Virtual Network Hub - Change Log

March 22, 2022

Version 3.36 has been released.

• Fixed: an issue where the service would not start after updating from Windows 10 1809 to Windows 10 21H2.
• Improved: performance on 10Gbps networks.
• Added: compatibility with most VPNs.
• Added: the ability to configure the CPU mask and utilization limits via the registry.

December 11, 2020

Version 3.30 has been released.

• Fixed: an issue where the uninstaller was unable to shut down the UI when a message box was open.
• Fixed: an issue where high CPU utilization on the system triggered the UI to report that the license had expired.
• Improved: the responsiveness of the user interface.
• Improved: the use of all processors for traffic filtering in multi-processor systems.

October 1, 2020

Version 3.28 has been released.

• Improved: the loading and saving of Settings.
• Improved: faster detection when the UI disconnects from the service.
• Added: compatibility with Microsoft Hyper-V.

May 1, 2020

Version 3.26 has been released.

• Fixed: an issue where the activation dialog did not immediately reflect the success or failure response from the server.
• Added: the ability to import and export program-wide settings into an XML file.
• Added: a progress animation within the Activation dialog for both product and subscription activations.
• Added: notifications for new releases and a setting for the frequency of update checks.

February 3, 2020

Version 3.21 has been released.

• Fixed: a recovery issue after an unexpected shutdown corrupted the user.config file.
• Fixed: an incompatibility with the 'Windows Network Data Usage Monitoring Driver' that resulted in a memory leak.
• Fixed: an issue where DHCPv4 packets were sometimes discarded on a mixed IPv4-IPv6 network.
• Fixed: the license status refresh during activation.
• Added: support for Windows 10 1909.
• Added: an overlay image for when the UI is disconnected from the service.
• Added: subscription management within the Activation dialog.

June 14, 2019

Version 3.15 has been released.

• Fixed: a failure to detect network adapters on Windows 10 1903.
• Added: support for Windows 10 1903.

June 3, 2019

Version 3.14 has been released.

• Added: transitioned to a service-based architecture.
• Added: support for up to 4 isolated hubs, with up to 16 slots each.
• Added: Drag-and-Drop functionality for adapters onto slots, changing adapter order, changing slot order, moving slots between hubs, and changing hub order.
• Added: DHCP server configuration for an IP range.
• Added: a 'Default Gateway' slot type with a DHCP client for uplink network connectivity.
• Added: a 'Wi-Fi Hot Spot' slot type for wireless adapters with Wi-Fi software access point functionality.
• Added: multiple levels of settings: global, hub, and slot.
• Added: buttons for connecting and disconnecting wireless adapters.
• Added: a feature to display the last 5 characters of the license key within the activation dialog.
• Added: a detection and recovery mechanism for a corrupt user.config file that was preventing the UI from starting.
• Added: a diagnostics utility to display the .NET Framework version and the correct Windows version.
• Improved: the uninstallation process to shut down all programs that use the driver.
• Updated: the end-user license agreement.
• Fixed: an issue where a "Process unauthorized..." event was written to the event log upon UI startup.

January 14, 2019

Version 2.87 has been released.

• Added support for Windows Server 2019.

January 11, 2019

Version 2.86 has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with other products.

November 26, 2018

Version 2.84 has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with other products.

October 17, 2018

Version 2.83 has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with other products.

November 26, 2017

Version 2.81 has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with other products.

June 14, 2017

Version 2.80 has been released.

• Improved: upgraded the driver to version 6.43 for compatibility with other released products.

April 25, 2017

Version 2.71 has been released.

• Improved: Email-based product activation has been replaced with Offline activation and manual license request upload to the website. Online activation remains unchanged.
• Improved: the license dialog with periodic automatic checking for license request approval when the dialog is open.
• Improved: switched the licensing to automatically use shared licenses on the same computer. Licenses are now stored within the local application data directory of a user's profile.
• Added: product edition and build date information to the About dialog.
• Improved: closing the main window now places the program in the system tray notification area.
• Improved: the centering of message boxes.
• Added: the capability to cancel saving a file on exit.
• Added: settings for auto-start on user login to load the last-used file.
• Improved: transitioned the data file format to XML-based. The old format is now supported for loading only.
• Fixed: a crash that occurred on Windows 10 during uninstallation.

December 24, 2016

Version 2.21 has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with our other products.

November 20, 2016

Version 2.14 has been released.

• This is a maintenance release for compatibility with our new products.

September 17, 2016

Version 2.12 has been released.

• Fixed: an incompatibility with the Windows 10 Anniversary update.

August 5, 2016

Version 2.11 has been released.

• Fixed: an issue where rules were not automatically applied from the loaded file when the program was started with the "/systray" switch.

June 10, 2016

Version 2.10 has been released.

• Fixed: a loss of connectivity after installation on Windows 2008 R2/Windows 7 when certain network cards are connected to the system.

May 27, 2016

Version 2.9 has been released.

• Fixed: an application crash on CPUs that do not support the AVX instruction set (binaries are now built with the SSE2 instruction set).

May 5, 2016

Version 2.8 has been released.

• Added: support for Windows 10.
• Removed: support for Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008.

September 26, 2015

Version 1.10 has been released.

• Implemented functionality to build a custom Virtual Network Hub with custom settings for each port.
• This is the last version to support Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008.