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1. 16 4 Reverse Lookup Zones Reverse lookup zones can be configured in Network gt Inbound Access gt DNS Settings in addr arp 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 77 22 33 0 24 the Zone Name should be 33 22 11 in arpa adar PTR records for 11 22 33 1 11 22 33 2 11 22 33 254 should be defined in this zone where the host IP numbers are 7 2 254 respectively http www peplink com 149 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Continuity WARNING You should define SOA record in your zone ost Name sever Tt Gsec New NS Records ose Potro nt D D LOG ne CHAME Ge New CNAME Record New PTR Record 16 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 e
2. 26 2 Active Sessions Information on active sessions can be foundatStatus gt Active Sessions gt Overview Overview Search Session data captured within one minute Refresh oo O O O LION oo O oo Oo O O Mobile Internet 10 9 66 66 10 9 98 144 10 9 2 18 10 9 66 14 10 9 2 26 This screen displays the number of sessions initiated by each application Click on each service listing for additional information This screen also indicates the number of sessions initiated by each WAN port Finally you can see which clients are initiating the most sessions http www peplink com 223 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity In addition you can also perform a filtered search for specific sessions You can filter by subnet port protocol and interface To perform a search navigate toStatus gt Active Sessions gt Search 255 255 255 255 32 1 WAN 1 2 WAN 2 3 WAN 3 4 WAN 4 5 WAN 5 6 WAN 6 7 WAN 7 5 WAN 8 9 WAN 9 10 WAN 10 11 WAN 11 12 WAN 12 Mobile Internet Total searched results 0 Total searched results 0 Total searched results 0 This Active Sessions section displays the active inbound outbound sessions of each WAN connection on the 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
3. Add Rule http www peplink com 167 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity Click Add Ruleto display the following window Any Address 7 Inbound Outbound Firewall Settings Rule Name This setting specifies a name for the firewall rule This setting specifies whether the firewall rule should take effect If the box is checked the firewall rule takes effect If the traffic matches the specified Enable protocol IP port actions will be taken by Peplink Balance based on the other parameters of the rule If the box is not checked the firewall rule does not take effect The Peplink Balance will disregard the other parameters of the rule WAN Connection Select the WAN connection that this firewall rule should apply to Inbound 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 Protocol ir 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 http www peplink com 168 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity This spec
4. Bandwidth This option allows you to enable bandwidth usage monitoring on this WAN connection for each billing cycle When this is not enabled bandwidth usage of each month is still being Allowance Monitor tracked but no action will be taken See Section 12 4 for configuration details If Email Notification is enabled you will be notified by email when usage hits 75 and 95 of the monthly allowance Action lf Disconnect when usage hits 100 of monthly allowance is checked this WAN connection will be disconnected automatically when the usage hits the monthly allowance It will not resume connection unless this option has been turned off or the usage has been reset when a new billing cycle starts Start Day This option allows you to define which day of the month each billing cycle begins Monthly This field is for defining the maximum bandwidth usage allowed for the WAN connection Allowance each month This setting specifies the maximum transmission unit By default MTU is set to Custom MTU 1440 You may adjust the MTU value by editing the text field Click Default to restore the default MTU value Select Auto and the appropriate MTU value will be automatically detected The auto detection will run each time the WAN connection establishes http www peplink com 73 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 9
5. USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 25 Tools 25 1 Ping The ping test tool sendspings through a specified Ethernet interface or a SpeedFusion VPN connection You can specify the number of pings in the fieldNumber of timesto a maximum number of 10 times Packet Size can be set toa maximum of 1472 bytes The ping utility is located at System gt Tools gt Ping illustrated below Protecting Business Continuity 10 10 10 1 Ed S OO t Start Stop PING 10 10 10 1 10 10 10 1 from 10 90 0 65 56 84 bytes of date 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 iemp_reqe1 ttle61 time 26 8 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp_reqe2 ttle61 time 23 4 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp_reqe 3 ttle61 time 26 6 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp_req 4 tti 61 time 24 4 ms 64 bytes from 10 10 10 1 icmp_reqe5 ttle61 time 23 0 ms 10 10 10 1 ping statistics 5 packets transmitted 5 received 0 packet loss time 4004ms rt mn favg max mdeyv 23 000 24 891 26 865 1 596 ms Tip A system administrator can use the ping utility to manually check the connectivity of a particular LAN WAN connection http www peplink com 217 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL ouae Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 25 2 Traceroute Test The traceroute test tool traces the routing path to the destination through a particular Ethernet interface or a SoeedFusion connection The t
6. http www peplink com 219 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 25 5 CLI Command Line Interface Support The serial console connector with the Peplink Balance 305 380 HW rev 5 Peplink Balance 580 Peplink Balance 710 HW rev 2 Peplink Balance 1350 Peplink Balance 2500 and MediaFast 200 and 500 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 715200 8N1 The serial console connector with the Peplink Balance 305 380 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 220 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Pep 26 Status 26 1 Device System information is located at Status gt Device Balance _09DC Peplink Balance 2500 182C 124B 09DC 6 1 2 build 1159 balance 09dc 11 days 10 hours 23 minutes Tue Jul 01 18 48 16 WET 2014 oad Lith OF Protecting Business Continuity 10 56 CA 60 34 B0 10 56 CA 60 34 B1 10 56 CA 60 34 B2 10 56 CA 60 34 83 10 56 CA 60 34 5B4 10 56 CA 60 34 B5 10 56 CA 60 34 B6 10 56 CA 60 34 B8 10 56 CA 60 34 B9
7. Normal Outbound traffic from a source LAN device to the same destination Internet IP address will Application be routed through the same WAN connection persistently regardless of protocol This C tibilit option provides high compatibility to most applications and users still benefit from WAN link ompatiDility load balancing when multiple Internet servers are accessed Custom Outbound traffic behavior can be managed by defining rules in a custom rule table A default rule can be defined for connections that cannot be matched with any of the rules The default policy is Normal Application Compatibility Tip Want to know more about creating outbound rules Visit our YouTube Channel for a video tutorial Interfaces WAN Da New Custom Rule mes Ld ee Outbound Policy Servers iP Network z Mask 255 255 255 0 24 x Services O Any Protocol Selection Tool a DNS Settings i Weighted Balance NAT Mappings i i 1 10 WLAN Controller mw AP Management Wireless Networks a AP Profiles Qos m User Groups Bandwidth Control Application http youtu be rKH4AS bQnE http www peplink com 120 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 15 2 Custom Rules for Outbound Policy Click in the Outbound Pol
8. Signal i Excellent 37 Excellent 42 Good 23 Excellent 39 Excellent 25 Excellent 29 Excellent 29 Excellent 25 Good 23 Excellent 35 Poor 12 Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance Wireless Wireless Wireless Marketing Marketing buttons 66 26 MB 6 65 MB 1 86 MB 3 42 MB 640 29 KB 2 24 KB 9 86 MB 9 36 MB 118 05 MB 74 78 MB 84 84 KB 36 26 MB 2 26 MB 606 63 KB 474 52 KB 443 57 KB 3 67 KB 9 76 MB 11 14 MB 7 92 MB 4 58 MB 119 32 KB M PLHQ_Balance_iia J PLHQ_Wireless_11a J PLHQ_Marketing_iia I PLHQ_Guest_11a Data Usage by SSID 19 Mbps 0 bps 10 50 No of Station 20 Click any point in the graphs to display detailed usage and client information for that device using that SSID at that point in time On the Data Usage by menu you can display the information by SSID or by AP send receive rate http www peplink com 198 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Click the icon to view a detailed event log for that particular device Jan 2 11 53 39 Jan 2 11 39 31 Jan 2 11 16 55 Jan 2 11 11 54 Jan 2 11 10 45 Jan 2 11 00 36 Jan 2 11 00 20 Jan 2 10 59 09 Jan 2 10 42 28 Jan 2 10 29 12 Jan 2 10 24 27 Jan 2 10 24 27 Jan 2 10 13 22 Jan 2 10 13 22 Jan 2 10 07 52 Jan 2 10 04 35 Jan 2 10 03 38 Jan 2 09 58 27 Jan 2 09 52 46 Jan 2 09 20 26 Client 00 26
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10. 10 56 CA 60 34 BA 10 56 CA 60 34 BB 10 56 CA 60 34 BC http www peplink com 221 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity System Information Router Name This is the name specified in the Router Namefield located atSystem gt Admin Security Model This shows the model name and number of this device Hardwar a d a i This shows the hardware version of this device Revision Serial Number This shows the serial number of this device Firmware This shows the firmware version this device is currently running Uptime This shows the length of time since the device has been rebooted System Time This shows the current system time Diagnostic g The Downloadlinkis for exporting a diagnostic report file required for system investigation Report Remote Click Turn on to enable remote assistance Assistance The second table shows the MAC address of each LAN WAN interface connected Important Note If you encounter issues and would like to contact the Peplink Support Team http www peplink com contact please download the diagnostic report file and attach it along with a description of your issue In Firmware 5 1 or before the diagnostic report file can be obtained at System gt Reboot http www peplink com 222 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity
11. 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 1 Introduction and Scope The Peplink Balance series provides link aggregation and load balancing across up to thirteen WAN connections The Peplink Balance seriesoffers cost effective solutions suitable for SOHO power users andsmall businesses The Balance lineup also features a range of advanced enterprise solutions Peplink enterprise routersare idealsingle box solutions for medium to large business environments andthey allow service providers to enable highly available multi network services The Peplink MediaFast series downloads and buffers video audio iTunes iTunes U HTTP and other content for uninterrupted learning and fun anytime This manual applies to the following Peplink Balance products e Peplink Balance 20 30 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 30 LTE firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 50 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 210 310 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 380 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 580 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 710 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 1350 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink Balance 2500 firmware version v6 1 x e Peplink MediaFast200 500 firmware version v6 1 x The manual covers setting up your Peplink Balance or MediaFast and provides a collection of case studies detailing theadvanced features of the Peplink
12. 3 Re IP Address 19 221 24 1 Details Status Connected Disconnect 4 wana IP Address 123 203 209 47 Details Status Connected Disconnect 5 Bs IP Address 14 136 11 100 Details Status Connected Disconnect B wans IP Address 213 141 82 11 Details Status Connected Disconnect pJ uss IP Address none Status No Device Detected LAN Interface Router IP Address 192 168 1 1 PepVPN with SpeedFusion Status AP Controller Information Access Point 0 Online 0 Connected Clients 0 Device Information Model Peplink Balance 710 Firmware 6 1 0 build 2863 Uptime 38 days 22 hours 17 minutes CPU Load Cc 5 Throughput 0 0 Mbps 0 0 Mbps http www peplink com 62 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 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 corner 8 2 Configuration with the Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard simplifies the task of configuring WAN connection s by guiding the configuration process step by step To begin click Setup Wizard after connecting to theweb admin interface pep Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status Click Next gt gt to begin Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 1 Welcome to Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will g
13. Protecting Business Continuity E 6 Peplink Balance 580 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement 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 One RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100M 1000M LAN One RJ 45 Console Serial modem TA Port LAN Bypass from WAN5 to LAN Power Specification e AC input 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 251 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series E 7 Peplink Balance 710 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement e Wizard amp Menu Driven Web Management Interface over HTTP HTTPS e Remote R
14. Protecting Business Continuity 23 AP The AP controller acts as a centralized controller of Pepwave AP devices With this feature users will be able to customize and manage multiple APs from a single Peplink Balance interface Special Note Each Balance router can control a limited number of routers without cost To manage more a Full Edition license is required Please contact your Authorized Reseller or the Peplink Sales Team to obtain more information and price details 23 1 AP Controller Clicking on the AP tab will default to this menu where you can view basic AP management options amg OE Sopotem OR Any Approved List One senal number per line Save APController The AP controller for managing Pepwave APs can be enabled by checking this box When this option is enabled the AP controller will wait for management connections originating AP from APs over the LAN on TCP and UDP port 11753 It will also wait for captive portal Management 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 AP Controller will be added to the local DNS proxy The AP controllersupports remote management of Pepwave APs When this option is enabled the AP controllerwill 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
15. SC When DNS forwarding is enabled all clients outgoing DNS requests will also be intercepted and forwarded to the built in DNS proxy server 22 5 Service Passthrough service passthrough settings can be found atNetwork gt Misc Settings gt Service Passthrough Standard Mode Compatibility Mode Y Define custom signal ports 2 3 Enable Define custom control ports 2 3 Enable Define custom ports 1 2 3 Route IPsec Site to Site VPN via WAN 1 X Registered trademarks are copyrighted by their respective ovner http www peplink com 183 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Some Internet services need to be specially handled in a multi WAN environment The Peplink Balance can handlethese services such that Internet applications do not notice it is behind a multi WAN router Settings forservice passthrough support are available here Service Passthrough Support Session initiation protocol aka SIP is a voice over IP protocol The 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 standa
16. 6 10 4 Rear Panel Appearance Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 110 220V Pressing and holding the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit Power Switch When the unit is powered off pressingthis switch will power on the unit 6 10 5 Unit Label Appearance peplink Peplink Balance 580 Product Code BPL 580 Serial 1824 61DE 6B04 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 03 E6 68 Serial Number Default Access Username admin _ and http 192 168 1 1 Password admin LAN MAC Address Made in Taiwan C A A UELL Era http www peplink com 45 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL her Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 11 Peplink Balance 710 6 11 1 Front Panel Appearance LAN Port Console Status indicated in the front panel is as follows LED Indicator OFF Power off Power LED GREEN Power on Console pep E g a n e e Balance710 k Power LCD LAN Port WAN 1 7Ports ON 1000 Mbps OFF 100 10 Mbps Green LED 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 amp USB Ports Console Port Reserved for engineering use USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 46 258 Copyright 2014 Pepl
17. IP Protocol Port Inbound IP Address es This setting identifies the service to the system administrator Only alphanumeric and the underscore _ characters are valid The IP Protocol setting along with the Port setting specifies the protocol of the service as TCP UDP ICMP or IP Inbound traffic that matches the specified IP Protocoland Port s will be forwarded to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting Upon choosing a protocol the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu can be used to automatically the port information of common Internet services e g HTTP HTTPS etc After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu the protocol and the port number will remain 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 Q Any Port all traffic that is received by the Peplink Balance via the specified protocol is forwarded to the servers specified by the Servers setting For example iflP Protocolis set to TCP and Portis set to Any Port then all TCP traffic will be forwarded to the configured servers Single Port v Service Port 80 Any Port X Single Port traffic that is received by the Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port is forwarded via the same port to the servers specified by the Server
18. Made in Taiwan FC N LL RER BPL 2500 SFP Peplink Balance 2500 Product Code BPL 2500 SFP peplink Serial 1234 5678 9000 LAN MAC 11 22 33 44 55 66 Default Access Username admin Serial Number hittpv 182 168 1 1 Password admin and Input 100V 240V AC LAN MAC set Fe C Address ALLER ELL iipon http www peplink com 55 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 14 Peplink MediaFast 500 6 14 1 Front Panel Appearance ru Console OB GO Ob ee LCD USB Ports WAN LCD LAN WAN Status indicated in the front panel is as follows LED Indicator OFF Power off Power LED GREEN Power on LAN 1 3 Ports WAN 1 5 Ports 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 4G 3G USB modems http www peplink com 56 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 14 2 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
19. Note leave this field disabled if you are not sure http www peplink com 98 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 12 3 WAN Health Check To ensure traffic is routed to healthy WAN connections only the Peplink Balance canperiodically check the health of each WAN connection Health Check settings for each WAN connection can be independently configured via Network gt Interfaces gt WAN gt Health Check Settings Disabled 7 Health Check disabled Network problem cannot be detected Enable Health Check by selecting PING DNS Lookup or HTTPfrom the Health Check Method drop down menu Health Check Settings This setting specifies the health check method for the WAN connection Thisvalue can be Method configured as Disabled PING DNS Lookup or HTTP The default method is DNS Lookup For mobile Internet connections the value of Method can be configured as Disabled or SmartCheck Health Check Disabled Disabled 7 Health Check disabled Network problem cannot be ceterted When Disabled is chosen in the Method field the WAN connection will always be considered as up The connection will NOTbe treated as down in the event of IP routing errors Health Check Method PING Use first two ONS servers as PING Hosts ICMP pingpackets will be issued to test the connectivity with a configurable target IP address or hostname A WAN connection is
20. Peplink Balance Multi WAN Bonding Routers User Manual For Models ONE 20 30 30 LTE 50 210 310 305 380 580 7 10 1350 2500 MediaFast200 500 Peplink Balance Firmware 6 1 2 October 2014 anang Copyright amp trademarkspecifications are subject to change without prior notice Copyright 201 4Peplink 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 eceeeeccccccccccccccccccscccccccccccccccccsccccsccccscccsccccscccsccccscccsscccsccccscccsceccccees 7 2 GLOSSARY TEEECEEE EEE EEECCEEECCEEECOEEECEEECCEEECEECCEEECCEEECCEECCEEECCEECCEEECCEEECCEECCEEECCEEECCEECCEEECCEEECECEECCEEECCCECCEEEC 8 3 PRODUCT COMPARISON CHART eeeeeccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccsccccsccccscccsccccscccsccccsceccscccsceccss a 3 1 Capacity eer Cee eee ee coe ee ee eC eT ee ee eee ee eee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee a eee eee ee 9 3 2 Core Functionality TTT tir Te tee eC eT eT mme dass E TRE Re ee ee es su ee ee ee ee 10 3 3 VPN Functionality Tete CCST TE ST ET Ce ee ee eRe ee ee ee ee eee eee ee eee 11 3 4 WLAN Control Ter Tere CR err er eee eC eC CRC eee ee ee CRC ee Tee er ee eee ce ee ee eee ee 12 3 5 Advanced QoS err e TCT CC
21. Routin Control by When this function is enabled the system will check to see if an incoming DNS client is within Subnet any WAN s ISP subnet Only the matched WAN s s IP addresses will be returned Note that uone this feature is available only when a subnet database has been defined Database Click the button to define a default SOA NS record for all domain names For configuration details please refer to Section1 1 1 Emal webmaster rerosh eo EE vco E DefaultSOA pes NS werner rece 0 Save cance Whendefining a default SOA record Name Server IP Address is optional If left blank the Address A record for the same server should be defined manually in each 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 left empty When the entered name server is a fully qualified domain name FQDN the IP Address 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 Section16 3 9 for details Defaul C e a The WAN connection s with the highest priority smallest number will be chosen Those with onnec lon lower priorities will not be chosen in resolving A records unless the hig
22. Syllabus Vimeo ted Next Last Last Last Status Run Time Run Time Duration Result Download Actions Downloading 04 11 06 00 04 09 02 03 4 0B m4 x Ready 04 11 00 00 04 09 00 00 00 01 SF 4 98kB amp x Downloading 04 11 06 00 04 0906 00 amp OB m x Ready 04 11 00 00 04 09 02 03 00 01 vi 115 91 kB amp x Ready 04 11 00 00 04 09 00 00 00 01 62 26 kB L x New Schedule Clear Web Cache Clear Statistics Name Status Next Run Time Last Run Time Last Duration Result Last Download Actions New Schedule Prefetch Schedule Settings This field displays the name given to the scheduled download Check the status of your scheduled download here These fields display the date and time of the next and most recent occurrences of the scheduled download Check this field to ensure that the most recent download took as long as expected to complete A value that is too low might indicate an incomplete download or incorrectly specified download target while a value that is too long could mean a download with an incorrectly specified target or stop time This field indicates whether downloads are in progress 4 or complete Y Check this field to ensure that the most recent download file size is within the expected range A value that is too low might indicate an incomplete download or incorrectly specified download target while a value that is
23. 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 Autoin Load Distribution the weights will be automatically adjusted according to each WAN s DownloadBandwidth which is specified in the WAN settings page see Section 12Configuring the WAN Interface s If you chooseCustom you can customize the weight of each WAN manually using the provided sliders 15 2 3 Algorithm Enforced This setting specifies the WAN connection usage to be applied on the specified IP protocol andport This setting is applicable only whenAlgorithm is set toEnforced WAN 1 WAN WAN 2 WAN WAN 3 WAN WAN 4 WAN WAN 5 WAN WAN 6 WAN WAN 7 WAN WAN 8 WAN WAN 9 WAN WAN 10 WAN WAN 11 WAN WAN 12 WAN Mobile Internet Matching traffic will be routed through the specified WAN connection regardless of the health check status of the WAN connection starting fromFirmware 5 2 outbound traffic can be enforced to go through a specifiedSpeedFusion connection Available onthe Peplink Balance 210 and MediaFast 200 http www peplink com 125 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 15 2 4 Algorithm Priority This setting specifies the priority of the WAN connections used to route the specified network service The highest priority WAN connection available will always be used for routing
24. This setting specifies a subnet from which access to the SNMP server is allowed Enter subnet address here e g 192 168 1 0 and select the appropriate subnet mask To define a user name for SNMPvs click Add SNMP Userin the SNMPv3 User Nametable upon which the following screen is displayed SNMPv3 User password 7 Iprivacypassword SNMPv3 User Settings User Name This setting specifies a user name to be used in SNMPv3 This setting specifies via a drop down menu one of the following valid authentication protocols Authentication e NONE Protocol e MD5 e SHA When MD5 or SHA is selected an entry field will appear for the password This setting specifies via a drop down menu one of the following valid privacy Privacy Protocol protocols http www peplink com 213 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep e NONE e DES When DES is selected an entry field will appear for the password 24 7 InControl Save InControl is a cloud based service which allows you to manage all of your Peplink and Pepwave devices with one unified system With it you can generate reports gather statistics and configure your devices automatically All of this is now possible with InControl When this check box is checked the device s status information will be sent to the Peplink InControl system This device s usage data and configuration will be sent to the system if you enable th
25. USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 10 Configuring theLAN Interface LAN Interface settings are located atNetwork gt lnterfaces gt LAN Begin setting up your physical LAN by entering IP settings VLAN configuration will be covered following physical LAN setup Protecting Business Continuity 192 168 1 5 255 255 255 0 24 IP Address amp Enter the Peplink Balance s IP address and subnet mask values to be used on the LAN Subnet Mask Next choose port settings 1000Mbps Full Duplex Advertise Speed Disable 1 Group LAN1 LANS 2 Groups LANI LAN4 LANS LANG Port Settings The default speed setting is Auto which allows the Balance to detect and apply an Speed appropriate speed setting You can also set the speed manually as well as specify whether the speed will be advertised on the network Generally advertising port speed is necessary only when the port experiences difficulty negotiating speeds with peer devices IEEE 802 3ad Link Choose a link aggregation setting for the port or disable link aggregation here Aggregation http www peplink com 77 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity If drop In mode will be used you can configure it in the next section o O 255 255 255 0 24 ONS server 1 ONS server 2 NOTE The DHCP Server Settings will be overwritten The foll
26. 10baseT FD 10baseT HD 100baseTx FD 100baseTx HD 1000baseTx FD 47 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 11 2 Rear Panel Appearance Connector Ports RS 232 Port Reserved for engineering use Power Connector AC input 110 220V Pressing and holding the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit Power Switch When the unit is powered off pressingthis switch will power on the unit Reset Switch Press and release once to reset the system 6 11 3 Unit Label Appearance Peplink Balance 710 Product Code BPL 710 peplink Serial 1920 1033 0051 LAN MAC Serial Number Default A and etau ccess name laalli http 192 168 1 1 LAN MAC Address Made in Taiwan FC C 4 ce http www peplink com 48 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 12 Peplink Balance 1350 6 12 1 Front Panel Appearance Power WAN LCD USB Ports e s gt gt j onson peplink 3 ter Balonce1350 LCD Status indicated in the front panel is as follows LED Indicator Power LED Console OFF Power off GREEN Power on LAN Port WAN 1 13 Ports 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 co
27. 2500 MediaF ast 200 or 500 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 if Branch Office and Branch Office B make VPN connections to Headquarters C both branch office LAN subnetsand the subnets behind them i e static routes will also be advertised to 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 on the LAN settings page will be advertised to the VPN All VPN members branch offices and headquarters will be able to route to local subnets Note that all LAN subnets and the subnets behind themmust be unique Otherwise VPN members will not be able to access each other http www peplink com 106 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity All data can be routed over the VPN with 256 bit AES encryption standard To configure this navigate to Network gt SpeedFusion i i PepVPN with SpeedFusion InControl management enabled Settings can now be configured on InControl Balance_8B8E 3 Link Failure Detection Time Recommended Approx 15 secs T Fast Approx 6 secs Faster Approx 2 secs Extreme Under 1 sec Shorter detection time incurs more heal
28. Admin User Nameis set as admin by default but can be changed if desired This field allows you to specify a new administrator password Confirm Admin This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password Password Read only User Read only User Nameis set as user by default but can be changed if desired Name User Password This field allows you to specify a new user password Once the user password is set the http www peplink com 203 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series Confirm User Password Front Panel Passcode Web Session Timeout Authentication by RADIUS Auth Protocol Auth Server Auth Server Secret Auth Timeout Accounting Server Accounting Server Secret Network Connection Restricted Admin Access CLI SSH amp Console CLI SSH Port CLI SSH Access Security http www peplink com peplink Protecting Business Continuity read only user feature will be enabled This field allows you to verify and confirm the new user password To require a 4 digit passcode to access front panel controls check this box and then select the code from the drop down menus This field specifies the number of hours and minutes that a web session can remain idle before the Balance terminatesits access to the web admin interface By default it is set to4 hours With this box is checked the web admin will authenticate using an ext
29. Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity AP Name Serial Number Online Status Managed APs This field enables you to quickly find your device if you know its name or serial number Fill in the field to begin searching Partial names and serial numbers are supported This button toggles weather your search will include offline devices This table displays the MAC address IP address firmware version and specific configurations of each device Clicking the Detsits button for each device will display the following menu are ponora o y er wo p RE fo ooo Here you can edit the name and location of your AP You can also choose the channel to transmit from You can also batch configure devices on this table by selecting the items you wish to CT configure then clicking Set Firmware Pack _ After selecting your devices you wish to configure click Set Firmware Pack ko reach the following menu Selected Devices S N 1 2830 BF7F 694C Select the pull down menu to choose a firmware pack for the devices that you have selected After selecting your devices you wish to configure click Change AP Profile to reach the following menu Selected Devices S S eae cl Select the pull down menu to choose an AP profile for the devices that you have selected http www peplink c
30. Copyright Peplink Al rights reserve Admin account User account UI UI A web login session will pe 1ogged out automatically when t nas peen iaie 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 specialsituations as it will lower the system security level if users do not logout before closing the browser Default 4 hours 0 minutes For security reasons 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 Administrative settings configuration is located atSystem gt Admin Security http www peplink com 202 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Balance _090C hostname balance 09dc 4 Hours 0 Minutes q Yi Hide Characters LAN v by Management Port Only Y Enable 8822 Default LAN WAN HTTP 80 Default LAN Only Admin Settings This field allows you to define a name for this Peplink Balance unit By default Router Router Name 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 Admin Password
31. Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention High Availability http www peplink com 17 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity MediaFast 500 A 500 B 20 30 50 30LTE 210 710 1350 2500 Mediarast CS EN EN EE 7 ni ss yoy 12V sl i Lu 100V Power Input En 18V D4Y 24V to 100Vto 12V 48V 100V to p 240 240 240 240V 240V AC DC 240V AC AC DC AC DC or ER Sesion High Availability LAN Bypass LAN Bypass X Dimensions en Er 1Ux 1Ux 1Ux 1Ux 1Ux PARAR 1U x H x W x D 2 3cm 27 8cm 37 9cm 39 8cm 55cm 2 8cm 13 ais 15 9cm http www peplink com 18 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 4 Product Features Peplink Balance series products enable all LAN users to sharebroadband Internet connections and provide advanced features to enhance Internet access The following is a list of supported features 4 1 Supported Network Features 4 1 1 WAN e Multiple public IP support DHCP PPPoE static IP address e Static IP support for PPPoE e 10 100 1000Mbps Ethernet connection in full nalf duplex e Built in HSPA and EVDO cellular modems available on Peplink Balance 30 LTE e USB mobile connection only one USB modem can be connected at a time e Drop in mode on selectable WAN port with MAC address passthrough a
32. Link status gt WAN1 gt WAN2 ies gt WAND5 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 s gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN5 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN5 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN5 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Reboot Yes No gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN5 http www peplink com 57 258 peplink Protecting Business Continuity a gt Power off D Reboot gt 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 Kops shows transfer rate in Kops 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 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Power Switch USER MANUAL 6 14 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 100 240V
33. Pressing and holding the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit Power Switch When the unit is powered off pressingthis switch will power on the unit http www peplink com 58 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 7 Installation The following section details connecting the Peplink Balance to your network 7 1 Preparation Before installingyour Peplink Balance please prepare the following e Atleast one Internet WAN access account e For each network connection one 10 100BaseT UTP cable with RJ45 connector or one 1000BaseT Cat5E UTP cable for the Gigabit port on the Balance 580 710 1350 2500 or one USB modem for the USB WAN port on the Balance 305 380 580 7 10 1350 2500 MediaFast e A computer with the TCP IP network protocol and a web browser installed Supported browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 0 andabove MozillaFirefox 10 0andabove Apple Safari 5 1andabove and Google Chrome 18andabove 7 2 Constructing the Network At the high level construct the network according to the following steps 1 With anEthernetcable connect a computer to one of the LAN ports on the Peplink Balance For the Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 210 and 310 repeat with different cables for up to 4computers to be connected 2 With another Ethernetcable connect the WAN broadband modem to one of the WAN ports on the Peplink Balance Repeat
34. Protecting Business Continuity 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 PPTP user accountsfor n vi al Click Add to input username and password to create an account After adding the user accounts you can click on a username to edit the account password Click 2 to delete the account in its corresponding row Important Note The PPTP server will be disabled automatically if the Balance is deployed in drop in mode User Accounts 22 3 Certificate Manager Certificate Manager This section allows you to assign certificates for local VPN and web admin SSL The local keys will not be transferred to another device by any means 22 4 Service Forwarding service forwarding settings are located atNetwork gt Misc Settings gt Service Forwarding SMTP Forwarding Setup Web Proxy Forwarding Setup O Web proxy Forwarding EE DNS Forwarding Setup ease RE 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 Forwarding 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
35. Solution You can test the LAN connection using ping For example if you are using DOS Windows at the command prompt typeping 192 168 1 1 This pingsthe Peplink Balance device provided that Peplink Balance s IP is 192 168 1 1 to test whether the connection to the Peplink Balance is OK Problem 5 What can do if suspect a problem on my Internet WAN connection Solution You can test the WAN connection usingping as in the solution toProblem 4 As we want to isolate the problems from the LAN pingwill be performed from thePeplink Balance By using Ping Tracerouteunder the Statustab of the Peplink Balance you may able to find 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 that does not solve the problem you can try the MTU 1492 if a connection is DSL If problem still persists change the size to progressive smaller values until your problem is resolved e g 1462 1440 1420 1400 etc http www peplink com 245 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Appendix E Product Specifications E 1 Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE and 50 Routing e Flexible Custom Outbound Routi
36. The IP network refers to all private IP addresses and ranges managed by the LAN host Network The system maps these addresses to a number of public IP addresses specified below to facilitate outbound traffic This option is only available when IP Network is selected This setting specifies the WAN connections and corresponding WAN specific Internet IP addresses on which the system should bind Any access to the specified WAN connection s and IP address es will be forwarded to the LAN host This option is only available when IP Address is selected in the LAN Client s field Inbound Mappings Note 1 Inbound mapping is not needed for WAN connections in drop in mode or IP forwarding mode Note 2 Each WAN IP address can be associated to one NAT mapping only This setting specifies the WAN IP addresses should be used whenanIP 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 still choose default here then customize the outbound access rule in the Outbound Policy section Note 2 WAN connections in drop in mode or IP forwarding mode are not shown here Click Save to save the settings when configuration has been completed Importan
37. WAN Setup gt Step 5 Choose the preferred WAN Port s that 1s 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 up Preferred CE CE ob meet Choose the time zone of your country region Check the box Show allto display all time zone options Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 6 Choose time zone of your Country Region GMT 07 00 Krasnoyarsk Show all Check in the following screen to make sure all settings have been configured correctly and then click Save Settingsto confirm Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Final 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 WAN 1 Time Zone Settings lt lt Back Save Settings Cancel After finishing the last step in the setup wizard clickApply Changeson the page header to allowthe configuration changes to take effect http www peplink com 66 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 8 3 Advanced Setup Advanced settings can be configured from the Network menu WAN connections can be configured by entering the corresponding WAN connection informationatNetwork gt lnterfaces gt WAN Protecting Business Continuity Dashboard Setup Wizard Network AP System Status Interfaces a WAN qe TE CE ason
38. e One RJ 45 Console Serial Port Power Specification e AC input 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 249 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity E 5 Peplink Balance 380 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement 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 Serial Port Power Specification e AC input 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 250 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep
39. the 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 Default NX Gateway IP 77 55 33 1 Peplink Balance Local Area Network P 23 24 55 10 IP 23 24 55 11 http www peplink com 235 258 Copyright 2014 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 LAN users The mail server is external to the network The connections are ADSL WAN1 with slow uplink and fast downlink and Metro Ethernet WAN2 symmetric C 1 2 Solution For optimal performance with this configuration individually set the WAN load balance according to the characteristics of each service e Web browsing mainly downloads data sending e mails mainly consumes upload bandwidth e Both connectionsoffer good download speeds WAN2 offers good upload speeds e Define WAN1 and WAN2 s inbound and outbound bandwidths to be 3M 512k and 4M 4M respectively This will ensure that outbound traffic is more likely to be routed through WAN2 e For HTTP set the weight to 3 4 e For SMTP set the weight to 1 8 such that users will have a greater chance to be routed via WAN2 when sending e mail http www peplink com 23
40. BB 08 AC FD associated with Wireless_11a Client 60 67 20 24 B6 4C disassociated from Marketing_11a Client A8 BB CF E1 0F 1E disassociated from Balance_11a Client A8 68 CF E1 0F 1E associated with Balance_11a Client 60 67 20 24 B6 4C associated with Marketing_11a Client 00 21 64 35 59 A4 associated with Balance_ila Client 60 67 20 24 B6 4C disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 00 21 6A 35 59 A4 disassociated from Balance_11a Client F4 B7 E2 16 35 E9 associated with Balance_11ia Client 84 7A 88 78 1E 4B associated with Balance_11a Client 90 89 31 0D 11 EC disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 90 89 31 0D 11 EC roamed to Marketing_11a at 2830 BFC8 D230 Client E8 8D 28 A8 43 93 associated with Balance_11a Client E8 8D 28 A8 43 93 roamed to Balance_11a from 2830 BF7F 694C Client CC 3A 61 89 07 F3 associated with Wireless_11a Client 60 67 20 24 B6 4C associated with Marketing_11a Client 60 67 20 24 B6 4C disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 00 26 BB 08 AC FD disassociated from Wireless_11a Client 00 26 BB 08 AC FD associated with Wireless_11a Client 8C 3A E3 3F 17 62 associated with Balance_11a 23 6 AP Status A detailed breakdown of the status of each device is available at AP gt Status The information is organized by device groups as defined in Section 22 3 Default 0 online ve Offline Units AP Name Sev bee O http www peplink com CTI ET Set Firmware Pack hange AP Profile 199 258
41. BY AN INCORRECT TYPE DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS 2 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may Cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur ina particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from thatto which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician fo
42. 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 before upgrading to Firmware 6 1 Important Note to Users of the Peplink Balance 30 Classic Edition Firmware 5 0 or above is NOT applicable to the Peplink Balance 30 Classic Edition For more information onidentifying the generation of your Peplink Balance 30 please visit our knowledge base at lt http www peplink com index php view fag amp id 231 amp path 16 gt http www peplink com 7 258 Copyright 2014 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 3rd generation standards for wireless communications e q 4G Ath generation standards for wireless communications e g DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS Domain Name System EVDO Evolution Data Optimized FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol IP Internet Protocol LAN Local Area Network MAC Address Media Access Control Address MTU Maximum Transmission Unit MSS Maximum Segment Size NAT Network Address Translation PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Qos Quality of Service SNMP simple Network Management Protocol
43. CCR ds Che ananas ass ie 181 22 4 Service Forwarding 181 22 5 Service Passthrough Nasa ss essai eer eee TEC TC ERR CECE ERR CE CREE OCEE CREP CECE CE eee eee 183 23 ECTEE EEE EE CCE EE CEE ELEC CEEECEEECCEEECCEECCEECCEEECCEEECCEECCOEECCEEECCEECCEEECCEECCCEECCEEECCEEECCEECCCEECCEECCCEECCEEECCEECCCEEC 185 23 1 AP Controller Tec Ter TT ete eT eee Te TT eee Tee eee Te ee Ce ee ee CRE Eee ee ee ee 185 23 2 Wireless SSID Trt Ce Te CELT ET TLE TEE EET ET EET TET ET EE CE Te EO ee Cee Te ce 186 23 3 Profiles sise TT CT eee Te eee Te eT CC eC eT eT CTC Tee Te eT eT ECC EE eRe Le ee a ee ee ee 192 23 4 Info DR nn nn nn nn nn nn nn mm CoCo ee eee ee ee ee 196 23 5 Usage Teeviite TT te LT TET TT ET CCC TEE eT eee eT ee ee ee Cee ee ee ee ee ee ee 197 23 6 AP Status TEPERERELELEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EE TEETER EEE 199 23 7 Rogue AP Tecer ee Cee eee eee ee eT eee ee Te ee ee eee ee eee Te ee Tee ee Ce EC ee er ee 201 23 8 Toolbox Citic CTT re ee ee TT E A A A ET Te eT er ee ee ee ee 201 24 SYSTEM SETTINGS cecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccsccccsccccsccccscccsceccscccsscccsccccscccsscccscccsscccccecess 202 24 1 Admin Security TTT CTL Te eT Te RT CTC TET Tee Te Tee eT Te TT Te Te eT tions 202 24 2 Firmware TT ee 206 24 3 Time u550u0555550uBNEENNENNNENNNENHNNESHNSNHREENNNNHHNESENNESHNBEEHENHNEENNNSNEREEHNSNERESENENNN 208 24 4 Email Notification nee rT Tier LT eT CTT ETT CET CLERC CECE Ce Ce eT Cee ee hi 209 24 5 Event Log 21 1 24 6 SNMP nn nn nn nn
44. Ce CT ee ee ee 27 6 4 Peplink Balance 30 LTE A ey CTS ER A AA A AA AA eC E E 29 6 5 Peplink Balance 5O TTT eT Te Tee Te Te eee ee ee eee E CTE eee CCE Ee E eee eo 31 6 6 Peplink Balance 21 0 Totter tC CT ee Te Tee Te eT ee Te CRT CCST CoRR COR CRS A intenses 33 6 7 Peplink Balance 31 0 TCT eT AT TCT CR ee Ce TE eR ORC OTe ee ee 35 6 8 Peplink Balance 305 Te 3 7 6 9 Peplink Balance 380 SR 40 6 10 Peplink Balance 580 EE CT eT CL Le Ce EL RE LCT TR CCRT CR ee ee A 43 6 11 Peplink Balance 71 0 a CTC Te Ce CET ETE E E CECE COCE CCR E 46 6 12 Peplink Balance 1350 Tere Te eT ee REE CET CTE CT ee eA CCPC R ECCS CORE CORO ORE CR eT On eee ee oe 49 6 13 Peplink Balance 2500 Tritt err ee A Oe eT ET ee CR TT eee ee ee ee ee eee 52 http www peplink com 2 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 6 14 Peplink MediaFast 500 TTT E E Ee Ce eT eC ee Ce eC Ee OR CRC RC ee A eee eee ee 56 Protecting Business Continuity 7 INSTALLATION cececcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccccccsccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccsccccsccccsccccscecsceccsceccscccsceccccees 59 7 1 Preparation EEE 59 7 2 Constructing the Network Crt iC Ti CCP ere ETE NETO CEE Re ECOL RC Ce CT CRT CRC Ce ee ee ae oe eee 59 7 3 Configuring the Network Environment Tete eT Tee eT ee eT ee TT LE seeds 61 8 BASIC CONFIGURATION eceecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccscccccscccccs
45. Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 13 2 The Peplink Balance Behind a NAT Router The Peplink Balance supports establishing SpeedFusion over WAN connections which are behind a NAT network address translation router To enable a WAN connection behind a NAT router to accept VPN connections you can configure the NAT router in front of the WAN connection to inbound port forward TCP port 32015 to the Peplink Balance lf one or more WAN connections onUnit 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 enterall of Unit A s public IP addresses or hostnames into Unit B sRemotelP Addresses Host Namesfield Leave the field in Unit A blank With thissetting a SpeedFusion connection can be set up and all WAN connections on both sides will be utilized see the following diagram for an example of this setup in use Pepwave MAX c Router B 192 168 3 x 212 24 2 2 Non NAT router NAT router Router A One of the WANs connected toBalance A is non NAT d 212 1 1 1 The rest of the WANs connected toBalance A and all WANs connected toBalance B are NAT d In thiscase the Peer IP Addresses Host Names field forBalance B should be filled with all of Balance A s hostnames 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 c
46. IP address of the authoritative name server An entry in this field is optional 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 http www peplink com 140 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity format should be mai box 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 and the refresh above has expired e Expire Indicates the time in seconds when the zone data is no longer authoritative This option applies to slave DNS servers only e Min Time ls 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 16 3 6 NS Records The NS Recordstable shows the NS servers and TTL that correspond to the domain The NS record of the name ser
47. IPsec VPN always on Outbound Policy Inbound Access a Servers Services a ONS Settings NAT Mappings Captive Portal Qos a User Groups s Bandwidth Control a Application Firewall Disabled L e Access Rules me Ti Please refer to Section 12 Configuring the WAN Interface s for details on setting up DHCP static IP PPPoE and mobile Internet connections http www peplink com 67 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 8 4 Cellular WAN To access cellular WAN settings click Network gt WAN gt Details WAN Connection Status Priority 1 Highest Connected Connected Priority 2 ta Cellular alll Standby Priority 3 PS Wi Fi war Disabled Details Take Disabled Details Available on the Peplink 30 LTE only Cellular 1 Status HEX A100001F DC038 270113180708241208 Cellular Status This is the International Mobile Subscriber Identity which uniquely identifies the SIM card IMSI _ This is applicable to 3G modems only The Balance 30 LTE supports both HSPA and EV DO For Sprint or Verizon Wireless EV MEID DO users a unique MEID identifier code in hexadecimal format is used by the carrier to associate the EV DO device with the user This information is presented in hex and decimal format ESN This serves the same purpose as MEID HEX but uses an older
48. LAN IP Range amp These settings allocate a range of IP address that will be assigned to LAN computers by the Subnet Mask Peplink Balance s DHCP server This setting specifies the length of time throughout which an IP address of a DHCP client Lease Time remains valid Upon expiration of Lease Time the assigned IP address will no longer be valid and the IP address assignment must be renewed This option allows you to input the DNS server addresses to be offered to DHCP clients If DNS Servers 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 may choose to use the built in WINS server or external WINS servers When this unit is connected using SpeedFusion other VPN peers can share this unit s WINS Server built in WINS server by entering this unit s LAN IP address in their DHCP WINS Servers setting Therefore all PC clients in the VPN can resolve the NetBIOS names of other clients in remote peers lf you have enabled this option a list of WINS clients will be displayed at Status WINS Clients BOOTP Check this box to enable BOOTP on older networks that still require it In addition to standard DHCP options e g DNS server address gateway address subnet mask you can specify the value of additional extended DHCP options as defined in RFC 2132 With these e
49. LCD LAN LCD http www peplink com 52 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Status indicated in the front panel is as follows LED Indicator Protecting Business Continuity OFF Power off Power LED GREEN Power on LAN andWAN 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 53 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 13 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 gt gt WAN13 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 e gt WAN13 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN13 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN13 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Reb
50. MB 98 385 MB 93 417 MB Status http www peplink com 230 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series Connection AI WAN Scale MB GB 25000 ME EN Dovmlead Upload 0000 me Ml Total 15000 MB 10000 ME 3000 ME 11 12 11 15 11 18 11 21 11 24 11 27 2010 12 09 728 MB 2010 12 08 3 893 MB IP Address 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 LEL ME Click on a specific date to receivea breakdown of all client pepiink Protecting Business Continuity 12 05 12 06 12 09 26 650 MB 3 991 MB 176 71 ME 117 40 ME LL usage for that date http www peplink com 231 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 26 8 4 Monthly This page shows the monthly bandwidth usage for each WAN connection lf you have enabled Bandwidth Monitoringfeature as shown in Section12 4 you can check the usage of each particular connection and view the information byBilling Cycle or byCalendar Month Click the first two rows to view the client bandwidth usage in the last two months This feature is not available if you have chosen to view the bandwidth of an individual WAN connection The scale of the graph can be set to displaymegabytes MB or gigabytes GB Connection All WAN Scale MB GE 250000 MB ME Download Upload 200000 MB M
51. MediaFast Configuration MediaFast settings can be configured from the Network menu 9 1 Setting Up MediaFast Content Caching To access MediaFast content caching settings select Network gt Cache Control Cache Control Cache on all domains Cache the specified domains only Do not cache the specified domains ted com Video v Audio Images OS Application Updates Lifetime days __ mo p 8 gt Cache Control Settings Choose to Cache on all domains or enter domain names and then choose either Cache the specified domains only or Do not cache the specified domains Domain Check these boxes to cache the listed content types or leave boxes unchecked to disable caching for the listed types Content Type Enter a file extension such as JPG or DOC Then enter a lifetime in days to specify how long files with that extension will be cached Add or delete entries using the controls on the right Cache Lifetime Settings http www peplink com 74 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 9 2 Scheduling Content Prefetching Content prefetching allows you to download content on a schedule that you define which can help to preserve network bandwidth during busy times and keep costs down To access MediaFast content prefetching settings select Network gt Prefetch Schedule Name Course Progress National Geog
52. Range Port Map and Range Mapping Any Port Any Port all traffic that is received by the 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 Port D Single Fort Service Port Single Port traffic that is received by the 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 the Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the Port specified port range is forwarded via the same respective ports to the LAN hosis specified by the Servers setting For example with IP Protocol set to TCP and Port set to Port Range and Service Ports 80 88 TCP traffic received on ports 80 through 88 is forwarded to the configured servers via the respective ports O 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 Po
53. TCP Transmission Control Protocol UDP User Datagram Protocol VPN Virtual Private Network VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol WAN Wide Area Network WINS Windows Internet Name Service WLAN Wireless Local Area Network 210 Refers to Peplink Balance 210 310 380 580 710 1350 2500 380 Refers to Peplink Balance 380 580 710 1350 2500 http www peplink com 8 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 3 Product Comparison Chart l MediaFast MediaFast 500 pape 30 LTE 1350 2500 a TETN TT WAN Ports GbE Internet 5 7 12 ree USB WAN 4 i Modem Port Embedded LTE Modem 5000 Recommended 50 300 500 1000 Users 500 1000 2000 5000 7 SARUN Router 100M 100M 100M 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 8Gbps 250M Throughput MediaFast 200 has WAN 1 activated To activate WAN 2 a Load Balancing or SpeedFusion license is required MediaFast 500 B WAN ports 1 5 are active by default Load balancing or SpeedFusion license is required to activate MediaFast 500 A WAN ports 2 5 http www peplink com Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity MediaFast 500 A500 B MediaFast 200 20 30 50 380 580 710 1350 2500 9 mart R TO Core Functionality Load Balancing amp Support Scheduled Content Caching A
54. This setting specifies the DNS Domain Name System servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection Selecting Obtain DNS server address automatically results in the DNS servers assigned by the PPPoE server being used for outbound DNS lookups over the WAN connection The DNS servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned from the PPPoE server When Use the following DNS server address es is selected you can put custom DNS server addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 fields This option allows you to choose whether to remain connected or disconnectwhen this WAN connection is no longer in the highest priority and has entered the standby state When Remain connected is chosen setting this WAN connection asactivewill make it immediately available for use http www peplink com 70 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep When Internet traffic is not detected within the user specified timeframe the modem will Idle Disconnect automatically disconnect Once the traffic is resumed by the LAN host the connection will be reactivated Protecting Business Continuity Health Check Settings Thi i Il ify the health check method for th llul tion Heath Check IS setting allows you to specity the health check method tor the cellular connection The available options are Disabled Ping DNS Lookup HTTP and SmartCheck Met
55. a 243 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOT I NGeeeeeeccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccccccccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsccccscees 244 APPENDIX E PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS cececccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccscccsccccsccccscccsccccscees 246 FE 1 Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE and 5O ToC TRC CR Te eR Te ee Le ee ee Cr ee 246 FE 2 Peplink Balance 21 0 and 310 A AA Te ee Tee ee Ce Te Ce eee EE 247 E 3 Peplink Balance 380 TIT CCT Core CR Ae ee Pe ee RPC RET ee E E 248 E 4 Peplink Balance 305 Trl ti TTC CTT TIT Te TCT CTE ORC ETE CT CLEC CLOT Cee eee Te ee eT ee ee 249 E5 Peplink Balance 380 TCT CTT TTR a Ce PCR Te TC CCR eee ee ee A ee ee 250 E 6 Peplink Balance 580 TreC Tee Te CCT Ce Le eC Te Ce Cee CCE ECE CECE CEO RC EE CCE CREE CER EGE oT 251 E 7 Peplink Balance 71 0 sistema indien ane uses Rs esse Be ee ee ee ee eee 252 E 8 Peplink Balance 1350 TTrtrT Tre ce Tere TT Tee Tee eT eT PCC CE CECE CCCEC CECT CECE CEE ns seen 253 E 9 Peplink Balance 2500 Terr Sense run Tee Te RAC CEE CRP CR EC ORE CCRC RR CORE eR en ee 254 FE 1 0 Peplink MediaFast 200 500 Tete ye Ee TCT OPEC TT CL CC CCT CRORE CCE CR CROCE CRORE ECR CES CC ee oe 255 http www peplink com 5 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep APPENDIX E DECLARATION sicscciscssanaccedccwssicsussnnvaceansnsscsannasanseacannceasseducesaeianessasenessaimaescemnascncnan 256 Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 6 258 Copyright
56. click on its associated connection name in the leftmost column http www peplink com 115 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Main Mode All WANs need to have Static IP Aggressive Mode Group 2 MODP 1024 Group 5 MODP 1536 seconds Default Group 2 MODP 1024 Group 5 MODP 1536 seconds Default IPsec VPN Settings Name This field is for specifying a local name to represent this connection profile When this box is checked this IPsec VPN connection profile will be enabled Otherwise it Active will be disabled onnaa apon Check this b d select a WAN t t to this VPN automatically when th ified Disconnection 222 this box and select a o connect to this automatically when the specifie WAN is disconnected of Remote Enter the remote peer s public IP address For Aggressive Mode this is optional http www peplink com 116 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Gateway IP Address Host Name Local Networks Remote Networks Authentication Mode Force UDP Encapsulation Pre shared Key Remote Certificate pem encoded Local ID Remote ID Phase 1 IKE Proposal Phase 1 DH Group Phase 1 SA Lifetime Phase 2 ESP Proposal Phase 2 PFS Protecting Business Continuity Enter the local LAN subnets here If you have defined
57. com 14 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL _ Peplink Balance Series Wizard gt EE ee Lookup Vas ETA C E E AE AE DE AE E IE DR ME sane T e Inbound Access Services Outbound Policy upport Service SMTP Web Proxy DNS Forwarding Protecting Business Continuity Service Passthrough Ping Traceroute PepVPN Test Analyzer ii Fe be De bebe De owe ue x y Ves ves Yes Yes Yes Ves ve CLI Support CLI Support http www peplink com 15 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity i MediaFast MediaFast 500 A 200 500 B JSE JE De s Yes Y 20 30 50 30 LTE 210 310 380 580 710 1350 2500 Device Web Administrative Yes Yes Yes Yes Interface Admin User Access Yes Yes Yes Yes Levels Active Client List Active Session List WINS Client List Bandwidth Allowance Yes Yes Yes Yes Monitor Web Reporting Yes Yes Yes Yes Services Email Notification Syslog SNMP v1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes a Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7 lt ep Yes es e Yes Yes Yes http www peplink com 16 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series ER InControl e pe ye f e wee f Ye pwee f Yee foye ove oye CT Health Check Protecting Business Continuity S AG Portal ee
58. considered as up if pingresponses are received from either one or both of the pinghosts This setting specifies IP addresses or hostnames with which connectivity is to be tested via ICMP ping If Use first two DNS servers as Ping Hosts is checked the target pinghost will PING Hosts bethe first DNS server for the corresponding WAN connection Reliable pinghosts with a high uptime should be considered By default the first two DNS servers of the WAN connection are used as the pinghosts Health Check Method DNS Lookup GA ONS Lookup Rost 1 Host 2 lt Use first two DNS servers as Health Check DNS Servers Include public DNS servers DNS lookups will be issued to test connectivity with target DNS servers The connection will be treated as up if DNS responses are received from one or both of the servers regardless of whether the result was positive or negative http www peplink com 99 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity This field allows you to specify two DNS hosts IP addresses 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 Host 1 must be filled whilea value for Host 2 is optional Health Check if include public DNS servers is selected and no re
59. consists of the network address subnet mask and gateway address The address and subnet mask values are inw x y zformat Static Route 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 to create a new route Press x to remove a route the local subnets Press WINS Server Settings Enable Check the box to enable the WINS Server A list of WINS clients will be displayed at Status WINS Clients Finally enter any needed DNS proxy settings Once all settings have been entered http www peplink com 80 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity click Save to store your changes IP Address po ee ES EE 2 connection Current status 10 90 0 1 WAN 1 10 88 3 1 168 95 1 1 10 90 0 1 WAN 2 10 88 3 1 168 95 1 1 WAN 4 LI WAN 5 WAN 7 Mobile Internet Connection DNS Servers Required DNS Proxy Settings Preferred Connections To enable the DNS proxy feature check this box and then set up the feature at Network gt LAN gt DNS Proxy Settings Enable 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 for each WAN connection This field is to enable DNS caching on the built in D
60. format IMEI This is the unique ID for identifying the modem in GSM HSPA mode http www peplink com 68 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series WAN Connection Settings Cellular 1 Default HSPA Sprint EV DO Verizon EV bO gt NAT IP Forwarding WAN Connection Settings WAN Connection This field is for defining a name to represent this WAN connection Name Network Mode Users have to specify the network they are on accordingly This option allows you to select the routing method to be used in routing IP frames via the WAN connection The mode can be either NAT network address translation or IP Routing Mode Forwarding Click the 4 button to enable IP forwarding Cellular Settings WCDMA WCDMA WCDMA WCDMA WCOMA WCDMA HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA HSUPA HSUPA HSUPA HSUPA HSUPA H SUP A j HSPA HSPA HSPA HSPA HSPA HSPA 800 MHZ 850 MHZ 900 MHZ 1700 MHz 1900 MHz 2100 MHZ GSM GPRS GSM GPRS GSM GPRS GSM GPRS EDGE EDGE EDGE EDGE 850 MHz 900 MH 1800 MHz 1900 MHz Cellular Settings Band selection to restrict cellular on a particular band Click on the button to enable the 3G 2G selection of specific bands http www peplink com 69 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Aut
61. in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 http www peplink com gt Reboot Yes No showsfirmware version shows serial number shows current time shows system uptime sincelast 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 Kops shows transfer rate in Kops 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 38 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink B USER MANUAL n s Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 8 4 Rear Panel Appearance Power Switch Power Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 110 220V Pressing and holding the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit When the unit is powered off pressingthis switchwill power on the unit Power Switch 6 8 5 Unit Label Appearance Peplink Balance 305 Product Code BPL 305 peplink Serial 1824 A94A 3A
62. inbound rule is set as Deny a corresponding Allow firewall rule will be required http www peplink com 170 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 20 1 1 1 Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention Cancel The Balance can detect and prevent intrusions and denial of service DoS attacks from the Internet To turn on this feature click check the Enablecheck box for the Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention and press the Savebutton When this feature is enabled the Balance will detect and prevent the following kinds of intrusions and denial of service attacks e Port scan NMAP FIN URG PSH Xmas tree Another Xmas tree Null scan SYN RST o SYN FIN e SYN flood prevention e Ping flood attack prevention O O O O http www peplink com 171 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 20 1 2 Web Blocking Ft t b t 20 1 2 1 Web Blocking Enter an appropriate website address and the Peplink Balance will block and disallow LAN PPTP SpeedFusion peer clients to access these websites Exceptions can be added using the instructions in Sections20 1 2 2 and20 1 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 middle For example If you enter foobar then www
63. kpbs to imi connected clients upstream bandwidth Enter 0 to allow ae unlimited upstream bandwidth Limit Client Ent lue in kpbs to limit ted clients d t bandwidth Enter 0 lI Downstream nter a value in kpbs to limi connecte clients downstream bandwidth Enter 0 to allow Limit unlimited downstream bandwidth Max Number Enter the maximum number of clients that can simultaneously connect to the wireless network of Clients or enter 0 to allow an unlimited number of connections http www peplink com 190 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL oe Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Firewall Settings Firewall Settings Choose Flexible Allow all except or Lockdown Block all except to turn on the firewall then create rules for the firewall exceptions by clicking New Rule See the discussion below for details on creating a firewall rule To delete a rule click the associated X button To turn off the firewall select Disable Firewall Mode Firewall Rule OK Cancel Firewall Rule Name Enter a descriptive name for the firewall rule in this field Type Choose Port Domain IP Address or MAC Address to allow or deny traffic from any of YP those identifiers Depending on the option chosen the following fields will vary Choose TCP or UDP from the Protocol drop down menu to allow or deny traffic using either of those protocols From the Port drop
64. or not to advertise the speed to the peer by selecting Advertise Speed This setting specifies the maximum transmission unit By default MTU is set to Custom MTU 1440 You may adjust the MTU value by editing the text field Click Default to restore the default MTU value Select Auto and the appropriate MTU value will be automatically detected The auto detection will run each time the WAN connection establishes This setting should be configured based on the maximum payload size that the local system MSS can handle The MSS maximum segment size is computed by takingthe MTU and subtracting40 bytes for TCP over IPv4 If MTU is set to Auto MSS will also be set automatically By default MSS is set to Auto This setting allows you to configure the MAC address Some service providers e g cable MAC providers identify the client s MAC address and require the client to always use the same Address MAC address to connect to the network In such cases change the WAN interface s MAC address to the original client PC s MAC addressvia this field The default MAC address is a Clone 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 VLAN required by your service provider you can enable this field and enter the VLAN ID that the provider requires
65. peplink com 224 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 26 3 Client List The client list table is located at Status gt Client List lt lists DHCP and online client IP addresses names retrieved from the DHCP reservation table or defined by users current download and upload rate and MAC address Clients can be imported into the DHCP reservation table by clicking the button on the right Further update the record after the import by going to Network gt LAN Online Clients Only DHCP Clients Only 192 168 1 100 Scale kbps Mbps If the PPTP server see Section 22 2 SpeedFusion see Section12 1 or AP controller seeSection 18 is enabled you may see the corresponding connection name listed in the Namefield 26 4 WINS Client The WINS client list table is located at Status gt WINS Client IP Address Flush All The WINS client table lists the IP addresses and names of WINS clients This option will only be available when you have enabled the WINS server see section 0 The names of clients retrieved will be automatically matched into the Client List see previous section Click Flush All to flush all WINS client records http www peplink com 225 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 26 5 SpeedFusion St
66. powered off pressingthis switch will power on the unit Power Switch 6 9 5 Unit Label Appearance Peplink Balance 380 Product Code BPL 380 peplink Serial 1824 6144 F2A7 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 03 DF 30 Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Default Access sername admin http 192 168 1 1 Passwe Made in Taiwan http www peplink com http www peplink com 42 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 10 Peplink Balance 580 6 10 1 Front Panel Appearance LAN Power alk USB e link Balance580 Console LCD 6 10 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 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 43 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 10 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 Syst
67. the built in portal Image Message If you have any additional messages for your users enter them in this field Terms amp If you would like to use your own set of terms and conditions please enter them here If Conditions left empty the built in portal will display the default terms and conditions Custom Landing Fill in this field to redirect clients to an external URL Page http www peplink com 161 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 19 QoS 19 1 1 User Groups LAN and PPTP clients can be categorized into three user groups Manager Staff and Guest This menu 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 BandwidthControl 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 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 bottom They are All DHCP reservation clients and Everyone and they cannot be removed The All DHCP reservation client representsthe LAN clients defined in the DHCP Reservation table on the LAN s
68. the proxy server Web Proxy specified in Web Proxy Interception Settings will be intercepted These connections 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 Forwarding When this option is enabled all outgoing DNS lookups will be intercepted and DNS Forwarding redirected to the built in DNS name server http www peplink com 181 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series pep If any LAN device is using the DNS name servers of a WAN connection you may want to enable this option to enhance the DNS availability without modifying the DNS server setting 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 22 4 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 theinterception and redirection of all outgoing SMTP connections destined for TCP port 25 via a WAN connection to the WAN s corresponding SMTP server sw rowarana To enable the feature select Enable under SMTP Forwarding Setup CheckEna
69. this WAN connection Enter the IP Address List 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 103 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 12 6 Dynamic DNS Settings The Peplink Balance allows registeringdomain 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 hostname With dynamic DNS service enabled for a WAN connection you can connect to your WAN s IP address externally even if its IP address is dynamic You must 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 the Peplink Balance will connect to the dynamic DNS service provider to update the provider sIP address records The settings for dynamic DNS service provider s and the association of hostname s are configured via Network gt Interfaces gt WAN gt Dynamic DNS Settings Protecting Business Continuity Disabled changelp com Required dynd
70. 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 InMain Mode this allows setting up to sixencryption standards in descending order of priority to be used for the IP data that is being transferred InAggressive Mode only one selection is permitted Perfect forward secrecy PFS ensures that if a key was compromised the attacker will be http www peplink com 117 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Group able to access only the data protected by that key 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 Phase 2 SA This setting specifies the lifetime limit of this Phase 2 Security Association By default it is Lifetime set at 28800 seconds WAN Connection Priority This featureenables you to prioritize the WAN connections used by this VPN profile 14 2
71. you will be notified byemail when usage hits 75 and 95 of the monthly allowance If Disconnect when usage hits 100 of monthly allowance is checked this WAN connection will be disconnected automatically when the usage hits the monthly allowance It will not resume connection unless this option has been turned off or the usage has been reset when a new billing cycle starts Action Start Day This option allows you to define which day ofthe month each billing cycle begins Monthly This field is for defining the maximum bandwidth usage allowed for the WAN connection Allowance each month Due to different network protocol overheads and conversions the amount of data 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 fromuse of the numbers shown here http www peplink com 102 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 12 5 Additional Public IP Settings IP Address 210 10 10 0 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 32 210 10 10 1 210 10 10 2 210 10 10 3 210 10 10 4 210 10 10 5 hose settinas will not be saved until the save Additional Public IP Settings IP Address List represents the list of fixed Internet IP addresses assigned by the ISP in the event that more than one Internet IP addressis assigned to
72. 4D LAN MAC 10 56 CA 07 3F 78 Serial Number Default Access Username admin and http 192 168 1 1 Password admin LAN MAC Input 100V 240V AC Address Made in Taiwan CTA cherie http www peplink com 39 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 9 Peplink Balance 380 6 9 1 Front Panel Appearance LAN Power LCD WAN os link Balance380 USB LCD Console 6 9 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 3 Ports 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 40 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 9 3 LCD Display Menu peplink Protecting Business Continuity gt Power off a D M Reboot gt 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 Sub
73. 5 117 MB 439 MB 2 414 MB 526 MB 2 470 MB 812 MB 725 MB 488 MB 64 MB 211 MB http www peplink com 229 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series 26 8 3 Daily This page shows the daily bandwidth usage for all WAN connections with the option of viewing each individual connection Select the connection to check from the drop down menu lf you have enabled theBandwidth Monitoringfeature as shown in Section 12 4 the Current Billing Cycletable for that WAN connection will be displayed Click ona 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 Thescale of the graph can be set to displaymegabytes MB or gigabytes GB All WAN MB GB Download Upload Total 2014 01 01 2013 12 31 2013 12 30 2013 12 28 2013 12 27 2013 12 26 2013 12 25 2013 12 24 2013 12 23 2013 12 22 2013 12 21 2013 12 20 2013 12 19 17 550 MB 15 991 MB 31 908 MB 27 372 MB 910 MB 40 037 MB 27 362 MB 90 753 MB 48 085 MB 18 822 MB 24 824 MB 31 758 MB 95 386 MB 89 221 MB 3 508 MB 5 362 MB 3 635 MB 3 257 MB 2578 MB 3 739 MB 1 026 MB 2 295 MB 1576 MB 3 311 MB 1 870 MB 1 195 MB 2999 MB 4196 MB 21 058 MB 21 353 MB 35 543 MB 30 629 MB 3 488 MB 43 776 MB 28 388 MB 93 048 MB 49 661 MB 22 133 MB 26 694 MB 32 953
74. 6 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity C 1 3 Settings 1 Add a new outbound traffic rule for HTTP 2 Add anew outbound traffic rule for SMTP In general to add a new outbound traffic rule navigate toNetwork Outbound Policy Click here and select Managed by Custom Rules p ES a ee Port I Persistence Src TCP So 0 n fo tuto SES She tna EE oO Not valable subnet database not der Click Add Rule to add a new load distribution rule http www peplink com 237 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Settings for HTTP Protecting Business Continuity TCP HTTP mO OE pga SEE VAN ane VANS for HTTP to 3 and 4 respectively WAN 4 0 WAN 5 0 wane o WAN 70 Mobile Internet 0 http www peplink com 238 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink ee rotecting Business Continuity Settings for SMTP of WAN1 and WAN2 for SMTP to 1 and 8 respectively Cony nO PP Save Cance http www peplink com 239 258 Copyright 2014 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 IP address sensitive web sites for example Internet bank
75. AI U NTs com http www peplink com 28 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL o link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 6 4 Peplink Balance 30 LTE 6 4 1 Front Panel Appearance USB Port WAN Ports Status LED fe pep LAN Ports Reset Button Power LED 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 Upgrading firmware Booting up or busy Status Boot up error Green Ready LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 10 100 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring OFF No data is being transferred or 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 29 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 4 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector y Cellular SIM Slot 6 4 4 Unit Base Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Serial 182C 1033 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 8Q Input 12V DC in Made in Taiwan FC C WANNA D com http www peplink com 30 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 5 Peplink Balance 50 6 5 1 Front Panel Appearance USB Port WAN Ports
76. AN Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 178 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Important Note For Balance Routers in NAT mode the virtual IP 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 virtual IP instead of the IP of the master Balance Internet N WAN1 Master Active VRRP Group 20 VIP 192 168 10 1 Physical IP 192 168 10 F4 C2 N Switch WAN1 CWAN2 A p Slave Backup VRRP Group 20 VIP 192 168 10 1 5 Physical IP 192 168 10 3 Local Area Network 192 168 10 0 24 Oy In drop in mode no other configuration needs to be set Internet T1 Router or Gateway provided by ISP IP 210 10 10 1 Switch gt Master Active VRRP Group 20 WAN2 VIP 210 10 10 5 DX 10 3 y Physical IP 210 10 Switch WAN2 St BOOS Slave Backup J VRRP Group 20 Firewall VIP 210 10 10 5 AJ IP 210 10 10 2 Physical IP 210 10 10 4 Local Area Network 192 168 1 0 24 SE Please note that the drop in WAN cannot be configured as a LAN bypass port while it is configured for high availability http www peplink com 179 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continu
77. Backup Priority Group 1 and Backup Priority Group 2 respectively when WAN1 goes down WAN2 and WANS will try to connect If WANS is connected first WAN2 will still be kept connecting If WAN2 is connected WANS will disconnect or abort making connection Automatic Public DNS Server Check on DNS Test Failure When the health check method is set to DNS Lookup and checks fail the Balance will automatically perform DNS lookups on some public DNS servers If the testsare successful the WAN may not be down but rather the target DNS server malfunctioned You will see the following warning message on the main page w 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 101 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 12 4 Bandwidth Allowance Monitor The Bandwidth Allowance Monitor helps track your network usage Please refer to Section 26 8 to view usage statistics Ban tonance Mott EEE Email notification is currently disabled You can get notified when usage hits 75 95 of monthly allowance by enabling Email Notification Disconnect when usage hits 100 of monthly allowance Pert IE on 1st of each month at 00 00 midnight Monthy Alowance CIR Bandwidth Allowance Monitor If Email Notification is enabled
78. C CEE CE TTC RETR Ae ee E 103 12 6 Dynamic DNS Settings Tt tT e eT eT ee ee eT Tee PEE TCE TCE ee ee EC ee ee ee 104 13 PEPVPN WITH BANDWIDTH BONDING SPEEDEUSION scccsccccsccccccccscccecccceecceseccececeees 106 13 1 SpeedFusion Settings TTreT CC CT CTC eee Ce Te Ce CT Te Te TEC CR CECT ECC ERR CE CREECH EC CCE CR GEST 106 13 2 The Peplink Balance Behind a NAT Router sn needs nu ere en EEE 113 13 3 SpeedFusion Status Cy ee Lee ee eC EE Te ee EE Te ee ee oe ea a E 1 14 14 IPSEC VPN ECEPEETEEEE EEE CEE EEECCEEECCEEECEEECCEEECEEECOEECCEEECCEECCCEECCCEECCEECCEEECCEECCCEECCEEECCEECCCEECCCEECOEECCEEECCEE 115 14 1 IPsec VPN Settings TCT CTT CLT Tee Ee Tee TE PEC TTC CR CT ES eT ee ee ee ee 1 15 14 2 IPsec Status TTerr Tr ctr Te Cee eee Te TT ee Tee eT eT Te eT ee Ce eT Tee ST RCE Re eee ere 1 18 15 OUTBOUND POLICY MANAGEMENT eceeeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccccccsccccscccsccccscccsscccsccccscees 119 15 1 Outbound Policy Terere eto e Tr eT ee Te eo eee eT ee ee Ce CT Te eC Cee TCC Cee Ce eee 120 15 2 Custom Rules for Outbound Policy sin since Tee eee eT ere TE Te RC Re eC ee ee eo ee 121 16 INBOUND ACCESS ceeeccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccccccsceccsccccscccsceccscccsccccscccsscccsceccscees 130 16 1 Definition of Port Forwarding ok ee aera See eee Ree ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 130 http www peplink com 3 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 16 2 Definition of Serv
79. Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 12 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 IMSI 123400005678900 Network Type 3G preferred GSM Frequency Band All Bands Modem Specific Custom Settings Modem Model This field displays the manufacturer name of the connected mobile modem IMSI This field shows the IMSI number associated with the SIM inside the mobile modem This setting allows you to define your preference forusing 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 Network Type used regardless of its availability The modem connection will remain offline If 3G 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 willbe used GSM1900 is used in the United States Canada and many other countries in the GSM Americas Frequency GSM900 GSM1800 GSM2100 are used in Europe the Middle East Africa Asia Band Oceania an
80. Custom Schedule 0 Unlimited Son cst com evs ees cove cms CO http www peplink com 192 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity AP Settings AP Profile Name This field specifies the name of this AP profile These buttons specify which wireless networks will use this AP profile You can also SSID select the frequencies at which each network will transmit Please note that the Peplink Balance does not detect whetherthe AP is capable of transmitting at both frequencies Instructions to transmit at unsupported frequencies will be ignored by the AP This drop down menu specifies the national regional regulations which the AP should follow e IfaNorth American region is selected RF channels 1 to 11 will be available and the maximum transmission power will be 26 dBm 400 mW Qperating e f European region is selected RF channels 1 to 13 will be available The ountry maximum transmission power will be 20 dBm 100 mW NOTE Users are required to choose an option suitable to local laws and regulations Per FCC regulation the country selection is not available on all models marketed in US All US models are fixed to US channels only Preferred These buttons determine the frequency at which access points will attempt to broadcast This feature will only work for APs that can transmit at both 5 4GHz and 5GHz Frequency frequencies 5 GHz Protoc
81. I X ports USB Port USB Ports For future functionality http www peplink com 23 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series P P INK Business Continuity 6 1 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector 6 1 4 Product Label Peplink Balance One Product Code BPL ONE Serial No 2830 CAEB 5803 LAN MAC 00 1A DD C2 20 80 input 12V 24V DC Made in Taiwan FCC ID U8G P1805 http www peplink com 24 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL o link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 6 2 Peplink Balance 20 6 2 1 Front Panel Appearance USB Port WAN Ports Status LED pepiink Balance20 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 Upgrading firmware Booting up or busy Status Boot up error Green Ready LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 10 100 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring OFF No data is being transferred or 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 25 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL wien Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 2 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector Kensing
82. IPsec Status IPsec Statusshows the current connection status ofeach connection profile and is displayed atStatus gt IPsec VPN http www peplink com 118 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 15 Outbound Policy Management The Peplink Balance canflexibly manage and load balance outbound traffic among WAN connections Important Note Outbound policy is applied only when more than one WAN connection is active Protecting Business Continuity The settings for managing and load balancing outbound traffic are located at Network gt Outbound Policy Protocol Destination Port Any Any Persistence Src Auto Auto Add Rule Outbound policies for managing and load balancing outbound traffic are located at Network gt Outbound Policy gt 7 Normal Application Compatibility Custom http www peplink com 119 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 15 1 Outbound Policy There are three main selections for the outbound traffic policy e High Application Compatibility e Normal Application Compatibility Protecting Business Continuity e Custom Outbound Policy Settings High Outbound traffic from a source LAN device is routed through the same WAN connection Application regardless of the destination Internet IP address and protocol This option provides the Compatibility highest application compatibility
83. Internet IP address and multiple server names and if one of the names is defined here 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 common protocols from the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu This setting specifies the behavior of the Peplink Balance for the custom rule One of the following values can be selected Weighted Balance Persistence Enforced e Priority Overflow Least Used not applicable to Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 e Lowest Latency not applicable to Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 The upcoming sections detail the listed algorithms This setting specifies whether to terminate existing IP sessions on a less preferred WAN connection in the event that a more preferred WAN connection is recovered This setting is applicable to theWeighted Persistence and Priority algorithms By default this setting is disabled In this case existing IP sessions will not be terminated or affected when any other WAN connection is recovered When this setting is enabled existing IP sessions may be terminated when another WAN connection is recovered such that only the preferred healthy WAN connection s isused at any point in time 15 2 1 Algorithm Weighted Balance This setting specifies the ratio of WAN connection usage to be applied on the specified IP protocol andport This setting is applicable only when Al
84. N e The two Peplink Balance units broadcast heartbeat signals to the LAN ata 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 http www peplink com 176 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL e At a subsequent point when the master Peplink Balance unit recovers it will once again become active You can configure high availabilityatNetwork gt Misc Settings gt High Availability Interface for Master Router Interface for Slave Router High Availability High Availability Master Slave Master Slave E Master Serial Number 54BF SWEY E37Q 192 168 1 1 Q 255 255 255 0 High Availability Checking this box specifies that the Peplink Balance unit is part of a high availability Enable oe configuration This number identifies a pair of Peplink Balance units operating in a high availability Group Number 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 Preferred Role mode Click the correspondin
85. NS proxy server When the option is enabled queried DNS replies will be cached until the records TTL has been reached This DNS Caching feature can improve DNS response time by storing all received DNS results for faster DNS lookup However it cannot return the most updated result for frequently updated DNS records By default DNS Cachingisdisabled Include Google When this option is enabled the DNS proxy server will forward DNSrequests to Google s Public DNS Public DNS Servers in addition to the DNS servers defined in each WAN This could Servers increase the DNS service s availability This setting is disabled by default This table is for defining custom local DNS records A static local DNS record consists of a Local DNS host name and IP address When looking up the host name from the LAN to LAN IP of the Records Peplink Balance the corresponding IP address will be returned Press t tocreatea new record Press to remove a record Check the box to enable the WINS Server A list of WINS clients will be displayed at DNS Resolvers Network gt LAN gt DNS Proxy Settings gt DNS Resolvers This field specifies which DNS resolvers will receive forwarded DNS requests If no http www peplink com 81 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity WAN VPN LAN DNS resolver is selected all of the WAN s DNS resolvers will be selected If a SpeedFusion peer is s
86. Name tet NUS ieee Pais Sa j i m2 mt d u ai e m New Reverse Lookup Zone This setting specifies the WAN IP addresses on which the DNS server of the Peplink Balance should listen If no addressesare selected the inbound link load balancing feature will be disabled andthe 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 button that corresponds to DNS Server and the following screen is displayed Y WAN 1 Yi Interface IP DNS Servers Mobile Internet Save Cancel To specify the Internet IP addresses on which the DNS server should listen select the desiredWAN connectionthen select the desired associated IP addresses 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 http www peplink com 136 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity This setting specifies the IP address es of the secondary DNS server s authorized to retrieve zone records from the DNS server of the Peplink Balance The zone transfer server of the Peplink Balance listens on TCP port 53 Zone Transfer Save Cancel The Peplink Balance serves both the clients that are accessing from the specified IP addresses and the clients that are accessing itsLAN interface
87. Peplink Balance Series pep Disconnect establish on demand Protecting Business Continuity Reply to If this field is disabled the WAN connection will not respond to ICMP ping requests By default ICMP Ping this setting is enabled This setting applies to 3G LTE EDGE GPRS modems only It does not apply to EVDO EVDO Rev A modems Operator Operator Settingsallows you to configure the APN settings of your connection If Auto is selected the Peplink Balance will automatically detect the APN configure the modem and make Settings a connection You may change the APN settings by selecting Custom Mobile Operator Settings The default and recommended Operator Settingsvalue is Auto The correct values can be obtained from your mobile Internet service provider SIM PIN Si _ 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 DNS servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection You can input the ISP Servers provided DNS server addresses into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields If no address is entered here this link will not be used for DNS lookups Please refer to Sections12 3 12 4 12 5 and 12 6 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings http www peplink com 95 258
88. 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 the 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 persistencefeature of PeplinkBalance 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 eliminating the issues mentioned above http www peplink com 124 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity There are two persistent modes By SourceandBy Destination By Source The same WAN connection will be used for traffic matching the rule and originating from the same machine regardless of its destination This option will provide the highest level of application compatibility By Destination The same WAN connection will be used for traffic matching the rule originating from the same machine and going to the same destination This option can better distribute loads to WAN connections when there are only a few client machines
89. SER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 22 Miscellaneous Settings The miscellaneous settings include configuration for high availability PPTP server service forwarding and service passthrough 22 1 High Availability The 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 unitsor a pair of Peplink Balance 710 units provide redundancy and failover in a master slave arrangement In the event that the master unit is down the slave unit becomes active High availability will be disabled automatically where there is a drop in connection configured on a LAN bypass port The following diagram illustrates an HA configuration with twoPeplink Balance 210 units and two Internet connections Internet aN re Router wrt SQ WAN1 Master s ADSL Cable Modem N 4 7 Slave Local Area Network E SNS In the diagram the WAN ports ofeach Peplink Balance unit connect to the router andto the modem Both Peplink Balance unitsconnect to the same LAN switch via a LAN port An elaboration on the technical details of the implementationof virtual router redundancy protocol VRRP RFC 3768 by the Balancefollows e In an HA configuration the two Peplink Balance units communicate with each other using VRRP over the LA
90. Status LED LAN Ports Reset Button Power LED 6 5 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 Upgrading firmware Booting up or busy Status Boot up error Green Ready LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 10 100 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring OFF No data is being transferred or 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 31 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series 6 5 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector Kensington Security Slot http www peplink com 32 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 6 Peplink Balance 210 6 6 1 Front Panel Appearance WAN Ports LAN Ports plink Balance210 Reset Status Button LED USB 6 6 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Upgrading firmware Booting up or busy Status Boot up error Green Ready LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 10 100 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring OFF No data is being transferred or port is not conne
91. T ETE TC LTR ECE EC eT eC ee Te Ee Ce eT ee ee Te Te Re ee ee ee 13 3 6 Networking Functionality ETT CTT Lee Ee ee TOC Ce eee eT ee eee Cee eee ee ee eee ee ee ee 14 3 7 Device TT Ctr CT Ce Lee Tee TCT ee ee EC ee ee ee ee ee TE ee ee ee ee ee eee eee ee 16 3 8 Hardware Teer ee ECR Oe eC CE eC RE eT CEE ECE ETO CET CCT CEE TE CET ORC Ce Tee ee ee eee ee a 18 Q PRODUCT FEATURES ceeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccscccsccccsccccsccccceccscccsscccsceccscccsceccss 19 41 Supported Network Features nantes CTT Ee Ce TET CT eT CC Ae TER eT Pe PERC TLE LT ee eee ee 19 4 2 Other Supported Features EE 21 5 PACKAGE CONTENTS ssseseesesceseccosoesocsocoocoosocoosocsocoosocsosoosocoosoesocoosocsocoosocsosoesocoosoesocoosoesosoos 22 5 1 Peplink Balance One Titre TC Te CR RCL eee eT CT E E E E E 292 5 2 Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 TTC Cr eT TIT Te TTT Te TCT eA CRTC CCE CL ee ee ee ee eT 292 5 3 Peplink Balance 21 0 31 0 TeV CC Te Te Ter eT Te ee ee RR CRA EL ee ee ee ee 292 5 4 Peplink Balance 305 380 580 710 1350 2500 22 5 5 Peplink MediaFast 200 RL D0 5 6 Peplink MediaFast 500 ENE a EE CE CT OT EE eR E E CER E E A 22 6 PEPLINK BALANCE OVERVIEW ssssesessecsescesocoococsocoosocsocoosocsocoosocoosoosocoosoesocoosocsocoosocsossosocsosoo 23 6 1 Peplink Balance One 23 6 2 Peplink Balance 20 nets rame ee Tee eee eT ee eee CPC ECE CTE eee CCE eT eee eR Re ee ee ee 25 6 3 Peplink Balance 30 TT TT TT TTT Te LT CT TLC TET ETE Ee Te Ce ee ee eT
92. The logged messages are shown on the page Status gt 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 Event Logging e SRC Source IP address e DST Destination IP address e LEN Packet length e PROTO Protocol e SPT Source port e DPT Destination port ClickSaveto store your changes To create an additional firewall rule click Add Ruleand repeat the above steps http www peplink com 169 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series link Protecting Business Continuity To changea rule s priority simply drag and drop the rule e Holdthe left mouse button on the rule e Move it to the desired position e Drop it by releasing the mouse button Rule Protocol a IP Destination IP Port Add Rule To remove a rule click the button 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 match the connection the Default rule will be applied The Default rule is Allow for both outbound and inbound access Tip If the default inbound rule is set toAllow 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
93. Total 150000 MB 100000 MB 50000 MB oO 2010 08 2010 09 2010 10 2010 11 2010 12 01 to now 29 463 MB 4151 MB 33 614 MB 2010 11 01 to 2010 11 30 126 366 MB 4 337 MB 204 105 MB 2010 10 01 to 2010 10 31 90 424 ME 16 540 MB 106 764 MB Download 10 9 19 9 LAN Client 7 917 44 MB 285 25 MB 8 202 69 MB 10 9 66 66 LAN Client 3 308 03 MB 221 52 MB 3 529 55 MB 10 9 30 73 LAN Client 3 003 13 MB 158 38 MB 3161 51 MB Click on a specific month to receive a breakdown of all client usage for that month Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 232 258 Copyright 2014 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 30 LTE 50 210 310 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 305 380 580 710 1350 2500 MediaFast 200 and 500 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 strongl
94. WAN 6 WAN 7 W f d A WAN 9 WAN 10 WAN 11 WAN 12 Mobile Internet The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that is selected in Connectionand has the most available download bandwidth The available download bandwidth of a WAN connection is calculated from the total download bandwidth specified on the WAN settings page and the current download usage The available bandwidth and WAN selection is determined every time an IP session is made 15 2 7 Algorithm Lowest Latency http www peplink com 127 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity J1 Lowest Latency west Latency will incur additional netwo ace WAN 7 WAN WAN WAN WAN WAN WAN WAN 8 WAN 9 WAN 10 WAN 11 WAN 12 Mobile Internet D DO nn WN The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that is selected in Connection and has the lowest latency Latency checking packets are issued periodically to a nearby router of each WAN connection to determine its latency value The latency of a WAN is the packet round trip time of the WAN connection Additional network usage may be incurred as a result Tip The round trip time of a 6M down 640k uplinkcan be higher than that of a 2M down 2M up linkbecause the overall round trip time is lengthened by its slowerupload bandwidth despite its hig
95. Wi Fi clients This setting specifies the VLAN ID to be tagged on all outgoing packets generated from this wireless network i e packets that travel from the Wi Fi VLAN ID segment through the Pepwave AP One unit to the Ethernet segment via the LAN port The default value of this setting is 0 which 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 Broadcast SSID wireless network Broadcast SSID is enabled by default http www peplink com 186 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity A Select Auto to allow the Peplink Balance to set the data rate automatically or Data Rate i select Fixed and choose a rate from the displayed drop down menu Multicast Filter This setting enables the filtering of multicast network traffic to the wireless SSID This setting specifies the transmit rate to be used for sending multicast network Multicast Rate traffic The selected Protocol and Channel Bonding settings will affect the rate options and values available here A To allow the Peplink Balance to listen to internet group management protocol IGMP Snooping IGMP network traffic select this option a If you use a distributed DHCP server relay environment you can enable this DHCP Option 82 option to provide additional information on the manner in which clients are phy
96. alue with caution as alterations may result in loss of connection to the AP controller n With this option enabled the AP under this profile will transmit using additional power Power Boost Please note that using this option with several APs in close proximity will lead to increased interference http www peplink com 193 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep This drop down menu determines the power at which the AP under this profile will broadcast When fixed settings are selected the AP will broadcast at the specified power level regardless of context When Dynamic settings are selected the AP will adjust its power level based on its surrounding APs in order to maximize performance Protecting Business Continuity Output Power The Dynamic Auto setting will set the AP to do this automatically Otherwise the Dynamic Manual setting will set the AP to dynamically adjust only of instructed to do so If you have set Dynamic Manual you can go to AP gt Toolbox gt Auto Power Adj to give your AP further instructions These buttons determine the time period at which the AP under this profile will be activated Clicking the Custom Schedule option will open the following diagram CS Operating Schedule Friday Saturday On off Xx Click the desired time periods to toggle the activation state of APs under this profile Max nu
97. an be left blank The two NAT routers on WAN1 and WANS connected to Balance A should inbound port forward TCP port 32015 to Balance A so that all WANs will be utilizedin establishing the VPN http www peplink com 113 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 13 3 SpeedFusion Status SpeedFusion status is shown in the Dashboard The connection status of each connection profile is shownas below re Established OO SpeedFusion connection status is also shown on the LCD panel of the Peplink Balance 380 580 710 1350 2500 and MediaFast 200 and 500 After clicking theStatusbutton at the topright corner of the SpeedFusion table you will be forwarded to Status gt SpeedFusion where you can view subnet and WAN connection information for each VPN peer Please refer to Section 26 5for details PEA ER DE SEE ee SL Remote Networks amp NY Office 192 168 3 0 24 gt FL Office 192 168 50 0 24 Li IP Subnets Must Be Unique Among VPN Peers The entire interconnected SpeedFusion network is asingle non NAT IP network Avoid duplicating subnets in your sites to prevent connectivity problems when accessing those subnets http www peplink com 114 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 14 IPsec VPN Peplink Balance IPsec VPN functionality securely connects one or more branch offices to y
98. and can be obtained from yourlSP Gateway Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups This field specifies the DNS Domain Name System servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection DNS Servers You can input the ISP provided DNS server addresses into the DNSserver 1 and DNSserver 2 fields If no address is entered here this link will not be used for DNS lookups Please refer to Sections12 3 12 4 12 5 and 12 6 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings http www peplink com 92 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 12 1 3 PPPoE Connection This connection method is suitable if your ISP provides a login ID password to connect via PPPoE Obtain ONS server address automatically Use the following DNS server address es ONS server 1 ONS server 2 PPPoE Settings PPPoE User Name Password Confirm PPPoE Password ServerName Optional IP Address DNS Servers Enter the required information in these fields in order to connect via PPPoE to your ISP The parameter values are determined by and can be obtained from your ISP Verify your password by entering it again in this field Servername is a PPPoE parameter which is provided by your ISP Note Leave this field blank unless it is provided by your ISP PPPoE server add
99. and paste certificate details into these fields To get more information on a listed X 509 certificate click the Show Details link below the field Certificate Check this box to allow the local DHCP server to assign an IP address to the NAT Mode remote peer When NAT Mode is enabled all remote traffic over the VPN will be tagged with the assigned IP address using network address translation If NAT Mode is not enabled you can enter a remote peer s WAN IP address or hostname s here If the remote uses more than one address enter only one of them here Multiple hostnames are allowed and can be separated by a space Remote IP Address character or carriage return Dynamic DNS host names are also accepted post hanes This field is optional With this field filled the Peplink Bal ill initiat ti Optional is field is optional With this field filled the Peplink Balance will initiate connection to each of the remote IP addressesuntil it succeeds in making a connection If the field is empty the Peplink Balance will wait for connection from the remote peer Therefore at least one of the two VPN peers must specify this value Otherwise VPN connections cannot be established This field is used to specify a UDP port number for transporting outgoing VPN data If Default is selected UDP port 4500 will be used Port 32015 will be used if the remote unit uses Firmware prior to version 5 4 or if port 4500 is unavailable If Custom is selected
100. ast 500 B WAN ports are active by default load balancing and or a SpeedFusion license is required to activate MediaFast 500 A WAN ports 2 5 IMPORTANT NOTE for customers using Drop in Mode and planning 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 and above If drop in mode is enabled when upgrading from a previous firmware version the ARP tables on hosts on LAN and WAN segments must be flushed once Alternately thehosts may be rebooted Otherwise hosts on one side may not be able to reach hosts on the other side of the Peplink Balance until old ARP records expire Units not usingdrop in mode are not affected http www peplink com 86 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep NOTE The PPTP server will be disabled indrop in mode Protecting Business Continuity To enable drop in mode perform the following steps 255 255 255 0 24 210 10 10 1 I have other host s on WAN segment Host IP Address es 210 10 10 3 t 210 10 10 3 Delete DNS server 1 ONS server 2 NOTE The DHCP Server Settings will be overwritten The following WAN 1 settings will be overwritten Enable Connection Method Routing Mode Connection Type MTU Health Check Additional Public IP and Dynamic DNS Settings The PPTP Server will be disabled Tip please review the DNS Forwarding setting under the Servi
101. atus Current SpeedFusion status information is located atStatus SpeedFusion Details about SoeedFusion connection peers appears as below amp NY Office 192 168 3 0 24 Li gt FL Office 192 168 50 0 24 Li Click on the corresponding peer name to explore the WAN connection s status and subnet information of each VPN peer YFL Office 192 168 198 0 24 WAN1 Rx 0 kbps Drop rate Latency WAN4 O Rx 1 kbps Drop rate Latency Total Rx 1 kbps Drop rate amp Y NY Office 192 168 3 0 24 WAN1 Rx 0 kbps Drop rate WAN4 O Rx 1 kbps Drop rate Total Rx 1 kbps Drop rate FL Office Core 10000 10k 1 25 8000 G Aa 8k 1 a x LS 6000 6k 5 0 75 7 ee a S 3 F 2 4000 a w OS aA a x E n a 2000 2k 0 25 i NAN AA VUWULNA 17 03 30 17 04 00 17 04 30 17 05 00 17 05 30 17 06 00 Latency TX RX A Packet drop http www peplink com 226 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Information on OSPF and RIPv2 routing setup can be found at Status gt OSPF amp RIPv2 26 7 Event Log Event loginformation is located atStatus Event Log 26 7 1 Device Event Log Device Event Log System Changes applied System Time synchronization successf System Time synchronization fail ystem Time synchronization success System Time sy
102. ay first click the KZ button found next to the DHCP Server option to display the settings DHCP Server 1 DHCP Server 2 DHCP Relay Settings Enable Check this box to turn on DHCP relay Enter the IP addresses of one or two DHCP servers in the provided fields The DHCP DHCP Server IP servers entered here will receive relayed DHCP requests from the LAN For active passive Address DHCP server configurations enter active and passive DHCP server relay IP addressesin DHCP Server 1 and DHCP Server 2 DHCP Option DCHP Option 82 includes device information as relay agent for the attached client when p forwarding DHCP requests from client to server This option also embeds the device s MAC http www peplink com 84 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 82 address and network name in circuit and remote IDs Check this box to enable DHCP Option 82 Once DHCP is set up configure LAN Physical Settings Static Route Settings WINS Server Settings and DNS Proxy Settings as noted above Finally if needed configure Bonjour forwarding Apple s zero configuration networking protocol Once VLAN configuration is complete click Save to store your changes Bonjour ForwardingSettings Enable Check this box to turn on Bonjour forwarding Bonjour Choose Service and Client networks from the drop down menus and then click to service add the networks To delete an existing Bonjour listin
103. ble Forwardingfor the WAN connection s that needs forwarding Under SMTP Server enter the ISP s e mail server host name or IP address Under SMTP Port enter the TCP port number for each WAN The Peplink Balance will intercept SMTP connections Choose a WAN port according to the outbound policy and then forward the connection to the 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 be forwarded to the connection s original destination If you want to route all SMTP connections only to particular WAN connection s you should create a custom rule in outbound policy see Section 15 1 http www peplink com 182 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series pep 22 4 2 Web Proxy Forwarding Enable Port 8080 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 Then it will choose a WAN connection accordingto theoutbound policyand forward the connectionto 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 then web proxy connections for thatWAN will simply be forwarded to the connection s original destination 22 4 3 DNS Forwarding
104. cccccsscccccsscecccscecccscecccsceccccsecces 62 8 1 Connecting to the Web Admin Interface Tecte Cree ee Ce ee Te eee re eee ee ee ee 62 8 2 Configuration with the Setup Wizard Preece ie Cee Tee ee eee eT eRe unes 63 8 3 Advanced Setup CECT Rates eT CTE Ee ns ends ss sales ee nd en ee ee ee ee 67 84 Cellular WAN CLL TILE Tee Te eC eee Coe ee CR TP eee ere eee ee ee ee eRe eT ee ee eee ee 68 9 MEDIAFAST CONFIGURATION ceeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccscccccscccccssccccsscecccscecccscecccsccccccsecces 74 9 1 Setting Up MediaFast Content Caching nE PERE AA a ee eee ee ee ee 14 92 scheduling Content Prefetching TT 75 93 Viewing MediaFast Statistics E CC Tee Tee Te A ee ee EE Te ee nm ee ee ee ee 76 10 CONFIGURING THE LAN INTERFACE eceeeccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccsccccccccccccccccccscccccscccccsccccccceccccce 77 11 DROP IN MODE ceeececccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccccccscccsccccsccccccccsccccscccsseccsceccscecsceccseeccseccscecsscccsoes 86 12 CONFIGURING THE WAN INTERFACE S 000000000000 0000000 DR nos rere rr 89 12 1 Connection Method s Tre Trerere iT ee eee LETC T Te TE TEER CRTC ee eee eT eT ee er ea ee 91 12 2 Physical Interface Settings TtTlie CTC eT CCC Te Te Tee eT eC ee ORE ER RC Tee ee ee urss 98 12 3 WAN Health Check Te Cece Cte ee ete ee eT Ce Te eC CCRT TREE CR RCE COCR CCE E CCRC ts Ce eee 99 12 4 Bandwidth Allowance Monitor TlTriT Cee TET Te EE TET CET CST CT TE Ee Ce ee re ee ee ee 102 12 5 Additional Public IP Settings Ter CCT T
105. ce Forwarding section 1 Check the Enable box under Drop in Mode located atNetwork gt Interfaces gt LAN After checking the Enable box most network settings for WANT will be hidden in theweb admin interface 2 Enterthe IP address of the WANT router in the WAN Default Gateway field Ensure that the Peplink Balance s 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 on the WAN segment of the Peplink Balance check thelhave other host s on WAN segmentbox enter the IP address es of the host s and then click the down arrow to add the hosts 4 To avoid consuming an IP address click to turn on the shared IP address feature Then check Share Drop In IP and enter a Shared IP Address http www peplink com 87 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity The following diagram illustrates Other host s i e servers or computers 210 10 10 4 SY isp Gateway 210 10 10 1 Switch WAN 1 LANIP 210 10 10 5 WAN 2 Peplink Balance 22 2 2 2 Drop In mode Firewall AS 192 168 1 1 210 10 10 2 D Local Network Ces xN 192 168 1 0 24 Important Note Starting from Firmware version 5 0 drop in mode canbe configuredon any WAN port Pleasenote that only one WAN port can be configured in drop in mode lf you have selected the LAN b
106. cord 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 Hosttield should be left blank The wildcard character is supported in the Hostfield 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 http www peplink com 142 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 16 3 9 A Record This table shows the A records of the domain name To add an A record click the NewA Record button The following screen will appear Default Custom if i WAN 2 WAN 3 ded IP Address es Mobile Internet Custom IP Address http www peplink com 143 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep A record may be automatically added for the SOA records with a name server IP address provided 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 Protecting Business Continuity Host Name This setting specifies the time to live of
107. cted Port Type Auto MDI MDI X ports USB Port USB Ports For connecting a 4G 3G USB modem http www peplink com 33 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL wine Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Power Connector 6 6 3 Rear Panel Appearance 6 6 4 Unit Base Appearance LAN MAC Address http www peplink com 34 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 7 Peplink Balance 310 6 7 1 Front Panel Appearance WAN Ports LAN Ports peplink Balance310 Reset Status Button LED USB 6 7 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Upgrading firmware Booting up or busy Status Boot up error Green Ready LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 10 100 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring OFF No data is being transferred or 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 35 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Se link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 6 7 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector 6 7 4 Unit Base Appearance gt INDE EIN OC Made in Taisan Fe CE ut ia ae OT ti 7 KyE Tepes D NE e CRE
108. d 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 06 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 12 1 4 2 WiMAX Settings lf a WiMAX modem is present in the system its settings user interface can be accessed atNetwork gt Interfaces gt WAN gt Mobile Internet he example shown here relates to Sprint s 250U or 600 WiMAX modems Sprint Modem C7B1C7B1 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 http www peplink com 97 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 12 2 Physical Interface Settings Auto Custom 1440 Default Protecting Business Continuity Auto Custom Default Custom 10 56 CA 0 34 Enable 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 the Peplink Speed Balance In the event of negotiation issues the port speed can be manually specified You can also choose whether
109. d IP the service being accessed The shared IP address will be used in connecting to hosts on Address the WAN e g email notification remote syslog etc The device will also listen on the IP address when hosts on the WAN access services served on this device e g web admin accesses from WAN DNS server etc Enter the WAN router s IP address in this field If there are more hosts in addition to the WAN Default router on the WAN segment check the have other host s on WAN segment box and Gateway enter the IP address of the hosts that need to access LAN devices or be accessed by others WAN DNS Enter the selected WAN s corresponding DNS server IP addresses Servers A Advanced feature please click the A button on the top right hand corner to activate http www peplink com 78 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series pep Note drop in mode and VLAN functionality are mutually exclusive To change DHCP settings continue to the next section ne CE 255 255 255 0 24 Assign DNS server automatically 4 WINS server en Address DHCP Server Settings When this setting is enabled the Peplink Balance s DHCP server automatically assigns an DHCP Server IP address to each computer that is connected via LAN and configured to obtain an IP address via DHCP The Peplink Balance s DHCP server can prevent IP address collisions on the
110. d NS Records NS Records MX Records CNAME Records A Records New A _ IX Records O New TXT Record SRV Records 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 139 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 16 3 5 SOARecords Use Default SOA and NS Records Customize SOA Record for this domain Save Cancel Click on the 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 to customize this domain s SOA and NS records Sa ee Save Lance 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 Email Refresh Retry Expire Min Time and TTL Default values are set for SOA and NS records e Name Server IP Address This is the
111. dit the SOA record o o _encel http www peplink com 150 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Name Server Enter the NS record s FQDN server name here For example ns1 mydomain com equivalent to www 1stdomain com ns2 mydomain com Email Refresh Retry Expire Min Time and TTLareentered in the same way as in the forward zone Please refer to Section 1 1 1 for details 16 4 2 NS Records 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 zone the Host field should be left blank Name Servermust be a FQDN 16 4 3 CNAME Records To create a new 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 RFC 2317 Classless IN ADDR ARPA delegation http www peplink com 151 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 16 4 4 PTR Records To create a new PTR record click the New PTR Record button For Host IP Number field enter the last integer in the IP address of a PTR record For example fo
112. down menu choose Any Port to allow or deny TCP or Protocol UDP traffic on any port Choose Single Port and then enter a port number in the provided Port field to allow or block TCP or UDP traffic from that port only You can also choose Port Range and enter a range of ports in the provided fields to allow or deny TCP or UDP traffic from the specified port range IP Address if you have chosen IP Address as your firewall rule type enter the IP address and subnet Subnet Mask mask identifying the subnet to allow or deny If h h MAC Address you ave chosen MAC Address as your firewall rule type enter the MAC address identifying the machine to allow or deny http www peplink com 191 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 23 3 Profiles AP profiles assigned to each Pepwave AP device can be configured at AP gt Profiles New AP Profile Each AP is associated with one AP profile By default all devices a 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 2 4 GHZ 5 GHZ PEPLINK_O9DC EE CO CUS 2 4 GHz O 5 GHz som CT 2400 CCE 2 412 GHz Always On
113. dth Usage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Monitor QoS for VoIP and Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ecommerce 20 30 50 30 LTE 210 310 380 580 710 1350 2500 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Application Prioritization Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes by User Group User Group Bandwidth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Reservation Individual Bandwidth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limit http www peplink com 13 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity MediaFast 500 A 500 B Networking Functionality NAT and IP Forwarding E a ener X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Definition Many to One One to One NAT NAT Pool SIP ALG H 323 ALG Dynamic DNS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 710 1350 2500 MediaFast 200 Y Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt qu ep lt D ep lt D ep e gg dp lt lt Oo qu ep ep e lt qu ep Web Blocking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DNS Proxy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DNS Record X X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Delegation DNS Record Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes z qu ep qu ep A qu ep A qu ep A D ep A D ep A ep A D ep qu ep g qu ep lt qu ep http www peplink
114. e information is organized by device groups as defined in Section 22 3 Default http www peplink com Include Offline APs 197 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pep link Protecting Business Continuity AP Name Serial Number Online Status This button toggles whether your search will include offline devices This field enables you to quickly find your device if you know its name or serial number Fill in the field to begin searching Partial names and serial numbers are supported This table shows the detailed information on each AP including channel number of clients upload traffic and download traffic Click the blue arrows atthe left of the table to expand and collapse information on each device group You could also expand and collapse all groups by using the On the right of the table you will see the following icons Click the F icon to see a usage table foreach client 80 56 f2 98 75 ff c4 6a b7 bf d7 15 70 56 81 1d 87 f3 e0 63 e5 83 45 c8 18 00 2d 3d 4e 7f 14 5a 05 80 4f 40 00 1a dd c5 4e 24 00 1a dd bb 29 ec 40 b0 fa c3 26 2c e4 25 e7 8a d3 12 04 f7 e4 ef 68 05 Managed Wireless Devices Wireless Usage 10 9 2 7 10 9 2 123 10 9 2 102 10 9 2 101 10 9 2 66 10 9 2 76 10 8 9 84 10 8 9 73 10 8 9 18 10 10 11 23 10 10 11 71 802 11ng 802 11ng 802 11ng 802 11ng 802 11ng 802 11ng 802 11ng 802 1ing 802 1ing 802 1ing 802 11ng
115. e Cancel New Custom Rule Settings Service Name This setting specifies the name of the outbound traffic rule This setting specifies whether the outbound traffic rule takes effect When Enable is Enable checked the rule takes effect traffic is matched and actions are takenby the Peplink Balance based on the other parameters of the rule WhenEnableis unchecked the rule does not take effect the PeplinkBalance disregards the other parameters of the rule This setting specifies the source IP address IP network or MAC address for traffic that Source matches the rule http www peplink com 122 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Destination Protocol and Port Algorithm Terminate Sessions on Link Recovery This setting specifies the destination IP address IP network or domain name for traffic that matches the rule Any IP Address IP Network D Domain Name lf 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 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
116. e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 254 258 USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series E 10 Peplink MediaFast200 500 WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement 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 IPsec 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 Five RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M WAN e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN Two SFP for an IEEE 802 3ae 10G LAN e One RJ 45 Console Serial Port e One USBfor 3G 4G LTE Cellular Modem Connection Power Specification e AC input 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing MediaFast 500 B WAN ports 1 5 are active by default Load balancing and or a SpeedFusion license is required to activate MediaFast 500 A WAN ports 2 http www peplink com 255 258 USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series Appendix F Declaration 1 CAUTION RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED
117. e IPsec 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 Serial Port Power Specification e AC input 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 248 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity E 4 Peplink Balance 305 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement 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 VPN Encryption 256 bit AES e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100M 1000M WAN e One RUJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100M 1000M LAN
118. e In the blank space enter the Domain Names Zones which you would like to assign the IP address entered in the previous step Enter one domain name per line e Select Next gt gt to continue Important Note If you have entered domain s which already exist in your settings a warning message will appear Select Next gt gt to overwrite the existing record or lt lt Backto go back to the previous step Step 2 of 3 Continue WARNING The following domain s already exist peplink com The existing records of these domains will be overwritten lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel http www peplink com 154 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Continuity Fetching zone records Step 3 of 3 Fetch Results peplink com Ok mycompany com Cancel http www peplink com 155 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity After the zone records process have been fetched the fetch results would be shown as above You can view import details by clicking the corresponding hyperlink on the right hand side i Value ns1 mytest com ns1 mytest coen ns2 mytest com annees mytest com NS NS mytest com ns4 mytest coen mytest com US backup mytest com 2 us testngabs com 210 120 111 12 33 11 22 33 guest mytest com mytest com MAO 1 mytest com EL juil f J http ww
119. e LAN Interfaces s e WAN configuration For basic configuration refer to Section 8 Basic Configuration For advanced configuration refer to Section 12 Configuring the WAN Interface s e MediaFastconfiguration For MediaFast configuration refer to Section 9 MediaFast Configuration Protecting Business Continuity http www peplink com 61 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 8 Basic Configuration 8 1 Connecting to the Web Admin Interface 1 Start a web browser on a computer that is connected with the Peplink Balance through the LAN 2 To connect to the web adminof thePeplink Balance enter the following LAN IP address in the address field of the web browser htto 192 168 1 1 This is the default LAN IP address of the Peplink Balance 3 Enter the following to access the web admin interface Web Admin User Name admin DE Password admin aus This is the default admin userlogin of the Peplink Balance The adminand read only mn userpassword can be changed atSystem gt Admin Security Password 4 After successful login the Dashboard of the web admin interfacewill be displayed It looks similar to the following 1 te IP Address 17 219 22 1 Details Status Connected Disconnect 2 nea IP Address 18 220 23 1 Details Status Connected Disconnect
120. e Router Utility installed Check the box to activate this feature Push Events peplink For more information on the Router Utility go to PEPWAVE www peplink com products router utilit http www peplink com 211 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 24 6 SNMP SNMPor simple network management protocol is an open standard that can be used to collect information about the Peplink Balance unit SNMP configuration is located atSystem gt SNMP Enable Protecting Business Continuity Enable sma Enable Add SNMP Community Add SNMP User SNMP Settings SNMP Device Name This field shows the router name defined atSystem gt Admin Security SNMP Port This option specifies the port which SNMP will use The default port is161 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 212 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity To add a community for either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 click the Add SNMP Communitybutton in the Community Nametable upon which the following screen is displayed SNMP Community MyCompany Lance SNMP Community Settings Community Name This setting specifies the SNMP community name Allowed Source Subnet Address
121. e features in the system You can sign up for an InControl account at https incontrol2 peplink com You can register your devices under the account monitor their status see their usage reports and receive offline notifications http www peplink com 214 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 24 8 Configuration Protecting Business Continuity Backing up Peplink Balance settings immediately after successful completion of initial setup is strongly recommended The functionality to download and upload Peplink Balance settings is found atSystem gt Configuration Restore Factory Settings em Download Upload Configuration File Choose File No file chosen Upload Configuration Restore Configuration The Restore Factory Settings button is to reset the configuration to factory default settings After clicking the button you will need to click the Apply Changes button on the to Factory top right corner to make the settings effective Settings Download Active Click Download to backup the current active settings Configurations To restore or change settings based on a configuration file click Choose File to locate the Upload configuration file on the local computer and then click Upload The new settings can then i be applied by clicking the Apply Changes button on the page header or you can cancel Configurations the procedure by p
122. e product packages are as follows 5 1 Peplink Balance One e Peplink Balance One e Power adapter e Information slip 5 2 Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 e Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 e Power adapter e Information slip 5 3 Peplink Balance 210 310 e Peplink Balance 210 310 e Power adapter e Information slip e Rackmount kit 5 4 Peplink Balance305 380 580 710 1350 2500 e Peplink Balance 305 380 580 710 1350 2500 e Power cord e Information slip e Rackmount kit 5 5 Peplink MediaFast 200 e Peplink MediaFast 200 e Power adapter e Information slip 5 6 Peplink MediaFast 500 e Peplink MediaFast 500 e Power cord e Information slip e Rackmount kit http www peplink com 22 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 Peplink Balance Overview 6 1 Peplink Balance One 6 1 1 Front Panel Appearance Wi Fi LED WAN Ports LAN Ports peplink Era E Reset Button USB Port StatusLED 6 1 2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows Power and Status Indicators OFF Wi Fi is off Wi Fi Green Ready OFF Upgrading firmware Red Booting up or busy Status Blinking red Boot up error Green Ready LAN and WAN Ports ON 10 100 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring OFF No data is being transferred or port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI MD
123. e question mark icon found at the top right of this section and then click the displayed link to reveal the Connect to Remote drop down menu http www peplink com 110 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL DES Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Send All Traffic To No PepVPN profile selected Send All Traffic To This feature allows you to redirect all traffic to a specified PepVPN connection Click the 4 connection and the following menu will appear button to select your Send All Traffic Send All Traffic Tc V VPN Connection 2 r R DNS Server 135 36 14 0 You could also specify a DNS server to resolve incoming DNS requests PepVPN CO e o PepVPN C This feature allows you to change the local ID of a PepVPN connection Click the connection and the following menu will appear button to select your PepVPN Balance_09DC After updating the local ID click Save to store your changes Link Failure Detection Recommended Approx 15 secs Fast Approx 6 secs Faster Approx 2 secs Extreme Under 1 sec 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 packets are sent to the remote unit to detect any failure The more frequently checks are sent the shorter the detection time althoug
124. e the web admin access Time Zone information of the AP Thesebuttonsspecify the web access protocol used for accessing the web admin of the Time Server AP The two available options are HTTP and HTTPS http www peplink com 195 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity AP Controller Settings Client Load Check the box to turn on client load balancing Balancing Coverage select the degree of coverage redundancy to use Availablevalues are Low Medium Redundancy and High 23 4 Info A comprehensive overview of your AP can be accessed by navigating to AP gt Info License limit W 2 4 GHz l5 GHz WW subtotal WB Default M Main_office EM Main_office M Marketing marketing EM Conference_Room EM Dual Radio CC No of Clients 41 Online 9 Offline 3 Total AP Data Usage 4 Zoom 1h 3h 6h ALL Mbps 10 Mbps AP Controller ne This field displays the maximum number of AP your Balance router can control You can License Limit purchase licenses to increase the number of AP you can manage Underneath there are two check boxes labeled 2 4 Ghz and 5 Ghz Clicking either box Frequency will toggle the display of information for that frequency By default the graphs display the number of clients and data usage for both 2 4GHz and 5 GHz frequencies The colored boxes indicate the SSID to display information for Cl
125. ed and RADIUS MAC Authentication When WPA WPA2 Enterprise is configured RADIUS based 802 1 x authentication is enabled Under this configuration the Shared Key option should be disabled When using this method select the appropriate version using the V1 V2 controls The security level of this method is known to be very high Restricted mt PONS Mode When WPA WPA2 Personal is configured a shared key is used for data encryption and authentication When using this configuration the Shared Key option should be enabled Key length must be between eight and 63 characters inclusive The security level of this method is known to be high 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 MAC Address Connection coming from the MAC addresses in this list will be either denied or accepted List based the option selected in the previous field RADIUS Server Settings Host Enter the IP address of the primary RADIUS server and if applicable the secondary RADIUS server Enter the RADIUS shared secret for the primary server and if applicable the secondary Secret RADIUS server Authentication in field enter the UDP authentication port s used by your RADIUS server s or click the Port Default button to enter 1812 Accounting infield enter the UDP accounting port s used by your RADIUS
126. ed via LAN and configured to obtain an IP address via DHCP The Peplink Balance s DHCP server can prevent IP address collisions on the LAN IP Range amp These settings allocate a range of IP address that will be assigned to LAN computers by the Subnet Mask Peplink Balance s DHCP server This setting specifies the length of time throughout which an IP address of a DHCP client Lease Time remains valid Upon expiration of Lease Time the assigned IP address will no longer be valid and the IP address assignment must be renewed DNS Servers This option allows you to input the DNS server addresses to be offered to DHCP clients If Assign DNS server automatically is selected the Peplink Balance s built in DNS server http www peplink com 83 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep address i e LAN IP address will be offered Protecting Business Continuity This option allows you to specify the Windows Internet Name Service WINS server You may choose to use the built in WINS server or external WINS servers When this unit is connected using SpeedFusion other VPN peers can share this unit s WINS Servers built in WINS server by entering this unit s LAN IP address in their DHCP WINS Servers setting Therefore all PC clients in the VPN can resolve the NetBIOS names of other clients in remote peers lf you have enabled this option a list of WINS clients will be displayed at Sta
127. ee Ce ee Ee 225 26 4 WINS Client DR nn mn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn mn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 225 26 5 SpeedFusion Status nl sn so TRE Ce Rand aan an emma nn ae ee ee Ce eee ee oe eee 226 26 6 OSPF amp 21 ATP EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECEEEEEEECEEEEEEECEEEE EEE EEEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE EE EEE EEEEEEEEE 297 26 7 Event Log E ee Tee Tee CT ee E ee eee eT TC ee E A eT eT Te ee ee ee EEATT 227 26 8 Bandwidth TEPEEEECOCSOOSOOCCOOOCOOOOCOOOOOCOOOOOCCOOCOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOO See eee eee eee 228 APPENDIX A RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS ceecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccscccsccccscces 233 APPENDIX B ROUTING UNDER DHCP STATIC IP AND PPPOE eceececccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccccccces 234 B 1 Routing Via Network Address Translation NAT srrtrttttrttttttttet ett tere teteee 234 B 2 Routing Via IP Forwarding Serre TTT TE EEA TLE CE Te TE Ee Ee Ee Ce Ce eT ee E 235 APPENDIX C CASE STUDIES ceccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccscccscccccccccscccsccccsceccscccsceccscees 236 C 1 Performance Optimization A eT CRT EC eT eR ee CeCe Te ee ee ee ce ert ee ee 236 C 2 Maintaining the Same IP Address Throughout a Session 240 C 3 Bypassing the Firewall to Access Hosts on LAN srrrtrrtrtrtrttetettteteteteeeeee sees 241 C 4 Inbound Access Restriction TRC TT CRT LT CT CRT Ce eT ee ee CTR TR ee ee ee ae er 242 C 5 Outbound Access Restriction Tri tl Tl tt Terr Te eT eee Te ee TC Ce Te Ce eee ee ee ee ee
128. elected 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 A Advanced feature please click the A button on the top right hand corner to activate To enable VLAN configuration click the Kk button in the IP Settings section 192 168 1 5 255 255 255 0 24 To add a new LAN click the New LAN button To change LAN settings click the name of the LAN to change under the LAN heading 192 168 1 5 24 The following settings are displayed http www peplink com 82 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL o Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity IP Settings DHCP Server Settings 192 168 1 10 192 168 1 250 255 255 255 0 24 v Days 0 Hours 0 Assign DNS server automatically S Assign WINS server Option save Lanc Name Enter a name for the LAN IP Address amp Enterthe Peplink Balance s IP address and subnet mask values to be used on the LAN Subnet Mask Inter VLAN routing Check this box to enable routing between virtual LANs Captive Portal Check this box to turn on captive portals DHCP Server Settings When this setting is enabled the Peplink Balance s DHCP server automatically assigns an DHCP Server IP address to each computer that is connect
129. em 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 gt gt WAN5 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 eae gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 ee gt WAN5 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN5 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN5 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Reboot Yes No gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt SWAN5 http www peplink com peplink Protecting Business Continuity A gt Power off D M Reboot gt 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 AN PR PTS PTS 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 44 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity
130. encrypted with 256 bit AES If Off is selected on both sides of a VPN connection no encryption will be applied Encryption Select from By Remote ID Only Preshared Key or X 509 to specify the method Authentication the Peplink Balance will use to authenticate peers When selecting By Remote ID Only be sure to enter a unique peer ID number in the Remote ID field http www peplink com 108 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity To allow the Peplink Balance to establish a VPN connection with a specific remote Remote ID peer using a unique identifying number enter the peer s ID or serial number here This optional field becomes available when Pre shared Key is selected as the Peplink Balance s VPN Authentication method as explained above Pre shared Key defines the pre shared key used for this particular VPN connection The VPN Pre shared Key connection s session key will be further protected by 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 this setting will be ignored If you would like to prevent the display of the pre shared key check Hide Characters These optional fields become available when X 509 is selected as the Peplink Remote ID Remote Balance s VPN authentication method as explained above To authenticate VPN connections using X 509 certificates copy
131. enter an outgoing port number from 1 to 65535 Data Port To make this option visible click the question mark icon appearing at the top right of the PepVPN Profile settings section and then click the displayed link When this check box is unchecked traffic between local and remote networks will Layer 2 Bridging be IP forwarded To bridge the Ethernet network of an Ethernet port on a local and remote network select Layer 2 Bridging 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 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 VLAN Tagging No VLAN To define a new VLAN ID click More and input the VLAN ID VLAN IDs that are not referenced by any VPN profiles will be removed from the list automatically The default value for this field is No VLAN A Checking this box enables spanning tree protocol used to prevent loops in bridged STP Ethernet LANs http www peplink com 109 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity 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 Preserve LAN connected Uncheck
132. eplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Broadcast Point to Point LAN 192 168 1 5 24 WAN 1 WAN 2 WAN 3 WAN 4 WAN 5 WAN 6 WAN 7 WAN 8 WAN 9 WAN 10 WAN 11 WAN 12 Cancel OSPF Settings Area ID Determine the name of your Area ID to apply to this group Machines linked to this group will send and receive related OSPF packets while unlinked machines will ignore it Link Type Choose the network type that this area will use Choose an authentication method if one is used from this drop down menu Available Authentication options are MD5 and Text Enter the authentication key next to the drop down menu Interfaces Determine which interfaces this areawill use to listen to and deliver OSPF packets http www peplink com 174 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep To access RIPv2 settings click LAN 192 168 1 5 24 WAN 1 WAN 2 WAN 3 WAN 4 WAN 5 WAN 6 WAN 7 WAN 8 WAN 9 WAN 10 WAN 11 WAN 12 Protecting Business Continuity UK _ancel RIPv2 Settings Choose an authentication method if one is used from this drop down menu Available options are MD5 and Text Enter the authentication key next to the drop down menu Authentication Interfaces Determine which interfaces this group will use to listen to and deliver RIPv2 packets http www peplink com 175 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink U
133. eporting 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 IPsec 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 RuJ 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 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 252 258 USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series E 8 Peplink Balance 1350 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement 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 IPsec Network to Network e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion e VPN Encrypt
134. er SCORE RSR SRE Tae N Serial Number and LAN MAC Address http www peplink com 36 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink sae rotecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 8 Peplink Balance 305 6 8 1 Front Panel Appearance Power Balance305 USB LCD a Console 6 8 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 3 Ports 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 37 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 8 3 LCD Display Menu peplink Protecting Business Continuity gt Power off a D M Reboot gt 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 gt WAN3 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 mois gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput
135. erence of supported applications is placed at the top of the table Custom applications are at the bottom 19 1 3 2 Prioritization for Custom Application Click the Add button to define a custom application Click the button inthe 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 applications Alternatively you can select Custom Applicationsand define the application by providing the protocol scope port number and DSCP value P Supported Applications Custom Applications Audio Video Streaming Database ipplications Email File Sharing Transfer IM Miscellaneous Remote Access Security Tunneling VoIP Categoryand Applicationavailability will be different across different models of Peplink Balance http www peplink com 164 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 19 1 3 3 DSL Cable Optimization DSL cable based WAN connectionshave lower upload bandwidth and higher download bandwidth When a DSL cable circuit s uplink is congested the download bandwidth will be affected Users will not be able to download data at full soeed until the uplink becomes less congested DSL Cable Optimization can relieve such an issue When it is enabled the download speed will become less affected by the upload tra
136. ernal RADIUS server Authenticated users are treated as either admin with full read write permission or user with read only access 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 Additional 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 and port of the external RADIUS server This field is for enteringthe secret key for accessing the RADIUS server This option specifies the time value for authentication timeout This specifies the access address and port of the external accounting server This field is for entering the secret key for accessing the accounting server This option is for specifying the network connection to be used for authentication Users can choose from LAN WAN and VPN connections Check this box to restrict management to administrators connected to the management port The CLI command line interface can be accessed via SSH It can also be accessed from the serial console port onPeplink Balance 305 380 580 710 1850 and 2500 units This field enables CLI support For additional information regarding CLI please refer to Section 22 5 This field determines the port on which clients can access CLI SSH This menu allows you to choose b
137. ers on LAN TTT ee de Tt Tee eT eee A ee A RC ee eee ee 132 Protecting Business Continuity 16 3 Inbound Access Services Danses Se eee ee eT ee ee ee ee ee eee ee ee ee eee ee 133 16 4 Reverse Lookup Zones Sec TTT CCPC Te ETE CT Ce Cee Tee Ee Te Te RE ee ee Ee ee ee 149 16 5 DNS Record Import Wizard Tre TC Tee Cee Te ee TCT ee ee ee ee eee ee ee oe 153 17 NAT MAPPINGS ececcccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccsccccscccsccccscccssccccccccscccsscccsceccscccsceccscecsscccsceccscccscecess 157 18 CAPTIVE PORT ALeeeeeecccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccsccccsccccsccccscccsccccscccsscccsccccscccsccccscecsscccsccccscees 159 19 QOS ooseooooeooooeoooosoeooe0e00e000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000S 162 20 FIREWALL ssesescesccsoscesocoosocsocoosocsosoocoosocsocoosocsocoosocoosoosocoococsocoosocsocoosocsosoesocoosoesocoosoesocoos 166 20 1 Outbound and Inbound Firewall Rules E E ee ee ee ie ee 166 21 OSPF amp RIPV Dececccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccccccscccccscccccscccccsscccccsscecccscecccsseccccseeccsscecccscecccsseccccce 173 22 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ceccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccsccccccccsccccscccsccccscecsccccsccccscccsccccce 176 22 1 High Availability Tre Tee A Tee CT Le ee T 176 22 2 PPTP Server Si Sas siens TCR TRC eT ee TT ee ess scale sms uns sacs ee eee 180 22 3 Certificate Manager Teeti Tr eet ee Tee rT eT et TT ERA CET
138. ervers Selecting Obtain DNS server address automatically results in the DNS servers assigned by the WAN DHCP server being used for outbound DNS lookups over the connection The DNS servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned by the DHCP server When Use the following DNS server address es is selected you may enter custom DNS server addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields Hostname If your service provider s DHCP server requires you to supply a hostname value upon O tional acquiring an IP address you may enter the value here If your service provider does not p provide you witha hostname you can safely bypass this option Please refer to Sections 12 3 12 4 12 5 and 12 6 for details aboutWAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings http www peplink com 91 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 12 1 2 Static IP Connection The static IP connection method is suitable if yourlSP provides a static IP address to connect directly Protecting Business Continuity Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Static IP Settings IP Address Subnet Mask These settings specify the information required in order to communicate on the Internet via a fixed Internet IP address Default The information is typically determined by
139. ettings page Everyone represents all clients that are not defined in any rule above Click on a rule to change its group Protecting Business Continuity Bb fp AP AAD OT AMAA AAMAS IAI Client Staff A Subnet IP Address IP Address 1921681199 Group Menage ENS Save Cancel Add Edit User Group From the drop down menu choose whether you are going to define the client s by an IP Subnet IP Address or a Subnet If IP Address is selected enter a name defined in DHCP reservation table or a LAN Address 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 162 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink USER MANUAL Protecting Business Continuity 19 1 2 Bandwidth Control 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 con
140. etween granting access to LAN and WAN clients or to LAN clients only This option is for specifying the protocol s through which the web admin interface can be 204 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity accessed e HTTP e HTTPS e HTTP HTTPS Web Admin This fieldisfor specifying the port number onwhich the web admin interface can be Port accessed This option is for specifying the network interfaces through which the web admin interface can be accessed e LAN only e LAN WAN If LAN WAN is chosen theWAN Connection Access Settings form will be displayed Web Admin Access Any Allow access from the following IP subnets only WAN 1 10 90 0 65 Interface IP WAN 2 10 90 0 77 Interface IP WAN 3 WAN Connection Access Settings This field allows you to restrict access to the web admin toonly defined IP subnets e Any Allow web admin accesses from anywhere without IP address restrictions e Allow access from the following IP subnets only Restrictsthe ability to access web admin to only defined IP subnets When this option is chosen a text input area will appear Any Allow access from the following IP subnets only Allowed Source IP Subnets Enter your allowed IP subnet addresses into this text area Each IP subnet must be in the form of w x y z m w x y z representsan IP address e g 192 168 0 0 andmrepresent
141. ffic By default this feature is enabled http www peplink com 165 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 20 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 access to offensive websites and or other inappropriate uses The firewall functionality of Peplink Balance supports the selective filtering of data traffic in both directions e Outbound LAN to WAN e inbound WAN to LAN The firewall also supports the following functionality e Intrusion detection and DoS prevention e Web blocking With SpeedFusion the firewall rules also apply to VPN tunneled ee a IP Destination IP Protocol Port Policy Le Add Rule Source IP Destination IP 20 1 Outbound and Inbound Firewall Rules 20 1 1 Access Rules The outbound firewall ne are located atNetwork gt Firewall gt Access Rules Add Rule http www peplink com 166 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity ClickAdd Ruleto display thefollowing screen Any Address Any Address Allow Deny Enable The inbound firewall settings are located atNetwork gt Firewall gt Access Rules y O Destination IP eat a en a fu
142. fic redirection to dedicated LAN server s Inbound link load balancing by means of DNS available on Peplink Balance 210 Outbound Policy Link load distribution per TCP UDP service Persistent routing for specified source and or destination IP addresses per TCP UDP service Prioritize and route traffic to VPN tunnels with Priority and Enforced algorithms AP Controller Configure and manage Pepwave AP devices Review the status of connected AP 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 Bandwidth usage control and monitoring on group and user level available on Peplink Balance 380 Applicationprioritization for custom protocols and DSL optimization Firewall Outbound LAN to WAN firewall rules Inbound WAN to LAN firewall rules per WAN connection Intrusion detection and prevention Specification of NAT mappings Web blocking available on Peplink Balance 380 Outbound firewall rules can be defined by destination domain name http www peplink com 20 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 4 1 9 Captive Portal Splash screen of open networks login page for secure networks Customizable built in captive portal Supports linking to outside page for captive portal Other Supported Feature
143. firmware to the Peplink Balance It will then automatically initiate the firmware upgrade process Please note that all Peplink devices can store two different firmware versions in two different partitions A firmware upgrade 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 30 LTE 50 210 and 310 Status LED Information during firmware upgrade e OFF Firmware upgrade in progress DO NOT disconnect power e Red Unit is rebooting e Green Firmware upgrade successfully completed http www peplink com 206 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity 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 before installing 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 supportedby Peplink Upgrading the Peplink Balance with an invalid firmware file will damage the unitand may void the warranty http www peplink com 207 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuit
144. 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 20 1 2 2 Exempted User Groups Check and select pre defined user group s who can be exempted from the access blocking rules User groups can be defined at QoS gt User Groups section Please refer to Section 19 1 1 for details 20 1 2 3 Exempted Subnets With the subnet defined in the field clients on the particular subnet s can be exempted from the access blocking rules http www peplink com 172 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 21 OSPF amp RIPv2 The Balance Router supports OSPF and RIPv2 dynamic routing protocols Click the Network tab from Protecting Business Continuity the top bar and then click the OSPF amp RIPv2 item on the side bar to reach the following menu Router ID LAN IP Address Custom 7 Router ID This field determines the ID of the router By default this is specified as the LAN IP address If you want to specify your own ID enter it in the Custom field This is an overview of the OSPFv2 areas you have defined Click on the area name to Area configure it To set a new area click Add To delete an existing area click 2 http www peplink com 173 258 Copyright 2014 P
145. for COnNfiguration details pertaining to each connection method This field shows that NAT network address translation will be applied to the traffic 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 Static IP and PPPoE This setting specifies the utilization of the WAN connection Always on results in the WAN connection being used whenever it is available If Backup Priority and a priority group are selected the WAN connection is treated as a backup connection and is used only in the absence of available always on WAN connection s and higher priority backup connection s The default and recommended connection type is Always on If this field is disabled the WAN connection will not respond to ICMP ping requests By default this setting isenabled This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the outbound direction from the LAN through the WAN interface This value is provided by yourlSP and should reflect the actual speed of the WAN This value is referenced when default weight is chosen for outbound traffic and traffic prioritization Setting thecorrect value here can result in effective traffic prioritization and efficient use of upload bandwidth This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the inbound direction from the WAN interface to the LAN This value is provided by yourlSP and should reflect the ac
146. g click http www peplink com 85 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 11 Drop in Mode Drop in mode or transparent bridging mode eases the installation of the Peplink Balance on a live network between the firewall and router such that changes to the settings of existing equipment are not required The following diagram illustratesdrop in mode setup Protecting Business Continuity Router Public Address Peplink Space B Balance Enable drop in modeusing the Setup Wizard 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 between the LAN hosts and WAN router will be forwarded between the devices In this case the hosts on both sides will not notice any IP or MAC address changes After successfully setting up the Peplink Balance as part of the network usingdrop in mode a Peplink Balance 210 will accommodate one additional WAN connection a 310 305 or380will accommodate two a 580 will accommodate four a 710will accommodate Six a 1350 will accommodate twelve and a 2500 will accommodate eleven additional WAN connections The MediaFast 500 supports up to five WAN connections after activating drop in mode all MediaF
147. g 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 Resume Master Role This option is displayed when Master mode is selected in Preferred Role lf this option is Upon enabled once the device hasrecovered from an outage it will take over and resume its Recovery Master role from the slave unit This option is displayed when Slave mode is selected in Preferred Role lf this option is Configurati on enabled and the Master Serial Number entered matches with the actual master unit s the Sync master unit will automatically transfer the configuration to this unit Please make sure the LAN IP Address and the Subnet Mask fields are set correctly in the LAN settings page You can refer to the Event Log for the configuration synchronization status Master Serial lfConfiguration Sync is checked the serial number of the master unit is required here for Number the feature to work properly The HA pair must share the same Virtual IP TheVirtual IP and the LAN Administration IP Virtual IP must be under the same network LAN a This setting specifies a LAN IP address to be used for accessing administration functionality This address should be unique within the LAN http www peplink com 177 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Subnet Mask This setting specifies the subnet mask of the L
148. gSaveafter entering required information the following screen appears Add Server To define additional servers click Add Serverand repeat the above steps http www peplink com 132 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 16 3 Inbound Access Services 16 3 1 Definition of Services Services are defined atNetwork gt Inbound Access gt Services Add Service At least one server must be definedbefore services can be added To define a new service click the Add Servicebutton upon which the following menu appears WAN 1 10 90 0 65 Interface IP D wanz S O wan O wans s O WANS O wans S O wanz o O wans oo O O wanao S O O wanar S OO WAN 12 Mobile Internet myserver 192 168 1 123 Weight 2 ms Save Cancel Services Settings This setting specifies whether the inbound service rule takes effect When Yes is selected the inbound service rule takes effect If the inbound traffic matches the Enable specified IP protocol and port action will be taken by the Peplink Balance based on the other parameters of the rule When No is selected the inbound service rule does not take effect The Peplink Balance will disregard the other parameters of the rule http www peplink com 133 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Service Name
149. gorithm is set to Weighted Balance Weighted Balance T WAN 1 10 WAN 2 10 c WAN 3 10 e http www peplink com 123 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep The amount of matching traffic that is distributed to a WAN connection is proportional to the weight of theWAN connection relative to the total weight Use the sliders to change each WAN s weight For example with the following weight settings on a Peplink Balance 310 e WAN1 10 e WAN2 10 e WANS 5 Total weight is 25 10 10 5 Matching traffic distributed to WAN1 is 40 10 25 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to WANZ2 is 40 10 25 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to WANS is 20 5 25 x 100 Protecting Business Continuity 15 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 for security reasons many e banking and other secure websitesterminate 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 The
150. gt Firewall gt Access Rules Click the Add Rulebutton in the Outbound Firewall Rulestable and then adjust settings according the screenshot No FTP Access Enabe CE Any Address 7 Any Port T unati EJ Any address Single Port Port 21 evti CE Cancel After the fields have been entered as in the screenshot click Save to add the rule Click Apply Changes on the top right corner to complete the process http www peplink com 243 258 Copyright 2014 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 balancing can only be distributetraffic evenly between available WAN connections 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 management applications are recommended The applications can split a file into pieces and download the pieces simultaneously Examples include DownThemaAll Firefox Extension iGetter Mac etc If the outbound traffic is going across the SpeedFusion tunnel i e transferring a file to a VPN peer the bandwidth of all WAN connections will be bonded In this case all bandwidth will be utilized and a file will be transferred across all available WAN connection
151. he TXT record of the domain name E To add a newTXT record click theNew TXT Recordbutton in the TXT Records box Click the Editbutton 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 editing the five types of records you can leave the page by simply going to another section of the web admin interface 16 3 12 SRV Records To add a newSRV record click theNew SRV Recordbutton in the SRV Records box e Service The symbolic name of the desired service e Priority Indicates the priority of the target the smaller the value the higher 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 145 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity Domain Delegation These are the steps to follow when you host your domain at anISP or domain registrarand want to delegate a sub domain to be resolved and managed by the Peplink Balance e Click the New Domain Name button to add a domain name e g www mycompany com Click the corres
152. hen Enable is checked the Enable inbound service takes effect traffic is matched and actions are taken by the Peplink Balance based on the other parameters of the rule When this setting is disabled the inbound service does not take effect the Peplink Balance disregards the other parameters of the rule Service This setting identifies the service to the system administrator Valid values for this setting consist Name of only alphanumeric and underscore _ characters http www peplink com 130 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 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 the Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port s is forwarded to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting Please seebelow for details on the Port and Servers settings Alternatively the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu can be used to automatically fill in the protocol and a single port number of common Internet services e g HTTP HTTPS etc After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop down menu the protocol and port number remain manually modifiable IP Protocol 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
153. henthe host record has not beennot updated for a long time Therefore thePeplink Balance performs an update every 23 days even if a WAN s IP address did not change http www peplink com 105 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 13 PepVPN with Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusion Mobile Location Internet Central Location Peplink Balancebandwidth bonding SpeedFusion functionality securely connectsone or more branch offices to your company s main headquarters or to other branches The data voice andvideo 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 environments The Peplink Balance canbond all WAN connections bandwidth for routingSpeedFusion traffic Unless all the WAN connections of one site are down the Peplink Balance cankeep the VPN up and running Bandwidth bonding is enabled by default 13 1 SpeedFusion Settings The Peplink Balance 380 580 710 1350 and 2500 as well as the MediaFast200 and 500 supportmaking multiple SoeedFusion connections with a remote Peplink Balance 210 310 380 580 710 1350 2500 MediaFast 200 or 500 or a Pepwave MAXmobile router The Peplink Balance 210 and 310 support making two SpeedFusion connections with a remote Peplink Balance 210 310 380 580 710 1350
154. hentication Band Selection Data Roaming Operator Settings APN Username Password SIM PIN DNS Servers Standby State Protecting Business Continuity Choose from Auto PAP Only or CHAP Only to authenticate celluarl connections Choose bands to restrict cellular traffic to those bands This checkbox enables data roaming on this particular SIM card Please check your service provider s data roaming policy before proceeding This setting applies to 3G EDGE GPRS modems only It does not apply to EVDO EVDO Rev A modems This allows you to configure the APN settings of your connection If Auto is selected the mobile operator should be detected automatically The connected device will be configured and connection will be made automatically afterwards If there is any difficulty in making a connection you may select Custom to enter your carriers APN Login Password and Dial Number settings manually The correct values can be obtained from your carrier The default and recommended value for Operator Settings is Auto When Auto is selected the information in these fields will be filled automatically Select Customio customize these parameters The parameter values are determined by and can be obtained from the ISP Obtain ONS server address automatically Use the following ONS server address es ONS Server 1 ONS Server 2 General Settings Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups
155. her downlink speed Therefore this algorithm isgood for two scenarios e All WAN connections are symmetric or e A latency sensitive application must be routed through the lowestlatency WAN regardless of the WAN s available bandwidth 15 2 8 Expert Mode Expert Mode is available for advanced users To enable the EEE Close This table allows you to fine tune feature click on the help icon and click turn on Expert now the outbound traffic should be distributed to the WAN Mode connections InExpert Mode a new special rule SpeedFusion Routes Add Rule button to add is displayed inthe Custom Rules table This rule represents emeve mle Drag a rule to promote or demote its all SoeedFusion routes learned from remote VPN peers _ Pressdense higher position of rule signifies a higher precedence By default this bar is on the top of all custom rules This te ee eee position means that traffic for remote VPN subnets will be oo routed to thecorresponding VPN peer You can create epee e r xpe custom Priority or Enforced rules and move them above the bar to override the SpeedFusion routes Upon disabling Expert Mode all rules above the bar will be removed http www peplink com 128 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL pepiink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series y ee Protocol Persistence Src es IP Network TCP Auto Y 192 168 50 0 24 443 Site to Si
156. her priority ones Priority become unavailable To specify the primary and backup connections click the button that corresponds to Default Connection Priority The following screen will appear http www peplink com 137 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity Conmecton Pot 1 Highest v 1 Highest WAN 9 1 Highest v WAN 11 1 Highest v WAN 12 1 Highest v Mobile Internet 1 Highest v Save Cance 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 andits sub domains A and CNAME records Add a new record by clicking the New Domain Name button Click on a domain name to edit Press to remove a domain name Domain name http www peplink com 138 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 16 3 4 Creating DNS Records To create new DNS records for a domain perform the following steps From Network gt Inbound Access gt DNS Settings click New Domain Namein the Domain Name field Then click on the newly created domain name and the following screen will be displayed peplink com SOA Record Use Default SOA an
157. hmore bandwidth will be consumed Link F ailure When Recommended default is selected a health check packet is sent every five Detection Time seconds and the expected detection time is 15 seconds When Fast is selected a health check packet is sent every three seconds and the expected detection time is six seconds http www peplink com 111 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep When Faster is selected a health check packet is sent every second and the expected detection time is two seconds Protecting Business Continuity When Extreme is selected a health check packet is sent every 0 1 second and the expected detection time is less than one second Important Note Peplink proprietary SpeedFusion usesTCP port 32015 and UDP port 4500 for establishing VPN connections If you have a firewall in front of your Peplink Balance devices you will need to add firewall rules for these ports and protocols to allow inbound and outbound traffic to pass through the firewall Watch a video walkthrough of setting up a SpeedFusion VPN on our YouTube Channel Dashboard Setup Wizard Network System Status SpeedFusion VPN Bonding a Services a DNS Settings NAT Mappings WLAN Controller m Wireless Networks AP Management BAP Profiles Qos User Groups a Bandwidth B Annkestinn A http youtu be xNaq13FWu g http www peplink com 112 258
158. hod The default method is DNS Lookup See Section 12 3for configuration details If a health check test cannot be completed within the specified amount of time the test Timeout will be treated as failed Health Check This is the time interval between each health check test Interval Health Check This is the number of consecutive check failures before treating a connection as down Retries Recovery This is the number of responses required after a health check failure before treating a Retries connection as up again http www peplink com 71 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity 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 Dynamic DNS e dyndns org Service Provider e no ip org tzo com e DNS O Matic Select Disabled to disable this feature See Section 12 6 for configuration details http www peplink com 72 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity Email notification is currently disabled You can get notified when usage hits 75 95 of monthly allowance by enabling Email Notification Disconnect when usage hits 100 of monthly allowance gt of each month at 00 00 micright lt lt o ooo Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Settings
159. icking any colored box SSID will toggle the display of information for that SSID By default all the graphs show information for all SSIDs http www peplink com 196 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series No of APs No of Clients Data Usage Jan 2 11 01 11 Jan 2 11 00 42 Jan 2 11 00 38 Jan 2 11 00 36 Jan 2 11 00 20 Jan 2 11 00 09 Jan 2 10 59 09 Jan 2 10 59 08 Jan 2 10 58 53 Jan 2 10 58 18 Jan 2 10 58 03 Jan 2 10 57 47 Jan 2 10 57 19 Jan 2 10 57 09 Jan 2 10 56 48 Jan 2 10 56 39 Jan 2 10 56 19 Jan 2 10 56 09 Jan 2 10 55 42 Jan 2 10 55 29 peplink Protecting Business Continuity This pie chart and table indicates how many APs are online and how many are offline This graph displays the number of clients connected to each network at any given time Mouse over any line on the graph to see how many clients connected to a specific SSID for that point in time This graph enables you to see the data usage of any SSID for any given time period Mouse over any line on the graph to see the data usage by each SSID for that point in time Use the buttons next to Zoom to select the time scale you wish to view In addition you could use the sliders at the bottom to further refine your timescale AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 associated wi
160. icy form Choose Custom and press the Savebutton The followingscreen will then be displayed 9 TE Protocol Persistence Src T TCP lurres persistence Auto ay o Jar B x Default OOOO Auto Add Rule The bottom most rule is Default Edit this rule to change the device s default manner ofcontrolling outbound traffic for all connections that donot match any of the rules above it Under the Service heading Defaultio change thesesettings To rearrange the priority of outbound rules drag and drop them into the desired sequence AO Weighted Balance WAN 1 10 WAN 2 10 WAN 3 10 WAN 4 10 WAN 5 10 WANG 10 WAN 7 10 WAN 8 10 WAN 10 WAN 10 10 WAN 11 10 WAN 172 10 Mobile Internet 10 a Save Cancel http www peplink com 121 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity By default Auto is selected for as theDefault Rule You can select Custom to change the algorithm to be used Please refer to the upcoming sections for the details onthe available algorithms To create a custom rule click Add Rule at the bottom of the table The following window will be displayed WAN 1 10 WAN 2 10 WAN 3 10 WAN 4 10 WAN 3 10 WAN 6 10 WAN 7 10 WAN 10 WAN 9 10 WAN 10 10 WAN 11 10 WAN 12 10 Mobile Internet 10 Sav
161. ifies the source IP address es and port number s to be matched for the firewall rule A single address or a network can be specified as the Source IP amp Port setting as indicated with the following screenshots Single Address v IP Source IP amp Single Port v Port Port Network v IP Mask 255 255 255 0 24 Port Range Port 80 In addition a single port or a range of ports can be specified for the Source IP amp Portsettings This specifies the destination IP address es and port number s to be matched for the firewall rule A single address or a network can be specified as the Destination IP amp Port setting as indicated with the following screenshots Destination IP Single Address v IP Single Port Port amp Port Network v IP Mask 255 255 255 0 24 Port Range Port 80 In addition a single port or a range of ports can be specified for the Destination IP amp Portsettings This setting specifies the action to be taken by the router upon encountering traffic that matches the both of the following e Source IP amp port Action e Destination IP amp port With the value of Allow for the Action setting the matching traffic passes through the router to be routed to the destination If the value of the Action setting is set to Deny the matching traffic does not pass through the router and is discarded This setting specifies whether or not to log matched firewall events
162. iness Continuity C 3 Bypassing the Firewall to Access Hosts on LAN C 3 1 Scenario There are times when remote access to computers on the LAN is desirable for example when hosting web sites online businesses F TP 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 The web admin interface can be used to add an inbound NAT mapping to a host and to bind the host to the WAN connection s of your choice To begin navigate to Network gt NAT Mappings In this example the host with an IP address of 192 168 1 102 is bound to 10 90 0 75 of WAN1 un ontis l 10 90 0 75 Interface IP WAN Mobile Intern et 10 90 0 75 Interface IP WAN 10 90 0 76 Interface IP WAN 4 E IP Interface IP Interface IP WAN 7 Interface IP Mobile Internet Interface IP Save Cancel ClickSave and thenApply Changes located atthe top right corner to complete the process http www peplink com 241 258 Copyright 2014 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 builtinto the Pepli
163. ing use both client IP address and cookie matching for session identification Since load balancing uses different IP addresses the session is dropped when a mismatched IP is detected resulting in frequent interruptions while visiting such sites C 2 2 Solution Make use of the persistencefunctionality of the Peplink Balance With persistence configuredand the ByDestinationoption selected the Peplink Balance will usea consistent WAN connection for source destination pairs of IP addresses preventing sessions from being dropped With persistence configured and the option By Sourceis selected the Peplink Balance uses a consistent WAN connection for same source IP addresses This option offers higher application compatibilitybut may inhibit the load balancing function unless there are many clients using the Internet C 2 3 Settings Set persistence inatNetwork gt Outbound Policy Click Add Rule select HTTP TCP port 80 for web service and select Persistence Click Save and then Apply Changes located atthe top right corner to complete the process HTTP Persistence 3 SSS Any T i T Single Port Y Port 80 By Source By Destination Auto Custom Tip A network administrator can use the traceroute utility to manually analyze the connection path of a particular WAN connection http www peplink com 240 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Bus
164. ing drop in mode select the connection methodfor the WAN connection s from the following screen Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 4 Choose a connection method for WAN 1 Static IP DHCP PPPoE Disable Depending on the selection of connection type further configuration may be needed For example PPPoEand static IP require additional settingsfor the selected WAN port Please refer toSection 12 Configuring the WAN Interface s for details on setting up DHCP static IP andPPPoE lf Mobile Internet Connectionis checked the setup wizard will move on to Operator Settings Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 3 Select whether Operator Settings for Mobile Internet will be automatically detected or customized lf Custom Mobile Operator Settingsis selected APN parameters are required Some service providers may charge a fee for connecting to a different APN Please consult yourservice provider for the correct settings Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 4 Enter the parameters of Mobile Operator Settings for Mobile Internet APN Login ID Password Dial Number http www peplink com 65 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting 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 backup only Click Next gt gt to continue Setup Wizard gt
165. ink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 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 gt gt WAN7 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 ae gt WAN7 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN7 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN7 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN7 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 AN PR PTS PTS 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 restorefactory defaults shows port speed Auto
166. ion 256 bit AES e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface e ThirteenRJ 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 WANT to LAN Power Specification e AC input 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 40 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 253 258 USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series E 9 Peplink Balance 2500 Routing e Drop in Mode and NAT e Flexible Custom Outbound Routing Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement 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 IPsec 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 Twelve RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M WAN e Eight RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN Two SFP for an IEEE 802 3ae 10G LAN e One RJ 45 Console Serial Port Power Specification e AC input 100 240V Operating Environment e Temperature OC 40 C
167. is setting specifies the WAN connections and Internet IP address es from which the service can be accessed http www peplink com 134 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 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 Inci Example ncluded With the following weight settings on a Peplink Balance Server s e demo server 1 10 e demo server 2 5 The total weight is 15 10 5 Matching traffic distributed to demo_server_1 67 10 15 x 100 Matching traffic distributed to demo_server_2 33 5 15 x 100 16 3 2 UPNP NAT PMP SETTINGS UPnP and NAT PMP are network protocols which allow a computer connected tothe LAN port to automatically configure the router to allow parties on the WAN port to connect to itself That way the process of inbound port forwarding becomes 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 connected tothe LAN ports CO aaa Save When the options are enabled a table listing all the forwa
168. ity 22 2 PPTP Server PPTP VPN The Peplink Balance has a built in PPTP server which enables remote computers to conveniently and securely access the local network PPTP server settingsare located atNetwork gt Misc Settings gt PPTP Server Simply check the box to enable the PPTP server functionality All connected PPTP sessions are displayed at Status gt Client List Please refer to Section 26 3 for details Y WAN 1 7 10 90 0 65 Interface IP WAN S O wana S O WANS WAN 9 WAN 10 O wanar E wanae aaam COo Username Password T 5 PPTP Server Setting This setting is for specifying the WAN connection s and IP address es that the PPTP server should listen on Listen On This option is only applicable on Peplink Balance 305 380 and MediaFast 200 This setting is for specifying the user database source for PPTP authentication Three sources can be selected Local User Accounts LDAP Server orRADIUS Server Local User Accounts User accounts are stored in the Peplink Balance locally You can Authentication add modify delete accounts in the User Accounts table below LDAP Server Authenticate with an external LDAP server Tested with OpenLDAP server where passwords are NTLM hashed Active Directory is not supported You can choose to use RADIUS to authenticate with a Windows Server http www peplink com 180 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL wie Peplink Balance Series peplink
169. lgorithms g conn gt x gt lt D ep lt D ep http www peplink com 10 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity MediaFast MediaFast 1350 2500 one 500 A 500 B 20 30 50 30 LTE 210 310 380 580 710 VPN Functionality SpeedFusion SpeedFusion Peers Bonded VPN Throughput PPTP VPN Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes O g 30M 30M 60M 80M 150M I Yes Yes Yes Yes Recommended PPTP VPN Users 100 200 500 RADIUS LDAP Support for PPTP IPsec VPN Network to Yes Yes Yes Network Number of IPsec Tunnels Certificate Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 90 150 400 800 50 Sere Ol lt lt lt NO O O On O Pp Pp dp E O s D Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt D ep Yes Yes APE HE gt http www peplink com 11 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity f MediaFast 20 30 50 30 LTE 210 310 MediaFast meee DE TT Manage Pepwave AP One Access Point a 1350 2500 AP a Update Number of APs Supported http www peplink com 12 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity MediaFast nacre 500 A 500 B Advanced QoS Bandwi
170. mber of This field determines the maximum clients that can be connected to APs under this Clients profile S ESNA aiid Id determines that maxi ignal strength each individual client will recei Strength IS Tle etermines that maximum signal Sirengin eacn individual CIIENT will receive The measurmentunit is megawatts Threshold This drop down menu provides the option to send beacons in different transmit bit A Beacon Rate tes The bit rates are1Mbps 2Mbps 5 5Mbps 6Mbps and 11Mbps This drop down menu provides the option to set the time between each beacon send A Beacon Interval Available options are100ms 250ms and 500ms A This field provides the option to set the frequency for beacon to include delivery traffic DTIM aes i ee indication messages DTIM The interval unit is measured in milliseconds A This field provides the option to set the minimum packet size for the unit to send an RTS RTS Threshold using the RTS CTS handshake Setting 0 disables this feature Slot Time This field provides the option to modify the unit wait time before it transmits The default value is 9US A This field provides the option to set the wait time to receive acknowledgement packet ACK Timeout before doing retransmission The default value is 48us Frame With this feature enabled throughput will be increased by sending two or more data Aggregation frames in a single transmission http www peplink com 194 258 Copyrigh
171. nchronization fail System Time synchronization successf n 30 16 46 44 System Time synchronization fail System Time synchronization successfu Jun 30 12 04 38 System Time synchronization fail Jun 30 08 33 22 System Time synchronization successfu Jun 30 08 28 16 System Time synchronization fa Jun 30 07 57 51 System Time synchronization successful Jun 30 07 47 20 System Time synchronization fail Jun 30 03 45 41 System Time synchronization successf Jun 30 03 35 08 Syst Time synchronization fall Jun 30 02 34 35 System Time synchronization successi lun 30 02 29 26 s Time synchronization fail Jun 30 00 58 45 System Time synchronization successfi Jun 30 00 53 37 Time synchronization fail Jun 29 23 53 04 System Time synchronization successi Jun 29 23 47 55 System Time synchronization fail Clear Log The log section displays a list of events that has taken place on the Peplink Balance unit Check AutoRefreshto refreshlog entries automatically Click the Clear Log button to clear the log 26 7 2 IPsec Event Log Dec 30 08 32 26 IPsec Amazon Singapore 1x1 Initiating Main Mode connection Dec 30 08 31 46 IPsec Amazon Singapore 1x1 Initiating Main Mode connection Sep 04 01 01 29 IPsec Amazon Singapore 1x1 Initiating Main Mode connection This section displays a list of events that has taken place within an IPsec VPN connection Check the box next to Auto Refresh and the log will be refreshed automatically For an AP e
172. nding set of IP addresses will not be returned However the IP addresses in the Custom IP Addressfield will always be returned If the Connection Priority field is set to Custom you can also specify the usage priority of each WAN connection Only selected IP address es of available connection s with the highest priority and custom IP addresses will be returned By default Connection Priority is set to Default 16 3 10 PTR Records PTR records are created along with A records pointing to custom IPs Please refer to Section 16 3 9 for details For example if you created an A record www mydomain com pointing to 11 22 33 44 then a PIR 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 for PTR records to function youalso need to create NS 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 s public IP addresses With the above records created the PTR record creation is complete http www peplink com 144 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 16 3 11 TXT Records This table shows t
173. nection By default 50 of bandwidth has been reserved for Manager 30 for Staff and 20 for Guest Group Bandwidth Reservation oe 00 BW 90 o WANT 50 0M 50 0M 30 0M 30 0M 20 0M 20 0M WAN 3 9M 4 0M 2 3M 2 4M 1 6M 1 6M WARNS 750k 1 0M 450k 614k 300k 410k 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 No limit can be imposed on individual Managers By default download and upload bandwidth limits are set to unlimited set as 0 Individual Bandwidth Limit Download Upload Manager Unlimited Undimited Staff a le 40 bos 0 unlimited Guest 500 vos 100 fe 0 unlimited http www peplink com 163 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 19 1 3 Application Protecting Business Continuity 19 1 3 1 Application Prioritization You can choose whether to apply the same prioritization settings to all user groups or customize the settings for each group Apply same settings to all users Customize Three priority levels can be set for application prioritization 4 High Normal and Low The Peplink Balance can detectvarious application traffic types by inspecting the packet content Select an application by choosing a supported application or by defining a custom application manually The priority pref
174. net mask gt Link status gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 mois gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt WAN3 http www peplink com gt Reboot Yes No showsfirmware version shows serial number shows current time shows system uptime sincelast 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 Kops shows transfer rate in Kops 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 41 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL n s Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 9 4 Rear Panel Appearance Power Switch Power Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 110 220V Pressing and holding the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit When the unit is
175. ng Policy WAN Support e DHCP PPPoE 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 Multi NAT e NAT supports PAT Port Address Translation Security e IPsec Network to Network e Compatible with IPsec and PPTP VPNPassthrough e Rules based Stateful Firewall with IP Protocol and Port filtering e Intrusion Detection System Physical Interface e Two Balance 20 Three Balance 30 30 LTE Five Balance 50 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 16V Operating Environment e Kensington Lock Interface e Temperature 0 C 55 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 246 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 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 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 Accou
176. nk Balance By default inbound access is unrestricted Enabling a basic level of protection involves setting up firewall rules For example in order to protect your private network from external access you can set up a firewall rule between the Internet and yourprivate network To do so navigate to Network gt Firewall gt Access Rules Then click the Add Rulebutton in thelnbound Firewall Rulestableand change the settings according to the following screenshot Qe Qe seme o S 2 Any Address Any Port v 2 Any Address v Single Port Port 80 o A Ov Enable After the fields have been entered as in the screenshot click Save to add the rule Afterwards change the default inbound rule toDeny by clicking thedefaultrule in the Inbound Firewall Rulestable Click Apply Changes on the top right corner to complete the process http www peplink com 242 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep C 5 Outbound Access Restriction Protecting Business Continuity C 5 1 Scenario For security reasons it may be appropriate to restrict outbound access For example you may want to prevent LAN usersfrom usingfitp to transfer files to and from the Internet This can easily be achieved by setting up an outbound firewall rule with the Peplink Balance C 5 2 Solution To setup a firewall between Internet and private network for outbound access navigate to Network
177. nn nn nn nn nn nn san nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nnnnnnuus 212 24 7 InControl Trrrir Cece TC Cee TT Te eT eT eT eT Re se Ce Te eT eT eT eT ee ee ee Tee Lee Cn ee cae ee ee ee 21 4 24 8 Configuration Tec E a eee ee Te TT OE TC ee eT CT CE TCE ECC eee ee ee ee ee 21 D 24 9 Feature Add ons TTT Ce TCT TT CT eC eT Te e EE E E E E 21 6 24 10 Reboot uu50u05555NuBEENNNNNNNEENHNNENEENNENNHNEEENENSNENEEHNENUREENHSNHREENNSHNBEENNNENENNON 216 http www peplink com 4 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 25 TOOLS esessssesesesccccoescsosocococsosocococoococococsococococoosososococsosococococsosososococsosococococsososococsesososocoeoo 217 25 1 Ping a E A Re CTR TE RT eC OR TORE TEC A Ce EE CST CC CEE TET A ERE CE Tee ee ee ee 21 7 25 2 Traceroute Test PEREDE n rT Teer Tee E eC ee TP a Cree eT E E 21 8 25 3 PepVPN Test sn a Tete Ce Ce ee E Te ee eT Re Te Re ee ee A 21 8 25 4 PepVPN Analyzer Tere re COTTE Ce Tee TET TT oe eT eC Re eC Ee A eee eee ee A T 21 9 25 5 CLI Command Line Interface Support ns ane asso ses eee CT Tee Ee CT ee Ce ee ee ee 220 26 STATUS ececcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscccccscccccscccccscecccscecccssecccsseccccscecccscecccssecccssceccsscecccsceccccseccccss 221 26 1 Device EEE 201 26 2 Active Sessions TC E CCC CCR Ce eR Le Te ee eT ee eee eee eT mess eue ee AEREE 223 26 3 Client List Tee Tre TT Ce CET EE TC ee CEE ECE TERE ECO CEC CEE CEE CET EET Ee C
178. nnected 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 49 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 12 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 gt gt WAN13 gt VPN status gt VPN Profile 1 gt VPN Profile 2 PREN gt VPN Profile n gt Link usage gt Throughput in gt WAN1 gt WAN2 ae gt WAN13 gt Throughput out gt WAN1 gt WAN2 Pic gt WAN13 gt Data Transfer d gt WAN1 gt WAN2 e gt WAN13 gt Maintenance gt Reboot gt Reboot Yes No gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN13 http www peplink com 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 AN PR PTS PTS sh
179. ns org no ip org o com DNS O Matic lf 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 http www peplink com 104 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Dynamic DNS Settings This setting specifies the dynamic DNS service provider to be used for the WAN Supported providers are changeip com Service Provider D ROC e no ip org e tzo com e DNS O Matic Select Disabled to disable this feature pila This setting specifies the registered user name for the dynamic DNS service Password Pass This setting specifies the password for the dynamic DNS service TZO Key ji j Update All Hosts Check this box to automatically update all hosts 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 service provider are required A dynamic DNS update is performed whenever a WAN s IP address is changed such as when an IP is changed after a DHCP IP refresh orreconnection Due to dynamic DNS service providers policies a dynamic DNS host expires automatically w
180. nt 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 4 e Two RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000M WAN e One feature activated RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000M WAN e Seven RuJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN Physical Interface Balance 310 Hardware Revision 4 e Three RJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000M WAN e SevenRJ 45 for an IEEE 802 3ab 10 100 1000M LAN Power Specification e DC Input 12 24V Operating Environment e Temperature 0 C 65 C e Humidity 10 90 non condensing http www peplink com 247 258 Copyright 2014 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 and Static IP e Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance DeviceManagement 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
181. ol This section displays the 5 GHz protocols your APs are using 5GHz Channel There are three options 20 MHz 20 40 MHz and 40 MHz With this feature enabled the Wi Fi system can use two channels at once Using two channels improves the performance of the Wi Fi connection Bonding This drop down menu selects the 5 GHz 802 11 channel to be utilized If Auto is set the 5 GHz Channel system will perform channel scanning based on the scheduled time set and choose the most suitable channel automatically 2 4 GHz Protocol This section displays the 2 4 GHz protocols your APs are using 2 4 GHz Channel There are three options 20 MHz 20 40 MHz and 40 MHz With this feature enabled the j Wi Fi system can use two channels at once Using two channels improves the performance of the Wi Fi connection Bonding This drop down menu selects the 802 11 channel to be utilized Available options are from 1 to 11 and from 1 to 13 for the North America region and Europe region 2 4 GHz Channel respectively Channel 14 is only available when the country is selected as Japan with protocol 802 11b If Auto is set the system will perform channel scanning based on the scheduled time set and choose the most suitable channel automatically This field specifies the VLAN ID to tag to management traffic such as AP to APcontroller Management communication traffic The value is Oby default meaning that no VLAN tagging will be VLAN ID applied NOTE change this v
182. om 200 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink link USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 23 7 Rogue AP A listing of suspected rogue devicescan be accessed by navigating to AP gt Rogue AP ent is Devices RSA 1A DD 68 7 00 1A4 DD B8 78 14 DD 58 00 14 DD 58 78 03 7F 00 00 00 03 7F 00 00 02 18 39 CC 8B FE 1A 1E F3 0E 40 1A 1E F3 0E 41 1A 1E F3 0E 48 1A 1E F3 0E 49 1A DD 00 28 11 1A DD SF AA 45 1A DD AD C7 A1 1A DD AD C7 B1 1A DD B8 87 05 1A DD B9 14 65 1A DD B9 1C 05 1A DD B9 5D 88 1A DD B9 60 88 H g T gt OU N 00 03 7F 00 00 01 B nia JU O RES a ru wn En un un fel ru f Balance Wireless Marketing Guest T481 n v PDF Aruba3200 on oO Aruba3200 PEPWAVE_2800 OTGH test test BM_LB test pep test PEPWAVE_F8F5S KNMAX700 T4B1 WPA2 WPA2 WPA2 WPA2 WPA2 WPA2 WPA WPA2 OPEN WPA2 OPEN OPEN WPA2 OPEN OPEN WPA2 OPEN WPA2 WPA2 WPA2 WPA2 SEX aAA AC TY AA gt a mS 4422482 De PS en 1 PRE ago 1 minute ago 1 minute ago 1 minute ago 1 minute ago 1 minute ago 3 hours ago 1 minute ago 1 minute ago 2 minutes ago 2 minutes ago 7 hours ago 1 minute ago 14 minutes ago 2 minutes ago 2 minutes ago 3 hours ago 46 minutes ago 1 minute ago 1 minute ago ah A Se ee bast Seen 1 minute ago Protecting Business Continuity J 00 1A DD B6 A3 21 S_ Room WPA2 1 minute ago Sus
183. on TCP port 443 The DHCP server and or local DNS server of the remote AP s network should be configured in the DNS Proxy Settings menu under Network gt LAN The procedure is as follows Support Remote AP 1 Define an extended DHCP option CAPWAP Access Controller addresses field 138 in the DHCP server where the values are the AP controller s public IP addresses and or 2 Create a local DNS record for the AP controllerwith a value corresponding to the AP controller s public IP address http www peplink com 185 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series link Protecting Business Continuity Host Name wlancontroller Access points to manage can be specifiedhere If Any is selected the AP controller will Permitted AP manage any AP that reports to it If Approved List is selected only APs with serial numbers listed in the provided text box will be managed 23 2 Wireless SSID Wireless network settings including the name of the 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 New SSID Click the button New SSIDto create a new network profile or click the existing network profile to modify its settings 0 Untagged Use VLAN Pool Broadcast SSD P CRC Auto O Fixed a TTT SSID Settings SSID This setting specifies the SSID of the virtual AP to be scanned by
184. on selecting this option you will see the following fields LDAP Server x Port 389 Default Use DN Password to bind to LDAP Server Fill in the necessary information to complete your connection to the server and enable authentication Set a time and data cap to each user s Internet usage This menu determines how your usage quota resets Setting it to Daily will reset it at a specified time every day Setting a number of minutes after quota reached establish a timer for each user that begins after the quota has been reached To whitelist a network enter the domain name IP address here and click t To delete an existing network from the list of allowed networks click the button next to the listing Here you can choose between using the Balance s built in captive portal and redirecting clients to a URL you define http www peplink com 160 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series The Portal Customizationmenu has two options Preview and Clicking Preview will result in a pop up previewing the captive portal that your clients will see Clicking will result in the appearance of following menu Portal Customization No image Use default Logo Image Use default Logo Image E Choose File No file chosen Save Portal Customization Logo g Click the Choose File button to select an logo to use for
185. oot Yes No gt Factory default gt Factory default Yes No gt LAN config gt Port speed gt LAN gt WAN1 gt WAN2 gt gt WAN13 http www peplink com 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 AN PR PTS PTS 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 54 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink A USER MANUAL ve Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 6 13 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Power Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 100 240V Power Switch Pressing ang holding the key for 4 ee ones mn power down the unit When the unit is powered off pressingthis switch will power on the unit 6 13 4 Unit Label Appearance BPL 2500 Peplink Balance 2500 e Product Code BPL 2500 peplink Serial 1234 5678 9000 Serial Number LAN MAC 11 22 33 44 55 66 and Default Access Username admin http 192 168 1 1 Password admin LAN MAC Input 100V 240V AC Address
186. otification changesor when new firmware is available lf Enable is not checked email notification is disabled and the Peplink Balance will not send email messages SMTP Server This setting specifies the SMTP server to be used for sending email If the server requires authentication check Require authentication Check the box to enable SMTPS When the box is checked SMTP Port will be changed to 465 automatically SSL Encryption This field is for specifying the SMTP port number By default this is set to 25 when SSL SMTP Port Encryption is checked the default port number will be set to 465 You may customize the port number by editing this field Click Default to restore the number to its default setting SMTP User oo This setting specifies the SMTP username and password while sending email These Name l cae options are shown only ifRequire authentication is checked in the SMTP Server setting Password Confirm SMTP This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password Password Sender s Email This setting specifies the email address which the Peplink Balance will use to send its Address reports Recipient s This setting specifies the email address es to which the Peplink Balance will send email http www peplink com 209 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL peplink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series Email Address notifications For mul
187. our company s main headquarters or to other branches Data voice andvideo communications between these locations are kept safe and confidential across the public Internet IPsecVPN onthe Peplink Balance is specially designed for multi WAN environments For instance if a user sets up multiple IPsec profiles for his multi WAN environment and WANT is connected and healthy IPsec traffic will go through this link However should unforeseen problems e g unplugged cables or ISP problems cause WAN1 to go down our IPsec implementation will make use of WAN2 and WANS for failover 14 1 IPsec VPN Settings All Peplink products can makemultiple IPsec VPN connections with Peplink routers as well as Cisco andJuniper routers Protecting Business Continuity Note that all LAN subnets and the subnets behind themmust 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 Enabled Ei 192 167 11 193 24 New Profile A NAT Traversal option and list of definedlPsecVPNprofiles will be shown NAT Traversalshould be enabled if your system is behind a NAT router Click the NewProfilebutton to create new IPsec VPN profiles that make VPN connections to remote Peplink Balance Cisco or Juniper Routers via available WAN connections To edit any of the profiles
188. owing WAN 1 settings will be overwritten Enable Connection Method Routing Mode Connection Type MTU Health Check Additional Public IP and Dynamic DNS Settings The PPTP Server will be disabled Tip please review the DNS Forwarding setting under the Service Forwarding section Drop in Mode Settings Drop in mode eases the installation of the Peplink Balance on a live network between the Enable existing firewall and router such that no configuration changes are required on existing equipment Check the box to enable the Drop in Mode feature Please refer to Section11 Drop in Modefor details WAN for Drop Select the WAN port to be used for drop in mode If WAN 1 with LAN Bypass is selected In Mode the high availability feature will be disabled automatically When this option is enabled the passthrough IP address will be used to connect to WAN hosts email notification remote syslog etc The Balance will listen for this IP address when WAN hosts access services provided by the Balance web admin access from the Shared Drop In WAN DNS server requests etc IP To connect to hosts on the LAN email notification remote syslog etc the default gateway address will be used The Balance will listen for this IP address when LAN hosts access services provided by the Balance web admin access from the WAN DNS proxy etc Access to this IP address will be passed through to the LAN port if this device is not serving Share
189. ows 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 50 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 12 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Switch 6 fede DO i see 2g ete LE Fi ez sa XL Power Connector Connector Ports Power Connector AC input 110 220V gt s ERTER T Z ROR ee eee Pressing and holding the key for 4 seconds will power down the unit When the unit is powered off pressingthis switch will power on the unit Power Switch 6 12 4 Unit Label Appearance peplink Peplink Balance 1350 Product Code BPL 135 Serial 182C 1065 2932 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 60 16 50 Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Userna Default Access Password a http 192 168 1 1 dmin Made in Taiwan C LULU LEE nt pepink com http www peplink com 51 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 13 Peplink Balance 2500 6 13 1 Front Panel Appearance BPL 2500 Console USB Ports BPL 2500 SFP Console USB Port es merce PC CIC
190. pected Rogue Devices jg e over the device MAC address will result in a popup with information on how this device was detected Click the Le S icons and the device will be moved to the bottom table of identified devices 23 8 Toolbox Additional tools for managing firmware packs power adjustment assignment can be found at AP gt Toolbox and channel Firmware Packs Dynamic Channel Assignment Default Auto Power Ai lj Check for Updates Firmware Packs This is the first menu that will appear Here you can manage the firmware of your AP Clicking on B will display information regarding each firmware pack To receive new firmware packs you can either press Check for Updates to download new packs or you can press Manual Upload lto manually upload a firmware pack Press define which firmware pack is default Manual Upload Default to 201 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink http www peplink com USER MANUAL link Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series pep 24 System Settings 24 1 Admin Security There are two types of user accounts available for accessing the web admin admin and user They represent two user levels the admin level has full administration access while the user level is read only The user level can access only the device s status information users cannot make any changes on the device A You logged in as a read only user
191. ponding domain name to view and edit record details Domain Name New Domain Name e Create SOA NS records named ns7 ns2 etc The IP addresses are the Balance s DNS server addresses Use Custom SOA and NS Records LE Email webmaster Refresh sec 16384 Retry sec 2048 220 246 168 80 3600 Expire sec 1048576 Min Time sec 2560 New NS Records e Then create an A record with an empty host name http www peplink com 146 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity WAN 1 WY WAN 4 WAN 6 WAN 7 WAN 12 Mobile Internet Custom IP Address Save Cancel Included IP Address es TTL sec DE 220 246 168 80 3600 New A Record If ISC BIND 8 or 9 is being utilized in the zone file mycompany com add the following lines 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 WAN2 Internet IP addresses of the Peplink Balance respectively The values of the IP addresses are fictitious and for illustration only 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 Set
192. r alist of supported modems please refer to Peplink Modem Support page at http www peplink com modem Connection Settings Wj Remain connected Disconnect 3 minutes Time value is global A change will affect all WAN profiles Enable Enable W Auto Custom Mobile Operator Settings APN Login ID Password Dial Number Use the following DNS server address es DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Mobile Internet Connection Settings Enable SelectYes to enable the connection This setting specifies the utilization of the WAN connection Always on results in the WAN Connection connection being used whenever it is available If Backup is selected the WAN connection is Type treated as a backup connection and is used only in the absence of an available always on WAN The default and recommended connection type is Always on This option allows you to choose whether to remain connected or disconnect when this WAN Standby connection is no longer in the highest priority and has entered the standby state When Remain State connected is chosen and this WAN connection is madeactive the WAN connectionwill be immediately available for use Idle With this option enabled an idle connection will be disconnected after a specified periodof time This time value specified is global and will affect all WAN profiles The mobile connection will re http www peplink com 94 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link
193. r help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment This transmitter must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter 3 Radiation Exposure Statement for Balance One This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20cm between the radiator andyour body http www peplink com 256 258 USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series Note The country code selection is for non US models only and is not available to all US models Per FCC regulation all WiFi products marketed in US must fixed to US operation channels only http www peplink com 257 258 peplink Protecting Business Continuity CUItte What are we doing at the moment Follow us on Twitter Youl Difficulties when configuring the device Vieit niir VaiiTitha Channall Contact Us facebook Want to know more about us Add us on Facebook httn Aananar fanahnnk rnmi na So Anything want to share with everyone Mieriiea nn Panlink Eariim Contact Address Sales http www peplink com contact sales Support http www peplink com contact Certified Peplink Partner http www peplink com partners chann el partner program
194. r 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 The Points To field defines the host name which the PTR record should be pointed to It must be a FQDN http www peplink com 152 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 16 5 DNS Record Import Wizard At the bottom of the DNS settings page the link Import records via zone transfer is used to import DNS record using an import wizard DNS Record Import Wizard This wizard allows you to import DNS records from an existing DNS server via zone transfer Requirement Your existing DNS server is configured to allow one of the WAN s default IP addresses to transfer ONS 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 WAN 1 lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel e In the Target DNS Server IP Addressfield enter the IP address of the DNS server e In the Transfer via field choose the connection which you would like to transfer through e Select Next gt gt to continue http www peplink com 153 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Step 2 of 3 Domain Names Zones peplink com mycompany com lt lt Back Next gt gt Cancel
195. raceroute test utility is located at System gt Tools gt Traceroute 64 233 189 99 WAN WANS LAN 525VPN Headquarters S2SVPN Branch Office 1 Start Stop traceroute to 64 233 189 99 64 233 189 99 30 hops max 60 byte packets A system administrator can use the traceroute utility to analyze the connection path of a LAN WAN connection 25 3 PepVPN Test The PepVPN 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 PepVPN Test illustratedbelow PepVPN Throughput Test ot s AE we ER http www peplink com 218 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity The bandwidthbonding feature of PepVPN occurs when multiple WAN lines from one end merge with multiple WAN lines from the other end For this to happen each WAN line needs to form a connection with all the WAN lines on the opposite end The function of the PepVPN analyzer is to report the throughput packet loss and latency of all possible combinations of connections This feature is located at System gt PepVPN Analyzer To use this feature simply choose your profile from the drop down menu and clickGo US Office Go Profile US Office Estimated time 36s Time remaining Os
196. rd 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 a multi WAN situation they must be routedto the same WAN connection Otherwise problems will arise in transferring files By default the Peplink Balance monitors TCP control connections on port 21 for any FTP connections and binds TCP connections of FTP the same FTP session to the same WAN If you have an FTP server listening on a port number other than 21 you can checkDefine custom control ports and enter the port numbers inthe 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 TFTP passthrough support This field is for enabling the support of IPsec NAT T passthrough UDP ports 500 4500 and 10000 are monitored by default IPsec NAT T You may add more custom data ports that your IPsec system usesby checking Define custom ports If the VPN contains IPsecsite to site VPN traffic check Route IPsecSite to Site VPN and choose the WAN connection to route the traffic to http www peplink com 184 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep
197. rded ports under these two protocols can be found at Status gt UPnP NAT PMP 16 3 3 Definition of DNS Records The built in DNS server functionality of the Peplink Balance facilitates inbound load balancing With this functionality NS SOA DNS records for a domain name can be delegated to the Internet IP address es of the Peplink Balance Upon receiving a DNS query the Peplink Balance can return as an A record the IP address for the domain name on the most appropriate healthy WAN connection lt can also actas 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 namewww mycompany comis delegated to the WAN2Z Internet IP addresses of the Peplink Balance Upon receiving the DNS query the Peplink Balance returns as an A record thelP address for www mycompany com on WAN1 because WAN1 is the most appropriatehealthy link The settings for definingthe DNS records to be hosted by the Peplink Balance are located at Network gt Inbound Access gt DNS Settings http www peplink com 135 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Priority 1 WAN 1 WAN 2 WAN 3 WAN 4 WAN 5 WAN 6 WAN 7 WAN 8 WAN 9 WAN 10 WAN 11 WAN 12 Mobile Internet Domain
198. ress is a parameter which is provided by your ISP 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 by the PPPoE server to be used for outbound DNS lookups over the WAN connection The DNS servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned from the PPPoE server When Use the following DNS server address es is selected you can entercustom DNSserver addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields Please refer to Sections 12 3 12 4 12 5 and 12 6 for details about WAN Health Check Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Additional Public IP Settings and Dynamic DNS Settings http www peplink com 93 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL A PPPoE connection made from a firewall does not work with drop in mode 12 1 4 Mobile Internet Connection The Mobile InternetConnection method is suitable for USB modem mobile connections such as 3G WiMAX LTE EVDO EDGE and GPRS Currently it only applies to connections made via the Balance s USB mobile WAN port except in the case of the Balance 30 LTE which includes a built in 4G LTE modem Fo
199. ressing discard on the main page of the web admin Interface Upload In a high availability HA configuration the Balance unit can quickly load the configuration Configurations of its HA counterpart To do so click the Upload button After loading the settings configure from High the LAN IP address of the Peplink Balance unit so that it is different from the HA Availability Pair ePart http www peplink com 215 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 24 9 Feature Add ons Some balance models have features that canbe activated upon purchase Once the purchase is complete you will receive an activation key Enter the key in the Activation Key field click Activate and then click Apply Changes Protecting Business Continuity Activate 24 10 Reboot This page provides a reboot button for restarting the system For maximum reliability the Peplink Balance series can equip with two copies of firmware and each copy can be a different version You can select the firmware version you would like to reboot the device 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 device Firmware 1 6 1 2b01 build 1154 S Firmware 2 6 1 2 build 1159 Running http www peplink com 216 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink
200. rt 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 Range Mapping Service Ports Map to Ports Range Mapping traffic that is received by the 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 131 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p pink Business Continuity 16 2 Definition of Servers on LAN The settings to configure servers on the LAN are located at Network gt Inbound Access gt Servers Inbound connections from the Internet will be forwarded to the specified Inbound IP address es based 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 which displays the following screen 192 168 1 123 ave Cancel Enter a valid server name and its corresponding LAN IP address Upon clickin
201. s For additional details please refer to this FAQ http www peplink com knowledgebase maximizing your wan connections without speedfusion Problem 2 am using a download manager program e g Download Accelerator Plus DownThemaAll etc Why is the download speed still only that of a single link Solution First check whether allWAN 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 I press the browser s Refresh button the server almost always returns the same address lsn t the IP address supposed to be changing for every refresh Solution The web server has enabled the Keep Alive function which ensures that you use the same TCP session to query the server Try to test with a website that does not enable Keep Alive For example tryhttp orivate 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 http www peplink com 244 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Problem 4 What can do if suspect a problem on my LAN connection
202. s 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 Shared IP drop in mode available on the Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE and 50 upon feature activation available on Peplink Balance 210 Authentication and accounting by RADIUS server for web admin available on Peplink Balance 210 Firmware upgrades configuration backups ping and traceroute via web administration interface Remote web based configuration via WAN and LAN interfaces Remote reporting to Peplink Balance reporting server Hardware high availability via VRRP with automatic configuration synchronization available on Peplink Balance 210 Real time hourly daily and monthly bandwidth usage reports and charts Hardware backup via LAN bypass available on Peplink Balance 580 710 1350 and 2500 Built in WINS server Time server synchronization SNMP Email notification syslog SIP passthrough PPTP packet passthrough Active sessions Active client list WINS client list UPnP NAT PMP Improved active sessions page Event log is persistent across reboots IPv6 support Support USB tethering on Android 2 2 phones http www peplink com 21 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 5 Package Contents The contents of Peplink Balanc
203. s setting For example if IP Protocolis set to TCP Portis set to Single Port andService Portis set to 80 then TCP traffic received on Port 80 will be forwarded to the configured servers via port 80 Port Range v Service Ports 80 88 Port Range traffic that is received by the Peplink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port range is forwarded via the same respective ports to the LAN hosis specified by the Servers setting For example iflP Protocolis set to TCP Portis set to Port Range and Service Portset to 80 88 then TCP traffic received on ports 80 through 88 will be forwarded to the configured servers via the respective ports Port Mapping Service Port 80 Map to Port 88 Port Mapping traffic that is received by the 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 ifIP Protocolis set to TCP Portis set to Port Mapping Service Portis set to 80 and Map to Portis set to 88 then TCP traffic on port 80 is forwarded to the configured servers via port 88 Please see below for details on the Servers setting Range Mapping Service Ports 80 88 Map to Ports 88 96 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 Th
204. s the subnet mask in CIDR format which is between 0 and 32 inclusively For example 192 168 0 0 24 To define multiple subnets separate each IP subnet one per line For example 192 168 0 0 24 10 8 0 0 16 http www peplink com 205 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity This is to choose which WAN IP address es the web server should listen on 10 90 0 65 Interface IP Allowed WAN IP Address es WAN 3 24 2 Firmware The firmware of Peplink Balance is upgradeable through the web admin interface Firmware upgrade functionality is located atSystem gt Firmware Current firmware version 6 1 2 No update available Check for Firmware Manual Upgrade There are two ways to upgrade the unit The first method is through an online download The second method is to upload a firmware file manually To perform an online download click on the Check for Firmware button The Peplink Balance will check online for new firmware If new firmware is available the Peplink Balance will automatically download the firmware The rest of the upgrade process will be automatically initiated You may also download a firmware image from the Peplink website and update the unit manually To update using a firmware image click Choose File to select the firmware file from the local computer and thenclick Manual Upgradeto send the
205. server s or click the Default Port button to enter 1813 http www peplink com 188 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity Network Subnet Mask Guest Protect Block All Private IP Custom Subnet Block Exception Block PepVPN Check this box to deny all connection attempts by private IP addresses To create a custom subnet for guest access enter the IP address and choose a subnet mask from the drop down menu To add the new subnet click To delete a custom subnet click To block access from a particular subnet enter the IP address and choose a subnet mask from the drop down menu To add the new subnet click To delete a blocked subnet click X To block PepVPN access check this box http www peplink com 189 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series pepiink Protecting Business Continuity kbps 0 Unlimited kbps 0 Unlimited kbps 0 Unlimited Unlimited 0 Unlimited Bandwidth Management Upstream Enter a value in kpbs to limit the wireless network s upstream bandwidth Enter 0 to allow Limit unlimited upstream bandwidth Downstream Enter a value in kpbs to limit the wireless network s downstream bandwidth Enter 0 to allow Limit unlimited downstream bandwidth Client Ent lue in kobs to limit ted clients t bandwidth Enter 0 to alll Upstream nter a value in
206. sically connected to the network Network Priority Select from Gold Silver and Bronze to control the QoS priority of this wireless QoS n network s traffic Layer 2 refers to the second layer in the ISO Open System Interconnect model A When this option is enabled clients on the same VLAN SSID or subnet are Layer 2 Isolation isolated to that VLAN SSID or subnet which can enhance security Traffic is passed to upper communication layer s By default the setting is disabled Band steering allows the Peplink Balance to steer AP clients from the 2 4 GHz band to the 5GHz band for better usage of bandwidth To make steering mandatory select Enforce To cause the Peplink Balance to preferentially choose steering select Prefer The default for this setting is Disable Band Steering A Advanced feature Click the J button on the top right hand corner to activate Hide Characters Security Settings Security This setting configures the wireless authentication and encryption methods Available i options areOpen No Encryption WPA WPA2 Personal WPA WPA2 Policy Enterpriseand Static WEP http www peplink com 187 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity a e O Access Control The settings allow administrator to control access using Mac address filtering Available options areNone Deny all except listed Accept all except list
207. sponse is received from all specified DNS Servers 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 as 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 ia v http Matching String http Matching String HTTP connections will be issued to test connectivity with configurable URLs and strings to match WAN Settings gt WAN Edit gt Health Check Settings gt URL1 The URL will be retrieved when performing an HTTP health check When String to Match URL1 is 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 URL 2 WAN Settings gt WAN Edit gt Health Check Settings gt URL2 If URL2 is also provided a health check will pass if either one of the tests passed http www peplink com 100 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL wien Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuit
208. static routes they will be shown here Enter the LAN and subnets that are located at the remote site here To access your VPN clients will need to authenticate by your choice of methods Choose between the Preshared Key and X 509 Certificatemethods of authentication Choose Main Mode if both IPsec peers use static IP addresses Choose Aggressive Mode if one of the IPsec peers uses dynamic IP addresses For forced UDP encapsulation regardless of NAT traversal tick this checkbox This defines the peer authentication pre shared key used to authenticate this VPN connection The connection will be up only if the pre shared keys on each side match Available only when X 509 Certificate is chosen as the Authentication method this field allows you to paste a valid X 509 certificate InMain Mode this field can be left blank InAggressive Mode if Remote Gateway IP Addressis filled on this end and the peer end this field can be left blank Otherwise this field is typically a U FQDN InMain Mode this field can be left blank InAggressive Mode if Remote Gateway IP Addressis filled on this end and the peer end this field can be left blank Otherwise this field is typically a U FQDN InMain Mode this allows setting up to sixencryption standards in descending order of priority to be used in initial connection key negotiations InAggressive Mode only one selection is permitted This is the Diffie Hellman group used within IKE This allows
209. t 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity This field is only available when Frame Aggregation is enabled It specifies the frame Frame Length length for frame aggregation By default it is set to50000 A Advanced feature Click the J button on the top right hand corner to activate HTTP HTTPS S ooo Web Administration Settings Check the box to allow Peplink Balance to manage the web admin access information of Enable the AP Web Access Thesebuttonsspecify the web access protocol used for accessing the web admin of the Protocol AP The two available options are HTTP and HTTPS Management Port This field specifies the management port used for accessing the device HTTP to HTTPS 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 redirect to HTTPS Redirection automatically Admin User This field specifies the administrator username of the web admin It is set as admin by Name default This field allows you to specify a new administrator password You may also click the Admin Password Generate button and let the system generate a random password automatically Follow controller time zone selection GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada Follow controller NTP server selection AP Time Settings Check the box to allow the Peplink Balance to manag
210. t Note Inbound firewall rules override inbound mapping settings http www peplink com 158 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 18 Captive Portal The captive portal serves as gateway that clients have to pass if they wish to access the internet using your router To configure navigate to Network gt Captive Portal 1440 minutes after quota reached Captive Portal Settings Check Enable and then optionally select the LANs VLANs that will use the captive Enable sore To customize the portal s form submission and redirection URL enter a new URL in this Hostname field To reset the URL to factory settings click Default Access Click Open Access to allow clients to freely access your router Click User Mode Authentication to force your clients to authenticate before accessing your router This authenticates your clients through a RADIUS server After selecting this option you will see the following fields RADIUS Server Fill in the necessary information to complete your connection to the server and enable authentication http www peplink com 159 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink LDAP Server Access Quota Quota Reset Time Allowed Networks Splash Page Protecting Business Continuity This authenticates your clients through a LDAP server Up
211. te VPN Routes Default Lowest Latency Add Rule http www peplink com 129 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL icant Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity 16 Inbound Access Inbound access is also known as inbound port address translation On a NAT WAN connection all inbound traffic to the server behind the Peplink unit requires inbound access rules By the custom definition of servers and services for inbound access Internet users can access the servers behind PeplinkBalance 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 inNAT mode For WAN connections that operate indrop in mode or IP forwarding inbound traffic is forwarded to the LAN by default 16 1 Definition of Port Forwarding Inbound port forwarding rules are defined atNetwork gt Inbound Access gt Port Forwarding IP Address es Server Protocol Action WAN Interface IP 192 168 10 1 TCP 80 Delete ___ AddService To define a new service click the Add Service button The followingscreen is displayed 218 100 66 100 Interface IP O 218 100 66 66 E 218 100 656 103 C Mobile Internet 192 168 1 10 _ Save _Cancel Required Fields Port Forwarding Settings This setting specifies whether the inbound service takes effect W
212. th Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 00 21 6A 35 59 A4 associated with Balance_11a Client 60 67 20 24 B6 4C disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 associated with Marketing_11a Client 00 21 6A 35 59 A4 disassociated from Balance_11a Office Fiber AP Client 18 00 20 30 4E 7F associated with Balance Michael s Desk Client 18 00 2D 30 4E 7F disassociated from Wireless AP One 300M Office InWall AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M AP One 300M Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 10 BF 48 E9 76 C7 associated with Wireless Client 54 EA 48 2D A0 D5 associated with Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 associated with Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 associated with Marketing_11a Client 00 26 88 05 84 A4 associated with Marketing_11a Client 9C 04 EB 10 39 4C associated with Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 disassociated from Marketing_11a Client 54 EA A8 2D A0 D5 associated with Marketing_11a This event log displays all activity on your AP network down to the client level Click View Alerts to see only alerts and click the More link for additional records 23 5 Usage A detailed breakdown of data usage for each AP is available at AP gt Status Th
213. th checks and higher bandwidth overhead http www peplink com 107 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep To configure a new SpeedFusion profile navigate to Network gt SpeedFusion New Profile ee Active ae C By Remote ID only Pre shared Key x 509 Protecting Business Continuity ftms held is empty this held on the remote unit must be filled No VLAN More After this VPN profile is established most routing functionalities will cease to work The device will practically become an Ethernet extender of the remote unit CEE oc CSCS A list of definedSpeedFusion connection profiles and aLink Failure Detection Time option will be shown Click the New Profile button to create a new VPN connection profile for making a VPN connection to a remote Peplink Balance via the available WAN connections Each profile is for making a VPN connection with one remote Peplink Balance PepVPN Profile Settings This field is for specifying a name to represent this profile The name can be any Name combination of alohanumeric characters 0 9 A Z a z underscores _ dashes and or non leading trailing spaces When this box is checked this VPN connection profilewill be enabled Otherwise it Active will be disabled Speed Fusion This field indicates weather this device supports SpeedFusion or not By default VPN traffic is
214. the specified type of traffic A lower priority WAN connection will be used only when all higher priority connections have become unavailable Priority v WAN WAN 1 WAN WAN 2 WAN WAN 3 WAN WAN 4 WAN WAN 5 WAN WAN 6 WAN WAN 8 WAN WAN 9 WAN WAN 10 WAN WAN 11 WAN WAN 12 WAN Mobile Internet 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 the Peplink Balance 210 and MediaFast 200 Tip Configure multiple distribution rules to accommodate different kinds of services http www peplink com 126 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 15 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 this connection gets saturated new sessions will be routed to the next healthy WAN connection that is not in full load Q Overflow v WAN WAN WAN 1 WAN WAR WAN 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 used 15 2 6 Algorithm Least Used EJI Least Used v WAN 1 WAN 2 WAN 3 WAN 4 WAN 5
215. this option if the LAN IP address and gateway will use remote Settings Upon LAN settings Check this option if the LAN IP address and local DHCP server Connected should remain unchanged after the VPN is up lf you choose not to preserve LAN settings when the VPN is connected the device will not act as a router and most Layer 3 routing functions will cease to work This setting specifies how a management IP address is acquired for the bridge port Configure 2 connection in the specified VLAN if defined when the Layer 2 bridge is connected Choosing As None will result in no IP address being assigned to the bridge port for the Layer A Advanced feature please click the EJ button on the top right hand corner to activate Priority 1 Highest Priority 1 Highest x priority 1 Highest 1 Highest x 1 Highest 1 Highest x 1 Highest x Priority 1 Highest Connect to Remote All Connect to Remote All Connect to Remote Connect to Remote f Connect to Remote d Il Connect to Remote Connect to Remote Connect to Remote Al WAN Connection Priority These settings specify the priority of the WAN connections to be used in making VPN bonding connections WAN connection will never be used when OFF is selected Only WAN available WAN connections with the highest priority will be utilized Connection Priority To allow connection mapping to remote WANs click th
216. this record in external DNS caches TTL 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 Priority This setting specifies lists of WAN specific Internet IP addresses that are candidates to be returned when the Peplink Balance responds to DNS queries for the domain name specified by Host Name The IP addresses listed in each box asdefault 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 For WAN connections that operate under drop in mode there may be other routable IP addresses in addition to the default IP address Therefore the Peplink Balance allows Included IP custom Internet IP addresses to be added manually via filling the text box on the right hand Address es side and clicking the button Only the checked IP addresses in the listsare candidates to be returned when responding to a DNS query If a WAN connection is down the correspo
217. tings create a new domain e g mycompany com 2 Create NS records namedns1 ns2 etc The IP addresses are the Balance s DNS server addresses same as above http www peplink com 147 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 3 Create the corresponding CNAME MX and TXT records as you wish The A record resembles the one below ww WAN1 default i r E E New A Record Testing the DNS Configuration The following steps can be used to test the DNS configuration From a host on the Internet use an IP address of the Peplink Balance and nslookupto lookup the corresponding hostname Check the information that is returned for the expected results An nslookupin Windows will appear as follows C Documents and Settings User Name gt nslookup Default Server ns1 myisp com Address 147 22 11 2 gt server 202 153 122 108 This is PeplinkBalance 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 Please note that the values of the IP addresses are fictitious and for illustration only http www peplink com 148 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity
218. tiple recipients separate each email using the enter key After you have finsihed setting up email notifications you can click the Test Email Notificationbutton to test the settings before saving After Test Email Notificationis clicked you will see this screen to confirm the settings smtp mycompany com mm system mycompany com staff mycompany com Send Test Notification Cancel ClickSend Test Notificationto confirm In a few seconds you will see a message with detailed test results Test Result gt UII S INFO Try email through connection 3 lt 220 ESTP gt EHLO balance lt 250 smtp Hello balance 210 210 210 210 250 S1ZE 100000000 250 GBITHIME 250 PIPELINING 250 AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 20 STARTTLS we m m m LST T http www peplink com 210 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity 24 5 Event Log Event log functionality enables event logging at a specified remote syslog server The settings for configuring the remote system log can be foundatSystem gt Event Log Save Remote Syslog Settings Remote Syslog This setting specifies whether or not to log events at the specified remote syslog server Remote Syslog Host This setting specifies the IP address or hostname of the remote syslog server The Peplink Balance can also send push notifications to mobile devices that have our Mobil
219. ton Security Slot 6 2 4 Unit Base Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address Peplink Balance 20 Product Code BPL 021 Serial 182C 1033 7C51 LAN MAC 10 56 CA 60 13 30 Input 12V DC Made in Taiwan 0 A AU NU http www peplink c http www peplink com 26 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink peplink Protecting Business Continuity USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series 6 3 Peplink Balance 30 6 3 1 Front Panel Appearance USB Port WAN Ports Status LED peplink Balance30 LAN Ports Reset Button Power LED 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 Upgrading firmware Booting up or busy Status Boot up error Green Ready LAN and WAN Ports Green LED ON 10 100 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring OFF No data is being transferred or 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 27 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink Peplink Balance Series P P INK Business Continuity USER MANUAL 6 3 3 Rear Panel Appearance Power Connector Kensington Security Slot 6 3 4 Unit Base Appearance Serial Number and LAN MAC Address 82C 7C51 CA 69 13 30 http 192 168 1 1 Password admin Made in Taiwan FC a W
220. too long could mean a download with an incorrectly specified target or stop time This field is also useful for quickly seeing which downloads are consuming the most storage space To begin a scheduled download immediately click To cancel a scheduled download click To edit a scheduled download click 2 To delete a scheduled download click To begin creating a new scheduled download click this button http www peplink com 75 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink ne sei SERES P pink Business Continuity Clear Web Cache To clear all cached content click this button Note that this action cannot be undone Clear Statistics To clear allprefetch and status page statistics click this button 9 3 Viewing MediaFast Statistics To get details on storage and bandwidth usage selectStatus gt MediaFast Thu Apr 10 17 38 45 HKT 2014 46 56 GB Free Total 117 37 GB E Video E Images Bi Application updates M Other 60 66 GB 8 93 GB 747 00 MB 498 00 MB Bandwidth Saved Total Bandwidth Today 16 90 GB 18 53 91 22 GB Last week 97 28 GB 10 82 898 90 GB 981 567 Last month 2641 26 GB 7 24 3648 15 GB 3 926 813 Last year 2641 26 GB 7 24 3648 15 GB 3 926 813 Today 1 Week 1 Month 1 Year Top Hit Top Usage Top Visited Top Missed Bandwidth Saved Total Bandwidth Web Domain theguardian com 2 61 GB 53 16 4 91 GB ted com 12 52 KB 36 00 34 77 MB http www peplink com 76 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink
221. tual speed of theWAN This value is referenced as the default weight value when using the Least Usedor Persistence Auto algorithms in Outbound Policy with Managed by Custom Rules chosen IPv6 IPv6 support can be enabled on one of the available Ethernet WAN ports On this screen you can choose which WAN will support IPv6 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 their 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 http www peplink com 90 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 12 1 Connection Method s There are four possible connection methods 1 DHCP 2 Static IP 3 PPPoE 4 Mobile Internet Connection for USB WAN 12 1 1 DHCP Connection The DHCP connection method is suitable if yourlSP provides an IP address automatically usingDHCP e g cable metro Ethernet etc Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server address es ONS server 1 ONS server 2 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 DNS S
222. tus WINS Clients BOOTP Check this box to enable BOOTP on older networks that still require it In addition to standard DHCP options e g DNS server address gateway address subnet mask you can specify the value of additional extended DHCP options as defined in RFC 2132 With these extended options enabled you can pass additional configuration Extended information to LAN hosts DHCP Option To define an extended DHCP option click the Add button choose the option to define and then 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 can be defined once only 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 DHCP between the computers names MAC addresses and fixed IP addresses Name an optional field allows you to specify a name to represent the device MAC Reservation addresses should be in the format of 00 AA BB CC DD EE Press to create anew record Press to remove a record Reserved clients information can be imported from the Client List located atStatus gt Client List For more details please refer to Section26 3 Once configuration is complete click Save to store the changes To configure DHCP rel
223. uide you through the WAN port s configuration step by step This wizard ts designed to simplify the process in configunng your device and connecting it to the Internet Click Next to begin Select Yes if you want to set up drop in mode using the Setup Wizard note drop in mode is available on the Peplink Balance 210 and MediaFast 200 Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 2 Do you want to setup drop in mode Which WAN port do you want to enable drop in mode WAN 2 WAN 3 WAN 4 WAN 5 WAN 6 WAN 7 http www peplink com 63 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Click on the appropriatecheckbox es to select the WAN connection s to be configured lf you have chosen to configure drop in mode using theSetup Wizard theWAN port to be configured in drop in mode will be checked by default Setup Wizard gt WAN Setup gt Step 3 Choose the WAN port s to be configured WAN 1 Drop in WAN 2 WAN 3 WAN 4 WAN 5 WAN 6 WAN 7 Mobile Internet lfdrop in modeis going to be configured the 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 DNS server 1 DONS server 2 http www peplink com 64 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity lf you are not us
224. using different cables to connect from 2 to13WAN broadband connections Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 210 310 305 380 580 710 1350 2500 and MediaFast or connect a USB modem to the USB WAN port Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE 50 380 580 710 1350 2500 and MediaFast 3 For the PeplinkBalance 20 30 30 LTE 50 210 and 310 connect the provided power adapter to the power connector on the Peplink Balance and thenplug the power adapter into a power outlet Forthe Peplink Balance 305 380 580 710 1350 2500 and MediaFast connect the provided power cord to the AC power connector on the Peplink Balance and then plug the power cord into a power outlet http www peplink com 59 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series Protecting Business Continuity The following figure schematically illustrates the resulting configuration Internet Broadband Modem 1 Broadband US Modem 2 Ethernet Switch http www peplink com 60 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 7 3 Configuring the Network Environment To ensure that your Peplink Balance works properly in the LAN environment and can access the Internet via the WAN connections please refer to the following setup procedures e LAN configuration For basic configuration refer to Section 8 Basic Configuration e For advanced configuration refer to Section 10 Configuring th
225. vailable on Peplink Balance 210 e Network address translation NAT port address translation PAT e Inbound and outbound NAT mapping e Multiple static IP addresses per WAN connection e MAC address clone e Customizable MTU and MSS values e WAN connection health check amp Dynamic DNS supported service providers changeip com dyndns org no ip org tzo com and DNS O Matic e Ping DNS lookup and HT TP based health check 4 1 2 LAN DHCP server on LAN Extended DHCP option support Static routing rules Local DNS proxy server VLAN on LAN support 4 1 3 VPN e Secure SpeedFusion available on Peplink Balance 210 e SpeedFusion performance analyzer e xX 509 certificate support feature activation required on Peplink Balance 20 30 30 LTE and 50 included on Peplink Balance 210 e Bandwidth bonding andfailover among selected WAN connections e Ability to route traffic to a remote VPN peer http www peplink com 19 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 4 1 8 Protecting Business Continuity Optional pre shared key setting Layer 2 bridging SpeedFusion throughput ping and traceroute tests Built in PPTP VPN server Authenticate PPTP clients using RADIUS and LDAP servers available on Peplink Balance 210 IPsec VPN for network to network connections works with Cisco and Juniper only PPTP and IPsecpassthrough Inbound Traffic Management TCP UDP traf
226. vent log navigate toAP gt Info http www peplink com 227 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 26 8 Bandwidth This section shows the bandwidth usage statistics located atStatus gt Bandwidth Bandwidth usage at the LAN while the device is switched off e g LAN bypass is neither recorded nor shown 26 8 1 Real Time The Data transferred since installationtable indicates how much network traffic has been processed by the device since the first bootup he Data transferred since last reboot table indicates how much network traffic has been processed by the device since the last bootup Protecting Business Continuity Data transferred since installation Sun Oct 10 05 56 02 PST 2010 All WAN Connections 216 66 GB 91 70 GB Data transferred since last reboot Hide Details All WAN Connections WANT WAN Aggregated Transfer 24 41 Mbps M Dovmload M Upload 19 53 Mbps 14 65 Mbps Avg 0 99 Mbps 0 12 Mbps Peak 21 78 Mbps 0 67 Mbps Stacked E http www peplink com 228 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series p P INK Business Continuity 26 8 2 Hourly This page shows the hourly bandwidth usage for all WAN connections with the option of viewing each individual connection Select the desired connection to check from the drop down menu All WAN MB GB Download Upload Total 5 047 MB 295 MB
227. ver defined in the SOA record is automatically added here To add a new NS record click theNew NS Recordsbutton 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 button on the right to finish and to add other name servers Click the Save button to save your changes http www peplink com 141 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 16 3 7 MX Records The MX Record table shows the domain s MX records To add a newMX record click theNew MX Recordsbutton in the MX Records box Then the table will expand to look like the following wid WE t0 PL When creating an MX record for the domain itself not a sub domain the Host field should be left blank For each record PriorityandMail 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 16 3 8 CNAME Record The CNAME Record table shows the domain s CNAME records To add a newCNAME record click theNew CNAME Recordsbutton in the CNAME Re
228. w peplink com 156 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep 17 NAT Mappings The Peplink Balance allows the IP address mapping of all inbound and outbound NAT edtraffic to and from an internal client IP address NAT mappings can be configured atNetwork gt NAT Mappings Protecting Business Continuity WAN 1 10 90 0 65 Interface IP Use Interface IP only La To add a rule for NAT mappings clickAdd NAT Ruleand the following screen will be displayed 192 168 1 123 7 WAN 1 10 90 0 65 Interface IP 10 90 0 65 Interface IP 10 90 0 77 Interface IP WAN 3 Interface IP v NAT Mapping Settings LAN NAT Mapping rules can be defined for a single LAN IP Address an IP Range or an IP Client s Network This refers to the LAN host s private IP address The system maps this address to a Address 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 The IP range is a contiguous group of private IP addresses used by the LAN host The Range system maps these addresses to a number of public IP addresses specified below to facilitate outbound traffic This option is only available when IP Range is selected http www peplink com 157 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity
229. xtended options enabled you can pass additional configuration Extended information to LAN hosts DHCP Option To define an extended DHCP option click the Add button choose the option to define and then 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 can be defined once only DHCP 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 http www peplink com 79 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Reservation MAC addresses The fixed IP address assignment is displayed as a cross reference list between the computers names MAC addresses and fixed IP addresses Name an optional field allows you to specify a name to represent the device MAC addresses should be in the format of 00 AA BB CC DD EE Press to create anew record Press X to remove a record Reserved clients information can be imported from the Client List located atStatus gt Client List For more details please refer to Section26 3 Protecting Business Continuity lf required enter static route and or WINS server settings Destination Network Subnet Mask ds 255 255 0 24 t Static Route Settings This table is for defining static routing rules for the LAN segment A static route
230. y 24 3 Time The time server functionality enables the system clock of the Peplink Balance to be synchronized with a specified time server The settings for time server configuration are located atSystem gt Time GMT 07 00 Krasnoyarsk Show all O peplink pool ntp org Default Time Settings This specifies the time zone along with the corresponding Daylight Savings Time scheme in which Peplink Balance operates The Time Zone value affects the time stamps in the event log of the Peplink Balance and e mail notifications CheckShow all to show all time zone options Time Zone Time Server This setting specifies the NTP network time server to be utilized by the Peplink Balance http www peplink com 208 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 24 4 Email Notification The email notification functionality of the Peplink Balance provides a system administrator with up to date information on network status The settings for configuring email notification are found atSystem gt Email Notification smip mycompany com Require authentication system mycompany com staff mycompany com Test Email Notification Save Email Notification Settings This setting specifies whether or not to enable email notification lf Enable is checked the Email Peplink Balance will sendemail messages to system administrators when the WAN status N
231. y Other Health Check Settings 10 second s 5 second s oj Gj This setting specifies the timeoutin secondsfor ping DNS lookup requests The default Timeout timeout is5 seconds Health Check This setting specifies the time interval in seconds between ping or DNS lookup requests Interval The default health check interval is 5 seconds This setting specifies the number of consecutive ping DNS lookup timeouts after which the Health Check Peplink Balancewill treat the corresponding WAN connection as down Default health Retries retries is set to 3 Using the default Health Retries setting of 3 the corresponding WAN connection will be treated as down after three consecutive timeouts This setting specifies the number of consecutive successful ping DNS lookup responses Recovery that must be received before the Peplink Balance treats a previously down WAN connection 5 as up again By default Recover Retriesis set to 3 Using the default setting a WAN Retries connection that is treated as down will be considered as up again upon receiving threeconsecutive successful ping DNS lookup responses If a WAN connection goes down all of the WAN connections not set with a Connection Type of Always onwill also be brought up until any one of higher priority WAN connections is up and found to be healthy This design could increase overall network availability For example if WAN1 WAN2 and WANS have connection types of Always on
232. y recommended http www peplink com 233 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity Appendix B Routing under DHCP Static IP and PPPoE The information in this appendix applies only to situations where the Peplink Balance operates a WAN connection under DHCP Static IP orPPPoE B 1 Routing Via Network Address Translation NAT When the Peplink Balance is operating under NAT mode the source IP addresses of outgoing IP packets are translated to the WAN IP address of the Peplink Balance With NAT all LAN devices share the same WAN IP address to access the Internet i e the WAN IP address of the Peplink Balance Operating the Peplink Balance in NAT mode requires only one WAN Internet IP address I n addition operating in NAT mode also has security advantages because LAN devices are hidden behind the Peplink Balance They are not directly accessible from the Internet and hence less vulnerable to attacks The following figure shows the packet flow in NAT mode Internet 12 34 56 78 Peplink Balance Local Area Network IP 192 168 1 10 IP 192 168 1 11 http www peplink com 234 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL pepiink Protecting Business Continuity Peplink Balance Series B 2 Routing Via IP Forwarding When thePeplink Balance is operating under IP forwarding mode the IP addresses of IP packets are unchanged
233. ypass port which is currently available on WAN1 ofthe Balance 1350 and WAN5 of the Balance 580 as the WAN for drop in mode the high availability feature will be DISABLED automatically Tip Want to know more about drop in mode Visit our You Tube Channel for video tutorials http youtu be ZG2 VPml5w http www peplink com 88 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL link Peplink Balance Series pep Protecting Business Continuity 12 Configuring the WAN Interface s WAN interface settings are located at Network gt Interfaces gt WAN Disabled By clicking a Connection Name connection settings of that WAN can be modified The connection method and details can be obtained from yourlSP ete iii 4 i Always on Backup Priority vos CEE Connection Settings WAN Connection This field is for defining a name to represent this WAN connection Name Enable This field is for choosing whether to enable this WAN connection This option allows you to select the connection method for this WAN connection Available options are Connection 1 DHCP Method 2 Static IP 3 PPPoE 4 Mobile Internet Connection http www peplink com 89 258 Copyright 2014 Peplink USER MANUAL Peplink Balance Series peplink Protecting Business Continuity Routing Mode Connection Type Reply to ICMP Ping Upload Bandwidth Download Bandwidth See Sections 12 1 1 12 1 2 12 1 3 and0

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