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USER MANUAL
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Static Route Settings
Static Route
This table is for defining static routing rules for the LAN segment. A static route consists of
the network address, subnet mask, and gateway address. The address and subnet mask
values are in
w.x.y.z
format.
The local LAN subnet and subnets behind the LAN will be advertised to the VPN. Remote
routes sent over the VPN will also be accepted. Any VPN member will be able to route to
the local subnets. Press
to create a new route. Press
to remove a route.
WINS Server Settings
Enable
Check the box to enable the WINS Server. A list of WINS clients will be displayed at
Status>WINS Clients
.
DNS Proxy Settings
Enable
To enable the DNS Proxy feature, check this box, and then set up the feature at
Network>LAN>DNS Proxy Settings table
.
A DNS proxy server can be enabled to serve DNS requests originating from
LAN/PPTP/SpeedFusion
TM
peers. Requests are forwarded to the
DNS servers/resolvers
defined for each WAN connection.
DNS Caching
This field is to enable DNS caching on the built-in DNS proxy server. When the option is
enabled, queried DNS replies will be cached until the records’ TTL has been reached. This
feature can 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 Caching
is disabled.
Include Google
Public DNS
Servers
When this option is enabled, the DNS proxy server will forward DNS requests to
Google's
Public DNS Servers
,
in addition to the DNS servers defined in each WAN. This could
increase the DNS service's availability. This setting is disabled by default.
Local DNS
Records
This table is for defining custom local DNS records. A static local DNS record consists of a
host name and IP Address. When looking up the host name from the LAN to LAN IP of the
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Peplink Balance, the corresponding IP address will be returned. Press
to create a
new record. Press
to remove a record.
DNS Resolvers
A
Check the box to enable the WINS Server. A list of WINS clients will be displayed at
Network>LAN>DNS Proxy Settings>DNS Resolvers
.
This field specifies which DNS resolvers will receive forwarded DNS requests. If no
WAN/VPN/LAN DNS resolver is selected, all of the WAN’s DNS resolvers will be selected.
If a SpeedFusion
TM
peer is selected, you may enter the VPN peer’s DNS resolver IP
address(es).
Queries will be forwarded to the selected connections’ resolvers. If all of the selected
connections are down, queries will be forwarded to all resolvers on healthy WAN
connections.
A
- Advanced feature, please click the
button on the top right hand corner to activate.
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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. Note that Drop-in Mode is
NOT
applicable to the Balance 20, 30, 30 LTE, or 50.
The following diagram illustrates Drop-in Mode setup:
Check the checkbox to
Enable
Drop-in Mode. After enabling this feature and selecting the WAN for Drop-
in mode, various settings, including the WAN's connection method and IP address, will be automatically
updated.
When Drop-in Mode is enabled, the LAN and the WAN for Drop-in Mode ports will be bridged. Traffic
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 using Drop-in Mode, a Peplink
Balance 210 will accommodate one additional WAN connection; a 310, 305, or 380 will accommodate two,
a 580 will accommodate four, a 710 will 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 MediaFast 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 pass through 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, the hosts 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 using Drop-in Mode
are not affected.
NOTE
The PPTP server will be disabled in Drop-in Mode.
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To enable Drop-in Mode, perform the following steps:
1.
Check the
Enable
box under Drop-in Mode located at:
Network>Interfaces>LAN
. (After checking
the
Enable
box, most network settings for WAN1 will be hidden in the Web Admin Interface.)
2.
Enter the IP address of the WAN1 router in the
WAN Default Gateway
field. Ensure that the
Peplink Balance IP subnet is the same as the f
irewall’s WAN port and the
r
outer’s LAN port.
3.
If there are hosts other than the router on the WAN segment of Peplink Balance, check the
I have
other host(s) on WAN segment
box, enter the IP address(es) of the host(s), and then click the
down-arrow to add the hosts.
The following diagram illustrates:
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Important Note
Starting from Firmware version 5.0, Drop-in mode can be configured on any WAN port. Please note that only one
WAN port can be configured in Drop-in mode. If you have selected the LAN bypass port (which is currently available
on WAN1 of the 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
YouTube Channel
for video tutorials!
http://youtu.be/lZG2-VPml5w

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