Overview of new features of the LCOS version 9.20

A variety of new features have been implemented in LCOS version 9.20.

Table 1. New features of the LCOS version 9.20
 
Voice over Secure IP (VoSIP) – encrypted IP telephony
A genuine plus for secure telephony! The LANCOM All-IP option comes with the Voice Call Manager, which features a session border controller functionality and now supports Voice over Secure IP (VoSIP). Encrypted signaling and voice data (SIPS/SRTP) provides secure telephony on IP-based exchange lines.
 
SNMPv3
LANCOM customers now benefit from improved security in network monitoring thanks to SNMPv3 (Simple Network Management Protocol version 3). This protocol combines user-friendly device monitoring with strong security thanks to its encrypted data communications. And since it is enabled automatically, there is no need for you to make any configuration changes.
 
Maximum WLAN quality
Noticeable improvements in the performance, reliability, and range of LANCOM access points, WLAN routers, and WLAN controllers: As of LCOS9.20, all WLAN devices support the highlight features Airtime Fairness, Adaptive RF Optimization, the Wireless Intrusion Detection System, and many others. What's more, substantial quality improvements give LANCOM users and administrators the best-ever WLAN experience!
 
IKEv2
IKEv2 facilitates a fast and secure establishment of VPN tunnels. For the first time, encrypted VPN networking is now possible between IPv6-based sites, including those using mixed operation with IPv4.
 
IKEv1 with IPv6 support
As well as supporting IKEv2, LCOS 9.20 also supports IKEv1 for negotiating VPN connections between IPv6 networks.
 
BGP
Efficient VPN-based site connectivity thanks to dynamic routing in medium to large-scale networks. BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) ensures that all networked routers communicate effectively by sharing the best paths from their routing tables.
 
Advanced telephony features
The Voice Call Manager (VCM) included with the LANCOM All-IP Option supports many additional features such as simultaneous call signaling across multiple internal ISDN buses, integrated DTMF conversion for reliable transmission of dial tones on All-IP lines, as well as the support of SIP packets over TCP connections.
 
Logging of DNS queries
Client-side DNS queries are optionally sent to an external SYSLOG server for logging and analysis.
 
Performance measurement with iPerf
iPerf, a tool integrated into LCOS, allows you to precisely measure the maximum and momentary TCP and UDP throughputs between two devices on the network. The bandwidth losses derived from this can be used to identify and correct bottlenecks on the network.
 
Higher complexity for device passwords
Improved security with a new password policy requiring at least eight characters consisting of letters, digits and special characters.
 
Adaptive RF Optimization
Dynamic selection of the best WLAN channel Improved WLAN throughput due to dynamic selection of the best WLAN channel by the access point in case of interference.
 
Airtime Fairness
Improved exploitation of WLAN bandwidth By fairly sharing the WLAN transmission time between all of the active clients, the available bandwidth is used to maximum effect and WLAN performance is improved.
 
Wireless IDS
Detection of attacks or unusual behavior of clients in the WLAN infrastructure by permanently monitoring the radio field. If attack-like events occur with a certain frequency within a set period of time, alerts are sent via e-mail, SYSLOG message, SNMP, or LANmonitor.
 
Adaptive transmission power
Ideal for professional backup scenarios in WLAN environments: If an access point fails, the transmission power of the remaining access points is increased automatically, so that full WLAN coverage is assured at all times.
 
Configurable data rates for each SSID
Communication data rates between the access point and WLAN clients can now be tightly controlled for a genuine gain in flexibility. For instance, data rates made unusable by environmental conditions can be excluded from use.
 
Flexible access models for Public Spot accounts
As of LCOS 9.20, the bandwidth that was booked for the Public Spot can be displayed on vouchers. Also the validity period (time of expiry) of vouchers can be set with shorter time units (days, hours, minutes), which is ideal for scenarios with higher customer frequencies and shorter linger times.
 
Controller-less WLAN management
The LANCOM Management Cloud and the LANCOM Large Scale Rollout & Management (LSR) facilitate the automatic commissioning and configuration assignment (zero-touch deployment) and also LANCOM access point management.