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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

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