Wireless Firmware 10.x

[Andre_Brits_Kan]

Hi Do we have a release date for the new version 10 firmware for the wireless appliances? Thx Andre

[William_Aguilar]

Guys,

Just to clarify, the AP3610 is feature complete and has been for awhile due to hardware limitations. We simply ran of capacity on a platform that was introduced back in 2008. Once we reach end-of-sale, which for the AP3610 was 3/31/2015, Extreme supports the firmware in maintenance mode for another 3 years. So we will continue to support the AP3610 via future V9.21.XX maintenance updates through 3/31/2018. The hardware itself (RMAs) is supported for 5 years after end-of-sale, in this case through 3/31/2020. So by the time we reach end-of-service-life, Extreme would have supported AP3610 for over 10 years. That is a long lifecycle for a platform based on WiFi technology that is moving very rapidly.

Sincerely,

Will

[Curtis_Parish1]

If I am reading the EOSL documents correctly, the end of sales for a 3610 was December 2014. Ending software support after 1 year seems kind of drastic. Does that mean a

[n_n__n_n_]

Well, what?

I ́m waiting for IPv6 support for bridged@controller setup for year(s)

- In anexternal blog post it was mentioned that IPv6 bridged@controller support was in an alpha version of 8.31

- In V9, nothing was introduced

- Now with V10, it was likely that we would finally see some improvements next year.

- And what happens. There ́s no V10 support for AP3610 access points?

Oh please, no! We have over 300 AP3610 access points running. That ́s way over 90% of our wlan access points. (And yes, as of today I know that this step was already mentioned in the end of sale announcement for the AP3610 series)

That ́s "sad"...

[Curtis_Parish1]

Given the constant change in user wireless devices and our past experience in constantly having to upgrade firmware to support them, I am afraid you have effectively obsoleted the 3600s long before their end of service date.

[Andre_Brits_Kan]

Hi Will Thank you for the feedback..... So no support for any of the 36xx series?? We have a few clients that is running more than 600 AP's of which 40% is still 36xx series AP's, the remaining 60% is a combo of 37xx and 38xx AP's. They will never be able to deploy the new 39xx series unless they make a huge investment.........