Software Update: RouterOS 6.42.6

MikroTik has released RouterOS 6.42.6. RouterOS is an operating system that focuses on running router tasksThis includes routing network traffic, of course, but also a firewall, bandwidth management, controlling wireless access points, a hotspot gateway and a VPN server. It can be done on the hardware from MikroTik when doing its job on x86 or virtual machines. Before use, a license required, which is included with the purchase of MikroTik hardware. The list of changes for this release is as follows:

What’s new in 6.42.6:

• bridge – improved packets processing when bridge port changes states;
• crs3xx – fixed bonding slave failover when packets are sent out of the bridge interface;
• crs3xx – fixed LACP member failover;
• crs3xx – improved link state detection when one side has disabled interface;
• defconf – fixed bridge default configuration for SOHO devices with more than 9 Ethernet interfaces;
• package – free up used storage space consumed by old RouterOS upgrades;
• snmp – fixed w60g “phy-rate” readings;
• supout – added “ip-cloud” section to supout file;
• w60g – fixed random disconnects;
• w60g – general stability and performance improvements;
• winbox – added 64.8 GHz frequency to w60g interface frequency settings;
• winbox – show “sector-writes” on devices that have such counters;