topic Re: wing 7 of wing 5? in ExtremeWireless (WiNG)

wing 7 of wing 5?

zlinuxboy — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:12:41 GMT

I have some old wing ap: 7522, 7622, 8432, which one is stable for them, wing 7 or wing 5?

what major does wing 7 improve and new feature added from wing 5?

Re: wing 7 of wing 5?

Tuan_Nguyen1 — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:13:56 GMT

I am also using wing 5.9. I also wonder if upgrading to wing 7 has many benefits? I am using Ap7562 outdoors

Re: wing 7 of wing 5?

ckelly — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:08:04 GMT

Most simply put, WiNG-7 is a continuation of WiNG-5 (it’s not a different OS). WiNG-7 drops support for older generation/model access points and new features that are developed are put into WiNG-7 and not into WiNG-5.

So, if WiNG-5 is providing you with the features you need and is stable, then you are okay with staying with WiNG-5. But, if you want to use newer model APs (11ax and upcoming 6GHz model APs), these are/will only be supported in the WiNG-7 code. And if there are new features that you want to utilize, you would need to upgrade to WiNG-7.

Re: wing 7 of wing 5?

zlinuxboy — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 23:33:29 GMT

@Chris Kelly

what new feature add to WiNG 7? I check out the 7.1.0 release notes, doesn’t see any new feature except adport 11ax ap.

Re: wing 7 of wing 5?

ckelly — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:29:25 GMT

zlinuxboy:

In the latest release, 7.6.3, a new HTML5-based UI has been delivered (for controllers only). This addresses the expiration of the Flash-based interface.

7.6.2 introduced support for a USB dongle used with Hanshow ESL tagging.

7.6.1 introduced HTTP proxy server support (for traffic between the AP and XIQ)

7.6.0 Introduced heterogeneous virtual controller (VC) support

7.5 Introduced support for management of WING devices via XIQ via SSH proxy

Other version of WiNG-7 introduced minor feature additions or continued with providing feature-parity with WiNG-5 features. Other wise, lots of new AP hardware support and regulatory updates.

Re: wing 7 of wing 5?

Tomasz — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:44:21 GMT

Hi,

WPA3 and OWE was also added in WiNG 7, correct? That one is worth looking at.

Kind regards,

Tomasz

Re: wing 7 of wing 5?

zlinuxboy — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:42:48 GMT

any plan to implement ppsk(aerohive, like ruckus dpsk, cisco ipsk) feature on wing 7?

Re: wing 7 of wing 5?

Aviv_Kedem — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:37:24 GMT

Good question