What's new in 7.1 (2021-Dec-01 16:07):



MAJOR CHANGES

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!) updated Linux Kernel based on version 5.6.3;

!) completely new NTP client and server implementation;

!) completely new User Manager implementation;

!) merged individual packages, only bundle and a few extra packages remain;

!) new Command Line Interface (CLI) style (RouterOS v6 commands are still supported);

!) support for Let's Encrypt certificate generation;

!) support for REST API;

!) support for UEFI boot mode on x86;

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NETWORKING

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!) CHR FastPath support for "vmxnet3" and "virtio-net" drivers;

!) support for "Cake" and "FQ_Codel" type queues;

!) support for IPv6 NAT;

!) support for Layer 3 hardware acceleration on all CRS3xx devices;

!) support for MBIM driver with basic functionality support for all modems with MBIM mode;

!) support for MLAG on CRS3xx devices;

!) support for VRRP grouping and connection tracking data synchronization between nodes;

!) support for Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN);

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ROUTING

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!) completely new BGP implementation with performance improvements;

!) completely new IPv6 stack;

!) completely new MPLS implementation with interface lists, multipath and LDPv6 support;

!) completely new OSPF implementation with performance improvements;

!) completely new routing filtering with script-like rule syntax, RPKI support and large and extended community filtering;

!) support for IPv6 ECMP and VRF (including VRF-lite);

!) support for IPv6 recursive routing and policy routing;

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VPN

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!) support for L2TPv3;

!) support for OpenVPN UDP transport protocol;

!) support for WireGuard;

!) support for ZeroTier on ARM and ARM64 devices;

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WIRELESS

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!) completely new alternative wireless package "wifiwave2" with 802.11ac Wave2, WPA3 and 802.11w management frame protection support (requires ARM CPU and 256MB RAM);

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