Hello WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Users,

We are planning a brief maintenance on Sunday, July 30, 2017 between 1:00AM and 6:00AM Pacific Time to deploy improvements to the Wi-Fi Cloud.

During the maintenance window, the Wi-Fi Cloud services will be down for maintenance (approximately 2 hours) including Manage, Go, Engage, and Analyze modules. Your access points will continue to pass client traffic and will not be interrupted.

Enhancements are:

• Role-Based Control
  Use role profiles to enforce restrictions (VLAN assignments, Bandwidth controls, Firewall rules, redirection URLs) on users/clients.
• Google Integration and Device Authentication
  Integrate with Google for user authentication, device authorization, and role profile assignment.
• RADIUS MAC Authentication
  Use RADIUS for client authorization and role profile assignment.
• Unified Client Steering
  Enhancements to band steering, roaming support, and load balancing to optimize client load and band utilization across APs.
• Application Firewall
  Create rules to allow or block specific applications on an SSID.
• MAC Address Blacklist / Whitelist
  Create a list of whitelist/blacklist MAC addresses for an SSID.
• Enhanced Auto Channel Selection
  Minimize interference from other APs and from non-Wi-Fi sources to optimize your wireless radio environment.
• Improved Smart Device detection
  Improved detection of smart devices and operating systems of clients.
• Automatic VLAN Monitoring
  Automatically monitor VLANs added by an SSID or your own user-configured VLANs.
• Broadcast / Multicast Control
  Block broadcast/multicast packets on your wireless network and create exemptions for specific applications (Video, Bonjour, etc.)
• IGMP Snooping
  Optimize multicast video streaming traffic.
• Engage / Analyze Enhancements
  Marketing opt-in and opt-out options for portal plug-in settings. Track Twitter Follows and Facebook Likes from your portal.

Learn how to upgrade your AP firmware >

If you have any questions regarding the update, please visit www.watchguard.com/support

Regards,

WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Team