Since we have bought our beloved Balance One, in two years time, there have been no security updates released for the device.
Is Peplink software/firmware so strong and rocksolid, or did I miss something?
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6.3.3 here, however did not upgrade as there was no particluar reason to do so, as for the release notes.
Should I ?
it depends a lot on how you’re using the balance, if the features that have been added in recent versions can be useful. Consider that opening a ticket one of the first steps that you will be done will be that of updating the firmware.
Finally, one of the most interesting news that will be released with the 8.x.x firmware is the ability to use the Openvpn as a client vpn
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6.3.4 was a security release. You should upgrade to that if you make your device webui accessible on the WAN. There have been bug fixes and lots of new features added since 6.3.3 but if you don’t need it then don’t bother. 
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Hi Martin, WebUI is allowed only in LAN, I do frequently use VPN to login and manage… Should I upgrade to v 7 to make easier the transition to v 8? As the system is extremely stable (thank you PepGuys!) I’d rather keep potential upgrade headaches away… Are you aware of any trouble when upgrading? Our set of rules and settings is quite well-structured
Finally, one of the most interesting news that will be released with the 8.x.x firmware is the ability to use the Openvpn as a client vpn
I feel comfortable with Windows built in L2TP VPN client… any advantage on using OpenVPN?
i prefer much Openvpn than of L2tp, L2tp don’t have a real vpn client .
this link explains the major differences between the various client-server vpn systems:
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Most of the Firmwares have been really stable. They go through quite a few beta tests first!
I would recommend upgrading to 7.1.2 which is the last firmware in the 7 family which has a lot of security fixes.
Your rule sets will transfer nicely to the new firmware. Have a config backup just in case though.
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