CDRouter 15.3

March 27, 2025

New Features

  • Wi-Fi Range vs Rate (RvR): The Wi-Fi Range vs. Rate (RvR) expansion has been introduced. This feature allows for wireless range versus rate performance testing, using a programmable RF attenuator to simulate a range of signal conditions. The tests within this expansion follow the general principles, procedures, and test scenarios outlined in Section 6.3.1 of the Broadband Forum TR-398 test specification.

    This expansion consists of both software and hardware components. For details on licensing and hardware requirements, please contact sales@qacafe.com.

  • Wi-Fi7 MLO: Enabled Wi-Fi7 MLO Support on a NTA3000 using the new 9.4 Golden Image. CDRouter can now use the Intel BE200 wireless NIC to associate to an MLO AP. The LAN must be configured with an SSID that has support for MLO in eMLSR mode. This is the only mode supported by CDRouter and the Intel BE200. Additional logging output will be printed including association info indicating the Link ID, frequency, and channel width of the MLO station.

  • Built-in PCAP Analysis: An updated Packet Viewer delivers major performance improvements when loading larger captures, and better Follow Stream navigation within a PCAP. Users can now copy text out of the PacketList with the mouse, and from the PacketTree by holding down the Command/Meta key. The update also includes bug fixes for dragged+dropped fields, column sorting, display filter autocomplete, decode-tab layout, and new protocol dissectors from Wireshark 4.4.5.

NTA3000

  • New 9.4 Golden Image: Version 9.4 of the NTA3000 operating system image, aka the Golden Image, is now available. This version includes operating system and firmware updates for various interfaces within the system. For more information, please see the Golden Image Release Notes or contact support@qacafe.com.

Change Log

BBF.069

  • Changed the default value of the testvar bbf069WritableString from Device.Time.NTPServer1 to Device.DeviceInfo.FriendlyName due to Device.Time.NTPServer1 being deprecated. [sc37030]

CDRouter

  • Added additional error checking for values of the testvar hostIp. [sc38068]
  • Fixed a duplicate pop-up message in the WebUI when drag and dropping an RPM to upgrade CDRouter. [sc36749]
  • Required an ethernet LAN interface when executing fixed rate performance tests that are 5 Gbps or higher. [sc38405]
  • Improved the multi-port wireless stack rotation. [sc36677]
  • Extended the timeout in test cdrouter_upnp_210. [sc38587]
  • Added /usr/cdrouter-data/logs to cdrouter-diag utility. [sc38881]
  • Improved log annotations to scroll with associated lines. [sc38619]
  • Reintroduced a message in the WebUI when pcaps are not available in the log view. [sc36832]
  • Updated Samba library used by CDRouter to 4.21.3. [sc37677]
  • Added support for zstd compressed cores to the getcore utility. [sc39086]

DOCSIS

IPv6

  • Added an IPv6 ULA mode to ipv6LanMode that allows for testing when the LAN network only supports Unique Local Addressing on the LAN. [sc37201]
  • A reference to REC-3 from RFC 6092 was added to tests ipv6_firewall_505 and ipv6_firewall_506. [sc20018]

prpl Certification

  • Updated the logs in tests prplos.1.5.13, prplos.1.5.15, and prplos.1.5.19 to reference Host-1 instead of Host-2. [sc38473]

Security

  • Updated ET Open ruleset in CDRouter Security expansion to 10886. [sc38152]

TR-069

  • Removed escaped characters that were not required and adjusted test names to match the TP-181 test plan for tests 5.7.3 and 5.7.5. [sc37239]
  • Improved logging for reporting any skipped options in CWMP profile tests. [sc38595]
  • Addressed an issue with logging missing parent objects when executing AddObject and DeleteObject profile tests. [sc38595]
  • Clarified that SetParameterValue profile tests will fail if no writable parameters are found. [sc38595]

USP

  • Addressed an issue with logging missing parent objects when executing Add and Delete profile tests. [sc38595]
  • Clarified that Set profile tests will fail if no writable parameters are found. [sc38595]
  • Removed tests usp_1 and usp_2. [sc38569]
  • Updated test usp_tr69_2 procedure to disable and enable TR-069 using the parameter Device.CWMPManagementServer.EnableCWMP. [sc37947]
  • Updated the log message headers in profile tests to USP Profile instead of incorrectly using CWMP profile. [sc37382]

CDRouter 15.2

February 27, 2025

NTA3000

  • New 9.4 Golden Image: Version 9.4 of the NTA3000 operating system image, aka the Golden Image, is now available. This version includes operating system and firmware updates for various interfaces within the system. For more information, please see the Golden Image Release Notes or contact support@qacafe.com.

New Features

  • USP 1.3.1: Updated USP conformance tests usp_conformance_2_23 through uspconformance_2_26 to use Param instead of the invalid Obj permissions as part of the TP-469 1.3.1 update. [sc36674]

  • IPv4 TCP Filters: Added test cdrouter_firewall_302, this test verifies proper filtering when the TCP window scale is unknown. [sc19881]

  • TLS Ciphers: Added 3 new Ciphers to sslAllowedCiphers for improved security testing. [sc24098]

    • TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
    • ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305
    • DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305

Change Log

CDRouter

  • Increased the Wi-Fi scan timeout. This improves scan results when wifiCapture is enabled to allow enough time to scan the U-NNI-3 channels (149,153,157,161). Previously these channels could be omitted from the scan. [sc35518]
  • Improved consistency of the filter labels in the Web UI to display All Users instead of just All. [sc38508]
  • Removed the “select all” button on the Results page. This could lead to users unexpectedly deleting all results. [sc17543]
  • Fixed issue with the packet decode obscuring parts of the test log. [sc37990]
  • Updated test cdrouter_nat_350 to utilize random ports when being executed. [sc19741]
  • The heartbleed module is now skipped if the testvar sslDeprecatedProtocols includes tlsv1_2. [sc30370]
  • Print a warning message if an interface is not available when selecting a permanent mac address. [sc31421]

prpl Certification

  • Improved the descriptions of the HL-API tests. [sc37577]
  • Updated test prplOS.1.2.2 to use the calculated remaining lease time. [sc38076]
  • Fixed an error in test prplOS.1.6.15 that incorrectly checked for a trailing . as part of the returned ParentPrefix verification. [sc38501]

Security

  • Updated ET Open ruleset in CDRouter Security expansion to 10848. [sc38152]

TR-069

  • Improved test tr69_210 to reset the IP address upon exiting the test case early. [sc38257]
  • Addressed an error in tests tp181_test_5.1.4 and tr69_130 when the testvar acsFileServerDownloadFilter was set to yes. [sc38269]
  • Added IPv6-only WAN mode support to tests tp181_5.2.6 and tp181_5.5.2-tp181_5.5.4. [sc36760]

USP

  • Fixed an undeclared variable error in test usp_conformance_2_27. [sc37247]

CDRouter 15.1

January 30, 2025

New Features

  • Downloadable Charts: Added the ability to download all CDRouter charts in both SVG and PNG formats. A new download button has been added to support this feature. [sc25361]

Change Log

CDRouter

  • Fixed keyboard shortcuts not showing when creating new configurations. [sc37257]
  • Resolved an issue with Web UI headers causing oversized images in legacy browsers. [sc36753]
  • Improved Web UI scaling on smaller viewports by letting tables scroll horizontally. [sc36753]
  • Fixed a fatal error in cdrouter_eaptls_20. [sc33505]
  • Enhanced bridge mode to support all values of the testvar wanDutClientID when assigning the testvar wanIspAssignIp address. [sc37016]
  • Improved DHCPv6 Server functionality for IPv6 address assignment to the DUT in bridge mode. [sc37015] [sc37004]

IPv6

  • Modified the testvar ipv6WanDutDuid to be case-insensitive. [sc37003]
  • Tests cpe_v6_1 through cpe_v6_4 will now skip when the testvar ipv6WanMode is set to unnumbered. [sc28436]

prpl Certification

  • Implemented automatic skipping of IPv6-dependent tests in the prplos module when IPv6 is disabled. [sc37260]
  • Updated test prplos.16.1.5 to expect Inapplicable as the StaticType. [sc37022]

Security

  • Updated ET Open ruleset in CDRouter Security expansion to version 10826. [sc35973]

TR-069

  • Enhanced tp181_test_5.3.4 to validate only active Host entries. [sc36395]
  • Fixed execution issues in the tr69_dns_sd module. [sc37639]

USP

  • Updated wildcard.cdroutertest.pem certificate with new expiration date of January 2026. [sc37631]
  • Added subscribe-topic functionality to the MQTT Bulk Data server. [sc37643]
  • Modified Bulk Data Profile configuration to make the MQTT.PublishQoS and MQTT.PublishRetain parameters optional. [sc37546]
  • Fixed a fatal error in usp_smm_1 that occurred under specific error conditions. [sc36681]