Pod Device Release Notes

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.

How can I check the firmware version on my pods?

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 into the outlet.

Pod Firmware Version 3.0.1-66 (Release Date: 08/04/21)

Enhancement - The pod RSSI value is now based on the actual measured noise floor. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Enabled DPP 1.1 (Easy Connect) device onboarding with cloud-based DPP key. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Reporting mDNS records to improve device typing (mdns_plugin) (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Identification of traffic flow direction to detect the vulnerable devices inside LAN and to mitigate possible security incidents. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Added FSM inline support for router mode. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - The OpenSync crash reasons are now reported to the cloud. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - The Plume native IP threat engine has replaced Norton NDC engine. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Enabled recovery of gateway functionality in case of internet outage using persistent storage for basic configuration parameters. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Node to retain uptime timestamp in OVSDB. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Introduced Secure DNS and HTTP full URL support. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Enabled separate virtual routed tagged WAN interface for IPTV traffic when a gateway is in router mode. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Added support for DNS, URL, IP and App lookup in the Plume Policy Engine. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Introduced cloud support for WDS/MAP 4-Address backhaul. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed OVSDB gateway offline events order. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Stopped bluetooth advertising when connection is established with the cloud. (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Resolved memory leak in case of failed initialization of client statistics. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed empty chain sanity check and added prevention of multiple instance for iptables within netfilter manager. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Network metadata have been rearranged back to LAN statistics specification. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed Platform Manager crashes during the signature update process. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Routes of deleted interfaces no longer remain in the Wifi_Route_State table. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed issue with closing connections after disabling UPnP. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Extended memory allocation for LAN flow stats that are no longer missing in the MQTT messages. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Mitigated renewal of IPv6 address. This no longer causes network outages for 6-10 seconds. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed gateway pod crashes in router mode when using nf_nat_setup_info. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed platform manager (PM) crash when freeing unloadable object. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Key is no longer missing in the wpa_psks field of the Wifi_VIF_State OVSDB table. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed stopping the Captive Portal Manager. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed Network Manager (NM) issue with producing an excessive amount of log entries. This resulted in frequent log rotations. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed MQTT connection issue in case of unreliable IPv6 connectivity. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Reenabled connectivity failure counter resetting in the WebPulse FSM plugin. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed LAN connectivity losses after prolonged internet outages. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed issue with sudden IPv6 Cloud controller connection breaks. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed issue with the NFM being unable to perform cleanups of the removed rules which only refer to the deleted OpenFlow tags. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - The amount of ICMP traffic has been reduced to verify WAN connection state. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Disabled SIP ALG kernel module due to SIP application instabilities. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Prevented overwriting of FSM log level by enabling mDNS. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fix FSM Conntrack marking support for ICMP packets in bridge and router mode. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Introduced nslookup in DNS healthcheck script (ipv4 and ipv6). (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Updated Ookla endpoint.
Bug Fix - Fixed CVE-2020-24588 (aggr/frag attack) security vulnerability.

Pod Firmware Version 3.0.1-59 (Release Date: 03/29/21)

Enhancement - Updated Walleye plugin to version 1.35.7 (OpenSync)
Enhancement - Improved Cloud connection logic handling in dual-stack networks: IPv4 and IPv6
Enhancement - Platform - updated app detection signature file for digital well being
Enhancement - Added multicast HW support
Enhancement - Improved Pod reboot reason reporting in case of power cycle events
Enhancement - Improved Cloud connection logic handling in dual-stack networks: IPv4 and IPv6
Enhancement - Platform - updated app detection signature file for digital well being
Enhancement - Added support for new Israeli channels on 5GU
Enhancement - Enabled skipping of wireless events in ovs-vswitchd to reduce high CPU load
Bug Fix - Adjusted handling of IPv6 routes and removed workaround introduced in version 2.2.2.0 (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed kr00k (CVE-2020-3702) vulnerability
Bug Fix - Fixed radio & VIF relationship upon OVSDB updates in Exchange Manager (XM) (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed Walleye reporting with URL based on different network protocols (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed faulty code for broadcast/multicast flow filtering in Flow Control Manager (FCM, introduced in release 2.0.5.0) (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Fixed app detection logic for apps that enable the use of services in specific IPv4 networks
Bug Fix - Prevented possible crashes caused by incorrect handling of IGMP/MLD Proxy configuration
Bug Fix - Improved handling of Ethernet clients
Bug Fix - Prevented possible crashes during the initial Cloud connection phase in IPv6- E
enabled networks
Bug Fix - Prevented possible memory leaks in traffic processing modules
Bug Fix - Fixed internal cache bug in-band and client steering
Bug Fix - Improved WAN handling logic in IPv6 SLAAC networks
Bug Fix - Enabled dry run skipping when the main link is not used. (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Motion – updated CA (expires in 2035). (OpenSync)
Bug Fix - Enabled reconfiguration skipping for the disabled access points. (OpenSync)

Pod Firmware Version 3.0.1-36 (Release Date: 11/1/20)

Enhancement - Minor WiFi client statistics improvements
Enhancement - Speedtest stability improvements

Pod Firmware Version 3.0.1-20 (Release Date: 8/05/20)

Enhancement - Improved kernel crash reports
Enhancement - Minor WPS related improvements
Enhancement - Improve network connectivity with certain ISP gateways
Enhancement - Improved WAN ethernet connection recovery logic
Bug Fix - Fixed speed test performance degradation caused by certain ISP gateways
Bug Fix - Prevent possible crashes
Bug Fix - Fix rare case of misconfigured 2.4G radio channel

Pod Firmware Version 3.0.0-46 (Release Date: 6/20/20)

Enhancement - Improve security of Motion modules
Enhancement - Optimized CPU usage
Enhancement - Improve configurability of client traffic processing services
Enhancement – Added reboot reason logging and reporting to improve support
troubleshooting
Enhancement – Added IGMP/MLD proxy support required by some IPTV services
Bug fix - Fixed issue where DNS packets could become stuck in rare cases for v1 Pods
Bug fix - Fixed reporting of client and band steering events
Bug fix - Fix PSK skipped by WPS
Bug fix - Prevent possible deadlock of traffic processing module
Bug fix - Fixed acceleration of bridged client packets for v1 Pods
Bug fix - Prevent possible crashes in tunnel creation logic during topology change
Bug fix - Prevent possible crashes during traffic processing
Bug fix - Fixed UPNP packet handling error
Bug fix - Improve client steering logic
Bug fix - Fixed LED handling
Bug Fix - Improved GRE interface handling during topology changes
Bug Fix - Improved DFS channel handling during topology changes
Bug Fix - Fixed a potential manager crashes
Bug Fix - Fixed a potential memory leak
Bug Fix - Fixed Pod-to-pod roaming issue causing video call failures

Pod Firmware Version 2.4.3-119 (Release Date: 3/20/20)

Bug Fix - Improved method of checking local router connectivity
Bug Fix - Resolved issue that caused clients to take longer than expected to associate
Bug Fix - Memory leak fix
Bug Fix - Avoid edge case manager crash
Bug Fix - Fix a regression in topology change
Bug Fix - Fix a case of a failure during client roaming
Bug Fix - Improve the reliability and robustness of the Plume AI security content filtering and IP Threat protection

Pod Firmware Version 2.4.3-98 (Release Date: 1/30/20)

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.
Bug Fix - Update for performance issues Pods in some cases.
Bug Fix - Pods were not including their own channels in 802.11k neighbor reports to improve device steering.
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.
Enhancement - Reduced firmware image size

Pod Firmware Version 2.4.3-72 (Release Date: 9/28/19)

New Feature - Add OVS bridging acceleration support
New Feature - Introduce advanced steering back-off
Enhancement - Reduce air congestion
Enhancement - Improve 802.11k roaming experience
Enhancement - Improved DFS experience
Enhancement - Handle steering clients who try to associate even after authentication was rejected
Enhancement - Update speed test
Enhancement - Improve 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
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

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.1-59 (Release Date: 5/23/19)

Bug Fix - Only include BSSIDS that are currently active in the 11v BTM (Improved iPhone performance on iOS 12)
Bug Fix - Handle a corner case when a recovery reboot is happening shortly after recovery succeeds (Full recovery time can take up to 20 minutes)
Bug Fix - Limit how often a band steering request is sent
Enhancement - Notify the cloud of client connection even if it moved BSSIDs on the same AP
Bug Fix - Improve robustness of DNS resolutions when DNS reputation service is not responding
Bug Fix - Retain the ability to recover from network problems in leaf pods

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.1-46 (Release Date: 4/12/19)

No Changes - Version increased to match SuperPod

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.1-38 (Release Date: 3/13/19)

Bug Fix - Fix misconfiguration due to radar events in the 5G band
Bug Fix - Improve robustness of DNS filtering

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.1-29 (Release Date: 2/22/19)

Bug Fix - Fix regression in the reliability of the detection of wired clients on leaf pods
Bug Fix - Resolve crash for pod manager
Enhancement - Cloud notification when eth is removed
Enhancement - Skip link checking during refreshing state
Bug Fix - Changes for ethernet switch getting stuck
Enhancement - Resolve speed test not running issue
Bug Fix - Recovery script for manager
Bug Fix - Protect against potential driver crash
Enhancement - Reduce memory consumption of speed tests
Bug Fix - Resolve interoperability issue between station and AP
Bug Fix - Fix driver crash

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.1-8 (Release Date: 1/21/19)

Bug Fix - Fix potential memory leak
Bug Fix - Fix logic problem that would falsely report client as not configured
Bug Fix - Simplified log messaging
Enhancement - Add support to report blocked DNS queries
Bug Fix - Resolved delay in sending some packets
Bug Fix - Handle an case that could result in crash
Bug Fix - Fix potential kernel crash
Enhancement - Debugging logs improvement
Bug Fix - Fixed crash for Pod managers
Bug Fix - Resolved corner case when client would exit back-off after re-connecting on 5 GHz
Bug Fix - Don't continue BTM retries if client reconnects
Bug Fix - Account for major clock drift adjustment for recording timestamps
Bug Fix - Don't issue DHCP Request during dry-run
Enhancement - Memory, CPU, and FS statistics now reported every 2 minutes to debug logs
Bug Fix - Ethernet clients should be applied to correct VLAN when appropriate
Bug Fix - Fixed memory leak
Bug Fix - Improved DNS handling robustness

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.0-45 (Release Date: 11/19/18)

Bug Fix - Fix memory leak when processing HTTP
Bug Fix - Improve handling of malformed DNS packet
Bug Fix - Avoid rare kernel crash
Bug Fix - Fix issue where an unsolicited DNS response could be looped
Bug Fix - Fix a possible memory leak
Bug Fix - Fix a crash when periodically flushing DNS request queue
Bug Fix - Resolve case were network stayed offline when Internet up-link connection was restored
Bug Fix - Small performance improvement by reverting to previous OVS version
Bug Fix - Content Filtering Fix-up source MAC of forwarded DNS responses
Bug Fix - Improved device logs
Bug Fix - DNS healthcheck bug causing reboot when unable to establish internet connection
Bug Fix - Fix case where fan would become loud
Bug Fix - Speedtest crash resulting in 0 Mbps
Enhancement - Content Filtering white-listing works faster
Enhancement - Device Typing efficiency

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.0-37 (Release 11/05/18)

Fix: Customers experiencing intermittent performance degradation due to Flow Service Manager (FSM) crashing. FSM is partly responsible for Secure & Protect feature on the pods.
Fix: Connectivity Manager intermittently crashes which causes the pod to disconnect
Fix: DFS backhaul channels would fall back to 2.4Ghz due to RADAR events. Note: this will only apply to customers in EU
Fix: Memory leak in Stats Manager would report invalid stats to the cloud which may cause the system not to optimize accurately

Pod Firmware Version 2.2.0 (Release Date: 9/28/18)

New: Added support for IGMP Snooping
New: Added support for 802.11v BSS Transition Management and 802.11k RRM Beacon Report during steering
New: Native speed test utility
Improved: Steering capabilities
Fix: Steering will ignore disconnections if on the wrong band
Fix: Devices that use 10 Mbps over Ethernet now stable
Fix: Various bugs fixed that resulted in a stuck Ethernet Port
Fix: Pods can be connected to other Pods so long as one of them is connected to a router. Including if Plume is acting as a Router. (Ethernet backhaul)
Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Pod Firmware Version 2.0.0 (Release Date: 4/4/18)

Improved: Updated the kernel and Wi-Fi drivers on the Pod resulting in higher throughput performance, especially on 2.4GHz links in the core network
Improved: Tuned RTS/CTS settings to improve performance in busy or congested Wi-Fi environments
Improved: Reduced support of 802.11b only clients to improve overall 2.4GHz airtime in the network
Fix: Ethernet connected clients lost their connection triggered by a network controller restart
Fix: Numerous device connection interoperability issues, mostly related to 2.4GHz only IoT devices
Fix: Rare race condition, which may cause network optimization changes to fail
Fix: Bug which may delay the time in which an Ethernet backhaul link becomes active after a Pod reset

Pod Firmware Version 1.8.1 (Release Date: 12/6/17)

Fix: DNS check issues seen on some outdated residential gateways
New: Added leaf pod gateway mode detection Ethernet link - seamless gateway to leaf pod and vice versa transition
New: Added support for firmware OTA (Over The Air) encrypted image upgrade
New: Added loop detection support

Pod Firmware Version 1.8.0 (Release Date: 10/27/2017)

Improved: Preventative patches for WPA2 KRACK exploit
Improved: Wi-Fi driver stability
Fix: Wi-Fi network will continue to broadcast during Internet outages
Fix: Resolved interoperability issues affecting certain clients

Pod Firmware Version 1.6 (Release Date: 8/4/2017)

New: Band Steering enabled on supported devices
New: Added Device Freeze Feature
Improved debugging capabilities
Improved topology change stability
Improved Wi-Fi statistics collection
Fix: All known speed test issues
Fix: Special character issue in Wi-Fi password

Pod Firmware Version 1.4.2 (Release Date: 6/9/2017)

Fix: Speed test implementation fixed to reduce random DL values of zero
Fix: DHCP client on WAN fix for Cisco router RV325

Pod Firmware Version 1.4.1 (Release Date: 5/17/2017)

Improved Channel Switch Announcement (CSA), the feature used to change channels
Improved topology robustness in high traffic environments
Improved logging for debugging

Pod Firmware Version 1.2.1-14 (Release Date: 2/17/2017)

New: Clients list extended to include Ethernet-connected clients report
New: Supports submission of user defined primary and secondary DNS server
Fix: Fixed UPnP mode report to the cloud
Fix: Fixed connected client list to show all clients connected to the Pod
Performance improvement on 5G Wi-Fi connections
Other bug fixes were added

Pod Firmware Version 1.2.0-9 (Release Date: 1/25/2017)

New: Added double-blink LED pattern on Pod when network is optimizing
Pod firmware upgrade process has been improved
Self-healing/recovery has been improved
Improved speed of Pod power-on and network formation
Cloud communication improved for better reliability
Improved debugging capabilities
Fix: A rare failure of 5G Wi-Fi initialization at Pod power-on
Fix: An issue that causes on-boarding to not find a Pod via bluetooth
Fix: Bug that was causing Pods to be disconnected from cloud
Fix: Bug that was causing Pod to not properly sync date and time. This may have caused statistic reporting problems which could have resulted in a non-optimal topology.

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