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improved
fixed
Mac Roaming Client
A new version of the macOS Roaming client is now available in the dashboard (
Deployments
-> Roaming Clients
-> Install
) for download and installation.v1.6.1 should begin rolling out via auto-update the week of September 11th.
New 🔔
- Introducing the Roaming Client Diagnostic Toolto easily run system and configuration checks to help diagnose issues. Open the Diagnostic Tool from your menubar icon to quickly generate log-files for your own investigation or to share with DNSFilter Support to assist with troubleshooting.
Improved 🛠️
- The macOS Roaming Client is now a Universal App with native support for both Apple Silicon and Intel machines. Also with this release, the minimum supported macOS version is 11.x Big Sur. To continue to receive RC updates, please update your OS version.
Bug Fixes 🪲
- Improvements have been made to address reliability issues when using the RC alongside an IKEv2 VPN.
improved
fixed
Mac Roaming Client
A new version of the macOS Roaming client is now available in the dashboard (
Deployments
-> Roaming Clients
-> Install
) for download and installation.v1.5.0 should begin rolling out via auto-update the week of June 19th.
Improved 🛠️
- Support for synced Local Domains and Resolvers settings is now available for macOS Roaming Clients. Add or update your configured domains and resolvers Deployments→Roaming Clients→Local Domains. See our help docs for more information on Local Domains and RC setup.
- Log files generated by the roaming client have been improved to provide more readable output with improved formatting and error descriptions.
- Following fixes in v1.4.7, we've added more improvements to ensure filtering on the roaming client continues after sleeping/wake conditions.
Bug Fixes 🪲
- Fixed an issue when installing the roaming client that could prevent Certificate Authority (CA) from being trusted and activated. Invalid certificates would cause the block page to fail to load.
- The menubar icon should now correctly update when changing from dark or light mode, as well as new desktop background colors.
- Improved the recovery of DNS filtering by the roaming client when users attempt to modify primary or secondary DNS settings to avoid filtering.
- Fixed an issue that could mistakenly return a SERVFAIL error when a query returns an empty value.
- Fixed an issue that would reset listening_address to default 127.0.0.1 after RC restart. Value modified by configuration file should now persistent as expected.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the RC to claim port 53 on more than one IP address at a time, leading to conflicts with other tools, the client should only bind to 127.0.0.1 by default.
new
Mac Roaming Client
Auto update to our latest macOS RC release v.1.4.7 will begin rolling out today for customers that have enabled the feature.
To confirm your settings and ensure your users receive the update when it's available navigate to
Deployments
-> Roaming Clients
-> Settings
-> Enable Roaming Clients Auto Update
. If you need assistance with configuring auto update, please reach out to our support team using the Help widget in the Dashboard.
improved
fixed
Mac Roaming Client
A new version of the macOS Roaming client is now available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation.
Bugs 🪲
- Fixed an issue that was preventing DNSFilter from successfully reconnecting after changing connection states such as WiFi to wired or disconnection and reconnection.
- Additional improvements to DNSFilter reconnecting successfully after waking from sleep.
- Fixed an issue that could prevent DNS resolution from resuming as expected when uninstalling the DNSFilter roaming client on a network configured with IPv6 DNS addresses.
Improvements 🛠️
- Improvements to debugging tools when troubleshooting RC network problems with DNSFilter Support.
fixed
Mac Roaming Client
A new version of the macOS Roaming client is being made available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation.
Bugs
- Fixed an issue that was causing DNSFilter to stop during long sleep periods on some machines.
improved
fixed
Mac Roaming Client
A new version of the macOS Roaming client is being made available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation.
Improvements
- A user account will now be created when installing the macOS roaming client. This will allows administrators to assign policies when users are added to Deployment → Collections. This matches the capability that already exists in the Windows Roaming Client.
- Reduced the number of user password prompts (from 3 to 1) when installing the macOS roaming client.
Bugs
- Fixed an issue that was causing the roaming client logs to not exist on macOS Ventura (13).
- Fixed an issue that caused static DNS servers to not work correctly after roaming client install or machine reboot.
new
Mac Roaming Client
A new version of the macOS Roaming client is being made available in the dashboard (Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install) for download and installation. Version 1.3.2 includes support for Uninstall Notification that was introduced earlier in November.
Now admins can be alerted when the macOS roaming client is uninstalled by users. Navigating to Deployments → Roaming Clients → Settings (For MSPs: MSP -> Settings -> Roaming Clients will allow an admin to enable notifications.
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Windows Roaming Client
Mac Roaming Client
iOS Roaming Client
Android Roaming Client
Today is our biggest announcement yet.
One of the biggest things you've asked for is to have DNSFilter's protection follow your users, whether they are in or out of the office.
Over the past several months, we've been working hard to produce versions of the DNSFilter roaming client that will work on every platform. Today this is a reality. Whether you use Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS, iOS, or Android - we have you covered.
You'll now be able to:
- Deploy the roaming client in hybrid/mixed environments
- Protect all mobile devices
- Have reporting of all activity by device
- Customize filtering for every device