IPFire, a free, open-source Linux-based hardened firewall designed to be deployed as a dedicated firewall/router system for protecting network environments, has issued IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199.

The release’s highlight is full support for WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 access points. While compatible hardware was already usable in previous releases, IPFire can now natively enable and manage advanced capabilities provided by modern wireless standards.

With that said, administrators can now select a preferred WiFi mode, with IPFire automatically configuring the appropriate parameters across 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, and legacy standards. Channel widths of up to 320 MHz are supported, enabling theoretical throughput of more than 5.7 Gbps with two spatial streams and up to 11.5 Gbps with four.