Peplink Balance 380 HW6 Router Firmware 7.0.1

Important Notices:

For Firmware 7.0.1

- PepVPN Route Isolation is Not Backwards Compatible: ​If users are using PepVPN Route Isolation, they should upgrade all the devices in the network to 7.0.1 or 6.3.4.

For Firmware 7

- PepVPN Firmware Compatibility Change​: Devices running Firmware 7 will only form PepVPN connections with devices running Firmware 6.1 or later. Firmware 6.0 or earlier is deprecated.

- Firmware Downgrade is Unavailable for the BR1, BR1 ENT, BR1 Slim, and Transit: ​Please note that once Firmware 7 is installed on those, it will not be possible to downgrade to Firmware 6 or below. Dual-boot with older Firmware is still supported, but each Firmware slot will not accept earlier Firmware once it contains Firmware 7.

- After Partitioning a MediaFast Router, Running Previous Firmware will Completely Clear the Cache: ​Please note that once you create partitions on any MFA router, running 6.3.3 or below will cause the router to clear the entire cache.

For Firmware 6.3.3 or Before

- Firmware Downgrade is Unavailable for the HD4: ​Please note that once 6.3.3 is installed on the MAX HD4, it will not be possible to downgrade to Firmware 6.3.1 or below. Dual-boot with older Firmware will still function, but each Firmware slot will not accept earlier Firmwares once it contains 6.3.2 or above.

- Firmware Downgrade is Unavailable for the Balance One: ​Please note that once 6.3.3 is installed on the Balance One, it will not be possible to downgrade to Firmware 6.3.0 or below. Dual-boot with older Firmware will still function, but each Firmware slot will not accept earlier Firmwares once it contains 6.3.1 or above.

- UI Change for OSPF & RIPv2 Route Advertisement​: We have updated the page for configuring OSPF & RIPv2 route advertisements. If you have previously customized OSPF & RIPv2 settings, please go in and review route advertisement settings after firmware upgrade.

- Upgrade APs to AP Firmware 3.5.2 or Later Before Upgrading Balance and MAX devices to 6.2.2 or above: ​When running Balance and MAX Firmware 6.2.2 or above, Peplink routers will be unable to upgrade APs running 3.5.0 or below using upgrade packs. If you are using a Peplink before router to manage APs running 3.5.0 or below, please upgrade APs to Firmware 3.5.2 or later upgrading your Peplink router.

New Features:

- [InControl DPI Support]​ Support for DPI report generation has been added. It provides per-device level reports showing overall traffic classification. DPI reporting can be switched on/off via Incontrol.

- Compatible with Balance: ​30 LTE HW3, One, 210 HW4, 310 HW4, 305 HW2, 380 HW6, 580 HW2, 710 HW3, 1350 HW2, 2500

- Compatible with Balance: MAX:​ HD4, Transit, HD2 Mini, 700 HW3, HD2 HW5, BR1 ENT

- Compatible with Balance: MediaFast: ​200, 500, 750, HD2, HD4

- [PepVPN] ​Added ability to select PepVPN sub-tunnels when defining outbound policy with Enforced or Priority algorithms.

- Compatible with Balance: All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models

- [Router Security]​ The router will now temporarily block Web Admin access for IP addresses with too many failed login attempts.

- Compatible with Balance: All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models

- Compatible with Balance: Surf: ​SOHO

Feature Improvements:

- [AP Controller]​ The status and events of APs managed by AP controllers are now visible on InControl.

- Compatible with Balance:​ ALL

- [AP Controller]​ The AP Controller's complete event logs are now visible in the remote syslog server, not just selected events. Please note that the log Prefix has changed from “WLC” to “AP Controller”

- Compatible with MAX:​ 700, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD2 IP67, Transit, HD4

- Compatible with MediaFast:​ All

- [Captive Portal]​ For the Web UI captive portal, any text element on the built-in captive portal can now be customized using a visual editor.

- [Captive Portal]​ Added support for different captive portals for different SSID.

- [Captive Portal]​ Improved captive portal client handling with iOS 10.2 or below, and MacOS

- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast models

- Compatible with MAX:​ BR1, BR1 Slim, BR1 Mini, BR1 Ent, BR2, 700, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD4, Hotspot, Transit

- [Router Security] ​When a user has failed a specified number of authentication attempts with the same IP address, InControl will send an email alert.

- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models

- Compatible with Surf: ​SOHO

Resolved Issues:

- [Bandwidth Allowance]​ When using bandwidth allowance with multiple WAN, the usage report may not be accurate.

- [Web Blocking]​ Web-blocking redirection doesn't work for some adware websites with large cookies.

- [IPSec] ​If the remote network is set to 0.0.0.0/0, clients will be unable to access the Internet using IPsec VPN.

- [PepVPN]​ If connection is accepted using WAN's secondary or additional IP address, stability problems will occur.

- [PepVPN]​ PepVPN Route Isolation is not functioning as expected in meshed PepVPN environment.

- [PepVPN] ​Unexpected reboot issue when the device receives network packets with specific patterns for a period of time. Networks with Microsoft Exchange DAG running across PepVPN are known to be affected.

- [PepVPN] ​Cannot create custom outbound policy rules to override PepVPN Routes (i.e. Expert mode rules) if there is no custom rules below PepVPN Routes

- [Firewall] ​When firewall access rules event logging or URL Logging are enabled, the device may experience random hangs and reboots.

- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models

- Compatible with Surf: ​SOHO

- [Usage Reports]​ If the wireless client usage is greater than 4GB in an hour, the hourly usage report will not be correct.

- Compatible with Balance:​ ALL

- Compatible with MAX:​ 700, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD2 IP67, Transit, HD4

- Compatible with MediaFast:​ All

- [AP Controller]​ When creating an SSID with more than one VLAN, only clients assigned to the first VLAN can obtain IP addresses.

- Compatible with Balance:​ 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500

- Compatible with MediaFast:​ 500, 750

- [Captive Portal]​ Bandwidth quota may not block HTTP downloads after the quota has been reached.

- Compatible with All Balance / MediaFast models

- Compatible with MAX:​ BR1, BR1 Slim, BR1 Mini, BR1 Ent, BR2, 700, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD4, Hotspot, Transit

- [Cellular Usage Reports]​ Cellular WAN SIM card bandwidth usage data is lost after reboot.

- Compatible with Balance​: 30 LTE

- Compatible with MAX​: All models except the 700 and OTG

- Compatible with MediaFast​: HD2, HD4

- [MediaFast]​ When performing a cache cleanup, an error message appears even though the cleanup has been successful.

- Compatible with MediaFast​: HD2, HD4, 200, 500, 750

- [High Availability]​ When connecting to a HA pair using SpeedFusion, the HA slave is not accessible via its administrative IP address.

- Compatible with Balance:​ 210, 310, 305, 380+, 2500

- Compatible with All MediaFast / MAX Models

- [Dual-SIM]​ The MAX HD2 web admin incorrectly shows dual SIM options

- Compatible with MAX​: HD2

Firmware Installation Procedure:

- Firmware upgrade functionality is located at System>Firmware.

- Download a firmware image compatible with your device model.

- Click Choose File to select the firmware file from the local computer.

- Click Manual Upgrade to send the firmware to the Peplink unit.

- It will then automatically initiate the firmware upgrade process.

- Please note that all Peplink devices can store two different firmware versions in two different partitions. A firmware upgrade will always replace the inactive partition. If you want to keep the inactive firmware, you can simply reboot your device with the inactive firmware and then perform the firmware upgrade.

Status LED Information during firmware upgrade:

- OFF – Firmware upgrade in progress (DO NOT disconnect power.)

- Red – Unit is rebooting

- Green – Firmware upgrade successfully completed

Report a Bug:

- To report a bug, please open a support ticket at homepage.

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.