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    Release Notes for Vigor2900 Series

    Firmware Version    : v2.5rc2
    Release Date        : Dec. 1, 2003

    Applied Models      : Vigor2900, Vigor2900i, Vigor2900G, and Vigor2900Gi

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[Before You Upgrading]

Vigor2900 Series is a new product family which includes Vigor2900, Vigor2900i, Vigor2900G,
and Vigor2900Gi.  Individual product in the family is a highly integrated broadband 
security router, combining high-speed routing technology with a comprehensive security 
suite of firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), URL filtering facilities, as well as
bandwidth management capability(*), printer-server, and secure wireless access point.
To compare with the existing broadband routers, for example, Vigor2300 and Vigor2104P,
the new product family not only employs higher-performance components including 
ARM9 network processor and hardware accelerator for DES/3DES encryption to improve the 
router's performance, but also enhances the security capabilities including advanced URL
filtering, stateful packet inspection facilities.

It should be noticed that the Vigor2900G and Vigor2900Gi routers support IEEE 802.11g protocol with 
data rate of 54Mbps for wireless LAN. 

For the details of product information, please refer to the datasheet or visit the Draytek website 
http://www.draytek.com.tw


[Release Firmware]

    Standard firmware:
	      File name: v2k925b2.all, v2k925b2.rst
	      Version :  v2.5rc2
          MD5 checksum of v2k925b2.all:  ea785af16ac556598d9d186228be7515
          MD5 checksum of v2k925b2.rst:  989751101b6f7134d5ebd4eebcce1b98

Notes:

1. This release firmware does not allow to upgrade all previous series of broadband routers which 
includes Vigor2200E, Vigor2200, Vigor2200X, Vigor2200We, Vigor2200W, Vigor2200W plus, Vigor2300, 
and Vigor2104p.
  
2. You have to upgrade "*.RST" firmware file once you suffer from the booting problems after 
upgrading.  To upgrade "*.RST" firmware file will erase the existing router's settings, 
and restore it to the factory default setting.

Normally, you should upgrade your router by using "*.ALL" firmware file.  However, 
whenever you upgrade your router with "*.ALL" firmware file several times but it 
is unsuccessful, we suggest that you had better to upgrade the "*.RST" firmware 
file into your router.  

3. After upgrading successfully, you are able to make sure the upgraded firmware version
listed on the top side of the Web user interface. 

4. Do not attempt to restore old settings from a configuration backup file which is 
downloaded from the previous firmware version.  

5. When the Internet access is not smooth, please change the link speed on the WAN port to 
the actual link speed for the compatibility.  It will be fine for you to set up the WAN port
as <Auto-negotiation>/<100 M Full duplex>/<100 M Half duplex> mode to link to 
<Auto-negotiation>/<100 M Full duplex>/<100 M Half duplex> mode, respectively.  If you have 
the throughput reduction problem on <10 M Half duplex> for the WAN port, please visit
http://www.draytek.com.tw/ to download the new firmware.   

[Release Note]

In addition to those available functions of Vigor2900 broadband router, we have provided 
some other powerful functions, as listed below. 

  - LPR Print Server via the USB Printer port on the back panel

  - VLAN facility with support of port-based rate throttle capability

  - Up to 32 simultaneous VPN tunnels
 
  - Enhanced URL content filtering facility
    * Block downloads of file types: compressed and multimedia files
    * Block web site cookies and proxy
    * Support exceptional handling for a set of subnets and/or individual IP addresses
    * Support time schedule to control the restriction and regular Intenet access

  - E-mail alert against DoS attacks

[Under Development]

   - Bandwidth Management facilities (IP QoS Function)
   - VPN over Wireless LAN
   - 802.1x User Authentication
   - WPA facility support for wireless 802.11g
   - ISDN Backup facilities for Vigor2900i and Vigor2900Gi models.

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