RELEASE NOTES

Enterprise Wi-Fi Access Point

System Release 6.5

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Contents
Contents 3

Introduction 4
Guidelines for upgrade and downgrade 4

Enterprise Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) System Release 6.5 5

Supported Platforms 6

System Release 6.5 Information 7

Introduction 7

XV2-21X 7

XV2-23T 7

XV2-22H 8

New features in System Release 6.5 9

Maximum wireless client 9

EAP-FAST Support 9

Proxy Through Controller 9

Enhancements (System Release 6.5) 11

Fixed issues (System Release 6.5) 12

Known issues (System Release 6.5) 14

Limitations (System Release 6.5) 16

Appendix 18
Feature list 18

Specifications 19

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Contents 3
Introduction
Guidelines for upgrade and downgrade
Mandatory upgrade/downgrade path for e410, e510, e430, e600 and e700 should follow below steps:

Warning

To upgrade/downgrade from 3.11.x (3.11.4-r9/3.11.3.1-r4/3.11.3-r7 etc.), 4.x (4.0/4.1/4.2 and

later subsequent images) to 6.4 and above and vice-versa, mandatory use 4.2.2-r5. Ignoring
this suggestion can lead to failure in loading the image and resulting in partitioning (backup
partition) the flash getting corrupted. To recover the corrupted partition, user may have to
contact Cambium Support team.

Perform the below steps to upgrade the image from 3.11.4-r9 to 6.4-r5 and above:

1. Upgrade the AP from 3.11.4-r9 to 3.11.4.1-r3.

2. Upgrade the AP from 3.11.4.1-r3 to 4.2.2-r5.

3. Upgrade the AP from 4.2.2-r5 to 6.4-r5.

Perform the below steps to downgrade the image from 6.4-r5 and above to 3.11.4-r9:

1. Downgrade the AP from 6.4-r5 and above to 4.2.2-r5.

2. Downgrade the AP from 4.2.2-r5 to 3.11.4.1-r3.

3. Downgrade the AP from 3.11.4.1-r3 to 3.11.4.-r9.

Introduction 4
Enterprise Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) System
Release 6.5
This document provides information about Cambium Networks Enterprise Wi-Fi Access Point System
Release 6.5.

The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The recommendations, technical
data, configurations, and statements in this document are believed to be reliable and accurate but are
presented without implied or express warranty. Users must take full responsibility for their applications of
any product specified in this document. The information in this document is proprietary to Cambium
Networks Ltd.

Note

Hostnames shall contain the following characters:

l 0-9/a-z/A-Z and hyphens.

l If a previously configured hostname contains other characters, those characters will be

replaced with hyphens.

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Supported Platforms
The following table provides details on the platforms supported in System Release 6.5:

Access Indoor Outdoor 802.11ac 802.11ax cnMaestro XMS

Point
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Cloud On-Premise Cloud
Model
6E

XV3-8 ü ü ü ü ü
XV2-2 ü ü ü ü ü
XV2-2T ü ü ü ü ü
XV2-2T1 ü ü ü ü ü
XE5-8 ü ü ü ü ü ü
XV2-21X ü ü ü ü
XV2-23T ü ü ü ü
XV2-22H ü ü ü ü ü
XE3-4 ü ü ü ü ü ü
e410 ü ü ü ü ü
e510 ü ü ü ü ü
e430 ü ü ü ü ü
e600 ü ü ü ü ü
e700 ü ü ü ü ü

Supported Platforms 6
System Release 6.5 Information
Introduction
System Release 6.5 supports three new platforms XV2-21X, XV2-23T, and XV2-22H. This release also
supports new features and additional bug fixes.

XV2-21X
The XV2-21X is a Dual-Radio Indoor 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 Access Point (AP) designed to deliver next-generation
networks with edge services at a value-based price. Wi-Fi 6 technology delivers higher network speeds
and enables more connected devices at higher packet quality. Wi-Fi 6 brings a deterministic model to the
radio frequency (RF) layer where the AP controls the client connections, including when to sleep, when
to wake, and how to transmit and receive packets. The XV2-21X is fully backward compatible with
existing Wi-Fi technology and enables a massive growth of low-power, low-bitrate IoT devices to add
infrastructure intelligence into any market. The XV2-21X hardware supports a 1 GbE RJ45 interface.

XV2-21X comes with a Limited Lifetime Warranty providing return and repair service on the AP from the
date of purchase until the end of the life of the product.

XV2-23T
The XV2-23T is a Dual-Radio Outdoor 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 Access Point (AP) designed to deliver next-generation
networks with edge services at a value-based price. Wi-Fi 6 technology delivers higher network speeds
and enables more connected devices at higher packet quality. Wi-Fi 6 brings a deterministic model to the
radio frequency (RF) layer where the AP controls the client connections, including when to sleep, when
to wake, and how to transmit and receive packets. The XV2-23T is fully backward compatible with
existing Wi-Fi technology and enables a massive growth of low power, low bitrate IoT devices to add
infrastructure intelligence into any market.

The XV2-23T hardware supports the following:

System Release 6.5 Information 7

 l 1 GbE RJ45 interface

l Outdoor-rated IP67 enclosure

XV2-23T comes with a Limited Lifetime Warranty providing return and repair service on the AP from the
date of purchase until the end of the life of the product.

XV2-22H
The XV2-22H is a Dual-Radio Indoor 2x2 wall plate Wi-Fi 6 Access Point (AP) designed to deliver next-
generation networks with edge services at a value-based price. Wi-Fi 6 technology delivers higher
network speeds and enables more connected devices at higher packet quality. Wi-Fi 6 brings a
deterministic model to the radio frequency (RF) layer where the AP controls the client connections,
including when to sleep, when to wake, and how to transmit and receive packets. The XV2-22H is fully
backward compatible with existing Wi-Fi technology and enables a massive growth of low power, low
bitrate IoT devices to add infrastructure intelligence into any market.

The XV2-22H hardware supports the following:

l 3 x GbE Ethernet, one with PoE out

l RJ45 electrical pass-through ports

l BLE/Zigbee

XV2-22H comes with a Limited Lifetime Warranty providing return and repair service on the AP from the
date of purchase until the end of the life of the product.

System Release 6.5 Information 8

New features in System Release 6.5
l Maximum wireless client

l EAP-FAST Support

l Proxy Through Controller

Maximum wireless client

At present, the WLAN profile provides an option to configure the maximum wireless clients association
limit. This configuration limits the maximum number of clients per SSID per Radio. For example, if a user
configures the maximum wireless client as 10, on a device capable of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios, the total
number of clients that can be associated is 10 across each Radio. This has been enhanced in System
Release 6.5 to set the maximum clients limit per SSID irrespective of the number of Radios to which SSID
has been mapped.

EAP-FAST Support
EAP-FAST authentication occurs in two phases. In the first phase, EAP-FAST employs the TLS handshake
to provide an authenticated key exchange and to establish a protected tunnel. Once the tunnel is
established the second phase begins with the peer and server engaging in further conversations to
establish the required authentication and authorization policies.

Proxy Through Controller

cnMaestro On-Premises can act as a proxy server for a AAA request coming from Enterprise Wi-Fi 6
Access Points. In this scenario, cnMaestro acts as Network Access Server (NAS) for the AAA server.

System Release 6.5 Information 9

The AP sends AAA packets to cnMaestro On-Premises, and cnMaestro forwards them to the AAA server.
When the Proxy Through Controller feature is enabled, CoA is supported other than AAA requests.

System Release 6.5 Information 10

Enhancements (System Release 6.5)
This section lists the enhancements in System Release 6.5:

Tracking Product Description

FLCN-12783 e410, e510, Enabled channels 169 and 173 for Jordan country.
e430, e600,
and e700

FLCN-12710 All Enabled 6 GHz channels support for New Zealand country.

FLCN-12642 All Data Rate Management configurable parameters are updated with
new variable names and the older parameters are deleted from the
UI.

Enhancements (System Release 6.5) 11

Fixed issues (System Release 6.5)
This section lists the fixed issues in System Release 6.5:

Tracking Product Description

FLCN-12944 All Mesh: Clients could not connect on access WLAN of mesh client when an
operating channel was set to DFS and the country was configured from
the list of ETSI countries.

FLCN-12937 All Autocell would not adhere to the channel list configured on the device.

FLCN-12890 All VLAN assignments for wireless stations were handled across roaming.

FLCN-12845 All VLAN assignments for wireless stations were updated as learned from
the RADIUS server when dynamic authorization was enabled.

FLCN-12785 All Compatibility of BSSID information in DHCP Option 82.

FLCN-12784 e410, e510, The radio gets disabled if the channel was configured to 169 or 173 for
e430, e600, Malaysia.
and e700

FLCN-12776 All Radio was not up for channels 149-165 for the Georgia country code.

FLCN-12763 All MDNS packet handling with Option type 41.

FLCN-12705 All Slow internet access with VLAN 1 when ePSK was enabled.

FLCN-12575 All Addressed issues related to DNS-ACL.

FLCN-12537 All Auto-RF picked a random channel with 20 MHz channel bandwidth,
when DCS was triggered.

FLCN-12471 All Fixed issue related to random data stall.

FLCN-12290 All The CoA update of session timeout was not taking effect if session time
was increased via CoA for WPA2-Enterprises clients but works for Guest
Access clients.

FLCN-12245 All Fixed issues related to data stall due to ARP flood.

FLCN-12169 XV3-8 AP was unable to upgrade due to the device reporting double the
memory size.

FLCN-12154 All The client falls at a 4-way handshake for some specific keys with special
characters.

FLCN-11931 All Configuring L2TP PPPoE interface MTU value less than 1492 results in
kernel panic.

FLCN-11674 All Improved performance numbers when the L2TP tunnel was enabled.

FLCN-11534 All Addressed memory leak issues consumed by sub-processes.

FLCN-11506 All Loss of SSH key after reboot.

FLCN-11338 All After issuing the no lldp request-power CLI command, the AP still sends
the Power-via-MDI TLV.

Fixed issues (System Release 6.5) 12

Tracking Product Description

FLCN-11303 All Qualcomm 61x4A 11ac Wave 2 disconnects continuously.

FLCN-10982 All 802.11b clients were connecting to WLAN when AP Radio was configured
to 802.11gn or 11n mode only.

Fixed issues (System Release 6.5) 13

Known issues (System Release 6.5)
The following table lists the known issues observed in System Release 6.5:

Tracking ID Product Description / Workaround

FLCN-12971 XE5-8 XE5-8 allows 6 GHz Radios to be displayed as enabled in Germany and some
other EU country codes even though 6 GHz is not currently supported in
those countries on the XE5-8. The Radios are running as 5 GHz using channel
36.

Workaround: None

FLCN-12878 All WIDS: The device is not detecting EAPoL flood packets.

Workaround: None

FLCN-12618 XV2-22H AP connected to cnMatrix EX2016-MP cannot detect port 802.3bt5.

Workaround: None

FLCN-12545 XV2-22H Ethernet 2 and Ethernet 3 have a common configuration.

Workaround: None

FLCN-12275 All CoA update of either UL or DL only rate limit/Quota limit resets the other
direction rate limit/Quota limit to "0/unlimited".

Workaround: None

FLCN-12247 All Wi-Fi calling at times fails to identify Wi-Fi call traffic which results in the
traffic not being given the desired high priority.

Workaround: None

FLCN-11796 All Session Time/Rate Limit returned by the RADIUS server is not maintained
across roaming for a WPA2-Enterprise client.

Workaround: None

FLCN-11467 All Client-to-client UDP traffic fails if clients are on different VLANs.

Workaround: SNAT Rule can be added in the default Gateway from STA1 to
STA2.

FLCN-11369 All AP is not able to pass the traffic with Huawei-E3372 4G dongle.

Workaround: None

FLCN-10995 All Control Frames are sent at unsupported data rates when the data rate is
configured to non-default values.

Workaround: None

FLCN-10917 All Guest Access is not working on Apple, Android, and Windows when the
private addresses mechanism is enabled.

Workaround: None

FLCN-10856 All The Psiphon application is not being blocked by Application Control in XMS-
Cloud.

Known issues (System Release 6.5) 14

Tracking ID Product Description / Workaround

Workaround: None

FLCN-10307 All RADIUS failover order is wrong when three RADIUS servers are configured.

Workaround: None

FLCN-9723 All The Guest Access redirection for the Proxy Redirection port is not working
properly.

Workaround: None

FLCN-9512 All The secondary DNS server fails to resolve the hostname when the primary
DNS server is not reachable.

Workaround: None

FLCN-10949 All Wi-Fi When AP is configured with HE20 11ax mode, voice, video, and Besteffort
6/6E APs traffic are not prioritized as expected.

Workaround: None

FLCN-11672 All Radius failover does not work for accounting when WPA2-Ent/Guest
Access.

Workaround: None

Known issues (System Release 6.5) 15

Limitations (System Release 6.5)
This section lists the limitations observed in System Release 6.5:

Tracking Product Description

FLCN-13007 e410, e510, AP configuration should be re-synced from cnMaestro when the AP
e430, e600, and firmware image is upgraded from the 4. x to 6. x version.
e700

FLCN-12883 All Wi-Fi 6 APs Some Wi-Fi devices with older 802.11 abg Wi-Fi adapters (example:
Realtek RTL8723AE) cannot see Wi-Fi 6 SSID.

Workaround: This is a device limitation, so try to upgrade the Wi-Fi

adapter driver to the latest version. If the issue persists, then you
likely need to change 2.4 GHz Radio mode to 802.11 bg mode.

FLCN-12773 All Any configuration update with respect to ePSK parameters does not
impact the stations that are associated.

FLCN-12515 All No arp-rate limit when disabled and downgraded to un-supported

software image is leading to enable passpoint.

FLCN-12319 XV3-8 and XE5- Single-Band Simultaneous (SBS) mode: Mesh recovery fails to come
8 up when the auto-detect backhaul is enabled.

FLCN-12313 XV3-8 and XE5- Single-Band Simultaneous (SBS) mode: Mesh clients fail to come up
8 when the auto-detect backhaul is enabled.

FLCN-12304 All With mesh auto-detect backhaul enabled, multiple mesh bases are
not allowed on a device.

FLCN-11818 All Client isolation is not supported if clients are with static IPs.

FLCN-11495 e410 and e600 AP is failing to upgrade in HTTPS mode.

FLCN-11284 e410, e510, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is not supported.

e430, e600, and
e700

FLCN-11271 XV2-2T Mesh: Channel selection in multi-radio architecture.

FLCN-11167 XV2-2, e410, Mesh client hostname/IP missing in sh wireless mesh.

e510, e430,
e600, and e700

FLCN-11263 XV2-2, XV2-2T, The global L2 filter of the device is not dropping ARP frames that are
e410, e510, coming WLAN client in System Release 6.4-b7, even if there is a filter
e430, e600, and to drop the ARP frames.
e700

FLCN-10410 e410, e510, The AeroScout feature is not supported.

e430, e600, and
e700

FLCN-10215 All The WLAN client does not connect with WPA3 when EPSK is
enabled.

Limitations (System Release 6.5) 16

Tracking Product Description

FLCN-9424 All Smart Steering/Enhanced roaming must not be enabled in a single

AP deployment scenario.

FLCN-8476 XV3-8, XV2-2, 160 MHz bandwidth is not supported.

XV2-2T and
XV2-2T1

FLCN-7675 All Multicast isolation is not supported.

FLCN-7674 All Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is not supported.

Limitations (System Release 6.5) 17

Appendix
Feature list
The following table lists the features that are supported in Cambium Networks Enterprise Wi-Fi 6 AP:

Supported Features Descriptions

Management Modes l cnMaestro Cloud

l XMS-Cloud
l Stand-alone with AP GUI (HTTP/HTTPS), CLI (Telnet/SSH/XIRCON)

Controller modes l Autonomous controller-less operations (for example, roaming)

l Cloud managed

Secure WLAN l WPA2 AES, WPA3, 802.1x

l 802.11w (Protected Management Frames)

Controller-Less Fast l Yes. 802.11r

Roaming l Disconnect for sticky clients

Authentication l Secure web page

l RADIUS based 802.1x including EAP-SIM/AKA, EAP-PEAP, EAP-TTLS

l EAP-TLS MAC authentication (Local database or external RADIUS server)

Guest Access cnMaestro based Guest Access and XMS-Cloud EasyPass portals

Radio Resource Auto cell

Management (RRM)

Scheduled SSID Turn SSID ON/OFF on a daily/weekly/time of day basis.

Roaming l 802.11r
l OKC

Subscriber QoS WMM

Network l NAT
l LLDP
l Static Route
l Proxy ARP

WAN mode l PPPoE

l LTE (USB Dongle)

VLAN VLAN per SSID

Tunnel GRE

l L2GRE, aka EoGRE or soft GRE

l GRE in UDP

Appendix 18
Supported Features Descriptions

Application control Application controlling and application statistics.

(Deep Packet
Inspection)

Filter Packet Filtering Firewall (Layer 2 and Layer 3)

Rate limit WLAN/per client-based rate limiting

User Groups RADIUS based

Data Limiting Dynamic rate limiting of client traffic per SSID and per client.

RTLS l Wi-Fi Location API

l Stanley AeroScout Location Engine
l BLE Location API

Bonjour Gateway Bonjour service forwarding across WLAN networks.

DHCP Server Supported up to 16 DHCP servers on device.

Hardware Hardware based packet processing in XV/XE series platforms.

Acceleration

Tools l Packet Capture

l Wireless Sniffer
l IP Connectivity
l Wi-Fi Analyzer
l Tech Support (Logs)

Certifications FCC, ETSI, CE

EN 60601-1-2 (Medical EMC)

UL2043 Plenum rated

Specifications
Refer to the Specification Sheets listed on the Cambium Networks website for updated specifications.

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