****************************** Section A. UPGRADE INSTRUCTION ****************************** For users of Microsoft Windows, please run FN25.EXE directly. It will search the Router on your LAN and ask you to type system password. Just type in the password and click "Upgrade" button. It takes about 30 seconds to finish the whole procedure. For users of other platforms, please refer Section D for platform-independent upgrade. ************************** Section B. WARNING MESSAGE ************************** The files will upgrade the firmware of your Cable/DSL Router to version R2.5. 1. NOTE! DO NOT POWER OFF THE UNIT WHEN THE UNIT IS BEING UPGRADED, OR THE UNIT MAY BE DAMAGED. 2. The configuration will not be changed. You need not configure it again. ************************* Section C. CHANGE HISTORY ************************* *** R2.3b5 TO R2.5 1. Fixed bug that causes configuration pages cannot be displayed in Mac Platform and some newer browser. *** R2.3b3 TO R2.3b5 1. Allow user to edit the MAC Address of the WAN port. 2. Let status LED light only when system start up and firmware upgrading. *** R2.3b1 TO R2.3b3 1. Add a optional "Server Name" field in BigPond-like WAN Type. 2. Add a optional "Assign IP Address" field in PPPoE WAN Type. 3. Bug fixed: a potential security hole: system password can be snooped at the IE History folder. 4. Bug fixed: slow print server. 5. Bug fixed: service ports of Virtual Server cannot be cleared. 6. Support UDP traceroute. 7. Improve keep-alive function for some ISP. *** R2.2 TO R2.3b1 1. Virtual Server now supports port range. For example, you can configure a Virtual Server for ports 2000-2999. 2. Fix reconnect problem of PPTP WAN type. 3. Support a new WAN type: Cable (BigPond) - For Australian ISP - Telstra. *** R2.15 TO R2.2 1. Support a new WAN type: PPTP. 2. Add "MAC Address Control" feature. It enables you 1) MAC level Access Control 2) Assign the mapping between MAC and IP address for the DHCP server 3. Add Non-standard FTP port. *** R2.12 TO R2.15 1. SonicWall SOHO VPN pass-through problem was solved. 2. Support IP Fragment pass through. 3. Fix a bug of IPsec pass-through handling that causes key exchanging problems. 4. Solve incompatible issue with ETHome Cable. 5. Solve the TCP session timeout problem of ssh (port 22) and telnet (port 23). 6. Enlarge timeout for print server to solve some printing problems. *** R2.11 TO R2.12 1. Support the following applications: . ICQ Phone . Net2Phone . MSN Messenger voice communications and file transfer You have to configure the PC to be the DMZ host. 2. Fix a bug of NetMeeting handling. You have to configure the PC to be the DMZ host. 3. Add a firewall feature to block port ranges for DMZ host. Just enable a "Special Application" with null trigger, all ports listed in INCOMING PORTS will be blocked out even DMZ host is enabled. The following setting is recommended when you enable DMZ host: Trigger = [ ], Incoming Ports = [ 1-1023 ] Note: the above setting will not affect the function of Virtual Server. 4. Fix a bug that causes lock-up problems when WAN type is Dynamic IP Address. 5. Fix a security hole that was reported by Fredrik Jacobsson. *** R2.10 TO R2.11 1. Support absolute timestamp on system log. 2. Fix a bug that causes problem to backup setting. 3. Fix a bug that causes problem when IP address pool of DHCP server was changed and the system wasn't cold rebooted. 4. Support 3Com HomeConnect Dual Link ADSL Modem. 5. Add a new feature to disable auto-dial for Dial-up Network. 6. Fix a bug that causes reconnection problem for PPP over Ethernet. *** R2.06 TO R2.10 1. The number of Virtual Server increases to 20. 2. Add a feature to backup current setting. 3. Fix a bug of "Renew IP Address Forever" that causes the IP address does not always renew. 4. Keep DHCP Clients List after software rebooting 5. Solve the DHCP client compatibility issue with ISC DHCP server. 6. Change auto-reconnect lag from 10 to 5 seconds 7. Solve the compatibility issue with some PPPoE ISP. (Golden Triangle) *** R2.00 TO R2.06 1. The length of PPPoE & DUN usernames is now 53. 2. Fix a security hole that was reported by: Matt Bing Anzen Computing, Inc. http://www.anzen.com 3. Solve the connection problem of Adelphia 4. Fix a bug that causes IP address renew problem *** R1.95N6 TO R2.00 1. Add a new function to view DHCP client list 2. Fix a bug to handle multi-session IPSec *** R1.90 TO R1.95N6 1. Support Auto-reconnect feature. 2. New look of user interface. 3. Improve keep-alive function for some ISP. 4. Fix a bug for NetMeeting handling. You have to configure the DMZ setting to use NetMeeting. 5. Improve IPSec support for reconnecting problem *** R1.88 TO R1.90 1. Improve IPSec pass-through support. No configuration is needed to connect to IPSec VPN server. To host an IPSec VPN server on the private network, configure port 500 as Virtual Server. 2. Support more IPSec sessions (8). 3. Solve the incompatible issue of Sympatico (mts). 4. Fix a bug of DHCP client. *** R1.87e TO R1.88 1. Add web-based upgrade feature. 2. Change text on Status screen: "Modem" to "Dial-up Modem". 3. Add "Reset to Default" button. 4. Add feature to discard ping request from WAN. 5. Support mIRC DCC Chat & Send. 6. Increase the max length of user name to 53 characters for PPPoE and Dial-Up Network. 7. Fix bug of console mode that sometimes cannot accept keystrokes. 8. Fix bug of log that displays incorrect time. 9. Fix bug of Dial-Up Netowrk that cause system hang when modem is powered off and on. *** R1.86 TO R1.87e 1. Support virtual server loopback. 2. Support IRC DCC Chat & Send. 3. Support subnet mask for Remote Host Administration. Now, you can specify it as "209.15.18.0/24". 4. Fixed bug that causes configuration pages cannot be displayed. 5. Fixed bug that causes "IP Address is already used" problem when FTP. ************************************************ Section D. Platform-independent Firmware Upgrade ************************************************ * WEB UPGRADE : If your firmware is R1.88 or above, you can use your browser to upgrade. Please follow steps below to upgrade: 1. Go to the Asante Web site to download firmware image file, FN25.BIN. Remember the location you save this file. 2. Connect the Web user interface and login as system administrator. 3. Click the "Firmware Upgrade" button of "Miscellaneous" page (for version R1.88 to R1.90) or "Advanced" page (for version R1.95 and above). And the "Firmware Upgrade" screen will appear. 4. Enter the location of the previously downloaded file in the text box, or click "Browse" button to search for the file. And then click "Upgrade" button.