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ahenning

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Version 2.6.x
« on: August 26, 2015, 05:06:38 PM »
This thread will be used for all v.2.6.x updates. Comments may be outdated.

v.2.6.3 edit: 14/12/2015
Minimal Minor Update CLI script for v2.6.2.
Recommended if Packet Loss Recovery is enabled.

Updated:
Multithread bug fix in Packet Loss Recovery most evident on 600ms+ @ 20Mbps+.
Optimization & Interface graph incorrectly graphed one value in bytes and not bits after changes in 2.6.
Minor update to tunnel mode to make it more efficient.
Fixed update via GUI, hence the next update will be applied via the web interface.
Please see the Wanos Docs page on the Update Process



V.2.6.2
V.2.6.2 is ready for download: http://wanos.co/wan-optimization/download/
v.2.6.2 Is a minor update from 2.6.1

New in 2.6.2
Tunnel mode for optimized traffic. More info on the wiki: Tunnel Mode

Minor:
Fixed backwards compatibility for plus keys.
Fixed 32-bit mode 32-bit boot
NetFlow interval reduced from 5 minutes to 2 minutes to see stats update sooner.



v.2.6.1
This is a major update.
Not backwards compatible.
Please test thoroughly before deploying in production.
Please report any anomalies to help us fix them asap.

Major changes in 2.6.1:
Linux kernel updated to 3.16.6
64-bit kernel is now default.
32-bit is available in dual boot and can be enabled for older appliances.
Dedup is now both faster, with better compression ratios. New optional dedup config settings for high speed links.
Packet Loss Recovery is now out of beta and heading towards being on by default in v.3.0.0
High and Low optimization settings are replaced with more Compression and Dedup options between 0 - 4. Lew is working on updating the docs.
Alpha transparent squid webcache is available for testing (disabled by default)
Express reduced to 1 Mbps.

Fixes, improvements and minor UI updates
Fixed a bug in Packet Loss Recovery that caused network lockups. (Spiffster)
Graphs now scale past 100 Mbps up to 1 Gbps. (Spiffster)
Fixed a few issues with stuck NetFlow stats. (IT Mildura)
Fixed the High CPU usage when enabling bandwidth shapers.
UI now recognize TB disks (Optimera.us)
Dashboard, Protocols and Sessions stats can now be filtered per peer.
Minor updates in Javascript (Spiffster)
Fixed issue where UDP encap kept remote peer up while restarting the service.
Fixed an issue where TCP Syn packets were not tagged with peer detect option when EOL option was present. (Beyers)
Fixed the extremely difficult to read negative (-Mbps) numbers in the graphs :P
Disabled IP Fragmentation reassembly since it caused more harm than good.
Added a benchmark tool.
Added Hyper-V drivers.
Silicom PCI-X bypass card support is dropped, but support for new cards are coming.
Made virtual lan0 address pingable locally from the cli
Made it possible to boot on a single nic without further configs.
Made it possible to migrate a machine to new hardware without ./clean.sh (Keys + wan0 and lan0 interfaces will need to be reconfigured)
New dashboard for better visibility of Optimized traffic and bypassed traffic.
Peer Status tab should now work in Chrome, Firefox and IE.
Some cosmetic touch-ups. (Lew, Beyers)
NTPD
DNS settings (required when enabling the webcache)
Fixed the disabled 'shape' action in traffic policies (Loic)
Added a Global WAN shaper. (Loic, LuisP)
(The global bandwidth limit has been tied into PLR to avoid packet loss on a congested WAN. This will likely become an essential/required config step.)
Added SSH password change to the UI.
Added Admission Control alerts to warn users that the limit has been exceeded.
Added Alert to notify user that GW must be found on wan0.
Drive usage indicator.
Also made Disk IO stats per CPU thread for a clearer picture.
Dropped the WAN simulator (Not required since Express is now 1 Mbps and the global wan shaper replaces it).
Queue depth is now calculated on Licensed bandwidth or configured Global bandwidth limit to avoid bufferbloat on low speed links. (Cristian)
(Would be great if users on < 512 Kbps links contact us to determine if we can further optimize the queues for low speed links based on real world conditions)


What is coming:
Layer-7 QoS is making excellent progress. Thanks Beyers.
Layer-7 NetFlow stats will follow after L-7 QoS.
LAN-to-WAN and WAN-to-LAN filter options on Protocol and Session stats.
MultiSite configuration is falling away and full-mesh peers will be auto detected.
Hotswap soft reconfiguration.
CentOS (Some issues on the network layer was discovered and patches sent to upstream projects). Thanks Beyers.


Please help improve Wanos by providing feedback
It would be a good time now to request/suggest minor UI updates


 
« Last Edit: September 23, 2016, 02:05:27 PM by lmolina »
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Re: Version 2.6.x
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2015, 01:51:13 PM »
We will definitely be giving the new version a go this weekend. The last version has been running 100% rock solid over the last few months. Looking forward to these new features... especially interested in Packet Loss Recovery since our connections tend to get lossy at times.

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Re: Version 2.6.x
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2015, 02:22:19 AM »
"Added Hyper-V drivers"  ;D

I'll be testing this very soon...


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Re: Version 2.6.x
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2015, 01:52:31 PM »
Installed this last weekend. So far we are seeing around a 20% improvement in performance on our high speed links! The engineers at our remote offices are loving the speed bump. Throughput is very consistent too, where before we saw things taper off near the end of a transfer. The web GUI just keeps getting more useful too. Nice job guys!