Release Notes

ePMP, PTP-550/E
System Release 4.6
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Contents

General Information .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Version Information ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
ePMP/PTP550/E Release 4.6 Information .................................................................................................................................. 5
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Features Descriptions ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Resolved Issues in 4.6 ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Feedback .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Contacting Cambium Networks ........................................................................................................................................... 11

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General Information
Version Information
The following table shows the issue status of this document since it was first released:

Date of Issue System Release Notes

February 2021 System release 4.6

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ePMP/PTP550/E Release 4.6 Information
Introduction
This document provides information about the newly added features, additional enhancements,
bug fixes, and known issues in system release 4.6.

Features Descriptions
The following features are available in System Release 4.6:

• Perform software upgrades via the cloud for ePMP radios.

• Ability to change Variable Fixed Ratios (5% increments) values.

• Added support for SNMPv3.

• Improved diagnostics for remote support/cloud crash reporting.

• Added support for PTP 550 – MTU3500.

• Spectrum Analyzer is now available for the ePMP 3000MP and Force 300-13L radios.

• Improved ePTP mode on 802.11ac ePMP radios.

• Added FCC 4.95-4.98 GHz band range support for the Force 300CSM radio.

• New OUI range BC:E6:7C:xx:xx:xx support for Force 190 radio model.

• Dynamic calculations to optimize the wireless channel throughput on 802.11 ac Access Points.

• Apply key parameter changes without disconnecting the Subscriber Modules.

Release 4.6 System Documentation

Provided with this release are several documents for your reference:
• User Guide (to be available at official release)

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 Resolved Issues in 4.6
Table 1: System Release 4.6 resolved issues

Tracking Description

ACG-6843 This release adds support for Flexible Mode.

Fixed an issue for when an SM is not able to connect to an ePMP 1000/2000

ACG-7308 Access Point with the reason "INA Retries exhausted" if there are Force 300
series Subscriber Modules connected to the same Access Point.

ACG-7482 Added an ability to limit the maximum downlink MCS per subscriber.

Fixed an issue for when Port Forwarding doesn't work on the Separate
ACG-7704
Management interface on Force 300 Subscriber Modules.

ACG-7841 / ACG- This release provides general stability and performance improvements for the
8514 PTP 550 model.

ACG-8609 This release improves the ePMP 3000 Smart Antenna’s performance.

This release adds the Spectrum Analyzer feature for ePMP3000MP and Force
ACG-8752
300-13L models.

Fixed the issue for TCP sessions being dropped during the WAN interface
ACG-8803
DHCP lease renewal process.

Fixed an issue for when the Force 300-13L radio sends invalid packets per MCS
ACG-9080
statistics to cnMaestro.

ACG-9456 This release provides stability improvements for the Force 300-13L radio.

Fixed an issue for when an ePMP 3000 with a Smart Antenna connected
ACG-9467
reports invalid RSSI values.

ACG-9559 Fixed an issue for when PTP 550 crashes in Channel Bonding mode.

This release maximizes the throughput from the wireless channel by

ACG-9605 dynamically calculating the distances between the 802.11ac Access Points and
Subscriber Modules.

Fixed an issue for when the maximum throughput degrades on the PTP 550
ACG-9682
radio.

ACG-9691 Fixed an issue for when an 802.11ac radio detects false RADAR.

This release provides general performance improvements for the ePMP 3000
ACG-9697
Smart Antenna.

Fixed an issue for when the Force180/190/200 Subscriber Modules are unable
ACG-9756
to pass traffic with the PPPoE client setting is enabled in NAT mode.

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Tracking Description

Fixed an issue for when some symbols such as @ , ! are not allowed for SNMP
ACG-9787
community strings from the Graphical User Interface.

ACG-9976 This release improves the throughput performance in ePTP mode.

Fixed an issue for when DCS is unable to perform channel switching on a rare
ACG-9978
occasion.

ACG-10031 This release provides general stability improvements for the ePMP 3000 radio.

Fixed an issue for when throughput degradation occurs in the ePTP mode using
ACG-10107
the ping tool.
Fixed an issue for when Spectrum Analyzer displays error messages such as
ACG-10121 "Spectral Tools: Socket cannot be created" and "Spectral Tools: General error"
post radio configuration changes.

ACG-10131 Fixed an issue for when ACS cannot be enabled through SNMP.

Fixed an issue for when the PTP 550 radio disconnects in Channel Bonding
ACG-10159
mode.

Fixed an issue for when the Smart Antenna status is displayed as

ACG-10225 "Disconnected/Power Off" when "Forced Sector" is selected on an ePMP 3000
radio.

This release provides general stability improvements for 802.11ac Access Points
ACG-10352
operating in backward compatibility mode.

Fixed an issue for when the Force 300-13L occasionally starts to operate with
ACG-10398
lower power than configured.

Fixed an issue for when the Total Frame Time used is displayed incorrectly in
ACG-10416
the User Interface.

ACG-10431 Fixed an issue for when a software upgrade is not possible on rare occasions.

Fixed an issue for when a Subscriber Module is not able to pass the traffic on
ACG-10487
rare occasions when the Membership VLAN setting is enabled.

This release provides general stability improvements for the Force 300-13L
ACG-10601
Subscriber Module.

Fixed an issue for when the User Interface does not show the Spectrum
ACG-10639
Analyzer output on the ePMP 3000MP and the Force 300-13L models.

Fixed an issue for when crash happening in Backward Compatibility mode with
ACG-10645
the signature "camb_sn_tx_complete".

Fixed an issue for when it takes a long time to display the login page after an
ACG-10651
upgrade is performed on the Force 300-13L Subscriber Module.

Fixed an issue for when a Subscriber Module’s LAN DHCP address is assigned
ACG-10654
to another Subscriber Module’s Separate Wireless Management Interface.

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Tracking Description

Fixed an issue for when the Master occasionally switches to a channel out of
ACG-10683
the configured pool of DCS channels.

The fix for the issue when it's not possible to download the Tech Support file
ACG-10714
when the Spectrum Analyzer is enabled.

Fixed an issue for when the login page displays a blank page after selecting a
ACG-10724
different language than the default one from the User Interface.

Fixed an issue for when the Force 300 radio reboots spontaneously on rare
ACG-10726
occasions.

Fixed an issue for when PTP 550 takes too long to start under a low
ACG-10746
temperature.

Fixed an issue for when the grace period of Flexible Licensing is skipped when
ACG-10754
the AP is re-configured.

ACG-10798 Fixed an issue for when the Watchdog feature doesn’t work correctly.

Fixed an issue for when the software image for the Force 300-13L model is
ACG-10830
recognized by the cnMaestro server as an ePMP 1000 Subscriber Module image

Fixed an issue for when Access Points drop all Subscriber Modules with GPFs
MISS disconnect reason on the Subscriber Modules, and the COMMUNICATION
ACG-10856
LOST message on the Access Point, and Subscriber Modules are not able to re-
connect until the Access Point is rebooted.

ACG-10859 This release provides GPS sync stability improvements.

Fixed an issue for when the Flexible License configuration section is not
ACG-10865
displayed on the ePMP 3000MP Graphical User Interface.

Fixed an issue for when packets with the same MAC addresses originate from
ACG-10868
Wireless and Ethernet sides.

Fixed an issue for when the Anonymous Crash Reports pop-up message
ACG-10870
displays for the home/readonly users.

Fixed an issue for when the power configuration on "Radio 1" causes a
ACG-10908 disconnect of "Radio 2" and isn't able to re-establish the connection for the PTP
550 radio.

ACG-10949 This release provides stability improvements for disconnects.

ACG-10982 This release supports the updated New Zealand regulatory rules.

ACG-10984 The Force 300CSM now supports the FCC 4.95-4.98 GHz band ranges.

Fixed an issue for when the Device Wireless MAC Address isn't reflected on the
ACG-10986
Dashboard in the Graphical User Interface.

Fixed an issue for when Force 300-13L configured as NAT/PPPoE does not try
ACG-10970
to re-establish PPPoE session after firmware upgrade.

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Fixed an issue for when the MTU configuration changes are not applied after a
ACG-10980
forced reboot is performed on the device.

Fixed an issue for when the PTP 550 Radio 2 Wireless MAC address is not
ACG-11055
displayed on the Dashboard in the Graphical User Interface.

Fixed an issue for when the ePMP 3000 MP's Spectrum Analyzer does not
ACG-11098
display any information after the scanning is completed.

Fixed an issue for when the IP address isn’t validated while updating the Port
CAMBIUM-14552
Forwarding table.

Fixed an issue for when the Subscriber Module disconnects while applying
CAMBIUM-16139 changes to the Mac Filtering Table, the Tx Power, and the Transmit Receive
Level parameters.

Fixed an issue for when the user password resets to the default value after a
CAMBIUM-17139
device reboot.

Fixed an issue for when an Elevated Mikrotik radio crashes during the software
CAMBIUM-17151
upgrade process.

Fixed an issue for when the Elevate XM Bullet M5 isn’t able to connect with the
CAMBIUM-17163
ePMP 3000 Access Point.

Fixed an issue for when the Elevated radios with single spatial streams are
CAMBIUM-17164
trying to operate on dual stream MCSs.

Fixed an issue for when the multicast traffic doesn’t pass the bridge in downlink
CAMBIUM-17217
when the Management and Data VLAN settings are enabled.

Fixed an issue for when the Subscriber Modules's IP address on the Monitoring
CAMBIUM-17227
Wireless page on an Access Point displays 0.0.0.0.

Fixed an issue for when it’s not possible to switch from Bridge to NAT mode
CAMBIUM-17235
due to invalid Parameters Validation on a Subscriber Module.

CAMBIUM-17243 Fixed an issue for when a Force 130 crashes during a software upgrade.

Fixed an issue for when Link Capacity and Link Quality always display 0% in
CAMBIUM-17254
ePTP mode.
Fixed an issue for when a user is not able to enable the GUI RADIUS
CAMBIUM-17303 Authentication setting on Access Points and Subscriber Modules when the
WPA2 security method is enabled on the Access Point.
This release supports a new OUI range BC:E6:7C:xx:xx:xx support for the Force
CAMBIUM-17313
190 radio model.

Fixed an issue for when an incorrect validation pop-up message appears for the
CAMBIUM-17353
parameters which were originally disabled on the User Interface.

Fixed an issue for the severity of alarms that are sent by the Smart Antenna to
CAMBIUM-17376
cnMaestro.

Fixed an issue for when an Elevate XM upgrade fails with the error message:
CAMBIUM-17394
"Executing Pre-Update CleanUp script was failed. Please try again. ".

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Fixed an issue for when the radio does not send the trap message during a soft
CAMBIUM-17448
reboot.

CAMBIUM-17452 This release adds Elevate support for MT 911L-5HnD.

Fixed an issue for when the Force 130 doesn’t allow to select any Port Speed
CAMBIUM-17457
options.

Fixed an issue for when a user can log in to the Subscriber Module's User
CAMBIUM-17466 Interface when the GUI User Authentication through RADIUS is enabled, but the
RADIUS server responds with Access-Reject.

Fixed an issue for when the Registered Access Point's SSID does not display on
CAMBIUM-17564
the Subscriber Module’s eAlign page.

Fixed an issue for when the SNMPv3 user table stays empty after adding a new
CAMBIUM-17567
user.

Fixed an issue for when the 802.11n Subscriber Modules operating on 20MHz
CAMBIUM-17576 incorrectly display scanned Access Point's channel bandwidth as 20MHz,
against the correct value of 5/10 MHz.

Fixed an issue for when the ePMP 1000 does not allow to set the maximum Tx
CAMBIUM-17577
power on a certain frequency range and country codes from User Interface.

Fixed an issue when the SAVE and UNDO buttons continue to show highlighted
CAMBIUM-17578
after saving the 'wireless mac filter ' and 'snmpv3 user list' tables.

Fixed an issue for when the Save button stays highlighted after saving the
CAMBIUM-17586
changes made to the SNMPv3 users' table.

Fixed an issue for when a device does not respond to the snmpget query after
CAMBIUM-17588
changing the SNMPv3 Users table.

Fixed an issue for when passwords return to the default values after rebooting
CAMBIUM-17646
on Elevated radios.

Fixed an issue for when the Force 180 Subscriber Module does not respond to
CAMBIUM-17663
the snmpset reboot command.

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