The latest Firmware 8.2.0 from Peplink is finally here. Unlock even more features to enable additional functions and enhancements for your Peplink devices.
From highly requested professional features to improvements, our goal is to provide effective management, usability, and flexibility in your setup.
**Optimize:** Dynamic Weighted Bonding
Define which cellular connections are labeled as congested based on latency values resulting in better performance without being affected by weak connections.
**Secure:** DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
Communicate DNS information over a secure HTTPS connection in an encrypted manner to offer increased privacy and confidentiality by preventing data interception.
**Redundancy:** Simultaneous dual radio for Wi-Fi WAN
Dual Wi-Fi WANs can now be accepted simultaneously on specific models. Essentially this can create more redundancy and provide additional connectivity options.
THeir is a Special Build of the Version 8.1.1 that allowed access to the Starlink Dish and the internal Website via Web and Starlink App, what otherwise would not be possible.
I am experiencing very slow response on the web admin page for my surf soho mk3 after upgrading to 8.2. The dashboard shows the processor load is constantly between 80% and 100%, whereas with fw 8.1.3 it was 25%-30% with same config. Is anyone else seeing this ? Is there a fix to 8.2, other than rolling back to 8.1.3?
Thanks
The only way to roll back 8.2.0 is to go to the system > reboot > then choose the older version as the boot target. If you have updated to more than one version of 8.2.0 (beta 1, 2, rc, 1,2 etc) then you won’t really have a way to go back at this point.
I upgraded and the direct access to the Starlink dish (https://192.168.100.1) is NOT working anymore. The description how to setup this with the special firmware was here:
Is this really true? If you have a beta of 8.2 in the inactive firmware slot and the GA release of 8.2 in the active firmware slot, can you not download 8.1.3 and install it into the inactive slot?
It still works for my setup. (I’m viewing it remotely via SpeedFusion from my remote office)
the Starlink/OOB managment fix has been in every release since the original.
I updated again. This time I removed the COnfiguration and set it again. The Situation stay the same, its not working anymore. When I downgrade back to 8.1.1s, it is working.
Hi Michael. There are only two “positions” for firmware.
HOWEVER, Peplink has been thoughtful about this: It maintains a repository of older FW Here you will find older versions. For example, here’s what’s available for your Balance 20X:
By contrast, Firmware Download site implies that 8.2.0 is only good for Balance 20s with HW rev of 7 or 8, and that for rev 6 or earlier, 8.1.3 is the most current firmware option.
Thanks for the clarification. With that explained, it does seem to me that there are two bugs:
The “Devices Supported” table in the Release Notes for 8.2.0 is misleading in this regard (it should make it clear there that the support for Balance 20 does not apply to revs 6 or earlier); and
The Firmware Upgrade function of firmware 8.1.1 does correctly identify 8.1.3 as the most current (supported) firmware version for this hardware. A device should never explicitly encourage a user to upgrade to unsupported firmware.
