Release 5.4.6, September 27, 2012
Changes to Peplink Balance Firmware 5.4.6 since 5.3.12
Improvements:
System stability
CPU & memory utilization
HA stability
Drop-in Mode stability
SpeedFusion performance and stability
IPsec stability
Web Admin stability
Running BA310hw2/5.4.4 as server (2 WAN links) and BA310hw2/5.4.1 as client (3 WAN links), there is a bug in the firewall that doesn’t process rules with domain names correctly. The “client” BA310 is configured to allow outbound connections to “server” BA310 by using a domain name (x.probackup.nl). The domain name (x.probackup.nl) is configured as a CNAME pointing to (y.domain2.tld) and (y.domain2.tld) is delegated using NS records to z1.dnsalias.net and z2.dnsalias.net; That DNS-domain name firewall setup doesn’t work, only when entering the IP addresses of DDNS records z1.dnsalias.net and z2.dnsalias.net the outbound firewall rule lets traffic through permanantly. Using the domain name, sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t. It looks like whether only 1 IP address is resolved and allowed.
It would be nice to read in the release notes enough information whether an upgrade would fix this bug, or when it would. Why? Don’t fix what isn’t broken and as a result keep high uptime values.