v1.5.25 Bug Reports and Comments

[Stephen]

Latest WS Stable Release: v1.5.25


***NOTE:
WILL RESET PASSWORD BACK TO DEFAULT PASSWORD "admin" WHEN UPGRADING SO YOU MUST RESET PASSWORD AFTER UPGRADE IF UPGRADING FROM BELOW 1.5.17
(including 1.5.17rc2)


Personally we feel this is the most stable and best firmware since v1.4.8. (THIS IS CHRIS, I THINK BEST EVER)
We have been testing this intensely for weeks.


***NOTE:
Some people use a smart power strip that will reboot a switch if pings stop.
This upgrade process can take longer than normal due to a lot of house
keeping from the vast changes in code. So if the unit is power cycled
during the upgrade it is bricked. Make sure to disable this or increase
time missing pings till reboot 10 minutes or more.


***NOTE (Smart DC Switches):
On the original 1.5.17 release, it was noted that certain DC models could get bricked.
It appears that during firmware ugprade, sometimes it will also upgrade the firmware on the power supply which was being blocked by a failed semaphore init. This could easily have been corruption on download or possibly upload. But we have also added additional checks in an attempt to circumvent this issue should it appear again.
HOWEVER,
especially for smart DC models. We suggest you upgrade one that is easy for you to access in case anything goes wrong FIRST. Then continue
rollout if all goes well.




FIXED/CHANGED
- lighttpd upgraded - 1.5.17rc1
- Openssl upgraded - 1.5.17rc2
- Upgrade failure on very old WS models -1.5.17rc2
- Patched security holes to prevent hacking, however you should always use the Access Control List as good practice. - 1.5.17
- Removed PHP replaced with compiled binaries (approximately 60,000 lines of code needed re-written) - 1.5.17
- Greatly improved SFP compatibility and Stability where you saw SFPs not come up after upgrades and reboots - 1.5.17
- Fixed potential multi reboots due to certian configurations during warm boots and firmware upgrades - 1.5.17
- Fixed NTP - 1.5.17
- Fixed SNMP memory leak - 1.5.17
- Upgraded password hash (WILL RESET PASSWORD BACK TO DEFAULT "admin"
WHEN UPGRADING REQUIRES PASSWORD RESET AFTER UPGRADE IF PREVIOUS VERSION
IS BELOW 1.5.17) - 1.5.17
- Upgraded session hash algorithm - 1.5.17
- Fixed MAC table lookup and updated to latest vendor list - 1.5.17
- NTP scripts fixed - 1.5.18
- fixed special characters (aka !#@, etc) during login - 1.5.18
- checks added during boot for smart i2c supply BE CAUTIOUS WHEN UPGRADING SMART DC SWITCH'S (WS-12-250-DC, WS-8-150-DC, etc) - 1.5.18
- ssh login now only accepts correct password - 1.5.19
- VLAN's and other variable length conf items no longer limited - 1.5.20
- If greater than 30 VLAN they will now be applied correctly - 1.5.21
- Radius login fixed - NOTE, POSSIBLE SECURITY HOLE FOUND IN ORIGINAL IMPLEMENATION (pre-1.5.17) - 1.5.21
- Autobackup filenames fixed - 1.5.21
- DHCP fixed - 1.5.22
- web conf check command fixed - 1.5.22
- SMTP From Address now used when populated, otherwise defaults to switch ip - 1.5.22
- Ingress/Egress Throughput samples now account for delays lasting longer than a second, preventing weird spikes on port status - 1.5.22
- Memory corruption spikes on smart DC switch Input Voltage graphs looks fixed after 24 hour testing, please report if more are seen - 1.5.22
- NTP enable/disable will now trigger update immediately - 1.5.23
- SSH Key length extended to 1000 characters to accommodate common algorithms - 1.5.23
- WebUI Sessions can now expire, but will remain open with the webui - 1.5.23
- Multicast Configuration bug fix, this is potentially responsible for spontaneous issue's that have been reported with SFP's, PPPoE, OSPF, etc but due to testing complexity we cannot be certain, please let us know if you see any improvements if you have been experiencing these problems - 1.5.23
- SMTP will now handle from address more intuitively - 1.5.24
- NTP update bug causing failures on config changes and incorrectly triggering revert timer fixed - 1.5.24
- SMTP test when FromAddress empty now works - 1.5.25
- PingWatchdog alert GPS corruption fixed - 1.5.25
- false alert about the switch rebooting has been fixed - 1.5.25
- Traceroute resolve ips checkbox fixed - 1.5.25
- MSTP bug fix - 1.5.25
- StormControl bug fix - 1.5.25
- VLAN issue regarding trunked ports fixed - 1.5.25
- Multicast over SFP's fixed - 1.5.25 - WE SUSPECT THIS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUES REPORTED FOR OSPF AND PPPOE PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD IF YOU STILL SEE ISSUES


ENHANCEMENTS
- UI works faster as it is binary verses PHP - 1.5.17

KNOWN ISSUES
- WEB UI issues when not at 100% Zoom on browser especially on VLAN TAB
- Some language templates need help

Released 01/08/2025

[mayheart]

Thanks Netonix staff,

I upgraded that one switch I sent the config for, I can confirm it's passing PPPoE packets over the SFP port.

[sirhc]

@yahel

@marcbou

Come on guys you were part of the driving force to push so hard to get this version out.

Are we all good now?

[josh@belwave.com]

@yahel @marcbou Come on guys you were part of the driving force to push so hard to get this version out. Are we all good now?

My OSPF issues are resolved with 1.5.25 Thanks for a quick turn around

[mayheart]

Weird SNMP bug I encountered.

SNMPv2-MIB::sysUpTime.0 is always returning 1843777931 after a fresh upgrade to 1.5.25.

If you reboot the switch one more time, it returns expected values.

[IntL-Daniel]

SFP port now reports traffic (Tx data and Tx packets) even though the port is in down state - no cable connected (we have SFP to RJ45 modules). That strange behaviour has disappeared (currently and hope it will stay like this) after hard reboot (power disconnected).

[Hightech]

I can confirm v1.5.25 has fixed my SFP port issue.
But i now have a strange issue with "Netonix Manager v1.0.20" the table is mixed up and it only shows switches until the first netonix switch with v1.5.25 firmware, have tryed to reboot but it dident help

[sirhc]

I can confirm v1.5.25 has fixed my SFP port issue.
But i now have a strange issue with "Netonix Manager v1.0.20" the table is mixed up and it only shows switches until the first netonix switch with v1.5.25 firmware, have tryed to reboot but it dident help

So what we need here is some more info and feed back.

Did you see this issue with v1.5.24 or what version did this start?

If there are any other users using manager and v1.5.25 do they see this and info as to what version you were using (manager and switch)and what version caused it?

[sirhc]

SFP port now reports traffic (Tx data and Tx packets) even though the port is in down state - no cable connected (we have SFP to RJ45 modules). That strange behaviour has disappeared (currently and hope it will stay like this) after hard reboot (power disconnected).

Keep us posted. If it reappears please try a different SFP module and see... (can't hurt)

[sirhc]

Weird SNMP bug I encountered.

SNMPv2-MIB::sysUpTime.0 is always returning 1843777931 after a fresh upgrade to 1.5.25.

If you reboot the switch one more time, it returns expected values.

Is this a one off or every switch you upgrade and from what version was the upgrade.