Drop-In Mode - peplink Balance One User Manual

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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, 30or 30 LTE.
The following diagram illustratesDrop-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 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.
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 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 inDrop-in Mode.
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