Plume will be releasing software updates from time to time. These updates will happen automatically, on a rolling basis. It may take up to a week from release for your location to receive the update.
Your pods must be connected to the Plume network to receive the software updates. If any of your pods are offline, please plug or re-plug them back in to the outlet.
Firmware Version 2.4.3-98 (Release Date: 1/30/20)
- Bug Fix - Fix situation where PowerPod could reboot under heavy traffic
- Bug Fix - Handle IP Threat Protection with IPv6 WAN IP address
- Bug Fix - Added robustness for IP Threat Protection corner case when the network is configured Router Mode.
- Bug Fix - IPv6 default route on the router not getting updated in all cases.
- Bug Fix - Avoid an unnecessary recovery reboot to increase uptime.
- Bug Fix - Handle a corner case to increase uptime robustness when recovery requires a hard reboot.
- Bug Fix - Fix a condition that causes a rare kernel crash.
- Bug Fix - Occasional FSM crashes that can affect uptime.
- Bug Fix - Occasional CM process crashes that can affect uptime.
- Bug Fix - Reduced a DNS resolution timeout that caused failures in the security plugin.
- Bug Fix - Fix corner case that could cause leaf pod topology changes to fail.
- Enhancement - Removed a no longer necessary restart of the Ethernet driver to improve port uptime.
- Enhancement - Upstream router connectivity is tested when the router does not reply to pings to prevent unnecessary loss of connectivity in some failure conditions.
PowerPod Version 2.4.3-72 (Limited Release Date: 10/24/19)
- New Feature - PowerPod router mode gateway support
- New Feature - Initial IP Threat Protection support
- New Feature - LAN IPV6 support in Router Mode
- New Feature - IPV4/IPV6 Dual Stack support in Router mode
- New Feature - Add OVS bridging acceleration support
- New Feature - Introduced advanced steering back-off
- Enhancement - Reduced air congestion
- Enhancement - Improved 802.11k roaming experience
- Enhancement - Improved DFS experience
- Enhancement - Handle steering clients who try to associate even after authentication was rejected
- Enhancement - Update to Ookla speed test app
- Enhancement - Improved performance of static GRE backhaul links
- Enhancement - Improved memory compaction for robustness
- Enhancement - Upgrades to multiple managers
- Enhancement - Adjust threshold for allowing clients to connect on 2.4G
- Enhancement - Add support for cloud-configured steering during backoff periods
- Enhancement - Speed up the connection of wireless leafs
- Enhancement - Improved PowerPod stability and performance
- Bug Fix - Fix a race condition resulting in incorrect backhaul configuration
- Bug Fix - Various manager crashes and memory leaks
- Bug Fix - Fix for a popular camera brand disconnecting during optimization
- Bug Fix - Fix for a topology optimization issue
- Bug Fix - Fix a case where recovering from Ethernet or internet problems fails to restore the correct switch configuration
PowerPod Version 0.8.6-137 (Release Date: 5/23/19)
- Bug Fix - Performance improvement for high utilization content (streaming)
- Enhancement - Improve WiFi driver robustness
- Bug fix - Improve the robustness of NAND flash reading
- Enhancement - Memory Allocation enhancements
- Bug fix - Fix kernel crash
- Enhancement - Improved handling of multicast traffic
- Enhancement - Reduce CPU load due to debug logging
- Bug Fix - Minor crash fix
- Bug Fix - Correct traffic counts for multicast/broadcast traffic
- Bug Fix - Restore cloud control over PowerPod LED
- Bug Fix - Update the settings of the LED driver chip
- Bug Fix - Update the packet deferral settings of the acceleration engine
- Bug Fix - Fix for uncorrected system time drift
- Bug Fix - Add patch for kernel crash
- Bug Fix - Fixed a potential memory leak
- Bug Fix - Fixed use of uninitialized memory
- Enhancement - Update wifi radar settings
- Bug Fix - Fix a memory leak in the wifi driver
- Enhancement - Improved performance in crowded environments
- Bug Fix - Fixed a memory leak
- Bug Fix - Handle corner cases on DFS channels
- Enhancement - Full implementation of thermal control in Cyrus
- Enhancement - Report a connect event to the cloud when the client roams between VAPs on the same AP device
PowerPod Firmware Version 0.8.6-89 (Release Date: 3/29/19)
- Bug fix - Detect and handle bad state of the 5G radio microcode
- Fix - improve throughput in factory mode by reducing the frequency of checking on the fan speed
- Bug Fix - CM - correctly reflect the connection state in the BLE beacon
- Bug Fix - CM - Fix a case where DNS resolution would fail
- Bug Fix - WLAN 5G Microcode - properly detect radar events after a scan
- Bug Fix - Factory provisioning - enforce a legal MAC address on wl0
- Bug Fix - BCM SDK - Cache flow invalidation so device freeze can block existing connections
PowerPod Firmware Version 0.8.6-77 (Release Date: 3/18/19)
- Feature - Added support for onboarding networking
- Feature - Support for encrypted delivery of upgraded firmware
- Feature - LED status and pattern control added
- Bug fix - Firmware upgrade enhancement
- Feature - 3rd and last step of FSM enablement
- Feature - 2nd stage of FSM enablement
- Bug fix - Make sure only one interface on the PowerPod replies to ARP requests
- Bug Fix - Support unusually long SSID strings
PowerPod Firmware Version 0.8.6-63 (Release Date: 3/1/19)
- Feature - Added support for onboarding networking
- Feature - Support for encrypted delivery of upgraded firmware
- Feature - LED status and pattern control added
- Bug fix - Firmware upgrade enhancement
- Feature - 3rd and last step of FSM enablement
- Feature - 2nd stage of FSM enablement
- Bug fix - Make sure only one interface on the PowerPod replies to ARP requests
- Bug Fix - Support unusually long SSID strings