In this newsletter, you'll find information on our new new Bondix partner Capestone, our new Bondix S.A.NE Client Manual, new supported Teltonika Router models, dates you might want to save, and release notes of the newest monthly Bondix S.A.NE release version that contains an important security update for the server.
New Bondix Distribution Partner for Europe Capestone
As a Wireless WAN and IoT distributor, Capestone is always looking for partners that offer services and products complementary to their own portfolio. Joining forces allows for wholesome solutions that tend to customers’ needs even better. This is why we’re so proud to be able to announce today our new partnership with Capestone.
Capestone is a specialized 4G/5G Wireless WAN & IoT distributor with more than a decade of experience in providing 4G/5G mobile internet solutions to telecom & IT resellers, system integrators, service providers and manufacturers worldwide. Capestone makes mobile Internet available everywhere, even in the remotest of locations and most difficult of connectivity scenarios, like Internet on busses, trains, cars or boats. Temporary connectivity solutions such as a backup when fixed Internet connections break down or when more bandwidth is needed are also part of their portfolio. With their connectivity solution Fixed Wireless Access, Capestone customers can use mobile Internet as primary Internet connection - secure, super-fast and incredibly flexible.
By providing Bondix S.A.NE in combination with Teltonika Networks routers, Capestone is now adding reliable WAN Bonding functionality to its service range. Since Bondix S.A.NE can be easily installed on new or existing Teltonika routers and router infrastructures, customers benefit from high speeds, bandwidths, efficiency and reliability, and low latency almost instantly.
Here's to a successful cooperation! 🥂
If you want to know more about the partnership and joint solution of Capestone and Bondix, click here: https://capestone.com/en/news/partnership-capestone-bondix-intelligence/
New Bondix S.A.NE Client Manual
Good applications come with good documentation. So, in line with the latest release version of our Bondix S.A.NE software, we've overhauled our Client manual.
Download the new manual here: Manuals
More Teltonika Router Models Supported
From today, Bondix S.A.NE is also available for the following Teltonika Router models:
RUT241
RUT951/956
Download the new firmware releases here: Releases
Saveworthy Dates
With ever more partners joining the Bondix network, we'd like to use our reach to point out events that our partners or we organize or attend and that might be of interest to all of you.
December 2022
13 / Bondix Training with Capestone
Get to know Bondix S.A.NE in Capestone's Bondix training course
In cooperation with Bondix Intelligence, Capestone goes for a deep dive of Bondix S.A.NE on Tuesday, December 13 from 10:00 to 12:00 at their headquarters in Leiden. Martin Santner, Director Sales & Business at Bondix Intelligence, will talk about various applications, use cases and benefits of Bondix S.A.NE. They will also dive into the technology and there will be a demonstration of the Bondix S.A.NE software in combination with a Teltonika router. Sign up today for the training below and Capestone will contact you shortly:
Register for December 2022 Bondix Training and Deep Dive
If you also have an event you want featured in the Bondix newsletter, please contact marketing@bondixintelligence.com.
Bondix S.A.NE November 2022 Release Notes
Our developers work on Bondix S.A.NE software incrementally which means that bug fixes, improvements, and even new features are constantly added, producing new release versions every couple of days.
On a monthly basis, we publish a version that combines all changes added since the last version.
This November 2022 Release contains the following changes, including an important security update for the S.A.NE server:
New Features
New Preset "Bonding (Encrypted)" (BETA) In general, Bondix S.A.NE doesn't encrypt bonded tunnels. Lately, we've encountered customer projects for which a lack of encryption is a showstopper, so we've implemented a new feature preset "Bonding (Encrypted)": If enabled, it activates a Wireguard-based encryption for S.A.NE tunnels. This means that all traffic between client and server is fully encrypted and the S.A.NE Server also acts as a VPN endpoint. Please note: Activating this new preset reduces the maximum throughput from 180 Mbps to 80 Mbps due to higher CPU load! You should only select this preset if a fully encrypted tunnel is essential or mandatory for your connectivity project. Please also note: This preset requires the latest S.A.NE server build!
20% Higher Throughput While the maximum throughput of our Enterprise bonding licenses on the most powerful Teltonika router models can go up to 200 Mbps (e.g. RUTX50), the average throughput was set to 150 Mbps due to memory limitations on the RUTX platform. With this latest firmware release, we've been able to raise that limit to 180 Mbps, equaling a performance increase of 20%.
Improvements
Client/Server
General stability was improved due to the addition of an internal process watchdog.
A debug message that could impede the overall performance when using layer-2 mode was removed.
Server
Server tunnel presets now match the tunnel presets on the client.
Bug Fixes - Important Security Update!
Server
An issue has been identified that would allow an attacker to render the web interface unusable by sending a specifically crafted request until the service was restarted. If web interface access is disabled (by e.g. having a secondary management web interface listener), the issue does not occur. To update your S.A.NE server, please download the latest build from http://releases.bondix.dev/endpoint/install-bondix-server.sh and install it according to the Server manual.
Miscellaneous
Client
We've noticed that on firmware versions 7.02.1 and up, a problem could occur on SIM dial-up under certain circumstances. Since this problem doesn't occur in earlier firmware versions up to 7.01.2, we now provide a new S.A.NE Client build.
Download the release notes here: Release Notes (PDF file, 188kB)
Choose the correct Bondix S.A.NE Client for your router here: Releases
If you're interested in and have the means for testing and evaluating incremental changes to the software, please contact development@bondixintelligence.com.