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New features or enhancements

New features or enhancements

The following table includes FortiAP version 7.2.1 new features and enhancements:

Bug ID

Description

802708

Re-design 802.11ac and 802.11ax MCS rate control.

802838

FortiAP support to enable/disable 802.11d.

811132

WPA3 Enhancement (Wi-Fi 6 Rel 2); Support WPA3-SAE Public Key (PK) and Hash-to-Element (H2E) only.

812264

Layer-3 roaming over bridge-mode SSID across FortiAP networks.

815472

DSCP marking based on client's application attribute as determined by NDPI engine (for bridge-mode SSID).

843939

Support for new models FAP-231G, FAP-233G, FAP-431G and FAP-433G, released with special build 4789 based on FortiAP 7.2.1.

Note: The new models can be managed by FortiGate running FortiOS 7.0.8, 7.2.1 and later.

Region/country code update and DFS certification

Bug ID

Description

816718, 816719, 816995

Supports DFS channels on FAP-431F, FAP-231F and FAP-432F with region code "C".

817725

Supports DFS channels on FAP-831F with region code "J".

823674

The region code of Jordan is changed from "I" to "E".

823679

Mongolia (MN) is added in region code "I".

Changes in CLI

Bug ID

Description

815472, 822042

In order to utilize the NDPI-based DSCP marking feature, you must first enable "application-dscp-marking" under the FortiGate VAP configuration.

Then, from the FortiAP CLI, implement the following command to map application attribute(s) to DSCP value(s), one by one:

cw_diag -c ndpi-dscp [attribute name or no.] [dscp value] [direction]

Note: The direction can be both (as default), uplink or downlink.

New features or enhancements

The following table includes FortiAP version 7.2.1 new features and enhancements:

Bug ID

Description

802708

Re-design 802.11ac and 802.11ax MCS rate control.

802838

FortiAP support to enable/disable 802.11d.

811132

WPA3 Enhancement (Wi-Fi 6 Rel 2); Support WPA3-SAE Public Key (PK) and Hash-to-Element (H2E) only.

812264

Layer-3 roaming over bridge-mode SSID across FortiAP networks.

815472

DSCP marking based on client's application attribute as determined by NDPI engine (for bridge-mode SSID).

843939

Support for new models FAP-231G, FAP-233G, FAP-431G and FAP-433G, released with special build 4789 based on FortiAP 7.2.1.

Note: The new models can be managed by FortiGate running FortiOS 7.0.8, 7.2.1 and later.

Region/country code update and DFS certification

Bug ID

Description

816718, 816719, 816995

Supports DFS channels on FAP-431F, FAP-231F and FAP-432F with region code "C".

817725

Supports DFS channels on FAP-831F with region code "J".

823674

The region code of Jordan is changed from "I" to "E".

823679

Mongolia (MN) is added in region code "I".

Changes in CLI

Bug ID

Description

815472, 822042

In order to utilize the NDPI-based DSCP marking feature, you must first enable "application-dscp-marking" under the FortiGate VAP configuration.

Then, from the FortiAP CLI, implement the following command to map application attribute(s) to DSCP value(s), one by one:

cw_diag -c ndpi-dscp [attribute name or no.] [dscp value] [direction]

Note: The direction can be both (as default), uplink or downlink.