Welcome to SphireOS release 256.44!

As a result of this release, SphireOS will support more throughput than ever before! Our lab tests have shown us a sustained load at 20Gbps, bursting to 40Gbps at times. As part of this work, we’ve made a number of other further improvements to the platform stability and reliability.

The release schedule is:

• Beta - AU: 07/11/2022
• Beta - NZ: 07/11/2022
• Beta - US: 07/11/2022
• EA - AU: 14/11/2022
• EA - NZ: 14/11/2022
• EA - US: 17/11/2022
• GA - AU: 21/11/2022
• GA - NZ: 21/11/2022
• GA - US: 24/11/2022

Please follow our maintenance updates here.

Fixes and Improvements

• We made significant improvements to the backend to support more throughput, while increasing the platform's stability. Our goal is to have zero unplanned downtime with your Linewize Gateway.
• We added a Restrictive Mode in the Captive Portal that will prevent students from using VPNs to bypass filtering. 
• We fixed an issue that prevented devices with bonded interfaces from updating to the latest version.