Overview
cnMaestro 1.5.1 On-Premises is now available for download on the Support Center website. cnMaestro Cloud will be updated early next week. The features and fixes in 1.5.1 are listed below.
Important |
cnMaestro 1.5.1 On-Premises is a Package release rather than a full OVA Image. It must be applied on top of an existing 1.5.0 or 1.4.0 On-Premises installation. Please follow the steps detailed in section 6.2 of the cnMaestro On-Premises 1.4.0 Quick Start Guide (“Updating cnMaestro Software”) to perform a package update on an existing OVA. |
Site and AP Group Dashboard Improvements
The AP Group and Site Dashboard pages have been updated to support Top Clients and Top WLANs.
Update |
Description |
Top Clients Widget |
Top 5 clients by total usage. |
Top WLANs Widget |
Top 5 WLANs by overall throughput. |
WLAN Configuration for cnPilot Enterprise (E-Series, ePMP Hotspot)
The following are added to WLAN Enterprise Configuration for cnPilot E-Series and ePMP Hotspot:
Update |
Description |
MAC Whitelisting |
Allow/deny a set of clients based on MAC address. |
Limit Clients per WLAN |
Limit number of clients for a WLAN. |
Limit Speed per WLAN |
Rate limit traffic on a WLAN. |
WPA2 Enterprise |
SSID Security option. |
Option 82 under Mesh Base |
Security against attacks, such as IP/MAC spoofing and DHCP IP address starvation. |
Mesh Auto Detect Backhaul |
Mesh base AP can switch mode to mesh client when it loses backhaul connectivity. |
RADIUS Proxy |
Centralized switching/routing point through which RADIUS access/accounting messages flow. This is only available in cnMaestro On-Premises. |
Drop Multicast Packets |
Drop multicast packets in uplink and downlink directions on a particular WLAN. |
Client Isolation on AP/WLAN |
Isolate traffic between mesh clients associated on a WLAN. |
cnPilot Troubleshooting Improvements
The following are added to cnPilot Troubleshooting:
Update |
Description |
Last Reboot Reason |
Device Statistics page will show last reboot reason. |
Disconnect Wireless Clients |
Operation to disconnect wireless or mesh clients. |
WiFi Performance |
WiFi Performance speed test measures backhaul link throughput across devices with respect to cnMaestro. It interoperates with the open source zapwireless tool: (https://code.google.com/archive/p/zapwireless/) This tool measures the following with intervals of 10, 20, and 30 seconds: Traffic Types · UDP · TCP Traffic Direction · Downlink · Uplink |
Supported Cambium Products
cnMaestro supports the following Cambium Networks products. The software versions are the minimum required to use cnMaestro.
Family |
Model(s) |
Version |
cnPilot |
cnPilot R200, cnPilot R200P |
4.2.3-R4 |
cnPilot R201, cnPilot R201P |
4.2.3-R4 |
|
cnPilot R190V, cnPilot R190W (New) |
4.3.2-R4 |
|
cnPilot E400/E500 |
2.5.2-r3 |
|
cnPilot E410 (New) |
3.4.1-r8 |
|
cnPilot E501S (New) |
3.3-r16 |
|
ePMP 1000 Hotspot |
ePMP 1000 Hotspot |
2.5.2-r3 |
ePMP |
ePMP 1000, Force 180/200 |
2.6.2 |
ePMP 2000 |
3.0.1 |
|
ePMP Elevate |
3.2 |
|
PMP |
PMP 450i, PMP 450, PMP 450m, PMP 430 SM, PTP 450, and PTP 450i |
15.0.1 |
Supported Browsers
cnMaestro supports the following browsers:
Platform |
Browser |
Version |
MS Windows |
Internet Explorer |
11 and above |
Firefox |
45 and above |
|
Chrome |
49 and above |
|
Mac OS |
Safari |
9 and above |
Linux |
Firefox |
45 and above |
Chrome |
49 and above |
Significant Fixed Issues
The following issues have been fixed in cnMaestro On-Premises 1.5.1:
Id |
Details |
CNSSNG-5425 |
Site Dashboard Device Count incorrect when number of devices over 100. |
CNSSNG-5399 |
PMP Device Dashboard shows wrong device uptime. |
CNSSNG-5379 |
Onboarding not auto refreshing after device successfully claimed. |
CNSSNG-5334 |
Select All not working in Configuration Synchronization page. |
CNSSNG-5256 |
Automatic Synchronization is not working correctly. |
CNSSNG-3888 |
Device awaiting approval in onboarding queue will not reconnect if rebooted. |
Outstanding Issues
The following issues exist in the cnMaestro On-Premises 1.5.0 release:
Id |
Issue |
Details |
FLCN-2521 |
cnPilot E400 PoE Configuration Error |
Configuring PoE Output options for cnPilot E400 devices will generate the error” “PoE-Out to an auxiliary device not supported on this platform”. Workaround: Do not enable PoE option if the configuration is pushed to multiple mixed types of devices like E500 and E400. |
AURA-388 |
WiFi Guest Access Does Not Work with Microsoft Edge Browser |
Guest Access on cnMaestro does not work with Edge browser on cnPilot 1.4.0-r12 with 3.2.1-6 and 1.5.0-r4 with 3.3 beta builds Workaround: Users need to use other supported browsers like Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer (IE) 11. |
CNSSNG-4083 |
DHCP Errors after cnMaestro Reboot |
When cnMaestro On-Premises is rebooted after Data Import, sometimes DHCP and Disk Errors are encountered. Workaround: Explicitly run the dhclient command from the Command Line (accessed through the CLI) after reboot to assign the IP address. |
RBN-280 |
DHCP Option 15 Not Working for cnPilot R. |
DHCP Option 15 onboarding is not working for cnPilot R devices. These devices cannot use this onboarding mechanism. |
CNSSNG-4906 |
Captive Portal Auto Login Fails with Latest Android Devices |
Workaround: Whitelist the URL for Google (*.google.com). |
CNSSNG-5365 |
RADIUS Proxy Drops Packets after Retry Exhausted |
After RADIUS Proxy Retries are exhausted in cnMaestro On-Premises, all subsequent RADIUS packets are dropped. Workaround: Reboot cnMaestro. |
Where to Get Help
There are a number of places to get help with cnMaestro.
- Cambium Community: The cnMaestro Forum provides the best place to ask questions and get up-to-date information.
- On-Premises Quick Start Guide: This guide walks you through the initial management process and allows you to get onboarded quickly. It is embedded into the cnMaestro image and can be accessed on the Home Page of the UI. It can also be downloaded in PDF format from the Cambium Support website.
- Cambium Support: The Cambium Support team is available 24x7 to answer questions and resolve issues.