SputnikNet version 3.4.0 is a major update. New features and enhancements include:

Enhanced User Interface

• Faster, easier access to useful information and controls
• Enhanced views for routers, captive portals, authentication systems, network policies, clients and sessions data
• Quick MAC lookup to see what kind of devices are on your network

Better Remote Device Management

• New Provisioning mode allows you to add Wi-Fi routers to your SputnikNet account without requiring subscriptions in advance
• New Pro subscription level enables you to add advanced features to any or all routers on your network
• Device subscription level can be changed from SputnikNet (instead of the router’s user interface)
• Network policy view shows which network policies are applied to Wi-Fi clients before and after authentication
• Radio scheduling allows you to turn Wi-Fi off at defined intervals

Per-User Bandwidth Controls

• Set maximum upload rate and download rate per client
• Improved bandwidth accounting

Content Caching

• Improve network performance and save bandwidth by storing frequently accessed web content locally (requires Pro subscription, router with USB port, Sputnik USB flash drive)
• Content caching reports enable you to view bandwidth saving and speedup statistics in real time

SMS Authentication

• Enables you to text login codes to user cell phones (requires Essendex subscription)
• Users simply enter cell phone number in captive portal and are sent a text with the login code
• Sputnik charges no fees for SMS messages

Session Queueing

• Set a maximum number of Wi-Fi sessions on a router; users who log in after the maximum is reached are given a place in line, with an estimate of when they’ll make it to the front of the queue and get online (requires Pro subscription)

Updated Reports

• Revamped session reports, enabling session time and bandwidth summaries by router, client, authentication system and captive portal

Captive Portal and Authentication System Improvements

• Disable Welcome Screen option, enabling you to immediately redirect the user to the web site of your choice, after login
• User Authentication System: CSV export of harvested emails
• PayPal Authentication System: updated list of PayPal’s affiliate server IPs

Sputnik-Powered DD-WRT firmware with Sputnik Agent version 3.4.0 is a major update. New features and enhancements include:

• Updated Linux kernel and libraries
• Better support for 802.11n Wi-Fi drivers
• Bandwidth accounting bug fixed
• Support for per user bandwidth settings
• Support for USB 3G modem (currently Sprint 250U; more to come)
• Support for USB caching
• DHCP lease optimization for hotspots (100 DHCP leases, 3 hour expiration by default)
• Wi-Fi power set at 100 mW by default
• Sputnik-default firmware for new hardware platforms, including: Cisco E1000, E2000, E3000, E3200, E4200; Asus RT-N16, Sputnik 750 Gateway
• One-step Web flash upgrade from vendor firmware
• PoE support for models listed above