New features or enhancements
FortiExtender 7.6.4 offers the following new features and enhancements:
- Support the following new models: FEV-511G, FEX-101G, and FEX-211G.
- FortiExtender G-series models support eSIM.
- Support configuring the LAN-Extension member VLAN ID (VID) in LAN-Extension mode (Managed, requires FOS 7.6.4+).
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When a LAN-Extension connection is established or broken, the LE-switch member ports power resets so that attached clients can obtain new IPs from the DHCP (Managed).
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Support accessing the FortiExtender API and GUI through an IPv6 address (Standalone).
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Support IPv6 in the following areas:
- IPv6 on stateless address auto-configuration (SLAAC) (Standalone).
- IPv4-IPv6 dual stacking on FortiExtender (Standalone).
- Support IPv6 addresses in firewall policies (Standalone).
- Support IPv6 DNS packet for the DNS proxy function. Users can configure static IPv6 addresses and automatically acquire dynamic IPv6 DNS addresses through SLAAC (Standalone).
- Support IPv6 addressing (Standalone).
- Support static IPv6 address and routing (Standalone).
- Support configuring the source IP for RADIUS server configuration (Standalone).
- Support for DNS category filtering through FortiExtender DNS filtering profiles (Standalone).
- FortiExtender WiFi models in LAN extension mode support captive portals and captive portal redirection (Standalone and Managed in FOS 8.0.0+)
- Add a VWAN log category (Standalone).
- The FortiExtender firmware is now digitally signed using a SHA-256 signature.
- Support encrypting all password and key related configurations (Standalone).
- Support encrypting and decrypting the FortiExtender configuration file when backing up and restoring (Standalone).
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Add health check configurations in FortiExtender LAN-Extension profiles (Managed).