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        | README file for
        |
        | ELSA LANCOM router
        |
        | 	Firmware changes and Update instructions
        |
        | Copyright (c) 2001 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
        |
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        | particular to the "Year-2000 compatibility" of the software.
        |
        | ELSA AG                   Internet   : http://www.elsa.de
        | Sonnenweg 11              
        | D-52070 Aachen            
        | Germany
        |
        | ELSA Inc.		    Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 1630 Zanker Road
        | San Jose, CA 95112
        | USA
        |
        | ELSA Asia Inc.            Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5    
        | Nanking East Road
        | Taipei 105
        | Taiwan, R. O. C.
        |
        | ELSA Japan Inc.           Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | Mita Suzuki Building 3F   
        | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
        | Tokyo 108-0014
        | Japan
        |
        | 04/04/2001, SPaulus
        
        
        Table of Contents
        
        1.      Firmware changes
        2.      Update instructions
        
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1.      Firmware changes from Firmware 2.10.0009 to 2.30.0003

	
	DHCP-Client:
	- DHCP-Client deactivated.

	WEBconfig:
	- Basic Setup Wizard now asks for Admin-MSN and Remote Configuration
	  Flag.
	- ELSA-Home-URL fixed - WEBconfig directs to the ELSA-Homepage 
	  'www.elsa.de/lancom' now.
	- The HTTP-Server also listens on Port 8080 now (80 and 8080 now) 
	- Translations updated
	- Password protection completes - the provider selection was not
	  password protected.
	- Read-Only-HTTP-sessions - if a POST request is used in Read-Only-HTTP
	  connections , it will be answered with a HTTP-Error 403 (Forbidden).
	- you can choose channel bundling now also for T-Online (Germany).
	- Stability of the HTTP-Servers improved.
	- Text ( french/italien) corrected.
	- Open Link in LANLAN-Wizard fixed.
	- Translations in WEBconfig updated.
	- Seperate Root-Directorys definably for german and english 
	  HTML/WEBconfig-Help now.
	- Search function for ELSA WEBconfig added.

	IP-Router/Firewall:
	- If no connection is structured and a TCP-Paket with set 
	  FIN or RST-Flag is received, a TCP-RST is sent back and
	  the connection establishment is suppressed
	- TCP considers now the Maximum Segment Size, which is announced
	  from the remote site.
	- Bugfix in Firewall filters, new Filter Assortment.
	- After the reduction of the connection with TCP-Finish, the port
	  will stay opened 5 seconds instead of 1 second now.
	- With the receipt of a TCP RESET for a closed port the package 
	  is tacitly rejected. 
	- Firewall filter on default route works now.
	- TCP-MSS adjustmentworks now.
	- Firewallfilter are working now also "reflected"
	- No more filter entry for the DNS Forwarder necessarily.
	- Tracer for packets on closed ports.
	- Masquerading-Service-Tabelle extends (from 16 to 100 entries).
	- MAC-Filter added.
	- Null-Pointer Access in Masquerading-Job fixed.

	Other:
	- The DNS-Server now supports Dynamic DNS.
	- Command 'feature' enables the input of several Feature-Keys 
	  at the same time.
	- The automatic completion of paths is suppressed with WriteConfig 
	- Table entries with part-identical index names do not overwrite 
	  themselves any longer. 
	- Hex VALUES can be written again into tables by WriteConfig.
	- NT-Domain wird nun gewandelt.
	- Disconnect-Problem at a Metamodem <-> Metamodem connection 
	  fixed (new Metasoft-Library).
	- "Broadcast-User", are no more added to the accounting data.
	- Error with formation user names from the MAC address fixed.
	- a/b Ports accept calls with "Global Number" (no MSN) and the
	  "no Sending-Complete-Flag" now. 
	- Domains with Wildcards in DNS Table are now possible.
	- Menu structure as with the LC6000 now (Setup).
	- Men structure as with the LC6000 (Setup and Status)
	- DHCP as Layer 3 is shown in Status table now.
	- Layer 2 and Layer 1 - selection in der Layer-List corrected.
	- "/Status" Menu back in "old" Structure (before 2.30.0002)  
	  because of incompatibilitys with the ELSA LANmonitor.
	- a/b-Part of FirmWare 2.10 implemented (LC2000)
	- A missing call back option in the ppp negotiation is now 
	  analysed correctly. 
	- DSL gives transmitted blocks now correctly free (DSL/10 and 
	  DSL /I-10).
	- LANCAPI-Interface at DSL/I-10 is displayed correcly now.
	- SNMP-Dump without crashes now.
	- DSL +  PPPoE: fix "illegal qub chain".
	- channel bundling works again now.
	- Problems when finding unconfigured LANCOMs of the LANCAPI 
	  fixed 
	- Windows 2000 Callback problem fixed


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2.      Installing ELSA LANtools and Update the Firmware to 2.30/231beta


        Please check first, if ELSA LANconfig and ELSA LANmonitor is not
	active.
	
	Then start under Windows 9x the file LCOFC_9X.EXE, under Windows 
	NT 4,0 and Windows 2000 the file LCOFC_NT.EXE. Thereby the ELSA LANtools, 
	ELSA LANCAPI and the ELSA NDIS WAN (except Windows NT 4,0) is updated 
	automatically. Then press the Button "Firmware-Upload" in ELSA LANconfig
	and update the Firmware to 2.30beta, or 2.31beta (if Fax/Modem Option is
 	used).

	If you use Windows NT 4.0 the ELSA NDIS-WAN is not update automatically.
	Please read instructions in the file readme_nt4.txt.


