New Features/Enhancements:

• Support for security enhancements required for EU RED certification
• Support for converting DHCP ACK packets to unicast
• Support for firmware downgrade when the AP is operating in Insight mode
• Support for displaying the current Ethernet link speed on the AP monitoring page.
• Support for alarm generation when the Ethernet link changes or the AP temperature is high
• Support for including the Calling-Station-Id (client MAC address) in the RADIUS Access-Request packet during External Captive Portal authentication.
• Supports various stability improvements

Security Bug Fixes:

This firmware addresses security vulnerabilities. For more information about security vulnerabilities, visit https://www.netgear.com/about/security/.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes the issue where packet loss occurs for clients that are connected in a MESH setup.
• Fixes the issue where the RADIUS accounting data of a wireless client that is connected to a captive portal SSID is not correctly calculated by AP.
• Fixes the issue where DNS resolution fails for a client when “URL Filtering” is enabled in a MESH setup.
• Fixes the issue where new configurations were not applied correctly on the AP.
• Fixes the issue where new clients were unable to join an SSID over time.
• Fixes the issue that causes the following error to display: “The hostapd has failed over 5 times consecutively.”
• Fixes the issue where the STP was enabled on the AP with incorrect forward delay, causing the intermediate switch to malfunction or crash.
• Fixes the issue where the AP power source detection fails, and the power source displays as “Invalid PoE mode” in the System Information page.
• Fixes the issue where clients frequently roam between APs, despite having strong signal strength.
• Fixes the issue where the Extender AP cannot establish an Insight mesh connection when it’s Ethernet port was down.
• Fixes the issue where you cannot edit the gateway IP address when you configure a static IP address.

Known Issues:

• When the AP switches management mode between standalone and Insight, the configured channel may not take effect.
  Workaround: Restart the AP after you change the management mode.
• Incorrect traffic data displays in the Hour Trends graph: Data may be misrepresented but this does not impact AP functionality and will be addressed in a future release.
• Changes to an SSID with NAT mode might take up to three minutes to be applied.
  Workaround: Wait at least three minutes before connecting any clients.
• The AP stops responding after changing or enabling an Instant Captive Portal, and then changing or enabling a DVLAN configuration, or the other way around.
  Workaround: After you enable the Instant Captive Portal, wait a few minutes before enabling the DVLAN configuration. Alternatively, when you enable the DVLAN configuration, wait a few minutes before you enable the Instant Captive Portal.
• Clients connected to a captive portal that is configured on an SSID might not see the splash page for authentication when the VLAN of the SSID is the same as the management VLAN, a VLAN that is configured as a DVLAN, or a VLAN that has a Multi PSK configured.
  Workaround: For the SSID on which the captive portal is configured, use the default VLAN or a unique VLAN that is not used as the management VLAN, that is not a DVLAN, or that does not use Multi PSK.
• A RADIUS-based MAC ACL does not work with Multi PSK and DVLAN.
• When the mDNS Gateway feature is enabled, a device running Windows might not discover certain printers.
  Workaround: Manually add the IP address of the printer on the Windows device.
• When the mDNS Gateway feature is enabled, even though Apple AirPlay services are discoverable, they might not be accessible.
• Your web browser might not redirect automatically to the login page after a firmware upgrade.
  Workaround: Refresh the web browser.
• Radio information on the AP Dashboard page might not display properly.
  Workaround: Refresh the web browser.
• Captive portal authentication does not work if the captive portal and the VLAN configuration for an SSID are changed simultaneously.
  Workaround: Change either the captive portal configuration or the VLAN configuration for an SSID, and save the changes. Return to the SSID, and make the other configuration changes.
• When client isolation is enabled for an SSID, clients that are connected to this SSID cannot reach each other even if their IP addresses are added to the allowed list.
• Clients that use the Intel AX210 might encounter disruptions when roaming.
• Video streaming to multiple clients does not work properly if there are more than eight clients in a single multicast group.
• If clients experience connectivity issues on the higher band channels of the 5 GHz radio and subsequently switch to the 2.4 GHz radio, they might experience lower throughput.
  Workaround: Configure lower band channels on the 5 GHz radio.
• Some newer IoT devices might experience issues connecting to the AP.
  Workaround: Upgrade the IoT devices to the latest driver version and try again. If the security is set to WPA3 or WPA2/WPA3 mixed mode, change it to WPA2 mode, and try again.

Download Link: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WAX615/WAX615-V11.8.0.9_firmware.zip

Firmware Update Instructions:

To update the firmware of your product, follow the instructions mentioned in the product manual. To refer to the user manual, visit https://www.netgear.com/support/, enter your model number in the search box, and click the Documentation button on the product page.