New Features / Firmware 6.0
Cradlepoint Firmware 6.0
Cradlepoint introduces firmware 6.0, featuring a user-friendly UI coupled with new and enhanced functionality.
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Direct Enterprise Cloud Manager access
Direct access to Cradlepoint support resources
Direct support chat
More robust micro-status, including router alerts notification icon
Direct search functionality
Quick Links: bookmark your most-used functions
Router Alerts
More intuitive navigation
Centralized, quickly editable device information
More robust help with direct access to knowledgebase
Easy access to licensed features
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New Features / Firmware 6.0
NAVIGATION MENU
In addition to more intuitive navigation, the Navigation Menu has two key new features: QUICK LINKS, which
allows you to bookmark your most-used functions, and the Menu is now collapsible should you desire more
screen real estate. The STATUS, NETWORKING, SECURITY, and SYSTEM menus all expand when clicked to reveal
further navigation.
NOTE: Screenshots are from the Cradlepoint AER3100. Not all models will have all functions.
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New Features / Firmware 6.0
NOTE: Screenshots are from the Cradlepoint AER3100. Not all models will have all functions.
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New Features / Firmware 6.0
ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY
CONNECTION MANAGER
Availability Key
Enable
On Demand
Failback
Load Balance
WAN Verify
Data Usage
WAN INTERFACE PROFILES & PRIORITY
This is a list of the available interfaces used to access the Internet. You can enable, stop, or start devices from
this section. Drag the priority icon ( ) up or down to set the interface the router uses by default and the order
that it allows failover.
LOAD BALANCE
To enable Load Balancing, select the check box for each desired device. If this is enabled, the router will use
multiple WAN interfaces to increase the data transfer throughput by using any connected WAN interface
concurrently. Selecting Load Balance will automatically start the WAN interface and add it to the pool of WAN
interfaces to use for data transfer. Turning off Load Balance for an active WAN interface may require the user to
restart any current browsing session.
ON DEMAND
Typically, modem connections are not always on. When the On Demand mode is selected a connection to the
Internet is made as needed. When On Demand is not selected a connection to the Internet is always maintained.
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New Features / Firmware 6.0
WAN VERIFY
If WAN Verify is enabled, the router will check that the highest priority active WAN interface can get to the
Internet even if the WAN connection is not actively being used. If the interface goes down, the router will switch
to the next highest priority interface available. If this is not selected, the router will still failover to the next
highest priority interface but only after the user has attempted to get out to the Internet and failed.
FAILBACK
This is used to configure failback, which is the ability to go back to a higher priority WAN interface if it regains
connection to its network. Failback can be set based on either time elapsed or lack of data usage.
DATA USAGE
Data Usage displays upload and download traffic for each WAN, and can be tracked on a daily, weekly, or monthly
basis. Upload and download traffic can also be tracked on a daily, weekly, or montly basis for each LAN client.
WIFI AS WAN
With Firmware 6.0, WiFi as WAN no longer requires entering both
BSSID and SSID when connecting to a hidden network; now, simply
enter the SSID and the router will connect. In addition, intelligent
Access Point (AP) handover capability has been added, ensuring
that the router is always connected to the AP with the strongest
signal. WiFi as WAN uses an outside WiFi network as its Internet
source. When WiFi as WAN is enabled, the router will find other
WiFi networks that you can select and connect to.
FIREWALL
Firmware 6.0 creates a more robust, integrated Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), making the Object Firewall
easier to configure and more flexible than ever before. Security is enhanced by the addition of 1-to-1 NAT,
allowing for the segmentation of a network to separate public IP addresses.
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