Depois de um longo período e varias versões de desenvolvimento a Mikrotik libera a primeira build de teste oficial do RouterOs 7 (Release 7.1).
Esse é um passo muito importante que sinaliza aos usuários do sistema que está muito perto o lançamento da primeira release estável do sistema.
Segue abaixo as principais novidades da versão:
Changelog
What’s new in 7.1 (2021-Dec-01 16:07):
MAJOR CHANGES
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!) updated Linux Kernel based on version 5.6.3;
!) completely new NTP client and server implementation;
!) completely new User Manager implementation;
!) merged individual packages, only bundle and a few extra packages remain;
!) new Command Line Interface (CLI) style (RouterOS v6 commands are still supported);
!) support for Let’s Encrypt certificate generation;
!) support for REST API;
!) support for UEFI boot mode on x86;
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NETWORKING
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!) CHR FastPath support for “vmxnet3” and “virtio-net” drivers;
!) support for “Cake” and “FQ_Codel” type queues;
!) support for IPv6 NAT;
!) support for Layer 3 hardware acceleration on all CRS3xx devices;
!) support for MBIM driver with basic functionality support for all modems with MBIM mode;
!) support for MLAG on CRS3xx devices;
!) support for VRRP grouping and connection tracking data synchronization between nodes;
!) support for Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN);
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ROUTING
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!) completely new BGP implementation with performance improvements;
!) completely new IPv6 stack;
!) completely new MPLS implementation with interface lists, multipath and LDPv6 support;
!) completely new OSPF implementation with performance improvements;
!) completely new routing filtering with script-like rule syntax, RPKI support and large and extended community filtering;
!) support for IPv6 ECMP and VRF (including VRF-lite);
!) support for IPv6 recursive routing and policy routing;
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VPN
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!) support for L2TPv3;
!) support for OpenVPN UDP transport protocol;
!) support for WireGuard;
!) support for ZeroTier on ARM and ARM64 devices;
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WIRELESS
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!) completely new alternative wireless package “wifiwave2” with 802.11ac Wave2, WPA3 and 802.11w management frame protection support (requires ARM CPU and 256MB RAM);
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