L.S. I twice received the email that my SW probes need to be updated. They run 5040 and 5080. To my surprise however my only HW probe also runs 5080 and has also not (yet?) been updated automatically, implying that 5080 is still current? Updating some of my SW probes would mean a considerable effort since some run on hardware with memory constraints - not allowing an update of OpenWRT - or within docker for which the image has not been updated by the author yet. Is there any indication when support for 5040/5080 probes will be discontinued? Then I can plan the effort required. Met vriendelijke groet / Regards, Ernst J. Oud
"Ernst J. Oud" <ernstoud@gmail.com> writes:
To my surprise however my only HW probe also runs 5080 and has also not (yet?) been updated automatically, implying that 5080 is still current?
I wondered about the same a while ago. See the answer from Trix at https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/ripe-atlas@ripe.net/message/I3WBBI4MI... Bjørn
Hello Ernst, On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 10:18 AM Ernst J. Oud <ernstoud@gmail.com> wrote:
L.S.
I twice received the email that my SW probes need to be updated. They run 5040 and 5080.
To my surprise however my only HW probe also runs 5080 and has also not (yet?) been updated automatically, implying that 5080 is still current?
HW and SW probes are not directly comparable in this regard; as of now 5080 is the latest for HW (and we are in th process of releasing upgrades), while 5130 is for SW where only the hosts can upgrade, hence our notifications.
Updating some of my SW probes would mean a considerable effort since some run on hardware with memory constraints - not allowing an update of OpenWRT - or within docker for which the image has not been updated by the author yet.
OpenWRT 5130 is available and just today Lukas wrote a mail stating that even the auto-upgrade works, which is cool! I believe 5130 is hardly different from other 5xxx series in terms of resource needs.
Is there any indication when support for 5040/5080 probes will be discontinued? Then I can plan the effort required.
The hard deadline is not set yet but it's the ballpark of months; it kind of depends on at what pace the population upgrades [1]. Your contribution would help! :-) Regardless, we'll start enforcing up-to-date versions so older versions will eventually have to be upgraded. [1] we do see people upgrading as a result of notifications, so this process mostly works Regards, Robert
Met vriendelijke groet / Regards,
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Hello, On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 at 14:11, Robert Kisteleki <robert@ripe.net> wrote:
OpenWRT 5130 is available and just today Lukas wrote a mail stating that even the auto-upgrade works, which is cool! I believe 5130 is hardly different from other 5xxx series in terms of resource needs.
Is there any indication when support for 5040/5080 probes will be discontinued? Then I can plan the effort required.
The hard deadline is not set yet but it's the ballpark of months;
I'm assuming the sequence of events you have in mind is to upgrade the HW probes first and only afterwards contemplate blocking <5130 probes *both* HW and SW variants, is that assumption correct? You wouldn't want to hold SW probes to a higher standard than your officially supported HW probes, right? Thanks, Lukas
Hello, Firmware versions are not directly comparable across SW and HW; the newest for HW at the moment for v3-v4-v5 is 5080 and it's deployed on all probes. We automatically upgrade the whole fleet when we have newer releases. That said, we'll indeed apply the same principle: too old ones (i.e. ones that refuse to upgrade) will likely be left behind. Regards, Robert On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 7:28 AM Lukas Tribus <lukas@ltri.eu> wrote:
Hello,
On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 at 14:11, Robert Kisteleki <robert@ripe.net> wrote:
OpenWRT 5130 is available and just today Lukas wrote a mail stating that even the auto-upgrade works, which is cool! I believe 5130 is hardly different from other 5xxx series in terms of resource needs.
Is there any indication when support for 5040/5080 probes will be discontinued? Then I can plan the effort required.
The hard deadline is not set yet but it's the ballpark of months;
I'm assuming the sequence of events you have in mind is to upgrade the HW probes first and only afterwards contemplate blocking <5130 probes *both* HW and SW variants, is that assumption correct?
You wouldn't want to hold SW probes to a higher standard than your officially supported HW probes, right?
Thanks, Lukas
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