Important Notices For Upgrades From Firmware 6.2.0 or Below:
- Internal Network Firewall Rules Will Need to Be Reconfigured: To increase protection for traffic running between internal networks, Firmware 6.2.2 introduces the new “Internal Network Firewall Rules” table. If you have previously added firewall rules with both the source and destination pointing to internal networks, please reenter the rules under the new “Internal Network Firewall Rules” table.
- AP Controller: If you are using the Balance / MAX integrated AP Controller to manage your APs, please upgrade your APs to the latest Firmware before upgrading your Balance / MAX to Firmware 6.3.0
Please note that the following models will be retired and will not be supported by Firmware 6.3 onwards:
- Balance 380 Hardware Revision 1
- Balance 380 Hardware Revision 2
- Balance 700
New Features:
Port-Based VLAN:
- Designate a LAN port to a specific VLAN.
- Compatible with Balance: 20, 30, 30 LTE, 50, 210, 310, One
- Compatible with MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, Transit, HD2, HD4
- Compatible with MediaFast: 200, HD2, HD4
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
DR Site Support for PepVPN and SpeedFusion:
- When devices are connected to multiple SpeedFusion profiles, users can configure the OSPF cost of each SpeedFusion Connection.
- Compatible with Balance: One, 210, 310, 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500
- Compatible with MAX: Transit, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD4, OTG, 700
- Compatible with MediaFast: HD2, HD4, 200, 500
URL Logging:
- Track all the URLs visited by each user.
- Navigation: Network > Firewall > Content Blocking
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Time-Based Configuration:
- Enable and disable different functions (such as WAN connections, outbound policy, firewall, and PoE) at different times, based on a user-scheduled configuration profile.
- Setting a Schedule: System > Schedule
- Activating on Interface: Network > WAN > Connection name > Enable.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Web Filtering Blacklists:
- Block domains from predefined web categories (e.g. adverts, file sharing).
- 2 levels of blacklists are available: light and full. The full version supports a larger blacklist with more specific categories.
- Navigation: Advanced > Firewall > Content Blocking
- Compatible with Balance: One, 210, 310
- Compatible with MAX: BR1, BR1 ENT, BR2, Transit, OTG, 700 HD2, HD2 Mini, HD4,
- Compatible with MediaFast: 200, HD2, HD4
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
- Compatible with Balance: 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500
- Compatible with MediaFast: 500, 750
Feature Improvements:
OSPF:
- Users can configure the OSPF cost of each interface and PepVPN Connection. Select which networks and static routes to advertise.
- Navigation: Network > OSPF & RIPv2 > area > Interfaces > (?)
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Network Scanning:
- MAX routers will scan for available cellular networks and provide users with the ability to choose which network to connect to.
- Compatible with All MAX models
- Compatible with Balance: 30 LTE
- Compatible with MediaFast: HD2, HD4
Cellular WAN:
- The Web UI now displays the ICCID of the Sim Card
- Compatible with All MAX models
- Compatible with MediaFast: HD2, HD4
DHCP Logging:
- DHCP server activity (such as which clients receive which IP addresses) and events (such as IP address conflicts) are now recorded onto the event log.
- Navigation: Network > Network settings > LAN connection > DHCP Server
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
CPU Usage Monitor:
- Peplink Routers can now send CPU usage information as support standard SNMP MIB.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Remote Syslog Server:
- Peplink routers can now send syslog information to a port of your choice.
- Navigation: System > Event Log
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Application-Based Internet Traffic Blocking:
- Users can now block Internet traffic based on application.
- Navigation: Network > Firewall > Content Blocking
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
IP Passthrough:
- IP Passthrough can now support Ethernet WAN with failover to Cellular WAN.
- Compatible with MAX: Transit, BR1, BR1 ENT
IPsec with NAT Support:
- Using NAT, you can map a specific local network / IP address to another, and the packets received by remote gateway will appear to be coming from the mapped network / IP address.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Dynamic DNS:
- Dynamic DNS can now support custom Dynamic DNS servers by entering its URL.
- Works with any service compatible with DynDNS API.
- Navigation: Network > WAN > WAN Connection > Dynamic DNS Settings
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Resolved Issues:
Routing:
- For Cellular WAN connections, the MTU setting affects received packets, as well as sent packets.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
WAN as LAN:
- The Balance 2500 is missing the WAN as LAN function.
- Compatible with Balance: 2500
Captive Portal Quota Reset:
- Captive portal clients are unable to reset their usage quotas after using it up.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
Captive Portal Bandwidth Quota:
- Clients are able to continue using Internet access up to 90 seconds after reaching their bandwidth quotas.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
SpeedFusion:
- In a SpeedFusion Tunnel, when one device only supports Cold Failover, Cold Failover Links are inaccurately reported as "Not available - link failure detected".
- Compatible with Balance: One, 210, 310, 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500
- Compatible with MAX: Transit, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD4, OTG, 700
- Compatible with MediaFast: HD2, HD4, 200, 500
PepVPN:
- Changing a device name will trigger a PepVPN Profile reconnect.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
MediaFast:
- MediaFast may reach 100% CPU load when caching is enabled.
- Compatible with MediaFast: 200, 500, 750, HD2, HD4
SpeedFusion:
- If the WAN is Cellular or connected as PPPoE with static IP address, SpeedFusion tunnels may not able to reestablish connections from that WAN after a WAN failure event.
- Compatible with Balance: One, 210, 310, 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500
- Compatible with MAX: Transit, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD4, OTG, 700
- Compatible with MediaFast: HD2, HD4, 200, 500
Route Conflicts:
- If the IPsec remote network or LAN default route conflicts with a static route, then the static route will not function.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Routing:
- Outbound Policy Expert Mode overrides existing LAN/VLAN routes.
- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO
Known Issues
PepVPN:
- PepVPN chart inaccurately shows severe packet loss if encryption is enabled.
- Affected Balance: 2500
- Affected MAX: HD4
- Affected MediaFast: HD4
Captive Portal:
- The Captive Portal will not redirect if the DNS proxy has been disabled.
- Affected All Balance / MediaFast models
- Affected MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4
PepVPN:
- When using iTunes or Remote to Airplay to an AppleTV over PepVPN, Bonjour Forwarding does not function.
- Affected All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Affected Surf: SOHO
L2TP with IPSec:
- If multiple Windows clients are set up behind the same NAT router, they may not be able to establish L2TP/IPsec connections concurrently.
- Affected All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models
- Affected Surf: SOHO
SpeedFusion:
- SpeedFusion WAN Smoothing does not function as well if QoS is enabled.
- Affected Balance: One, 210, 310, 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500
- Affected MAX: Transit, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD4, OTG, 700
- Affected MediaFast: HD2, HD4, 200, 500
SpeedFusion:
- When upgraded to Firmware 6.3, older Balance revisions will have less SpeedFusion throughput than advertised on our specifications page.
- Affected Balance: 305 HW1/380 HW1-5/580 HW1/710 HW1-2/1350 HW1.
Report a Bug”
- To report a bug, please open a forum thread at https://forum.peplink.com/
About Router Firmware:
Before you consider downloading this firmware, go to the system information page of the router and make sure that the currently installed version isn’t either newer or matching this release.
Due to the large variety of router models and different methods for upgrading the device, it is highly recommended that you read and, above all, understand the installation steps before you apply the new firmware, even if you are a power user.
In theory, these steps shouldn’t be much of a hassle for anyone, because manufacturers try to make them as easy as possible, even if they don’t always succeed. Basically, you must upload the new firmware to the router through its administration page and allow it to upgrade.
If you install a new version, you can expect increased security levels, different vulnerability issues to be resolved, improved overall performance and transfer speeds, enhanced compatibility with other devices, added support for newly developed technologies, as well as several other changes.
If you’re looking for certain safety measures, remember that it would be best if you perform the upload using an Ethernet cable rather than a wireless connection, which can be interrupted easily. Also, make sure you don’t power off the router or use its buttons during the installation, if you wish avoid any malfunctions.
If this firmware meets your current needs, get the desired version and apply it to your router unit; if not, check with our website as often as possible so that you don’t miss the update that will improve your device.
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