A new candidate switch firmware is now available on Tue, 28 Oct 2025

A new candidate switch firmware version is available. Firmware MS 18.1.3.1 was just released on 2025-10-28 and has been in this firmware category since 2025-10-28.
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Switch firmware versions MS 18.1.3.1 changelog

New feature highlights

  • Group Policy ACL on MS130 & MS150
  • Maximum MAC support in MAC Allowlists
  • 802.1x limited access mode with pre-auth GPACL
  • Local Status Page connectivity diagnostics enhancements
  • Layer 2 multicast live tool
  • Traffic Mirroring: RSPAN & VLAN Based SPAN

General fixed issues

  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused switches in stack configurations to fail to remove older entries from the MAC forwarding table

Ms150 fixed issues

  • Resolved an issue that caused some wireless clients to lose connectivity when roaming between access points connected to different members of the same switch stack
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused MS150s to experience transmission errors and lose connectivity until they were rebooted

Ms425 fixed issues

  • Resolved an issue that caused clients authenticating via 802.1X with an access policy using hybrid authentication to not correctly log their RADIUS sessions
  • Fixed an issue that caused some switches in stack configurations to experience high CPU utilization in multicast scenarios that sometimes resulted in network instability

General known issues

  • MS130 and MS150 switches may not properly display IPv6 RA packets in dashboard packet captures
  • MS130 and MS150 switches may incorrectly remove or update SGT tags when no policy or VLAN mapping is defined. Until a firmware fix is available, correct SGT tags can be preserved by defining a policy for the SGT group in Adaptive Policies, and binding the SGT group to a VLAN using VLAN profiles.
  • In rare circumstances switches may experience uplink instability when IPv6 link-local addresses are enabled. If this issue is encountered it can be resolved by enabling IPv6 RA Guard to block ICMPv6 neighbor discovery messages.
  • Some switches may encounter an error, "incompatible configuration for attributes: allowed_vlans" when attempting to aggregate ports regardless of allowed VLANs configured in Dashboard

Ms120 known issues

  • Switches may fail to provide PoE power to legacy access points (always present)
  • Cable tests may report incorrect cable lengths

Ms150 known issues

  • Some SFP and QSFP modules may experience intermittent flapping on MS150 switches running MS18 firmware
  • MS150 switches in stack configurations may lose connectivity while reporting redundant uplinks as blocked. As a workaround, connectivity can be reestablished by disconnecting the impacted redundant uplink.
  • MS150 switches in stack configurations may incorrectly flood unknown multicast traffic despite the flood unknown multicast setting being disabled
  • 48 port MS150 switches connected to an MX gateway may experience a reduction in uplink throughput if the uplink is on ports 45, 46, 47, or 48. As a workaround, connecting to the MX using ports outside of the 45-48 range will pass traffic at expected speeds.

Ms225 known issues

  • MS225 switches may infrequently stop forwarding client traffic until the switch is rebooted

Ms35x known issues

  • Switches may experience an unexpected reboot (present since MS 15)

Ms355 known issues

  • Switches in stack configuration may experience some ports failing to reconnect after a firmware upgrade

Ms410 known issues

  • Some MS410 switches may encounter alerts for fan failures that will eventually self-resolve

Ms425 known issues

  • In rare circumstances MS425 switches may encounter a software crash that results in a reboot