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Firmware 6.2.1 Release Notes Release Date: 06/24/2015
Contents 1. Devices Supported 2. Important Notes 3. Obtaining the Firmware 4. New Features 5. Feature Improvements 6. Resolved Issues 7. Known Issues 8. Report a Bug
1. Devices Supported This firmware release supports the following devices:
Peplink Balance MediaFast Pepwave MAX Pepwave Surf
20 / 30 / 30 LTE / 50 500 OnTheGo SOHO
One HD2^ / HD4^ BR1* / BR1 ENT / BR2*
210 / 310 700
305 / 380 / 580 / 710 / 1350 / 2500
HD2 / HD2 IP67 / HD2 mini
HD4
^Full names = HD2 with MediaFast, HD4 with MediaFast.
*BR1 IP55, BR1 Slim, and BR2 IP55 are also included in this designation
2. Important Notices Internal Network* Firewall Rules Will Need to Be Reconfigured: To increase protection for traffic running between internal networks, Firmware 6.2.1 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.
*Internal Network includes LAN / VLAN / Static Route networks / PepVPN or SpeedFusion networks / L2TP with IPsec clients / PPTP clients. Please Refer to the inline help text on Web Admin for more details.
Upgrade APs to 3.5.2 Before Upgrading to 6.2.1: When running Firmware 6.2.1, Peplink routers will be unable to upgrade APs running 3.5.0 or below using upgrade packs. If you are using a Peplink router to manage APs running 3.5.0 or below, please upgrade APs to Firmware 3.5.2 before upgrading your Peplink router. Router Utility 1.4.1 Incompatible with Firmware 6.2.1: If you are using Router Utility 1.4.1 to manage your devices, please upgrade to Router Utility 1.4.2.
For Upgrades From Firmware 6.1 or Below. If your device is running Firmware older than 5.3.12, please upgrade to 5.3.12 first before upgrading to 6.2.1. Adjustment Needed for AP One AC Mini: In order for clients to connect to the AP One AC Mini using 802.11ac, you will need to make a slight adjustment. Please go to the Web UI and navigate to AP > Profiles > *your profile*. There, find the “5Ghz channel bonding” setting and change it to “auto”. Layer 2 PepVPN Profiles Need Reconfiguration: Layer 2 PepVPN is now easier to use and more flexible. However, PepVPN profiles created using Firmware 6.1 or below will need to be reconfigured to work in Firmware 6.2 and above. Please follow the instructions from this link: http://www.peplink.com/knowledgebase/settingupalayer2pepvpnprofileinfirmware62/
3. Obtaining the Firmware Firmware 6.2.1 GA can be obtained here: http://www.peplink.com/support/downloads/
4. New Features Feature Description Devices Supported
Social WiFi Hotspot with Facebook Login
Use InControl 2 to configure and customize a captive portal per SSID. Guests can connect using
Balance: One All MAX models
Facebook, Open Access, Guest Accounts, or with a Token.
* An active InControl 2 subscription is required. Full Instructions here.
Navigation: InControl 2 > WiFi AP > Group Wide SSID Settings
L2TP with IPsec Peplink products can now accept L2TP/IPsec connections, giving remote clients a safe and convenient way to remotely access trusted networks via a supported client device. Supported L2TP with IPsec client devices: Windows / OS X / iOS / Android. Full Instructions here.
Navigation:
Balance: Network > Misc. Settings> Remote Access
MAX: Advanced > Remote User Access
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
Full AP Controller License Goes Free
From Firmware 6.2.1 onwards, all AP controller enabled devices will support the maximum number of APs they can support without any licence activation.
All Balance / MediaFast Models
MAX: 700, OTG*, BR1, BR2, HD2, HD2 mini, HD4
* LLB and SpeedFusion Enabled Versions only.
Extended LACP Support
LACP (802.3ad) support has been extended to Balance 305/380 and above. These machines now have the ability to combine the bandwidth of multiple LAN ports into a single connection.
Balance: 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500 MediaFast: 500
SIM Toolkit: USSD Support
For devices with USB WAN support or integrated cellular modems. Enter USSD codes in the WebUI to access functions such as payment. Feature availability and functionality varies by carrier. Full Instructions here.
Navigation: Advanced > Misc. Settings > SIM Toolkit
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models* Surf: SOHO
*With the exception of IP55 and IP67 versions
Experimental: USB Ethernet Adapter support for Balance
Selected Balance models can now support USB Ethernet adapters, effectively turning the USB port into an Ethernet port. Please note that this is an experimental feature, supporting selected USB Ethernet adapters only. For more details, please click:
Balance: 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500
MAX: All products equipped with a USB port will support this feature.
http://www.peplink.com/knowledgebase/supportedusbethernetadapters/
Surf: SOHO.
5. Feature Improvements Reference no. Improvement Devices Supported
9558 H.A.: In an HA configuration, the slave can now be managed by InControl 2, as well as deliver Email notifications.
Balance: 210, 310, 305, 380+, 2500
MediaFast: All Models MAX: 700, HD2,HD2 mini, HD2 IP67, HD4
11753 SNMP: Peplink products will now deliver SNMP traps for WAN up/down
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
11755 WiFi: The HD4 now supports concurrent 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi by changing WiFi WAN to WiFi AP.
MAX: HD4 MediaFast: HD4
11949 PPPoE: Access the web admin page of a connected DSL modem on PPPoE WAN.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12052 DNS: Dedicate a specific interface to handle DNS inquiries for a specific domain name. (e.g. www.peplink.com → WAN 1).
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12523 WebUI: On the PepVPN (SpeedFusion) status page, a yellow icon indicates that WAN is in standby mode, rather than red.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12532 CLI: Use CLI to backup router configurations via TFTP.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12601 WiFi WAN: Added channel selection support in the WiFI WAN settings menu.
MAX: 700, OTG, BR1, BR2, HD2, HD4 MediaFast: HD2, HD4 Surf: SOHO
12919 LAN Access: Determine which LANs and VLANs can access the router’s Web UI, CLI, and other control interfaces.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
6. Resolved Issues
Reference no. Details Devices Affected
11068 PPTP: Balance models 380 and above could not support more than 30 PPTP connections.
Balance: 380+, 2500 MediaFast: 500
12378 OSPF: Learned routes do not show up on the OSPF & RIPv2 status page.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12533 PepVPN: The “Outbound Policy by domain name” function is unable to route traffic to PepVPN profiles.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12536 Security: IP Spoofing protection is not working correctly for WAN connections in IP Forwarding mode.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12558 GPS: GPS functionality now has improved reliability, recovering where it previously shut down.
MAX: BR1^, BR1 ENT, HD2, HD2 mini
^ not including the BR1 IP55
12750 Static Routes: Static routes cannot work on tagged VLANs.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12757 DNS: Unable to create A record with Custom IP Address
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12846 Balance 310: Bandwidth Control Limits do not function. Affects Balance 310 Hardware Revision 4.
Balance: 310
12911 PepVPN: PepVPN NAT mode clients on VLAN are unable to route traffic to the other devices in the same VLAN subnet.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
13086 Cellular: The bandwidth allowance feature malfunctions for the BR1 series.
MAX: BR1 / BR1 ENT / BR2
7. Known Issues
Reference no. Details Devices Affected
6911 PepVPN: PepVPN chart may show severe packet loss if encryption is enabled.
Balance: 2500 MAX: HD4
MediaFast: HD4
9663 Captive Portal: The Captive Portal will not redirect if the DNS proxy has been disabled.
All Balance / MediaFast models
MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4
9992 Captive Portal: Support for Local Guest Account Mode has been temporarily suspended. This feature is scheduled to return in Firmware 6.3.0.
All Balance / MediaFast models
MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4
10575 Captive Portal: When logging into the Captive Portal using user authentication, clients will be unable to see the terms & conditions.
All Balance / MediaFast models
MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4
11176 PepVPN: When using iTunes or Remote to Airplay to an AppleTV over PepVPN, Bonjour Forwarding does not function.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
12838 L2TP with IPSec: Multiple Windows clients behind the same NAT router may not be able to establish L2TP/IPsec connections concurrently.
All Balance / MediaFast / MAX models Surf: SOHO
8. Report a Bug To report a bug, please open a forum thread at https://forum.peplink.com/