IMPORTANT: This is beta software. Usage within a production environment is neither recommended nor supported.
We are happy to announce the public beta release of Firmware 6.1.2 for Balance, MAX, and Surf SOHO. Although this is a minor update, there are some exciting new features to look forward to:
Here are the key features of this release:
Pepmin: Access the WebUI of Devices Behind a Cellular/Private IP
: Pepmin enables on-demand, fully secure access to your device’s native webUI via InControl. - Bonjour Forwarding/Gateway
: This enables Apple devices to discover each other and share resources (AirPlay, AirPrint) even they are on different subnets.
Firmware 6.1.2 has many more improvements in store. Please refer to the release notes for full details. Try out all the new features and get the beta now!
IMPORTANT: To report any issues you encounter, please follow these steps:
Obtain a Diagnostic Report Before Rebooting: When you reboot your device, valuable information about the issue could be lost. To obtain a diagnostic report, please refer to this document.
Turn On Remote Assistance Before Rebooting: Remote Assistance enables us to better diagnose the problem. To turn on remote assistance, please refer to this document.
Submit a Support Ticket: This will facilitate communications between you and our support team. Please submit the ticket via http://cs.peplink.com/contact/support and specify “Beta” in the Inquiry
Pepmin is life savior for multiple sites deployment we have. Saving time and money on truck rolls to perform initial configuration to site and allow us to think getting close to Meraki philosophy drop device on site and centrally manage. Only thing is kind bothers so far on pretty large fleet warranty extension becomes very expensive. Not sure if you guys was thinking on fixed price InC2 subscription.
I installed 6.1.2 a few days ago and all was well until about 1 hour ago.
I noticed that that the network was getting sluggish and unable to connect to some sites like hotmail.ca and Google.com.
I have two SIP devices on the network and both dropped their connections to the servers almost at the same time.
One device was connected to toronto2.voip.ms port 5060 and the other to toronto4.voip.ms port 5060
After doing a reset to the ATA’s a few times I checked my cell phone to make sure it was still working on those servers and it was but only if I used a 3 or 4G/LTE connection.
If I tried to use the WiFi on the Surf Soho it failed.
Rebooting the Surf Soho did not help so I reinstalled the old firmware 6.02
Everything came back up and is working normally as it has been for the past year approximately.
I am using the Surf Soho with a Sierra Wireless 313U and WAN over WiFi courtesy of my next door neighbour as the fallback
When the ATA’s stopped working on the USB modem they would not work on the WAN over Wifi either.
Thank you for your feedback so far. To help us reproduce and solve the issues you are encountering, please follow the steps below:
Obtain a Diagnostic Report Before Rebooting: When you reboot your device, valuable information about the issue could be lost. To obtain a diagnostic report, please refer to this document.
Turn On Remote Assistance Before Rebooting: Remote Assistance enables us to better diagnose the problem. To turn on remote assistance, please refer to this document.
Submit a Support Ticket: This will facilitate communications between you and our support team. Please submit the ticket via http://cs.peplink.com/contact/support and specify “Beta” in the Inquiry
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
With 6.1.2b01 build 1472 on the Balance One, the Sierra Wireless U313 on AT&T is not able to connect. The Pantech UML290 on Verizon works just fine though.
Thank you for your feedback so far, the U313 should be working. To help us reproduce and solve the issues you are encountering, please follow the steps below:
Obtain a Diagnostic Report Before Rebooting: When you reboot your device, valuable information about the issue could be lost. To obtain a diagnostic report, please refer to this document.
Turn On Remote Assistance Before Rebooting: Remote Assistance enables us to better diagnose the problem. To turn on remote assistance, please refer to this document.
Submit a Support Ticket: This will facilitate communications between you and our support team. Please submit the ticket via http://cs.peplink.com/contact/support and specify “Beta” in the Inquiry
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
I finish preliminar testing after 24 hrs of usage and here are my comments.
Pepmin work great!!!
The additional or phantom field that is added to remote_id at SF page config is fixed (#741421). Astryukov commented that is not fixed, maybe is another bug, but on chrome my bug is crushed.
AP controller GUI error (#741313) is fixed. This bug showed the AP controller as turned off when It was on.
SF Bonding with a NAT connection is NOT fixed (#741318). When I connect SF-VPN from a NAT to a mixed NAT+notNAT it does connect to both WAN’s. But if remote NAT WAN fails after conection and get online again the SF-VPN doesnt add it again.
Need to test:
a) Vlan Interrouting
b) BR1 GPS forwarding (I tested with a special firmware and worked greati, but the GPS TCP Port was disabled for some reason).
c) Change username for loggin.
d) Balance One Usb support. We have a special firmware and it was working great, need to test in beta.
I did notice that the help for Bandwidth Control on the Balance One says that bandwidth is limited for Guest and Staff users but not Managers. Unlike the Balance 380 or other units, there is no way to specify which users are Guest, Staff, or Managers. Is that by design or an oversight?
