NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS 5500 Release date: Oct 01, 2004 Release type: PRODUCTION Software version: 7.00 File size: AXIS 5500 1 251 302 bytes Last preceding release: 6.47 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information ==================== Please contact Axis Communications for product information, updates and support at http://www.axis.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Added features in version 7.00 ============================== - SNMPv2c - SNMPv3 - TCP/IP Printing Restriction - Rendezvous - The TCP/IP parameters has been divided into two sets: TCP/IP Network and TCP/IP Printing - The Axis MIB has been revised and updated. - E-mail notification is disabled by default. Corrected problems in version 7.00 ================================== - Improved support in Mac OS X for a number of Epson laser printers. - If the print server receives the domain name option via DHCP, the value is validated before the parameter is set. - The tcp handling of retransmissions is improved. Data loss is now less frequent in tcp sessions where the amount of data retransmission is high. - A TCP/IP problem which could cause network disturbances has been corrected. - A problem with printing very small jobs with raw tcp has been removed. Earlier, the print jobs could disappear if the print server got an end-of-file before the printer became available. - Improved performance by limiting simultaneous raw tcp connections to 5 per tcp port. Earlier, printing clients could consume all memory of the print server if the printer is e.g. powered off. - Improved USB printing performance by buffering data until a larger chunk can be sent to the printer. Known problems in version 7.00 ============================== - If upgrading from a firmware release earlier than 6.43, the DHCP parameter will be set to the default value, i.e. enabled. Thus after upgrading from these old releases, any static IP parameters such as the IP address, will be replaced with values obtained with DHCP. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. - Axis ThinWizard is the recommended management tool to use with this print server. HP WebJetadmin is neither tested nor supported with this release. - Support for Checksums in Netware is not implemented. - The delete button in the web-interface does not work for the usb-port. - Select standard TCP/IP port when configuring system for peer-to-peer printing in Windows environment. Printing with the AXIS Port Monitor to USB-printers will most likely cause the Print Server to "hang". - If there is an SLP directory agent on the network and the slp-directory-agent option (RFC 2165) is used by the dhcp server, the Print Servers will most likely end up in a non recoverable endless loop. - If the print server receives a NDS tree name via dhcp, and the new name differs from the one stored in the print server, then the print server will keep on rebooting forever. The solution is either to disable the NDS tree option on the DHCP server, or to configure the print server on a network where no DHCP server is present. - FW 7.00 is not fully compatible with TW 3.00. The Print Server name will be missing and the Status reported by TW 3.0 will be wrong. For full functionality please use TW 3.04, or higher. TW 3.04 is estimated to be released no later than Feb 4 2005.