For High Availability firmware upgrade procedures through InControl please click here.
Step 1: Obtain the firmware for the devices from the Peplink website.
- Access this URL: http://www.peplink.com/support/downloads
- From the home page of the Peplink website, hover over "Support" and select "Firmware and Manual Downloads."
- Select the appropriate button for your device category: Balance, MAX, etc.
- Select the appropriate button for your device based on the model number and hardware revision.
- For information about how to determine the model number and/or hardware revision of your device click here. *Note: If there are no hardware revisions listed with your device's model number the firmware applies to all hardware revisions available.
- Save the file locally when prompted.
- Access the web admin of the slave device and disable "Configuration Sync" from the Dashboard page.
- Disconnect LAN side cable(s) from the slave device.
- From within the web admin of the slave device access the "System" tab on top > "Firmware" section on the left.
- Select the "Browse" button within the "Manual Firmware Upgrade" area to select the firmware image you saved locally.
- Once the firmware image has been selected and is displayed in the window to the right, select the "Manual Upgrade" button.
- Select "OK" in the dialogue box that appears.
- The device will validate the firmware image and then upgrade, this will cause a device reboot.
- Once the device reboot has completed, access the web admin and verify the configuration.
- Reattach the LAN side cable(s) to the slave device.
- Disconnect LAN side cable(s) from the master device.
- This will cause a fail-over to the slave device to occur.
- From within the web admin of the master device access the "System" tab on top > "Firmware" section on the left.
- Select the "Browse" button within the "Manual Firmware Upgrade" area to select the firmware image you saved locally.
- Once the firmware image has been selected and is displayed in the window to the right, select the "Manual Upgrade" button.
- Select "OK" in the dialogue box that appears.
- The device will validate the firmware image and then upgrade, this will cause a device reboot.
- Once the device reboot has completed, access the web admin and verify the configuration.
- Reattach the LAN side cable(s) to the master device.
- This will cause the master device to resume the active router role.
- From within the web admin of the slave device access the "Network" tab on top > "High Availability" section on the left.
- Select the box to enable configuration sync in the "Configuration Sync" area and ensure the master device's serial number is displayed in the window.
- Configuration Sync will be displayed on the "Dashboard" page of the slave device when enabled.