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ePMP

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Contents
Contents 3

General Information 4
Version information 4

ePMP System Release 5.3 Information 5

Introduction 5

Security 5

Features description 8

Radio Transmission Optimization 8

IPv6 Support 9

Problems Corrected, Known Issues and Limitations 10

Problems corrected 10

Known issues or limitations 10

Appendix A: Reference Information 11

Specifications 11

Feedback 11

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General Information
Version information
The following table shows the issue status of this document since it was first released:

Document version Date of issue System Release

000v006 July 2022 4.7

001V001 October 2022 4.7 Beta

001V002 October 2022 5.3

General Information 4
ePMP System Release 5.3 Information
Introduction
This document provides information about the new features, additional enhancements, bug fixes, and
known issues in the System Release 5.3. This chapter contains the following sections:

l Features description

l Problems Corrected, Known Issues and Limitations

Security
Forced passwords and SNMP community strings change
Network security vulnerabilities are constantly evolving as threat actors seek new and intuitive ways to
gain access to a business network. Cambium Networks is constantly monitoring and preventing the
equipment from the security risks.

Current changes follow recently discovered security risks in users authentication algorithms and
equipment configurations using SNMP. They affects the default password and SNMP communities
behavior. Now it can be used only in default configuration. As soon as the user starts to prepare the radio
for a network deployment, all default passwords and SNMP communities must be changed.

Note

The user passwords for Firmware versions 4.7.0, 5.3.0 and SNMP Read-Write Community
Strings must be at least eight characters length.

Note

The SNMP remote access is disabled by default for the following scenarios:

l If the radio is upgraded from Firmware versions 5.1.3 or below to 5.3-RC14 or newer
Firmware version and default SNMP community strings are configured.

l If the configuration file from 5.1.3 or earlier Firmware is restored to the device.

l If the radio is reset to default on 5.3-RC14 or newer Firmware.

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The following are the default configuration of ePMP 5.3.0 radio:

1. Log in to the UI using admin/admin credentials. The pop-up window appears as shown below:

2. After saving the password, disable the SNMP access and user accounts except admin account.

The Notification dialog box appears as shown below:

If the radio is upgraded from 5.1.3 or to the below version, then the following notifications appears:

1. If the admin user password is default, then the user gets a window to change it. Change the default
password or disable the account.

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 2. If one or both SNMP communities are default and SNMP access is disabled as shown below:

The notification appears as shown below:

3. After enabling SNMP Remote Access, a pop-up notification is shown as below:

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 4. If the radio has non-default admin password, then the user can perform the operations.

Features description
The features introduced in System Release 5.3 are as follows:

l Radio Transmission Optimization

l IPv6 Support

Radio Transmission Optimization

Radio Transmission Optimization brings a new configuration switch to optimize a radio transmission
parameters according to the network demands. To configure radio transmission optimization, go to
Configuration > Radio tab of the radio in the Access Point mode and with ePTP driver enabled. This is
applicable to 5.3.0 and above 802.11 AX platforms. Figure 1 shows the Radio Transmission Optimization
option.

Figure 1: Radio Transmission Optimization option

The following three modes are available in radio transmission optimization:

l Lower Latency - Radio transmission optimized to achieve minimum latency.

l Balanced - Default mode of operation.

l Higher Throughput - Radio transmission optimized to achieve the best throughput numbers.

The 802.11 protocols family uses Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU)/frames to transmit data. Each
PPDU contains preamble and a data fields. The preamble field contains the transmission vector format
information. The data field contains the user payload and higher layer headers, such as Medium Access
Control (MAC) fields and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). The preamble length is constant and does not
depend on payload amount. The amount of data at certain periods of time changes accordingly.

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With constant PPDU duration and low payload the station transmits underloaded frames. So wasting air
time. When maximum throughput is not required the latency can be improved by decreasing PPDU
duration. And in the opposite way extended PPDU duration improves throughput because larger payload
is transmitted with the same preamble length. So the Radio Transmission Optimization switch options
stands a simple PPDU duration. Three options mentioned above corresponds to 1 ms, 2 ms and 4 ms
frame durations.

Now the network administrators can choose one of the three options and optimize the link performance
according to current demands.

IPv6 Support
In the ePMP devices, the IPv6 Assignment configuration parameter describes the IPv6 address
specification. Figure 2 shows the IPv6 Assignment options.

Figure 2: IPv6 Assignment options

There are two applicable settings for the IPv6 Assignment parameter:

l Static: Device management IP addressing is configured manually in IPv6 Address and IPv6
Gateway fields.

l DHCP: Device management IP addressing (IP address and gateway) is assigned using a network
DHCP server. IPv6 Address and IPv6 Gateway parameters are unused. If the DHCPv6 server is not
available, then the previous static IPv6 address is used as a fallback IPv6 address. If no previous
static IPv6 address is available, then no IPv6 address will be assigned. By default, DHCPv6 occurs
over the wireless interface.

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Problems Corrected, Known Issues and Limitations
Problems corrected
Problems corrected in System Release 5.3 are listed in Table 1.

Table 1: Problems corrected in System Release 5.3

Tracking ID Products Description

AXG-1772 Force400C, Globe Internet Connectivity icon was always Grey in color.
Force425

AXG-1965 Force400C, MPLS traffic was not reaching the maximum possible values.
Force425

AXG-2788 Force400C, Traffic stuck occurred with PPPoE traffic running through the link
Force425 occasionally.

AXG-3372 Force400C, The tcpdump command did not work in admin CLI.
Force425

AXG-3460 Force400C, Incorrect RSSI values was displayed in scanning list on the SM.
Force425

AXG-3902 Force400C, Configuration file imported from F300 was restored to Force400
Force425 and maximum MCS was displayed incorrectly on the UI.

AXG-4451 Force400C, 5745 MHz channel was not available for configuration with 40 MHz
Force425 bandwidth for the FCC region countries.

AXG-4475 Force400C, Multiple Stability Improvements for Force400C and Force 425.
Force425

Known issues or limitations

None.

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Appendix A: Reference Information
Specifications
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