Hi @RTouris,

 

the CPE510 UN firmware version 2.2.0 can be installed on:

 

• CPE210 v1.0
• CPE510 v1.1
• WBS201 v1.20

 

Downgrade is possible, settings can be retained on upgrades (as usual) and even on downgrades (newer settings might be lost on a downgrade).

Runs fine so far (tested only with two CPE210 for now).

 

Finally the bugs I reported long time ago have been fixed:

 

• Spectrum analyzer for the 2.4 GHz band works again in CPE210.
• Channel width 5 MHz can be selected (now fits to the specs in the data sheet).
• Bonus fix: channel width 40 MHz-only can be selected, too.
• Web UI of two devices can be accessed simultaneously now in the same browser w/o terminating the other session.

 

Enhancements in firmware 2.2.0 (see pictures below):

 

• HTTPS is enabled by default now for the web UI.
• New Antenna Alignment function similar to AA in UBNT devices.
• Signal strength now is reported for both, horizontal/vertical polarized antennas or combined (as before).
• NTP server setting has default values (nist.gov).

 

Spectrum analyzer now shows country-specific frequency band again:

 

 

More channel widths can be selected:

 

 

Antenna Alignment function helps to find best mounting position:

 

 

Signal strengths for horizontal and vertical polarized antennas:

 

 

NTP server defaults in System menu:

 

 

Speed test with 802.11n-only / 40 MHz / Auto-Distance (39 meters), RX only:

 

 

Speed test TX only:

 

 

Speed test RX/TX:

 

 

Speed test RX/TX with MAXtream enabled (MAXtream Station Mode: Auto-Adjust):

 

 

 

Very good job the Pharos division of TP-Link did with this upgrade!

Thanks for chiming in @R1D2 

 

Non-comprehensive non-exhaustive list of further findings follows:

 

Device compatibility:

- f/w can also be applied to CPE610

UI:

- opening page loads considerably faster

- there's only one "Apply" button per page now, as opposed to one per section in the previous releases

AP mode:

Status / monitor

- MAC addresses are now clickable and present info about the connected stations, MCS indeces, data transfered and other stats

- IP addresses are now also clickable, transferring to the IP address of the corresponding station

Surveys:

- user is now presented with a "please wait dialog" and then the full list is populated at once

- even less vertical space in the corresponding window now, which makes things a tad harder

- cell widths (MAC addresses / BSSIDs) have still NOT been corrected (causes wrapping of excessive characters to next line making the table look awkward)

SNMP:

- code has been recompiled, despite still being based on Linux 2.6.31

- you may need to re-add your targets

SSH / shell:

- BusyBox 1.01 (shell: ash)

- preliminary tests show that radartool is now NOT permitted to run

 

Subjective opinion:

- Unquestionably some effort has been put into this release, however judging by the added functionality it's mostly considered polishing and keeping up-to-date (or rather playing catch-up) with vendors playing in the same field.

- Since installing this and for the last 12hours I've been getting far more false DFS positives with release 2.2.0 compared to previous releases. I will be restoring to factory defaults and giving this another go in the next few days.