MyConnection Server New Release Information

MCS v8.8h, 12 January 2010:

• Expanded VoIP audit log to show all packets (previously showed first 100 only)
• Minor bug fix for Remote Agents

MCS v8.8f, 10 December 2009:

• Added changes to improve the connection test process in a reverse proxy setting. The speed test upload file is changed from ⁄upload.bin to ⁄myspeed⁄upload.bin. The speed test download file specified in the settings .bin file has ‘⁄myspeed⁄’ prepended to it if it does not start with a slash.

MCS v8.8d, 24 November 2009:

• Added setting for UDP priority bit for AccessCT appliance, enables tests of VoIP jitter and packet loss at a priority setting

MCS v8.8b, 12 October 2009:

• Added client header info to the detail report page
• MyRoute supports ?go=xxx, which enables a host name/IP to be passed to the browser window
• Fixed bug which caused a Remote Agent to fail to post the console log under some circumstances

MCS v8.7d, 21 September 2009:

• Added consolidation server support, which automatically consolidates connection test results from multiple MCS servers to a central database.
• Updated Satellite Server package for Unix, which implements new satellite server features which were previously only available under Windows
• Alerting: added criteria "all records for a specific plugin"
• Added %SERVERID% field to SQL and advanced search areas. The server ID is the ID of the server which the test was performed to, which is necessary now that results from more than one server can be added to a single database. In reports, server IDs appear after record IDs. For example, record ID 9999 on server ID 5 appears as 9999/5.
• Improved the way in which node names, ISPs and country codes are forwarded for the consolidation server. This now means that back-end servers no longer need Internet access.
• The "test-from" IP address shown on the database server is now always the address of the client (rather than the probe server)
• Added SQL field %RECORDSERVERID% which provides the record number and server ID if applicable. For example, record 987 from server 2 will show as 987/2, whereas record 654 from server 0 will show as 654.
• Fixed bug causing server ID numbers to sometimes not appear

MCS v8.6f, 16 July 2009:

• MySpeed: added ability to remove download times box completely
• MyVoIP: improved memory management which improves scalability
• MyRoute: added Trace to field – contains the original trace destination as specified by the user
• MyRoute: added DNS time field
• MyRoute: fixed problem where error 196608 was incorrectly generated
• MyIPTV: new max 60 second test
• Alert action: writes to a log file (with configurable name / format)
• Alerts support Trigger for all (enables logging of every test without condition)
• Console log on web pages now displayed in a text box for improved performance
• Improved SQL API performance
• Fixed timeint field incompatibility with MS SQL

MCS v8.6e, 26 June 2009:

• Link to console log in AccessCT detail report
• Fixed Javascript problem in RTAConfig page

MCS v8.6d, 4 June 2009:

• AccessCT groups can be deleted
• AccessCT lists now show firmware version
• Agents Connected count updated before Remote Test page is displayed, so page always shows up-to-date info
• Fixed problem where the SID entry box in the applet disappeared if the applet was animated
• MyRoute - ’permit traces to local network‘ option no longer applies to pre-specified hosts
• Other minor fixes

MCS v8.6c, 2 June 2009:

• AccessCT firmware update (v59)
• Fixed bug where applet used for reviewing results would try to perform a new test

MCS v8.6b, 5 May 2009:

• Remote Agents can be named as the machine running them.
• Fixed bug causing ‘agent connected: undefined’ text

MCS v8.6a, 21 April 2009:

• MCS applet updated with modern Java controls
• MCS applet now supports Unicode
• VoIP downstream testing is now enabled by default
• Fixed problem where published pages could not be deleted

MCS v8.5b, 23 March 2009:

• Usage limits can now be set on a per-page basis, as well as globally
• Workaround for Java bug causing browser hang with specific ACL items

MCS v8.5a, 17 March 2009:

• Publishing system simplifies creation of custom web pages
• AccessCT central management
• Improved SQL support (MCS BusinessCenter & NetworkCenter only)
• MySpeed Upload QOS metric
• Remote Agents report any problems performing their tests back to user
• Error ‘plugin’ reports any problems from Remote Agents or web page applets
• Many minor improvements

MCS v8.2b, 22 January 2009:

• Improved data summarization for browser-based reports

MCS v8.2a, 22 December 2008:

• Added download packet order metric to VoIP
• Applet HTML code added to custom page wizard
• Permit long download speed tests
• Added ‘test to’ column to reports which shows which satellite server was used
• Added ‘X-Forwarded-For’ support (plus option to define which headers will be searched)
• MyRoute ‘To begin...’ message now editable
• MyRoute erratic hops # can be set to zero to disable
• MyRoute colors table supports \r\n separators
• Fixed bug where satellite server selected in test is sometimes ignored
• Fixed bug which caused garbled summary page (> <)

MCS v8.1g, 4 December 2008:

• Updated IP location database (MyRoute)

MCS v8.1f, 12 November 2008:

• Minor bug fixes

MCS v8.1e, 5 November 2008:

• Support for 64-bit Java VMs (multiple lines)
• Support for emailing on network with no DNS
• Fixed IPTV problem

MCS v8.1d, 29 October 2008:

• Supports capacity speed testing (multiple lines)
• Satellite servers uninstall themselves upon deletion
• Added option to test email settings for AlertAdvisor, improved SMTP mailing system
• Added support for AFRINIC and APNIC, identification of routing loops (MyRoute)
• Added data compression for test result data from Remote Agents to MCS Server
• Various minor fixes and improvements

MCS v8.1c, 25 September 2008:

• Throttling option to enforce delay between test start times added for Remote Agents
• MyIPTV port swapping bug fix

MCS v8.1b, 2 September 2008:

• Various minor improvements and fixes

MCS v8.1a, 15 August 2008:

• New MyCapacity Network Test measures max download and upload throughput
• New SQL Database API provides automated capture of MCS metrics to an external MySQL or SQL Server database (BusinessCenter and NetworkCenter only)
• Ability to specify order of Network Test tabs with multiple tests in MCS applet
• Predefined template tests
• Time zone selection option for database reports
• Usability: improved reporting interfaces
• IP location database update in MyRoute
• Fix: mapping problem in MyRoute
• Various additional fixes and improvements

MCS v8.0e, 10 July 2008:

• Added Number of supported VoIP lines metric to Advanced tab for Speed test
• Ordering of results exported to Excel changed to oldest first
• Improved layout of some applet config items
• Fixed bug where Alerts page could hit a Javascript error

MCS v8.0d, 3 July 2008:

• Remote Agent supported under Mac OS X
• Added mechanism to scroll tabs in the applet
• Applet supports usage throttling
• Restart test (via Javascript mechanism) now clears old results
• Various minor fixes

MCS v8.0c, 23 June 2008:

• Added in-depth results for bi-directional MyVoIP tests
• New alert default email to include many additional metrics
• Fixed problem with alert emails, where substitution of some values in the email could fail
• MyRoute component now supports ?go=XXX syntax
• Improvements to database results display
• Improved audit log of server shutdown

MCS v8.0b, 30 May 2008:

• Support for MyRoute testing in the applet using agent improved:
– Applet updates with new route information regularly
– Remote Agents now perform applet traces in parallel with their other tests
• New Published Remote Agents page allows user to remove/customize publish URLs
• All test-related config now specifiable as <param> tags
• New on-the-fly reporting, search the database without having to first define a new report
• Added Unix Remote Agent support
• Added support for changing applet base font size
• Control Remote Agents results link fixed
• Graphing: fixed problem where results sometimes were not displayed

MCS v8.0a, 8 May 2008 - NEW version release!

• New framework architecture enables use of multiple components in a single applications
• MyRoute network test analyzes network route performance
• MyVideo tests TCP connections for streaming video quality
• MyIPTV tests UDP connections for IPTV and video conferencing quality
• Satellite Servers enable connection testing between 2 remote locations, between Remote Agents
• Significantly improved Remote Agents enable easy combination of test options, greater ease of use for automated testing
• Significantly improved database reporting includes custom reports, summarized data
• Significantly improved automated alerting includes browser-based reports of real-time and historical alerts
• AccessCT device provides hardware solution for testing points, integrated TCP stack enables more detailed performance metrics
• Many additional new features and improvements


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