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       Release Notes for Public Access Wireless Access Point (AP) 

Release 2.1.0 Build#534                                  January 2005
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Welcome to Release 2.1 of the Public Access Wireless AP 
system.  These release notes describe new features, known issues,
and known problems for the Public Access Wireless AP. 
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Contents

	1. Introduction
	2. New Features
        3. Release Fixes
        4. Software Description
	5. Installation Notes
        6. Known Issues

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1.   Introduction

	The ORiNOCO AP-2500 is an all-in-one wireless access point
	and access gateway specifically designed for public hotspot
	providers and enterprises. It is a cost-effective solution 
	for small and medium public hotspots, such as coffee shops,
	hotels, and airport lounges, and it enables enterprises to offer
	corporate visitors immediate wireless network access regardless
	of their existing network or ISP settings. Supporting Wi-Fi 
	802.11b and 802.11a it ensures ease-of-use and secure Internet
	access for mobile professionals. Each AP supports a maximum of 
	100 subscribers. 

	Advanced features include Radius AAA, VPN passthrough, dynamic
	address translation, home page redirect, internal web server, 
	walled garden, bandwidth management, and remote management 
	providing service differentiation and operating	cost savings 
	for hotspot operators. 

	The AP-2500 is a true Hotspot-in-a-box solution.


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2.0  Release History - New Features


2.1  Release 2.1.0 - January 2005
     Following are the new features added in this release
   
        - Block SNMP Write Access: This release supports configurable option
        to block SNMP "Write" access and allow "Read" access.
   
2.2  Release 2.0.0 - March 2004
    
     Following are list of new features that are introduced in this
     release. For complete description of these features please refer
     to AP-2500 user guide.

	- Substantial improvements and new XML commands. Allows use of 
	  AP2500 Radius client with an external portal page. It also provides 
	  Secure XML interface via SSL connection.
	
	- Update to interface with new DLL covering various iPASS OS issues
	  (WinCE) (GIS Compliance). Adding compliance with latest Ipass client. 

	- iNAT	Allow simultaneous VPN tunnels to the same termination point

	- Allows multiple VPN tunnels to the same termination point using 
	  PPTP ID tagging

	- Volume-based Timeout	Attributes to log users out based on bytes
	  transferred.

	- Flexible billing plans

	- SMTP DNS Redirect

	- Added button to clear all DAT sessions on WEB interface

	- Promotional Code Support allow promotional code entry to apply
	  discount rules.

	- DHCP Relay with option 82, DHCP Relay Agent Information Option 
	  with sub-option to indicate configurable AP-2500 ID.

	- Support for new Authorize.net Specifications (SIM based transactions).
	
	- Class Attribute, RADIUS Acct Start now contains Class attribute.

	- Idle Timeout,	Configurable User Idle Timeout values.

	- Session Rate Limiting, Limits the number of sessions any given
	  MAC address can consume in a given time. Stop DOS hackers.

	- ICC Time Remaining, Allows either time elapsed or time remaining
	  to be displayed on ICC.

	- Configurable option to block management via Telnet or Web/HTTP access.

	- Block ICMP Packets, Configurable option to block ICMP packets (PING) 
	  from subscribers whose AAA state is in pending mode.

	- Goodbye Page, Using this feature subscriber can be redirected to
	  a ‘goodbye’ page once they logout. This is configurable HTML page.
	
	- 802.1X Support for EAP-MD5, TLS, TTLS, PEAP authentication

	- Single configuration file to download or upload. 
	
	- Syslog Heartbeat, Access Point sends a syslog heartbeat every 60 secs
	  if syslog feature is enabled. Heartbeat message includes the AP MAC address.

	- Link integrity, If Ethernet interface or gateway is down, it will bring 
	  the RF interface down to prevent users from associating to AP.

	- Improved Automatic Channel Selection feature 

2.3 Release 1.0.4 - October 2003

        - Added two new CLI commands to display or delete files in flash. 

        - To display files in flash type the following command at CLI:
          [AP2500] show files
      
        - To remove specific file from flash type the following command at CLI:
          [AP2500] remove file <filename>
          Where <filename> is one of the files currently in flash.
          Please type "show files" to list all files in flash.

          NOTE: We recommend being careful in deleting the files. Unless it's absolutely
          necessary Proxim doesn't recommend using this command. 

        - Added support for Palm Tungsten-C handheld device

      
2.4 Release 1.0.3 - June 2003

      Maintenance release only (reference section 3. Release Fixes)


2.5 Release 1.0.2 - May 2003

      Maintenance release only (reference section 3. Release Fixes)


2.6 Release 1.0.0 - Nov 2002

      CD Wizard/Browser

      The latest release of the Public Access Wireless AP software 
      comes packaged with a CD wizard. The CD wizard was created to 
      provide a graphical user interface for easy software installation,
      cd browsing and document/help viewing, etc.
    
      Public Access Wireless AP Features

      AAA, DNS, DAT, ARP, Access Control, IWS/EWS (Internal/External Web Server 
      support), XML, RADIUS, MAC Based RADIUS Authentication  MAC:MAC and ShareKey,
      Billing Mirror, IP UpSell, Smart Clients iPass/Gric/Boingo, FTP, Real Audio,
      Real Player, SMTP, POP3, Telnet, PPTP VPN, IPSec VPN, Proxy IP/DNS, NetMeeting,
      DHCP Server/Relay, Syslog, Bandwidth Management, ICC (Information Control 
      Console), Host Passthrough IP/DNS, URL Filtering IP/DNS, HomePage Redirect,
      Credit Card Billing, VLAN, WDS, SSL, 5Ghz Upgrade support

      Refer to the documentation for detailed Public Access Wireless AP Features

           
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3.   Release History - Release Fixes


3.1  Release 2.1.0 - January 2005

        - support for IP Upsell using internal DHCP-Server using private and public 
          DHCP Pool

        - Add CLI commands for 'etherspeed', MAC Access control Group, Ethernet 
          Filter Group

        - AP-2500 stopped handing out DHCP IP addresses to associated 
          clients. Eventually system reboots.(#861)

        - Can't configure AP-2500 Medium Density Distribution setting. (#257)
  
        - Incomplete CLI commands for Radius idle timeout, DHCP Server
          Netmask, dhcp IP UpSell. (#927)

        - Clarified IP Upsell configuration procedures. (#868)

3.2  Release 2.0.0 - March 2004

	- Increase ‘current subscriber’ table to hold 100 users

	- Multi-language support to allow ‘Content-Type’ to be configurable

	- User with expired timer in Authorized Subscriber table is able to browse

	- Some times Authorized subscriber functionality rejects a new entry in table

	- Support for FUNK RADIUS solution

	- Invalid source port for DNS query

	- Port scan shows open port that should be closed

	- Remove Nomadix Swirl

	- Support for different currency options

	- Home page redirect with parameter passing enabled fails

	- Power LED remains Amber after boot completes when no cards are present


3.3  Release 1.0.4 - October 2003

        - 100Mbps Full duplex Ethernet Media settings does not work (435)

        - Unit without application image due to error in TFTP transfer (436)

        - Packet loss due to Short Ethernet cable problem (437)

        - CLI: The command "set tftpfiletype generic" does not work. 
          Use the HTTP (Web)interface to work around this problem. (15145)

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4.    Software Description

In order to ensure that we are able to provide you with the latest 
available software, the latest version of the AP software may be 
downloaded from our website by initially visiting http://support.proxim.com/

4.1   Software 
      The Public Access Wireless AP software is packaged as a web release.
      This release when unzipped comprises of:
 
       * AP2500-R2.1.0B534.bin 
       * Readme file
       * MIB.zip
       * Help and User Guide.zip

       The Help and User Guide.zip comprises of the following files/folders when
       installed:
       
       **HTML folder - Help Documentation files
       **PDF folder - User Guide and Firmware Upgrade procedure files
       **Scantool.exe   - The Scan & Change utility that can be used 
	  to discover and initialize the Public Access Wireless AP (see 
	  Installation Notes).
       **SSL_KEY_FOLDER - In the SSL_KEY folder we include a copy of the cacert.pem 
         certificate which, in some cases, may need to be uploaded to the AP
         in order to enable SSL.
    

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5.    Installation Notes


      NOTE: If you are upgrading from a 1.x release, Please refer to 
	"AP-2500 Release 2.1 Firmware upgrade procedure" pdf file available on the
         \Program Files\ORiNOCO\Public Access Wireless AP\PDF folder or from Proxim                    technical support web site.

      The Help and User Guide zip file when extracted contains a setup.exe file.
      Please run setup.exe in order to use the help documentation. The install 
      wizard will guide you through the installation. 
    
                                                  
5.1  System Requirements
       You must have an Public Access Wireless AP and Wireless PC card that
       is compatible with the AP and a PC to install and manage the AP.

       To view the help files, your browser must have either javascript enabled
       or java enabled. If both are disabled you will not be able to view the help                   files. Javascript is enabled by default in IE and Netscape

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6.   Known Issues


	The explore button in the Monitor->Linktest page of the HTTP 
	interface doesn't show the status of linktest progress. Workaround is
	to wait 10 seconds after clicking the 'Explore' button and then click
	on 'refresh' button to display the test results (16204)

	Due to the change of the ICC from Java to HTML and JavaScript, the 
	images.zip file is no longer valid. If you are currently using the 
	images in the ICC, you will need to rename the files to the 8.3 format
	and TFTP them into the AP-2500 as a generic file type. In the 
	WMI->PublicSpace->ICC Setup page, update the ICC images’ file names. 
	Reboot for changes to take effect.

	After upgrading the firmware, you may be required to re-enable passthrough
	addresses.

	
	If you manage the AP-2500 units via an SNMP manager, you must use the new 
	MIB files provided in the Release 2.1 package after the firmware upgrade. 
	Due to the new functionalities and features, the MIB files provided in 
	Release 2.1 are not backward compatible.

	If syslog is enabled, syslog heartbeat also enabled automatically and 
	will send heartbeat messages every 60secs. 

      SSL:  In some cases, after following the procedure detailed in the user guide to 
      activate SSL, the "Enable SSL" setting will be disabled and the checkbox will be
      cleared.  If this happens, download the file "cacert.pem" 
      (located in the \SSL_KEY directory on the CD image, and the 
      \Program Files\ORiNOCO\Public Access Wireless AP\SSL_KEY directory
      if you have run the Setup program) using the procedure that is described in
      the section "Enabling SSL on the AP-2500" of the AP-2500 user guide.
      (This is the same procedure that is used to download the "cakey.pem" 
       and "server.pem" files.)

      When a client launches the web browser and the first web page visited is an https 
      (secure) website, the browser will not be redirected to the main login page.             (15090)




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