SonicOS Beta — New firmware available for download (SonicOS 6.5.0.0–33n)
New Features in SonicOS 6.5.0
SonicOS 6.5.0 is the next feature release with that brings significant enhancements in Security, Wireless, Networking, & Maintenance to all Gen6 SonicWall platforms.
Security & Authentication
- External IDS
- Multi-LDAP and User Authentication Partitioning
- SSO Enhancements: XML/JSON REST API support
- Enhanced HTTP/HTTPS Redirector with DP Offload
Guest Services
- Captive portal Authentication
- Cyclic Quota for Guest Users
- IP-based guest authentication bypass network
CFS
- Dynamic CFS Categories
- keyword Filtering
- Cache persistence
- Local CFS responder Service
Bot-Net
- Dynamic Botnet List update using FTP/REST API
Access Rules
- SIP/H.323 Transformations
Geo-IP Enforcement
Wireless & Access Point
- Wireless Planning Tool
- Floor Plan Management View
- Topology Management View
- Band Steering
- Air-Time Fairness
- Wireless Repeater Mode
- Wireless WDS Mode
- Cyclic Quota for Guest User Group
- Radius Accounting Client
- Access Point WDS AP Support
- Native Bridge support
- Access Point Dynamic VLAN
- Access Point Restful API
- IP-based Guest Authentication Bypass Network
- Access Point Dashboard
- Access Point MiFi Extender
- GRE multi-core Support
- Wireless RED Certification
- Client Fingerprinting and Reporting
- Wireless Forensic Packet Capturing
- Access Point Secure Remote Access
- Access Point Real Time Monitoring Visualization
- New E-CLI commands support
- Access Point SNMP MIB Extension
- Traffic Bandwidth Utilization and Distribution Visualization
Networking & Connectivity
L2 Switching
- Dell X-Series Daisy Chaining
- Dynamic LAG using LACP
- Wire Mode support for VLAN Interfaces
L3 Routing
- Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) support
- PBR Metric based
- PBR TOS Routing
- BGP over unnumbered tunnel interface
Connectivity
- DS-Lite/4 to 6 GRE Tunnel
- Access Point 3G/4G/LTE MiFi Extender
- Hi-Link 4G/LTE USB Modem Support
Deployment Maintenance
- Brand New UI/UX
- Federal Certifications
- Configuration backup-to and recovery-from cloud
- Multicore support for GRE pass through traffic
- HTML5 Plugin Support for SSL Bookmarks
- SIP TCP
- SIP/H.323 Transformations in Access rules
- New CLI commands
- Packet Replay
IPV6 Support
- App Flow
- Geo-IP
- MAC Anti-spoof
- SIP
- PPPoE
- SNMP MIB
- WLB
- SSH
- SSL VPN DP
For more information please refer to the release notes
Supported Platforms
- SuperMassive 9200/9400/9600
- NSA 2600/3600/4600/5600/66000 + New NSA Platform
- TZ 300/300W/400/400W/500/500W/600, SOHOW
