The combination of enhanced certificate management with optimized monitoring prepare LANCOM central-site VPN gateways with LCOS 7.8 for state-of-the art multi-CA environments and extensive use of VPN. The optimized internal structures provide better stability and a number of improved functions to our compact devices. Find out more about the changes on this Microsite.

Highlights of LCOS/LCMS 7.8 

• RADIUS connection for XAUTH – Connecting XAUTH to RADIUS servers allows VPN-client access to be controlled on a per-user basis with central user management, and it also enables the use of OTP tokens.
• Enhanced certificate support – Now supported are multiple CAs with CRLs, indices for simplified addressing, and wildcards for certificate checks: These improvements facilitate the operation of LANCOM VPN in multi-CA environments.
• Better Scalability – Revised algorithms multiply the performance of central-site VPN gateways which work with multiple remote peers. SNMP communications and the display of large tables in LANmonitor have been optimized.
• Support of switches in LANconfig – Firmware updates and the saving/uploading of configurations for LANCOM managed switches can be directly initiated by LANconfig. 

 Further improvements (excerpt):

• DHCP cluster – DNS requests can be answered by a DHCP cluster, independent of the requested router
• DHCP options in LANconfig – DHCP options for assigning parameters to clients can now be set in LANconfig
• Improved COM-port forwarding – Additional settings for COM-port forwarding, including binary-mode transmission
• Multiple WLAN profiles in client mode – APs and WLAN routers in client mode can automatically select a WLAN profile for an SSID
• Alternative ARP handling – LANCOM devices responding to service requests can send the response packets either directly to the requester, or over a route determined by ARP lookup
• 32 backup gateways for PPTP and VPN – Up to 32 alternative remote stations can be defined for PPTP and VPN connections
  

Detailed explanations of all new features can be found in the following documentations: Release Notes LCOS 7.8 and Release Notes LCMS 7.8 (LANconfig, LANmonitor).

 For a comprehensive overview and the full documentation on LCOS, please visit the LANCOM website: www.lancom.de/lcos.