Plume makes regular updates to the cloud in order to add new features and fix issues. Most updates do not have a visible impact on the behavior of your network and new features often require updates to the Plume app for you to access them.
The updates listed below are changes that you may see affect the behaviour of your network.
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The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of May 20th, 2019 (version 1.41.1):
- New: Limited the number of pods that can be associated to a single packID.
- New: Client device rapid reconnect events are reported.
- New: 15 minute storage policy implemented for Realtime Insights.
- Improved: Improved onboarding analalytics being sent to support.
- Fixed: Adblocking is no longer deleted is the Adolescent Content Access policy is implemented by support.
- Note: Additional new feature and improvements of this build are targeted for our ISP partners
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of May 11th, 2019 (version 1.39.5):
- Note: This build is primarily targeted for our ISP partners
- Improved: Improved user experience for Advanced IoT Protection
- Fixed: Devices are now removed from quarantine if Advanced IoT Protection is disabled at the location level
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of April 10th, 2019 (version 1.38.3):
- Note: This build is primarily targeted for our ISP partners
- Improved: Improved accuracy of metrics available to support personnel to assist with troubleshooting.
- Improved: Use IP instead of DNS name for controller manager address.
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of March 19th, 2019 (version 1.37.4):
- New: Support for advanced IoT Protection features added.
- Fixed: Device Typing issue caused by devices missing certain features
- Fixed: Improved accuracy of reasons for blocked websites in Secure and Protect
- Fixed: Swipe action for unblocking websites in app
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of February 19th, 2019 (version 1.36.3):
- New: Off channel scan toggle based on hardware model
- Fixed: Bug that causes anomaly detection to fail to initialise
- Fixed: Bug that causes Amazon device OS detection issue
- Fixed: Device Typing issue causing inconsistent naming of Roku 4 4400X
- Fixed: Improved device typing of LiFX Color 1000 light bulb
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of January 21st, 2019 (version 1.35):
- New: Sticky 11v kick contains the recommended neighbor list
- New: Include loop parameter into Ethernet dry run check
- Fixed: Home AP active on both 5GU and 5GL
- Fixed: Optimizations potentially getting stuck after link expiry
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of December 18th, 2018 (version 1.34):
- New: Support for IGMP Snooping auto mode
- New: Add controller support for UPNP sniffing and IGMP
- Improved: Change to location-level approved/blocked website logic applies to people/devices
- Improved: Enable DNS based Device Typing
- Fixed: DeviceType failing to startup due to missing private IP
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of October 29th, 2018 (version 1.32):
- New: Implemented minimum firmware version for onboarding (2.2.0-30 / 1.0.0-30)
- Fixed: Bug that causes Speed Test to occasionally fail to complete
- Fixed: Bug that prevented setup of custom Device Freeze schedules
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of September, 2018 (version 1.31):
- New: Ethernet backhaul support when Network is in Router Mode
- Improved: Removed client traffic from interference calculations to reduce unnecessary optimizations and improve effectiveness of overnight optimizations
- Improved: Added the ability to blacklist a website, without the need for content filtering to be enabled.
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of September, 2018 (version 1.30):
- New: Support for content filtering and parental control
- Improved: 802.11kv steering sends neighbor lists required by Android devices for proper steering
- Improved: New device typing improvements
- Improved: Gain threshold settings adjusted to improve weak links
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of Jul 31st, 2018 (version 1.28):
- Improved: Device typing accuracy has been improved
- Fixed: Device freeze issues with School Night, Bedtime, and custom end times
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of June 30th, 2018 (version 1.27.2):
- New: Networks that are constantly using more than 10 Mbps will now be treated as being idle (less than 10 Mbps being used) after 4 days, so that optimizations and ISP speed tests can be run.
- Fixed: Speed test scheduling will no longer get stuck.
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of April 9th, 2018 (version 1.23.2):
- Fixed: Bug causing optimization notifications to continue to report as in progress when the optimization has been completed.
- Fixed: Bug that causes Pod health status not to display correctly
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of March 13th, 2018 (version 1.22):
- New: The LED on the Pods will only start to blink when topology changes start during an optimization. This stops the LED from blinking while the Pods wait for the cloud to finish calculating the new topology
- Improved: Optimizations will not change channels for small improvements in topology. This is to avoid disturbing connected devices
- Improved: Enhancements in the optimization process that will now retry failed links
- Improved: Enhancements in Client Steering that will improve user experience on Static Devices
- Fixed: Correctly report network status when it is in bridge mode
The following updates have been made to the Plume cloud as of Jan 29th, 2018 (version 1.19):
- Available now: Additional information provided when sending a network password via text, email, etc.
- Available with future app update: Freeze each device based on a template that applies only to that device.
- Fixed: Devices will now correctly report as ‘Online since…’ when viewing the device grid.