to ‘Randomly generate’ (TT 41981)

• Updated RA default router preference to Medium (TT 41985)

• Set RA default lifetime to 1800 secs as per RFC4861 (TT 41980)

• Fixed RA on LAN interface to include Prefix Information Option (PIO) (TT 41979)

• Updated WebUI to show ULA Valid and Preferred Lifetimes in seconds and removed example text for

• ‘Statically configure’ (TT 42103)

• Updated URA Default MaxRtrAdvInterval to 600 seconds and MinRtrAdvInterval to 200 seconds as per

• RFC4861 (TT 42201)

• Updated ULA Valid and Preferred Lifetimes as per RFC4861 (TT 41995)

• Enabled Save Our Showtime (SOS) and Robust Overhead Channel (ROC) (TT 42192)

• Enhance the mesh stability (TT 41683)

• Updated Broadcom Wi-Fi Patch for FragAttack vulnerabilities (TT 42242)

NF18MESH.NC.ABB-R6B011 – 24th December 2020

Enhancements

• Updated ABB default settings – Dial plan (TT 41594)

NF18MESH.NC.ABB-R6B010 – 11th December 2020

Enhancements

• Added Privacy mode support. Configurable by the smartphone app, this instructs the CPE not to send any analytic data to the cloud (TT 41541)

• Added Mesh support via the wired connection* (TT 41499)

• Updated ABB default settings – DHCP option (TT 41503)

• Updated ABB default settings – ALG (TT 41504)

• Updated ABB default settings – Update WiFi Max client to 32 (TT 41505)

• Updated ABB default settings – WiFi setting (TT 41506)

• Updated ABB default settings – VoIP setting (TT 41507)

• Updated ABB default settings – TR-069 setting (TT 41509)

• Updated ABB remote access default settings (TT 41510)

• Fixed a Guest WiFi password issue when the password was less than 8 characters (TT 41160)

• Enhanced the 5GHz Wi-Fi stability (TT 40667)

• Fixed an issue where the CPU & Memory usage page was not showing correctly (TT 39517)

• Cosmetic update to UPnP (TT 40190)

• Fixed a TFTP upload configuration file issue on LAN and WAN connection (TT 40839)

• Enhanced the web interface when viewed on a mobile browser (TT 40847)

• 5GHz Guest interface is now disabled when Mesh is enabled (TT 40848)

• Updated the DNS suffix to “cloudmesh.home” (TT 40920)

• Updated the port forwarding behaviour to accept different server IP address ranges (TT 41050)

• Cosmetic update to the Statistic LAN page (TT 41336)

• Enhanced the CPE security (TT 41425)

• Addressed a Wireless AP steering issue* (TT 40237)

• Fixed a Speedtest issue (TT 41500)

* Note: only compatible with NS-01 FW 2.2.42

NetComm NF18ACV Latest Firmware

Version History

NC2-R6B024

Enhancements

• Updated firmware to check both primary and secondary DNS for keep-alive before sending DHCP discovery (TT 45143)

• This update addresses a security vulnerability (TT 44047)

NC2-R6B023

New Features

• Added capability to route traffic from a source address different from the LAN subnet (TT 24320)

• Added capability to switch calls using a flash key (TT 38096)

• Added patch for WiFi Krook security (TT 40389)

• Added information on webUI for connection uptime (TT 41584)

• [IPv6] Default Router Preference should be Medium and must include PIO (TT 41986, TT 41988)

• [IPv6] ULA with "Randomly Generate" enabled by default (TT 41987)

• [IPv6] RA default lifetime set to 1800 seconds per RFC4861 (TT 41989)

• Added a patch to address FragAttack vulnerabilities (TT 42262)

• Enabled SOS (Save Our Showtime) and RoC (Robust Overhead Channel) (TT 42302)

Enhancements

• WebUI enhancements (TT 24672, TT 39138, TT 41336, TT 41379)

• Fixed a date and time issue for VoIP calls (TT 20442)

• Fixed an issue where telnet showed time in UTC (TT 39869)

• Fixed the incorrect displays of MTU size and MSS size (TT 41132)

• Fixed an issue with DHCP static leases rule getting deleted after upgrade (TT 41583)

• Fixed an issue where IP filter is not working with subnet (TT 42282)

• Fixed an issue with IPv6-PD drop issue (TT 42310)

• Fixed an issue with QoS classification showing wrong queues (TT 42322)

NC2-R6B022

Enhancement

• Fixed an issue with the default 2.4GHz/5GHz key and password issue (TT 41586)

NC2-R6B021

New Features

• Added hook and call status on the SIP page (TT 39464)

Enhancements

• Disabled Service in access control by default including SSH, Telnet, SNMP, Samba (TT 40589)

• Cosmetic updates on the QoS Classification page (TT 40488, TT 40487, TT 40473)

• Cosmetic update on the Password page (TT 40417)

• Cosmetic update on the Wizard page (TT 40722)

• Fixed a wizard issue where it would not save the VPI/VCI value if it was not 8/35 (TT 40158)

• Cosmetic updates to the DHCP option page and SIP settings (TT 39344)

• Enhanced the performance of the web user interface (TT 39434)

• Fixed an issue where applying changes remotely always shows a blank page (TT 39253)

• Fixed an issue with Port forwarding rules not correctly showing their WAN interface (TT 39807)

• Fixed an issue where Hide SSID on the 2.4GHz radio could not be turned off after it was turned on (TT 39684)

• Updated the ETH WAN interface default settings to “No VLAN” and “Dynamic IP” (TT 41423)

• Updated the VDSL interface default settings to “No VLAN” and “Dynamic IP” (TT 41422)

• Fixed Guest Wi-Fi password issue when the password is less than 8 characters (TT 41149)

• Added iperf3 support (TT 40154)

• Enhance CPE security (TT 41415)

NC2-R6B017

New Features

• Added a check to validate any incorrect input for Static IP DNS addresses (TT 26078)

• Added support to enable /disable the Firewall in a created interface (TT 38331)

• Added support to enable /disable access for HTTPS via the Access Control page (TT 38739)

• Added support to allow username containing 5 or more special characters (TT38367)

• Updated default setting with QoS classification enabled by default (TT 38432)

• Added support to log in to the device remotely via HTTPS (TT 38738)

• Updated the default setting of the RX Chain power save on the 2.4/5GHz to be disabled by default (TT 39134)

• Added the ability to edit any created port forwarding rule (TT 39109)

• Added the ability to edit any created port triggering rule (TT 39143)

• Added the ability to edit any created MAC filtering rule (TT 39144)

• Added the ability to edit any created QoS Classification rule (TT 39145)

• Added the ability to edit any created incoming and outgoing IP filtering rule (TT 39147)

• Added the ability to edit any created DDNS rule (TT 39148)

• Added the ability to edit any created IPsec interface (TT 39150)

• Added the ability to edit any created QoS Queue rule (TT 39146)

• Added an option to hide SSID for both 2.4GHz and 5Ghz Wi-Fi (TT 39242)

• Added support to turn on/off the LED under advance setting (TT 20900)

Enhancements

• Fixed an issue where reboot option was not able to trigger on a different WEB Page (TT 38357)

• Fixed an issue where user was unable to change the Static DNS on the VDSL interface (TT 38374)

• Fixed an issue where the advanced menu is missing if browser is accessed from a mobile device (TT 39026)

• Fixed the intermittent CPE ring-back tone issue (TT 39116)

NC2-R6B014

Enhancements

• Improved Wi-Fi performance (TT 39023)

NC2-R6B013

New Features

• Added HTTP link on the firmware version to direct to NetComm NF18ACV firmware page (TT 24765)

• Added HTTP link to “Visit NetComm Wireless Support Website’ (TT 24764)

• Added special character support on the username/password fields (TT 26481)

Enhancements

• Updated 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi Driver (TT 37972)

• Updated Wi-Fi default settings (TT 37982)

• Updated the dial plan to cover the 13[1-9]XXX series (TT 37823)

• Updated the VoIP DTMF rely to RFC2833 by default (TT 26328)

• Fixed a stability issue with IPv6 connection (TT 26375)

• Fixed an issue where DLNA reverts to disabled after the device is power cycled (TT 26121)

• Fixed an issue where a 31-bit subnet could not be setup on VDSL IPoE via the basic setup page (TT 25903)

• Fixed an issue where the device displayed an invalid session key message when the HTTP port was changed

• from the default setting. (TT 37905)

• Fixed an issue where only 32 entries could be entered on the Parental control page (TT 26327)

• Fixed an issue where the device cannot return the Wi-Fi Noise floor value (TT 37962)

• Fixed an issue with TR-069 parameters not reporting Currentlocaltime correctly (TT 38037)

• Fixed an issue where DHCP option 66 does not support more than 45 characters (TT 37907)

• Fixed a typo on the wizard setup (TT 24332)

NC2-R6B012

New Features

• New format for the gateway’s web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI). (TT 20224)
  For details on all the new WEB GUI changes, please refer to the latest NF18ACV User Guide (UG01040 v1.2)

• Configurable TR_069 port field added to Connection Request Authentication settings. (TT 22416)

• Adjusted the band steering behaviour. (TT 20593)

• Reduced the volume and used softer tone on the call waiting alert tone. (TT 21747)

• Reduced the frequency of sending SIP registration packets from every 2 seconds to every 5 minutes after receiving an error code 404. (TT 22876)

• Added support for entering TR-069 parameters for SNMP TrapIPAddress. (TT 22160)

• Adjusted the default SIP dial plan settings. (TT 21935)

• Adjusted the SIP dial tone. (TT 20911)

• Adjusted the Serial number of the inventory information to return the correct value. (TT 25325)

• Improved the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi performance. (TT 23538)

Enhancements

• Fixed the DSL LED so that it does not continue to blink even though there is no physical connection to the DSL port. (TT 20310, TT 21780)

• Fixed the Internet LED to only turn on when there is a functioning internet connection. (TT 20508)

• Updated the TR-69 Hardware version to the correct output value. (TT 19450)

• Fixed an issue the CPE become not responsive when changing the PPPoE username via the WEB GUI remotely. (TT 22306)

• Fixed an issue where the CPE is occasionally not able to respond to TR_069 provisioning. (TT 23071)

• Fixed an issue with port forwarding not able to apply on the same port that is used on the Access control page. (TT 19487)

• Fixed an issue with WAN port acting as LAN during start-up. (TT 21151)

R6B016

New Features

• Added an automatic firewall to block unsolicited VoIP traffic.

Enhancements

• Fixed a problem where automatic Wi-Fi channel selection could not be enabled/disabled via TR-069.

• Improved an issue with Wi-Fi throughput when country code was set to “NEW ZEALAND”.

• Fixed an issue with priority marking on VoIP packets.

R6B015 – Initial production release

New Features

• None.

Enhancements

• None.

NetComm NF20MESH Latest Firmware

Version history

R6B009

Enhancements

• Update ABB settings – Default VoIP Digitmap setting (TT 45202)

• Update ABB settings – Default VoIP Caller ID message Type (TT 45203)

• Update ABB settings – Default service access settings (TT 45205)

R6B008

Enhancements

• This update addresses a security vulnerability (TT 45038)

R6B007

Enhancements

• Fixed an issue where clients were observing drops when a configuration where mesh is disabled is restored (TT 44048)

• Updated firmware to reflect correct system uptime using SNMP (TT 44333)

• Fixed an issue where SIP ALG enable/disable had no effect (TT 44340)

• Updated mesh agent version to 02.02.82.02-1502 (TT 44446)

R6B006

Enhancements

• This update addresses a critical security vulnerability (TT 44047)

R6B004

Enhancements

• Fixed an issue where disabling any WAN access service required a reboot in order for the disablement to take effect (TT 43857)

• Updated behaviour where device was not sending “8 Diagnostics complete” when invalid IP is used for IP ping Diagnostics (TT 43852)

• Fixed an issue where Web UI was locking up in certain scenarios (TT 43896)

• Fixed an issue where WPS was not working when initiated using WPS soft button (Web UI button) (TT 43929)

R6B002 – Initial release

Enhancements

• Updated ABB settings – Default WAN services (TT 43496)

• Updated ABB settings – Default Wi-Fi settings (TT 434968 & TT 43500)

• Updated ABB settings – Default TR-069 setting (TT 43506)

• Updated ABB settings – Default SIP settings (TT 43502)

• Updated ABB settings – Default AGL settings (TT 43494)

• Updated ABB settings – Default remote services settings (TT 43508)

• Updated ABB settings – Default ACL settings (TT 43504)

• Updated ABB settings – Default DHCP option settings (TT 43555)

NetComm NF19MESH Latest Firmware

Version history

R6B004

New features

• Added support for providing source IP as one of the parameters for port forwarding (TT 45184)

Enhancements

• Updated firmware to check both primary and secondary DNS for IPoE keep-alive before sending DHCP discovery (TT 45142)

• Enabled SOS and ROC by default (TT 45221)

• Updated to reflect the correct mobile broadband firewall status (TT 45183)

• Updated port forwarding to support “All Interface” (TT 45097)

R6B002

Enhancements

• Updated ABB settings – Default DSL settings – Disable Annex M (TT 45081)

• Updated ABB settings – Disable SIP proxy 2 and SIP registrar 2 (TT 45082)

• Update webUI to hide beamforming options on 2.4GHz Wi- Fi (TT 45083)

• Updated ABB settings – Update Caller ID message type to DTMF (TT 45084)

R6B001 – Initial release

Enhancements

• Updated ABB settings – Default Internet services (TT 44970)

• Updated ABB settings – Default ALG settings (TT 44971)

• Updated ABB settings – Default DSL settings (TT 44972)

• Updated ABB settings – Default DHCP option settings (TT 44973)

• Updated ABB settings – Default Wi-Fi settings (TT 44974)

• Updated ABB settings – Default SIP settings (TT 44976)

• Updated ABB settings – Default TR-069 setting (TT 44978)

• Updated ABB settings – Default ACL settings (TT 44980)

• Updated ABB settings – Default remote services settings (TT 44981)

• Removed redundant WDS page (TT 44975)