On September 13, 2023 Sierra Wireless announced the General Availability of ALEOS 4.17.0.010. This release was available briefly on ALMS but not on The Source. They deprecated this version on ALMS due to an issue where Access Point Name (APN) was mishandled on select regional carriers.
Today Sierra Wireless is announcing the General Availability of ALEOS 4.17.0.012 for all in production ALEOS powered routers:
- LX40, LX60, RV50X, RV55, MP70
This release includes:
- Security improvements
- Updated radio module firmware
- Deprecated WEP authentication
- Commenced Sierra Wireless IP Manager Dynamic DNS service shutdown
- Networking improvements
- Additional AT commands
- Additional debug features
- Bug fixes
For the ALEOS 4.17 release details, refer to the following:
- Release Bulletin on The Source
- Release Notes on The Source
Important Note: When upgrading ALEOS routers to ALEOS 4.17 from ALEOS versions earlier than 4.16, you must first upgrade to ALEOS 4.16 before upgrading to ALEOS 4.17.
This release is recommended for all of the above mentioned ALEOS powered routers. The benefits are security improvements, feature enhancements, bug fixes and radio module firmware improvements.
This release will be introduced to the factory and will be available on The Source, ALMS, and AM/AMM not later than October 18, 2023.
Update your ALEOS powered routers using ALMS or ACEmanager:
- ALMS: Customers using Sierra’s AirLink Management Service (ALMS), AirLink Mobility Manager (AMM) or AirLink Manager (AM) are encouraged to upgrade to this release remotely/over-the-air. For customers not using ALMS today, this is a great opportunity to realize the benefits of managing ALEOS devices remotely. ALMS greatly simplifies managing AirLink devices, can save the cost of a truck-roll, and keeps ALEOS devices up to date with the latest ALEOS firmware and security updates.
- ACEmanager: Customers may wish to manually update their affected routers using ACEmanager.
Products Affected
All AirLink® ALEOS-powered routers are affected, including:
- LX40
- LX60
- RV50X
- RV55
- MP70
ALEOS 4.17 Features
ALEOS 4.17 has a number of improvements and upgrades to various features, including:
- Security improvements
- Updated radio module firmware
- Deprecated WEP authentication
- Commenced Sierra Wireless IP Manager Dynamic DNS service shutdown
- Networking improvements
- Additional AT commands
- Additional debug features
- Bug fixes
Update Warnings
- Upgrading from ALEOS 4.15.x and earlier releases to 4.17.0 is not directly supported.
- All ALEOS-powered routers must be upgraded to ALEOS 4.16.0 before upgrading to a release later than 4.16.0.
- ALEOS 4.16.0 includes enhancements that must be applied before upgrading to a later release.
- You cannot update your router to 4.17.0 using the AT command AT*FWRMUPDATE.
- AAF Developer Studio is not supported from ALEOS 4.16 or later ALEOS versions. For information on continuing to use AAF Developer Studio, contact sierrawireless.com/support.
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