Allied Telesis AR441S user manual

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Patch Release Note
Patch 54266-01
For AR440S and AR441S ADSL Routers
Introduction
This patch release note lists the issues addressed and enhancements made in
patch 54266-01 for Software Release 2.6.6 on existing models of AR440S and
AR441S ADSL routers. Patch file details are listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Patch file details for Patch 86264-03.
54-266.rez
Base Software Release File
GUI Resource File Names
d440Se14.rsc (AR440S)
d441Se14.rsc (AR441S)
21-Oct-2004
Patch Release Date
54266-01.paz
Com

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2 AR441S ADSL Router Hardware Platform Patch Release Note Some of the issues addressed in this Release Note include a level number. This number reflects the importance of the issue that has been resolved. The levels are: Level 1 This issue will cause significant interruption to network services, and there is no work-around. Level 2 This issue will cause interruption to network service, however there is a work-around. Level 3 This issue will seldom appear, and will cause minor inconvenience.

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Patch 54266-01 3 Main system Main features of the AR440S routers are: ■ 300 MHz RISC processor. ■ 64 MBytes of SDRAM. ■ 16 MBytes of flash memory (1 MByte reserved for boot block code). ■ 5 x 10/100 Mbps full duplex, Layer 2 switched Ethernet LAN ports. All LAN ports have Auto-MDI, however if Auto-MDI is turned off, then all ports are hardwired as MDI-X. Software can also force a port to either MDI or MDI-X. 802.1Q tagged VLANs are supported. ■ 1 x ADSL Annex B port ■ 1 x asynchronous DTE po

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4 Features in 54266-01 Patch Release Note Features in 54266-01 Patch 54266-01 includes the following enhancements and resolved issues: PCR: 40563 Module: ADSL This patch, together with the base software release, supports the AR441S ADSL (Annex B) router. With this patch, the AR440S ADSL port operates in Annex A mode for ADSL over POTS, and the AR441S ADSL port operates in Annex B mode for ADSL over ISDN. (“AR441S ADSL Router Hardware Platform” on page 2) PC

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Patch 54266-01 5 PCR: 40613 Module: SYN Level: 3 When the Test facility was used to test an AR023 synchronous PIC interface, it sent some debugging messages, "SYNCheckInterface", to the console port. This issue has been resolved: the Test facility no longer sends these messages. PCR: 40618 Module: Firewall Level: 3 When NAT was enabled and the router was configured to pass FTP requests to a server inside the network, the Fir

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6 Features in 54266-01 Patch Release Note PCR: 40647 Module: ETH Level: 2 When a virtual Eth interface was created over ATM, for example, using the command: create eth=0 over=atm=0.1 and a VPN configuration was applied directly to that Eth interface, the router ran out off buffers and caused a fatal exception under heavy reception load. This issue has been resolved: a limit has now been set so that the virtual Ethernet interfaces, like physical Eth interface