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1. 3G 3 Generation family of standards for wireless communications DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS Domain Name System EVDO Evolution Data Optimized HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol CMP Internet Control Message Protocol IP Internet Protocol LAN Local Area Network MAC Address Media Access Control Address MTU Maximum Transmission Unit MSS Maximum Segment Size NAT Network Address Translation PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol TCP Transmission Control Protocol UDP User Datagram Protocol VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol WAN Wide Area Network 6 Copynght Peplink 3 Peplink Balance User Manual Product Features Peplink Balance Series products enable all LAN users to share broadband Internet connections and provide advanced features to enhance Internet access The following is the list of Supported features 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 Supported Network Features WAN Multiple public IP support DHCP PPPoE Static IP Address or GRE 10 100 1000 Mbps Connection in Full Half Duplex 1000 Mbps Connection is available only with Peplink Balance 390 700 and 710 USB Mobile Connection available only with Peplink Balance 20W Drop in Mode available only with Peplink Balance 30 200 210 300 310 380 390 700 and 710 Network Address Translation NAT Port Addre
2. 13 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 3 Peplink Balance 30 300 5 3 1 Front Panel Appearance peplink LL LAN WAN WAN WANI 5 3 2 LED indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off rowel Green Power on OFF System initializing Status Red Booting up or busy Orange Power on self test Green Ready state LAN Indicators OFF Port is not connected Activity Green Port is connected Blinking Port is transferring data OFF 10Mbps a Orange 100Mbps WAN Indicators OFF Port is not connected Activity Green Port is connected Blinking Port is transferring data OFF 10Mbps 10 100 Orange 100Mbps 14 Copyright Peplink 5 3 3 Rear Panel Appearance RS 232 Port LAN Ports Reset Button WAN Ports 5 3 4 Connector Ports Connector Ports RS 232 Port Reserved for engineering use Support up to three 10 100BaseT WAN connections typically connected to broadband modems WAN Ports Note WAN1 is auto MDI MDI X port WAN2 WAN3 are MDI ports Support up to four 10 100BaseT LAN connections typically connected to client PCs LAN Ports Note They are auto MDI MDI X ports Power Connector DC 12V power input from power adapter 5 3 5 Unit Base Appearance Mounting Points 1 a T i a i m Lan J
3. In addition to standard DHCP options e g DNS server address gateway address subnet mask you can specify the value of additional Extended DHCP Options defined in RFC 2132 In this case you can pass additional configuration information to LAN hosts 34 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual DHCP Server Settings To define an Extended DHCP Option click the Add button choose the option that you want to define and enter its value For values that are in IP address list format you can enter one IP address per line in the provided text area input control Each option is allowed to be defined once only This option applies only to Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 DHCP Reservation This setting reserves the assignment of fixed IP addresses for a list of computers on the LAN The computers to be assigned fixed IP addresses on the LAN are identified by their MAC addresses The fixed IP address assignment is displayed as a cross reference list between the computers Name MAC addresses and fixed IP addresses The field Name an optional field is for you to define a name to represent the device MAC addresses should be in the format of 00 AA BB C C DD EE Press Le to create a new record Press x to remove a record Static Route Settings Static Route This table is for defining static routing rules for the LAN segment A static route consists of the n
4. Power Green Power on OFF System initializing Status Red Booting up or busy Orange Power on self test Green Ready LAN Indicators OFF Port is not connected Activity Green Port is connected Blinking Port is transferring data OFF 10Mbps ae Orange 100Mbps WAN Indicators OFF Port is not connected Activity Green Port is connected Blinking Port is transferring data OFF 10Mbps OS Orange 100Mbps 10 Copyright Peplink 5 13 RearPanel Appearance RS 232 Port LAN Ports 5 14 Connector Ports The connector ports on the rear panel are as follows Connector Ports RS 232 Port Reserved for engineering use Support up to two 10 100BaseT WAN connections typically connected to broadband modems WAN Ports Note WAN1 is auto MDI MDI X port WAN2 is MDI ports Support up to four 10 100BaseT LAN connections typically connected to client PCs LAN Ports Note They are auto MDI MDI X ports Power Connector DC 12V power input from power adapter 5 1 5 Unit Base Appearance io S ptt CE Mounting Points ra u E z m a E mh i a AAA HL IIA Li oe ee Bpr iy LA Made Chr Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Jle Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 2 Peplink Balance 20W 5 2 1 Front Panel Appearance 5 2 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front P
5. 5 7 2 LCD Display Menu Peplink Balance User Manual gt System Status gt System gt Firmware ver gt Serial number gt System time gt System up time gt CPU load gt LAN gt Status gt P address gt Subnet mask gt Link status gt WAN1 gt WAN2 r gt WAN7 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 gt un gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in shows firmware version shows serial number shows current time shows system uptime since last reboot shows current CPU loading 0 100 shows LAN port physical status shows LAN IP address shows LAN subnet mask shows Connected Disconnected IP address list shows Connected Disconnected shows transfer rate in Kbps gt WAN1 gt WAN2 D vis gt WAN7 gt Throughput out shows transfer rate in Kbps gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN7 gt Data Transfer d shows volume transferred since last reboot in MB gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN7 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Reboot Yes No to reboot the unit gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No to restore factory defaults gt LAN config gt Port speed shows port speed Auto 10baseT FD gt LAN 10baseT HD 100baseTx FD 100baseTx HD gt WAN1 1000baseTx FD gt WAN2 gt gt WAN7 24 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 7 3 RearPanel Appearance l USB Ports Reset Switch
6. Select the connection type from the following screen Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 3 Choose a connection method for WAN1 Method Select lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel 20 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Depending on the selection of connection type further configuration may be needed For example PPPoE and Static IP require additional settings for the selected WAN port Please refer to Section 10 Configuration of WAN Interface s for details on setting up DHCP Static IP and PPPoE After finishing the last step in the Setup Wizard please click Apply Changes on the page header to allow the configuration changes to take effect 7 2 2 Setup Wizard on Peplink Balance 20W To begin click Setup Wizard after connecting to Web Admin Interface Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 1 Welcome to Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will guide you through the WAN connection s configuration step by step This wizard is designed to simplify the process in configuring your device and connecting it to the Internet Click Next to begin Next gt gt Cancel Click on the appropriate check box es to select the WAN connection s to be configured Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 2 Choose WAN connection s to add or modify Connection Select 1 Wired Internet 2 Mobile Internet lt lt Back __Next gt gt Cancel If Wired Internet is selected in previous step choos
7. amp f FA A Serial Number and LAN MAC Address 15 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 4 Peplink Balance 210 5 4 1 Front Panel Appearance iink a oh A A dh CE ER Status LED Power LED Reset Button 5 4 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off ONCE Green Power on OFF System initializing Status Red Booting up or busy Orange Power on self test Green Ready state LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 100 Mbps OFF 10 Mbps Yellow LED Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected They are auto MDI MDI X ports 16 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 4 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector 5 4 4 Unit Base Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address _ Peplink Balance Product Code BPL 311 LAN MAC XOY Ma PEP 17e Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 5 Peplink Balance 310 5 5 1 Front Panel Appearance Status LED LAN Ports peplink i m SN i at A oP A Jh ele _ r oS Had WAN Ports Power LED Reset Button 5 5 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off PONG Green Power on OFF Sy
8. button Test Result INFO Try email through connection 3 lt 220 ESHTP gt EHLU balance lt 250 smtp Hello balance 210 210 210 210 250 S812E 1O0000000 109 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 5 Remote Syslog The Remote Syslog functionality of Peplink Balance enables event logging at a specified remote Syslog server The settings for configuring Remote System Log are found at System gt Remote Syslog Remote Syslog C Enable Save Remote Syslog Settings Remote Syslog This setting specifies whether or not to log events at the specified remote Syslog server Remote Syslog Host This setting specifies the IP address or host name of the remote Syslog server Port This setting specifies the port number of the remote Syslog service By default the Port setting value is 514 110 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 6 SNMP SNMP or Simple Network Management Protocol is an open standard that can be used to collect information about the Peplink Balance unit SNMP configuration is located at System gt SNMP SNMP Device Name Balance MyCompany 192 168 1 20 24 Read Only Delete m MD5 DES Read Only Delete SNMP Settings SNMP Device This field shows the router name defined in System gt Admin Name Security SNMPv1 This option allows you to enable SNMP version 1 SNMPv2 This o
9. C 3 2 Solution Web Admin Interface can be used for adding an inbound NAT mapping to a host and to bind the host to the WAN connections via Network gt NAT Mappings gt Add NAT Rule For example the following settings add the host with IP address 192 168 1 102 to an Inbound Mapping and bind the host to the default IP and 12 23 34 3 of WAN1 LAN Host KAI 192 168 1 102 F Inbound Mappings 211 123 123 100 Interface IP F 311 123 123 101 Outbound Mappings 131 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual C 4 Inbound Access Restriction C 4 1 Scenano A firewall is required in order to protect the network from potential hacker attacks and other Internet security threats C 4 2 Solution Firewall functionality is built into Peplink Balance By default inbound access is unrestricted Enabling a basic level of protection involves setting up firewall rules For example to set up a firewall rule between the Internet and the private network that monitors Web access from Internet click the Add Rule button in the Inbound Firewall Rules table and then change the settings according to the following screenshot New Firewall Rule Enable Wee O No Protocol HI TC Source IP amp Port Destination IP amp Port Action Event Logging After the fields have been entered as in the screenshot click Save to add the rule Then change the default inbound rule to Deny by clicking the default rule
10. Peplink Balance Mult WAN Routers Model 20L 20W 30 200 210 300 310 380 390 700 710 User Manual Firmware 4 8 2 August 09 Peplink 10 COPYRIGHT amp TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without prior notice Copyright 2009 Peplink International Ltd All Rights Reserved Peplink and the Peplink logo are trademarks of Peplink International Ltd Other brands or products mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Peplink Balance User Manual Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ee ananas datant aa net te at die 5 Z GLOSSARY sindiiseaidastidensans aies tendus tee des a tlen detente uen tentieneeuce sec dcses 6 3 PRODUCT FEATURES nil diese a essais dusedhaienenesdescesedeeueieiesedeiiiesenesnnees 7 3 1 Supported Network Features iii eeeeeeeeeeeees 7 3 2 Other Supported Features iii ee SSE ESSE SEER EEE EEE 8 A PACKAGE CONTENTS cssisiscsieitedescctieciwesdivcvexeteccacivedtuduscatinciweedexcsvecdsucescadausselcodausinceciadesiedouscswedaudeexedeusessscaveaverste 9 4 1 Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 300 9 4 2 Peplink Balance 21031068 REEE EG 9 4 3 Peplink Balance 380 390 700 710 9 5S PEPUINK BALANCE OVER VIEN tin nina nanas E E 10 5 1 Peplink Balance 20L 200 sen nennrensnns 10 S2 P DIINK Balance ZOW essai einer entente einen errant E enceinte 12 S P DIINK Balance SOS 00 a ea as D ose men er sonic nirernn te 14 5 4 Peplink Balance 2
11. 29 123 123 13 WAN1 29 123 123 13 Delete 192 168 1 24 WAN2 30 21 21 12 WAN2 30 21 21 12 Delete Add NAT Rule _ To add a rule for NAT Mappings click Add NAT Rule upon which the following screen will be displayed LAN Host 21 192 168 1 123 Inbound Mappings 1123 123 123 1 Interface IP Outbound Mappings 91 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual NAT Mapping Settings LAN Host This is the IP address of the host on the LAN that the system should map the selected connection IP address correspondences Inbound Mappings This setting specifies the WAN connections and corresponding WAN specific Internet IP addresses on which the system should bind on Any access to the specified WAN connection s and IP address es will be forwarded to the LAN Host Note 1 Inbound Mapping is not needed for WAN connections in drop in or IP forwarding mode Note 2 Each WAN IP address can be associated to one NAT Mapping only Outbound Mappings This setting specifies the IP address of each WAN connection to be used for any outgoing traffic originating from the LAN Host Note 1 If you do not want to use a specific WAN for outgoing accesses you should still choose default here then customize the outbound access rule in the Outbound Policy section Note 2 WAN connections in drop in or IP forwarding mode are not shown here Click Save to save the settings when configuration h
12. Internet via the WAN connections please refer to the following setup procedures e LAN Configuration For basic configuration refer to Section 7 Basic Configuration For advanced configuration refer to Section 8 Configuration of LAN Interface s e WAN Configuration For basic configuration refer to Section 7 Basic Configuration For advanced configuration refer to Section 10 Configuration of WAN Interface s D7 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 7 Basic Configuration 7 1 Connecting to Web Admin Interface 1 Start a web browser on a computer that is connected with Peplink Balance through LAN 2 To connect to Web Admin Interface of Peplink Balance enter the following LAN IP address in the address field of the web browser http 192 168 1 1 This is the default LAN IP address of Peplink Balance 3 When prompted for User Name and Password to access the Web Admin Interface enter the following to proceed User Name admin Password admin This is the default Username and Password of Peplink Balance The Admin Password can be changed in the page System gt Admin Security of the Web Administration Interface 4 After successful login the Dashboard of Web Admin Interface will be displayed It looks similar to the following pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Peplink Balance Web Administration Interface Router IP Address 192 168 1 1 IP Address 210 101 100 11
13. NATPMP The table that shows the forwarded ports under UPnP and NAT PMP protocols is located at Status gt UPnP NAT PMP This section appears only if you have enabled the function of UPnP NAT PMP as mentioned in Section 14 4 External amp Internal Internal Address Protocol Description 3392 192 166 1 100 UPnP Application 031 11265 192 166 1 50 NAT PMP NAT PMP 56 3560 192 166 1 20 UPnP Application 013 236 192 168 1 30 UPnP Application 047 6945 192 166 1 70 NAT PMP NAT PME 97 27549 192 166 1 40 UPnP Application 004 Delete All Click the button X to delete the single UPnP NAT PMP record in its corresponding row To delete all records click Delete All on the right hand side below the table I mportant Note UPnP NAT PMP records would be deleted immediately after clicking the button x or Delete All without the need to click Save or Confirm 19 6 Event Log Event Log information is located at Status gt Event Log Jul 15 13 56 08 WAN WAN Connected Jul 15 13 56 17 VPN Site to Site Peplink Balance 710 Connected Jul 15 13 56 31 WAN WAN Connected Jul 15 13 56 31 System Changes Applied Jul 15 13 56 31 WAN WAN Disconnected Health Check Failed Jul 15 13 56 31 WANZ2 Disconnected Manual Jul 15 13 56 31 WEN Site to Site Pepwave MAX Jul 15 16 06 30 System Changes Applied The log section displays a list of events that has taken place on the Peplink Balance unit Click the Refresh
14. of Peplink Balance Similarly WAN hosts find that the MAC address of Peplink Balance is reported by the IP packets from LAN hosts From a practical perspective the mentioned change in MAC addresses is communicated briefly after the installation of Peplink Balance to the WAN1 router the firewall and hosts on the LAN via broadcast ARP packets The potential issue exists where the broadcast ARP packets might not reach some hosts and or routers Under such circumstances the ARP table entries of the affected equipment would not be up to date and therefore the affected equipment would not be able to communicate Flushing the ARP table of the affected equipment will likely overcome this issue Alternatively it may also be practical to wait for the ARP table entries to refresh or to reboot the affected equipment ARP table entries in Windows are refreshed every 5 seconds other types of equipment may require greater lengths of time to refresh 38 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 Configuration of WAN Interface s The WAN interface settings are located at Network gt Interfaces gt WAN By clicking a connection name connection settings of that WAN can be modified 10 1 Connection Method s There are five possible connection methods DHCP Static IP PPPoE GRE Mobile Internet Connection available only with Peplink Balance 20W USB WAN Port The connection method and details are determi
15. 2G preferred is chosen the chosen network will be used when it is available If the chosen network is not available the other network will be used whenever available The default Network Type is 3G preferred GSM Frequency Band This setting allows you to specify which GSM frequency band to be used GSM1900 is used in United States Canada and many other countries in the Americas GSM900 GSM1800 GSM2100 are used in Europe Middle East Africa Asia Oceania and Brazil If All Bands is chosen the appropriate frequency band will be used automatically The default GSM Frequency Band is All Bands 49 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 2 WAN Health Check To ensure traffic is routed to healthy WAN connections only Peplink Balance provides the functionality to periodically check the health of each WAN connection The Health Check settings for each WAN connection can be independently configured via Network gt Interfaces gt WAN Method DNS Lookup w Health Check DNS ost 1 Servers Use first two DNS servers as Health Check DNS Servers Jestin Check ners Health Retries Recovery Rates Health Check Settings This setting specifies the health check method for the WAN connection The value of Method can be configured as Disabled Ping or DNS Lookup The default method is DNS Lookup For Peplink Balance 20W Mobile Internet connection the value of Method can be configured
16. Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public I P Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively 42 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 1 2 Static IP Connection The Static IP connection method is suitable if the ISP provides a static IP address to connect directly D IP Address DO O Subnet Mask 255 255 250 i Default Gateway DNS Servers Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Static I P Settings These settings specify the information required in order to IP Address communicate on the Internet via a fixed Internet IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway The information is typically determined by and can be obtained from the ISP Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups This field specifies the DNS Domain Name System Servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection Ee peters You can input the ISP provided DNS server addresses into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields If no address is entered here this link will not be used for DNS lookups Please refer to Section 10 2 10 3 10 4 and 10 5 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public I P Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively 43 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 1 3 PPPoE Connection This connection method is suitable if ISP provides login ID pass
17. Google Chrome 2 0 or above 6 2 Constructing the Network At the high level construct the network according to the following steps 1 With an Ethernet cable connect a computer to one of the LAN ports on the Peplink Balance For Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 210 300 and 310 repeat with different cables for up to 4 computers to be connected 2 With another Ethernet cable connect the WAN broadband modem to one of the WAN ports on the Peplink Balance Repeat using different cables to connect up to 2 3 or 7 WAN broadband connections with the Peplink Balance 20L 200 210 30 300 310 380 390 and 700 710 respectively or connect a USB modem to the USB WAN port on the Peplink Balance 20W 3 For Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 210 300 and 310 connect the provided power adapter to the power connector on the Peplink Balance and then plug the power adapter into a power outlet For Peplink Balance 380 390 700 and 710 connect the provided power cord to the AC power connector on the Peplink Balance and then plug the power cord into a power outlet The following figure schematically illustrates the configuration that results i Internet Broadband odem 2 Broadband odem 1 Peplink Ba ance LAN Ethernet Switch Lb amp 26 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 6 3 Configuring the Network Environment To ensure that Peplink Balance works properly in the LAN environment and can access the
18. Group Number 1 255 Preferred Role Virtual IP 192 168 1 2 LAN Administration IP 192 168 1 1 Subnet Mask Eie e e e e A i High Availability High Availability Settings Checking this box specifies that the Peplink Balance unit is part of a High Availability configuration Group Number This setting specifies a number that identifies a pair of Peplink Balance units that operate in a High Availability configuration The two Peplink Balance units in the pair must have the same Group Number value Preferred Role This setting specifies whether the Peplink Balance unit operates in Master or Slave mode Click the corresponding radio button to set the role of the unit One of the units in the pair must be configured as the Master and the other unit must be configured as the Slave The setting specifies the LAN IP address on which the active Peplink Balance listens The value of Virtual IP represents a LAN IP address that is shared Virtual IP among the Master and Slave units however at any time only one of the two units will listen on the IP address The Default Gateway of the clients on the LAN should be set to the virtual IP value LAN This setting specifies a LAN IP address to be used for accessing Administration administration functionality P This address should be unique within the LAN Subnet Mask This setting specifies the subnet mask of the LAN O9 Copynght Pepli
19. NAT PMP Event Log and Bandwidth 19 1 Device System information is located at Status gt Device Router Name Model Peplink Balance 380 Serial Number 1824 1234 ABCD Firmware Uptime 12 days 1 hour 9 minutes System Time Sat Aug 01 15 39 41 UDT 2009 LAN 00 22 44 66 AA BB Ethernet WAN1 00 22 44 66 AA BC Ethernet WAN 00 22 44 66 AA BD Ethernet WAN3 00 22 44 66 AA BE System Information This is the name specified in the field Router Name located in System Router Name gt Admin Security Model This shows the model name and number of this device Serial Number This shows the serial number of this device This shows the firmware version in which this device is currently Uptime This shows the length of time since the device is rebooted System Time This shows the current system time The second table shows the MAC address of each LAN WAN interface connected 120 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 19 2 Active Sessions Information on Active Sessions is at Status gt Active Sessions 10 10 10 115 3023 10 10 10 102 30 www http 00 00 01 No connections No connections 10 10 10 102 1619 123 123 123 11 90 www http 00 00 01 No connections No connections 102 101 103 11 123 10 10 10 102 80 www http 00 00 15 No connections No connections Source IP Destination IP Connection Type Jidle Time 77 101 136 220 11777 www http 123 123 111 11 2233
20. Settings respectively 45 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 1 4 1 Routing under GRE via Network Address Translation NAT The following figure shows a typical scenario with Peplink Balance under the GRE connection mode and NAT routing mode Outgoing NAT IP Tunnel Local IP Tunnel Remote IP Address Address Address 210 103 22 1 192 168 128 222 192 168 128 223 PePLink Balance PePLink Balance Router GRE Router Private nee a m In this scenario the IP address settings are as follows WAN IP Address 172 23 2 123 Default Gateway 172 23 2 122 Remote GRE IP address 172 23 254 87 GRE router or host s IP address Tunnel IP remote address 192 168 128 223 IP address of remote end of tunnel Tunnel IP local address 192 168 128 222 IP address of local end of tunnel Outgoing NAT IP address 210 103 22 1 This field is used for NAT routing mode only For all outgoing traffic the IP datagram will be sent via this IP address through the tunnel as a result the Outgoing NAT IP address is the public address that is seen by all external hosts on the WAN The following figure shows the packet flow for Peplink Balance under GRE connection mode and NAT routing mode ted Request neapsula ques ource 192 165 113 7 estination 192 168 113 8 Request Source 10 0 0 10 estinati 2 3 Tunnel IP 192 168 113 7 Tunnel IP 192 168 113 8 MANGA ea neapsulated Reply GRE
21. User Manual 5 6 4 RearPanel Appearance Power Switch Power Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 110 220V To hold pressing the key for 4 secs will power down the unit When the unit is powered off press it will power on the unit Power Switch 5 6 5 Unit Label Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Peplink Balance 380 Product Code BPL 380 Serial 1234 5678 9000 FC C LAN MAC XX XX XX VY VY VYy C Made in Taiwan QUELLE LE peplink http www peplink com 22 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 7 Peplink Balance 700 710 5 7 1 Front Panel Appearance Console Port LCD Display LAN Port f i a 3 pep nce710 Pep ONIO WAN Ports Power LED Status indicated in the Front Panel is as follows LED Indicator Power LED OFF Power off ON Green Power on Console Port Console Port Reserved for engineering Use LAN Port and WAN Ports 1 to 3 Gigabit Ethernet Green LED ON 1000 Mbps OFF 100 10 Mbps Yellow LED Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected They are auto MDI MDI X ports WAN Ports 4 to 7 Fast Ethernet Green LED ON 100 Mbps OFF 10 Mbps Yellow LED Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected They are MDI ports 23 Copyright Peplink
22. as Disabled or SmartCheck The default method is SmartCheck Method Health Check Disabled Note Health check is disabled Enable it to detect IP routing problem Disabled When Disabled is chosen in the Method field the WAN connection will always be considered as up The connection will not be treated as down in the event of IP routing errors Health Check Method Ping z Je 7 SST Ping Hosts Host 2 Use first two DNS servers as Ping Hosts The ICMP PING packets will be issued to test the connectivity with a configurable target IP address or host name A WAN connection is considered as up if PING responses are received from either one or both of the PING Hosts 50 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Health Check Settings This setting specifies IP addresses or host names with which connectivity is to be tested via ICMP Ping If Use first two DNS servers as Ping Hosts is checked the target PING Host will be the first DNS server for the corresponding WAN PING Hosts connection Reliable PING hosts with a high uptime should be considered By default the first two DNS servers of the WAN connection are used as the PING Hosts Health Check Method DNS Lookup Method Health Check DNS Servers Use first two DNS servers as Health Check DNS Servers DNS lookups will be issued to test the connectivity with target DNS servers The connection will be tr
23. be consisted of alphanumeric and the underscore characters only and the corresponding LAN IP address Upon clicking Save after entering required information the following screen appears 192 168 1 123 Delete To define additional servers click Add Server and repeat the above steps 73 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 3 Inbound Access Services 14 3 1 Definition of Services This section applies only to Peplink Balance 200 210 300 310 380 390 700 and 710 Services are defined at Network gt Inbound Access gt Services No Services Defined At least one server must be defined before services can be added To define a new service click the Add Service button upon which the following appears Enable a Yes No Service Name IP Protocol Port Service Port Inbound IP Address es Require at least one IP address F WANI 123 123 123 1 Interface IP Included Server s Require at least one Server ESE myserver 192 168 1 123 Weight Required Fields Save Cancel Services Settings This setting specifies whether the inbound service rule takes effect When Yes is selected the inbound service rule takes effect If the inbound traffic matches the specified IP Protocol and Port action will Enable be taken by Peplink Balance based on the other parameters of the rule When No is selected the inbound service rule does not
24. button to retrieve log entries again Click the Clear Log button to clear the log Select 50 100 or all to show the corresponding number of events in the log 123 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 19 7 Bandwidth This section applies only to Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 This section shows the bandwidth usage statistics located at Status gt Bandwidth 19 7 1 Real Time Data transferred since last reboot Add Trip Counter Current Transfer Rate Overall Overall HTTPS 124 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 19 7 2 Daily This page shows the daily bandwidth usage for each WAN connection Select the connection in which you want to check its usage from the drop down menu If you have enabled Bandwidth Monitoring feature as shown in section 10 3 the Current Billing Cycle table for that WAN connection will be shown as follows Connection 2009 07 21 2009 07 20 2009 07 19 2009 07 18 2009 07 17 OM Allowance 2009 07 16 Used 2009 07 15 2009 07 14 2009 07 13 2009 07 12 2009 07 11 2009 07 10 Scale mB GB 2009 07 08 2009 07 07 2009 07 06 2009 07 05 2009 07 04 Total 2009 07 03 2009 07 02 2009 07 01 2009 06 30 19 7 3 Monthly This page shows the monthly bandwidth usage for each WAN connection If you have enabled Bandwidth Monitoring feature as shown in section 10 3 you can choose a particular connection t
25. device It is highly recommended that both ends of the VPN connection should have Peplink Balances running with the same firmware version 58 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 11 2 Site to Site VPN Settings on Peplink Balance 210 and 310 Peplink Balance 210 and 310 support making single Site to Site VPN connection with a remote Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 710 or a Pepwave MAX Mobile Router To configure navigate to Network gt Site to Site VPN Active Peer Serial Number F 12734 1234 1734 CT Remote client is set up in high availability mode Peer IP Addresses Host F Names Optional lf this field is empty this field on the peer site must be filled Priority Priority Session Failover Time Normal Approx 15 secs Recommended Fast Approx 6 secs Faster Approx 2 secs Extreme Under 1 sec Shorter failover time incurs more health checks and higher bandwidth overhead VPN Settings Active Check this box to enable the VPN Peplink Balance only establishes VPN connection with a remote peer that has a serial number specified here If the remote peer is in high Peer Serial availability setup you can check the box Remote client is set up in Number high availability mode and enter the second unit s serial number into the second text box Enter the remote peer s WAN IP address es or host name s here Dynamic DNS host names are accepted T
26. domain name and the following screen will be displayed TIL sec Refresh sec Retry sec E mail Name Server IP Address Mail Server Priority Reference a New CHAME __New CNAME Record Included IP Add Sener amer This page is for defining the domain s NS MX CNAME A and TXT records Five tables are presented in this page for defining the five types of records 14 5 2 NS SOA Record The NS SOA Record table shows the NS servers A records TTL Refresh Time Retry Time Expire Time Minimum Time and E mail contact address that correspond to the domain To add or edit an NS record click the upper Edit button in the NS Record box Then the table will expand to look like the following s Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual save i cancel RO TTLisec Refresh sec Retry sec Expire sec Min time sec E mail hostmaster mydomain com Name Server IF Address The first two rows are the settings of TTL Refresh Time Retry Time Expiry Time Minimum Time and E mail e TTL Time to Live Defines the duration in seconds that the record may be cached e Refresh Indicates the time when the slave will try to refresh the zone from the master e Retry Defines the time between retries if the slave Secondary fails to contact the master when refresh above has expired e Expire Indicates when the zone data is no longer authoritative e Min Time Negative caching time the time an error record
27. es the web server should listen on Allowed WAN IP Address es 123 123 123 1 Interface IP 105 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 2 Firmware Upgrade The firmware of Peplink Balance is upgradeable through Web Administration Interface Firmware upgrade functionality is located at System gt Firmware Last Status Current firmware version 4 8 0 New version available 4 8 1 Firmware Image There are two ways to upgrade the unit The first method is online firmware upgrade The system can check download and upgrade over the Internet The second method is to upload a firmware file manually Click on the Check again button to use online upgrade With online upgrade Peplink Balance checks online for new firmware if new firmware is available the firmware is automatically downloaded by Peplink Balance The upgrade process will subsequently be automatically initiated You may also download a firmware image from the Peplink website http www peplink com and update the unit manually Click Browse to select the firmware file from the local computer then click Upgrade to send the firmware to Peplink Balance Peplink Balance will then automatically initiate the firmware upgrade process Firmware Upgrade Status for Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 300 210 and 310 Status LED Information during firmware upgrade e OFF Firmware upgrade in progress DO NOT disconnect power e Red Un
28. headquarters C both branch offices LAN subnet and subnets behind it i e Static routes will also be advertised to the headquarters C and the other branches So branch office A will be able to access branch office B via headquarters C in this case Note that all branch offices LAN subnet and subnets behind it have to be unique Otherwise branch offices as well as headquarters will not be able to access each other To configure navigate to Network gt Site to Site VPN Add VPN Connection Normal Approx 15 secs Recommended Fast Approx 6 secs Faster Approx 2 secs Extreme Under 1 sec Shorter failover time incurs more health checks and higher bandwidth overhead 56 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual A list of defined VPN connection profiles and a Session Failover option will be shown By clicking on the Add VPN Connection button you can create a new VPN profile for connecting to a remote site Click a connection name on the leftmost column to edit the profile Active Peer Serial Number 1824 1234 1234 CT Remote client is set up in high availability mode VPN Connection Name Branch A Peer IP Addresses Host Names Optional If this field is empty this feld on the peer site must be filled Priority 1 Highest Priority Priority 3 Lowest Save Cancel VPN Settings VPN Connection This field is for specifying a name to represent th
29. of x domain name will be returned for every name ending with domain name except names that have their own records The TTL field tells the time to live of the record in external DNS caches 14 5 5 A Record This table shows the A records of the domain name Included IP Address es Custom 222 123 22 11 WAN1 12 12 13 22 WAN2 30 51 32 35 To add an A record click the New A Record button The screen resembles the one below Host Name ES TTL P 5 second s IP Mapping Default Custom WANI priority wal Custom IP 299 173 7 11 Save Cancel 83 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual A Record Editing Host Name This field specifies the A record of this sub domain to be served by the Peplink Balance The wildcard character is Supported The IP addresses of domain name will be returned for every name ending with domain name except names that have their own records This setting specifies the time to live of this record in external DNS caches In order to reflect any dynamic changes on the IP addresses in case of link failure and recovery this value should be set to a smaller value E g 5 secs 60 secs etc IP Mapping This setting specifies lists of WAN specific Internet IP addresses that are candidates to be returned when Peplink Balance responds to DNS queries for the domain name specified by Host Name The IP addresses listed in each bo
30. one connection having the same priority Session Failover The Site to Site VPN supports IP session failover upon link or routing failure on a path between two sites It can automatically detect any failure and route established sessions to a healthy link Health check packets are sent between two sites in order to detect any failure The more frequent checks it sends the faster failover it can perform but the higher bandwidth overhead will be consumed When Normal is selected a health check packet is sent out every 5 seconds and the expected failover time is 16 seconds Session Failover When Fast is selected a health check packet is sent out every 3 Time seconds and the expected failover time is 6 seconds When Fastest is selected a health check packet is sent out every 1 second and the expected failover time is 2 seconds When Extreme is selected a health check packet is sent out every 0 1 second and the expected failover time is under 1 second The actual failover time experienced by an application may vary depending on the application behavior Select Extreme when the highest failover speed is desired By default Normal failover time is selected Important Note to Users Upgrading from Firmware 4 6 or below The Site to Site VPN in firmware 4 8 is ONLY compatible with VPN implementations in firmware 4 7 or above For example a firmware 4 8 device cannot establish connection with a firmware 4 6
31. range is forwarded via the same respective ports to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Single Port and Service Port 80 88 TCP traffic received on ports 80 through 88 is forwarded to the configured servers via the respective ports Port Map traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port is forwarded via a different port to the servers specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Port Map Service Port 80 and Map to Port 88 TCP traffic on Port 80 is forwarded to the configured servers via Port 88 Please see below for details on the Servers setting 12 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Port Forwarding Settings Inbound IP This setting specifies the WAN connections and Internet IP address es Address es from which the service can be accessed Server IP This setting specifies the LAN IP address of the server that handles the Address requests for the service 14 2 Definition of Servers on LAN This section applies only to Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 The settings to configure servers on the LAN are located at the following location Network gt Inbound Access gt Servers No Servers Defined Server Name IP Address Required Save Cancel Enter a valid server name should
32. servers If the tests are success it means the WAN may not be down but rather the target DNS server became malfunctioned You will see the following warning message on the Main page Failed to receive DNS response from the health check DNS servers for WAN connection 3 But public DNS server lookup test via the WAN passed So please check the DNS server settings 52 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 3 Bandwidth Allowance Monitor This section applies only to Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Bandwidth Allowance Monitor helps keep track of your network usage Please refer to section 19 7 to view the usage statistics Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Enable Action J Email notification is currently disabled You can get notified when usage hits 75 5 95 of monthly allowance by enabling Email Notification Disconnect when usage hits 100 of monthly allowance Monthly Allowance Bandwidth Allowance Monitor If the feature Email Notification is enabled you will be notified through email when usage hits 75 and 95 of the monthly allowance If the box Disconnect when usage hits 100 of monthly Action allowance is checked this WAN connection will be disconnected automatically when the usage hits the monthly allowance It will not resume connection unless this option has been turned off or the usage has been reset when a new billing cycle starts This option allows you to
33. take effect Peplink Balance will disregard the other parameters of the rule This setting identifies the service to the System Administrator Service Name valid values for this setting consist only of alphanumeric and the underscore characters 74 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Services Settings IP Protocol The IP Protocol setting along with the Port setting specifies the protocol of the service as TCP UDP ICMP or IP Traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port s is forwarded to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting Please see below for details on the Port and Servers settings Alternatively the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu can be used to automatically fill in the Protocol and a single Port number of common Internet services e g HTTP HTTPS etc After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu the Protocol and Port number remains manually modifiable Port The Port setting specifies the port s that correspond to the service and can be configured to behave in one of the following manners Any Port Single Port Port Range and Port Map Any Port All traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol is forwarded to the servers specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Any Port all TCP traffi
34. the source IP Address IP Network or MAC source Address for traffic that matches the rule a This setting specifies the destination IP Address or IP Network for Destination traffic that matches the rule This setting specifies the IP Protocol and Port of traffic that matches Protocol and this rule You may select some common protocol from the Protocol Port Selection Tool drop down menu This setting specifies the behavior of Peplink Balance for the custom rule One of the following values can be selected Weighted Balance Persistence Enforced Priority Least Used not applicable to Balance 20L 20W 30 Lowest Latency not applicable to Balance 20L 20W 30 The upcoming sections present the details of the listed algorithms Algorithm 64 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual New Custom Rule Settings This setting specifies whether to terminate existing IP sessions on a less preferred WAN connection in the event that a more preferred WAN connection is recovered This setting is applicable to the Algorithms Weighted Persistence and Priority Terminate Sessions on Link By default this is disabled In this case all existing IP sessions will Recovery not be terminated or affected when any other WAN connection is recovered If it is set to enabled existing IP sessions may be terminated when another WAN connection is recovered such that only the preferred healthy WAN connection s are u
35. up to seven WAN connections The Peplink Balance 20L provides a cost effective solution suitable for home environment The Peplink Balance 20W provides a solution to conveniently take advantage of both wired and mobile Internet connections The Peplink Balance 30 provides a feature set that is suitable for Small Office Home Office SO HO environments The Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 provides advanced features for small business The Peplink Balance 380 390 700 and 710 with a suite of advanced enterprise class features make ideal single box solutions for medium to large sized business environments and allow service providers to enable highly available multi network services This manual applies to the following Peplink Balance products Peplink Balance 20L firmware version v4 8 x Peplink Balance 20W firmware version v4 8 x Peplink Balance 30 firmware version v4 8 x Peplink Balance 200 300 firmware version v4 8 x Peplink Balance 210 310 firmware version v4 8 x Peplink Balance 380 390 firmware version v4 8 x Peplink Balance 700 710 firmware version v4 8 x The manual presents how to set up Peplink Balance and provides a collection of case Studies involving advanced features of Peplink Balance 5 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 2 Glossary The following terms acronyms and abbreviations are frequently used in this manual Term Definition
36. 10 en SESE SESE EEE EES 16 S0 FPEDINK Balance 310 ss ans nineteen nine eds dense crea etes aie nn ERRE 18 5 6 Peplink Balance 380 300 ns san nanas anses uses ana ces heros 20 5 7 Pe plink Balance 700 PL O San amener aan ananas eue e sn semence 23 O INSTALLATION merisea E Gianni tn an Gina dti ci iii ee 26 Connecting the Network with Peplink Balance SS 26 Gud PROD O ae E A eq emnci E E E E 26 6 2 CONSIFUCTING the NetWO Ka ceresna a E aai 26 6 3 Configuring the Network Environment 27 7 BASIC CONFIGURATION pisiseccssccsoscevececedecectecdusvansucaccuandensosesdavaseucdeeveteecenecuaudsuvecaudenedswdunccvexcevecwavdsexotassuauatene 28 7 1 Connecting to Web Admin Interface 28 7 2 Configuration with Setup Wizard 29 Tee PON ANCE SCC added nan eee de ete do en tie a 32 B CONFIGURATION OF LAN INTERFACE in hisnssnssdeessedeuensietiacssseinensasocsenobesecsiodienss 33 RIN OE can dant na nes sce et caen etant ati ot des desde en ones cine 36 10 CONFIGURATION OF WAN INTERFACE S scsiscocstsnssaccevcverssuscnuecceadsnwavees wovssoudsewcssavenvesnessewessedeossssarssescseivenss 39 10 1 Connection Method s eee ence e eee e Er E essen eS ESSE ESSERE EERE EGE aS 39 10 2 WAN AGREE NOR ns arcs be den nca ea ca ho douces 50 10 3 Bandwidth Allowance Monitor 53 10 4 Additional Public IP Settings ccc ccccccccec cece cece rere reese eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 54 10 5 Dynamic DNS SCN GS eeens nae vemhenadu
37. Enable Listen On 123 123 123 1 Interface IP Clwanz Clwanz User Accounts PPTP Server Setting This setting is for specifying the WAN connection s and IP address es Listen On where the PPTP server should listen on This setting allows you to define the PPTP User Accounts Click Add to input username and password to create an account After adding the User Accounts user accounts you can click on a username to edit the account X password Click the button to delete the account in its corresponding row 101 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 17 4 Service Passthrough Service Passthrough settings can be found at Network gt Misc Settings gt Service Passthrough ay Always Enabled L Define custom signal ports 2 Enable L Define custom control ports TFTP Passthrouh 7 Enable Enable L Define custom ports L Route IPsec Site to Site VPN Regetersd trademarks are copyrighted by their respecte ormar Save Some Internet services required to be specially handled in a multi WAN environment The Peplink Balance supports handling such services correctly such that Internet applications do not notice it is behind a multi WAN router Settings for Service Passthrough Support are available here Service Passthrough Support Session Initiation Protocol aka SIP is a voice over IP protocol Peplink Balance can act as a SIP Application Layer Gateway ALG which binds conne
38. Gateway ource 192 168 113 8 IP 12 3 1 Server tination 192 168 113 7 2 3 IP 10 0 0 11 46 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 1 4 2 Routing under GRE via IP Forwarding The following figure shows a typical scenario with Peplink Balance under the GRE connection mode and IP Forwarding routing mode Tunnel Local IP Tunnel Remote IP 710 103 2214 Address 168 128 ee 192 168 128 222 192 168 128 223 PePLink Balance PePLink Balance Router Private GRE Router nese a _ ee In this scenario the IP address settings are as follows WAN IP Address 172 23 2 123 Default Gateway 172 23 2 122 Remote GRE IP address 172 23 254 87 the GRE router or host s IP address Tunnel IP remote address 192 168 128 223 IP address of remote end of tunnel Tunnel IP local address 192 168 128 222 IP address of local end of tunnel LAN IP Address 210 103 22 1 The following figure shows the packet flow for Peplink Balance under GRE connection mode and IP Forwarding routing mode Source 2 2 5 4 Destination 1 2 3 5 TunnellP 192 168 113 7 Tunnel IP 192 168 113 5 MANGA Ss Encapsulated Reply GRE Gateway lt w Source 192 166 113 8 IP 1 2 31 o Server Destination 192 168 113 7 pl IP 2 2 5 4 IP 1 2 3 6 IP 1 2 3 4 AT Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 15 Mobile Intemet Connection This section applies only to Peplink Balance 20W The Mo
39. PN and choose the WAN connection to route the traffic to 102 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 System Settings 18 1 Admin Secunty For security reason after logging in to the administration interface for the first time it Is recommended to change the administrator password Configuring the administration interface to be accessible only from the LAN can further improve system security Administrative Settings configuration is located at System gt Admin Security Router Name Balance YAX Admin Password Confirm Admin Password Security HTTP HTTPS Web Admin Port Web Admin Access HTTP LAN WAN HTTPS LANOnly Allowed Source IP Subnets Any Allow access from the following IP subnets only 12 23 34 0 24 43 32 21 0 24 Allowed WAN IP Address es 123 123 123 1 Interface IP Required Save 103 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Admin Settings Router Name This field allows you to define a name for this Peplink Balance unit By default Router Name is set as Balance XXXX where XXXX refers to the last 4 digits of the serial number of that balance unit Admin Password This field allows you to specify a new administrator password Confirm Admin This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator Password password This option is for specifying the protocol s through which the Web Admin Interfac
40. Peplink Balance settings immediately after the successful completion of the initial setup is strongly recommended The functionality to download and upload Peplink Balance settings is found at System gt Configuration D Restore Factory Settings 18 8 1 Restore Configuration to Factory Settings The Restore Factory Settings button is to reset the configuration to the factory default settings You have to click the Apply Changes button to make the settings effective 18 8 2 Downloading Active Configurations The Download button is to backup the current active settings Click Download and save the configuration file 18 8 3 Uploading Configurations To restore or change settings based on a configuration file click Browse to locate the configuration file on the local computer and then click Upload The new settings can then be applied by clicking the Apply Changes button on the page header or discard at the Main page of Web Administration Interface 115 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 8 4 Uploading Configuration from High Availability Pair This section applies only to Peplink Balance 200 210 300 310 380 390 700 and 710 In a High Availability HA configuration to quickly load onto the Peplink Balance unit the configuration of its HA counterpart click the Upload button After loading the settings configure the LAN IP address of the Peplink Balance unit to be different from the HA
41. RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Power Specification e AV Input 100 240V DC Output 12V Operating Environment e Kensington Lock Interface e Temperature 0 C 50 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing 137 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual E3 Peplink Balance 30 and 300 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE GRE and Static IP e Inbound Balance 300 only and Outbound Link Load Balance Device Management e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Configurations Upload and Download Internet Access Sharing e SUA Single User Account Multi to Multi NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security e Compatible with IPsec and PPTP VPN e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Intrusion Detection System Physical I nterface e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M WAN e Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M LAN e RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Power Specification e AC Input 100 240V DC Output 12V Operating Environment e Kensington Lock Interface e Temperature 0 C 50 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing 138 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual E4 Peplink Balance 210 and 310 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Suppor
42. RS 232 Port 0 SO 2 ao y Fe j D AT Pos j 1 F 4 Power Connector at k E i e 3 TETE RENE of Connector Ports RS 232 Port Reserved for engineering use USB Ports Reserved for engineering use Power Connector AC input 110 220V Power Switch To hold pressing the key for 4 secs will power down the unit When the unit is powered off press it will power on the unit Reset Switch Press and release once to reset the system 5 7 4 Unit Label Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Peplink Balance 710 Dus Product Code BPL 710 T Serial 1234 5678 9000 FC LAN MAC XX XX XX yy yy yy peplink http www peplink com Made in Taiwan 25 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 6 Installaton Connecting the Network with Peplink Balance 6 1 Preparation Before installing Peplink Balance please prepare the following e At least one Internet WAN access account e For each network connection one 10 100BaseT UTP cable with RJ 45 connector or one 1000BaseT Cat5E UTP cable for the Gigabit port on the Balance 390 700 710 or one USB modem for the USB WAN port on Balance 20W e A computer with TCP IP network protocol and a web browser installed Supported browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above Mozilla Firefox 2 0 or above Apple Safari 3 1 1 or above and
43. Session Failover When Fast is selected a health check packet is sent out every 3 Time seconds and the expected failover time is 6 seconds When Fastest is selected a health check packet is sent out every 1 second and the expected failover time is 2 seconds When Extreme is selected a health check packet is sent out every 0 1 second and the expected failover time is under 1 second The actual failover time experienced by an application may vary depending on the application behavior Select Extreme when the highest failover speed is desired By default Normal failover time is selected 60 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 11 3 Peplink Balance Behind NAT Router The Peplink Balance supports establishing Site to Site VPN over WAN connections which are behind a NAT Network Address Translation router To be able for a WAN connection behind a NAT router to accept VPN connections you can configure the NAT router in front of the WAN connection to forward TCP port 32015 to it If one or more WAN connections on Unit A can accept VPN connections by means of port forwarding or not while none of the WAN connections on the peer Unit B can do so you Should put all public IP addresses or host names of the Unit A to the Unit B s Peer IP Addresses Host Names field Leave the field in Unit A blank With such setting site to site VPN connection can be set up and all WAN connections on both sides will be ut
44. TP Enable OJ yes Ono Source Any x Destination Set the weight of Protocol WAN1 and WAN2 for Single Port v Port 80 a HTTP to 3 and 4 Port Load Distribution Weight Algorithm respectively Terminate Sessions on Link Recovery CO Enable Save Cancel Settings for SMTP New Outbound Traffic Rule Service Name SMTP Enable O ves Ono Source Set the weight of Destination Any F2 WANT and WAN2 Protocol Top me sur for SMTP to 1 and Port 8 respectively Algorithm Weighted Balance a a ET LTCC Load Distribution Weight Terminate Sessions O on Link Recovery CT Enable Save Cancel C 2 Maintaining the Same IP Address throughout a Session C 2 1 Scenano Some client IP address sensitive web sites for example Internet banking use both client IP address and cookies matching for session identification Since different IP addresses are used during the load balancing the session is dropped when a mismatching IP is detected C 2 2 Solution Make use of the Persistency functionality of Peplink Balance With Persistence is configured and the option By Destination is selected Peplink Balance uses a consistent WAN connection for source destination pairs of IP addresses and prevents sessions from being dropped With P
45. a E F Auta x Default Auto The bottom most rule is Default Edit this rule to change the device s default way to control outbound traffic for all connections that does not match any rules above it Click on the service name Default to change its settings Default Rule EEO custom Onto Algorithm J Weighted Balance MERE ee wanz 10 Terminate Sessions on Link Recovery CT Enable By default Auto is selected for the option Default Rule You can select Custom in order to change the Algorithm to be used Please refer to the upcoming sections for the details of the available algorithms To create a custom rule click Add Rule at the bottom of the table and the following window will be displayed 63 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual New Custom Rule Service Name Enable Source Destination Protocol Algorithm Load Distribution Weight Terminate Sessions 7 gt on Link Recovery CT Enable New Custom Rule Settings Service Name This setting specifies the name of the outbound traffic rule This setting specifies whether the outbound traffic rule takes effect With an Enable value of Yes the rule takes effect traffic is matched and actions are taken by Peplink Balance based on the other Enable parameters of the rule With an Enable value of No the rule does not take effect Peplink Balance disregards the other parameters of the rule This setting specifies
46. ad the pieces simultaneously For example FlashGet Windows GetRight Windows iGetter MAC etc Problem 2 am using FlashGet now Why is the download speed still in single link s speed Solution First check whether the WAN connections are up Second ensure your download manager application has split the file into 3 parts or more It is also possible that all of 2 or even 3 download sessions were being distributed to the same link by chance Problem 3 am using some websites to lookup my public IP address e g www whatismyip com When keep pressing the browser s Refresh button the server almost always returns the same address The IP address supposed to be changing for every refresh Solution The web server has enabled the Keep Alive function such that you were using the same TCP session to query the server Try to test with a web site that does not enable Keep Alive For example try http private dnsstuff com tools aboutyou ch This third party web site is provided only for reference Peplink has no association with the site and does not guarantee the site s validity or availability Problem 4 What can do if suspect a problem on my LAN connection Solution You can test the LAN connection using Ping For example if you are using DOS Windows at the Command Prompt type ping 192 168 1 1 This pings the Peplink Balance device provided that Peplink Balance device s IP is 192 168 1 1 to test whether
47. address update within the provider s records The settings for dynamic DNS service provider s and the association of host name s are configured via Network gt Interfaces gt WAN Service Provider Email Password Confirm Password Hosts Dynamic DNS Settings This setting specifies the dynamic DNS service provider to be used for the WAN based on supported dynamic DNS service providers e changeip com Service Provider e dyndns org e no ip org e tzo com Select Disabled to disable this feature User ID User This setting specifies the registered user name for the dynamic DNS Email service Password Pass TZO Key This setting specifies the password for the dynamic DNS service This setting specifies a list of host names or domains to be associated with the public Internet IP address of the WAN connection Important Note In order to use dynamic DNS services appropriate host name registration s as well as a valid account with a supported dynamic DNS service provider are required A dynamic DNS update is performed whenever a WAN s IP address changed E g IP is changed after a DHCP IP refresh reconnection etc Hosts Domain Due to dynamic DNS service providers policy a dynamic DNS host would expire automatically because the host record was not updated for a long time Therefore Peplink Balance performs an update every 23 days even if a WAN s IP address did
48. ance via the specified protocol at the specified port s is forwarded to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting IP Protocol Please refer below for details on the Port and Servers settings Alternatively the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu can be used to automatically fill in the Protocol and a single Port number of common Internet services e g HTTP HTTPS etc After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu the Protocol and Port number remains manually modifiable The Port setting specifies the port s that correspond to the service and can be configured to behave in one of the following manners Any Port Single Port Port Range and Port Map Any Port all traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol is forwarded to the servers specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Any Port all TCP traffic is forwarded to the configured servers Single Port traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port is forwarded via the same port to the servers specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Single Port Sark and Service Port 80 TCP traffic received on Port 80 is forwarded to or the configured servers via Port 80 Port Range traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port
49. anel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off ROWEN Green Power on OFF System initializing Status Red Booting up or busy Orange Power on self test Green Ready LAN Indicators OFF Port is not connected Activity Green Port is connected Blinking Port is transferring data OFF 10Mbps anny Orange 100Mbps WAN Indicators OFF Port is not connected Activity Green Port is connected Blinking Port is transferring data OFF 10Mbps a OS Orange 100Mbps a 9 Copynght Peplink 523 RearPanel Appearance RS 232 Port LAN Ports Reset Button USB Port WAN Ports 5 2 4 Connector Ports The connector ports on the rear panel are as follows Connector Ports USB Port Support one USB mobile connection typically connected to 3G USB modem RS 232 Port Reserved for engineering use Support one 10 100BaseT WAN connection typically connected to WAN Port broadband modem Note WAN is auto MDI MDI X port Support up to four 10 100BaseT LAN connections typically LAN Ports connected to client PCs Note They are auto MDI MDI X ports Power Connector DC 12V power input from power adapter 5 2 5 Unit Base Appearance Mounting Points Ta peplink map braa pami mer WAT OON IILAN as Par or en La mil I 1 1R Mac A Cha ra i Lt i m a i Serial Number and LAN MAC Address
50. anual For Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 210 300 and 310 by clicking Load config from Flash X the configuration parameters on the corresponding flash module will be loaded but not applied X corresponds to the flash module that is NOT designated for the next boot For example clicking Load config from Flash 1 loads the configuration from Flash 1 but does not apply the corresponding settings The configuration parameters are applied upon clicking Apply Changes on the page header of Web Administration Interface 18 10 Reboot This page provides a Reboot button for restarting the system Important Note Download Diagnostic Report button is for exporting a report file required for system investigation If you encounter issues and would like to contact Peplink Support Team email support peplink com please download this file and attach it along with a description of your encountered issue 117 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 11Ping Test The Ping Test tool in Peplink Balance performs Pings through a specified Ethernet interface The Ping utility is located at System gt Tools gt Ping The Ping utility is displayed as a pop up window illustrated as follows Ping Test IP Address or Domain Name Interface Number of times to Ping PING 10 9 30 1 10 9 20 1 from 10 5 2 18 mp1 H84 bytes of data 64 bytes from 10 9 20 1 komp_seq 1 tte 128 time 3 85 ms 64 bytes from 10 9 20 1 i
51. applies only to Peplink Balance 200 210 300 310 380 390 700 and 710 The built in DNS Server functionality of Peplink Balance facilitates inbound load balancing With the presence of the functionality NS SOA DNS records for a domain name can be delegated to Internet IP address es of Peplink Balance Upon receiving a DNS query Peplink Balance supports returning as an A record the corresponding IP address for the domain name on the most appropriate healthy WAN connection It also Supports acting as a generic DNS server for hosting A CNAME MX TXT and NS records For example This example is for illustration only the actual resolution that takes place in implementation will likely be different The DNS resolution of the domain name www mycompany com is delegated to the WAN2 Internet IP addresses of Peplink Balance Upon receiving the DNS query Peplink Balance returns as an A record the IP address for www mycompany com on WANT because WAN1 is the most appropriate healthy link The settings for defining the DNS records to be hosted by Peplink Balance are located at Network gt Inbound Access gt DNS Settings KR WAN1 Default Priority 1 WAN1 WANS Priority 3 WAN www ceplink com 78 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual DNS Server This setting specifies the WAN IP addresses on which the DNS server of Peplink Balance should listen If no addres
52. as been completed Important Note Inbound firewall rules override Inbound Mapping settings 92 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 16 Hrewall firewall is a mechanism that selectively filters data traffic between the WAN side the Internet and the LAN side of the network It can protect the local network from potential hacker attacks offensive Web sites and or other inappropriate uses The firewall functionality of Peplink Balance supports the selective filtering of data traffic in both directions e Outbound LAN to WAN e Inbound WAN to LAN e Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention With Site to Site VPN enabled see Section 11 the firewall rules also apply to VPN tunneled traffic 16 1 Outbound and Inbound Firewall The outbound and inbound firewall settings are located at Network gt Firewall Destination IP Policy Port jay EE Add Rule Destination IP Policy Fort Add Rule Upon clicking Add Rule the following screen appears New Firewall Rule Enable Yes O No WAN Connection Protocol Protocol Selection Tool LM Source IP amp Port Destination IP amp 2 Allow Deny Save Cancel 93 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Inbound Outbound Firewall Settings Rule Name This setting specifies a name for the firewall rule This setting specifies whether the firewall rule should take effect When Yes is selec
53. ateway Drop in Mode eases the installation of Peplink Balance on a live network between the existing Firewall and Router such that no configuration changes are required on existing equipment Please refer to Section 9 Drop in Mode for details DHCP Server Settings DHCP Server When this setting is enabled the DHCP server of Peplink Balance automatically assigns an IP address to each computer that is connected via LAN and is configured to obtain an IP address via DHCP Peplink Balance s DHCP server can prevent IP address collision on LAN IP Range amp Subnet Mask This setting allocates a range of IP address that will be assigned to LAN computers by the DHCP server of Peplink Balance Lease Time This setting specifies the length of time throughout which an IP address of a DHCP client remains valid Upon expiration of the Lease Time the assigned IP address will no longer be valid and the renewal of the IP address assignment will be required DNS Servers This option allows you to input the DNS server addresses to be offered to the DHCP clients If Assign DNS server automatically is selected the Peplink Balance s built in DNS server address i e LAN IP address will be offered WINS Server This option allows you to input the WINS server addresses to be offered to the WINS clients If Assign WINS server is selected you can enter the WINS server addresses manually Extended DHCP Option
54. bile Internet Connection method is suitable for USB modem mobile connection such as 3G EVDO EDGE and GPRS etc Currently it only applies to USB mobile WAN port Enable Connection Type Always on Backup Reply ICMP Ping Requests Enable Operator Settings for reads 3 HSPA EDGE GPRS only Auto O Custom Mobile Operator Settings DNS Servers Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Network Settings for Mobile Internet Connection Connection Type This setting specifies the utilization of the WAN connection The selection of Always on results in the WAN connection to be used whenever it is available If Backup is selected the WAN connection is treated as a backup connection and is used only in the absence of available Always on WAN The default and recommended Connection Type is Always on Reply ICMP Ping If this field is disabled the WAN connection will not respond to ICMP Requests Ping requests By default this is enabled This setting applies to 3G EDGE GPRS modem only It does not apply to EVDO EVDO Rev A modem Operator This allows you to configure the APN settings of your connection If AE Auto is selected Peplink Balance will automatically detect the APN configure the modem and make connection You may change the APN settings by selecting Custom Mobile Operator Settings The default and recommended Operato
55. by default 14 1 Definition of Port Forwarding This section applies only to Peplink Balance 20L 20W and 30 Inbound Port Forwarding rules are defined at Network gt Inbound Access gt Port Forwarding WAN1 default 192 168 1 10 TCP 80 Delete Add Service To define a new service click the Add Service button upon which the following appears Enable Port 2 Service Port Inbound IP Address es Required at least one IP aie OAI Available IP Address es 123 123 123 1 Interface IP WAN Server IP Address 192 168 1 10 Required Fields Update Cancel Port Forwarding Settings This setting specifies whether the Inbound Service takes effect With an Enable value of Yes the inbound service takes effect traffic is matched and actions are taken by Peplink Balance based on the PORDE other parameters of the rule With an Enable value of No the inbound service does not take effect Peplink Balance disregards the other parameters of the rule 71 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Port Forwarding Settings Service Name This setting identifies the service to the System Administrator Valid values for this setting consist only of alphanumeric and the underscore characters The IP Protocol setting along with the Port setting specifies the protocol of the service as TCP UDP ICMP or IP Traffic that is received by Peplink Bal
56. c is forwarded to the configured servers Single Port Traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port is forwarded via the same port to the servers specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Single Port and Service Port 80 TCP traffic received on Port 80 is forwarded to the configured servers via Port 80 Port Range Traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port range is forwarded via the same respective ports to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Single Port and Service Port 80 88 TCP traffic received on ports 80 through 88 is forwarded to the configured servers via the respective ports Port Map Traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port is forwarded via a different port to the servers specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Port Map Service Port 80 and Map to Port 88 TCP traffic on Port 80 is forwarded to the configured servers via Port 88 Please see below for details on the Servers setting Inbound IP Address es This setting specifies the WAN connections and Internet IP address es from which the service can be accessed 75 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Services Se
57. corresponding Health Check WAN connection as down Default Health Retries is set to 3 Retries For example with the default Health Retries setting of 3 after consecutive 3 timeouts the corresponding WAN connection will be treated as down This setting specifies the number of consecutive successful ping DNS lookup responses that must be received before Peplink Balance treats a previously down WAN connection to be up again AEC ONEI netics By default Recover Times is set to 3 For example a WAN connection that is treated as down will be considered to be up again upon receiving 3 consecutive successful ping DNS lookup responses In case a WAN connection goes down all of the WAN connections with non Always on Connection Type will also be brought up until any one of higher priority WAN connections is up and found to be healthy This design could increase the overall network availability For example if WANT WAN2 and WANS have the connection types of Always on Backup Priority Group 1 and Backup Priority Group 2 respectively when WAN1 goes down WAN2 and WAN3 will also try to connect If WAN3 is connected first WAN2 will still be kept connecting If WAN2 is connected WAN3 will disconnect or abort making connection Automatic Public DNS Server Check on DNS Test Failure In case the health check method is set to DNS Lookup and checks failed the Balance will automatically perform DNS lookups on some public DNS
58. counterpart 18 9 Hash Management The Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 210 300 and 310 are equipped with dual flash memory modules The Peplink Balance 380 390 700 and 710 have single module but with two partitions Each flash memory or partition stores one firmware image It does not only allow improved flexibility but also facilitates more effective management of the flash contents It is possible to upgrade the firmware on the module partition that is not designated for booting so that the boot flash is unaffected by firmware upgrade process or any potential power failures throughout Flash module management is located at System gt Flash Management For Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 210 300 and 310 Frmwere Version 0 CP For Peplink Balance 380 390 700 and 710 Firmware Version 0 4 51 20S Boot from EETA Flash Management Firmware This displays the firmware version on each flash module partition Version i e Flash 1 or Flash 2 Flash Status This shows the status of the flash module The star indicates the flash module partition from which Peplink Boot from Balance will perform its next boot The star indicates the flash module that is the target of the next Next Firmware firmware upgrade Upgrade Target By default the target of the next firmware upgrade is the flash module that is NOT designated for the next boot 116 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User M
59. ctions for the same SIP session to the same WAN connection and translate IP address in the SIP packets correctly in SIP Passthrough NAT mode Such passthrough support is always enabled If your SIP server s signal port number is non standard you can check the box Define custom signal ports and input the port numbers to the text boxes FTP sessions consist of two TCP connections one for control and one for data In multi WAN situation they have to be binded to the same WAN connection Otherwise problems will arise in transferring files By default the Peplink Balance monitors TCP FTP Passthrough Control connections on port 21 for any FTP connections and binds TCP connections of the same FTP session to the same WAN If you have an FTP server listening on a port number other than 21 you can check the box Define custom control ports and enter the port numbers to the text boxes The Peplink Balance monitors outgoing TFTP connections and routes TFTP Passthrough any incoming TFTP data packets back to the client Select Enable if you want to enable the TFTP passthrough support This field is for enabling the support of IPsec NAT T passthrough UDP ports 500 4500 and 10000 are monitored by default IPsec NAT T You may add more custom data ports that your IPsec system uses Passthrough by checking the box Define custom ports If the VPN contains IPsec Site to Site VPN traffic you have to check the box Route IPsec Site to Site V
60. d 710 Algorithm 7 Least Used WAN Connection WAN WAN3 The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that is selected in the field Connection and has the most available downstream bandwidth The available downstream bandwidth of a WAN connection is calculated from the total downstream bandwidth specified in the WAN settings page and the current downstream usage The available bandwidth and WAN selection is determined every time when an IP session is made 67 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 12 2 6 Algorithm Lowest Latency This section applies only to Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Algorithm WANI Connection WAN WANS The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that is selected in the field Connection and has the lowest latency Latency checking packets are issued periodically to a nearby router of each WAN connection to determine its latency value The latency of a WAN is the packet round trip time of the WAN connection Additional network usage may be incurred as a result Tip The round trip time of a 6M down 640k up link can be higher than that of a 2M down 2M up link It is because the overall round trip time is lengthened by its slower upstream bandwidth despite of its higher downlink speed Therefore this algorithm is good for two scenarios 1 All WAN connecti
61. define which day in the month each billing start Day cycle begins Monthly This field is for defining the maximum bandwidth usage allowed for the Allowance WAN connection each month 53 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 4 Additional Public IP Settings IP Address List 3 IP Address 211 11 22 0 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 254 211 11 22 1 211 11 22 2 211 11 22 3 211 11 22 4 211 11 22 5 Those settings will not be saved until the save button below has been pressed Additional Public IP Settings IP Address List The IP Address List represents the list of fixed Internet IP addresses assigned by the ISP in the event that more than one Internet IP addresses are assigned to this WAN connection Enter the fixed Internet IP addresses and the corresponding subnet mask and then click the Down Arrow button to populate IP address entries to the IP Address List 54 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 5 Dynamic DNS Settings Peplink Balance provides the functionality to register the domain name relationships to dynamic DNS service providers Through registration with dynamic DNS service provider s the default public Internet IP address of each WAN connection can be associated with a host name Either upon a change in IP address or every 23 days without link reconnection Peplink Balance will connect to the dynamic DNS service provider to perform an IP
62. e can be accessible Security e HTTP e HTTPS e HTTP HTTPS Web Admin Port These fields are for specifying the port number at which the Web Admin Interface can be accessible Web Admin Access This option is for specifying the network interfaces through which the Web Admin Interface can be accessible e LAN only e LAN WAN If LAN WAN is chosen a WAN Connection Access Settings form will be displayed 104 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual WAN Connection Access Settings Allowed Source IP Subnets This field allows you to restrict web admin access only from defined IP subnets Any Allow web admin accesses to be from anywhere without IP address restriction Allow access from the following IP subnets only Restrict web admin access only from the defined IP subnets When this is chosen a text input area will be displayed beneath ts source IP CF O Any Allow access from the following IP subnets only ubnets The allowed IP subnet addresses should be entered into this text area Each IP subnet must be in form of w x y z m where w x y z is an IP address e g 192 168 0 0 and m is the subnet mask in CIDR format which is between O and 32 inclusively For example 192 168 0 0 24 To define multiple subnets separate each IP subnet one in a line For example 192 168 0 0 24 10 8 0 0 16 Allowed WAN IP Address es This is to choose which WAN IP address
63. e its connection type from the following screen Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 3 Choose a connection method for Wired Internet Method Select lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel Depending on the selection of connection type further configuration may be needed For example PPPoE and Static IP require additional settings for the selected WAN port Please refer to Section 10 Configuration of WAN Interface s for details on setting up DHCP Static IP and PPPoE 30 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual If Mobile Internet is selected in previous step choose its connection settings from the following screen Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 4 Connection Settings for Mobile Internet Settings Auto Custom Mobile Operator Settings lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel If Custom Mobile Operator Settings is selected APN parameters are required to be entered Some service providers may charge a fee for connecting to a different APN Please consult your service provider for the correct settings Click on the appropriate check box es to select the preferred WAN connection s Connection s not selected in this step will be used as backup only Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 5 Select Preferred WAN Connection s Connection Preferred Non preferred connection s will be used only when no preferred connection is up ___ lt lt Bak ___ Next gt gt Cancel Check i
64. e peer by selecting the Advertise Speed checkbox MTU This setting specifies the Maximum Transmission Unit By default MTU is set to Custom 1440 You may adjust the MTU value by editing the text field Click Default to restore the default MTU value Select Auto and the appropriate MTU value will be automatically detected The auto detection will run each time when the WAN connection establishes MSS This setting should be configured based on the maximum payload size that the local system can handle The MSS Maximum Segment Size IS Computed from the MTU minus 40 bytes for TCP over Pv4 If MTU is set to Auto the MSS will also be set automatically By default MSS is set to Auto MAC Address This setting allows you to configure the MAC address Some service providers e g cable providers identify the client s MAC address and require the client to always use the same MAC address to connect to the network In such cases change the WAN interface s Clone MAC address to the original client PC s one via this field The default MAC Address is a unique value assigned at the factory In most cases the default value is sufficient Clicking the Default button restores the MAC Address to the default value Some service providers require the router to enable VLAN tagging for Internet traffic If it is required by your service provider you can VLAN enable this field and enter the VLAN ID that the provider require
65. eated as up if DNS responses are received from either one or both of the servers regardless of whether the result was positive or negative This field allows you to specify two DNS hosts IP address with which connectivity is to be tested via DNS Lookup If Use first two DNS servers as Health Check DNS Servers is Health Check Checked the target DNS hosts will be the first two DNS servers DNS Servers assigned to this WAN connection Reliable targets with a high uptime should be considered By default the first two DNS servers of the WAN connection are used as the Health Check DNS Servers Health Check Method SmartCheck Method SmartCheck bi SmartCheck applies only to the Peplink Balance 20W Mobile Internet connection It monitors the link status and is optimized for mobile networks with high traffic latency Other Health Check Settings Timeout second s Health Check Interval P second s This setting specifies the timeout in seconds for ping DNS lookup Timeout requests Default Timeout is set to 5 second 51 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Other Health Check Settings Health Check This setting specifies the time interval in seconds between ping or Interval DNS lookup requests Default Health Check Interval is 5 seconds This setting specifies the number of consecutive ping DNS lookup timeouts after which Peplink Balance is to treat the
66. eplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 5 8 DNS Record Import Wizard e At the bottom of the page of DNS Settings there is a link of Import records via zone transfer which is used to import DNS record using Import Wizard DNS Record Import Wizard This wizard allows you to import DNS records from an existing DNS server via zone transfer Requirement Your existing DNS server is configured to allow one of the WAN s default IP addresses to transfer DNS zone records To continue click Next Next gt gt Cancel e Select Next gt gt to continue Step 1 of 3 Target DNS Server IP Address Transfer via lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel e Inthe Target DNS Server IP Address field enter the IP address of the DNS server e In the Transfer via field choose which connection you would like to transfer through e Select Next gt gt to continue Step 2 of 3 Domain Names Zones mytest com peplink com One domain name per line lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel e Inthe blank field enter the Domain Names Zones which you would like to assign with the IP address entered in the previous step Enter one domain name per line e Select Next gt gt to continue sO x Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Important Note If you have entered domain s which already exist in your settings a warning message like the following would be shown Select Next gt
67. ere are multiple client requests they can be distributed persistently to WAN connections with a weight If you choose Auto in Load Distribution the weights will be automatically adjusted according to each WAN s Downstream Bandwidth which is specified in the WAN settings page see Section 10 Configuration of WAN I nterface s If you choose Custom you can customize the weight of each WAN manually by using the sliders 12 2 3 Algorithm Enforced This setting specifies the WAN connection usage to be applied on the specified IP Protocol amp Port and is applicable only when the Algorithm is set to Enforced CN Matching traffic will be routed through the specified WAN connection regardless of health check status of the WAN connection 66 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 12 2 4 Algonthm Pnonty This setting specifies the priority of the WAN connections to be utilized to route the specified network service The highest priority WAN connection available will always be used for routing the specified type of traffic A lower priority WAN connection will be used only when all higher priority connections have become unavailable Priority Order Lowest Priority Terminate Sessions on Link Recovery CT Enable Configure multiple distribution rules to accommodate different kinds of services 12 2 5 Algonthm Least Used This section applies only to Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 an
68. ersistence is configured and the option By Source is selected Peplink Balance uses a consistent WAN connection for same source IP addresses This option offers even higher application compatibility but the outbound traffic load will be distributed more evenly only if more users use the Internet 129 Copyright Peplink C 2 3 Settings Set persistence in Network gt Outbound Policy gt Managed by Custom Rules Peplink Balance User Manual Click Add Rule select HTTP TCP port 80 for web service and select Persistence HTTP Persistence See eu CIN HTTP Persistence Enable Yes ONo Source Any Destination Protocol Port Single Port fa P Persistence Algorithm DETTATE OBy Source By Destination Load Distribution Auto Custom Terminate Sessions on Link Recovery L Enable TCP v F2 A network administrator can use the Traceroute utility to manually analyze the connection path of a particular WAN connection 130 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual C 3 Bypassing the Firewall to Access Hosts on LAN C 3 1 Scenaro There are times when remote access to computers on the LAN is desirable for example when hosting web sites online businesses and FTP download and upload areas etc In such cases it may be appropriate to create an inbound NAT mapping for the network to allow some hosts on the LAN to be accessible from outside of the firewall
69. etwork address subnet mask and gateway address The address and subnet mask values are in the format of w x y z Press Le to create a new route Press x to remove a route DNS Proxy Settings This field is to enable DNS caching on the built in DNS proxy server When the option is enabled queried DNS replies will be cached until the records TTL has been reached This feature can help improve the DNS Caching DNS lookup time However it cannot return the most updated result for those frequently updated DNS records By default it is disabled This table is for defining custom local DNS records A static local DNS record consists of a Host Name and an IP Address Local DNS When looking up the Host Name from the LAN to LAN IP of Peplink Records Balance the corresponding IP Address will be returned Press Le to create a new record Press x to remove a record 35 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 9 Drop in Mode Drop in Mode or transparent bridging mode eases the installation of Peplink Balance on a live network between the firewall and router such that changes to the settings of existing equipment are not required Drop in Mode is not applicable to Balance 20L 20W The following diagram illustrates the Drop in Mode setup Internet Internet Service Service _ Provider A Provider B Internet b r Service Provider A Router Public Address Space B Public Addre
70. fault Gateway 2 107 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Appendix C Case Studies C 1 Performance Optmization C 1 1 Scenario In this scenario email and web browsing are the two main Internet services used by the LAN users The mail server is external to the network The connections are ADSL with slow uplink and fast downlink and Metro Ethernet symmetric C L 2 Solution The solution is to individually set the WAN loading balance according to the service e Web browsing mainly downloads data sending e mails mainly consumes upload bandwidth e Both connections offer good download speeds WAN2 offers good upload speeds e Define WANT and WAN2 s inbound and outbound bandwidths to be 3M 512k and 4M 4M respectively e For HTTP set the weight to 3 4 e For SMTP set the weight to 1 8 such that users will have a greater chance to be routed via WAN2 when sending e mail C 1 3 Settings 1 Add anew outbound traffic rule for HTTP 2 Add a new outbound traffic rule for SMTP In general to add a new outbound traffic rule Click here and Select Managed by Custom Rules Managed by Custom Rules Service Algorithm Protocol Port Parsi Src TOP Auto LA xl Auto Add Rule Click Add Rule to add a new load distribution rule 128 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Settings for HTTP New Outbound Traffic Rule Service Name HT
71. ffic will be prioritized 100 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual DSL Cable Optimization For an asymmetric DSL ADSL or Cable based WAN connection where the upstream bandwidth is lower than the downstream with this option turned on the WAN s downstream bandwidth can be fully utilized in any situation DSL Cable When a DSL or a Cable circuit s uplink becomes busy it is a fact that Optimization the downlink bandwidth is affected Users cannot download data in full speed until the uplink becomes less congested The DSL Cable Optimization could relieve such problem When it is enabled the download speed will be less affected by upload traffic By default this feature is enabled Please note that the Peplink Balance prioritizes only outbound packets E g for secure web prioritization the system will prioritize uploading traffic for outgoing connections and downloading traffic for incoming connections 17 3 PPIP Server This section applies only to Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Peplink Balance has a built in PPTP Server which enables remote computers to conveniently and securely access the local network PPTP server setting is located at Network gt Misc Settings gt PPTP Server Simply check the box to enable the PPTP server function All connected PPTP sessions are displayed on the Client List at Status gt Client List Please refer to section 19 3 for details
72. fter checking the Enable box most network settings for WAN1 will be hidden from Web Administration Interface 2 Put the IP address of the WANT router in the Default Gateway field Ensure that the Peplink Balance IP subnet is the same as the Firewall s WAN port and the Router s LAN port 3 If there are hosts other than the router existing on the WAN segment of Peplink Balance check the I have other host s on WAN segment box enter the IP address es of the host s and then click the down arrow to add the hosts The following diagram illustrates Internet Service Provider A Internet Service Provider C Internet Service Provider B WAN 1 Default Gateway WAN3 Default 210 10 10 1 PePLink Balance 210 10 10 5 Drop in mode 210 10 10 10 S Firewall Trusted LAN 192 168 0 0 24 or Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 4 Flushing ARP After the installation of Peplink Balance in Drop in Mode the hosts on both sides of Peplink Balance will see a change in MAC addresses Thus the WAN default gateway and firewall need to be rebooted Important Note After the installation of Peplink Balance in Drop in Mode the hosts on both sides of Peplink Balance will notice a change in MAC addresses The installation of Peplink Balance in Drop in Mode will have no change in IP addresses More specifically LAN hosts find that IP packets from WAN hosts report the MAC address
73. gt to overwrite the existing record or lt lt Back to go back to the previous step Step 2 of 3 Continue WARNING The following domain s already exist www peplink com The existing records of these domains will be overwritten lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel Fetching zone records Step 3 of 3 Fetch Results Domain Result Details Imytest com OK ee peplink com OK Subdomain s NS and MX records are skipped Cancel After the Fetching zone records process has completed the fetch results would be Shown as above You can view import details by clicking the corresponding hyperlink on the right hand size 89 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Record Name Value Type MX mytestcom o 1 us testinglabs com mx _ mytesticom bsciupmytesteom As backup mytest com 210 120 111 12 download mytest com 33 11 22 33 guest mytest com 126 132 111 0 incontrol mytest com 123 123 1 1 mail mytest com 71 12 7177 JA mail01 mytest com 200 210 310 1 A mytest com O0 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 15 NATMappings This configuration replaces DMZ in firmware versions prior to 3 8 The configuration of NAT Mappings allows the IP address mapping of all inbound and outbound NAT ed traffic to and from an internal client IP address The settings to configure NAT Mappings are located at Network gt NAT Mappings 192 168 1 23 WAN1
74. heck Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public I P Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively 44 Copynght Peplink 10 1 4 GRE Connection The GRE connection method is suitable if the ISP provides GRE tunnel access through a private network to the Internet WAN IP Address WAN Subnet Mask WAN Default Gateway Remote GRE Host Tunnel Local IP Address Tunnel Remote IP Address Outgoing NAT IP Address Peplink Balance User Manual 200 20 20 00 LM DNS Servers Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 GRE Settings Please refer to the following sections for further details e Section 10 1 4 1 Routing under GRE via Network Address Translation NAT e Section 10 1 4 2 Routing under GRE via IP Forwarding The values for DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 are typically determined by and can be obtained from the ISP DNS Servers Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups This field specifies the DNS Domain Name System Servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection You can input the ISP provided DNS server addresses into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields link will not be used for DNS lookups If no address is entered here this Please refer to Section 10 2 10 3 10 4 and 10 5 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public I P Settings and Dynamic DNS
75. his field is optional With this field filled the Peplink Balance will Peer IP initiate connection to each of the remote IP addresses until success If Addresses the field is empty the Peplink Balance will wait for connection from the Host Names remote peer Therefore at least one side of the two VPN peers has to have the field filled Otherwise VPN connection cannot be established Enter one IP address or host name per line 59 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual WAN Connection Priority You can specify the priority of the WAN connections to be used for making VPN connections WAN connections set to OFF will never be used Only available WAN connections with the highest priority will be used for making VPN connections Outgoing traffic will be distributed evenly if there is more than one connection having the same priority Session Failover The Site to Site VPN supports IP session failover upon link or routing failure on a path between two sites It can automatically detect any failure and route established sessions to a healthy link WAN Connection Priority Health check packets are sent between two sites in order to detect any failure The more frequent checks it sends the faster failover it can perform but the higher bandwidth overhead will be consumed When Normal is selected a health check packet is sent out every 5 seconds and the expected failover time is 16 seconds
76. ilized For example see the following diagram 192 168 4 7 192 168 2 x 192 168 3x Balance B f Non NAT router NAT router Balance A One of the WANs of Balance A is non NAT d 212 1 1 1 The rest of the WANs on Balance A and all WANs on Balance B are NAT d In such case the Peer IP Addresses Host Names field on the Balance B should be filled with all of the Balance A s public IP addresses i e 212 1 1 1 212 2 2 2 and 212 3 3 3 and the field on the Balance A should be left blank 11 4 VPN Status VPN Status is shown in the Dashboard For Peplink Balance 380 390 700 and 710 the connection status of each connection profile is shown below Details VPN connection status is also shown on the LCD panel For Peplink Balance 210 and 310 the screen looks like this Established 61 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 12 Management of Outbound Traffic to WAN Peplink Balance provides the functionality to flexibly manage and load balance outbound traffic among the WAN connections Important Note Outbound Policy is applied only when more than one WAN connection Is active The settings for managing and load balancing outbound traffic are located in Network gt Outbound Policy Normal Application Compatibility 12 1 Outbound Policy There are three main selections for the Outbound Traffic Policy of Peplink Balance e High Application Compatibil
77. in the Inbound Firewall Rules table 132 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual C 5 Inbound Access Restriction C 5 1 Scenano For security reasons it may be appropriate to disallow LAN users to use ftp to transfer files to and from the Internet or otherwise restrict outbound access This can easily be achieved by setting up an outbound firewall rule with Peplink Balance C 5 2 Solution To set up a firewall between Internet and private network for outbound access click the Add Rule button in the Outbound Firewall Rules table and then make the settings according the following screenshot No FIP access Rule Name No FTP access Enable Protocol TCP HTTP Source IP amp Port Destination IP amp Port Single Port Action O allow Deny Event Logging F Enable After the fields have been entered as in the screenshot click Save to add the rule 133 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Appendix D Troubleshooting Problem 1 Outbound load is only distributed over one WAN connection Solution Outbound load can only be distributed evenly to the WAN connection if many outbound connections are made If there is only one user on the LAN and only one download session is made from his her browser the WAN connections cannot be fully utilized For a single user download manager applications are recommended The applications can split a file into pieces and downlo
78. ingle address or a network can be specified as the Source IP amp Port setting as indicated with the following screenshots Single Address IP Single Port Port Network wi IP Mask 255 255 255 0 Fot Range Port al In addition a single port or a range of ports can be specified for the Source IP amp Port setting 94 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Inbound Outbound Firewall Settings This specifies the destination IP address es and port number s to be matched for a firewall rule A single address or a network can be specified as the Source IP amp Port setting as indicated with the following screenshots Port single Port LM Port Network w IP Mask 255 255 255 0 Part Range Port In addition a single port or a range of ports can be specified for the Source IP amp Port setting This setting specifies the action to be taken by Peplink Balance upon encountering traffic that matches the both of the following e Source IP amp Port e Destination IP amp Port Action With the value of Allow for the Action setting the matching traffic passes through Peplink Balance to be routed to the destination If the value of the Action setting is set to Deny the matching traffic does not pass through Peplink Balance and is discarded This setting specifies whether or not to log matched firewall events The logged messages are shown o
79. is VPN connection Name profile When this box is checked this VPN connection profile will be enabled Active Otherwise it will be disabled Peplink Balance only establishes VPN connection with a remote peer that has a serial number specified here If the remote peer is in high Peer Serial availability setup you can check the box Remote client is set up in Number high availability mode and enter the second unit s serial number into the second text box Enter the remote peer s WAN IP address es or host name s here Dynamic DNS host names are accepted This field is optional With this field filled the Peplink Balance will Peer P initiate connection to each of the remote IP addresses until success If Addresses the field is empty the Peplink Balance will wait for connection from the Host Names remote peer Therefore at least one side of the two VPN peers has to Optional have this field filled Otherwise VPN connection cannot be established Enter one IP address or host name per line 57 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual WAN Connection Priority You can specify the priority of the WAN connections to be used for making VPN connections WAN connections set to OFF will never be WAN Connection used Only available WAN connections with the highest priority will be Priority used for making VPN connections Outgoing traffic will be distributed evenly if there is more than
80. is cached e E mail Defines the E mail address of the person responsible for this zone Note the sign in the E mail address field will be converted into a dot in returning the SOA record You can enter a name server host name and its IP address into the two newly created text boxes The host name can be a non FQDN fully qualified domain name Click the Add button on the right to finish and to add the other one After finishing adding NS records click the Save button Before clicking the Save button all NS record changes are not yet saved to the Peplink Balance 14 5 3 MX Record The MX Record table shows the domain s MX records Each MX record contains the priority and mail exchange server host name eo ve era Mail Server Priority Mail01 10 Mailo For each record Priority and Mail Server name must be entered Priority typically ranges from 10 to 100 Smaller numbers have a higher a priority After finishing adding MX records click the Save button 02 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 5 4 CNAME Record The CNAME Record table shows the domain s CNAME records Here is how you use CNAME Records If you want a sub domain secure to have the same A record value s as www then you can create a CNAME record for secure and reference it to www Reference New CNAME Record The wildcard character is supported in the Host field The Reference
81. it is rebooting e Green Firmware upgrade successfully completed Important Note The firmware upgrade process may not necessarily preserve the previous configuration and the behavior varies on a case by case basis Consult the Release Notes for the particular firmware version Do not disconnect the power during firmware upgrade process Do not attempt to upload a non firmware file or a firmware file that is not qualified or not supported by Peplink Upgrading a Peplink Balance unit with an invalid firmware file will damage the unit and may void the warranty 106 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 3 Time The Time Server functionality enables the system clock of Peplink Balance to be synchronized with a specified Time Server The settings for Time Server configuration are located at System gt Time Time Zone GMT Greenwich Mean Time Time Server time nist gov Save Time Server Settings This specifies the time zone along with the corresponding Daylight Savings Time scheme in which Peplink Balance operates Time Zone The Time Zone value affects the time stamps in the system logs of Peplink Balance and E mail notifications This setting specifies the NTP network time server to be utilized by Time Server Peplink Balance 107 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 4 Email Notification The Email Notification functio
82. ity e Normal Application Compatibility e Managed by Custom Rules The selections are explained as follows Outbound Policy Settings With the selection of this policy outbound traffic from a source LAN device is routed through the same WAN connection regardless of the High Application ae ages destination Internet IP address and protocol Compatibility This provides the highest application compatibility With the selection of this policy outbound traffic from a source LAN device to the same destination Internet IP address will persistently be Normal routed through the same WAN connection regardless of protocol RARE This provides high compatibility to most applications and users still p y benefit from WAN link load balancing when multiple Internet servers are accessed With the selection of this policy outbound traffic behavior can be managed by defining custom rules Pie de A Rules can be defined in a custom rule table A default rule can be defined for connections that cannot be matched with any one of the rules The default policy is Normal Application Compatibility 62 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 12 2 Custom Rules For Outbound Traffic Management Click fa in the Outbound Policy form Choose Managed by Custom Rules and press the Save button The following screen will then be displayed Managed by Custom Rules Protocol Port uTT Persistence Src TCP E i
83. ize the port number by editing this field Click the button Default to restore to default 108 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual SMTP User Name Password Email Notification Settings This setting specifies the SMTP username and password while sending email These options are shown only if Require authentication check box is checked in SMTP Server setting Confirm SMTP Password This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password Sender s Email Address This setting specifies the sender email address reported by the email messages sent by Peplink Balance Recipient s Email Address This setting specifies the email address to which Peplink Balance Should send the email messages to You may enter multiple recipients email addresses in this field After you have completed the settings you can click the Test Email Notification button to test the settings before saving it After it is clicked you will see this screen to confirm the settings SMTP Server smtp mycompany com Sender s Recipient Email Address admin mycompany com s Email Address system mycompany com staff mycompany com Send Test Notification Cancel Click Yes to confirm Wait a few seconds You will see a returned message and the detailed test result Test email sent Email notification settings are not saved it will be saved after clicked the Save
84. lave arrangement From a high level in the event that the Master Unit is down the Slave Unit becomes active The following diagram illustrates an HA configuration with two Peplink Balance 200 units and two Internet connections Master Slave we VRRP A In the diagram the WAN ports on each Peplink Balance unit connect to the router and modem and Peplink Balance unit connects to the same LAN switch via a LAN port An elaboration on the technical details of the implementation by Peplink Balance of Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP RFC 3768 follows e In an HA configuration the two Peplink Balance units communicate with each other using VRRP over the LAN e The two Peplink Balance units broadcast heartbeat signals to the LAN at a frequency of one heartbeat signal per second e Inthe event that no heartbeat signal from the Master Peplink Balance unit is received in 3 seconds or longer since the last heartbeat signal the Slave Peplink Balance unit becomes active 98 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual e The Slave Peplink Balance unit initiates the WAN connections and binds to a previously configured LAN IP address e At a subsequent point when the Master Peplink Balance unit recovers it will once again become active The settings to configure High Availability are located at the following location Network gt Misc Settings gt High Availability High Availability l Enable
85. main com pointing to 11 22 33 44 then a PTR record 44 33 22 11 in addr arpa pointing to www mydomain com will also be created When there are multiple host names pointing to the same IP address only one PTR record for the IP address will be created In order to have the PTR records working you will also have to create NS records for the PTR records For example if the IP address range 11 22 33 0 to 11 22 33 255 is delegated to the DNS server on the Peplink Balance you will also have to create a domain 33 22 11 in addr arpa and have its NS records pointing to your DNS server s the Peplink Balance public IP addresses Network gt Inbound Access gt DNS Settings gt 33 22 11 in addr arpa TIL sec Refresh sec Retry sec Expire sec Min time sec 3600 16384 2048 1048576 2560 E mail hostmaster Name Server IP Address With the above records created the PTR record creation is complete 14 5 7 TXTRecord This table shows the TXT record of the domain name Edit Delete This 15 a testing TXT record Click the Edit button to edit the record The time to live value and the TXT record s value can be entered Click the Save button to finish After completed editing the five types of record you can simply leave the page by going to another section of the Web Admin Interface Domain Delegation These are the steps to be used when you host your domain at your ISP or a domain registrar and want to delegate a sub do
86. main to be resolved and managed at Peplink Balance 1 Create a domain e g www mycompany com 85 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Domain Name Add Domain 2 Create NS records named ns1 ns2 etc The IP addresses are the Balance s DNS server addresses TTLisec Refresh sec Retry sec Expire sec Min time sec 3600 16384 1048576 2560 E mail hostmaster Name Server IP Address 3 Then create an A record with an empty host name delim Om ond m Default Custom IP Mapping Mwan1 rea 211 11 22 10 211 11 22 11 L O LIWaAn2 ClCustom IP Save Ca ncel Included IP Address es www mycompany com WAN1 default WAN default New A Record If ISC BIND 8 or 9 is being utilized in the zone file mycompany com then the addition of the following lines suffice WWW IN NS balancewanl WWW IN NS balancewan2 balancewanl IN A 202 153 122 108 balancewan2 IN A 67 38 212 18 202 153 122 108 and 67 38 212 18 represent the WAN1 and WAN2 Internet IP addresses of Peplink Balance respectively The values of the IP addresses are fictitious and for illustration only the actual IP addresses in implementation will likely be different 86 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Hosting the complete domain at Peplink Balance To host your own DNS server contact the DNS registrar to have the NS records of the domain e g
87. mycompany com point to your Balance s WAN IP addresses Then follow these instructions 1 Under Network gt Inbound Access gt DNS Settings create a new domain for example mycompany com 2 Create NS records named ns1 ns2 etc The IP addresses are the Balance s DNS server addresses Same as above 3 Create the corresponding A CNAME MX and TXT records as you wish The A record resembles the one below Included IP Address es TIL sec WAN1 default Edit Delete WAN2 default New Record Testing the DNS Configuration The following steps can be used to test the DNS configuration From a host on the Internet use an IP address of Peplink Balance and nslookup to lookup the corresponding host name Check the information that is returned for the expected results An example with nslookup in Windows follows C Documents and Settings User Name gt nslookup Default Server nsl myisp com Address 147 22 11 2 gt server 202 153 122 108 This is Peplink Balance s WAN IP address Default Server balance mycompany com Address 202 153 122 108 gt www mycompany com This is the host name to be looked up Default Server balance mycompany com Address 202 153 122 108 Name www mycompany com Address 202 153 122 109 67 38 212 19 The values of the IP addresses are fictitious and for illustration only the actual IP addresses in implementation will likely be different re Copyright P
88. n ID can associate with multiple Peplink Balance devices create a login If you already have a login ID on the server you can skip this step 113 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Click on the link and the following window will pop up Reporting Server Registration Registration will contact the reporting server to associate this PePLink Balance with the specified user account on the server Make sure you have a valid user account before this registration Specify Update Cancel Reporting Server report peplink com Fill in the User Account field to specify the login ID on the Reporting Server to be allowed to access the report of this Peplink Balance device Click the link to view link usage reports from the Reporting Server A login screen should be shown Peplink Balance Report Server 4 8 0 eplink Balance Reporting Server view reports User Report Login Username Password Register Report Account Forgot Password Login Copyright c Beplink All Rights Reserved Important Note The registration process will establish contact to the reporting server to associate the Peplink Balance unit with the specified user account on the server Prior to registration please ensure that the user account to be entered is valid 114 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 8 Configuraton Backing up the
89. n the following screen to make sure all settings have been configured correctly Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Final Step Confirm the configuration below then click Save Settings button Preferred WAN Connection s Connections Preferred WAN connection s 1 Wired Internet The following connection will be used only when no preferred connection is up 2 Mobile Internet lt lt Back Save Settings Cancel After finishing the last step in the Setup Wizard please click Apply Changes on the page header to allow the configuration changes to take effect 31 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 7 3 Advanced Setup Advanced settings can be configured from the Network menu WAN connections can be configured by entering the corresponding WAN connection information at Network gt Interfaces gt WAN pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Apply Changes Interfaces LAN DHCP Always on VPN a Outbound Policy i Configured Service Forwarding Inbound Access Servers Services DNS Settings NAT Mappings Firewall Misc Settings a H igh Availability Traffic Prioritization PPTP Server nm Service Passthrough Tip Please refer to Section 10 Configuration of WAN Interface s for details on setting up DHCP Static IP PPPoE GRE and Mobile Internet Connection available only with Peplink Balance 20W 32 Copyright Pe
90. n the page Status gt Event Log A sample message is as follows Aug 13 23 47 44 Denied CONN themet WAN SRC 20 3 2 1 DST 192 168 1 20 LEN 48 PROTO IC P SPT 2260 DPT 80 CONN The connection where the log entry refers to SRC Source IP address DST Destination IP address LEN Packet length PROTO Protocol SPT Source port DPT Destination port Event Logging Upon clicking Save after entering required information the following screen appears Pny s Add Rule To create an additional firewall rule click Add Rule and repeat the above steps 95 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual To reorder a rule s position just drag on the rule by holding the left mouse button move it to the desired position and drop it by releasing the mouse button Protocol Source IP Destination IP Policy Port Port any ee No web access ry Any Add Rule j To remove a rule click x Rules are matched from top to the bottom If a connection matches any one of the upper rules the matching process will stop If none of the rules is matching the Default rule will be applied By default the Default rule is Allow for both outbound and inbound accesses Tip If the default inbound rule is set as Allow for NAT enabled WANs no inbound Allow firewall rules will be required for inbound Port Forwarding and inbound NAT Mapping rules However if the default inbound rule is set as Deny a correspo
91. nality of Peplink Balance provides a System Administrator with up to date information on network status The settings for configuring Email Notification are found at System gt Email Notification D Email Notification Soe Be SMTP Server smip mycompany com Require authentication SSL Encryption dl Note any server certificate will be accepted SMTP Port SMTP User Name SMTP Password Confirm SMTP Password Sender s Email Address admin mycompany com Recipient s Email Address system mycompany com Staltiimycompany com Test Email Notification Save Email Notification Settings This setting specifies whether or not to enable Email Notification If the box Enable is checked Peplink Balance sends email messages Email to a System Administrator when the WAN status changes or when Notification new firmware is available If the box Enable is not checked Email Notification is disabled and Peplink Balance will not send email messages This setting specifies the SMTP server to be used for sending email If SMTP Server the Server requires authentication check the box Require authentication Check the box to enable SMTPS When the box is checked the next field SMTP Port will be changed to 465 automatically SSL Encryption This field is for specifying the SMTP Port number By default this is set to 25 when the SSL Encryption box is SMTP Port checked the default port number will be set to 465 You may custom
92. nding Allow firewall rules will be required O6 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 16 2 Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention Intrusion Detection z and DoS Prevention Enable The Balance supports detecting and preventing intrusions and Denial of Service DoS attacks from the Internet To turn on this feature click El check the Enable check box for the I ntrusion Detection and DoS Prevention and press the Save button When this feature is enabled the Balance will detect and protect from the following kinds of intrusions and denial of service attacks Port Scan o NMAP FIN URG PSH o Xmas Tree o Another Xmas Tree o Null Scan o SYN RST o SYN FIN SYN Flood Prevention Ping Flood Attack Prevention 97 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 17 Miscellaneous Settings The miscellaneous settings include configuration for high availability traffic prioritization and service passthrough 17 1 High Availability This section applies only to Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Peplink Balance supports High Availability HA configurations via an open standard Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP RFC 3768 In an HA configuration two same model Peplink Balance units e g a pair of Peplink Balance 200 units or a pair of Peplink Balance 300 units provide redundancy and failover in a master s
93. ned by and can be obtained from the ISP WAN Connection Name WAN Enable oi O No Connection Method DHCP Click here to edit Connection settings Routing Mode Connection Type always on Backup Priority Group 1 Highest Upstream Bandwidth Downstream Bandwidth 9 auto custom Default auto O custom sd MAC Address Clone lloo fi 2 ee aa Default VLAN Enable 390 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Connection Settings WAN Connection This field is for defining a name to represent this WAN connection Name Enable This field is for choosing whether to enable this WAN connection This option allows you to select the connection method for this WAN connection Available options are e DHCP e Static IP Connection e PPPoE Method e GRE e Mobile Internet Connection available only with Peplink Balance 20W USB WAN Port See Sections 10 1 1 10 1 2 10 1 3 10 1 4 10 1 5 for configuration details of each connection method Routing Mode This field illustrates that NAT Network Address Translation will be applied to the traffic routing over this WAN connection Option of IP Forwarding can only be chosen when the Connection Method is PPPoE For further details please refer to e Appendix B Routing under DHCP Static IP and PPPoE Connection Type This setting specifies the utilization of the WAN connection The selection of Always on
94. nfigurations Upload and Download Internet Access Sharing e SUA Single User Account Multi to Multi NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security PPTP VPN Server e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e VPN Encryption 256 bit AES Intrusion Detection System Physical I nterface Balance 380 e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M WAN e One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M LAN e RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Physical Interface Balance 390 e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100M 1000M WAN e One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100M 1000M LAN e RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Power Specification e AC input 110 220V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing 140 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual E6 Peplink Balance 700 and 710 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE GRE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance Device Management Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS Remote Reporting and Management Bandwidth Usage Monitor Configurations Upload and Download Internet Access Sharing e SUA Single User Account Multi to Multi NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security PPTP VPN Server Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and P
95. nk Peplink Balance User Manual Important Note Under HA mode Dynamic DNS ts not supported During a fail over or fail back the active Peplink Balance does not perform Dynamic DNS updates As a result the resolved addresses may not be the IP address of the active Peplink Balance unit 17 2 Traffic Pnontization This section applies only to Peplink Balance 200 210 300 310 380 390 700 and 710 Peplink Balance provides the functionality to prioritize Voice over IP VPN video streaming Secure Web over the other Internet traffic The settings for configuring Quality of Service are located at Network gt Misc Settings gt Traffic Prioritization SIP Vonage PPTP and IPsec VPN Skype Google Talk Streaming Media RealVideo and Windows JEnable Secure Web HTTPS CF DSL Cable Optimization Enable Regetersd trademarks are coopynghted by their respects ormar Save Traffic Prioritization SIP Vonage When enabled any SIP and Vonage voice traffic will be prioritized PPTP and IPSec VPN When enabled any PPTP and IPSec traffic will be prioritized Skype Google Talk RealVideo and Windows Streaming Media When enabled voice and video traffic of Skype Google Talk RealVideo and Windows Streaming Media will be prioritized Registered trademarks are copyrighted by their respective owner Secure Web HTTPS When enabled HTTPS TCP port 443 tra
96. nk Peplink Balance User Manual 13 2 Web Proxy Forwarding Web Proxy Forwarding EES When this feature is enabled the Peplink Balance will intercept all outgoing connections destined for the proxy server specified in Web Proxy Server Interception Settings choose a WAN connection with reference of Outbound Policy and then forward them to the specified web proxy server and port number Redirected server settings for each WAN can be set here If Forwarding is disabled for a WAN web proxy connections for the WAN will be simply forwarded to the connection s original destination 13 3 DNS Forwarding Enable When DNS Forwarding is enabled all clients outgoing DNS requests will also be intercepted and forwarded to the built in DNS proxy server 70 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 Inbound Access Inbound Access is also Known as inbound port address translation On NAT WAN connection all inbound traffic to the server behind Peplink unit requires Inbound Access rules By the custom definition of servers and services for inbound access Internet users can access the servers behind Peplink Balance Advanced configurations allow inbound access to be distributed among multiple servers on the LAN Important Note Inbound Access applies only to WAN connections that operate under NAT mode For WAN connections that operate under drop in mode or IP forwarding inbound traffic is forwarded to the LAN
97. nnh decane adeno ewansnaas 55 11 SITE ROSE VPN cieie dan E EEE EEE n a 56 11 1 Site to Site VPN Settings on Peplink Balance 380 390 700 and 710 56 11 2 Site to Site VPN Settings on Peplink Balance 210 and 310 59 11 3 Peplink Balance Behind NAT Router cccccce cece cece ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeegaas 61 LLA ENS AS et ee ee ee EEA 61 0 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 12 MANAGEMENT OF OUTBOUND TRAFFIC TO WAN csscscsccscscsscscsccscscsccscscnccscscnscscscnscscscnsoscscnsoscsees 62 IAL OUDON olla eer nr cr tee ere ee en er eer ee nee er nT ey 62 12 2 Custom Rules For Outbound Traffic Management 63 13 SERVICE FORWARDING sosscsssvececsscccsesssecesessceussersesnesecsanussarssesvancesenvsuveveresscausvesessseveausssavenseswavevessustevessereesrs 69 LL SNMP ONE ec mn ant 69 13 2 Web Proxy Forwarding sinnini n EE ERE aT 70 LS DNS PORC ren ca en E nas imo ei 70 14 INBOUND ACCESS a te ee et moe 71 14 1 Definition of Port Forwarding se 71 14 2 Definition of Servers on LAN 73 14 3 Inbound Access Services sise 74 14 4 UPnP NAT PMP Settings 0 ccc cece cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 77 14 5 Definition of DNS Records 78 15 NAT MAPPING ORRRRRREPERRR Rene eee RER RER SR ER RE RE ON 91 16 AT 23 11171 BARRE RS 93 16 1 Outbound and Inbound Firewall 93 16 2 Intr
98. not change 55 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 11 Site to Site VPN This section applies only to Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Peplink Balance Site to Site VPN functionality securely connects one or more branch offices to your company s main headquarters or to other branches The data voice or video communications between these locations are kept confidential across the public Internet The Site to Site VPN of the Peplink Balance is specifically designed for multi WAN environment The Peplink Balance can aggregate all WAN connections bandwidth for routing Site to Site VPN traffic Unless all the WAN connections of one site are down the Peplink Balance can still maintain VPN up and running Tip You can define firewall rules to control access within the VPN network For outbound policy you can create a custom outbound rule and choose Any for the WAN Connection field 11 1 Site to Site VPN Settings on Peplink Balance 380 390 700 and 710 Peplink Balance 380 390 700 710 supports multiple VPN connections It can establish VPN connections with multiple remote Peplink Balance devices The remote peers can be a Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 710 or a Pepwave MAX Mobile Router Peplink Balance that supports multiple VPN connections can act as a central hub which connects branch offices For example branch office A and branch office B make VPN connections to
99. o check its usage and select to show the monthly usage period in Billing Cycle or Calendar Month Connection Period Billing Cycle Calendar Month 2009 07 01 to now Scale MB GB By default the scale of data size is in MB 1GB equals to 1024MB 125 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Appendix A Restoration of Factory Defaults To restore the factory default settings on a Peplink Balance unit perform the following For Balance 20L 20W 30 200 210 300 310 1 Locate the reset button on the Peplink Balance unit 2 With a paper clip press and keep the reset button pressed for at least 10 seconds until the unit reboots itself For Balance 380 390 700 710 e Use the buttons on front panel to control the LCD menu to go to Maintenance gt Factory Default and then choose Yes to confirm Afterwards the factory default settings will be restored Important Note All user settings will be lost after restoring the factory default settings Regular backup of configuration parameters is strongly recommended 126 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Appendix B Routing under DHCP Static IP and PPPoE The information in this appendix applies only to situations where Peplink Balance operates with to a WAN connection under DHCP Static IP and PPPoE For information that applies to GRE please refer to e Section 10 1 4 1 Routing under GRE via Ne
100. omp_seq 2 tte 128 time 0 611 ms 64 bytes from 10 9 20 1 iomp_seq 2 tte 128 time 0 627 ms 64 bytes from 10 9 20 1 iomp_seq 4 tte 128 time 0 610 ms 64 bytes from 10 9 20 1 iomp_seq 5 tte 128 time 0 617 ms 10 9 30 1 ping statistics 5 packets transmitted 5 received 0 packet loss time 404ims tt min avg macmdes 0 6701 262 3 055 1 295 ms A System Administrator can use the Ping utility to manually check the connectivity of a particular LAN WAN connection 118 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 12 Traceroute Test The Traceroute Test tool in Peplink Balance traces the routing path to the destination through a particular Ethernet interface The Traceroute Test utility is located at System gt Tools gt Traceroute The Traceroute Test utility is displayed as a pop up window illustrated as follows Traceroute Test IP Address or Domain Name 218 103 62 1242 Interface WANT 7 traceroute to 218 103 62 122 218 103 62 122 20 hops max 40 byte packets 1 balance team 10 9 1 1 0 864 ms 1 478 ms 0 702 ms 2 officebalance 218 103 682 122 2 785 ms 2851 ms 0 510 ms A System Administrator can use the Traceroute utility to analyze the connection path of a LAN WAN connection 119 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 19 Status This section displays the information of Peplink Balance on the Device Active Sessions Client List Site to Site VPN UPnP
101. onnection in resolving A records It applies to A records which have the Connection Priority set to Default Please refer to Section 14 5 6 for the details The WAN connection s with the highest priority smallest number will be chosen Those with lower priorities will not be chosen in resolving A records unless the higher priority ones become unavailable To specify the Primary and Backup connections click the Edit button Default that corresponds to Default Connection Priority The screen should Connection assemble the one below Priority Default Priority Default Priority Default Priority Save Cancel Each WAN connection is associated with a priority number Click Save to save the settings when configuration is complete This section shows a list of domain names to be hosted by the Peplink Balance Each domain can have its NS MX and TXT records and its or its sub domains A and CNAME records Domain name Input the domain name into the blank text field and press E to add as a new record Click on a domain name to edit Press to remove a domain name 80 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 5 1 Creating DNS Records To create new DNS records for a domain perform the following steps From Network gt Inbound Access gt DNS Settings enter a domain name in the Domain Name field press Le to add record Then click on the newly created
102. ons Upload and Download Internet Access Sharing e SUA Single User Account Multi to Multi NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security e Compatible with IPsec and PPTP VPN e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Intrusion Detection System Physical I nterface o Two RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M WAN e Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M LAN RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Power Specification e AV Input 100 240V DC Output 12V Operating Environment e Kensington Lock Interface e Temperature 0 C 50 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing 136 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual E2 Peplink Balance 20W Routing e NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE GRE Static IP and Mobile Internet Connection e Outbound Link Load Balance Device Management e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Configurations Upload and Download Internet Access Sharing e SUA Single User Account Multi to Multi NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security e Compatible with IPsec and PPTP VPN e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Intrusion Detection System Physical I nterface One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M WAN Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M LAN One USB 2 0 Mobile WAN Port
103. ons are symmetric or 2 A latency sensitive application requires to be routed through the lowest latency WAN regardless the WAN s available bandwidth 68 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 13 Service Forwarding Service Forwarding settings are located at Network gt Service Forwarding 13 1 SMTP Forwarding Some ISPs require their users to send e mails via the ISP s SMTP server All outgoing SMTP connections are blocked except those connecting to the ISP s The Peplink Balance supports to intercept and redirect all outgoing SMTP connections destined for TCP port 25 via a WAN connection to the WAN s corresponding SMTP server Enable To enable the feature select the Enable check box under SMTP Forwarding Setup Check the box Enable Forwarding for the WAN connection s that needs such forwarding Enter the ISP s e mail server address and TCP port number for each WAN The Peplink Balance will intercept SMTP connections choose a WAN with reference to the Outbound Policy and then forward the connection to the forwarded SMTP server if the chosen WAN has enabled forwarding If the forwarding is disabled for a WAN connection SMTP connections for the WAN will be simply forwarded to the connection s original destination If you want to route all SMTP connections only to particular WAN connection s you Should create a rule in Outbound Policy see Section 12 1 69 Copynght Pepli
104. ort filtering VPN Encryption 256 bit AES Intrusion Detection System Physical I nterface Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M WAN Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M WAN One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Power Specification e AC input 110 220V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing 141 Copynght Peplink Contact Us Sales sales peplink com Support support peplink com Business Development and Partnerships partners peplink com pepli www peplink com nk tecting Business Continuity Address United States Office 800 West El Camino Real Mountain View CA 94040 United States Tel 1 650 450 9668 Fax 1 866 625 4664 Italy Office Via Sismondi 50 3 20133 Milan Italy Tel 39 02 8986 6852 Hong Kong Office 17 F Park Building 476 Castle Peak Road Cheung Sha Wan Hong Kong Tel 852 2990 7600 Fax 852 3007 0588 Copynght Peplink
105. petsis Status Connected IP Address 110 211 122 2 betsis Status Connected Established Established Established Model Peplink Balance 710 Firmware v4 8 1 Uptime 2 days 1 hour 36 minutes Copyright Peplink All rights reserved Important Note Configuration changes e g WAN LAN Admin settings etc take effect after clicking the Apply Changes button on each page s header The Apply Changes button causes the changes to be saved and applied 28 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 7 2 Configuration with Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard of Peplink Balance simplifies the task of configuring WAN connection s by guiding the configuration process step by step 7 2 1 Setup Wizard on Peplink Balance 20L 30 200 210 300 310 380 390 700 and 710 To begin click Setup Wizard after connecting to Web Admin Interface Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 1 Welcome to Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will guide you through the WAN connection s configuration step by step This wizard is designed to simplify the process in configuring your device and connecting it to the Internet Click Next to begin Next gt gt Cancel Click on the appropriate check box es to select the WAN connection s to be configured Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 2 Choose the WAN connection s to be configured lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel
106. plink Peplink Balance User Manual 8 Configuration of LAN Interface The LAN Interface settings are located at Network gt Interfaces gt LAN IP Address a 168 12 Subnet Mask 252552850 Speed Auto si M v Drop in Mode on WAN1 Enable Default Gateway 192 168 1 1 I have other EO on WAN segment Host IP po TEE 192 168 1 122 DHCP Server OJO ene S IP Range 192 168 1 10 192 166 1 250 Subnet Mask 612552552550 Lease Time i Days io Hours o Mins o Seconds DNS Servers Assign DNS server automatically WINS Servers Assign WINS server WINS server 1 WINS server 2 Ole Le No Extended DHCP Option a DHCP Reservation MAC Address Static IP Static Route Destination Network Subnet Mask DNS Caching CT Enable Local DNS Records dl Host Name IP Address Save Required 33 Copyright Peplink IP Address amp Subnet Mask Peplink Balance User Manual LAN Settings The IP address of Peplink Balance on LAN Speed This setting specifies the speed of the LAN Ethernet Port By default Auto is selected and the appropriate data speed is automatically detected by Peplink Balance In the event of negotiation issues the port speed can be manually specified to circumvent the issues You can also choose whether or not to advertise the speed to the peer by selecting the Advertise Speed checkbox Drop in Mode Settings Default G
107. ption allows you to enable SNMP version 2 SNMPv3 This option allows you to enable SNMP version 3 To add a community for either SNMPVI or SNMPv2 click the Add SNMP Community button in the Community Name table upon which the following screen is displayed Community Name Allowed Source Subnet Address 192 166 120 Allowed Source Subnet Mask 2552552650 LM Save 111 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual SNMP Community Settings Community Name This setting specifies the SNMP Community Name Allowed Source Subnet Address This setting specifies a subnet from which access to the SNMP server is allowed Enter subnet address here e g 192 168 1 0 Allowed Source Subnet Mask This setting specifies the subnet mask that corresponds to the subnet specified via Allowed Source Subnet Address e g 255 255 255 0 To define a user name for SNMPv3 click Add SNMP User in the SNMPv3 User Name table upon which the following screen is displayed User Name ATMPUSET Authentication Protocol Privacy Protocol Privacy Password myprivacypassword Save SNMPv3 User Settings User Name This setting specifies a user name to be used in SNMPv3 Authentication Protocol This setting specifies via a drop down menu the one of the following valid authentication protocols e NONE MD5 SHA Authentication Password This setting specifies the authentication pas
108. r Settings is Auto DNS Servers Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups This field specifies the DNS Domain Name System Servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection You can input the ISP provided DNS server addresses into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields If no address is entered here this link will not be used for DNS lookups Please refer to Section 10 2 10 3 10 4 and 10 5 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public I P Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively 48 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 1 5 1 Modem Specific Custom Settings The following settings may be available depending on the modem model IMSI Network Type Modem Model 3G preferred Modem Specific Settings This field displays the Manufacturer name of the connected mobile modem IMSI This field shows the IMSI number associated with the SIM inside the mobile modem Network Type This setting allows you to define your preference of using the 3G and or 2G networks 3G networks include HSPA UMTS 2G networks include EDGE GPRS If 3G only or 2G only is chosen only the HSPA UMTS or EDGE GPRS network will be used respectively If the chosen network is not available no other network will be used regardless of its availability The modem connection will remain offline If 3G preferred or
109. results in the WAN connection to be used whenever it is available If Backup Priority and a priority group are selected the WAN connection is treated as a backup connection and is used only in the absence of available Always on WAN connection s and higher priority backup connection s Enable The default and recommended Connection Type is Always on Reply ICMP Ping If this field is disabled the WAN connection will not respond to ICMP Requests Ping requests By default this is enabled Upstream This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the outbound direction Bandwidth from the LAN through the WAN interface This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the inbound direction from the WAN interface to the LAN Downstream This value is referenced as the default weight value when using the Bandwidth custom rule Default Auto the algorithm Least Used or the algorithm Persistence Auto in Outbound Policy with Managed by Custom Rules chosen see Section 12 2 40 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Physical Interface Settings Speed This setting specifies port speed and duplex configurations of the WAN Port By default Auto is selected and the appropriate data speed is automatically detected by Peplink Balance In the event of negotiation issues the port speed can be manually specified to circumvent the issues You can also choose whether or not to advertise the speed to th
110. s Note Leave this field disabled if you are not sure 41 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 10 1 1 DHCP Connection The DHCP connection method is suitable if the ISP provides an IP address automatically by DHCP e g Cable Metro Ethernet etc DNS Servers Obtain DNS server address automatically LJ Use the following DNS server add ress es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Hostname Optional Pi Use custom hostname DHCP Settings Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups This setting specifies the DNS Domain Name System Servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection Selecting Obtain DNS server address automatically results in the DNS Servers to be assigned by the WAN DHCP Server to be used for DNS Servers outbound DNS lookups over the connection The DNS Servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned from the DHCP server When Use the following DNS server address es is selected you may enter custom DNS server addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields If your service provider s DHCP server requires you to supply a Hostname hostname value upon acquiring an IP address you may enter the Optional value here If your service provider does not provide you with the value you can safely bypass this option Please refer to Section 10 2 10 3 10 4 and 10 5 for details about WAN Health
111. sed at any point in time 12 2 1 Algorithm Weighted Balance This setting specifies the ratio of WAN connection usage to be applied on the specified IP Protocol amp Port and is applicable only when Algorithm is set to Weighted Balance WANI 1J e The amount of matching traffic that is distributed to a WAN connection is proportional to the weight of WAN connection relative to the total weight Use the sliders to change each WAN s weight Example With the following weight settings on a Peplink Balance 300 e WANI 10 e WAN2 10 e WANS 5 Total weight is 25 10 10 5 Matching traffic distributed to WANT is 40 10 25 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to WAN 2 is 40 10 25 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to WANS is 20 5 25 x 100 12 2 2 Algorithm Persistence The configuration of Persistent Services is the solution to the few situations where link load distribution for Internet services is undesirable For example many e banking and other secure websites for security reasons terminate the session when the client computer s Internet IP address changes mid session In general different Internet IP addresses represent different computers The security concern is that an IP address change during a session may be the result of an unauthorized intrusion attempt Therefore to prevent damages from the potential intrusion the session is terminated upon the detection of an IP addre
112. ses are selected the Inbound Link Load Balancing feature will be disabled Peplink Balance will not respond to DNS requests To specify and or modify the IP addresses on which the DNS Server Should listen click the Edit button that corresponds to DNS Server Listens on and the following screen is displayed DNS Server s 123 123 123 1 Interface IP Save Cancel To specify the Internet IP addresses on which the DNS Server should listen select the WAN connection by checking the appropriate boxes and the IP addresses associated with the WAN connections by highlighting the appropriate items in the list Multiple items in the list can be selected by holding CTRL and clicking on the items Click Save to save the settings when configuration is complete Zone Transfer This setting specifies the IP address es of secondary DNS server s that are to be allowed to retrieve zone records from the DNS server of Peplink Balance The zone transfer server of Peplink Balance listens on TCP Port 53 fone Transfer Enable Allowed Client s Delete Selected 11 12 13 122 L l1121317 Save Cancel Peplink Balance serves both the clients that are accessing from the specified IP addresses and the clients that are accessing from the LAN Interface of the Peplink Balance unit 79 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Default Connection Priority defines the default priority group of each WAN c
113. ss Space A 2 LAN PePLink Balance Host 1 Host 2 Host 1 Host 2 When Drop in Mode is enabled the LAN ports and the WAN1 port are bridged When operating in Drop in Mode Peplink Balance forwards the traffic between the LAN hosts and the router to WANT without performing any IP address translation Hosts on the LAN will not notice any change in the IP addresses of the hosts on WANI and vice versa However although the IP addresses on all of the forwarded packets remain the same Peplink Balance inserts its own MAC address in place of the original As a result MAC address changes will be noticed by hosts on both the LAN and the WAN Further details will Subsequently follow After successfully setting up Peplink Balance as part of the network via Drop in Mode a Peplink Balance 200 or 210 will accommodate one additional WAN connection Peplink Balance 30 300 310 380 or 390 will accommodate two additional WAN connections Peplink Balance 700 or 710 will further accommodate six additional WAN connections 36 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual To enable Drop in Mode perform the following steps Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 v Qee a Drop in Mode on WAN1 Enable Default Gateway I have other host s on WAN segment Host IP Address es 210 10 10 4 210 10 10 3 210 10 10 4 Delete 1 Check the Enable box under Drop in Mode located at Network gt Interfaces gt LAN A
114. ss Translation PAT Inbound and Outbound NAT mapping IPsec NAT T and PPTP packet passthrough Multiple static IP addresses per WAN Connection MAC address clone Customizable MTU and MSS values WAN connection health check Dynamic DNS Supported service providers changeip com dyndns org no ip org and tzo com LAN DHCP server on LAN Static routing rules Local DNS Site to Site VPN Available only with Peplink Balance 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Secure Site to Site VPN VPN load balancing and failover among selected WAN connections Arewall Outbound LAN to WAN firewall rules Inbound WAN to LAN firewall rules per WAN connection Intrusion detection and prevention Specification of NAT mappings Inbound Traffic Management TCP UDP traffic redirection to dedicated LAN server s Inbound link load balancing by means of DNS available only with Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 my ee Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 3 16 Outbound Policy Link load distribution per TCP UDP service Persistent routing for specified source and or destination IP addresses per TCP UDP service Traffic Prioritization and DSL optimization available only with Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Other Supported Features Easy to use web based administration interface HTTP and HTTPS support for Web Administration Interface Configurable web administration port and adminis
115. ss change Peplink Balance can be configured to distribute data traffic across multiple WAN connections Also the Internet IP depends on the WAN connections over which communication actually 65 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual takes place As a result a LAN client computer behind Peplink Balance may communicate using multiple Internet IP addresses For example a LAN client computer behind a Peplink Balance 300 with three WAN connections may communicate on the Internet using three different IP addresses With the Persistency feature of Peplink Balance rules can be configured to enable client computers to persistently utilize the same WAN connections for e banking and other secure websites As a result a client computer will communicate using one IP address and eliminate the issues auto Custom WANI 12 A There are two Persistent Modes One is by source and the other by destination By Source The same WAN connection will be used for traffic matching the rule and originating from the same machine regardless of its destination This option will provide the highest level of application compatibility By Destination The same WAN connection will be used for traffic matching the rule originating from the same machine and going to the same destination This option can better distribute load to WAN connections when there are only a few client machines The default Mode is By Source When th
116. ssacccscsssxescnececdsvascanssexacencsensenceverscvedtenscvenvevereesdevesuesens 126 APPENDIX B ROUTING UNDER DHCP STATIC IP AND PPPOE a scsssccasesnascavesscsenvecsncensevardescsiesssxsevavseswrsavcsvesens 127 Routing via Network Address Translation NAT cccccceceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaas 127 Routing via lP Forwarding sccsiovececntcravecusmsevenesavaenioss vacua aie esse ends 127 APPENDIX C CASE STUDIES sssiccsissec cadececacozsseceseipsenssainvedsunduvecssesavecewedsverssesntevesueysecenvastereueavsavsseausycesssveeceseses 128 P riormanee ODUMIZALON ss sans danseuses 128 Maintaining the Same IP Address throughout a Session 129 Bypassing the Firewall to Access Hosts on LAN 131 Inbound Access Restrictii siriarrei ea r E EEE 132 Inbound Access RestrictiOn s sssserrerrerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre 133 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING irises cnvestesceveceesey vastus arna NES NENNE EEANN VEEE VVE 134 APPENDIX E PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ns Nes resres rrien RETESET VENEEN 136 Peplink Balance 20L and 200 136 Peplink Balance 2 OMS anna ma en came ce uso 137 Peplink Balance 30 and 300 138 Peplink Balance 210 and 310 139 Peplink Balance 380 and 390 22 2 a as dans 140 Peplink Balance 700 and 710 141 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 1 Introduction and Scope The Peplink Balance series provides link aggregation and load balancing across
117. stem initializing Status Red Booting up or busy Orange Power on self test Green Ready state LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 100 Mbps OFF 10 Mbps Yellow LED Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected They are auto MDI MDI X ports J89 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 5 3 RearPanel Appearance Power Connector Serial Number and LAN MAC Address 19 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 6 Peplink Balance 380 390 5 6 1 Front Panel Appearance Console Port USB Ports LAN Port poi ee peplink Balance380 E LCD Controls E Power LED WAN Ports 5 6 2 LED indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off Green Power on Power LED Console and USB Ports Console Port Reserved for engineering Use USB Port Reserved for engineering Use LAN and WAN Ports Balance 380 Green LED ON 100 Mbps OFF 10 Mbps Yellow LED Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected They are MDI ports LAN Port and WAN Ports Gigabit ports on Balance 390 Green LED ON 1000 Mbps OFF 100 10 Mbps Yellow LED Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected They are auto MDI MDI X por
118. sword and is applicable only if the MD5 or SHA authentication protocol is selected Privacy Protocol This setting specifies via a drop down menu the one of the following valid privacy protocols e NONE e DES Privacy Password This setting specifies the privacy password and is applicable only if the DES privacy protocol is selected 112 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 18 7 Reporting Server The Reporting functionality enables Peplink Balance to post traffic data and other information periodically to a Peplink s Reporting Server for generating detailed historical usage reports of the device The settings for configuring Reporting Server functionality are found at the following location System gt Reporting Server Post Data to Server O ves No Reporting Server report ink con Default For first time users create a login on the Reporting Server Specify your login ID to be allowed to access the report Click here to view reports Remote Reporting Settings Post Data to This setting specifies whether or not Peplink Balance should Server periodically and automatically post traffic data to reporting server This setting specifies the Internet IP address or host name of the Reporting reporting server Mer By default the Reporting Server value is report Peplink com Click the link to register a login ID on Peplink s Reporting Server Each a logi
119. t DHCP PPPoE GRE and Static P Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance Device Management Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS Remote Reporting and Management Bandwidth Usage Monitor Configurations Upload and Download Internet Access Sharing e SUA Single User Account Multi to Multi NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security PPTP VPN Server e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e VPN Encryption 256 bit AES Intrusion Detection System Physical I nterface Balance 210 Two RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M WAN Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M LAN o RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Physical I nterface Balance 310 e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M WAN e Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100M LAN e RS 232 Console Serial modem TA Port Power Specification e AV Input 100 240V DC Output 9 30V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 50 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing 139 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual E5 Peplink Balance 380 and 390 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support DHCP PPPoE GRE and Static IP Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance Device Management Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS Remote Reporting and Management Bandwidth Usage Monitor Co
120. ted the firewall rule takes effect If the traffic os matches the specified Protocol P Port actions will be taken by Peplink nable Balance based on the other parameters of the rule When No is selected the firewall rule does not take effect Peplink Balance will disregard the other parameters of the rule WAN Connection This setting is applicable to Inbound Firewall Rules only This setting specifies the WAN connection s on which the rule applies Any WANT Peplink Balance 20W uses Wired Internet instead WAN2 Peplink Balance 20W uses Mobile Internet instead WANS applicable only to Peplink Balance 30 300 310 380 390 700 and 710 e WAN4 to WAN7 applicable only to Peplink Balance 700 and 710 A value of Any WAN1 WAN2 and WAN7 specifies that the rule applies to all WAN connections WANI1 WAN2 and WAN 7 respectively Protocol Source IP amp Port This setting specifies the protocol to be matched Via a drop down menu the following protocols can be specified TCP UDP I CMP IP Alternatively the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu can be used to automatically fill in the Protocol and Port number of common Internet services e g HTTP HTTPS etc After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu the Protocol and Port number remains manually modifiable This specifies the source IP address es and port number s to be matched for a firewall rule A s
121. the connection to Peplink Balance is OK 134 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Problem 5 What can do if suspect a problem on my Internet WAN connection Solution You can test the WAN connection by Ping which is similar to problem 4 As we want to isolate the problems from the LAN Ping will be performed from Peplink Balance By using the Ping Traceroute under the tab Status of the Peplink Balance you may able to find out the source of problem Problem 6 When upload files to a server via ftp the transfer stalls after a few kilobytes of data are sent What should do Solution The Maximum Transmission Unit MTU or MSS setting may need to be adjusted By default the MTU is set at 1440 Choose Auto for all of your WAN connections If it does not solve you may try the MTU 1492 if a connection is a DSL If problem still persists change the size to smaller values until your problem is resolved e g 1462 1440 1420 1400 etc 135 Copynght Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual Appendix E Product Specifications EL Peplink Balance 20Land 200 Routing e Drop in Mode Balance 200 only and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE GRE and Static IP e Inbound Balance 200 only and Outbound Link Load Balance Device Management e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Configurati
122. trator password Firmware upgrades configuration backups Ping and Traceroute via Web Administration Interface Remote web based configuration via WAN and LAN interfaces Remote reporting to Peplink Balance reporting server Hardware High Availability via VRRP available only with Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Quality of Service for Voice over IP and Secure Web available only with Peplink Balance 200 300 210 310 380 390 700 and 710 Time server synchronization SNMP Email notification Syslog SIP passthrough PPTP packet passthrough Event Log Active Sessions Client List UPnP NAT PMP 8 Copyright Peplink 4 Peplink Balance User Manual Package Contents The contents of Peplink Balance product packages are as follows 4 1 4 2 4 3 Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 300 Peplink Balance 20L 20W 30 200 300 Power adapter Information slip Peplink Balance 210 310 Peplink Balance 210 310 Power adapter Information slip Rack mount kit Peplink Balance 380 390 700 710 Peplink Balance 380 390 700 710 Power cord Information slip Rack mount kit 9 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 5 Peplink Balance Overview 5 1 Peplink Balance 20L 200 5 1 1 Front Panel Appearance peplink WAN WANI 5 1 2 LED indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off
123. ts 20 Copyright Peplink 5 6 3 LCD Display Menu Peplink Balance User Manual gt Power off Reboot gt System Status gt System gt Firmware ver gt Serial number gt System time gt System up time gt CPU load gt LAN gt Status gt P address gt Subnet mask gt Link status gt WANT gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 gt a gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Data Transfer d gt WANT gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Factory default gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Reboot Yes No gt Factory default Yes No shows firmware version shows serial number shows current time shows system uptime since last reboot shows current CPU loading 0 100 shows LAN port physical status shows LAN IP address shows LAN subnet mask shows Connected Disconnected IP address list shows Connected Disconnected shows transfer rate in Kbps shows transfer rate in Kbps shows volume transferred since last reboot in MB to reboot the unit to restore factory defaults shows port speed Auto 10baseT FD 10baseT HD 100baseTx FD 100baseTx HD NOTE Balance 390 also has 1000baseTx FD 21 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance
124. ttings Included Server s This setting specifies the LAN servers that handle requests for the service and the relative weight values The amount of traffic that is distributed to a server is proportional to the weight value assigned to the server relative to the total weight Example With the following weight settings on a Peplink Balance e demo server 1 10 e demo server 2 5 The total weight is 15 10 5 Matching traffic distributed to demo server 1 67 10 15 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to demo server 2 33 5 15 x 100 76 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 4 UPnP NATPMP Settings UPnP and NAT PMP are network protocols which allow a computer on the LAN to automatically configure the router to allow parties on the WAN to connect to itself In this way the process of inbound port forwarding is automated When a computer creates a rule using these protocols the specified TCP UDP port of all WAN connections default IP address will be forwarded Check the corresponding box es to enable UPnP and or NAT PMP Enable these features only if you trust the computers on the LAN D Enable Enable Save When the options are enabled a table listing all the forwarded ports under these two protocols can be found at Status gt UPnP NAT PMP 77 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 5 Definition of DNS Records This section
125. twork Address Translation NAT e Section 10 1 4 2 Routing under GRE via IP Forwarding B 1 Routing via Network Address Translation NAT When Peplink Balance is operating under NAT mode the source IP addresses of outgoing IP packets are translated to the WAN IP address of Peplink Balance Therefore with NAT all LAN devices share the same WAN IP address to access the Internet i e the WAN IP address of Peplink Balance Operating Peplink Balance in NAT mode requires only one WAN Internet IP address In addition operating in NAT mode also has security advantages because LAN devices are hidden behind Peplink Balance not directly accessible from the Internet and hence less vulnerable to attacks The following figure shows the packet flow in NAT mode Sour Ce Jp 192 168 1 10 Source IP 12 34 56 78 WAN IP 12 34 56 78 PePLink Balance CF 192 168 1 10 192 168 1 11 LAN IP 192 168 1 1 B 2 Routing via IP Forwarding When Peplink Balance is operating under IP Forwarding mode the IP addresses of IP packets are unchanged Peplink Balance forwards both inbound and outbound IP packets without changing their IP addresses The following figure shows the packet flow in IP Forwarding mode 5 23 24 Ip SS _ ae Source IP Source IP Sys 23 24 55 10 23 24 55 10 5 70 L WAN IP PY 59 33 10 23 24 55 10 LAN IP 23 24 55 4 a 77 53 3414 PePLink Balance De
126. usion Detection and DOS Prevention 97 17 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ae a nee tete tas tan a en br 98 LZA HONAvalaDII RE 98 17 2 Traffic Prioritization cc ccccccsscccecccceeeuuueeeeeseeeeeeuuccceuuueueeeeseneseuaugugeeerereres 100 A 2a ee ee ee ne nn er eee rete nn ee ee eee ee eT ee ne ee eT nT 101 17 4 Service PASSINPOUON iaicitesiwicttenwiciiesiicbteawicliesiwiabassiliesiwiabasilianiwianies 102 18 SYSTEM SETTINGS vescscavcsvescescvexisoteverssveatenesecrsenscesssecesnssseienvasdeteseayaeioxeussudesonvaccaneusdetesssoreusssseteneseievesssenns 103 cS ANA SCCURNY oc aan os nR E 103 16 2 Firmware DORE et ee ee ee eee ee 106 ISo i een ee 107 13 4 Elviall NOUMGAUON n 6 0 tassanssorssaactoss eaa A coronas rarenatoressateranmannnes 108 163 REMORE SYSIOG a en en ee ne een ces 110 tep SN a er ee ee ere tee er ee he er rere errr 111 UG2 REDOING SCIVEF oss ane ad on unes AEE ter ein 113 18 8 CORP A CIO a T ii lit a 115 18 9 Flash Management sens 116 18 10 RO a E cu 117 18 11 PO TO ES 118 18 12 Traceroute T L ea be eben ai E EEE on 119 19 STATUS a AA A E A E A A EA T io 120 IL DEVIC eeki EAEE ne A T 120 19 2 Active SeSSionS ea a a a a en in 121 IS CCR nn 122 194 Sieta SIS VPN ea aa a ea ma us sc EEEE AT 122 LSS UPRP EN PMP ea E a a a a ni nn 123 90 OENVORE O E nt ee ee eee re res 123 ON IAE E A E ee eee 124 _ Copyright Peplink Se O U1 5 WW N Peplink Balance User Manual APPENDIX A RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS vss
127. word to connect via PPPoE PPPoE User Name Confirm PPPoE Password Service Name optional DNS Servers Leave it blank unless it s provided by ISP Obtain DNS server address automatically L Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 PPPOE Settings PPPoE User Name Password Enter the required information in these fields in order to connect via PPPoE to the ISP The parameter values are determined by and can be obtained from the ISP Confirm PPPoE Password Verify your password by entering it again in this field Service Name Optional Service Name is a PPPoE parameter which is provided by the ISP Note Leave this field blank unless it is provided by your ISP DNS Servers Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups This setting specifies the DNS Domain Name System Servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection Selecting Obtain DNS server address automatically results in the DNS Servers assigned by the PPPoE server to be used for outbound DNS lookups over the WAN connection The DNS Servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned from the PPPoE server When Use the following DNS server address es is selected you can put custom DNS server addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields Please refer to Section 10 2 10 3 10 4 and 10 5 for details about WAN Health C
128. www http No connections No connections This Active Sessions section displays the active inbound outbound and UDP TCP sessions of each WAN connection on Peplink Balance 121 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 19 3 Client List The client list table is located at Status gt Client List It lists DHCP client IP addresses their Names retrieved from DHCP reservation table and MAC addresses that the Peplink Balance has offered IP addresses to since it is powered up If PPTP Server in section 17 3 is enabled you may see the corresponding connection is listed as below IP Address Name MAC Address 10 14 1 10 PPTP demo 10 14 1 20 00 10 aa 01 22 ff 19 4 Site to Site VPN This is a page showing the current status of Site to Site VPN located at Status gt Site to Site VPN Details about Site to Site VPN connection peers would be shown as below For Balance 210 310 VPH Status Established WANI D in Use For Balance 380 390 700 710 On these balance models there can be more than one VPN peer connected at the same time You can simply click the appropriate peer name to explore the status of its WAN connection s used for establishing VPN connection Remote Networks 7 Balance 710 192 168 8 0 24 WANI Din use WAN2 in use Balance 390 192 168 60 0 24 Pepwave MAX 192 168 97 0 24 122 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 19 5 UPnP
129. x as default are the Internet IP addresses associated with each of the WAN connections Static IP addresses that are not associated with any WAN can be entered into the Custom IP list A PTR record is also created for each Custom IP s For WAN connections that operate under Drop in mode there may be other routable IP addresses in addition to the default IP address Therefore Peplink Balance allows custom Internet IP addresses to be added manually via filling the text box on the right hand side and clicking the Left Arrow button Only the highlighted IP addresses in the lists are candidates to be returned when responding to a DNS query Multiple items in a list can be selected by holding CTRL and clicking on the items In case of a WAN connection is down the corresponding set of IP addresses will not be returned However the IP addresses in the Custom IP field will always be returned If the Connection Priority field is set to Custom you can also specify the priority of the use of each WAN connection Only selected IP address es of available connection s with the highest priority and also Custom IP addresses will be returned By default the Connection Priority is set to Default 84 Copyright Peplink Peplink Balance User Manual 14 5 6 PIR Record PTR records are created along with A records pointing to Custom IPs Please refer to Section 14 5 5 for details For example if you created an A record www mydo

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