Peplink Balance 305 HW1 Router Firmware 6.3.2 Download

Posted at November 19, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

Peplink Balance 305 HW1 Router Firmware 6.3.2 Description

Important Notices:

- Firmware Downgrade is Unavailable for the HD4: Please note that once 6.3.2 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.
- 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.
- Firmware Downgrade is Unavailable for the Balance One: Please note that once 6.3.2 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.
- 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 router to manage APs running 3.5.0 or below, please upgrade APs to Firmware 3.5.2 or later before upgrading your Peplink router.

New Features:

PepVPN:
- Port forwarding support for PepVPN NAT Mode clients
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: ALL; MediaFast: ALL; Surf: SOHO

Scheduled:
- The router’s built-in AP can be scheduled to turn on and off.
- Compatible with Balance: One; MAX: 700, OTG, BR1, BR2, HD2, HD4, Transit; MediaFast: HD2, HD4, 200; Surf: Soho

Captive Portal:
- Support for HotspotSystem Wi-Fi management tool.
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4; MediaFast: ALL

Interfaces:
- HD4 now supports additional 3 LAN ports as WAN.
- Compatible with MAX: HD4

Feature Improvements:

- Improved IPsec stability for connecting to IPsec gateways from other vendors.
- DDNS updates support private IP address rather than the automatically detected IP.
- [PepVPN] Support for Layer 3 Remote Network Isolation (Navigation: Network > OSPF & RIPv2 > Route Advertisement > Network Advertising)
- [OSPF] Support for OSPF advertising for non-Ethernet WAN networks.
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: ALL; MediaFast: ALL; Surf: SOHO

- [Captive Portal] Added option to the show quota status to clients after a successful login.
- MediaFast: ALL [Captive Portal] Per-client bandwidth control implemented for RADIUS connections.
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4

- [Content Filtering] New category for the blacklist database: audio-video.
- [Content Filtering] Downloadable list of all the domains that will be blocked by the router.
- [Content Filtering] Blocked pages now redirect to a landing page.
- Compatible with Balance: All models except the Balance 20; MAX: ALL; MediaFast: ALL; Surf: SOHO

- [MediaFast] Regular health checks are performed on the caching engine when caching is enabled.
- [MediaFast] Bandwidth limits can now be applied to prefetching to control bandwidth consumption.
- Compatible with MediaFast: ALL

Resolved Issues:

- LAN ports reset in response to unrelated configuration changes.
- The ping tool (Navigation: Tools > Ping) supports IPSec connections.
- When using a custom port-based VLAN trunk, the untagged LAN cannot connect.
- SIP RTP does not work with inter-VLAN routing, two-way audio does not function.
- Disabled ports do not work even after they have been re-enabled.
- [WebUI] When drop-in mode is enabled, no IP addresses will be shown on the WAN configuration page.
- [PepVPN] The LAN MAC address may change when a Layer 2 PepVPN connects or disconnects.
- [PepVPN] When performing port forwarding to servers located at remote PepVPN sites, the source IP address of incoming packets will be incorrectly translated to PepVPN virtual IP address.
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: ALL; MediaFast: ALL; Surf: SOHO

- [Surf SOHO] Packets are improperly tagged as VLAN 0.
- [Surf SOHO] When VLANs are assigned by a DHCP server, and when the LAN Port Type is set as “Trunk, VLAN Any”, client devices will always get the untagged VLAN.
- [Surf SOHO] When a port-specific VLAN has been disabled, packets will still enter through the untagged VLAN IP.
- Compatible with Surf: SOHO (HW2)

- [Previous HW Balance] LACP 802.3ad link aggregation does not work.
- [Previous HW Balance] Device fails to connect to InControl 2. hardware revision
- Compatible with Balance: 305 (HW1), 380 (HW3-5) ,580 (HW1), 710 (HW1-2), 1350 (HW1)

- [PepVPN] SpeedFusion WAN Smoothing does not function as well if QoS is enabled
- Compatible with Balance: One, 210, 310, 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, 2500; MAX: 700, Transit, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD2 IP67, HD4; MediaFast: ALL

- [AP Controller] Local AP 802.11ac clients are recognized as 802.11a/n.
- [AP Controller] The AP controller is unable to download firmware packs due to insufficient memory.
- [AP Controller] When upgrading from 6.2.x to 6.3.x, single-band SSID configurations will be changed to dual-band configurations.
- [AP Controller] Setting the AP Controller to default disables it and resets the configuration after pressing “Save” & rebooting.
- [AP Controller] Clients connected to the AP controller's DHCP server will receive different IP addresses upon client reset.
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: 700, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD2 IP67, Transit, HD4; MediaFast: ALL

- [Captive Portal] Clients connected by RADIUS are unable to reach the Web admin page.
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4; MediaFast: ALL

- [Content Filtering] Web blocking category configuration fails to apply upon a reboot or firmware upgrade.
- Compatible with Balance: All models except the Balance 20; MAX: ALL; MediaFast: ALL; Surf: SOHO

- [MediaFast] Windows clients will encounter an error when attempting a Windows update.
- Compatible with MediaFast: All

- [QoS] Group bandwidth Reservation doesn't work after disabling and re-enabling it.
- Compatible with Balance: ALL; MAX: 700, Transit, HD2, HD2 Mini, HD2 IP67, HD4; MediaFast: ALL

Known Issues:

- [PepVPN] PepVPN NAT Mode clients disappear from Client List when there is no client usage.
- Affects Balance: ALL; MAX: ALL; MediaFast: ALL; Surf: SOHO

- [Content Filtering] The content filter is unable to block BitTorrent Traffic.
- Affects Balance: All models except the Balance 20; MAX: ALL; MediaFast: ALL; Surf: SOHO

- [Captive Portal] In the LAN settings, switching from Advanced mode to Simple mode under does not disable the Captive Portal.
- [Captive Portal] Existing downloads do not terminate after the bandwidth quota has been reached.
- [Captive Portal] Actual time allowed for web browsing is less than the value assigned by the time quota.
- Affects Balance: ALL; MAX: BR1, BR2, 700, HD2, HD4; MediaFast: ALL

- [MediaFast] Sum of clients' reported hourly usage is different from that of WAN usage.
- [MediaFast] Web blocking does not function when MediaFast in enabled.
- Affects MediaFast: ALL

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 Peplink Support Ticket.

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.

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.

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