1.2-BETA-2 has been released! Here are just a few of the new improvements and features that have made their way into this new version:

• Advanced outbound NAT fixes
• UPNP now works on LiveCD
• Misc log viewing fixes
• Password field lengths now line up on nervecenter theme
• IPSEC now works correctly on CARP interfaces out of the box
• Routed hosts behind a policy-routed segment can now reach the LAN interface correctly when the anti-lockout rule is enabled
• pfSync and CARP now will work correctly on extremely restrictive rulesets
• Captive portal images fixed
• SLBD 100% utilization fixes
• 64 megabyte memory improvements (works but not supported)
• Misc packet capture fixes
• Dashboard package added
• Update static routes on filter reload
• Miniupnpd version bump to 20070521
• Turn off antispoof on bridges
• NAT reflection timeout extended to 2000 which is roughly 33 minutes
• use_rrd_gateway location fixes
• Fixed advanced firewall rule tunables

And the features/fixes that where introduced in 1.2-BETA-1:

• FreeBSD updated to 6.2
• Reworked load balancing pools which allow for round robin or failover
• miniupnpd has proven to work so well that it is now in the base install but deactivated by default (uninstall the miniupnpd package before upgrading to avoid duplicate menu items)
• Much enhanced RRD graphs
• Numerous Squid Package fixes
• PPTP Server includes WINS server settings correctly now
• General OpenVPN stability improvements
• “Nervecenter” theme added as default
• Status -> DHCP leases now 1500% faster
• Captive portal now allows traffic to port 8000 and 8001 behind the scenes
• Multiple miscellaneous pf rule fixes to prevent broken rulesets
• DNS server with active failover will show up when 1.2 releases (Screen shot of test >here<.)
• dnsmasq updated to 2.36
• olsrd updated to 0.4.10
• Alias line item descriptions backported from -HEAD
• Enhanced cron handling backported from -HEAD
• dhclient changes backported from FreeBSD 7
• miniupnpd updated
• Speed NAT apply page up 100%
• PPPoE auto disconnect (for our German users)
• Soekris/WRAP error light usage now when a problem or alert occurs
• TCPDump interface
• VLAN assign interface improvements
• SLBD/load balancing ping times increased to a timeout of 2 seconds
• Package infrastructure to safely sync package data between CARP nodes added
• Miscellaneous DHCP Server OPT interface fixes
• 1:1 NAT outgoing FTP fixes
• OpenVPN stability fixes
• Traffic shaper wizard now displays errors correctly
• BandwidthD package added
• Pinger framework improved
• Dynamic filter log viewer added
• IPSec filtering is now possible. You need to create rules before traffic will pass!!
• Individual kill state feature back ported from HEAD on Diagnostics, Show States screen
• Fix for DHCP Load balancing edge case where monitor IP’s would be mapped through the wrong gateway.
• Option added to turn off TX and RX hardware checksums. We are finding more and more hardware that this feature just simply doesn’t work very well.
• OpenVPN PPPoE fixes
• Reload VLAN interfaces correctly after adding a new one
• Multiple client OpenVPN fixes
• PHP upgraded to 4.4.6
• Synchronized captive portal with m0n0wall
• CARP IP addresses can be used on IPSec VPN connections and multi-WAN IPSec now works correctly
• config.xml stability improvements to drastically reduce chances of corruption
• Packages auto-fix themselves if a problem arises in the installation
• Lighttpd upgraded to 1.4.15
• PPPoE server subnet fixes
• OpenVPN outgoing bandwidth limits added
• Firewall schedules feature added
• Server load balancing pool page added
• Multi-WAN NAT configuration now correct in non-Advanced Outbound NAT mode
• Load balancing ping now uses fping

1.2-BETA-2 will appear at a mirror near you very soon. Please let us know what you think on the forum or mailing list.