Drop-In Mode - peplink balance ONE User Manual

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Peplink Balance Series

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 illustrates drop-in mode setup:
Enable drop-in mode using 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 using drop-in
mode, it will, depending on model, support one or more WAN connections. Some
MediaFast units also support multiple WAN connections after activating drop-in mode,
though a SpeedFusion license may be required to activate more than one WAN port.
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.
The PPTP server will be disabled in drop-in mode.
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