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

[n_n__n_n_]

WS-AP2600 series is really old (802.11a/b/g),
but AP3610 isn ́t: 802.11a/b/g/n, dual band simultaneously, MIMO 3x3:3. This is still high end nowadays.
It would be great if you could add version 10 software support for them i a future release

[James_A]

Sure, but the installed base is huge since it was the top of the line AP for 5 years (until March 2013). Long sales life means a long support life, just ask Microsoft how long it took to kill Windows XP because Vista was a late flop.

[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

[James_A]

Curtis: Reading the 3610 EOL document says EOS was the end of March this year.

[James_A]

We're lucky enough to only have 3710s and 3825s (which I've only recently started deploying), but only because we waited 6 months to get our 3710s after they were delayed twice. I can understand dropping support for the 2600 series, but it's hardly customers' fault that they have lots of 3600s (a first-gen 802.11n product) when there was no second-gen 802.11n AP and the third gen (37xx) was delayed significantly. At the very least you could keep support but with a reduced functionality level, like the 2600 series in v9.