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1. A NetCommWireless NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes Z NetCommWireless Copyright Copyright 2014 NetComm Wireless Limited All rights reserved The information contained herein is proprietary to NetComm Wireless No part of this document may be translated transcribed reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent of NetComm Wireless FN Note This document is subject to change without notice This document covers the following products NetComm Wireless NTC 6908 NetComm Wireless NTC 6908 02 NetComm Wireless NTC 6520 NetComm Wireless NTC 30WV NetComm Wireless NTC 40WV DOCUMENT VERSION DAIS 1 0 Initial document release 27 02 2014 NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes www netcommwireless com 2 Z NetCommWireless 1 1 Updated for v2 0 4 2 07 05 2014 1 2 Updated for v2 0 11 1 17 07 2014 www netcommwireless com NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes 3 gt NetCommWireless Firmware Details Firmware Version 2 0 11 1 Date July 16 2014 Generic Custom Generic Beta Official Official File Names MODEL NTC 6908 NTC 6908 02 NTC 6520 NTC 30WV NTC 40WV MAIN SYSTEM FIRMWARE FILENAME ntc_6908_2 0 11 1 cdi 28 7MB MD5 0d1d448dacd9e40399b501 def37 1f 22f ntc_30wv_2 0 11 1 cdi 29 3MB MD5 86af75f0817034f483459de346b894 82 ntc_40wv_2 0 11 1 cdi 29 7MB MD5 62e4f2. NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes www netcommwireless com 6 Z NetCommWireless a Added improvement to uboot for environment redundancy for frequent power cycling scenarios D Added enhancement to uboot for reset button LED display and timing for the three modes reboot recovery and reset to default as described in the embedded user manual C Added MAC Port IP filtering under the web management interface gt Networking gt Routing d Added Data Stream Manager under web management interface gt Services including PAD mode PADD and Modbus Gateway e Added support to show the Last Inform Status under TR 069 Configuration Page fi Added URL HTTP HTTPS 192 168 1 1 tr 069paramterlist htmi to show all supported TR 069 parameters of the device g Added support to Allow advanced RDB variables and Allow execution of advanced commands under SMS Messaging gt Diagnostic Configuration page h Added options to select route options packet switched circuit switched under SMS Messaging gt General SMS configuration page Added web UI toggle to save system logs to non volatile memory j Added support for HTTPS access to web management interface and self signed HTTPS certificate generator k Added SSH Server and host client key management where it support user name password and key authentication with SSH client l Added LED operation mode support Always on turn all LEDs off after timer period m Added OpenVPN RSA key leng
3. Inbound SNMP 161 162 port issue when firewall is enabled www netcommwireless com NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes 7 Z NetCommWireless 10 Fixed Port Forwarding Rules that were removed not reflected on the iptables unless device is rebooted 11 Fixed Multicast packets not forwarded by Router under RIPv2 12 Fixed WiFi MAC Filtering issue where it only allows 7 rules if you add an 8th rule the list goes blank 13 Fixed DHCP issue where router fails to renew lease when the client sends a DHCP REQUEST to renew the device only is able to renew by resending starting the process again with a DHCP DISCOVER 14 Fixed Unable to change Admin login password when logged in as admin admin 15 Fixed Password fields do not allow the special characters amp 16 Fixed SMS remote configuration restore issue Only applicable to configuration file with no password 17 Fixed LED Operation Mode Turn all LEDs off after timer period not working 18 Fixed Automatic APN selection under Data Connection Profile Settings page should be set to ON by when reset device to factory default 19 Fixed Outbound call Voice Roaming on NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV Inbound call Voice roaming still has some issue to be fixed in the future release 20 Fixed Custom band selection setting isn t recalled after restoring backup config file The factory default band selection option is used not the manual band selection setting that w
4. toggled off and on When editing an already existing Modbus Data stream the Mode field displays Raw This does not affect the behaviour of the stream Telnet password not preserved when upgrading from firmware 1 9 x x NTC 40WV 1 9 108 8 NTC 6908 1 9 107 26 NTC 6908 02 1 9 107 25 NTC 6520 1 9 79 6 to firmware 2 0 0 x 2 0 4 x where settings were not persistently saved in the configuration file Not an issue upgrading from 2 0 0 x to 2 0 4 x or later v2 0 0 3 New Features 1 M2M Family Firmware Release that covers five models NTC 6908 NTC 6908 02 NTC 6520 NTC 40WV NTC 30WYV in a single firmware 2 Updated Web GUI with NetComm Wireless Branding and Web 2 0 GUI layout Style on NTC 30WV NTC 40WV 3 Added embedded device user manual on web GUI for all five models NTC 6908 NTC 6908 02 NTC 6520 NTC 40WV NTC 30WV 4 Added USB Serial to IP data stream manager support in the NTC 30WV and NTC 40WV USB port is turned ON by default 5 Added warning message when the user clicks Install on a router firmware image main or recovery check the first digit of the version number in the filename if it is less than 2 give a warning pop up explaining that downgrades to 1 x x x images are not supported and will cause device failure Give ok or cancel options future Family Releases will have uboot file version control and warning message when installing different uboot 6 Added common new features to the NTC 30WV NTC 40WV
5. SSH setting under System gt Administration gt Administration Settings gt Local Router Access Control is set to ON 10 MAC IP Port Filtering Rules does not allow wild card entries for source IP address mask and destination address mask and source port range when configured via GUI 11 Uboot bin update via TR 069 is not supported only Uboot sb file type update is supported via TR 069 both uboot bin or uboot sb file type is supported via web GUI management upgrade 12 IPsec Issue Remote ID and Local ID field when configured tunnel to Cisco router no longer connected v2 0 0 1 New Features 1 First M2M Family Firmware Release that covers models NTC 6908 NTC 6908 02 NTC 6520 in a single firmware 2 Updated Web GUI with NetComm Wireless Branding and Web 2 0 GUI layout style 3 Added New Features a Added improvement to uboot for environment redundancy for frequent power cycling scenarios b Added MAC Port IP filtering under the web management interface gt Networking gt Routing NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes www netcommwireless com 8 Z NetCommWireless Added Data Stream Manager under web management interface gt Services including PAD mode and Modbus Gateway Added support to show the Last Inform Status under TR 069 Configuration Page Added URL HTTP HTTPS 192 168 20 1 tr O69paramterlist htm to show all supported TR 069 parameters of the device Added support to Allow advance RDB variabl
6. a router on FW 2 x x x to a router on FW 1 x x x will not work properly due to the updated Web 2 0 interface The RIP Setting cannot be preserved when upgrading from firmware 1 9 x x to 2 x x x due to a known bug in 1 9 x x where the RIP setting was not persistently saved in the configuration file NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes 4 www netcommwireless com Z NetCommWireless v2 0 11 1 New Features i 10 Updated Migrated from proprietary Ralink Wireless drivers to open source Linux Wireless drivers Added Wireless client mode which allows the device to connect to an upstream Wireless AP and use Wireless as the device s WAN connection Added EAP TLS authentication method for Wireless connections Added Wireless hotspot functionality The Wireless network can be configured as a public hotspot with captive portal functionality that allows Terms of Service to be displayed and also the initial HTTP page visited to be redirected Added WAN connection failover This allows multiple WAN connections to be defined and prioritised If the highest priority WAN interface goes down the device will automatically start using the next highest priority WAN interface The WAN interface in use will always be the highest priority available interface Added Support for HTTPS configuration restore via SMS Updated SDK package is now versioned with the release number Updated When browsing to a web UI page require
7. a1e4a2c1aadd9bd229772e9 80a0 RECOVERY SYSTEM FIRMWARE FILENAME ntc_6908_2 0 11 1_r cdi 10 4MB MD5 5619af0c3dd497a100112focc05d2 ba3 ntc_30wv_2 0 11 1_r cdi 11MB MD5 100cee9bc5b5c 1a202d9e4a7d007 981c ntc_40wv_2 0 11 1_r cdi 11MB MD5 c3ee618d055b1 1d0bbe8ad048e86 A9e3 u boot bin 207KB MD5 8d02cfc315661e21a8a2e1 f9aa300780 u boot bin 248KB MD5 84d8456bd0954dab565d2 29e0cfa63e2 u boot bin 248KB MD5 3ee69b3b3c61 1827011 b3f 8edd958796 Firmware Upgrade Instructions Please refer to the steps described in the NetComm M2M Family Firmware Upgrade Instructions v2 X X X pdf document SDK_Bovine_ntc_6908 tar bz2 165MB MD5 85287 69ca8f4f5b8ab 8e2d25e 76cbc2 SDK_Bovine_ntc_30wv tar bz2 168MB MD5 abf183ffe4fdba0b8ac5a53b9ec d831b SDK_Bovine_ntc_40wv tar bz2 168MB MD5 c27a9fbd16c7b100b79d8d465 1762768 MODULE BOOTLOADER FILENAME MC8790_DLEX_K2 0 7 28 cwe 609KB MC8704_DLEX_T3_0_2_2 cwe 492KB MC8704_DLEX_T3_0_2_2 cwe 492KB MODULE FIRMWARE FILENAME MC8790_K2 0 7 30 cwe 15 3MB MC8704_T3_0_2_2 cwe 21 3MB R3B01 Note Ericsson module does not support firmware upgrade via web GUI MC8704_T3_0_2_2 cwe 21 3MB Warning It is not possible to downgrade the router from firmware version 2 x x x to an older 1 x x x version due to the improvement made to the u boot for environment redundancy Configuration files exported from
8. and with enhancement for automatic address validation for Ping monitor Web UI configuration page f GPS Configuration page now separated to three sub menu GPS configuration MSB A GPS Odometer and GPS Page is only applicable to device using Sierra module MC8790V g Log file change the default setting for display level debug which is the most detailed log level 8 Included SDK with Firmware version 2 0 0 3 with embedded SDK document 4 0 in this family release with file named SDK_Bovine_ntc_6908 tar bz2 SDK_Bovine_ntc_40wv tar bz2 and SDK_Bovine_ntc_30wv tar bz2 Bug Fixes Modifications 1 Fixed Custom APN Configuration settings not preserved when upgrading from last official release firmware 1 x x x to 2 x X x 2 Fixed Device LAN IP address does not accept a valid IP host address under mask 255 255 255 248 3 Fixed SNMP Settings not preserved issue when upgrading from last official release firmware 1 x x x to 2 X X X 4 Fixed SMS Configuration and Remote Diagnostic Settings not persevered issue when upgrading from last official release firmware 1 x x x to 2 x x x found in NTC 40WV and NTC SOWV 5 Fixed VRRP Master and Slave Mode Switching problem 6 Fixed IPsec cosmetic issued that only shows class C subnet mask in ipsec conf T Fixed IPsec certificate mode doesn t show the file upload status correctly 8 Fixed NTC 40WV TR 069 product class naming issue where it should be 40WV Series 9 Fixed
9. as set and saved in the backup configuration file 21 Fixed Ethernet and Speed not updating on the GUI status page 22 Fixed Routing gt Static Route should allow network destination address entry 0 0 0 0 to represent all networks Known Issues 1 DHCP relay doesn t work in special scenarios where WWAN and LAN are using the same IP address 2 The following settings not preserved when upgrading from 1 x x x to 2 0 0 3 these bugs will be fixed in the future family release PAD mode and PADD Settings not preserved Custom band settings not preserved in NTC 6908 NT 6908 02 NTC 6520 when upgrading from 1 x x x to 2 0 0 3 3 Modem emulator not working on the NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV via USB serial port 4 Wireless Distribution System WDS not working 5 Some Wireless SSID alias settings for interfaces ra1 to ra4 remained on the NTC 40WV NTC 30WV when issuing ifconfig from Telnet after upgrading from 1 x x x to 2 0 0 3 User must disable then enable the Broadcast SSID option from the GUI to clear these left over settings 6 Non volatile memory system log time stamp formatting issue T If SIM is in roaming mode incoming voice calls can t be received on NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV 8 Data Usage display on NTC 6520 incorrect where not all online sessions are recorded after device is power cycled 9 Cannot access router from LAN interface using Telnet or SSH when MAC IP Port Filtering Rule Drop and the Telnet and
10. es and Allow execution of advanced commands under SMS Messaging gt Diagnostic Configuration page Added options to select route options packet switched circuit switched under SMS Messaging gt General SMS configuration page Added web UI toggle to save system logs to non volatile memory Added support for HTTPS access to web management interface and self signed HTTPS certificate generator Added SSH Server and host client key management Added LED operation mode support Always on turn all LEDs off after timer period Added OpenVPN RSA key length to support 2048 and 4096 Added support for Open VPN Certificate PKCS 12 format file Added support for OpenVPN TAP mode connection Added support for changing telnet and SSH password via web GUI up to 126 characters in length Added Profile Routing under APN Configuration page Added Allow Data Roaming options on Wireless WAN configuration page Added embedded Help menu place holder on web GUI for future family release Added New Enhancements Forcing a particular band network from the operator settings web GUI setting persists across reboots Various enhanced file management functionalities including consistent TR O69 SMS and Web UI handling of file uploads to the device for all supported file types configuration files TR O69 and Web GUI only router main and recovery images IPK packages module firmware images Sierra modules only boot loader images Sierra m
11. es not allow WEP encryption issue where the drop down option was grey out and disabled Fixed If SIM is in roaming mode incoming voice calls can t be received on NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV Fixed Uboot bin file type update via TR 069 is not supported Both uboot bin and uboot sb file type are now supported via web GUI management interface and TR 069 Fixed Wireless Distribution System WDS not working in all Encryption Modes Fixed Some Wireless SSID alias settings for interfaces ra1 to ra4 remained on the NTC 40WV NTC 30WV when running ifconfig from Telnet after upgrading from 1 x x x to 2 0 0 3 User must disable then enable the Broadcast SSID option from the GUI to clear these left over settings Fixed WiFi Ralink driver related issue where the router would select non standard channels when set to Auto Now when set to Auto the router only selects standard channels 1 6 11 Fixed Changing the GUI settings on some pages without credentials required Fixed When IPsec Remote ID and Local ID fields are configured IPsec tunnel does not connect Known Issues 1 Data Usage display on NTC 6520 incorrect where not all online sessions are recorded after device is power cycled When upgrading NTC 40WV from 1 9 x x to 2 0 4 2 and unit is configured with a custom SSID wireless network mode is set to 11b g mixed mode and Broadcast SSID is On the SSID is not broadcast unless the Broadcast SSID option is
12. netcommwireless com NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes 5 Z NetCommWireless Added Data Stream Manager gt Data Streams validation diagnostic message to show if end point data is valid or not If an end point is added but details are not entered then that particular data stream will stop working Added enhancement Parameters validation check Host name only accepts valid characters amp OVPN client only accepts valid characters OVPN peer only accepts valid characters SNMP trap destination only accepts valid characters ACS URL only accepts valid characters Included SDK with Firmware version 2 0 4 2 with embedded SDK document 4 0 in this family release with file named SDK_Bovine_ntc_6908 tar bz2 SDK_Bovine_ntc_40wv tar bz2 and SDK_Bovine_ntc_30wv tar bz2 Bug Fixes Modifications 13 10 ie 12 Fixed PAD mode and PADD Settings not preserved when upgrading from 1 x x x Fixed Custom band settings not preserved on NTC 6908 NT 6908 02 NTC 6520 when upgrading from 1 x x x where user will need to wait for at least 1 minute for the fixes to take effect after firmware upgrade Fixed Non volatile memory system log time stamp formatting Fixed MAC IP Port Filtering Rules issue where the router does not allow wild card entries for source IP address mask destination address mask and source port range when configured via GUI Fixed WiFi Open authentication do
13. odules only SSL certificates PDF files for help menu Renamed System monitor in NetComm Web 1 0 GUI to Watchdogs in Web 2 0 GUI layout and with enhancement of automatic address validation for Ping monitor Web UI configuration page GPS Configuration page now separated into three sub menus GPS configuration MSB A GPS Odometer Log file change the default setting for display level debug which is the most detailed log level Included SDK version 2 0 0 1 with embedded SDK document 4 0 in this family release with file named SDK_Bovine_ntc_6908 tar bz2 Changed Factory Default Settings if device set to factory default a SIM pin protection OFF Bug Fixes Modifications 1 Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Changing the NTP Timezone settings does not require the user to reboot the device DHCP Relay not working NTC 6520 band selection is not persistent after a power cycle Unable to change Admin login password when logged in as admin admin Firewall is enabled but the router still replies to DNS request on WAN interface SNMP OID linkSessionState doesn t update always returns 0 When Ethernet cable is disconnected and then reconnected the Ethernet link is sometimes not re established SMS diagnostics SMS responses have garbage characters using GSM 7 bit amp UCS2 encoding with Telecom network Known Issues 1 2 3 www netcommwireless com Imp
14. orting a configuration file saved from the web 2 0 FW2 0 0 1 to the Web 1 0 official firmware 1 9 107 26 1 9 79 6 1 9 107 25 doesn t work DHCP relay doesn t work in special scenarios where WWAN and LAN interfaces are using the same IP address LED Operation Mode turn all LEDs off after time period not working NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes 9 Z NetCommWireless NetComm Wireless M2M Family Firmware Release Notes www netcommwireless com 10
15. rs The Wireless station list sometimes does not show the IP address of connected stations Due to the migration of the wireless drivers see above the WDS feature is not available v2 0 4 2 New Features 1 Updated Data stream manager to have Endpoints and Streams in two separate configuration pages in all five models NTC 6908 NTC 6908 02 NTC 6520 NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV 2 Updated Data stream manager to exclude PADD and modem emulator in all five models NTC 6908 NTC 6908 02 NTC 6520 NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV 3 Updated Re located PADD and Modem emulator configuration pages PADD on NTC 6908 NTC 6520 NTC 6908 02 is now grouped together under Services gt Legacy Data gt PADD and Modem emulator is now grouped together under Services gt Legacy Data gt Modem Emulator PADD is now present in a separate configuration page under Services gt PADD for NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV only There is no modem emulator feature for NTC 30WV and NTC 40WV 4 Updated Embedded device user manual on web GUI for all five models NTC 6908 NTC 6908 02 NTC 6520 NTC 40WV and NTC 30WV with user manual version 1 1 5 Updated Dynamic DNS support list to include no ip com currently the only free DYNDNS server on top of the existing list ww dhs org www dyndns org www dyns cx www easydns com www justlinux com www ods org www tzo com www zoneedit com 6 Updated PADD configuration page to remove UDP port option as it is not supported www
16. s a login a successful login will now continue to the page requested instead of redirecting back to the status page Added scp command is now available for transferring files to and from the device via SSH Updated OpenSSL library has been updated to 0 9 8y Bug Fixes Modifications 1 Fixed When upgrading NTC 40WV from 1 9 x x to 2 X X X and unit is configured with a custom SSID wireless network mode is set to 11b g mixed mode and Broadcast SSID is On the SSID is not broadcast unless the Broadcast SSID option is toggled off and on Fixed When editing an already existing Modbus Data stream the Mode field displays Raw This does not affect the behaviour of the stream Various cosmetic changes to the web user interface Known Issues 1 Data Usage display on NTC 6520 incorrect where not all online sessions are recorded after device is power cycled Telnet password not preserved when upgrading from firmware 1 9 x x NTC 40WV 1 9 108 8 NTC 6908 1 9 107 26 NTC 6908 02 1 9 107 25 NTC 6520 1 9 79 6 to firmware 2 0 0 x 2 0 4 x where settings were not persistently saved in the configuration file This is not an issue upgrading from 2 0 0 x to 2 0 4 x or later If the modem emulator feature is enabled it may prevent the data stream manager from bringing a stream back up after disconnection The workaround is to disable modem emulator when not in use The Wireless client scan list appears unsorted on some browse
17. th to support 2048 and 4096 n Added support for Open VPN Certificate PKCS 12 format file O Added support for OpenVPN TAP mode connection p Added support for changing telnet and SSH password via web GUI up to 126 characters in length q Added Profile Routing under APN Configuration page Added Allow Data Roaming options on Wireless WAN configuration page Added New Enhancements a Forcing a particular band network from the operator settings web GUI setting persists across reboot b Remote Web GUI device management for file types Configuration files router main and recovery images u boot images IPK packages module firmware images Sierra modules only boot loader images Sierra modules only SSL certificates PDF files for help menu C Remote TR 069 device management for file types Configuration files router main and recovery images u boot images IPK packages module firmware images Sierra modules only boot loader images Sierra modules only SSL certificates PDF files for help menu ol Remote SMS commands device management for file types Configuration files the assumption that no password is used during the backup of the configuration file router main and recovery images u boot images IPK packages module firmware images Sierra modules only boot loader images Sierra modules only PDF files for help menu e Renamed System monitor in NetComm Web 1 0 GUI to Watchdogs in Web 2 0 GUI layout
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