Release Notes

What's in Release 5.6

• Support for Microsoft Vista operating system.
• Enhanced report printing as PDF with all entries into a single PDF in Association and Authenticity reports.
• Support for capturing associated mobile units connected to Proxim APs without enabling "Enable monitoring station stats" from the device web interface.
• Support for special characters in password field.

Bug Fixes

• Better SSID fetching during Discovery mode from Cisco access points.
• "Mark As" not allowed in Operator mode anymore.
• Association alarms will reflect the access point's custom display name

Known issues in Windows Vista

• Run-as-service will not work immediately (first time only) after install.
• WiFi Manager tray icon will not be displayed in system tray. You will need to access the menu from the Start Menu > Programs > ManageEngine WiFi Manager >
  Please refer our help documentation for more information.

What's in Release 5.5

New Features in this Upgrade

• Added support for German, French and Korean languages.

Bug Fixes Incorrect display of min and max values of online mobile users is fixed.

• Fixed the error when selecting availability alarms for different notifications in notification profiles.
• Fixed the error in Alarm settings where enabling/disabling reachability for individual devices would not reflect in the parent selection.
• Fixed the false display message error when upgrading firmware in Ericsson devices.
• Fixed the backup issue when WiFi Manager runs for a very long period.
• Fixed the wrong display of mobile clients connected to Netgear WAG302 (that has the latest firmware version).

Known issues

In the French version, custom display names that contain apostrophes will not be displayed correctly in certain pages.

Limitations

1. Backup and Restore wizards are not localized for non english languages.
2. WiFi Manager does not allow to configure multiple SSIDs with the same name.

What's in Release 5.1

Upgrade Pack (Version 5.1)

This Upgrade Pack is an update on WiFiManager 5.0 release, which upgrades it to WiFi Manager 5.1 version. The details about the feature enhancements, bug fixes, changes in this upgrade are given below.

Prerequisites for applying the Upgrade Pack

To apply this upgrade pack, you need to have installed WiFiManager 5.0 Build. If you are using a build prior to 5.0, please contact support@wifimanager.com WiFi Manager Support to upgrade your build to 5.1.

New Features in this Upgrade

• Support for Intel 2011 (Single Radio b) and 3com 8760 (dual Radio a/b/g) Access Points
• Added list view for Switches and Routers.
• Performance tweaks for large deployments.
• Added support for check for WiFi Manager updates.
• Added support for D-Link DWL3200 latest firmware version 2.30.

Bug Fixes

• Incorrect associated mobile users for D-Link DWL7100 and DWL7200 Access Points fixed.
• Wrong result for write community while testing the credential using "Test credential" fixed.
• Register to Access Point for Rogue AP detection even when the APSCAN is set to false fixed.
• False RF alarm generated while device is not responding to SNMP queries fixed.

What's New in Release 5.0

• Support for Wireless Switches and Thin/Dumb access points from D-Link & Trapeze.
• Added support for User Based Views. Now you can assign access to different devices and resources to different users. Only the users who has an access to the device can view & manage them.
• Enhanced Notification Profiles to allow users to select devices for which notification needed.
• Overall enhancements in the UI to facilitate better usability.
• Support for Skins. Now you can switch the Look & Feel of your WiFi Manager webclient.
• Clean up mobile user information from database with custom interval.

New/Enhanced Devices Supported in WiFi Manager 5.0

• D-Link Air Premier MobileLAN DWS-1008
• D-Link DWL-8220AP
• Netgear WG102 Model, Netgear WG302, Netgear WAG302 (including the latest firmware version 4.0)
• Symbol - 4131AP
• Ericsson ABS 1000, ABS 2100, ABS 2200
• Ericsson Wireless Router HN294dp

Bug Fixes

• Issue in discovering connected devices to the switch when multiple VLANs configured in them is fixed.
• Issue in binding the WiFi Manager web server to a specific IP address is fixed.

Known Issues

• For Cisco IOS1100 AP, in Services Configuration, 'Trap Destination' and 'NTP settings' are not configured properly through WiFi Manager
• For Cisco 1200, in device details page, the "Open" and "Shared" authentication is not recognised by WiFi Manager. They will be shown as "Unknown".
• Cisco VxWorks running in version 12.04 have some minor issues while setting up the security setting through WiFi Manager.
• Service template does not work for D-Link devices
• In 3Com 8750  Access Point discovery , WiFi Manager will be able to fetch only one SSID for each radio from the device eventhough multiple SSID's configured in the device. 

What's New in Release 4.5

New Features

• Support for the Intel 2011 AP and Nortel e-mobility Models have been extended under this release.
• Support for two types of user categories is being extended in this release. The users belonging to "administrator " category will have full control over WiFi Manager whereas the users belonging to "Operator" category will have only limited privileges. The Operator category will not be able to use any of the Administrative operations under the Admin Tab.
• The user can now specify the IP address, DNS name and the custom display name for a particular MAC address of a device. These details will be used whenever WiFi Manager is not able to resolve the IPaddress or the DNS name.
• The WPA2 security setting is now recognized by WiFi Manager while discovering Cisco, D-Link and Proxim devices.
• The Support Tab is now enhanced with the addition of Testimonial Link where users can share their feedback. You also can access the team blogs from the Support Tab.

Bug Fixes

• The issue where "Three Poll missed" alarm not being raised soon after the "one poll missed" alarm, is fixed now.
• Issue in fetching Mobile Users information from D-Link 2700 and 7700 Access Point is fixed now.
• Under the Admin Tab -> Edit Network, the Telnet credentials were not saved and put into effect. This has been fixed.

Known Issues & Limitations

• Configuring WPA2 Security Mode is not supported in WiFi Manager. When any SSID with WPA2 Security Mode is configured via WiFi Manager,it will be overwritten as WPA.
• For Proxim APs with firmware version 2.5 and above, configuration of security and ACL is not supported.
• Issue in Security Setting in Cisco 350 VxWorks Access Point.
• Even though D-Link devices will allow configuring multiple SSID without VLAN, WiFi Manager mandates VLAN.
• The option to "Mark as" Rogue does not work in Opera Browser.

What's New in Release 4.3

• New Features
  • Support for 20 more models of Access points, taking the total number of supported models to more than seventy. (Supported Models of Access Points)
  • Comprehensive support for managing Nomadix Gateways and the devices connected behind those gateways. This includes support for all the HSG, USG and AG models and most of their firmware versions.
  • SSH Support : Now WiFi Manager gives the option to communicate with the devices using SSH to ensure security during data transfer.
  • Support to backup and restore data and other configurations so that the installations can be seamlessly moved across the machines.
  • WiFi Manager now facilitates to repair the database in case of unexpected database corruptions.
  • Custom Monitors : WiFi Manager by default support monitoring certain parameters of the device that it manages, now the users will have the option to add new monitors.
  • New Channel traffic report is added, this will help the Administrators to analyze the wireless traffic on each and every 802.11 channel.
  • Support for the latest firmwares in the models of Access point that are already supported by WiFi Manager.
  • Provision to add custom fields to store additional device properties, these fields can now be used to store information like the geographical location, information about the supplier, their contact details etc.,
  • Custom Display Name : Provision to change the name of the devices to end user friendly names.
  • Enhancements in Business Views including the support to propagate status through the Business View hierarchy.
  • Support for importing the devices information into WiFi Manager through CSV files. Such CSV imports can be scheduled to happen at anytime and even the business views can be constructed automatically using the the information in these CSV files.
  • Options to configure the user interface, like the number of alarms to be seen on the home page, number of devices in the watch list etc.,
  • Global configuration to configure the monitors.
  • Option to change bulk of devices from Unknown to AP category instead of doing it individually.

 

• Bug Fixes

• Issue in fetching the associated clients details from Proxim 2500 model has been resolved
• Mobile Unit IP Address change in DHCP Environment is now handled properly.
• Issue in Netgear WG102 discovery with latest firmware has been resolved
• Option to remove an entire network which is discovered has been included
• Issue in starting Wifi Manager server in Linux when X-Windows not available is addressed.
• There was an issue in configuring large values for re-discovery interval, the same is addressed.
• Provision to initiate the re-discovery of deleted access point, manually from the UI and also Rediscovery for discovery disabled networks
• Access point firmware upgrade related problems when WiFi Manager is installed in some flavors of Linux (IPv6) has been addressed.
• Issues in configuring the ACL settings in 3Com Access point when the MAC list is large is addressed.
• Business view enhancements:
  • Add devices by "matching all of the following" and "match any of the following"are both functional
  • Support for better resolution.
  • Auto alignment when selecting multiple devices in Business view is functional now.

What's New In Release 4.2.1

• Support for Netgear devices: WiFi Manager now supports Netgear WG302 and WG102 access points.
• Support for Mikrotik devices: WiFi Manager now supports discovery and monitoring of Mikrotik access points.
• Support for Huawei devices: WiFi Manager now supports Huawei WA 1006E access points.
• Support for Linksys devices: WiFi Manager now supports discovery and monitoring of Linksys WRT54G and WAP54G wireless devices.
• Support for MAC Authentication using RADIUS for Cisco and Proxim devices : Users can now configure Cisco and Proxim devices for MAC based authentication using a central RADIUS server. Earlier version of WiFi Manager supported configuring access points for WPA based authentication using RADIUS server.
• Using WMI For discovery: In addition to SNMP, CLI, APScan, RFScan, HTTP etc., WiFi Manager now also uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for discovering access points.
• Alarm Based Notification: WiFi Manager now allows notification to be set on a per alarm basis. For example you can configure WiFi Manager to send an email when a Rogue AP alarm occurs.

Bugs Fixed In Release 4.2.1

• ACL Configuration Issue: The problem with setting ACL of Cisco 340/ 350 and 3Com 8750 access points has has been resolved.
• Business View Background Issue: The problem with setting the background of business views has been resolved.
• PDF Issue: The (browser specific) problem with exporting PDF has been fixed. PDFs now open properly in all browsers supported by WiFi Manager.
• Mobile User Issue: The problem with showing connected mobile users of 3Com 8750 access point has been fixed.

What's New In Release 4.2.0

• Enhanced rogue detection techniques
• Rogue blocking made easy
• Full page description for security alarms
• Support for DLINK, SMC, LINKSYS devices
• Support for Nomadix Gateway
• Option to unmanage devices during off-office hours
• Option to disable status polling/ data collection for devices
• HTTP support for device discovery
• Business views
• On-the-fly PDF generation for reports
• E-Mail reports
• AP-Client association report enhancements
• Bandwidth graphs enhancements
• Other UI enhancements

Enhanced rogue detection techniques

WiFi Manager now enables IT Teams to pre-configure the 'Authorized Wireless Devices List' for enhanced rogue detection capabilities. Basically, this is to tell WiFi Manager about your authorized devices. Following are the different ways to tell WiFi Manager about your authorized wireless devices.

• Vendor: Input the vendor(s) name of the wireless devices that your company uses. Ex: Cisco, 3Com etc.
• SSID: Input the SSID(s) that your company uses Ex:MyCompanyWLAN1, MyCompanyWLAN2
• MAC Address: Input MAC addresses of your authorized wireless devices.
• Radio Media Type: Input the radio media type that is authorized in your company. Ex: 802.11b/g or 802.11a
• Channel: Input the channel at which your access points are configured to operate in.

WiFi Manager will generate 'rogue' alarms when it sees any device that doesn't match with any of the above conditions.

Rogue blocking made easy

WiFi Manager now provides a 'retrace' option for you to 'retrace' the switch port to which the Access Point is connected. Once the switch port is identified, you can then click on the 'block' link to block the access point from the network. WiFi Manager internally blocks the ethernet traffic at the switch port and thereby makes the access point useless. This technique is called switch port blocking and is more effective than the disassociation storm attack used by IDS systems to block rogue access points. For more details refer to the whitepaper 'Rogue Detection and Blocking'.

Full page description for security alarms

WiFi Manager now provides a full page description for security alarms such as the denial-of-service alarms, vulnerability alarms, and the rogue detection alarms. The description is aimed at providing the background information of these problems to the IT administrators and keep them informed about the ill-effects of each threat. Follow the links below to see some of the full page descriptions.

Support for DLINK, SMC, LINKSYS devices

WiFi Manager now supports the following devices from DLINK, SMC, and LINKSYS in addition to the existing ones.

Access points supported by WiFi Manager since release 4.1.0

Support for Nomadix Gateway

WiFi Manager now supports wireless access gateways from Nomadix. The details of the model supported are:

• Model: AG 2000 W
• Firmware: 1.3.2.11
• Monitoring Capabilities: Fault monitoring, Availability Monitoring, Health Monitoring
• Configuration/ Firmware Upgrade: In future releases.

Option to unmanage devices during off-office hours

WiFi Manager now enables operators to configure office hours into the system so that it stops monitoring. This avoids false alarms that get generated when the network is under maintenance. This also saves bandwidth that is consumed by WiFi Manager in monitoring the devices at times when they need not be monitored.

Option to disable status polling/ data collection for devices

WiFi Manager now enables operators to stop status polling and/or data collection for specific devices or device categories. For example, if the operator wants only status polling and not data collection for all of his desktops, then he can do so using this option. This saves the bandwidth that would have been used by WiFi Manager in performing these operations.

HTTP support for device discovery

WiFi Manager now supports HTTP protocol for discovering wireless access points. This helps in properly identifying access points that don't support other known protocols such as SNMP, Telnet, or CDP (specific to Cisco devices).

Business views

Business Views is a tool to create network visualization maps. If an organization has got WLANs operating out of multiple branch offices, the business views tool can help creating maps for each branch office depicting the floor plans and exact AP positions in the UI. These maps can be made hierarchical so that clicking on the icon for a branch office, say San Jose, opens up the San Jose map displaying the access point installed there. Further, it would depict the status of each access point giving the status of the entire WLAN in on UI along with the provision to drill down the details of the access point in a single click.

On-the-fly PDF generation for reports

Now it has become a lot more easier to print the WiFi Manager reports. Click on the small PDF icon available on the report screen to convert the report of your choice to a PDF, instantly. PDFs thus created will be available under C:/ProgramFiles/AdventNet/ME/WiFi Manager/html/pdfgeneration/pdf/ directory.

E-Mail Reports

Want to send a WiFi Manager report to someone instantly? Just click on the Mail icon on the report screen, fill in the 'To' address and click send. WiFi Manager creates a PDF of the report that you are viewing, and sends it as an Email attachment to the intended recipient.

AP-Client Association Report Enhancements

A total of four association reports have been revamped to give a much simpler and quick information about who's connected, to which AP, what's the association history, how long was the client connected etc. Here is a one liner on what each report can give

• Association Report By Mobile Client: Gives the list of connected mobile clients for a given period of time.
• Association Report By Access Point: Gives the list of mobile clients Vs access points
• Live Associations: Gives the live wireless connections at this point of time.
• Association Report By Session Duration: Gives the number of wireless sessions for a given period of time.

Bandwidth Graphs Enhancements

Bandwidth graphs now show the volume, speed, and utilization percentage in tabbed panes. Gives the flexibility to switch panes and see the information without having to navigate through multiple reports.

Other UI enhancements

• Reports have been reorganized for easy access.

New Features In Release 4

- Heterogeneous WLAN management. Support for major access point vendors including Cisco, Proxim, Symbol, 3Com, Avaya, HP, and Dell.
- 24x7 real-time RF monitoring using dedicated sensors

- Rogue detection and blocking

- Ability to generate 40 different types of WiFi security alarms on DOS attacks, intrusions, and vulnerabilities

- Template-based access point configuration and firmware maintenance

- Ability to view the live associations (AP-client) as well as the association history for every client/AP.

- Logging of all configuration activities that take place through WiFi Manager.

- Dynamic grouping of access points based on channel, firmware, vendor and other parameter to ease group-based configuration.

- Ability to install WiFi Manager as a service.

- Ability to generate 30+ different types of alarms on performance of network devices.

- Pre-built reports on network health, security, association, inventory, traffic, and utilization