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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