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1. 22 2 Traceroute Test The Traceroute Test tool in Peplink Balance traces the routing path to the destination through a particular Ethernet interface or a SpeedFusion connection VPN connections are available on Peplink Balance 210 The Traceroute Test utility is located at System gt Tools gt Traceroute illustrated as follows S25VPN Headquarters S25VPN Branch Office 1 A System Administrator can use the Traceroute utility to analyze the connection path of a LAN WAN connection 22 3 SpeedFusion Test Available on Peplink Balance 210 The SpeedFusion Test tool can help to test the throughput between different VPN peers You can define the Test Type Direction and Duration of the test and press Go to perform the throughput test The VPN Test utility is located at System gt Tools gt SpeedFusion Test illustrated as follows pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status System a Admin seanty O pu votes Firmware O ore owe Time o irecti upload Download Notification m Remote Syslog ai x M InControl Configuration a Reboot o Tools Ping m Traceroute Logout http www peplink com 163 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 22 4 CLI Command Line Interface Support The CLI Command Line Interface ca
2. 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 http www peplink com 104 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Zone mytest com Record Type son mytestcom pstmytestcom INS _ mytest com nsimytetcom Ns mytetcom ns2mytestcom i INS mytesticom nmytetcom SSCS Ns mytesticom gt pstmytesticom A backup mytesticom 21032011132 O OO O OOo A download mytesticom 2112233 O oO a guestmytesticom i2sa32 1110 O la fincontrolmytest com 12332311 O Oo a msimytestcom a277 A Name Value mail01 mytest com 200 210 310 1 mvtest com http www peplink com 105 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 16 NAT Mappings 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 Inbound Mappings Outbound Mappings Action WAN1 29 123 123 13 WAN1 29 123 123 13 Delete 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
3. Connected LAN Interface Router IP Address 10 20 30 2 WLAN Information Control Panel Access Point 8 Onkne 5 Connected Chents 12 Device Information Peplink Balance 580 5 4 0 build 1890 1 day 23 hours 59 minutes L 1 0 0 Mbps 0 0 Mbps Important Note The Save button causes the changes to be saved Configuration changes e g WAN LAN Admin settings etc take effect after clicking the Apply Changes button on each page s top right hand corner http www peplink com 37 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series 8 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 To begin click Setup Wizard after connecting to Web Admin Interface pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Click Next Next gt gt to begin Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 1 Welcome to Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will guide you through the WAN port 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 Select YES if you want to set up Drop in mode in Setup Wizard Note Drop in mode is available on Peplink Balance 210 Do you want to setup drop in mode Which WAN port
4. Problem 5 What can I do if suspect a problem on my InternetWAN 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 http www peplink com 186 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Appendix E Product Specifications E 1 Peplink Balance 20 and 30 Routing Protecting Business Continuity e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE GRE and Static IP 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 Mult
5. USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 19 1 2 Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention Protecting Business Continuity Intrusion Detection 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 Lr check the Enable check box for the Intrusion 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 e Port Scan e NMAP FIN URG PSH e Xmas Tree e Another Xmas Tree e Null Scan e SYN RST e SYN FIN e SYN Flood Prevention e Ping Flood Attack Prevention http www peplink com 138 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 19 2 Web Blocking Available on Peplink Balance 380 Web Site Domain Name _ DE Manager Staff C Exempt Guest Network Subnet Mask Save 19 2 1 Web Blocking Enter an appropriate website address and Peplink Balance will block and disallow LAN PPTP SpeedFusion peer clients to access these websites Exception can be added in the following sections 19 2 2 and 19 2 3 You may enter the wild card at the end of a domain name to block any web site with a host name having the domain name in the midale
6. e Firmware upgrades configuration backups Ping and Traceroute via Web Administration Interface e Remote web based configuration via WAN and LAN interfaces Remote reporting to Peplink Balance reporting server Hardware High Availability via VRRP with automatic configuration synchronization Available on Peplink Balance 210 e Real Time Hourly Daily and Monthly Bandwidth Usage reports and charts e Hardware backup via LAN bypass Available on Peplink Balance 580 and 1350 Built in WINS server Time server synchronization SNMP Email notification Syslog SIP passthrough http www peplink com 12 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep PPTP packet passthrough Active Sessions Active Client List WINS Client List UPnP NAT PMP Improved Active Sessions Page Event Log is persistent across reboots e IPv6 support e Support USB tethering on Android 2 2 phones Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 13 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 5 Package Contents The contents of Peplink Balance product packages are as follows 5 1 Peplink Balance 20 30 e Peplink Balance 20 30 e Power adapter e Information slip 5 2 Peplink Balance 210 310 e Peplink Balance 210 310 e Power adapter e Information slip e Rackmount kit 5 3 Peplink Balance 380 580 710 1350 e Peplink Balance
7. 25 Default Recipient s Email Address system mycompany com staff mycompany 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 to a System Email Notification Administrator when the WAN status changes or when 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 the Server requires SMTP Server MN ee authentication check the box Require authentication Check the box to enable SMTPS When the box is checked the next field SMTP Port will SL Encryption S yP be changed to 465 automatically This field is for specifying the SMTP Port number By default this is set to 25 when the SSL Encryption box is checked the default port SMTP Port number will be set to 465 You may customize the port number by editing this field Click the button Default to restore to default 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 SMTP User Name Password Confirm SMTP This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password Password Sende
8. A static route consists of the network address subnet mask and gateway address The address and subnet mask values are in the format of w x y z The local LAN subnet and subnets behind the LAN will be advertised to the VPN Remote routes sent over the VPN will also be accepted Any VPN member will be able to route to the local subnets Press to create a new route Press x to remove a route Enable WINS Server Settings Check the box to enable the WINS Server A list of WINS clients will be displayed at Status gt WINS Clients Enable DNS Caching Include Google Public DNS Servers Local DNS Records DNS Proxy Settings A check box to enable to DNS Proxy feature Network gt LAN gt DNS Proxy Settings table A DNS proxy server can be enabled to serve DNS requests originating from LAN PPTP SpeedFusion peers Requests are forwarded to the DNS servers resolvers defined in each WAN connection 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 lookup time by storing all received DNS results for a faster DNS response time However it cannot return the most updated result for those frequently updated DNS records By default it is disabled When this option is enabled the DNS proxy server will also forward DNS requests to Google s Public DNS Servers
9. If you want to route all SMTP connections only to particular WAN connection s you should create a custom rule in Outbound Policy see Section 14 1 20 3 2 Web Proxy Forwarding Web Proxy Forwarding Enable IP Address 1231231122 Port 8080 Current settings in users browser Mobile Internet 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 20 3 3 DNS Forwarding Forward Outgoing DNS Requests to Local DNS Enable When DNS Forwarding is enabled all clients outgoing DNS requests will also be intercepted and forwarded to the built in DNS proxy server http www peplink com 146 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 20 4 Service Passthrough Service Passthrough settings can be found at Network gt Misc Settings gt Service Passthrough SIP standard Mode Compatibility Mode Lenses oes eee Define custom signal ports i ie De c H 323 En
10. Peplink Balance Multi WAN Bonding Routers User Manual For Model 20 30 210 310 380 580 710 1350 Peplink Balance Firmware 5 4 June 2012 peplink Balance310 1 JL REGOUDOE y Copyright amp Trademarks Specifications are subject to change without prior notice Copyright 2012 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 Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE eceeeccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsccccscccscecccs 5 2 GLOSSARY A E 6 3 PRODUCT COMPARISON CHART eeeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccscccsscccsccccscccsccccscccsscccsccccscccscccccs 7 4 PRODUCT FEATURES eeeccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsceccsccccscccsceccscccsscccsceccscccsoes 11 Al Supported Neto areas eii cid ide asia iniu id A AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA US AN 11 4 Other Supported Fea Badii eT AAA ee eee ee ee eer en 12 5 PACKAGE CONTENT Scecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsccccscecsscccsceccscccssccccccccscccsoes 14 5 1 Peplink Balance 2071 30 ars AAR N AAN 14 5 2 Peplink Balance T0 ESTO O ee ee ee ee 14 5 3 Peplink Balance 380 5807 710 7 1350 iia A
11. 10 9 98 144 10 9 2 18 10 9 66 14 10 9 2 26 http www peplink com 166 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Status gt Active Sessions gt Search Overview Search Session data captured within one minute Refresh Port Source or Destination 255 255 255 255 32 Source or Destination voten Servic 10 9 2 18 63700 10 9 60 11 52204 10 9 166 11 55879 10 9 222 223 53474 10 9 66 67 51211 10 9 99 99 4715 10 9 2 26 53786 10 9 98 144 56428 10 9 98 144 56435 10 9 2 26 53780 10 9 19 9 50903 10 9 66 67 51118 10 9 19 9 54822 10 9 60 11 37178 10 9 60 11 37179 10 9 60 11 37181 10 9 66 67 51114 10 9 66 67 51207 10 9 2 18 63779 10 9 99 99 4714 10 9 60 11 40078 10 9 66 66 52642 10 9 166 11 50436 10 9 2 26 53800 10 9 98 144 56172 1 WAN O y Mobile Internet 74 125 71 17 443 74 125 71 138 443 74 125 71 102 443 74 125 71 102 443 63 150 131 43 443 74 125 71 18 443 74 125 71 17 443 74 125 71 106 443 74 125 71 84 443 74 125 71 139 443 74 125 71 113 443 74 125 71 19 443 74 125 71 19 443 184 31 32 225 443 184 31 32 225 443 184 31 32 225 443 74 125 71 101 443 74 125 71 101 443 74 125 71 101 443 74 125 71 113 443 74 125 71 18 443 74 125 71 19 443 74 125 71 125 443 74 125 71 139 443 74 125 71 101 443 HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SS
12. 310 380 580 710 1350 or a Pepwave MAX Mobile Router Peplink Balance 210 and 310 support making two SpeedFusion connections with a remote Peplink Balance 210 310 380 580 710 1350 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 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 The local LAN subnet and subnets behind the LAN defined under Static Route in the LAN settings page will be advertised to the VPN All VPN members branch offices and headquarters will be able to route to the local subnets Note that all LAN subnet and subnets behind it have to be unique Otherwise VPN members will not be able to access each other All data can be routed over the VPN with 256 bit AES encryption standard To configure navigate to Network gt SpeedFusion SpeedFusion VPN Bonding ET es 0 5 5 7 N EE v 0 5 5 81 RA New Profile _ Link Failure Detection Time 2 Recommended Approx 15 secs I O Fast Approx 6 secs O Faster Approx 2 secs Extreme Under 1 sec Shorter detection time incurs more health c
13. E e amp 2000 2k 0 25 NAN o YUU 0 Ok 0 17 03 30 17 04 00 17 04 30 17 05 00 17 05 30 17 06 00 Latency TX RX A Packet drop 23 7 Event Log Event Log information is located at Status gt Event Log 23 7 1 Device Event Log Device Event Log AP Event Log Mar 29 12 16 19 525 VPN Headqueaters Connected Mar 29 12 16 13 WAN WAN Connected Mar 29 12 16 05 525 VPN Branchi Disconnected Mar 29 12 15 58 525 VPN Headquarters Disconnected Mar 29 10 45 11 System Changes Applied Mar 28 14 23 25 WAN WAN Disconnected Health Check Failed Mar 26 14 23 11 WAN Disconnected Manual The log section displays a list of events that has taken place on the Peplink Balance unit Click the Refresh 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 http www peplink com 170 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 23 2 AP Event Log Available on Peplink Balance 380 Device Event Log AP Event Log May 05 17 59 20 Pepwave AP One 2 Online May 05 17 56 03 Pepwave AP One 1 Client 00 22 BB 55 88 66 associated with My_SSID May 05 17 55 55 Pepwave AP One 1 Client CC 88 00 55 33 AA disassociated from My_SSID This section displays a list of events that has taken place on the connected detected Pepwave AP devices Select 50
14. Event Logging 0 Enable Action Cancel After the fields have been entered as in the screenshot click Save to add the rule http www peplink com 184 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 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 download the pieces simultaneously For example DownThemAll Firefox Extension iGetter Mac etc If the outbound traffic is going across the SpeedFusion tunnel i e transferring a file to a VPN peer all WAN connections will be bonded by our SpeedFusion technology In this case all bandwidth will be utilized and a file will be transferred across all available WAN connections For details please refer to this FAQ http www peplink com index php view faq amp id 111 amp path 19 Problem 2 am using a download manager program e g Download Accelerator Plus Down Them All etc now Why is the download speed still in single link s speed Solution First check whether th
15. change its settings You may drag and drop a row to rearrange the priority of outbound rules Edit Default Custom Rule Default Rule wANi ic L WAN2 0 qu WAN3 10 R Mobile Internet 2 Save Cancel 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 Add a New Custom Rule Protocol Selection Tool PCCW 2M 2M DynIP Mobde Internet Cancel http www peplink com 77 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity New Custom Rule Settings Service Name Enable Source Destination Protocol and Port Algorithm Terminate Sessions on Link Recovery 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 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
16. 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 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 Extended DHCP Option 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 DHCP Reservation 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 CC DD EE Press E to create a new record Press x to remove a record Reserved clients information can be imported from the Client List located at Status gt Client List For more details please refer to section 23 3 http www peplink com Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Static Route Static Route Settings This table is for defining static routing rules for the LAN segment
17. gt Firmware ver gt Serial number gt System time gt System up time gt CPU load gt LAN gt Status gt IP address gt Subnet mask gt Link status gt WAN1 gt WAN2 E on WAN13 VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 gt gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 WAN13 Throughput out WAN1 WAN2 gt EN gt WAN13 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt NM gt WAN13 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN13 http www peplink com gt Reboot Yes No gt Factory default 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 1000baseT x FD 33 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 6 8 3 Rear Panel Appearance Connector Ports Power
18. www peplink com 128 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 18 QoS 18 1 User Groups Available on Peplink Balance 380 LAN and PPTP clients can be categorized into three user groups Manager Staff and Guest This table allows you to define rules and assign client IP addresses or subnets to a user group You can apply different bandwidth and traffic prioritization policies on each user group in the Bandwidth Control and Application sections The table is automatically sorted and the table order signifies the rules precedence The smaller and more specific subnets are put towards the top of the table and have higher precedence larger and less specific subnets are placed towards the bottom Protecting Business Continuity Click the Add button to define clients and their user group Click the button to remove the defined rule Two default rules are pre defined and put at the bottommost They are All DHCP reservation clients and Everyone and they cannot be removed The All DHCP reservation client represents the LAN clients defined in the DHCP Reservation table in the LAN settings page Everyone represents all clients that are not defined in any rule above Click on a rule to change its group Client Staff A OIC IP Address 192 168 1 99 i gt Manager v Group O DO Save pl Cancel Add Edit User Group From the drop down menu choose whether you are g
19. 1 90000909 This table displays the current SOA record When the option Customize SOA Record for this domain is selected you can click the link Click here to define SOA record to create or click on the Name Server field to edit the SOA record In the SOA record you have to fill out the fields Name Server Name Server IP Address optional Email Refresh Retry Expire Min Time and TTL Default values are set for SOA and NS records e Name Server IP Address optional This is the IP address of the authoritative name server If the Balance is the authoritative name server of the domain this field s value should be the WAN connection s name server IP address that is registered in the DNS registrar If this field is entered a corresponding A record for the name server will be created automatically If it is left blank the A record for the name server must be created manually e E mail Defines the E mail address of the person responsible for this zone Note Format should be mailbox name domain com e g hostmaster example com e Refresh Indicates the length of time in seconds when the slave will try to refresh the zone from the master e Retry Defines the duration in seconds between retries if the slave secondary fails to contact the master when refresh above has expired e Expire Indicates the time in seconds when the zone data is no longer authoritative This option applies to Slaves DNS servers only h
20. 11 CC 0D E Download Upload MAC Address Desktop 192 168 0 150 18 00 22 44 DD 11 33 Save Cancel 192 168 0 200 O 00 1A AA AA 33 A0 E 192 168 1 599 192 158 1 138 Smart Phone 192 168 50 150 Site to Site VPN Scale kbps Mbps If PPTP Server in section 20 2 SpeedFusion in section 12 or WLAN Controller in section 17 is enabled you may see the corresponding connection name would be listed in the field of Name http www peplink com 168 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 23 4 Access Point Available on Peplink Balance 380 The Status of connected access point devices can be found at Status gt Access Point IP Address Firmware AP Profile C Pepwave AP One 1 10 9 2 15 Main_Office a Pepwave AP One 2 Main_Office It lists all connected or detected Pepwave access point devices and their IP address firmware version assigned AP profile number of connected clients and broadcasting channel The broadcasting channel follows by a means the channel is automatically chosen and selected by the Peplink Balance 23 5 WINS Client The WINS client list table is located at Status gt WINS Client 10 9 2 1 10 9 30 1 10 9 2 4 Flush All It lists WINS client IP addresses and their Names This option will only be available when you have enabled the WINS Server in section 9 Name of clients retrieved will be
21. 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series p PIINE Business Continuity WWW IN NS balancewan1 WWW IN NS balancewan2 balancewan1 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 WAN 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 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 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 www WAN1 default xl 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 hostname 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 ns1 myisp com
22. 2 gt gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN 7 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 aas gt WAN 7 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt PM gt WAN 7 gt Maintenance 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 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 gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 P ugs gt WAN 7 http www peplink com shows port speed Auto 10baseT FD 10baseT HD 100baseTx FD 100baseTx HD 1000baseTx FD 30 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 6 7 3 Rear Panel Appearance Reset Switch TR T doo RS 232 Port Connector Ports RS 232 Port Reserved for engineering use Power Connector AC input 110 220V To hold pressing the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit When the unit is powered off press it will power on the unit Pow
23. 3 1 Scenario 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 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 211 123 123 100 of WAN1 LAN Client s QJ IP Address Address O 192 168 1 102 Inbound Mappings P 211 123 123 100 Interface IP E 211 123 123 101 El Mobile Internet Outbound Mappings D w p a http lwww peplink com 182 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity C 4 Inbound Access Restriction C 4 1 Scenario 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 Inter
24. 380 580 710 1350 e Power cord e Information slip e Rackmount kit Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 14 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink er USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 Peplink Balance Overview 6 1 Peplink Balance 20 6 1 1 Front Panel Appearance USB Port WAN Ports Status LED peplink Balance20 LAN Ports Reset Button Power LED 6 1 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off Power Green Power on OFF System initializing Status Booting up or busy Green Ready state LAN and WAN Ports ON 100 Mbps Green LED OFF 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports USB Port USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 15 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 1 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector Kensington Security Slot 6 1 4 Unit Base Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Peplink Balance 20 e Product Code BPL 021 peplink Serial 182C 1033 7C51 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 60 13 30 Input 12V DC in Made in Taiwan F C JL Dj nn http www p
25. 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000M WAN e Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN Physical Interface Balance 310 Hardware Revision 2 e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000M WAN e Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN Power Specification e DC Input 9 30V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 65 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 188 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity E 3 Peplink Balance 380 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 e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Bandwidth Usage Monitor 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 PPTP VPN Server e Psec Network to Network e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion e VPN Encryption 256 bit AES e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface Balance 380 Hardware Revision 5 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 One RJ 45 Console
26. Administrative Settings configuration is located at System gt Admin Security http www peplink com 148 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL k Peplink Balance Series in Protecting Business Continuity Balance XXXX A 3 E E Hours Minutes dun MS CHAP v2 II PA seconds Default zi Characters MAN HITE HTTPS Default HTTP LAM Oah HTTPS LAN WAN J L mt d z d j WAN Connection Access Settings Any Allow access from the following IP subnets only l12 345 495 0 24 211 2424 33 0 24 Connection IP Address es WANI 123 123 123 1 Interface IP 123 123 123 10 123 123 123 11 TUWANZ Interface IP 1 1 1 1 VAN Mobile Internet Admin Settings This field allows you to define a name for this Peplink Balance unit Router Name 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 User Name It is set as admin by default and is not customizable Admin Password This field allows you to specify a new administrator password http www peplink com 149 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Confirm Admin Password Read only User Name User Password Confirm User Password Web Session Timeout Authentication by RADIUS Auth
27. Connector AC input 110 220V To hold pressing the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit Power Switch aM mE When the unit is powered off press it will power on the unit 6 8 4 Unit Label Appearance peplink Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Peplink Balance 1350 Product Code BPL 135 Serial 182C 1065 2932 Made in Taiwan http www peplink com http www peplink com 34 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 7 Installation Connecting the Network with Peplink Balance 7 1 Preparation Before installing Peplink Balance please prepare the following 7 2 At least one Internet WAN access account For each network connection one 10 100 BaseT UTP cable with RJ45 connector or one 1000 BaseT Cat5E UTP cable for the Gigabit port on the Balance 580 710 1350 or one USB modem for the USB WAN port on Balance 380 580 710 1350 A computer with TCP IP network protocol and a web browser installed Supported browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 0 or above Mozilla Firefox 10 0 or above Apple Safari 5 1 or above and Google Chrome 18 or above Constructing the Network At the high level construct the network according to the following steps With an Ethernet cable connect a computer to one of the LAN ports on the Peplink Balance For Peplink Balance 20 30 210 and 310 repeat with different cab
28. For example If you enter foobar then www foobar com www foobar co jp or foobar co uk will be blocked Placing the wild card in any other position is not supported The Peplink Balance will inspect and look for blocked domain names on all HTTP traffic Secure web HTTPS traffic is not supported 19 2 2 Exempted User Group Check and select pre defined user group s who can exempt from the access blocking rules User groups can be defined at QoS User Group section Please refer to section 18 1 for details 19 2 3 Exempted Subnets With the subnet defined in the field clients on the particular subnet s can exempt from the access blocking rules http www peplink com 139 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 20 Miscellaneous Settings The miscellaneous settings include configuration for High Availability PPTP Server Service Forwarding and Service Passthrough 20 1 High Availability Available on Peplink Balance 210 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 210 units or a pair of Peplink Balance 710 units provide redundancy and failover in a master slave arrangement From a high level in the event that the Master Unit is down the Slave Unit becomes active High Availability w
29. Forwarding IP Address es Protocol Action WAN Interface IP 192 168 10 1 TCP 80 Delete Add Service To define a new service click the Add Service button upon which the following appears am 218 100 656 100 Interface IP 218 100 66 66 71218 100 66 103 Mobile Internet 192 168 1 10 Save Cancel Port Forwarding Settings This setting specifies whether the Inbound Service takes effect Required Fields With an Enable value of Yes the inbound service takes effect traffic is matched and actions Enable are taken by Peplink Balance based on the 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 This setting identifies the service to the System Administrator Service Name Valid values for this setting consist only of alohanumeric and the underscore characters http www peplink com 83 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 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 Protecting Business Continuity IP Protocol Please refer below for details on the Port and Servers settings Alterna
30. IP Settings 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 IP Address List 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 http www peplink com 63 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 11 6 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 With Dynamic DNS service enabled for a WAN connection you can connect to your WAN s IP address from the external even if its IP address is dynamic You have to register for an account from the listed dynamic DNS service providers before enabling this option If the WAN connection s IP address is a reserved private IP address i e behind a NAT router the Public IP of each WAN will be automatically reported to the DNS service provider Either upon a change in IP addresses or every 23 days without link reconnection Peplink Balance will connect to the dynamic DNS service provider to perform an IP address update within the provider s records The se
31. Serial Port Power Specification e AC input 110 220V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 189 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep E 4 Peplink Balance 580 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 e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Bandwidth Usage Monitor 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 PPTP VPN Server e Psec Network to Network e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion e VPN Encryption 256 bit AES e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface e FiveRJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100M 1000M WAN e One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100M 1000M LAN e One RJ 45 Console Serial modem TA Port e LAN Bypass from WAN5 to LAN Power Specification e AC input 110 220V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 190 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pe
32. VPN Users 3 3 15 15 50 100 200 500 iasg ARAS Upper X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IPsec VPN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Number of IPsec Tunnel 2 2 2 2 20 50 150 400 WLAN Control Functionality Manage Pepwave AP One X X X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Access Point Configuration X X X X Yes Yes Yes Yes AP Firmware Update X X X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Number of AP Support X X X X 50 100 250 500 Advanced QoS Functionality Bandwidth Usage Monitor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes QoS for VoIP and E Commerce Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Application Prioritization X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Application Prioritization by User X X X X Yes Yes Yes Yes User Group Bandwidth X X X X Yes Yes Yes Yes http www peplink com Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series Individual Bandwidth Limit X X X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Networking Functionality NAT and IP Forwarding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Static Routes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Port Forwarding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Many to One One to One NAT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NAT Pool Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SIP ALG H 323 ALG Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes UPnP NAT PMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WINS Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dynamic DNS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Web Blocking X X X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Device Web Administrative Interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Email Notifi
33. You may also download a firmware image from the Peplink website and update the unit manually Click Browse to select the firmware file from the local computer and then click Manual Upgrade to send the firmware to Peplink Balance Peplink Balance will then automatically initiate the firmware upgrade process Please note that all Peplink devices are equipped to be able to store two different firmware versions in two different partitions A firmware upgrade preformed will always replace the inactive partition If you want to keep the inactive firmware you can simply reboot your device with the inactive firmware and then perform the firmware upgrade Firmware Upgrade Status for Peplink Balance 20 30 210 and 310 Status LED Information during firmware upgrade e OFF Firmware upgrade in progress DO NOT disconnect power e Unit 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 Peplink Balance with an invalid firmware file will damage the unit and may void the warranty Important Note If the firmware is rolled back from
34. a custom application manually The priority preference of supported applications is placed at the top of the table Custom applications are at the bottom Application Priority http www peplink com 131 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 18 3 2 Prioritization for Custom Application Protecting Business Continuity Click the Add button to define a custom application Click the button x in the Action column to delete the custom application in the corresponding row When Supported Applications is selected the Peplink Balance will inspect network traffic and prioritize the selected application Alternatively select Custom Applications and define the application by providing the protocol scope port number and DSCP value yp Supported Applications Custom Applications IQ Audio Video Streaming Audio Video Streaming Database ho pplications Email File Sharing Transfer Miscellaneous Remote Access Security Tunneling VoIP Category and Application availability will be different across different models of Peplink Balance 18 3 3 DSL Cable Optimization DSL cable based WAN connection has its upload bandwidth lower than the download bandwidth When this option is enabled the download bandwidth of the WAN can be fully utilized in any situation When a DSL cable circuit s uplink is congested the d
35. and Port set to Port Range and Service Port 80 88 TCP traffic received on ports 80 through 88 is forwarded to the configured servers via the respective ports Port Mapping Service Port Map to Port Port Mapping 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 Mapping 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 Port Range Mapping Service Ports Map to Ports Range Mapping traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port range is forwarded via a different port to the servers specified by the Servers setting Inbound IP This setting specifies the WAN connections and Internet IP address es from which the service Address es can be accessed Server IP This setting specifies the LAN IP address of the server that handles the requests for the Address service http www peplink com 84 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 15 2 Definition of Servers on LAN Available on Peplink Balance 210 The settings to configure servers on the LAN are located at the following location Network gt Inbound Acce
36. automatically matched into Client List in the previous section Click the button Flush All to flush all WINS client records 23 6 SpeedFusion Status Available on Peplink Balance 210 This is a page showing the current status of SpeedFusion located at Status gt SpeedFusion Details about SpeedFusion connection peers would be shown as below BE rri Office 192 168 50 0 24 NY Office 192 168 3 0 24 You can simply click on the corresponding peer name to explore the WAN connection s status and subnet information of each VPN peer http www peplink com 169 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Apply Changes Status Device Active bhate OER NENES Sessions amp Y FL Office 192 168 198 0 24 Client List O WAN1 Q Rx 0 kbps Drop rate Latency WAN4 O Rx 1 kbps Drop rate Latency z Access Point o Total Rx 1 kbps Drop rate faa Sy num FPR m SpeedFu o amp Y NY Office 192 168 3 0 24 Pr RA nA QU con Event Log o WAN1 Rx 0 kbps Drop rate Latency d dth WAN4 Oo Rx 1 kbps Drop rate Latency Bandwidt Total Rx 1 kbps Drop rate a Real Time o m Hourly o FL Offi ce Daily o Monthly o Core Il Logout 10000 10k 1 25 8000 A aa A 8k 1 m S 5 4 2 rm a X 6000 amp 2 07s E 3 4 a gt 5 3 4000 kaos A x
37. drop down menu All WAN hal MB GB BJ Dovnload B Upload B Total 0 18 00 20 00 22 00 02 28 02 00 04 00 06 00 08 00 10 00 12 00 14 00 16 00 00 00 23 8 3 Daily This page shows the daily bandwidth usage for all and 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 11 4 the Current Billing Cycle table for that WAN connection will be displayed Click on a date to view the client bandwidth usage of that specific date This feature is not available if you have selected to view the bandwidth usage of only a particular WAN connection The Scale of the graph can be set to show in Megabyte MB or Gigabyte GB http www peplink com 172 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Status 8 Device o a Activo Sessions o echentiist s Access Point O e WINS Chents O e Site to Site VPN o Sipsec ven 0 a UPnP NAT PMP o a Event Log Bandwidth a Real Time smy O e Daily o Monthly o Logout PEEEEEEEEREEEEE J y al ACERA 19 00 vesterdav Status All WAN 9 MB GB 25000 MB BS Dovnload Upload 20000 MB B Total 15000 MB 10000 MB 5000 MB 21 22 11 15 11 18 11 21 11 24 11 27 12 03 12 06 12 09 2010 12 09 728 MB 2
38. eeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccscccccsccccccsccces 176 APPENDIX B ROUTING UNDER DHCP STATIC IP AND PPPOE ceecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccces 177 B 1 Routing via Network Address Translation NAT biuad quad au qua dd adudaddua da auda dai ia 177 B 2 Routing via IP Forwarding 178 APPENDIX C CASE STUDIES eere rere rere rrr rrr rre nre nnn rrr honor horno oro honore 179 C 1 Performance Optimization ari 179 C 2 Maintaining the Same IP Address throughout Aa SESSION ee AAA 181 C 3 Bypassing the Firewall to Access Hosts on LAN eeeeeeemnmMmMn IM MMRnRMMMMMHBIRIRRHMRRHMeHH gg BR 182 C 4 inbound ACCESS RESIGN ectesttesestestessectesscccesrssesesatetacessiacnesdcanieiseatnieineqrsinensesavnesieearatesseeseds 183 C5 Outibound ACCESS RESITICT Ol mess ERES AAA AAA 184 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOT I NGeeeeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccsccccccccsccccsccccccccsccccsccccsceccscees 185 APPENDIX E PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS cececcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsccccscees 187 E 1 Peplink Balance 20 ANd S esesess ssspis ttr ERR EERRASIUDU NUR NND NUM HU ma uM Md nerd vua V axed un vada ini stu ane UM RU M EE 187 E Peplink Balance 210 and 3 Dar A 188 E 3 Peplink Balance 3 lr LLLI E 189 EA Peplink Balance 58 ns AAA AAA AAA 190 E5 Peplink Balance eM n 191 E 6 Peplink Balance 1350 exe ree retine a a aia uw x Ria siis Va a RENE ales vi na N
39. following screen will be displayed IP Address QI 192 168 1 123 V 210 10 10 1 7 210 10 10 2 7 210 10 10 3 ZU Connection Outbound IP Address Mobile Internet Interface IP i rm NAT Mapping Settings NAT Mapping rules can be defined for a single LAN IP Address an IP Range or an IP Network LAN Client s This refers to the LAN host s private IP address The system maps this address to a number of public IP addresses specified below in order to facilitate inbound and outbound traffic This option is only available when IP Address is selected Address The IP range is a contiguous group of private IP addresses used by the LAN host The R system maps these addresses to a number of public IP addresses specified below to auge facilitate outbound traffic This option is only available when IP Range is selected The IP network refers to all private IP addresses and ranges managed by the LAN host Net k The system maps these addresses to a number of public IP addresses specified below id to facilitate outbound traffic This option is only available when IP Network is selected http www peplink com 106 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 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 forwarde
40. from all Daae DS specified DNS servers DNS lookups will also be issued to some public DNS servers A WAN connection will be treated as down only if there is also no response received from the public DNS servers Connections will be considered up if DNS responses are received from any one of the health check DNS servers regardless of a positive or negative result By default the first two DNS servers of the WAN connection are used as the Health Check DNS Servers Health Check Method HTTP A 0 1 j URL http Stnng to Match n URL http String to Match optional o DEP Doe o o HTTP connections will be issued to test the connectivity with configurable URLs and strings to match WAN Settings gt WAN Edit gt Health Check Settings gt URL 1 The URL will be retrieved when performing an HTTP health check When String to Match is URL 1 left blank a health check will pass if the HTTP return code is between 200 and 299 Note HTTP redirection codes 301 or 302 are treated as failures When String to Match is filled a health check will pass if the HTTP return code is between 200 and 299 and if the HTTP response content contains the string WAN Settings gt WAN Edit gt Health Check Settings gt URL 2 URL 2 If URL 2 is also provided a health check will pass if either one of the tests passed http www peplink com 60 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series pepiink Pr
41. in addition to the DNS servers defined in each WAN This could increase the DNS service s availability Default disabled This table is for defining custom local DNS records A static local DNS record consists of a Host Name and an IP Address When looking up the Host Name from the LAN to LAN IP of Peplink Balance the corresponding IP Address will be returned Press to create a new record Press X to remove a record LAN DNS Resolver Settings Enable Check the box to enable the WINS Server A list of WINS clients will be displayed at Network gt LAN gt DNS Proxy Settings gt DNS Resolvers This field specifies which DNS resolvers will receive forwarded DNS requests If no WAN VPN LAN DNS resolver is selected all of the WAN s DNS resolvers will be selected http www peplink com 45 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Ifa SpeedFusion peer is selected you may enter the VPN peer s DNS resolver IP address es Queries will be forwarded to the selected connections resolvers If all of the selected connections are down queries will be forwarded to all resolvers on healthy WAN connections 10 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
42. is NOT applicable to Balance 20 and 30 The following diagram illustrates the Drop in Mode setup Public Address Peplink Space B Balance Check the box to Enable the Drop in Mode After enabling this feature and selecting the WAN for Drop in mode various settings including the WAN s connection method and IP address will be automatically updated When Drop in Mode is enabled the LAN and the WAN for Drop in Mode ports will be bridged Traffic going in between the LAN hosts and WAN router will be forwarded to each other In this case the hosts on both sides will not notice any IP or MAC address change After successfully setting up Peplink Balance as part of the network via Drop in Mode a Peplink Balance 210 will accommodate one additional WAN connection 310 or 380 will accommodate two 580 will accommodate four 710 will accommodate six and 1350 will accommodate twelve additional WAN connections respectively IMPORTANT NOTE for customers using Drop in Mode and going to upgrade from firmware 4 8 2 or below to 5 0 MAC address passthrough for Drop in Mode is implemented in firmware 5 0 If Drop in Mode is enabled when user is upgrading from previous firmware version the ARP tables on the hosts on LAN and WAN segments have to be flushed once or the hosts have to be rebooted Otherwise hosts on one side may not be able to reach hosts on the other side of Peplink Balance until the old ARP records expire Units without enabling Dro
43. modified The connection method and details are determined by and can be obtained from the ISP Connection Settings DHCP m Click here to edit Connection settings ok Connection Settings WAN Connection Name This field is for defining a name to represent this WAN connection 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 1 DHCP i 2 Static IP Connection Method 3 PPPOE 4 Mobile Internet Connection See Sections 11 1 1 11 1 2 11 1 3 and 11 1 4 for configuration details of each connection method This field shows that NAT Network Address Translation will be applied to the traffic Routing Mode routing over this WAN connection IP Forwarding is also available when you click the link in the help text For further details please refer to Appendix B Routing under DHCP http www peplink com 49 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity Static IP and PPPOE 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 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 Connection Type WAN connection s a
44. on Peplink Balance 210 or above You can specify the number of pings in the field Number of times to a maximum of 10 times and Packet Size can be specified in the field Packet Size to a maximum of 1472 bytes The Ping utility is located at System gt Tools gt Ping illustrated as follows Connection WANT Destination 10 10 10 1 ME e rR PING 10 10 10 1 10 10 10 1 from 10 10 10 151 56 84 bytes of data 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp req 1 ttl264 time 1 07 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp_req 2 ttl264 time 1 08 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp req 3 ttl264 time 0 868 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp_reg 4 ttl264 time 0 877 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp req 5 ttl 64 time 0 891 ms 10 10 10 1 ping statistics 5 packets transmitted 5 received 0 packet loss time 4023ms rtt min avg max mdev 0 868 0 958 1 080 0 105 ms http www peplink com 161 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity Connection Destination Internet WAN ILAN S28VPN L2VPN Packet Size Number of times Clear Log Lo A System Administrator can use the Ping utility to manually check the connectivity of a particular LAN WAN connection http www peplink com 162 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity
45. peplink com 140 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity High Availability Q T Enable High Availabilty ea E A O Preferred Role iol ster S 0 Master Slave Resume Master Role Upon o F Recovery Virtual IP Configuration Sync O Master Serial Number 0 oo LAN Administration IP 192 168 1 1 inistrati 9 192 168 1 2 Subnet Mask 3 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 High Availability Settings High Availability Group Number Preferred Role Resume Master Role Upon Recovery Configuration Sync Master Serial Number Virtual IP LAN Administration IP Subnet Mask Checking this box specifies that the Peplink Balance unit is part of a High Availability configuration 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 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 This option is displayed when Master mode is selected in Preferred Role If this option is enabled once the device is re
46. record the IP address for www mycompany com on WAN1 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 http www peplink com 88 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL e link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity DNS Server Zone Transfer Default SOA NS Default Connection Priority Ed Priority 1 WAN1 WAN2 WANS Internet WAN WANS Mobile Internet BE Domain Names Domain Name New Domain Name Reverse Lookup Zones Zone Mame J New Reverse Lookup Zone This setting specifies the WAN IP addresses on which the DNS server of Peplink Balance should listen If no addresses 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 Servers x Y 210 10 10 1 Interface IP DNS Server WAN2 IF WAN3 L Mobile Internet 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
47. 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 e button Only the checked IP addresses in the lists are candidates to be returned when responding to a DNS query 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 http www peplink com 95 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 15 3 10 PTR Records PTR records are created along with A records pointing to Custom IPs Please refer to Section 15 3 9 for details For example if you created an A record www mydomain 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
48. tick this checkbox This defines the peer authentication pre shared key to be used to authenticate this VPN connection The connection will be up only if the pre shared keys on each side match Under Main Mode this field can be left blank Under Aggressive Mode if Remote Gateway IP Address field is filled on this end and the peer end this field can be left blank Otherwise this field is typically a U FQDN Under Main Mode this field can be left blank Under Aggressive Mode if Remote Gateway IP Address field is filled on this end and the peer end this field can be left blank Otherwise this field is typically a U FQDN Under Main Mode this allows the setting of up to 6 encryption standards in descending order of priority to be used in the initial connection key negotiations For Aggressive Mode only one selection is permitted This is the Diffie Hellman group used within IKE This allows two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure communications channel The larger the group number the higher the security Group 2 1024 bit is the default value Group 5 1536 bit is the alternative option This setting specifies the lifetime limit of this Phase 1 Security Association By default it is set at 3600 seconds Under Main Mode this allows the setting of up to 6 encryption standards in descending order of priority to be used for the IP data that is being transferred For Aggressive Mode only one selectio
49. users will be able to customize and manage multiple Pepwave AP devices in the same Peplink Balance Interface To configure navigate to Network gt WLAN Controller and the following options will be shown Special Note 10 and 20 Pepwave AP One AP One Mini devices can be controlled by a Peplink Balance 380 580 and 710 1350 respectively without extra costs To manage more a Full Edition license is required Please contact our Authorized Reseller or Peplink Sales Team to obtain more information and price details 17 1 WLAN Information On the Dashboard of Web Admin Interface the real time WLAN information would be shown as below IP Address 211 10 10 1 Details Status Connected IP Address 210 20 20 1 Details Status Connected Disconnect IP Address 10 80 11 1 Details Status Connected Disconnect LAN Interface Router IP Address 10 20 30 27 WLAN Information _ Control Panel Access Point 8 Online 5 Connected Clients 12 Device Information Model Peplink Balance 580 Firmware 5 4 0 build 1690 Uptime O day 9 hours 26 minutes CPU Load Lm 3 Throughput 10 0 Mbps 0 0 Mbps Three pieces of information will be shown number of managed Pepwave AP devices number of online devices and number of current connected clients Click Control Panel to configure the connected Pepwave AP devices and apply AP profiles or to manage your AP firmware For details please refer to section 17 1 1 Cli
50. will be disabled automatically if the Balance is deployed in Drop in mode http www peplink com 144 I 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 20 3 Service Forwarding Service Forwarding settings are located at Network Service Forwarding SMTP Forwarding Setup o SMTP Forwarding EE Web Proxy Forwarding Setup 2 Web Proxy Forwarding O Enable DNS Forwarding Setup Enable Service Forwarding When this option is enabled all outgoing SMTP connections destined for any host at TCP port 25 will be intercepted These connections will be redirected to a specified SMTP Forwardin M g SMTP server and port number SMTP server settings for each WAN can be specified after selecting Enable When this option is enabled all outgoing connections destined for the proxy server specified in Web Proxy Interception Settings will be intercepted These connections Web Proxy Forwarding will be redirected to a specified web proxy server and port number Web Proxy Interception Settings and proxy server settings for each WAN can be specified after selecting Enable When this option is enabled all outgoing DNS lookups will be intercepted and redirected to the built in DNS name server If any LAN device is using DNS name servers of a WAN connection you may want to DNS Forwarding enable this option to enhance the DNS availability without modifying the DNS server s
51. with a Name Server IP Address provided A Record Editing Host Name TTL Priority Included IP Address es 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 This option specifies the priority of different connections Select the Default option to apply the Default Connection Priority refer to the table shown on the main DNS Settings page to an A record To customize priorities choose the Custom option and a priority selection table will be shown at the bottom 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 box 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
52. zero would disable this feature This setting provides the option to modify the unit wait time before it transmits The default value is 9us This setting provides the option to set the wait time to receive acknowledgement packet before doing retransmission The default value is 48us With this feature enabled throughput will be increased by sending two or more data frames in a single transmission This option is only available when Frame Aggregation is enabled It specifies the frame length for frame aggregation By default it is set as 50000 Web Administration Settings Enable Web Access Protocol Management Port HTTP to HTTPS Redirection Admin User Name Admin Password Check the box to allow Peplink Balance to manage the web admin access information of the Pepwave AP One This option specifies the web access protocol used for accessing the web admin of Pepwave AP One The two available options are HTTP and HTTPS This is to specify the management port used for accessing the device This option will be available if you have chosen HTTPS as the Web Access Protocol With this enabled any HTTP access to the web admin will be redirect to HTTPS automatically This specifies the administrator username of the web admin It is set as admin by default This field allows you to specify a new administrator password You may also click the Generate button and let the system generate a random password automatically http
53. zone the Host field should be left blank Name Server field must be an FQDN http www peplink com 101 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series link Protecting Business Continuity 15 4 3 CNAME Records To create anew CNAME record click the New CNAME Record button CNAME records are typically used for defining classless reverse lookup zones Subnetted reverse lookup zones are further described in REC 2317 Classless IN ADDR ARPA delegation 15 4 4 PTR Records Host IP Number Points To To create anew PTR record click the New PTR Record button Host IP Number field is the last integer in the IP address of a PTR record E g for the IP address 11 22 33 44 where the Reverse Lookup Zone is 33 22 11 in arpa addr the Host IP Number should be 44 Points To field defines the host name which the PTR record should be pointed to It must be an FQDN http www peplink com 102 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p PINK Business Continuity 15 5 DNS Record Import Wizard 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 addres
54. 010 12 08 3 893 MB x MB 10 9 222 223 LAN Client 38 50 MB 459 65 MB 10 9 66 66 LAN Client 167 58 MB 11 14 MB 10 9 19 9 LAN Client 111 11 MB 6 29 MB All WAN Daily Bandwidth Usage http www peplink com 173 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity BS Download Upload B Total 13 11 16 11 19 2010 12 13 2010 12 12 2010 12 11 2010 12 10 2010 12 09 2010 12 08 2010 12 07 2010 12 06 2010 12 05 2010 12 04 2010 12 03 309 MB 120 MB 429 MB WANS Daily Bandwidth Usage http www peplink com 174 1 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 23 8 4 Monthly This page shows the monthly bandwidth usage for each WAN connection If you have enabled Bandwidth Monitoring feature as shown in section11 4 a particular connection can be chosen to check Its usage and select to show the monthly usage period in Billing Cycle or Calendar Month Click the first two rows to view the client bandwidth usage of the most recent two months This feature is not available if you have chosen to view the bandwidth usage of only a particular WAN connection The Scale of the graph can be set to show in Megabyte MB or Gigabyte GB All WAN Y M Dovnload Upload 250000 MB 200000 MB B Total 150000 MB 100000 MB 50000 MB 0 2010 08 2010 09 2010 10 2010 11 2010 12 2010 12 01 to n
55. 104 bits 128 bit Key Size WEP The setting can be configured as either ASCII or HEX ASCII will be applied to encryption keys that are manually entered only Key Format PP yp y y y HEX will be applied to encryption keys that are either manually entered or automatically generated This setting specifies a user specified encryption key value Encryption Key For ASCII format key length is either 5 or 13 For HEX format key length is either 10 or 26 http www peplink com 116 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Shared Key This setting enables the use of shared key authentication Open authentication is the Authentication default authentication 17 3 2 802 1X Parameters The configuration of 802 1X parameters enables RADIUS based 802 1X authentication with a dynamic WEP key Once selected RADIUS Server Setting will be available The configuration screen is as follows 40 bits 64 bit WEP 0 seconds 0 Disable 802 1x Parameters 802 1X v WEP Key Size The setting can be configured as either 40 bits or 104 bits This setting specifies the length of time throughout which the broadcast key remains valid Upon expiration of Re keying Period the broadcast key will no longer be valid and Re keying Period the renewal of the broadcast key will be required The default is 14400 seconds i e 4 hours A value of 0 disables re keying 17 3 3 WPA parameters The config
56. 2 fields If your service provider s DHCP server requires you to supply a hostname value upon acquiring an IP address you may enter the value here If your service provider does not provide you with the value you can safely bypass this option Hostname Optional Please refer to Section 11 3 11 4 11 5 and 11 6 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively http www peplink com 51 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 11 1 2 Static IP Connection The Static IP connection method is suitable if the ISP provides a static IP address to connect directly Protecting Business Continuity IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DNS Servers Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Static IP Settings IP Address These settings specify the information required in order to communicate on the Internet Subnet Mask via a fixed Internet IP address 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 DNS Servers 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
57. 5 x to 4 x the configurations will be lost http www peplink com 152 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 21 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 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada Fl Show all Time Server time nist gov Default 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 Event Log of Peplink Balance and E mail notifications Checked the box Show all to show all time zone options Time Server This setting specifies the NTP network time server to be utilized by Peplink Balance http www peplink com 153 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 21 4 Email Notification The Email Notification functionality 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 Protecting Business Continuity 2 Enable smtp mycompany com Require authentication O Note any server certificate will be accepted
58. 6 System Information Router Name This is the name specified in the field Router Name located in System gt Admin Security Model This shows the model name and number of this device Hardware Revision This shows the hardware version of this device Serial Number This shows the serial number of this device Firmware This shows the firmware version in which this device is currently running Uptime This shows the length of time since the device is rebooted System Time This shows the current system time Diagnostic Report Download button is for exporting a diagnostic report file required for system investigation The second table shows the MAC address of each LAN WAN interface connected Important Note If you encounter issues and would like to contact Peplink Support Team http www peplink com contact please download the diagnostic report file and attach it along with a description of your encountered issue In firmware 5 1 or before Diagnostic Report file can be obtain at System gt Reboot http www peplink com 165 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 23 2 Active Sessions Information on Active Sessions is at Status gt Active Sessions gt Overview Inbound Sessions Outbound Sessions AIM IC Bittorrent DNS Flash a aunaoouuizcouuominosxsuxustuuU Inbound Sessions WANS Mobile Internet Client IP Address 10 9 66 66
59. AA AAA RMA 14 6 PEPLINK BALANCE OVERVIEW cecceccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsoes 15 6 1 Peplink Balance 2D isses exit a E IH REN NAAA AAA 15 6 2 Peplink Ral lance 3D LLLI UILLGLILJVILUIL ee ee cc Tr rere 17 6 3 Peplink Balance 7 10 e ceret dades T rte asas T dedere durs rhe des aq hara itp 19 6 4 Peplink Balance Dennis 21 6 5 Peplink Balance 38 CR oe ee ee EPI VPE PE LPS 22 6 6 Peplink Balance 580 26 6 7 Peplink Balance VD nana EAA 29 6 8 Peplink Balance Mele Shree reer cr A urb rt b beprbV RE DM DERE DUE 32 7 INSTALLATION 0 0oooooononcnncconnccocococcocococococoocococcccocococcococococcocccsococaccnconccccnccacccconcccccccaccccanosaso 35 7 1 Preparation PROP OO PEO o O E 35 72 Constructing Qe Ot Cleo ee AAA 35 7 3 Configuring the Network ENVIFON MON 36 8 BASIC CONFIGURATION eceeccecccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccscccscccccccccscccsccccscecsscccsceccscecsccccsccccscccsoes 37 8 1 Connecting 16 WebAdmin nenat mms aa 37 8 2 Configuration with Setup e oe ee E 38 8 3 Advanced Setup iaa 40 9 CONFIGURATION OF LAN INTERFACE sssesessescesescesocoosoesocoosocsocoosocoosoosocoosoesocoosoesosoosocsosoo 42 10 uejEMejlIEIEEEEEIEEEEEEEE 46 11 CONFIGURATION OF WAN INTERFACE S ESENCIA III 49 11 1 Connection Method s D 51 11 2 Physical Interface Settings O ET A eT re Te eT mT eee Mn emer mre em ne ee ei ee TTT Te 57 11 3 WAN Health Chet Co oe or rr rr rr rr re 59 11 4 BandWidth Allowance MONO canad
60. Access mode is selected users can associated with this network to gain access to the Internet without account information a splash screen will be shown This option is only available if Open Access mode is selected which specify the length of Free Access Quota the free access to the general public users without access accounts The number 0 mean the access is unlimited The unit used is mins This option is only available if Open Access mode is selected which specify the daily Daily Rollover Time rollover time of the free access period All access quota will be reset at this time specified http www peplink com 119 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 17 4 2 Guest Accounts To manage and set up guest accounts for Guest Account mode click the Guest Accounts tab and the following will be shown General Guest Accounts Portal Page Customization Email Settings Search for Guest Accounts Search Unused Guest Accounts testi 5 mins 2011 03 22 Page 1 1 Total 9 Delete selected CSV download All Generated today Not generated today Active Guest Accounts No Active Guest Accounts CSV download All Create Account Generate Accounts Generate 2011 03 24 Please update settings in Email Settings tab Create All unused Guest Accounts and Active Guest Accounts are shown Check the corresponding checkbox and
61. AddRule the following screen appears http www peplink com 133 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity New Firewall Rule Rule Name Enable Protocol D Any amp Protocol Selection Tool Source IP amp Port 0 Any Address AO Any Address Action 9 Allow Deny Event Logging fa Cancel The Inbound firewall settings are located at Network gt Firewall gt Inbound Firewall Rule Default New Firewall Rule Rule Name Enable Yes No WAN Connection 2 Protocol 2 Any Protocol Selection Tool Source IP amp Port D Any Address Destination IP amp Port Q Any Address Action F Allow Deny eae a http www peplink com 134 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Inbound Outbound Firewall Settings Rule Name Enable WAN Connection Protocol Source IP amp Port This setting specifies a name for the firewall rule This setting specifies whether the firewall rule should take effect When Yes is selected the firewall rule takes effect If the traffic matches the specified Protocol IP Port actions will be taken by Peplink 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 r
62. 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 hostname 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 http www peplink com 99 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 15 4 Reverse Lookup Zones in addr arpa Reverse lookup refers to performing a DNS query to find one or more DNS names associated with a given IP address The DNS stores IP addresses in the form of specially formatted names as pointer PTR records using special domains zones The zone is in addr arpa To enable DNS clients to perform a reverse lookup for a host perform two steps e Create a Reverse Lookup Zone that corresponds to the subnet network address of the host In the Reverse Lookup Zone add a pointer PTR resource record that maps the host IP address to the host name e Click the New Reverse Lookup Zone button and enter a Reverse Lookup Zone Name If you are delegated the subnet 11 22 33 0 24 the Zone Name should be 33 22 11 in arpa addr PTR records for 11 22 33 1 11 22 33 2 11 22 33 254 sh
63. Backup Priority Group 1 and Backup Priority Group 2 respectively when WAN1 goes down WAN2 and WANS will also try to connect If WANS is connected first WANZ2 will still be kept connecting If WANZ2 is connected WANS 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 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 http www peplink com 61 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series 11 4 Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Bandwidth Allowance Monitor helps keep track of your network usage Please refer to section 23 8 to view the usage statistics ES E D Monitor Enable Action a j Email notification is currently disabled You can get notified when usage TA hits 7595 95965 of monthly allowance by enabling Email Notification Disconnect when usage hits 100 of monthly allowance Start Day in ist of each month at 00 00 midnight Monthly Allowance Bandwidth Al
64. DNS Settings create a domain name in the Domain Name field Then click on the newly created domain name and the following screen will be displayed peplink com x SOA Record Use Default SOA and NS Records NS Records 67 TL se New NS Records MX Records TIL sec New MX Record CNAME Records TTL sec New CNAME Record A Records Host Induded IP Address es New A Record TXT Records Jl TTL sec New TXT Record SRV Records Weight Port TTL sec New SRV Record This page is for defining the domain s SOA NS MX CNAME A TXT and SRV records Seven tables are presented in this page for defining the five types of records http www peplink com 91 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 15 3 5 SOA Records Use Default SOA and NS Records Customize SOA Record for this domain Click on the Ez icon to choose whether to use the pre defined Default SOA Record and NS Records If the option Use Default SOA and NS Records is selected any changes made in the Default SOA NS Records will be applied to this domain automatically Otherwise select the option Customize SOA Record for this domain and you can customize this domain s SOA and NS records si ebmaster 1 EN C ee o EE o E pee Qes E i 1 J
65. ER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep The default and recommended Operator Settings is Auto The correct values can be obtained from your mobile Internet service provider Protecting Business Continuity 2 Wy This is an optional field which is only needed when there is SIM lock for your SIM card service Optional Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups This field specifies the DNS 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 DNS Servers fields If no address is entered here this link will not be used for DNS lookups This option is enabled automatically and it is required to define the DNS server when GRE is enabled Please refer to Section 11 3 11 4 11 5 and 11 6 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively http www peplink com 55 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 11 1 4 1 Modem Specific Custom Settings The following settings may be available depending on the modem model The example below is for a 3G modem Modem Model IMSI Network Type GSM Frequency Band xxx Modem 123400005678900 io 3G preferred A All Bands Modem Specific Custom Settings Modem Model IMSI Netwo
66. However should unforeseen problems e g physically unplugged or ISP problems arise and cause WAN1 to go down our IPsec implementation will make use of WAN2 and WANS accordingly as failover purposes 13 1 IPsec VPN Settings All of our Peplink products can make multiple IPsec VPN connections with Peplink as well as Cisco or Juniper Routers Note that all LAN subnet and subnets behind it have to be unique Otherwise VPN members will not be able to access each other All data can be routed over the VPN with a selection of encryption standards such as 3DES AES 128 and AES 256 To configure navigate to Network gt IPsec VPN ET TT bzz bzz o 1 192 168 11 193 28 EN A NAT Traversal option and list of defined IPsec VPN profiles will be shown The NAT Traversal option should be enabled if your system is behind a NAT router Click the New Connection button to create new IPsec VPN profiles that make VPN connections to remote Peplink Balance Cisco or Juniper Routers via the available WAN connections To edit any of the profiles click on its associated connection name in the leftmost column http www peplink com 72 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL ween Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity bzz bzz Y 10 0 0 1 24 Network Subnet Mask mem 192 168 11 193 255 255 255 240 28 MI IO 2592552550 024 9 Main Mo
67. Information to Email must be set to use with this feature For details please refer to section 17 4 4 17 4 2 2 Generate Accounts Create Account Generate Accounts 41124 DO HHH MM E 2011 03 24 E 00 Generate With this method multiple accounts will be created in batch with the same settings http www peplink com 121 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Generate Accounts No of accounts to be generated USER MANUAL This is to specify the number of accounts will be generated with the same settings Username prefix This is to specify the prefix of the username of the guest accounts This field should not non empty leave blank Sequence number This is to specify the sequence number suffix which the username will start from The suffix starts from specified value should be a number Change Password at With the box checked user who uses this account to access will need to change the First Login password at first login If this option is enabled time quota of access will be set If this option is disabled users Time Quota D l o Q will have unlimited Internet access with this wireless network With the box checked an expiry date can be specified This guest account will expire Expiry Date when time reach 17 4 3 Portal Page Customization A customized portal page will be shown each time a user access the wireless network th
68. L HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL HTTPS SSL 00 00 01 00 00 01 00 00 01 00 00 03 00 00 04 00 00 04 00 00 05 00 00 05 00 00 05 00 00 06 00 00 06 00 00 06 00 00 07 00 00 08 00 00 08 00 00 08 00 00 08 00 00 08 00 00 10 00 00 11 00 00 12 00 00 12 00 00 13 00 00 14 00 00 14 Show All Next gt This Active Sessions section displays the active inbound outbound sessions of each WAN connection on Peplink Balance A filter is available to help sort out the active session information Enter a keyword in the field or check one of the WAN connection boxes for filtering http www peplink com 167 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 23 3 Client List The client list table is located at Status gt Client List It lists DHCP client IP address their Name retrieved from DHCP reservation table or defined by users current Download and Upload rate and MAC address that the Peplink Balance has offered IP addresses to since it is powered up Clients can be imported into DHCP Reservation table by clicking the E button on the right most column Further update the record after the import by going to Network gt LAN kbps kbps 192 168 0 10 0 00 00 22
69. Log are found at System gt Remote Syslog a Remote Syslog Enable 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 hostname 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 http www peplink com 156 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 21 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 Protecting Business Continuity ao CCC 11192 168 1 20 24 Read Only Delete Add SNMP Community _Add SNMP User SNMP Settings NMP Devi Es S mE i This field shows the router name defined in System Admin Security SNMP Port This option specifies the port which SNMP used The default port is set as 161 SNMPv1 This option allows you to enable SNMP version 1 SNMPv2 This option allows you to enable SNMP version 2 SNMPv3 This option allows you to enable SNMP version 3 http www peplink com 157 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL To add a community for either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 click the Add SNM
70. Network gt Interfaces gt WAN gt Mobile Internet The example shown here relates to Sprint s WiMAX modems 250U or 600U Modem Specific Custom Settings Sprint Modem C7B1C7B1 4G only v 4G only 3G only Modem Specific Custom Settings Modem Model The brand of the Modem is automatically detected and appears here ESN The modem s electronic serial number ESN is also auto detected and appears here Network Type This is to specify the Network type e g 3G or 4G to be used with the modem 11 2 Physical Interface Settings Physical Interface NE Auto Y Custom 1440 Default Custom 00 Physical Interface Settings 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 the peer by selecting the Advertise Speed checkbox Speed This setting specifies the Maximum Transmission Unit By default MTU is set to Custom 1440 MTU 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 http www peplink com 57 193 Copyrigh
71. No limit can be imposed on individual Manager members By default Download and Upload Bandwidth Limits are set to unlimited set as 0 Download Upload Manager Unlimited Unlimited 20 Mbps 10 Mbps 0 unlimited 500 Kbps v 100 Kbps 0 unlimited http www peplink com 130 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL AA link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 18 3 Application 18 3 1 Application Prioritization For Peplink Balance 20 30 210 and 310 Three priority levels can be set for application prioritization High Normal and Low Peplink Balance can detect various application traffics by inspecting the packets content Select an application by choosing a supported application or by defining a custom application manually The priority preference of supported applications is placed at the top of the table Custom applications are at the bottom Application Priority For Peplink Balance 380 580 710 and 1350 You can choose whether to apply the same Prioritization settings to all user groups or customize the settings for each group Application Prioritization Apply same settings to all users Customize Three priority levels can be set for application prioritization High Normal and Low Peplink Balance supports detect various application traffics by inspecting the packets content Select an application by choosing a supported application or by defining
72. P PPPoE Static IP Address e 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet connection in Full Half Duplex e USB mobile connection Remark Only one USB modem can be connected at a time e Drop in Mode on selectable WAN port with MAC address passthrough Available on Peplink Balance 210 Network Address Translation NAT Port Address Translation PAT Inbound and Outbound NAT mapping 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 tzo com and DNS O Matic e Ping DNS Lookup and HTTP based health check 4 1 2 LAN e DHCP server on LAN e Static routing rules e Local DNS proxy server A p W VPN Secure SpeedFusion Available on Peplink Balance 210 Bandwidth bonding amp failover among selected WAN connections Ability to route traffic to a remote VPN peer Optional pre shared key setting Layer 2 Bridging SpeedFusion Throughput Ping and Traceroute Test Built in PPTP VPN Server Authenticate PPTP clients by RADIUS and LDAP servers Available on Peplink Balance 210 IPsec VPN for Network to Network connection Works with Cisco Juniper only PPTP and IPsec passthrough 4 1 4 Inbound Traffic Management e TCP UDP traffic redirection to dedicated LAN server s e Inbound link load balancing by means of DNS Available on Peplink Balance 210 http www peplink com 11 193 C
73. P Community button in the Community Name table upon which the following screen is displayed SNMP Community Setting min Cero N 209 255 25 0 SNMP Community Settings Community Name This setting specifies the SNMP Community Name Allowed Source This setting specifies a subnet from which access to the SNMP server is allowed Subnet Address Enter subnet address here e g 192 168 1 0 Allowed Source This setting specifies the subnet mask that corresponds to the subnet specified via Allowed Subnet Mask 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 5NMPv3 User Setting SNMPv3 User Settings User Name This setting specifies a user name to be used in SNMPv3 This setting specifies via a drop down menu the one of the following valid authentication protocols Authentication e NONE Protocol e MD5 e SHA Authentication This setting specifies the authentication password and is applicable only if the MD5 or SHA Password authentication protocol is selected This setting specifies via a drop down menu the one of the following valid privacy protocols Privacy Protocol e NONE e DES This setting specifies the privacy password and is applicable only if the DES privacy Privacy Password E protocol is selected http www peplink com 158 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Pe
74. PTR records For example if the IP address range 11 22 33 0 to 11 22 33 255is 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 ELE Protecting Business Continuity With the above records created the PTR record creation is complete 15 3 11 TXT Records This table shows the TXT record of the domain name To add a new TXT record click the New TXT Record button in the TXT Records box 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 When creating a TXT record for the domain itself not a sub domain the Host field should be left blank The maximum size of the TXT Value is 255 bytes After completed editing the five types of record you can simply leave the page by going to another section of the Web Admin Interface http www peplink com 96 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 15 3 12 SRV Records To add a new SRV record click the New SRV Record button in the SRV Records box Priority Weight Target Port TTL sec gt O Te Le e Service The symbolic name of the desired service e Priority Indicates the priority of the Target the smaller the value the h
75. Protocol Auth Server Auth Server Secret Auth Timeout Accounting Server Accounting Server Secret Network Connection Security Web Admin Port Web Admin Access Protecting Business Continuity This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password It is set as user by default and is not customizable This field allows you to specify a new user password Once the user password is set the feature of read only user will be enabled This field allows you to verify and confirm the new user password This field specifies the number of hours and minutes that a web session can remain idle before the balance terminate sits access to Web Admin Interface By default it is set as 4 hours With this box is checked Web Admin will authenticate using an external RADIUS server Authenticated users are treated as admin users with full read write permission Local admin and user accounts will be disabled When the device is not able to communicate with the external RADIUS server local accounts will be enabled again for emergency access Authentication options will be available once this box is checked This specifies the authentication protocol used Available options are MS CHAP v2 and PAP This specifies the access address of the external RADIUS server This is the secret for accessing the RADIUS server This option specifies the time value for authentication timeout This specifies t
76. Step Confirm the WAN connection s configuration below Click Back to modify the configuration settings in previous steps Click Save Settings when you are done 2 WAN2 Enable 4 Mobile Internet Connection Method Operator Settings Preferred WAN Connection s Connections 1 WAN1 3 WAN3 Time Zone Settings Time Zone GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada Back If 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 8 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 http www peplink com 40 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status a ron NN wIPsecVPN Inbound Access m Servers o a Services o 6 Mobile Internet DNS Settings nar moppios El WLAN Controller m AP o Management m Wireless o Networks Tip Please refer to Section 11 Configuration of WAN Interface s for details on setting up DHCP Static IP PPPOE GRE and Mobile Internet Connection http www peplink com 41 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Con
77. UDP port number for the Authentication port of the RADIUS server By default it is set as 1812 This specifies the UDP port number for the Accounting port of the RADIUS server By default it is set as 1813 http www peplink com 118 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 17 4 Captive Portal Management A customized Captive Portal page can be configured and applied to wireless networks To configure check the box at the bottom to enable the feature Once enabled a link for configuring Captive Portal will be available as shown below Captive Portal cate g Remember to configure your Captive Portal Click the link configure your Captive Portal to start configuration Once the configuration is complete click the button Save to save settings Important Note Only one portal page customization is available for each Peplink Balance device multiple wireless networks with captive portal enabled will be redirected to the same portal page 17 4 1 General General Guest Accounts Portal Page Customization Email Settings en Teh NAME Guest Account mode Open Access mode 20 mins 0 Unlimited 02 00 Captive Portal Settings This is to specify the wireless network can be accessed by the general public or an access account is required Captive Portal Mode If Guess Account mode is selected an access account is required If Open
78. a 62 11 5 Additional Public IP Settings iii e E a 63 11 6 Dynamic DNS Settings paa 64 12 BANDWIDTH BONDING SPEEDFUSION ci ci sciciriroranc niocisarinararorocrnrcrnrosicis narnia 65 http www peplink com Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 12 1 SpeedFusion Settings e a AA A H 66 Protecting Business Continuity 12 2 Peplink Balance Behind NAT ROUTER 70 12 3 SpeedFusion SL abl G8 intra 11 13 IPSEC VPN cccecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccscecssccsceccsceccscccsseccscecsseccsseccseecsseccsceccsecesoes 72 13 1 IPsec VPN Settings RARO 72 13 2 IPsec StatUSeccscccccscccseeeen cnc ee eens eens sense nase nr AEA RESO ESOS nhan 15 14 MANAGEMENT OF OUTBOUND TRAFFIC TO WAN eceeeeccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccsccces 75 14 1 Outbound Policy err eer eT er rr errr rrr err rr rrr rer rrr rer errr ree 75 14 2 Custom Rules for Outbound Policy O Oa M DE Ed MM MTM E MUN 77 15 INBOUND ACCESS ececccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccscccsccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsceccsccccsccccsceccscccsccccsceccscccsoes 83 15 1 Definition of Port Forwarding caia aaa 83 15 2 Defini u rt OF Servers on LAN ems 85 15 3 libound Access ServICBS skvisaaaxisaiaaas AAA A 86 15 4 Reverse Lookup LOMO Sis 100 15 5 DNS Record Import Moda lio ee a mE 103 16 NAT MAPPING Sccceecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccccccs
79. a DNS Settings NAT Mappings WLAN Controller a Wireless Networks m AP Profiles Access Point Management The WLAN Controller for managing Pepwave APs can be enabled by this option When this option is enabled the WLAN Controller will wait for management connections Enable Originating from APs over the LAN on TCP and UDP port 11753 It will also wait for captive portal connections on TCP port 443 An extended DHCP option CAPWAP Access Controller addresses field 138 will be added to the DHCP server A local DNS record WLAN Controller will add to the local DNS proxy The WLAN controller supports remote management of Pepwave APs When this option is enabled the WLAN controller will wait for management connections originating from remote APs over the WAN on TCP and UDP port 11753 It will also wait for captive portal connections on TCP port 443 The DHCP server and or local DNS server of the remote AP s network should be configured as follows 1 Define an extended DHCP option CAPWAP Access Controller addresses field 138 in the DHCP server where the values are the WLAN controller s public IP addresses and or Manage Remote l AP 2 Create a local DNS record for WLAN Controller with a value corresponding to the WLAN controller s public IP address fal HostName IP Address wlancontroller 10 10 10 1 ES gt Access Point devices managed will be defined in this option If Any is selected
80. able 0 Enable Define custom control ports Q Y Enable C Define custom ports Route IPsec Site to Site VPN via WANI Registered trademarks are copyrighted by their respective ovmer 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 connections for the same SIP session to the same WAN connection and translate IP address in the SIP packets SIP correctly in NAT mode Such passthrough support is always enabled and there are two modes for selection Standard Mode and Compatibility Mode 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 H 323 With this option enabled protocols that provide audio visual communication sessions will be defined on any packet network and passthrough the Balance FTP sessions consist of two TCP connections one for control and one for data In multi WAN situation they have to be routed to the same WAN connection Otherwise problems will arise in transferring files By default the Peplink Balance mon
81. at has captive portal enabled The portal page can be customized under the Portal Page customization tab Portal Page Customization Email Settings Update Portal Page Information gl Uploaded 2011 04 27 18 00 50 Note Max size 2 MB Supported image types JPEG PNG and GIF General Guest Accounts Your message 11 Terms 1 2 Terms 2 3 Terms 3 Other conditions http www your landing page com Preview Publish http www peplink com 122 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity Update Portal Page Information Click and choose a logo image and Upload for the portal page The image file should be in the format of JPEG PNG or GIF with maximum size of 2MB Logo Image Message Custom message can be specified here Terms amp Conditions Custom Terms Conditions messages can be specified here Custom Landing Page To specify the custom landing page opened once the clients login as a user Click Preview to preview the custom portal page and click Publish to save settings An example of custom portal page is shown as below AVE Broadband Possibilities Get access to the network with your account Username Password Forgot password Agree and Login Powered by Peplink http www peplink com 123 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 17 4 4 Email Settings Pro
82. ave Cancel Location A Save Cancel Pepwave AP One Default Follow AP Profile Save Cancel Apr 27 16 57 06 Apr 27 16 56 26 Apr 27 16 42 10 Apr 27 16 26 25 9 9 Secme oe o o Apr 27 16 11 23 Device s Name Location and Channel can be changed here Name Serial Number IP Address Firmware AP Profile Pepwave AP One 1 10 9 2 2 3 0 9 3 Pepwave AP One 2 10 9 2 15 nM Pepwave AP One 3 10 9 2 18 3 0 9 Captive Portal Settings A customized Captive Portal page can be configured for each Peplink Balance device To start click the link Captive Portal Settings and you will be forwarded to the configuration page For details please refer to section 17 4 http www peplink com 110 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series 17 1 2 Access Point Firmware Packs Within the Access Point Control Panel is a second tab that allows you to manage the firmware files of multiple products For instance you can select different models of AP s in the Devices tab and apply a firmware pack to it You can have a maximum of up to five firmware packs Devices Firmware Packs Firmware AP Profile 3 0 14 Main Office aii Main_Office_11a 1 Firmware Pack AP Profile Additional features available in the firmware pack screen include the Check for Updates button which Will check and download the latest firmware pack updates fr
83. cation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Active Client List Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Active Session List Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bandwidth Usage Statistics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Web Reporting Services Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Email Notification Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Syslog Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes http www peplink com Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity SNMP v1 v2c and v3 Yes Hardware Features LAN Ports GbE Power Input 100V to 240V Power Consumption 15W 1U Rackmount High Availability LAN Bypass Dimension H x W x D Weight 1 0kg http www peplink com 100V to 240V 3 5cm x 26cm x 13 3cm Yes Yes 4 1 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 15W 50W Yes Yes Yes Yes X X 1U x 27 8cm 1 2kg 3 5kg 10 193 Yes Yes Yes 1 1 1 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 100V to 240V 50W 70W 70W Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1U x 37 9cm 1U x 39 8cm 5 5kg 5 5kg 6 5kg Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 4 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 Protecting Business Continuity 4 1 Supported Network Features 4 1 1 WAN e Multiple public IP support DHC
84. ccccscccsccccsccccscccsccccscecsseccsceccscecsseccscccsscccscececs 106 17 WLAN CONTROLLER ceeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccsccccsccccscccsceccscccsseccsccccscccsscccsccccscees 108 17 1 WLANI IBEOFEETALIDEEe ee eere a iter Sii ic Ea 108 17 2 AP Management A I Pc I PEE E EL E EP e a 113 17 3 Wireless IRIS ICS RILLILLS ILL LLLOLL LLLI DE 114 17 4 Captive Portal Management A A APER wt 119 17 5 AP ile ee ee eee ee re ee re DERPPRUPATUEPDEPPEE DPI U 126 18 QOS 590000000090900000009000009000900000900090000090090000090090000009009000900900000909000009009000009000900000090090000000090000090090600060 129 198 1 User Groups nnn 129 18 2 BancdwlidtliCoOnptFOleeseseaeR rre E EREA ER FIERE EMFATIEEEN qEE FEES QE EVNENU UNE N Va UN C M EM EN Eaa AAEREN 130 18 3 Application O E E O CRE RSE E CR RaNPU Pad PoripcdU TU Va doa a bdo RI QUU VO REO Wu EQ TE RUE iR IE ol a OE 131 19 SINAVLYNMIIDEIEEEEEEEIIED 133 19 1 Outbound and Inbound Firewall Rules resrsxsiiisusiiui ii ii uiian iii iaia ia saai a aaa iaa ia a a 133 19 2 Web Blocking ite en nel 139 20 MISCELLANEOUS SET TI NGSccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccsccccsccccscccsceccscccsccccsccccscccscecccs 140 20 1 High Availability O 140 20 2 PPIP Sery f ereinen aa a a aE a nn rn nn 143 20 3 Service Forwarding aii 145 20 4 Service Passthrough E RN 147 21 SYSTEM SETTINGS ceecccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccccccc
85. ce only establishes VPN connection with a remote peer that has a serial Peer Serial number specified here If the remote peer is in high availability setup you can check the Number box Remote client is set up in high availability mode and enter the second unit s serial number into the second text box This is an optional field which defines the pre shared key used for this particular VPN connection The VPN connection s session key will be further protected by the factor of the pre shared key The connection will be up only if the pre shared keys on each side match When the peer is running firmware 5 0 or 5 1 this setting will be ignored Pre shared Key Peer IP Addresses Enter the remote peer s WAN IP address es or host name s here Dynamic DNS host Host Names names are accepted Optional This field is optional With this field filled the Peplink Balance will initiate connection to each http www peplink com 67 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep of the remote IP addresses until success If the field is empty the Peplink Balance will wait for connection from the remote peer Therefore at least one side of the two VPN peers has to have this field filled Otherwise VPN connection cannot be established Protecting Business Continuity Enter one IP address or host name per line When this check box is unchecked traffic between local and remote networks will be IP forwarde
86. ce 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 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 ifa WAN s IP address did not change 12 Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion Available on Peplink Balance 210 VPN Bonding Mobile Location Internet Central Location Peplink Balance Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion 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 Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion of the Peplink Balance is specifically designed for multi WAN environment The Peplink Balance can bond all WAN connections bandwidth for routing SpeedFusion traffic Unless all the WAN connections of one site are down the Peplink Balance can still maintain VPN up and running Bandwidth Bonding is enabled by default M http www peplink com 65 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 12 1 SpeedFusion Settings Peplink Balance 380 580 710 and 1350 support making multiple SpeedFusion connections with a remote Peplink Balance 210
87. ck Status to view Access Point details For details please refer to section 23 4 http www peplink com 108 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 17 1 1 Access Point Information Access Point can be assigned with different AP Profiles created in section 17 5 Click Control Panel on the Dashboard and the following will be shown Devices Firmware Packs IP Address Firmware AP Profile 10 9 2 6 e insze so mumomce 2 ju 10 9 2 12 xi1 Maimofice 3 qu heszs aaa mumome sf Actions Ch Captive Portal Settings Close If there is a next to the channel information that means the AP One is configured to select a channel automatically To apply an AP Profile check the box es to choose the desired Pepwave AP device s and then choose a desired AP Profile in the dropdown list under the devices list Press Yes to confirm the change Are you sure you want to apply the profile Main_Office to the selected AP s Once the change is confirmed the new AP Profile will be applied to the selected device s Changes will be activated immediately To view the device detail click the corresponding device s name and you will see the following screen http www peplink com 109 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Pepwave AP One 1 _ S
88. 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 Admin Interface 21 8 4 Uploading Configuration from High Availability Pair Available on Peplink Balance 210 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 counterpart http www peplink com 160 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 21 9 Reboot This page provides a Reboot button for restarting the system For highest reliability Peplink Balance series are equipped with two copies of firmware of different version You can select the firmware version you would like the device to reboot with The firmware marked with Running is the current system boot up firmware Please note that a firmware upgrade will always replace the inactive firmware partition Select the firmware you want to use to start up this Peplink Balance Firmware 1 v5 2 0 build 1374 Running O Firmware 2 v5 2 0 build 1372 22 Tools 22 1 Ping Test The Ping Test tool in Peplink Balance performs Pings through a specified Ethernet interface or a SpeedFusion VPN connection VPN connections are only available
89. 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 This setting specifies the IP address es of secondary DNS server s that are to be allowed Zone Transfer to retrieve zone records from the DNS server of Peplink Balance The zone transfer server of Peplink Balance listens on TCP Port 53 http www peplink com 89 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 11 12 13 123 1132 13 11 x OI JE 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 Click the Ez button to define a default SOA NS record for all Domain Names For Configuration details please refer to section 15 3 5 For defining a default SOA record the field Name Server IP Address is optional If left blank the Address A record for the same server should be defined manually in each Default SOA NS domain For defining default NS records the host domain indicates that this record is for the domain name itself without a sub domain prefix To add a secondary NS server just create a second NS record with the Host field empty When the entered Name Server is a FQDN the IP Addres
90. covered from outage it will take over and resume its Master role from the slave unit This option is displayed when Slave mode is selected in Preferred Role If this option is enabled and the Master Serial Number entered matches with the actual master unit s the master unit will automatically transfer the configuration to this unit Please make sure the LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask fields are set correctly in the LAN Settings page You can refer to the Event Log for the configuration synchronization status If the box Configuration Sync is checked serial number of the Master unit is required to be entered here 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 among the Master and Slave units however at any time only one of the two units will listen on the IP address If the WAN is configured in NAT mode Default Gateway of the clients on the LAN should be set to the virtual IP These configurations are not required when the WAN is configured in Drop in mode This setting specifies a LAN IP address to be used for accessing administration functionality This address should be unique within the LAN This setting specifies the subnet mask of the LAN http www peplink com 141 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Important Note For Balance i
91. cted Important Note to Users Upgrading to Firmware 5 4 The Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion in firmware 5 4 recommends the same firmware version for all devices in the VPN network The feature is backwards compatible with firmware version 5 3 amp 5 2 Important Note Peplink proprietary SpeedFusion used TCP port 32015 and UDP port 4500 for establishing VPN connections If you have a firewall in front of the Peplink Balance devices you will need to add firewall rules for these port and protocols which will allow inbound and outbound traffic pass through the firewall Tip Watch a video walkthrough of setting up a SpeedFusion on our YouTube Channel for a video tutorial Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Servers a Services o a DNS Settings NAT Mappings WLAN Controller o 9 Recommended deus ox 15 secs a Wireless o Fast cm m e Networks s Faster Ap sAPProfies Extreme apum 1 nier QoS User Groups a Bandwidth Control o AP Management http youtu be xNagq13FWu qg http www peplink com 69 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 12 2 Peplink Balance Behind NAT Router The Peplink Balance supports establishing SpeedFusion 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 c
92. ctionality 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 gt Health Check Settings Health Check Settings Note Health check is disabled Enable it to detect IP routing problem 2 Disabled Enable the Health Check Settings by drop down to PING DNS Lookup or HTTP Health Check Settings Note Health check is disabled Enable it to detect IP routing problem Disabled PING DNS Lookup HTTP 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 Mobile Internet connection the value of Method can be configured as Disabled or SmartCheck Bandwidth Allowance Monito Method Health Check Disabled Health Check Settings Note Health check is disabled Enable it to detect IP routing problem 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 EM Host 1 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 ei
93. d To bridge the Ethernet network of an Ethernet port on a local and remote network select this check box When this check box is selected the two networks will become a single LAN and any broadcast e g ARP requests or multicast traffic e g Bonjour will be sent over the VPN Layer 2 Bridging This field specifies the port to be bridged to the remote site Bridge Port If you choose WAN Port that WAN will be disabled for WAN purposes Instead the WAN port will be dedicated to bridging with the remote site The LAN port will remain unchanged This field specifies the VLAN ID with which the VPN s traffic should be tagged before sending the traffic to the bridge port If no VLAN tagging is needed select No VLAN To VLAN Tagging define a new VLAN ID click New and input the VLAN ID VLAN IDs that are not referenced by any VPN profiles will be removed from the list automatically Default No VLAN Checking this box enables Spanning Tree Protocol Default Unchecked The LAN port is chosen as the bridge port Selecting this option preserves LAN settings e g LAN port IP address DHCP server etc when the Layer 2 VPN is connected Uncheck this option if the LAN IP address and gateway will use remote LAN settings Preserve LAN Check this option if the LAN IP address and local DHCP server should remain unchanged Settings Upon after the VPN is up Connected If you choose not to preserve LAN settings when the VPN is connected the dev
94. d 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 11 3 11 4 11 5 and 11 6 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively PPPoE connection made from a firewall does not work with Drop in mode http www peplink com 53 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 11 1 4 Mobile Internet Connection The Mobile Internet Connection method is suitable for USB modem mobile connection such as 3G WiMAX LTE EVDO EDGE and GPRS etc Currently it only applies to USB mobile WAN port For the list of supported modems please refer to Peplink Modem Support page http www peplink com modem Connection Settings 3 minutes Time value is global A change will affect all WAN profiles O Auto Custom Mobile Operator Settings APN Login ID Password Dial Number Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Connection Settings for Mobile Internet Connection Enable Toggle the radio button to Yes to enable the connection This setting specifies the utilization of the WAN con
95. d a new outbound traffic rule for HTTP 2 Add anew 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 Algorithm protocol Port Persistence Src TCP Auto x Add Rule Click Add Rule to add a new load distribution rule http www peplink com 179 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series Settings for HTTP New Custom Rule Service Name Enable Source Destination Any E fo 1ce efi B oo Load Distribution Weight Terminate Sessions O E bl on Link Recovery Enable Save Cancel Settings for SMTP New Custom Rule Service Name Enable Source ZEE LN ei Tal Set the weight of Port ee WAN and WAN2 Algorithm 72 000 aediles 8 respectively Load Distribution 0 WANN Weight Terminate Sessions on Link Recovery Enable Save Cancel http www peplink com 180 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity C 2 Maintaining the Same IP Address throughout a Session C 2 1 Scenario Some client IP address sensitive web sites for exam
96. d to the LAN Host This option is only available when IP Address is selected in LAN Client s field 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 Protecting Business Continuity Inbound Mappings This setting specifies the WAN IP addresses should be used when an IP connection is made from a LAN host to the Internet Each LAN host in an IP range or IP network will be evenly mapped to one of each selected WAN s IP addresses for better IP address utilization in a persistent manner for Outbound better application compatibility Mappings Note 1 If you do not want to use a specific WAN for outgoing accesses you should stil 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 has been completed Important Note Inbound firewall rules override Inbound Mapping settings http www peplink com 107 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink e JP USER MANUAL 9 Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 17 WLAN Controller Available on Peplink Balance 380 WLAN Controller is a feature available since firmware 5 3 which acts as a centralized controller of Pepwave AP One and AP One Mini devices With this feature
97. ddress e DST Destination IP address e LEN Packet length e PROTO Protocol e SPT Source port Event Logging e DPT Destination port Upon clicking Save after entering required information the following screen appears Source IP Port Add Rule To create an additional firewall rule click Add Rule and repeat the above steps http www peplink com 136 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 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 Rule Protocol ae IP Destination IP Port Wo web access Any sy yO Add Rule To remove a rule click AXI 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 corresponding Allow firewall rules will be required http www peplink com 137 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink
98. ddress collision on LAN DHCP Server IP Range amp This setting allocates a range of IP address that will be assigned to LAN computers by the Subnet Mask DHCP server of Peplink Balance This setting specifies the length of time throughout which an IP address of a DHCP client Lease Time 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 This option allows you to input the DNS server addresses to be offered to the DHCP clients DNS Servers If Assign DNS server automatically is selected the Peplink Balance s built in DNS server address i e LAN IP address will be offered This option allows you to specify the Windows Internet Name Service WINS server You WINS Server may choose to use the built in WINS server or external WINS servers uu When this unit is SpeedFusion connected other VPN peers can share this unit s built in WINS server by entering this unit s LAN IP address in their DHCP WINS Servers setting http www peplink com 43 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Therefore all PC clients in the VPN can resolve the NetBIOS names of other clients in remote peers If you have enabled this option a list of WINS clients will be displayed at Status WINS Clients Protecting Business Continuity In addition to standard DHCP options e g DNS server address
99. de All WANs need to have Static IP Aggressive Mode Y Hide Characters Y Group 2 MODP 1024 Group 5 MODP 1536 3600 seconds Default 1 3DES amp MD5 None Group 2 MODP 1024 Group 5 MODP 1536 seconds Default WAN Connection Priority Priority WAN Selection WANI1 2 ee Save Cancel IPsec VPN Settings Name This field is for specifying a local name to represent this connection profile x When this box is checked this IPsec VPN connection profile will be enabled Otherwise it Active Will be disabled Remote Gateway IP Enter the remote peer s public IP address For Aggressive Mode this is optional Address Enter the local LAN subnets here If you have defined static routes they will be shown Local Networks We http www peplink com 73 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Remote Networks Main Mode Aggressive Mode Force UDP Encapsulation Pre shared Key Local ID Remote ID Phase 1 IKE Proposal Phase 1 DH Group Phase 1 SA Lifetime Phase 2 ESP Proposal Phase 2 PFS Group Phase 2 SA Lifetime Protecting Business Continuity Enter the LAN and subnets that are located at the remote site here Choose this Main Mode if both IPsec peers use static IP addresses Choose this Aggressive Mode if one of the IPSec peers use dynamic IP addresses For UDP encapsulation to be forced regardless of the NAT Traversal
100. do you want to enable drop in mode Click on the appropriate check box es to select the WAN connection s to be configured If you have chosen to configure Drop in mode in Setup Wizard the box of WAN port that is to be configured in Drop in mode will be checked by default Choose the WAN port s to be configured Mobile Internet e WAN 1 Drop in LEE WAN mas B waa A WAN 5 SF is 38 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink http www peplink com USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity If Drop in mode is going to be configured Setup Wizard will move on to Drop in Settings Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 4 Enter the parameters of Drop in Settings for WAN 1 255 255 255 0 1 24 v TOES oOo SSS __ DNS server 2 Upload Bani Download Bandit Select the connection type for WAN connection s from the following screen Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 3 Choose a connection method for WAN1 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 11 Configuration of WAN Interface s for details on setting up DHCP Static IP and PPPoE If Mobile Internet Connection is checked Setup Wizard will move on to Operator settings Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 3 Select whether Operator Settings for M
101. e Area Network Windows Internet Name Service Wireless Local Area Network Refer to Peplink Balance 210 310 380 580 710 1350 Refer to Peplink Balance 380 580 710 1350 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 3 Product Comparison Chart Features Capacity WAN Ports GbE Internet Links 2 3 2 3 3 5 7 13 Recommended Users 1 25 1 25 1 50 1 50 50 500 300 1000 500 2000 1000 5000 Router Throughput 100M 100M 100M 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M Core Functionality Load Balancing amp Failover Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Load Balancing Algorithms 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 e Weighted Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes e Enforced Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes e Persistence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes e Priority Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes e Overflow Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes e Least Used X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes e Lowest Latency X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Drop In Mode X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Inbound Load Balancing X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 4G 3G Modem Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes http www peplink com Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity VPN Functionality SpeedFusion X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Number of SpeedFusion Peer x X 2 2 20 50 300 800 Bonded VPN Throughput X X 30M 30M 60M 80M 150M 350M PPTP VPN Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Recommended PPTP
102. e Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off Power LED GREEN Power on LAN Port WAN 1 3 Ports ORANGE 1000 Mbps Right LED GREEN 100 Mbps OFF 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Left LED Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports Console and USB Ports Console Port Reserved for engineering use USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 23 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series 6 5 3 LCD Display Menu nr gt Power off DA Reboot me i gt HA State Master Slave gt LAN IP gt VIP gt System Status gt System gt Firmware ver gt Serial number gt System time gt System up time shows firmware version shows serial number shows current time shows system uptime since last reboot gt CPU load shows current CPU loading 0 100 gt LAN gt Status shows LAN port physical status gt IP address shows LAN IP address gt Subnet mask shows LAN subnet mask gt Link status shows Connected Disconnected IP address list gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 gt 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 Transfe
103. e 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 the connection to Peplink Balance is OK http www peplink com 185 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity
104. e issues fae O Persistence IO Persistence Mode 0 O By Source By Destination Load Distribution PME Load Distribution o WANI i0 Weight There are two Persistent Modes One is by source and the other by destination http www peplink com 79 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 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 there 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 Download Bandwidth which is specified in the WAN settings page see Section11 Configuration of WAN Interface s If you choose Custom you can customize the weight of each WAN manually by using the sliders 14 2 3 Algorithm Enforced This setting specifies the WAN connection usage to be applied on the specified IP Protocol amp Port and is appl
105. elf 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 7 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 15 3 3 Definition of DNS Records Available on Peplink Balance 210 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 WANZ Internet IP addresses of Peplink Balance Upon receiving the DNS query Peplink Balance returns as an A
106. eplink com 16 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink JP USER MANUAL o Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 2 Peplink Balance 30 6 2 1 Front Panel Appearance USB Port WAN Ports Status LED Te e Sy ZE LI AJ EL pepiink Balance30 LAN Ports Reset Button Power LED 6 2 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off Power GREEN Power on OFF System initializing Status RED Booting up or busy GREEN Ready state LAN and WAN Ports ON 100 Mbps Green LED OFF 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Orange LED Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports USB Port USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 17 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 6 2 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector Kensington Security Slot 6 2 4 Unit Base Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Peplink Balance 30 e Product Code BPL 031 peplink Serial 182C 1033 7C51 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 60 13 30 Default Username admin http 192 168 1 1 Password admin Input 12V DC Made in Taiwan FE E Jo JE TT ea om http www peplink com 18 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance S
107. er PPTP Server Setting This setting is for specifying the WAN connection s and IP address es where the PPTP Listen On server should listen on This option is only applicable on Peplink Balance 380 This setting is for specifying the source of user database for PPTP authentication There are three sources can be selected Local User Accounts LDAP Server RADIUS Server Local User Accounts User accounts are stored in the Peplink Balance locally You can add modify delete the accounts in the User Accounts table below Authentication LDAP Server Authenticate with an external LDAP server Tested with Open LDAP server where passwords are NTLM hashed Active Directory is not supported You can choose to use RADIUS to authenticate with a Windows Server RADIUS Server Authenticate with an external RADIUS server Tested with Microsoft Windows Internet Authentication Service and FreeRADIUS servers where passwords are NTLM hashed or in plain text 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 you can click on a User Accounts x username to edit the account password Click the button to delete the account in its corresponding row http www peplink com 143 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Important Note PPTP server
108. er Switch Reset Switch Press and release once to reset the system 6 7 4 Unit Label Appearance Peplink Balance 710 e Product Code BPL 710 peplink Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Made in Taiwan MM ts epi com http www peplink com 31 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL v link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 6 8 Peplink Balance 1350 6 8 1 Front Panel Appearance LCD Display WAN Ports USB Ports i Q AA Tari a e ae EJ rome pepiink E E F3r gt 1 3 Gd m 3 l l I A Y Enter Baronce 1350 J s i y LCD Controls LAN Port Console Port Status indicated in the Front Panel is as follows LED Indicator OFF Power off Power LED GREEN Power on LAN Port WAN 1 13 Ports ORANGE 1000 Mbps Right LED GREEN 100 Mbps OFF 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Left LED Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports Console amp USB Ports Console Port Reserved for engineering use USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 32 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 8 2 LCD Display Menu peplink Protecting Business Continuity gt Power off Reboot gt HA State Master Slave gt LAN IP gt VIP gt System Status gt System
109. er 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 By default this is disabled In this case all existing IP sessions will 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 used at any point in time http www peplink com 78 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 14 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 Algorithm D Weighted Balance Load Distribution D WAMi 10 Weight 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 310 e WAN1 10 e WAN2 10 e WAN3 5 Total weight is 25 10 10 5 Matching traffic distributed to WAN1 is 40 10 25 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to WAN 2 is 40 10 25 x 100 Matc
110. eries peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 3 Peplink Balance 210 6 3 1 Front Panel Appearance WAN P pres USB Status LED 10 100 1000 M 10 100 M 25 LAN WAN 1 2 d F k Balance210 d Su EAM Eons Power LED Reset Button 6 3 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off Power GREEN Power on OFF System initializing Status Booting up or busy GREEN Ready state LAN and WAN Ports ON 100 Mbps Green LED OFF 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports USB Port USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 19 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 3 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector 6 3 4 Unit Base Appearance Peplink Balance 210 e 2 i 1824 6130 9539 AN MAC 10 56 CAL Defastt Access n Q2 1am 1 re wd adrrer i nerpa Mad Tawan FC C TIU TUE LITT airoso sen y PAA 74 4 27 gt D a q T 1 2 AZ 4 7 f a dwi 4 t 4 N B CAT o bem y S oa SR E ME Serial Number and LAN MAC Address http www peplink com 20 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Se
111. etting of the clients The built in DNS name server will distribute DNS lookups to corresponding DNS servers of all available WAN connections In this case DNS service will not be interrupted even if any WAN connection is down 20 3 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 SMTP Forwarding Setup D swreromedno Enable Enable Forwarding SMTP Server SMTP Port Mobile Internet http www peplink com 145 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 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 host name or IP 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
112. etup procedures e LAN Configuration For basic configuration refer to Section 8 Basic Configuration For advanced configuration refer to Section 9 Configuration of LAN Interface e WAN Configuration For basic configuration refer to Section 8 Basic Configuration For advanced configuration refer to Section 11 Configuration of WAN Interface s http www peplink com 36 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 8 Basic Configuration 8 1 Connecting to Web Admin Interface Start a web browser on a computer that is connected with Peplink Balance through LAN 2 Toconnect to Web Admin 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 Enter the following to access the Web Admin Interface Web Admin User Name admin Password admin This is the default Admin User login of Login Username Peplink Balance The Admin and Password Read only User Password can be changed at System Admin Security Loge of the Web Admin Interface 4 After successful login the Dashboard of Web Admin Interface will be displayed It looks similar to the following IP Address 211 10 10 1 Details Status Connected Daten net IP Address 210 20 20 1 Details Status Connected Data nct IP Address 10 80 11 1 Details Status
113. file is shown as below Protecting Business Continuity A established A Established SpeedFusion connection status is also shown on the LCD panel of Peplink Balance 380 580 710 and 1350 By clicking the Details button at the top right hand corner of SpeedFusion table you will be forwarded to Status gt SpeedFusion You can view the subnet and WAN connection information of each VPN peer Please refer to section 23 6 for details Remote Networks 192 168 50 0 24 E gt NY Office 192 168 3 0 24 IP subnets must be unique among VPN peers The entire inter connected SpeedFusion network is one single non NAT IP network No two subnets in two sites Shall be duplicated Otherwise connectivity problems will be experienced in accessing those subnets http www peplink com 71 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 13 IPsec VPN Peplink Balance IPsec 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 thus kept safe and confidential across the public Internet The IPsec VPN of the Peplink Balance is especially designed for a multi WAN environment For instance a user sets up multiple IPsec profiles for his multi WAN1 WAN3 environment if WAN1 is connected and its health check turns up good the IPsec traffic will go through this link
114. g packets generated from this wireless network i e packets that travel from the Wi Fi segment through the Pepwave AP One unit to Ethernet segment via the LAN port The default value of this setting is 0 That means VLAN tagging is disabled instead of tagged with zero This setting specifies whether or not Wi Fi clients can scan the SSID of this wireless network Broadcast SSID is enabled by default This setting enables the filtering of multicast network traffic to the wireless SSID This setting specifies the transmit rate to used for sending multicast network traffic Selected Protocol and Channel Bonding will affect the rate options and values Layer 2 is in reference to the second layer in the ISO Open System Interconnect model When this option is enabled clients on the same VLAN SSID or subnet are allowed to communicate directly via the Layer 2 Protocol s Traffic is passed to upper communication layer s By default the setting is enabled Wireless Security Settings This setting configures the wireless authentication and encryption methods Available options are Open No Encryption Static WEP 802 1X WPA WPA2 Personal and WPA WPAZ2 Enterprise Selecting Open No Encryption disables encryption Security Policy For details on the other options please refer to the following sections 17 3 1 Static WEP 17 3 2 802 1X Parameters 17 3 3 WPA parameters 17 3 4 RADIUS Server Settings http www pep
115. he access address of the external Accounting server This is the secret for accessing the Accounting server This option is for specifying the network connection which will be used for authentication connection Users can choose from LAN WAN and VPN connections This option is for specifying the protocol s through which the Web Admin Interface can be accessible e HTTP e HTTPS e HTTP HTTPS These fields are for specifying the port number at which the Web Admin Interface can be accessible This option is for specifying the network interfaces through which the Web Admin Interface can be accessible e LAN only http www peplink com 150 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep e LAN WAN If LAN WAN is chosen a WAN Connection Access Settings form will be displayed WAN Connection Access Settings This field allows you to restrict web admin access only from defined IP subnets Protecting Business Continuity e Any Allow web admin accesses to be from anywhere without IP address restriction e 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 ca ce IP E O Any Allow access from the following IF subnets only ubnets Allowed Source IP Subnets The allowed IP subnet addresses should be entered into this text area Each IP subnet must be in f
116. he appropriate data speed is automatically detected by Speed 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 Available on Peplink Balance 210 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 Enable equipment Check the box to enable the Drop in Mode feature Please refer to Section 10 Drop in Mode for details WAN for Drop In Select the WAN port to be used for Drop in mode If the WAN port for LAN Bypass is Mode selected High Availability feature will be disabled automatically Enter the WAN router s IP address in this field If there are more hosts other than the router WAN Default Gateway on the WAN segment check the box have other host s on WAN segment and enter the IP address of the hosts that needs to access LAN devices or to be accessed by others WAN DNS Servers Enter the selected WAN s corresponding DNS server IP addresses DHCP Server Settings 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 a
117. hecks and higher bandwidth jJ overhead To configure navigate to Network SpeedFusion New Profile New Profile This will open a page similar to the one as shown below http www peplink com 66 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity e JP USER MANUAL S Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity SpeedFusion Profile IF this field is empty this field on the remote unit must be filled Q9 Default Custom WAN Connection Priority En A nen A ete CE IN oy 1 Highest Scobie tree ET A list of defined SpeedFusion Connection profiles and Link Failure Detection Time option will be shown Click the New Profile button to create a new VPN connection profile for making VPN connection to a remote Peplink Balance via the available WAN connections Each profile is for making VPN connection with one remote Peplink Balance VPN Settings VPN This field is for specifying a name to represent this profile The name can be any Connection combination of alphanumeric characters 0 9 A Z a z underscore _ dash and or Name non leading trailing spaces When this box is checked this VPN connection profile will be enabled Otherwise it will be Active disabled By default VPN traffic is encrypted with 256 bit AES standard If the option Off is selected Encryption on both sides of a VPN connection no encryption will be applied Peplink Balan
118. hing traffic distributed to WANS is 20 5 25 x 100 14 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 address 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 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 310 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 th
119. i NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security e Psec Network to Network e Compatible with IPsec and PPTP VPN Passthrough e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface e Two Balance 20 Three Balance 30 RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000M WAN e Four RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN Power Specification e DC Input 9 30V Operating Environment e Kensington Lock Interface e Temperature 0 C 55 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 187 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep E 2 Peplink Balance 210 and 310 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 e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Bandwidth Usage Monitor 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 PPTP VPN Server e Psec Network to Network e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion e VPN Encryption 256 bit AES e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface Balance 210 Hardware Revision 2 e Two RJ
120. icable only when the Algorithm is set to Enforced WAN WAN3 VPN Headquarters VPN Branch Office 1 Matching traffic will be routed through the specified WAN connection regardless of health check status of the WAN connection Starting from firmware 5 2 outbound traffic can be enforced to go through a specified SpeedFusion connection Available on Peplink Balance 210 14 2 4 Algorithm Priority 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 RE O O Highest Prior E VPN Headquarters VPN Branch Office 1 WAN WANS Starting from firmware 5 2 outbound traffic can be prioritized to go through SpeedFusion connection s By default VPN connections are not included in the priority list Available on Peplink Balance 210 Tip Configure multiple distribution rules to accommodate different kinds of services http www peplink com 80 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 14 2 5 Algorithm Overflow The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that has the highest priority and is not in full load When th
121. ice will not act as a router and most Layer 3 routing functions will cease to work WAN Connection Priority You can specify the priority of the WAN connections to be used in making VPN bonding WAN Connection eonhecto connections A Wan connection will never be used when OFF is selected Only available WAN connections with the highest priority will be utilized Priority Link Failure Detection The bonded VPN can detect routing failures on the path between two sites over each WAN connection Failed WAN connections will not be used to route VPN traffic Health check Link Failure packets are sent to the remote unit to detect any failure The more frequent checks it sends Detection Time the shorter detection time but the higher bandwidth overhead will be consumed When Recommended is selected a health check packet is sent out every 5 seconds and the expected detection time is 15 seconds http www peplink com 68 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity When Fast is selected a health check packet is sent out every 3 seconds and the expected detection time is 6 seconds When Faster is selected a health check packet is sent out every 1 second and the expected detection time is 2 seconds When Extreme is selected a health check packet is sent out every 0 1 second and the expected detection time is under 1 second By default Recommended is sele
122. igher the priority e Weight A relative weight for records with the same priority e Target The canonical hostname of the machine providing the service e Port Enter the TCP or UDP port number on which the service is to be found http www peplink com 97 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink eo USER MANUAL ue Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 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 domain to be resolved and managed at Peplink Balance e Click New Domain Name button to add a domain name e g www mycompany com Click the corresponding domain name to view and edit record details Domain Names Domain Name New Domain Name e Create SOA NS records named ns1 ns2 etc The IP addresses are the Balance s DNS server addresses SOA Record Use Custom SOA and NS Records Ej ip address Tree Email webmaster Refresh sec 16384 Retry sec 2048 220 246 168 80 3600 Expire sec 1048576 Min Time sec 2560 NS Records Moto NameServer TTL Sec New NS Records e Then create an A record with an empty host name A Record Fl Custom IP Address A Records Host Included IP Address es TTL sec WAN1 default 3600 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 http www peplink com 98
123. ill be disabled automatically where there is a Drop in connection configured on a LAN Bypass port The following diagram illustrates an HA configuration with two Peplink Balance 210 units and two Internet connections Internet Router C lt _ 9 S S ADSL Cable Modem loz f P Slave Local Area Network 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 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 http www
124. in Ra E Ra RI S 192 http www peplink com Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 1 Introduction and Scope The Peplink Balance series provides link aggregation and load balancing across up to thirteen WAN connections The Peplink Balance 20 30 provides a cost effective solution suitable for power users and home offices The Peplink Balance 210 310 provides advanced features for small business The Peplink Balance 380 580 710 and 1350 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 e Peplink Balance 20 30 firmware version v5 4 x e Peplink Balance 210 310 firmware version v5 4 x e Peplink Balance 380 firmware version v5 4 x e Peplink Balance 580 firmware version v5 4 x e Peplink Balance 710 firmware version v5 4 x e Peplink Balance 1350 firmware version v5 4 x Protecting Business Continuity The manual presents how to set up Peplink Balance and provides a collection of case studies involving advanced features of Peplink Balance Important Note to Users Upgrading from Firmware 4 7 or below If your current firmware version is 4 7 or below please upgrade to Firmware 4 8 2 first before upgrading to Firmware 5 3 or 5 4 Important Note to Use
125. ir IPv6 gateway and DNS server addresses from it The device will also acquire an IPv6 address for performing ping traceroute checks and accepting web admin accesses IPv6 http www peplink com 50 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 11 1 Connection Method s There are four possible connection methods Protecting Business Continuity 1 DHCP 2 Static IP 3 PPPOE 4 Mobile Internet Connection for USB WAN 11 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 Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server add ress es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Hostname Optional 1 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 DNS Servers assigned by the WAN DHCP Server to be used for 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
126. is connection gets saturated new sessions will be routed to the next healthy WAN connection that is not in full load Overflow Order Hiahest Prioritv Mobile Internet Drag and drop to specify the order of WAN connections to be used for routing traffic Only the highest priority healthy connection that is not in full load will be utilized 14 2 6 Algorithm Least Used Available on Peplink Balance 210 EE Connection WANI WAN2 WAN32 Mobile Internet 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 download bandwidth The available download bandwidth of a WAN connection is calculated from the total download bandwidth specified in the WAN settings page and the current download usage The available bandwidth and WAN selection is determined every time when an IP session is made 14 2 7 Algorithm Lowest Latency Available on Peplink Balance 210 D Lowest Latency Note Use of Lowest Latency will incur additional network usage WAN1 WAN2 WAN3 Mobile Internet 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 Additiona
127. itors TCP FTP 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 any incoming TFTP 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 You may add more custom data ports that your IPsec system uses 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 VPN and choose the WAN connection to route the traffic to IPsec NAT T If you have IPsec Site to Site VPN traffic routed check the Route IPsec Site to Site VPN option and select a WAN to force routing such traffic to the specified WAN http www peplink com 147 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 21 System Settings 21 1 Admin Security There are two user accounts available for accessing the Web Admin Usernames are admin and user They represent two user levels admin has full administration access while user is a read only account The
128. ity Peplink Balance Series 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 Internet Peplink Balance IP 23 24 55 10 IP 23 24 55 11 http www peplink com 178 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Appendix C Case Studies Protecting Business Continuity C 1 Performance Optimization 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 1 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 WAN 2 offers good upload speeds e Define WAN1 and WANZ2 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 WAN when sending e mail C 1 3 Settings 1 Ad
129. l 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 upload bandwidth despite of its higher downlink speed Therefore this algorithm is good for two scenarios e All WAN connections are symmetric or e A latency sensitive application requires to be routed through the lowest latency WAN regardless the WAN s available bandwidth http www peplink com 81 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 14 2 8 Expert Mode Expert Mode is available for advance users To enable the feature click on the help test balloon and click the link turn on Expert Mode Under Expert Mode a new special rule SpeedFusion Routes is displayed on the Custom Rules table It represents all SpeedFusion routes learned from remote VPN peers By default this bar is on the top of all custom rules That means traffic for remote VPN subnets will be routed to its corresponding VPN peer You can create custom Priority or Enforced rules and move them above the bar to override the SpeedFusion Routes Upon disabling the Expert Mode all rules above the bar will be removed Help This table allows you to fine tune how the outbound traffic should be y O distributed to the WAN Destinati
130. les for up to 4 computers to be T connected 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 5 7 or 13WAN broadband connections with the Peplink Balance 20 30 210 310 380 580 710 and 1350 respectively or connect a USB modem to the USB WAN port on the Peplink Balance 20 30 380 580 710 1350 For Peplink Balance 20 30 210and 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 380 580 710 and 1350 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 http www peplink com Broadband Sa Modem 1 e e e e e e e E e Q Peplink Balance R Ethernet Switch J Local Area Network Internet e ae WAN2 amp Broadband Mais Modem 2 gt May las 4A s 35 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 7 3 Configuring the Network Environment To ensure that Peplink Balance works properly in the LAN environment and can access the Internet via the WAN connections please refer to the following s
131. link com 115 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL ARA link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Access Control The settings allow administrator to control the access through Mac address filtering Available options are None Deny all except listed Accept all except listed Restricted Mode MAC Address Connection coming from the MAC Addresses in this list will be either deny or accept based List the option selected in the previous field Captive Portal When this option is enabled web redirection will be applied to all unauthenticated Wi Fi clients associated with this wireless network Requests by unauthenticated Wi Fi clients will be redirected to this Peplink Balance s built in captive portal site To configure the captive portal site click the link configure your Captive Portal Enable below For details please refer to section 17 4 NOTE All changes made in the Captive Portal Management page are effective immediately 17 3 1 Static WEP The configuration of Static WEP parameters enables pre shared WEP key encryption Authentication is not supported by this method The security level of this method is known to be weak Static WEP parameters are entered via the following screen upon selection Wireless Security Settings 5 l Static WEP 40 bits 64 bit WEP v ASCII v Static WEP Parameters The setting can be configured as either 40 bits 64 bit WEP or
132. lowance 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 allowance is checked this Action 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 Start Day This option allows you to define which day in the month each billing cycle begins This field is for defining the maximum bandwidth usage allowed for the WAN connection each month Monthly Allowance Due to different network protocol overheads and conversions the amount of data as reported by this Peplink device is not representative of actual billable data usage as metered by your network provider Peplink disclaims any obligation or responsibility for any events arising out of the use of the numbers shown here http www peplink com 62 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 11 5 Additional Public IP Settings IP Address List IP Address 210 10 10 0 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 24 v 210 10 10 1 210 10 10 2 210 10 10 3 210 10 10 4 210 10 10 5 Delete Those settings will not be saved until the save button below has been pressed Additional Public
133. ly recommended http www peplink com 176 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 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 B 1 Routing via Network Address Translation NAT e Section B 2 Routing via IP Forwarding Protecting Business Continuity 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 Internet WAN IP 12 34 56 78 Peplink LAN IP Balance 192 168 1 1 Local Area Network IP 192 168 1 10 IP 192 168 1 11 http www peplink com 177 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continu
134. n NAT mode the VIP should be set as the default gateway for all hosts sitting on the LAN segment For example a firewall sitting behind the Balance should set its default gateway as the VIP instead of the IP of Master Balance Internet Master Active VRRP Group 20 WAN1 VIP as LAN Switch IP 192 168 10 2 hf WAN2 IP 192 168 10 3 Slave Backup VRRP Group 20 VIP 192 168 10 1 In Drop in mode no other configuration needs to be set Internet Drop in WAN1 IP 210 210 210 1 Master Active VRRP Group 20 VIP 210 210 210 2 IP 210 210 210 3 Di save Backup VRRP Group 20 IP 210 210 210 4 VIP 210 210 210 2 Firewall IP 210 210 210 5 Please be noted that Drop in WAN cannot be configured in LAN Bypass port when it is configuring High Availability http www peplink com 142 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 20 2 PPTP Server PPTP VPN 2 eA 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 Misc Settings PPTP Server Simply check the box to enable the PPTP server function All connected PPTP sessions are displayed on the Client List at Status Client List Please refer to section 23 3 for details PPTP Serv
135. n as alterations may result in loss of connection to the WLAN controller There are five options are available e 802 11bgn Pepwave AP devices accept 802 11b 802 11g and 802 11n client association requests e 802 11b g Pepwave AP devices accept both 802 11b and 802 11g client association requests e 802 11b Only Pepwave AP devices accept only 802 11b client association requests e 802 11g Only Pepwave AP devices accept only 802 11g client association requests e 802 11n Only Pepwave AP devices accept only 802 11n client association requests This setting specifies the country region regulations which Pepwave AP One unit should follow e If North America region is selected RF channels 1 to 11 are available Maximum transmission power is 26 dBm 400 mW e f Europe region is selected RF channels 1 to 13 are available Maximum transmission power is 20 dBm 100 mW NOTE Users are required to choose the suitable option based on local laws and regulations This setting is only available when the protocol is selected as 802 11bgn or 802 11n Only There are three options 20 MHz 20 40 MHz and 40 MHz With this feature enabled it allows the Wi Fi system to use two channels at once Using two channels improves the performance of the Wi Fi connection e This option selects the 802 11 channel to be utilized Available options are from 1 to 11 and from 1 to 13 for the country setting of North America region and Europe region
136. n be accessed via SSH It can also be accessed from the serial console port for Peplink Balance 380 580 710 and 1350 This field enables CLI support The below settings specify which TCP port and which interface s should accept remote SSH CLI access The user name and password used for remote SSH CLI access are the same as those used for web admin access The serial console connector with the Peplink Balance 380 HW rev 5 Peplink Balance 580 Peplink Balance 710 HW rev 2 and Peplink Balance 1350 is RJ 45 To access the serial console port prepare a RJ 45 to DB 9 console cable Connect the RJ 45 end to the unit s console port and the DB 9 end to a terminal s serial port The port setting will be 115200 8N1 The serial console connector with the Peplink Balance 380 HW rev 1 to 4 Peplink Balance 710 HW rev 1 is DB 9 male connector To access the serial console port connect a null modem cable with a DB 9 connector on both ends to a terminal with the port setting of 115200 8N1 http www peplink com 164 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 23 Status 23 1 Device System information is located at Status gt Device System Information Router Name Balance 8B8E Made Peplink Balance 580 1824 5F7E FFO03 MAC Address 10 56 CA 00 00 01 10 56 CA 00 00 02 10 56 CA 00 00 03 10 56 CA 00 00 04 WAN 4 10 56 CA 00 00 05 WAN 5 10 56 CA 00 00 0
137. n is permitted The Perfect Forward Secrecy PFS ensures that if a key was compromised the attacker will be able to access only the data protected by that key but not any other data None Do not request for PFS when initiating connection However since there is no valid reason to refuse PFS the system will allow the connection to use PFS if requested by the remote peer This is the default value Group 2 1024 bit Diffie Hellman group The larger the group number the higher the security Group 5 1536 bit is the third option This setting specifies the lifetime limit of this Phase 2 Security Association By default it is set at 28800 seconds http www peplink com 74 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 13 2 IPsec Status IPsec Status shows the current connection status of each connection profile and is displayed in Status gt IPsec 14 Management of Outbound Traffic to WAN Peplink Balance provides the functionality to flexibly manage and load balance outbound traffic among the WAN connections 1 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 Te 2 Protocol Service algorithm maa pestintion Foor HE Persistence Src TCP 3 Ff oon VAT Add Rule The outbound policy f
138. nd higher priority backup connection s Connection Type E O always on Backup Priority Group 1 Highest k Enable The default and recommended Connection Type is Always on If this field is disabled the WAN connection will not respond to ICMP Ping requests Reply to ICMP Ping n By default this is enabled This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the outbound direction from the LAN through the WAN interface This value is provided by the ISP and should reflect the actual speed the WAN gets This value is referenced when default weight is chosen for outbound traffic and traffic prioritization A correct value can result in effective traffic prioritization and efficient use of upload bandwidth Upload Bandwidth This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the inbound direction from the WAN interface to the LAN This value is provided by the ISP and should reflect the actual speed the WAN Download gets Bandwidth This value is referenced as the default weight value when using the algorithm Least Used or the algorithm Persistence Auto in Outbound Policy with Managed by Custom Rules chosen see Section 0 IPv6 support can be enabled on one of the available Ethernet WAN ports On this screen you can choose which WAN will support IPv6 7 To enable IPv6 support on a WAN the WAN router must respond to Stateless Address Auto configuration advertisements and DHCPv6 requests IPv6 clients on the LAN will acquire the
139. nection The selection of Always on results in the WAN connection to be used whenever it is available If Connection oie Tvne Backup is selected the WAN connection is treated as a backup connection and is used only in yp the absence of available Always on WAN The default and recommended Connection Type is Always on This option allows you to choose whether to remain the connection connected or disconnect Standby State when this WAN connection is no longer in the highest priority and has entered the standby state y When Remain connected is chosen upon bringing up this WAN connection to active it will be immediately available for use Idle With this option enabled an idle connection will be disconnected after a specified minutes of cone time This time value specified is global and will affect all WAN profiles The mobile connection will re establish on demand Reply to ICMP If this field is disabled the WAN connection will not respond to ICMP Ping requests Ping By default this is enabled This setting applies to 3G LTE EDGE GPRS modem only It does not apply to EVDO EVDO Rev A modem Operator Settings This allows you to configure the APN settings of your connection If 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 http www peplink com 54 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink US
140. net 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 p uw emm t Source IP amp Port Any Address v Any Port id AE Any Address Single Port Port 80 a a Event Logging Cancel 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 in the Inbound Firewall Rules table http www peplink com 183 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity C 5 Outbound Access Restriction C 5 1 Scenario 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 setup 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 StopTestTraffic Rule Name No FTP Access Enable Protocol QI tcp urrP Source IP amp Port O Any Address v Any Port AO Any Address Single Port Port 21 MU Allow 9 Deny
141. nfigured at Network gt WLAN Controller gt AP Profiles Name Action cn e x New AP Profile Each AP is associated with one AP Profile By default all devices are associated with the first Default profile The Default profile cannot be removed You can define an AP profile by clicking the New AP Profile button Click the Clone button of an existing profile to create a new profile based on it To change the settings of an existing profile click the profile name and the following screen will be shown AP Profile Wireless Network Pepwave AP Wi Fi AP Advanced Settings 3 0 Untagged 802 11bgn LE a ME 2 412 GHz A DEM e GO n Web Administration Settings O z D m ATO LOC E HTTP a HTTPS E http www peplink com 126 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity AP Profile AP Profile Name Wireless Networks It specifies the name of this AP Profile It specifies which Wireless Networks would be chosen and used this AP Profile Wi Fi AP Advanced Settings Management VLAN ID Protocol Operating Country Channel Bonding Channel 802 1X Version This field specifies the VLAN ID to tag to management traffic such as inter AP WLAN controller communication traffic The value is zero by default which means that no VLAN tagging will be applied NOTE change this value with cautio
142. obile Internet will be automatically detected or customized 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 the service provider for the correct settings Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 4 Enter the parameters of Mobile Operator Settings for Mobile Internet http www peplink com 39 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 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 back up only Click Next gt gt to continue Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 6 Choose the preferred WAN Port s that is to be used as primary connection The port s not selected in this step will only be used when none of the connection of the preferred port is Mobile Internet Choose the time zone of your Country Region Check the box Show all to display all time Zone options Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 6 Choose time zone of your Country Region GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada Y Show all Check in the following screen to make sure all settings have been configured correctly and then click Save Settings to confirm Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Final
143. ocol set to TCP and Port set to Port Map Service Port 80 and Mapping 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 Q Range Mapping Service Ports Map to Ports Range Mapping traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port range is forwarded via a different port to the servers specified by the Servers setting Inbound IP This setting specifies the WAN connections and Internet IP address es from which the Address es service can be accessed 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 Included Server s 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 http www peplink com 87 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Matching traffic distributed to demo_server_1 67 10 15 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to demo_server_2 33 5 15 x 100 15 3 2 UPNP NAT PMP 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 its
144. oing to define the client s by an IP Address or a Subnet Subnet IP Address If IP Address is selected enter a name defined in DHCP Reservation table or a LAN client s IP address If Subnet is selected enter a subnet address and specify its subnet mask Group This field is to define which User Group the specified Subnet IP Address belongs to Once users have been assigned to a user group their internet traffic will be restricted by rules defined for that particular group Please refer to the following two sections for details http www peplink com 129 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 18 2 Bandwidth Control Available on Peplink Balance 380 This section is to define how much minimum bandwidth will be reserved to each user group when a WAN connection is in full load When this feature is enabled a slider with two indicators will be shown You can move the indicators to adjust each group s weighting The lower part of the table shows the corresponding reserved download and uploads bandwidth value of each connection By default 50 of bandwidth has been reserved for Manager 30 for Staff and 20 for Guest Enable Group Reserved Bandwidth 50 0M 50 0M 3 9M 4 0M 750k 1 0M You can define a maximum download speed over all WAN connections and upload speed for each WAN connection that each individual Staff and Guest member can consume
145. om our server Devices Firmware Packs Check for Updates Default Click the Details button to view the firmware image s included and their release notes http www peplink com 111 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity i This firmware pack includes the following firmware image s Product Firmware Version Pepwave AP One 3 0 14 Release notes Pepwave AP One Version 3 0 14 Release Notes Jul 04 2011 Changes o Fixed downlink traffic not correctly received by WiFi clients under busy RF environment The Default button allows you to designate which of the packs will be the default When a new device is added the Default firmware will be assigned to the device If the operational firmware is an older version than the assigned one the AP will automatically download the firmware and perform an upgrade Default 1111 y 1109 1107 1079 m 1078 None http www peplink com 112 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 17 2 AP Management pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Interfaces WAN o a LAN Pepwave AP Management K d SpeedFusion for AP One IPsec VPN Outbound Policy Inbound Access Servers o 0 Any Access points listed below m Services o
146. on Protocol connections Port Click the Add Rule button to add a Persistence Src IP Network TCP new rule Click the X button to Auto Any 192 168 50 0 24 443 remove a rule Drag a rule to promote or dernote its Site to Site VPN Routes precedence A higher position of a rule signifies a higher precedence Default Lowest Latency You may change the default outbound policy behavior by Add Rule clicking the Default link If you require advanced control of http www peplink com 82 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink e JP USER MANUAL S Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 15 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 by default 15 1 Definition of Port Forwarding Available on Peplink Balance 20 30 Inbound Port Forwarding rules are defined at Network gt Inbound Access gt Port
147. onnection to inbound port forward TCP port 32015 to the Peplink Balance 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 Remote IP Addresses Host Names field Leave the field in Unit A blank With such setting SpeedFusion connection can be set up and all WAN connections on both sides will be utilized For example see the following diagram Protecting Business Continuity Pepwave MAX 192 168 1 x MORGEL 192 168 3 x Non NAT router NAT router f Pepwave MAX EA Router 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 in Balance B should be filled with all of the Balance A s host names or public IP addresses i e 212 1 1 1 212 2 2 2 and 212 3 3 3 and the field in Balance A can be left blank The two NAT routers on WAN1 and WANS of Balance A should inbound port forward TCP port 32015 to the Balance A so that all WANs would be utilized to establish VPN http www peplink com 70 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 12 3 SpeedFusion Status SpeedFusion Status is shown in the Dashboard The connection status of each connection pro
148. oot gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN5 http www peplink com gt Reboot Yes No gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No peplink Protecting Business Continuity A Power off A Reboot T 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 1000baseTx FD 27 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 6 6 4 Rear Panel Appearance Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 110 220V To hold pressing the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit When the unit is powered off press it will power on the unit Power Switch 6 6 5 Unit Label Appearance peplink Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Made in Taiwan I A IULII thew ppl com Peplink Balance 580 Product Code BPL 580 Serial 1824 61DE 6B04 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 03 E6 68 http
149. opyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 4 1 5 Outbound Policy e Link load distribution per TCP UDP service e Persistent routing for specified source and or destination IP addresses per TCP UDP service e Prioritize and route traffic to VPN tunnels with Priority and Enforced algorithms 4 1 6 WLAN Controller e Configure and manage Pepwave AP devices e Review the status of connected AP 4 1 7 QOS Available on Peplink Balance 210 Quality of Service for different applications and custom protocols User Group classification for different service levels Available on Peplink Balance 380 e Bandwidth usage control and monitoring on group and user level Available on Peplink Balance 380 e Application Prioritization for custom protocols and DSL optimization 4 1 8 Firewall e Outbound LAN to WAN firewall rules e Inbound WAN to LAN firewall rules per WAN connection e intrusion detection and prevention e Specification of NAT mappings Web Blocking Available on Peplink Balance 380 e Outbound firewall rules can be defined by destination domain name 4 2 Other Supported Features Easy to use web administration interface HTTP and HTTPS support for Web Administration Interface Configurable web administration port and administrator password Read only user for Web Admin Authentication and Accounting by RADIUS server for Web Admin Available on Peplink Balance 210
150. or 100 to show the corresponding number of events in the log Check the box next to Auto Refresh and the log will be refreshed automatically 23 8 Bandwidth This section shows the bandwidth usage statistics located at Status gt Bandwidth Bandwidth usage at the LAN and when the device is switched off e g LAN Bypass are not recorded and not shown 23 8 1 Real Time The Data transferred since installation shows you how many network traffic has been processed by the device since first boot Click Show Details in the top right hand corner of each table and the details of data transferred will be shown The check box Stacked below the data transferred graph can be checked to show the aggregated transferred rate of both traffic directions Data transferred since installation Sun Oct 10 05 56 02 PST 2010 All WAN Connections 216 68 GB 91 70 GB 308 38 GB Data transferred since last reboot Hide Details All WAN Connections WAN1 WAN2 Aggregated Transfer 24 41 Mbps Bl Dovnload B Upload 19 53 Mbps 14 65 Mbps o Avg 0 99 Mbps 0 12 Mbps Peak 21 78 Mbps 90 67 Mbps Stacked 7 Overall 61 kbps 75 kbps 136 kbps http www peplink com 171 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 23 8 2 Hourly This page shows the daily bandwidth usage for all and each WAN connection Select the connection in which you want to check its usage from the
151. or managing and load balancing outbound traffic policy are located at Network gt Outbound Policy gt Click on MEA Select an Outbound P Policy High Application Compatibility Normal Application Compatibili 14 1 Outbound Policy There are three main selections for the Outbound Traffic Policy of Peplink Balance e High Application Compatibility e Normal Application Compatibility e Custom http www peplink com 75 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity The selections are explained as follows Outbound Policy Settings With the selection of this policy outbound traffic from a source LAN device is routed High Application through the same WAN connection regardless of the destination Internet IP address and Compatibility protocol This provides the highest application compatibility With the selection of this policy outbound traffic from a source LAN device to the same Normal destination Internet IP address will persistently be routed through the same WAN Application connection regardless of protocol Compatibility This provides high compatibility to most applications and users still 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 Custom Rules can be defined in a custom rule table A default r
152. or the domain itself not a sub domain the Host field should be left blank 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 http www peplink com 93 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 15 3 8 CNAME Records The CNAME Record table shows the domain s CNAME records To add a new CNAME record click the New CNAME Records button in the CNAME Record box Then the table will expand to look like the following When creating a CNAME record for the domain itself not a sub domain the Host field should be left blank The wildcard character is supported in the Host field The Reference of 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 15 3 9 A Records This table shows the A records of the domain name WAN1 default New A Record Mobile Internet Custom IP Address WANI 1 Highest 1 Highest Mobile Internet 1 Highest http www peplink com 94 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity A record may be automatically added for the SOA records
153. orm 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 This is to choose which WAN IP address es the web server should listen on Allowed WAN IP Address es 210 10 10 1 Interface IP Allowed WAN IP 210 10 10 2 Address es IF WAN2 L Mobile Internet http www peplink com 151 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL ent link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 21 2 Firmware Upgrade The firmware of Peplink Balance is upgradeable through Web Admin Interface Firmware upgrade functionality is located at System gt Firmware Firmware Upgrade Current firmware version 5 4 0 Pending for Firmware Check Check for Firmware Manual Firmware Upgrade Manual Upgrade There are two ways to upgrade the unit The first method is online firmware upgrade The system can 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 Peplink Balance will automatically download the firmware The upgrade process will subsequently be automatically initiated
154. otecting Business Continuity Other Health Check Settings USER MANUAL Timeout This setting specifies the timeout in seconds for ping DNS lookup requests Default Timeout is set to 5 seconds Health Check This setting specifies the time interval in seconds between ping or DNS lookup requests Interval 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 corresponding WAN connection as down Default Health Retries is set to 3 For example with the default Health Retries setting of 3 after consecutive 3 timeouts the corresponding WAN connection will be treated as down Health Check Retries 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 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 Recovery Retries 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 WAN1 WAN2 and WANS have the connection types of Always on
155. ould be defined in this zone where the Host IP Numbers are 1 2 254 respectively WARNING You should define SOA record in your zone Click here to define SOA Record O 771 WARNING You should define NS records in your zone a There is currently no CNAME records New CNAME Record CIICOHNED eet There is currently no PTR records New PTR Record http www peplink com 100 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 15 4 1 SOA Record You can click the link Click here to define SOA record to create or click on the Name Server field to edit the SOA record cma so TTL sec 3600 In the SOA record you must fill out the field s Name Server Name Server IP Address optional Email Refresh Retry Expire Min Time and TTL Name Server Enter the NS record s FODN server name here For example ns1 mydomain com equivalent to www 1stdomain com ns2 mydomain com Email Refresh Retry Expire Min Time and TTL are the same as that in the forward zone Please refer to section 15 3 5 for details 15 4 2 NS Records Name Server EL bee Te The NS record of the name server defined in the SOA record is automatically added here To create a new NS record click the New NS Records button When creating an NS record for the Reverse Lookup Zone itself not a sub domain or dedicated
156. ow 29 463 MB 4 151 MB 2010 11 01 to 2010 11 30 126 368 MB 77 737 MB 2010 10 01 to 2010 10 31 90 424 MB 18 340 MB LAN Client 7 917 44 MB 285 25 MB 8 202 69 MB LAN Client 3 308 03 MB 221 52 MB 3 529 55 MB LAN Client 3 003 13 MB 158 38 MB 3 161 51 MB All WAN Monthly Bandwidth Usage WAN3 Billing Cycle Calendar Month BS Download 7000 MB 6000 MB Upload MM Total 5000 MB 4000 MB 3000 MB 2000 MB 1000 MB 2010 11 2010 12 2010 12 01 to now 1 311 MB 1 559 MB 2010 11 01 to 2010 11 30 2 025 MB 2 668 MB http www peplink com 175 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Appendix A Restoration of Factory Defaults To restore the factory default settings on a Peplink Balance unit perform the following For Balance 20 30 210 310 1 Locate the reset button on the Peplink Balance unit Protecting Business Continuity 2 With a paper clip press and keep the reset button pressed for at least 10 seconds until the unit reboots itself For Balance 380 580 710 1350 e Use the buttons on front panel to control the LCD menu to go to Maintenance gt Factory Defaults 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 strong
157. ownload bandwidth will be affected Users will not be able to download data in full speed until the uplink becomes less congested The DSL Cable Optimization can relieve such issue When it is enabled the download speed will become less affected by the upload traffic By default this feature is enabled http www peplink com 132 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 19 Firewall A 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 Outbound LAN to WAN Inbound WAN to LAN e Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention e Web Blocking With SpeedFusion enabled see Section 12 the firewall rules also apply to VPN tunneled traffic Rule Protocol are IP Destination IP Port AT ey ary ia Add Rule Rule Protocol WANM Source IP Destination IP Policy Port Port Add Rule Disabled 19 1 Outbound and Inbound Firewall Rules 19 1 1 Access Rules The outbound firewall settings are located at Network Firewall Outbound Firewall Rule Rule Protocol Source IP Destination IP Policy Ree Port Add Rule m Upon clicking Add Rule _
158. p Protecting Business Continuity E 5 Peplink Balance 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 e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Bandwidth Usage Monitor 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 PPTP VPN Server e Psec Network to Network e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion e VPN Encryption 256 bit AES e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface e Seven RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M WAN e One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN e One RJ 45 Console Serial Port Power Specification e AC input 110 220V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 191 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity E 6 Peplink Balance 1350 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 e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management In
159. p in Mode are not affected http www peplink com 46 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity NOTE PPTP server will be disabled under Drop in Mode To enable Drop in Mode perform the following steps f 21010105 MEE 2552552550020 100MbpsFutDuplex Advertise Speed I have other host s on WAN segment Host IP Address es 210 10 104 t 210 10 103 2100104 s Delete I ONS server 1 101 11 DONS server 2 NOTE The DHCP Server Settings wil be overwritten The following WAN 1 settings will be overwritten Enable Connection Method Routing Mode Connecton Type MTU Health Check Additional Pubic IP and Dynamec ONS Settings The PPTP Server will be disabled Tip please review the DNS Forwarding setting under the Service Forwardng section 1 Check the Enable box under Drop in Mode located at Network gt Interfaces gt LAN After checking the Enable box most network settings for WAN1 will be hidden from Web Administration Interface 2 Put the IP address of the WAN1 router in the WAN 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 have other host s on WAN segment box enter the IP address es of the host s and then click the down a
160. ple 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 Persistence 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 C 2 3 Settings Set persistence in Network gt Outbound Policy gt Managed by Custom Rules Click Add Rule select HTTP TCP port 80 for web service and select Persistence HTTP Persistence TT Any M o o ee Load Distribution 9 Terminate Sessions O on Link Recovery Cancel A network administrator can use the Traceroute utility to manually analyze the connection path of a particular WAN connection http www peplink com 181 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series C 3 Bypassing the Firewall to Access Hosts on LAN C
161. plink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 21 7 InControl Save When this check box is checked the device s status information usage data and configuration will be sent to Peplink s InControl system You can sign up for an InControl account at https incontrol peplink com You can register devices under the account monitor device status and usage reports and download backed up configuration files Default Disabled http www peplink com 159 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 21 8 Configuration Backing up the 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 Protecting Business Continuity 21 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 21 8 2 Downloading Active Configurations The Download button is to backup the current active settings Click Download and save the configuration file 21 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
162. plink com partners chann el partner program Contact 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 Hong Kong Office 17 F Park Building 476 Castle Peak Road Cheung Sha Wan Hong Kong Tel 852 2990 7600 Fax 852 3007 0588 Italy Office Saudi Arabia Office Via Sismondi 50 3 3 F Saudi Business Center 20133 Milan Jeddah Italy Saudi Arabia Tel 39 02 8986 6852 South Africa Office Unit 24 Cambridge Office Park 5 Bauhinia Street Highveld Centurion South Africa Tel 27 12 665 5829 Tel 39 02 8986 6852
163. press delete to remove account from the system Unused Active Guest Accounts Username This shows the user name of the unused guest account Expiry Date This shows the expiry date of the corresponding guest account Time Quota This shows the time quota of the connection of the corresponding guest account Creation Date This shows the date of creation of the corresponding guest account There are two different methods to create new guest account Create Account and Generate Accounts http www peplink com 120 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink USER MANUAL Protecting Business Continuity 17 4 2 1 Create Account Create Account Generate Accounts Generate 2011 03 24 Please update settings in Email Settings tab Create With this method only one account will be created each time Create Account Name This is to specify a name for the created account for management use Email Address This is to specify the username of the guest account Username pl 9 Password This is to specify the password of the guest account Change Password at With the box checked user who uses this account to access will need to change the First Login password at first login With the box checked an expiry date can be specified This guest account will expire Expiry Date piry when time reach Send Login This is to enable the feature of sending an email regarding the login information Email
164. r s Email This setting specifies the sender email address reported by the email messages sent by Address Peplink Balance Recipient s Email This setting specifies the email address to which Peplink Balance should send the email Address messages to You may enter multiple recipients email addresses in this field http www peplink com 154 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series 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 mycompany com SMTP User Name Sender s Email Address admin mycompany com AN SY Seman yoompany 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 lt 220 ESMTP gt EHLO balance lt 250 smtp Hella balance 210 210 210 210 250 S1ZE 100000000 250 BBITMIME 250 PIPELINTN 250 A4UTH PLAIN LOGIN 250 ETARTILE m omm O oT 155 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink http www peplink com USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 21 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
165. r d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Maintenance shows Connected Disconnected shows transfer rate in Kbps shows transfer rate in Kbps shows volume transferred since last reboot in MB gt Reboot gt Factory default gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 http www peplink com gt Reboot Yes No gt Factory default Yes No to reboot the unit to restore factory defaults shows port speed Auto 10baseT FD 10baseT HD 100baseTx FD 100baseTx HD 1000baseTx FD 24 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink e JP USER MANUAL o Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 5 4 Rear Panel Appearance Power Switch Power Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 110 220V To hold pressing the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit When the unit is powered off press it will power on the unit Power Switch 6 5 5 Unit Label Appearance Peplink Balance 380 e Product Code BPL 380 peplink serial 1824 6144 F2A7 Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Default Access Username admin http 192 168 1 1 Password admin Made in Taiwan FC C 4 TUA TA http www peplink com http www peplink com 25 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 6 Peplink Balance 580 6 6 1 Front Panel Appea
166. rance WAN Ports EA Ol Power LED USB Ports O A LAN pasa s E gt gt e A s i wa ink EE soo Console I es S mad MA LCD Display LCD Controls 6 6 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off Power LED GREEN Power on LAN Port WAN 1 5 Ports ORANGE 1000 Mbps Right LED GREEN 100 Mbps OFF 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Left LED Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports Console and USB Ports Console Port Reserved for engineering use USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 26 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 6 3 LCD Display Menu gt HA State Master Slave gt LAN IP gt VIP 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 IP address gt Subnet mask gt Link status gt WAN1 gt WAN2 E gt WAN5 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 gt gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt ae gt WAN5 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 EN gt WAN5 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN5 gt Maintenance gt Reb
167. read only account can only access the device s status information and cannot make any change on the device pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Dashboard Status Web Admin Router IP Address 192 168 1 1 IP Address 10 10 10 172 Details Status E Connected w Logout IP Address none Status No Device Detected IP Address none Status No Device Detected Peplink Balance 380 5 1 0 build 1309 Peplink Balance 380 Uptime 0 day 20 hours 37 minutes 5 1 0 build 1309 O day 20 hours 35 minutes T 3 0 0 Mbps f 0 0 Mbps 9 Throughput J 0 1 Mbps 10 0 Mbps You logged in as a read only user Copyright Peplink All rights reserved Copyright Peplink All rights reserved Admin Account Ul User Account Ul A web login session will be logged out automatically when it has been idle longer than the Web Session Timeout Before the session expires you may click the Logout button in the Web Admin to exit the session 0 hours 0 minutes signifies an unlimited session time This setting should be used only in special situations as it will lower the system security level if users do not logout before closing the browser Default 4 hours O minutes For security reason after logging in to the Web Admin 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
168. respectively Channel 14 is only available when the country is selected as Japan with protocol 802 11b e f Auto is set the system would perform channel scanning based on the scheduled time set and choose the most suitable channel automatically This setting selects between vior v2 of the 802 1x EAPOL When v1 is selected both v1 and v2 clients can associate with the access point However when v2 is selected only v2 clients can associate with the access point Most modern wireless clients support v2 In the event that there are stations that do not support v2 select the option v1 By default the value of the setting is v2 http www peplink com 127 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Beacon Rate Beacon Interval DTIM RTS Threshold Slot Time ACK Timeout Frame Aggregation Frame Length Protecting Business Continuity This setting provides the option to send beacon in different transmit bit rate and the bit rates are 1Mbps 2Mbps 5 5Mbps 6Mbps 11Mbps This setting provides the option to set the time between each beacon send Available options are 100ms 250ms and 500ms This setting provides the option to set the frequency for beacon to include Delivery Traffic Indication Message DTIM The interval unit is in millisecond This setting provides the option to set the minimum packet size for the unit to send an RTS using the RTS CTS handshake Setting
169. ries peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 4 Peplink Balance 310 6 4 1 Front Panel Appearance USB LAN Ports WAN Ports Status LED peplink Balance310 Power LED Reset Button 6 4 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Power off Power GREEN Power on OFF System initializing Status Booting up or busy GREEN Ready state LAN and WAN Ports ON 100 Mbps Green LED OFF 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports USB Port USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 21 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 4 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector Peplink Balance 310 peplink 000 40 BIOL S A Serial Number and LAN MAC Address 6 5 Peplink Balance 380 6 5 1 Front Panel Appearance LAN Port Power LED LCD Display WAN Ports Pn 10 100 1000 M d E o amp an E peplink Balance380 USB Ports LCD Controls Console http www peplink com 22 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 6 5 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by th
170. rk Type GSM Frequency Band This field displays the Manufacturer name of the connected mobile modem This field shows the IMSI number associated with the SIM inside the mobile modem 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 SG preferred or 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 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 http www peplink com 56 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 11 1 4 2 WiMAX Settings If aWiMAX modem is present in the system its settings user interface can be accessed at
171. rrow to add the hosts The following diagram illustrates http www peplink com 47 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pepiink Other host s i e servers or computers Protecting Business Continuity 210 10 10 4 210 10 10 3 EJ eX ES WAN1 VAL sp Gateway 210 10 10 1 Switch WAN 1 LAN IP 210 10 10 5 WAN 2 Peplink Balance 22 2 2 2 Drop In mode Firewall Be 192 168 1 1 Bees 210 10 10 2 Q Local Network Cira gt lt S 192 168 1 0 24 Important Note Starting from firmware version 5 0 Drop in mode can be configured on any WAN ports Please be noted that still only one WAN port can be configured in Drop in mode If you have selected the LAN Bypass port which is currently available on WAN1 of Balance 1350 and WAN5 of Balance 580 as the WAN for Drop in Mode High Availability feature will be DISABLED automatically Tip Want to know more about Drop in mode Visit our YouTube Channel for video tutorials http youtu be IZG2 VPml5w http www peplink com 48 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL oe link Peplink Balance Series p PINK Business Continuity 11 Configuration of WAN Interface s The WAN interface settings are located at Network gt Interfaces gt WAN Connection Name Method Routing Mode Type Disabled By clicking a connection name connection settings of that WAN can be
172. rs Any Port Single Port Port Range Port Map and Range Mapping 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 Pot v Service Port 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 Q Port Range Service Ports 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 Port For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Port Range and Service Port 80 88 TCP traffic received on ports 80 through 88 is forwarded to the configured servers via the respective ports e Port Mapping Service Port Map to Port Port Mapping 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 Prot
173. rs of Peplink Balance 30 Classic Edition Firmware 5 0 or above is NOT applicable to Peplink Balance 30 Classic Edition For more information of identifying the generation of your Peplink Balance 30 please visit our knowledge base at http www peplink com index php view faq amp id 231 amp path 16 gt http www peplink com Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 2 Glossary The following terms acronyms and abbreviations are frequently used in this manual Term Definition 3G 4G DHCP DNS EVDO HSDPA GRE HTTP ICMP IP LAN MAC Address MTU MSS NAT PPPoE Qos SNMP TCP UDP VPN VRRP WAN WINS WLAN 210 380 http www peplink com 3rd Generation standards for wireless communications e g HSDPA 4th Generation standards for wireless communications e g WIMAX LTE Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Domain Name System Evolution Data Optimized High Speed Downlink Packet Access Generic Routing Encapsulation Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Internet Control Message Protocol Internet Protocol Local Area Network Media Access Control Address Maximum Transmission Unit Maximum Segment Size Network Address Translation Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Quality of Service Simple Network Management Protocol Transmission Control Protocol User Datagram Protocol Virtual Private Network Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Wid
174. s field will be disabled Default Connection Priority defines the default priority group of each WAN connection in resolving A records It applies to Address A records which have the Connection Priority set to Default Please refer to Section 15 3 9 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 button that corresponds to Default Connection Priority The screen should assemble the one below Default Connection Priority Priority AI oe wma 700000 test 7 wane 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 sub domains A and CNAME Domain name records Add a new record by clicking the New Domain Name button Click on a domain name to edit Press X to remove a domain name http www peplink com 90 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL AA link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 15 3 4 Creating DNS Records To create new DNS records for a domain perform the following steps From Network gt Inbound Access gt
175. sccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccsceccscccsccccscecsceccsceccscees 148 21 1 Admin Security 148 21 2 Firmware Upgrade a 152 21 3 El RI BR 153 21 4 Emal Notillcallorq ssssssessses kr ERREEEREREERERERRONNVERS ME KR NOU KM AAA AAA AA AAA ee uc MM MN E N 154 21 5 Remote Syslog RUNTIME 156 21 6 Sai ee ASA NA 157 http www peplink com Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 21 7 NCONtTO lira asa RR 159 21 8 Configuration sacas A e ar 160 21 9 Pee EAN 161 22 1010 CIA 161 22 1 Ping TO or ee rt ie ee A nda 161 22 2 AL IS A nese seen ees e nsec a HORA eRe E AEE SOE EOE ASO R SEAR ESSE HORA ESAS a ESS 163 22 3 SpeedFu sion Testers i bkn ek ki rl rb b HER ERR Hori niue 163 22 4 CLI Command Line Interface Support A 164 23 OEXNIEEEEEIEEED 165 23 1 OVW DI 165 23 2 PvE AeizccBRTIILO ILL LOL I 166 23 3 aC ILI 168 23 4 Accpse ele oe re re QUE URN RA URN rr rrr er RUN NR NEAL NA URN RR AURA 169 23 5 WINS ClehNtes 000 0 AAA naL er UP AAA 169 23 6 SpeedFusion Stat Ss sia rr UR QUU LR NAA UAR UD NIU rr rrr RR AAA 169 23 7 Event Log EEN A 170 23 8 ESROWIO estaas iia iaia ia errada aria pipas 171 APPENDIX A RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS
176. ses 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 WAN1 e Inthe Target DNS Server IP Address field enter the IP address of the DNS server e Inthe 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 peplink com mycompany com Back Next gt gt Cancel e Inthe blank space 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 http www peplink com 103 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 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 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 mycompany com The existing records of these domains will be overwritten Fetching zone records J DNS Record Import wizard Step 3 of 3 Fetch Results Domain Result Details mwomeycom e fyw
177. specifies the source IP Address IP Network or MAC Address for traffic that matches the rule This setting specifies the destination IP Address or IP Network or Domain Name for traffic that matches the rule WM Any IP Address IP Network p Domain Name If Domain Name is chosen and a domain name such as foobar com is entered any outgoing accesses to foobar com and foobar com will match this criterion You may enter a wildcard at the end of a domain name to match any host with a name having the domain name in the middle If you enter foobar for example then www foobar com www foobar co jp or foobar co uk will also match Placing wildcards in any other position is not supported NOTE if a server has one Internet IP address and multiple server names and if one of the names is defined here then accesses to any one of the server names will also match this rule This setting specifies the IP Protocol and Port of traffic that matches this rule You may select some common protocol from the Protocol 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 e Weighted Balance e Persistence e Enforced e Priority e Overflow e Least Used not applicable to Balance 20 30 e Lowest Latency not applicable to Balance 20 30 The upcoming sections present the details of the listed algorithms This setting specifies wheth
178. ss gt Servers Inbound connections from the Internet will be forwarded to the specified Inbound IP Address es base on the protocol and port number When more than one server is defined requests will be distributed to the servers in the weight ratio specified for each server No Servers Defined To define a new server click Add Server upon which the following screen appears Server Name E IP Address Required Cancel Enter a valid server name and its corresponding LAN IP address Upon clicking Save after entering required information the following screen appears 1 192 168 1 123 Delete To define additional servers click Add Server and repeat the above steps http www peplink com 85 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 15 3 Inbound Access Services 15 3 1 Definition of Services Services are defined at Network gt Inbound Access gt Services Service IP Address es Server Protocol Action Tip 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 Y myserver 192 168 1 123 Weight 1 Required Fields Cancel Services Settings This setting specifies whether the inbound service rule takes effect When Yes is selected the inbound ser
179. t 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 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 MSS bytes for TCP over IPvA If MTU is set to Auto the MSS will also be set automatically By default MSS is set to Auto Protecting Business Continuity This setting allows you to configure the MAC address Some service providers e g cable providers identify the client s MAC address and require MAC the client to always use the same MAC address to connect to the network In such cases Address change the WAN interface s MAC address to the original client PC s one via this field Clone 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 enable this field and enter the VLAN ID that the provider requires Note Leave this field disabled if you are not sure VLAN http www peplink com 58 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL ent link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 11 3 WAN Health Check To ensure traffic is routed to healthy WAN connections only Peplink Balance provides the fun
180. tecting Business Continuity General Guest Accounts Portal Page Customization Email Settings Require authenbcation l Account information of SENDER s Wi Fi server Dear NAME Thank you for using SENDER s Wi Fi service Here i your account information User name S USERNAME gt Password PASSWORD Expiry date EXP DATE SENDER PS This is a post only maling Replies to this message are not monitored or answered Password Reset Page to reset the password of the account USERNAME Reset key S RESET KEY SENDER PS This is a post only maling Replies to thus message are not monitored or answered Once you have selected for Guest Account mode as the Captive portal modem in section 17 4 1 the Email Settings tab will be available Under this page email server and templates can be set Automatic emails will be sent with the specified information Email Server Template Settings Sender s Name This is to specify the sender s name of the email Sender s Email E This is to specify the sender s email address of the email Address SMTP Server This is to specify the SMTP server which will be used to send email If the Server requires authentication check the box Require authentication This setting specifies the SMTP username and password while sending email These SMTP User Name ore options are shown only if Require authentication check box is checked in SMTP Server Pass
181. terface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote Reporting and Management e Bandwidth Usage Monitor 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 PPTP VPN Server e Psec Network to Network e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion e VPN Encryption 256 bit AES e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface e Thirteen RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M WAN e One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN e One RJ 45 Console Serial modem TA Port e LAN Bypass from WAN1 to LAN Power Specification e AC input 110 220V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 192 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity Cwitte facebook What are we doing at the moment Want to know more about us Follow us on Twitter Add us on Facebook http twitter com Peplink http www facebook com peplink you Difficulties when configuring the device Anything want to share with everyone Visit our YouTube Channel Discuss on Peplink Forum http www youtube com PeplinkChannel http forum peplink com Contact Us Sales http www peplink com contact sales Support http www peplink com contact Certified Peplink Partner http www pe
182. the WLAN Access Point to dnd controller will manage any AP that reports to it If Access points listed below is selected be Managed only APs with a serial number listed in the text box will be managed http www peplink com 113 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 17 3 Wireless Networks Wireless Network settings including the name of network SSID and security policy can be defined and managed in this section After defining a wireless network users can choose the network in AP Profiles Network Name SSID Security Policy Used y WPA WPA2 Personal None New Network Click the button New Network to create a new Network profile or click the existing network profile to modify its settings Wireless Metwork Wireless Network Settings VLAN IE 0 Untagged for b g mode 1M Mcso v Access Control Guest Protect mE 0 Unlimited Firewall Settings Captive Portal 114 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink http www peplink com USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Wireless Network Settings Network Name SSID VLAN ID Broadcast SSID Multicast Filter Multicast Rate Layer 2 Communication This setting specifies the SSID of the virtual AP to be scanned by Wi Fi clients This setting specifies the VLAN ID to be tagged on all outgoin
183. ther one or both of the PING Hosts 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 PING Hosts first DNS server for the corresponding WAN 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 http www peplink com 59 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 0 DNS Lookup v Health Check DNS Servers Host 1 Host 2 Use first two DNS servers as Health Check DNS Servers C Include public DNS servers DNS lookups will be issued to test the connectivity with target DNS servers The connection will be treated 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 checked the first two DNS servers will be the DNS lookup targets for checking a connection s health If the box is not checked field Host 1 must be filled and field Host 2 is optional If the box Include public DNS servers is selected and no response is received
184. this link will not be used for DNS lookups Please refer to Section 11 3 11 4 11 5 and 11 6 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively http www peplink com 52 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 11 1 3 PPPoE Connection This connection method is suitable if ISP provides login ID password to connect via PPPoE Service Name optional Leave it blank unless it s provided by ISP DNS Servers Obtain DNS server address automatically Cl use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 PPPOE Settings PPPoE User Name Enter the required information in these fields in order to connect via PPPOE to the ISP Password The parameter values are determined by and can be obtained from the ISP Confirm PPPoE E MURS pi Verify your password by entering it again in this field Service Name Service Name is a PPPoE parameter which is provided by the ISP Optional Note Leave this field blank unless it is provided by your ISP 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 DNS Servers by the PPPoE server to be used for outboun
185. tinuity USER MANUAL 9 Configuration of LAN Interface The LAN Interface settings are located at Network gt Interfaces gt LAN IP Settings 255 255 0 0 11 2 100Mbps Full Duplex 4 Advertise Speed Drop In Mode Settings 192 168 1 1 Y I have other host s on WAN segment Host IP Address es 192 168 1 123 3 Delete ONS server 1 DNS server 2 NOTE The DHCP Server Settings will be overwntten The following WAN 1 settings will be overwntten Enable Connection Method Routing Mode Connection Type MTU Health Check Additional Public IP and Dynamic ONS Settings The PPTP Server will be disabled Tip please review the DNS Forwarding setting under the Service Forwarding secbon DHCP Server Settings Enable 192 168 1 192 168 1 250 Hours 0 Mins O Seconds Assign DNS server automatically ONS server 1 ONS server 2 Assign WINS server Bust in v External WINS server 1 WINS server 2 Name Mac Address ___ Static IP Manager s desktop 00 11 2a 22 bb 33 192 168 1 100 Destination Network Subnet Mask i Required http www peplink com 42 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink e JP USER MANUAL o Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity LAN Settings IP Address amp The IP address of Peplink Balance on LAN Subnet Mask This setting specifies the speed of the LAN Ethernet Port By default Auto is selected and t
186. tively 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 Port Map and Range Mapping 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 J Single Port Service Port 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 Service Ports Port Range traffic that is received by Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the Port 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
187. ts can be specified for the Source IP amp Port http www peplink com 135 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep setting Protecting Business Continuity 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 Destination IP amp pL Port Single Port Port Port Range Port rt Mask 255 255 255 0 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 on the page Status Event Log A sample message is as follows Aug 13 23 47 44 Denied CONN Ethernet WAN SRC 20 3 2 1 DST 192 168 1 20 LEN 48 PROTO TCP SPT 2260 DPT 80 e CONN The connection where the log entry refers to SRC Source IP a
188. ttings for dynamic DNS service provider s and the association of host name s are configured via Network gt Interfaces gt WAN Settings gt Dynamic DNS Settings Protecting Business Continuity Service Provider ll Disabled changeip com Required dyndns org no ip org tzo com DNS O Matic If your desired provider is not listed you may check with DNS O Matic This service supports updating 30 other dynamic DNS service providers Note Peplink is not affiliated with DNS O Matic 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 e dyndns org Service Provider e no ip org e tzo com e DNS O Matic Select Disabled to disable this feature User ID User Email This setting specifies the registered user name for the dynamic DNS service http www peplink com 64 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Password Pass TZO Key Protecting Business Continuity This setting specifies the password for the dynamic DNS service This setting specifies a list of hostnames or domains to be associated with the public Hosts Domain Internet IP address of the WAN connection Important Note In order to use dynamic DNS services appropriate hostname registration s as well as a valid account with a supported dynamic DNS servi
189. ttp www peplink com 92 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep e Min Time Is the negative caching time which defines the time in seconds after an error record Is cached e TTL Time to Live Defines the duration in seconds that the record may be cached Protecting Business Continuity 15 3 6 NS Records The NS Record table shows the NS servers and TTL that correspond to the domain The NS record of the name server defined in the SOA record is automatically added here To add a new NS record click the New NS Records button in the NS Records box Then the table will expand to look like the following When creating an NS record for the domain itself not a sub domain the Host field should be left blank Enter a name server host name and its IP address into the corresponding boxes The host name can be a non FQDN fully qualified domain name please be sure that a corresponding A record is created Click the LF button on the right to finish and to add the other Name Server 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 15 3 7 MX Records The MX Record table shows the domain s MX records To add a new MX record click the New MX Records button in the MX Records box Then the table will expand to look like the following EI n y sii When creating an MX record f
190. ule This setting is applicable to Inbound Firewall Rules only This setting specifies the WAN connection s on which the rule applies 1 Any WAN1 WAN2 WANS applicable only to Peplink Balance 30 310 380 580 710 and 1350 WANA to WANS applicable only to Peplink Balance 580 710 and 1350 WANG to WAN7 applicable only to Peplink Balance 710 and 1350 WANS to WAN13 applicable only to Peplink Balance 1350 Mobile Internet applicable only to Peplink Balance 20 30 380 580 710 and 1350 A value of Any WAN1 WANZ and Mobile Internet specifies that the rule applies to all WAN connections WAN1 WANZ2 and Mobile Internet respectively po Au Gr IL ow v T This setting specifies the protocol to be matched Via a drop down menu the following protocols can be specified e TCP e UDP e ICMP e 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 single address or a network can be specified as the Source IP amp Port setting as indicated with the following screenshots twrork IP Mask 255 255 255 0 w Port In addition a single port or a range of por
191. ule can be defined for connections that cannot be matched with any one of the rules The default policy is Normal Application Compatibility Tip Want to know more about how to create outbound rules Visit our YouTube Channel for a video tutorial Interfaces WAN o LAN o New Custom Rule SpeedFusion wIPsecVPN Inbound Access Servers o mats og IP Network Mask 255 255 255 0 24 m Services o OJ Any Protocol Selection Tool x a DNS Settings i Weighted Balance x NAT Mappings WLAN Controller o AP Management m Wireless o Networks BAP Profiles Qos m User Groups Bandwidth o Control Application http youtu be rKH4AS bOnE http www peplink com 76 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL T k Peplink Balance Series mn Protecting Business Continuity in the Outbound Policy form Choose Custom and press the Save button The following screen will then be displayed Outbound Policy Managed by Custom Rules Custom Rules picid bi san and drop rows to rtt rule order Algorithm Persistence Src TCP Auto 443 A Add Rule 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
192. uration of WPA parameters enables WPA WPA2 Personal and WPA WPA2 Enterprise Security Policy WPA WPA2 Enterprise Encryption TKIP AES CCMP When WPA WPAZ2 Enterprise is configured RADIUS based 802 1 x authentications is enabled Under this configuration the Shared Key option should be disabled The security level of this method is known to be very high Security Policy WPA WPA2 Personal Encryption TKIP AES CCMP Shared Key Hide Characters When WPA WPA2 Personal is configured a Shared Key is used for data encryption and authentication Under this configuration the Shared Key option should be enabled Key length must be between 8 and 63 characters inclusive The security level of this method is known to be high http www peplink com 117 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 17 3 4 RADIUS Server Settings When 802 1X or WPA WPA2 Enterprise is selected as the wireless security protocol RADIUS Server settings will be available as shown below Host Authentication Port 1812 Default 1812 Default Accounting Port 1813 Default 1813 Default RADIUS Server Settings RADIUS server specified by this setting will be used for authentication and accounting Secret This is the secret for accessing the RADIUS server Authentication Port Accounting Port This specifies the
193. vice rule takes effect If the inbound traffic matches the specified IP Protocol and Port action will be taken by Peplink Balance based on the other Enable parameters of the rule When No is selected the inbound service rule does not take effect Peplink Balance will disregard the other parameters of the rule This setting identifies the service to the System Administrator Service Name l i l l l 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 Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port s is forwarded to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting IP Protocol 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 http www peplink com 86 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu the Protocol and Port number remains manually modifiable Protecting Business Continuity The Port setting specifies the port s that correspond to the service and can be configured to behave in one of the following manne
194. word i setting http www peplink com 124 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Confirm SMTP Password Protecting Business Continuity This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password Check the box to enable SMTPS When the box is checked the next field SMTP Port SSL Encryption yP will be changed to 465 automatically Two different emails templates can be set and customize e Account Information Email will be sent when the user login at the first time with a guest account e Password Reset Email will be sent when the user is requesting a password reset on the portal page Different dynamic information is available for the email template Dynamic Information for Captive Portal Email Template NAME This is to specify the name of account user SENDER This is to specify the sender s name S RESET_KEY This is to specify the reset password of the specified account USERNAME This is to specify the account user name PASSWORD This is to specify the password of the account EXP_DATE This is to specify the expiry date of the account Once the settings are complete press the Save button to save and activate settings http www peplink com 125 193 Copyright O 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL oe link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 17 5 AP Profile AP profiles assigned to each Pepwave AP device can be co
195. www peplink com 28 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL one link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 6 7 Peplink Balance 710 6 7 1 Front Panel Appearance USB Ports LCD Display WAN Port E m Console LAN a ee ae re 0 O S E TT ys a PE plink A n n p e a o buccal Balance710 LCD Controls LAN Ports Status indicated in the Front Panel is as follows L Console Port Power LED LED Indicator OFF Power off Power LED GREEN Power on LAN Port WAN 1 7Ports ON 1000 Mbps Green LED OFF 100 10 Mbps Solid Port is connected without traffic Orange LED Blinking Data is transferring OFF Port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports Console USB Ports Console Port Reserved for engineering use USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 29 193 Copyright 2012 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 7 2 LCD Display Menu peplink Protecting Business Continuity gt Power off Reboot gt HA State Master Slave gt LAN IP gt VIP 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 IP address gt Subnet mask gt Link status gt WAN1 gt WAN2 E iom gt WAN 7 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile
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