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We're pleased to announce the release of Island version 2.3.  This is a significant update and will require a full reboot, so your Island will be off line for approximately 40 seconds after the new code is installed.

Firmware changes:

- there are now four levels of Internet connection priority rather than two.  In the CLI, "ip backup" is replaced with "ip priority".
- additional multi-WAN selection algorithms have been added, and accessed in the CLI via "ip load-sharing".
- when a VPN "device" comes on line, its hostname will be set to the VPN's name, making identification in the app easier.
- in a multi-WAN environment, an Internet interface that is up and in contact with the gateway router, but unable to reach the Internet will now switch existing connections.
- when IPv6 NAT is employed (usually due to multiple IPv6 Internet connections), a ULA is always assigned on the LAN rather than a PD.
- added port-forward port ranges.
- when a VPN client configuration is generated and the system has no DDNS name configured, "fill-this-in" is now replaced by the public IP address.
- added additional simplified automatic interface modes ("lan", "lan-no-dhcp", "wan", and "static-wan").
- increased the maximum number of port-forwards from 64 to 1024.
- in the CLI, "show vpn" now accepts an optional index number, interface name, or MAC address to display a single VPN.
- access to Island is now allowed by a device that is paused.  This ensures that the app can always access the Island.
- disabling IPv6 support now removes the IPv6 address from the internal application stack.
- if IPv6 Router Solicitation times out on an automatic or WAN port, the DHCPv6 client will be enabled, which is non-standard but necessary on some ISPs such as Google Fiber.
- in "lan" mode, with IPv6 available from the Internet provider, an IPv6 address is always generated for the LAN interface if necessary.
- decreased lost-Internet detection time from 15-30 seconds to 5-20 seconds.
- Internet detection is now handled automatically in manual mode.  The configuration options still exist in the app and CLI, but are non-functional and will be removed in a subsequent release.
- decreased LED brightness by 50%, in order to improve blue LED life.

App changes:

- Added Island Pro installation steps.
- Added timed suspension of an active scheduled event, i.e. suspending and then automatically restoring an event following the suspension period.
- automatic refresh of scheduled event list page.
- changed the scheduled event toggle to support all of the event suspension types (timed, skip one occurrence, suspend all occurrences), and to support restore for all of the suspension types.
- removed the suspend/restore toggle from completed events.
- fixed adding a schedule to properly insert a new event in scheduled start time order.
- added 'and videos' to Safe Search explanation text.
- added support for the Island Pro interfaces.
- added maximum interface speed to interface view page.
- added additional automatic configuration modes (LAN, WAN, LAN w/o DHCP, WAN w/ static IP assignment) to network interfaces.
- added additional network WAN interface priorities (from 2 to 4) to WAN network view and edit pages.
- added authorized networks control to LAN interface network view page.
- added port ranges to network port forwarding view and edit page.
- added field validation and help text to port forwarding edit page.
- changed device keyboard type to support IPv6 address entry on port forwarding page.
- fixed display overflow of average network and interface speed text when using large fonts.
- added Island model name and number.
- added notice when disabling remote access.
- added CPU count and speed (Geek mode).
- added auto cleanup for completed scheduled events.
- changed description of an inactive interface from 'Not used' to 'Inactive'.
- changed interface view to be backward-compatible with old firmware, i.e., so a new app will work with old firmware.

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