PMconsole 3.5.3 Release Note PMconsole(TM) release 3.5.3 is available for the following platforms: - SunOS 4.1.4 - Solaris 2.5 - Solaris/X86 2.5.1 - AIX RS/6000 4.1 - BSD/OS 2.0 - DEC Alpha OSF/1 3.0 - HP/UX 10.01 - Linux 1.2.13 (ELF) - SGI Irix 5.2 ________________________________________________________________________ FEATURES PortMaster 3 Integrated Access Server support PMconsole release 3.5.3 supports configuration of the new PortMaster(TM) 3 Integrated Access Server. PMconsole version 1.1 cannot be used with the PortMaster 3. ComOS 3.5 support PMconsole 3.5.3 can be used to configure ComOS 3.5 for PortMaster 2, PortMaster 25, IRX, and Office Router products. New utility to dump filters pmdumpfilter displays the contents of all filters that reside on the PortMaster. To use pmdumpfilter, specify the following: pmdumpfilter PortMasterName Password You can redirect the output into a file as follows: pmdumpfilter PortMasterName Password > File BOOTP supported in pminstall The "PortMaster Internet Address Setup" option in pminstall now uses BOOTP on all operating systems, including Win95 and WinNT. Console Port PMConsole now displays the console port (C0) for PM-2i PMconsole supports new features See ComOS release notes for more information on these features, which can now be configured with PMconsole release 3.5.3. Some of these features may not be available in some versions of ComOS. PMconsole release 3.5.3 can also be used to configure previous releases of ComOS. PAP, CHAP, and Serial Admin can now be enabled or disabled in the global table. 5ESS-PTP and various new ISDN switch types are supported. On dial-in ports, maximum idle time can now be set in minutes or seconds. On synchronous ports, Annex-D LMI may now be set for Frame Relay. In the User Table, maximum ports, session timeouts, and idle timeouts can be set. Idle timeouts can be specified in minutes or seconds. For ISDN calls, the phone number, username, and password can be specified for a dial out location, to make it easier for the PortMaster to authenticate itself using PAP or CHAP when dialing out to other sites. CHAP can be enabled or disabled in the Location Table. Multilink and Voice in the Location Table are now supported. ComOS 3.5 supports variable length subnet masks (VLSM), so PMconsole 3.5.3 allows you to specify VLSM-style routes. For example, to specify that only hosts 192.168.4.1 through 192.168.4.30 should be routed through 192.168.4.1, you can now use the route: 192.168.4.0/27 192.168.4.1 1 _______________________________________________________________________ BUGS FIXED The following problems have been fixed in PMconsole 3.5.1: 1. pminstall timeout of 60 seconds has been changed to 120 seconds. This was causing a problem when upgrading PortMasters with ComOS of 3.3.3 or later which takes approximately 70 seconds to erase nonvolatile flash memory. 2. The terminal version of PMconsole now shows special ports (C0, P0, W1 or Ether1) when there are less than 6 total ports, such as on the OR-LS and OR-HS. 3. The PMconsole location script buffers were not getting cleared when logging onto different boxes. 4. The PMconsole view ports window was not displaying the correct headers when first opened. 5. On the DEC Alpha platform, PMConsole was not finding the shared object libraries libolgx.so.3.2 and libxview.so.3.2. The pmconsole script has been changed to look for those libraries in the appropriate platform directory. NOTE: This was only a problem on the DEC Alpha platform. The following problems have been fixed in PMconsole 3.5.2: 1. The PortMaster crashed when performed upgrade from ComOS 3.3.3 (or earlier version) to ComOS 3.5. 2. The pmdumpfilter did not work properly on the supported platforms. The following problem has been fixed in PMconsole 3.5.3: 1. The install function of the PMconsole can now be used to upgrade or downgrade the software. 2. When Port Type is configured to use Dialnet, the Xon/Xoff option is now displayed as an option. _______________________________________________________________________ RESTRICTIONS 1. PMconsole 3.5.3 cannot delete routes from the static routing table. 2. The Route Table under PMconsole 3.5.3 does not display all static routes. ________________________________________________________________________ INSTALLATION - UNIX To install PMconsole 3.5.3 from the CD, mount the CD as /cdrom and run /cdrom/unix/setup to install. To get PMconsole 3.5.3 using FTP and install it, follow these instructions, replacing sun4 and sun4_4.1 with the name of your platform instead. The software is usually installed in /usr/portmaster but may be installed anywhere. mkdir /usr/portmaster cd /usr/portmaster ftp ftp.livingston.com anonymous (enter your email address; it will not echo) binary cd pub/le/software/sun4 get pm_3.5.3_sun4.tar.Z quit uncompress pm_3.5.3_sun4.tar.Z tar xf pm_3.5.3_sun4.tar rm pm_3.5.3_sun4.tar PMconsole 3.5.3 also includes the Livingston RADIUS(tm) Server release 2.0 in binary form. For information on RADIUS source see or the /cdrom/unix/radius/src directory on this CD. ________________________________________________________________________ Contacting Livingston Technical Support Every Livingston product comes with a one year hardware warranty. To obtain technical support, contact Livingston Enterprises Monday through Friday between the hours of 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. (GMT -8). Please record your Livingston ComOS version number and report it to the technical support staff. * By voice, dial (800) 458-9966 within the USA (including Hawaii), Canada, and the Caribbean, or +1 (510) 426-0770 from elsewhere. * By FAX, dial +1 (510) 426-8951. * By electronic mail, send mail to support@livingston.com. * Using the World Wide Web, see http://www.livingston.com/. You can schedule one-hour installation appointments in advance by calling the technical support telephone number listed above. New releases and upgrades of Livingston software are available by anonymous FTP from ftp.livingston.com. Livingston maintains the following Internet mailing lists for PortMaster users: * portmaster-users A discussion of general and specific PortMaster issues, including configuration and troubleshooting suggestions. To subscribe, send electronic mail to "majordomo@livingston.com" with "subscribe portmaster-users" in the body of the message. The mailing list is also available in a daily digest format. To receive the digest, send electronic mail to "majordomo@livingston.com" with "subscribe portmaster-users-digest" in the body of the message. * portmaster-radius A discussion of general and specific RADIUS issues, including configuration and troubleshooting suggestions. To subscribe, send electronic mail to "majordomo@livingston.com" with "subscribe portmaster-radius" in the body of the message. The mailing list is also available in a daily digest format. To receive the digest, send electronic mail to "majordomo@livingston.com" with "subscribe portmaster-radius-digest" in the body of the message. * portmaster-announce Announcements of new PortMaster products and software releases. To subscribe, send electronic mail to "majordomo@livingston.com" with "subscribe portmaster-announce" in the body of the message. All announcements to this list also go to the portmaster-users list. You do not need to subscribe to both lists.