Edge Release 8.1.1

Release Notes of 8.1.1 Build 67

Bug Fixes

• Correction for VM upgrade getting stuck – Fixed an intermittent issue where virtual machine upgrades could become stuck.

Release Notes of 8.1.1 Build 66

Feature / Enhancements

• ES515 Hardware Support - Adds support for the new ES515 hardware.

• Captive Portal Voucher Login - Adds a dedicated Voucher button on the Captive Portal login screen, allowing users with vouchers to authenticate directly using voucher credentials. Please refer the following link to view the online help - Voucher Users

• Konnect App Enhancement for L3 Proxy - Enhances the Konnect App with support for Layer 3 (L3) Proxy connections.

  • Note: This acts an a replacement for the Softether tool.

• Epic Pro Firewall to EdgeServer Configuration Support - Introduces support for applying configurations created on Epic Pro Firewall systems to Epic Pro2 Firewall systems.

Bug Fixes

• Correction for IDS/IPS temporary file cleanup - Correction for disc full issues.

• Netify protocol list update – Updated the protocol definitions with the latest Netify protocol list.

• Recovery for Influx corruption – Added recovery handling for Influx corruption scenarios.

• Correction for login failures – Resolved login failures that occurred as a result of the API timeouts.

• Correction for configuration restore on virtual machines – Fixed configuration restore failures on VM deployments.

• Correction for Konnect configuration with site names – Konnect configuration now succeeds when the Site Name contains spaces.

• Correction for Access Network speed test – Fixed an issue that caused speed tests to fail on Access Networks.

  • Note: This was an intermittent issue and has been resolved.

• Correction for periodic cleanup script – Fixed an issue where files containing spaces in their names were not removed during scheduled cleanup.

• Correction for DHCP configuration on routed networks – Fixed an issue that occurred when enabling DHCP on an existing routed network that was originally created with DHCP disabled.

• Correction for Firewall rule hit reporting – Implicit Allow firewall rule hits are now correctly reported to Kloud.

• Correction for WebCLI DHCP command – Fixed an issue where the k4.show.dhcp command could fail to display existing DHCP assignments.

• Correction for WebCLI packet capture cleanup – Updated the k4.monitor.wireshark command to prevent temporary capture files from persisting after the WebCLI session ends, eliminating the risk of disk space exhaustion.

• DPI Analytics enhancement – DPI Analytics now reports traffic for all IP protocol types, including ICMP, ESP, GRE, and others, instead of being limited to TCP and UDP traffic.

• Correction for Application Policy applications – Restored missing applications in the Application Policy configuration.

• Correction for memory leaks – Fixed memory leaks caused by stale contrack entries not being cleared periodically. This issue was specific to MPK and observed in the Tunnel mode only.

• Correction for usage accounting – Addressed multiple scenarios that could result in inaccurate usage reporting, including incorrect identification of inter-VLAN traffic and traffic forwarding/counting when the WAN type was set to None.

  • Note: WAN interface type was missing on the application policy which got corrected - which had impact on the usage accounting.

Release Notes of 8.1.1 Build 36

Feature / Enhancements

• Captive Portal Configuration per Site / Access Network - Supports Captive Portal configurations at the site or Access Network level, enabling granular control of user access and policies.

  • Please refer the following link to view the Captive Portal Configuration per Site / Access Network online help - CAN Portal Manager.

• VX Quick Configuration - Introduces a streamlined quick configuration workflow to simplify initial setup and deployment.

  • Please refer the Token Validation section under section 5.1.1 Method 1 - Using Setup Wizard in the following link to view the Quick VX Configuration - Token Validation.

• System Health Enhancement – Flows per IP - System health metrics now include visibility into flows per IP, improving monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities.

• DPI Analytics Sampling - Implements DPI analytics sampling on highly loaded systems to optimize performance.

• Configurable Captive WAN Detection - Adds support for configuring Captive WAN detection under interface probing settings.

• High Availability (HA) Update - Static IP and SIP services are now disabled on the standby server to ensure proper HA behavior and avoid conflicts.

• Increased WAN Interface Scalability - Maximum supported WAN interfaces increased from 12 to 20.

Bug Fixes

• MPK internal configuration optimization – Improved internal configurations for better performance and speed.

• Correction for IPS initialization – IPS was not coming up after license upgrade and in routed network scenarios; this has been fixed.

• Hardening of factory reset – Improved reliability and stability of the factory reset process.

• Correction for application-based policy routing – Issues with application based Policy Routing has been resolved.

• Cleanup of Public Hub IP configuration – Removed inconsistencies in Public Hub IP handling.

• Correction for VPN status in UI – When adding or editing Policy Routes, selecting a VPN automatically pre-fills the Source Network(s) field with the corresponding subnet, along with displaying the following message below the field.

• Handling for quick link bounce scenarios – Improved handling of bounce occurring within milliseconds.

• Reliability improvements for MPK route establishment – Enhanced stability of routes during connection establishment.

• Correction for CAN redirection URL – Redirection was not working when Access Network names contained spaces; this has been fixed.

• Correction for CAN usage undercount – Usage undercounting in certain scenarios has been resolved.

• Deprecation of older configuration restore API – Removed older Configuration restore API that caused instability and bricked units.