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Pepwave Firmware 8.0.0

August 2019

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Page 1 Pepwave MAX User Manual Pepwave Products: MAX BR2 Pro / BR2 Pro / MAX BR2 Pro LTE / MAX BR2 Pro LTEA / MAX -CX2-Mini / MAX CX2 Mini / CX2 Mini / MAX-BR2-PRO-LTE-E-T / MAX-BR2-PRO-LTE-US-T / MAX-BR2-PRO- LTEA-W-T / UBR LTE / UBR-LTE-US-T-PRM / MAX UBR LTE / MAX UBR / MAX UBR LTEA / UBR / Pismo941 / UBR-LTE / UBR-LTE-US-T / UBR-LTEA-W-T / UBR-LTEA-W-T-PRM / MAX BR1 Pro / MAX BR1 Pro LTE / MAX BR1 Pro LTEA / MAX-BR1-PRO-LTEA-W-T / MAX-BR1-LTE-US-T / UBR-LTE-EJ-T-PRM...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Built-In Remote User VPN Support SIM-card USSD support Installation Preparation Constructing the Network Configuring the Network Environment Mounting the Unit Wall Mount Car Mount IP67 Installation Guide Connecting to the Web Admin Interface Configuring the LAN Interface(s) https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 3 Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusionTM / PepVPN PepVPN The Pepwave Router Behind a NAT Router SpeedFusionTM Status IPsec VPN IPsec VPN Settings Outbound Policy Management Outbound Policy Custom Rules for Outbound Policy Algorithm: Weighted Balance Algorithm: Persistence Algorithm: Enforced https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 4 Customized Domains 10810 Exempted User Groups 10810 Exempted Subnets 10810 URL Logging 10810 OSPF & RIPv2 10810 11214 Remote User Access 11416 L2TP with IPsec 11517 OpenVPN 11517 PPTP 11618 Authentication Methods 11618 Miscellaneous Settings 11820 https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 5 Admin Security 15356 Firmware 15660 Web admin interface : automatically check for updates 15660 Web admin interface : install updates manually 15761 The InControl method 15862 Time 15962 Schedule 15963 Email Notification 16064 Event Log https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 6 CLI (Command Line Interface Support) Status Device GPS Data Active Sessions Client List WINS Client UPnP / NAT-PMP OSPF & RIPv2 SpeedFusion Status Event Log WAN Quality Usage Reports Real-Time Daily Monthly Appendix B: Declaration https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 7: Introduction And Scope
This manual covers setting up Pepwave routers and provides an introduction to their features and usage. Tips Want to know more about Pepwave routers? Visit our YouTube Channel for a video introduction! https://youtu.be/13M-JHRAICA https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 8: Glossary
Maximum Segment Size Network Address Translation PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Quality of Service SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Transmission Control Protocol User Datagram Protocol Virtual Private Network VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 9: Product Features
4G LTE modem. Below is a list of supported features on Pepwave routers. Features vary by model. For more information, please see peplink.com/products. Supported Network Features 2.1.1 WAN ●...
Page 10: Lan
Customizable built-in captive portal ● Supports linking to outside page for captive portal 2.1.6 Outbound Policy ● Link load distribution per TCP/UDP service ● Persistent routing for specified source and/or destination IP addresses per TCP/UDP https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 11: Ap Controller
SIP passthrough ● PPTP packet passthrough ● Event log ● Active sessions ● Client list ● WINS client list * ● UPnP / NAT-PMP ● Real-time, hourly, daily, and monthly bandwidth usage reports and charts https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 12 ● IPv6 support ● Support USB tethering on Android 2.2+ phones * Not supported on MAX Surf-On-The-Go, and BR1 variants https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 13: Pepwave Max Mobile Router Overview 134
BR2 Pro 3.1.1 Panel Appearance 3.1.2 LED Indicators The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows: Status Indicators System initializing Booting up or busy Status Blinking red Boot up error Green Ready https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 14 Client(s) connected to wireless network LAN and Ethernet WAN Ports Green LED 10 / 100/ 1000 Mbps Blinking Data is transferring Orange LED No data is being transferred or port is not connected Port Type Auto MDI/MDI-X ports https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 15: Advanced Feature Summary
Drop-in Mode, you can conveniently install your Peplink router without making any changes to your network. And if the Peplink router loses power for any reason, LAN Bypass will safely and automatically bypass the Peplink router to resume your original network connection.
Page 16: Per-User Bandwidth Control
High Availability via VRRP When your organization has a corporate requirement demanding the highest availability with no single point of failure, you can deploy two Peplink routers in High Availability mode. With High Availability mode, the second device will take over when needed.
Page 17: Usb Modem And Android Tethering
USB Modem and Android Tethering For increased WAN diversity, plug in a USB LTE modem as backup. Peplink routers are compatible with over 200 modem types. You can also tether to smartphones running Android 4.1.X and above. Compatible with: MAX 700, HD2 (all variants except IP67), HD4 (All variants)
Page 18: Sim-Card Ussd Support
SIM-card USSD support Cellular-enabled routers can now use USSD to check their SIM card’s balance, process pre- paid cards, configure carrier-specific services. Click here for full instructions on using USSD. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 19: Installation
Card, connect to one of the WAN ports on the Pepwave router. Repeat the same procedure for other WAN ports. Connect the power adapter to the power connector on the rear panel of the Pepwave router, and then plug it into a power outlet. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 20: Configuring The Network Environment
MAX in the screw hole socket as indicated below. Recommended screw specification: M3.5 x 20mm, head diameter 6mm, head thickness 2.4mm. The Pepwave MAX BR1 requires four screws for wall mounting. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 21: Car Mount
Place the mounting brackets by the two sides and screw them onto the device. IP67 Installation Guide Installation instructions for IP67 devices can be found here: http://download.peplink.com/manual/IP67_Installation_Guide.pdf Connecting to the Web Admin Interface 1. Start a web browser on a computer that is connected with the Pepwave router through the LAN.
Page 22 Configuration changes (e.g. WAN, LAN, admin settings, etc.) will take effect only after clicking the Save button at the bottom of each page. The Apply Changes button causes the changes to be saved and applied. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 23: Configuring The Lan Interface(S)
Clicking on any of the existing LAN interfaces (or creating a new one) will show the following : IP Settings IP Address The IP address and subnet mask of the Pepwave router on the LAN. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 24 Select "Do not override" if the LAN IP address and local DHCP server should Override IP remain unchanged after the Layer 2 PepVPN is up. Address when bridge If you choose to override IP address when the VPN is connected, the device will https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 25 This option allows you to optionally specify a Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server. You may choose to use the built-in WINS server or external WINS Servers WINS servers. When this unit is connected using SpeedFusion , other VPN peers can share https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 26 Auto is selected by default. You can choose not to advertise the port speed if the port has difficulty negotiating with the peer device. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 27 Press to create a new route. Press to remove a route. WINS Server Settings Check the box to enable the WINS server. A list of WINS clients will be displayed Enable at Status>WINS Clients. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 28 Network>LAN>DNS Proxy Settings>DNS Resolvers. This DNS Resolvers 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. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 29 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. The following settings are displayed when creating a new LAN or editing an existing LAN. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 30 When this setting is enabled, the Pepwave router’s DHCP server automatically DHCP Server assigns an IP address to each computer that is connected via LAN and configured to obtain an IP address via DHCP. The Pepwave router’s DHCP server can https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 31 Client List, located at Status>Client List. For more details, please refer to Section 22.3. To configure DHCP relay, first click the button found next to the DHCP Server option to display the settings. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 32: Port Settings
VLAN each link belongs to, if any. Captive Portal The captive portal serves as a gateway that clients have to pass if they wish to access the internet using your router. To configure, navigate to Network>LAN>Captive Portal. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 33 Fill in the necessary information to complete your connection to the server and enable authentication. This authenticates your clients through a LDAP server. Upon selecting this option, you will see the following fields: LDAP Server https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 34 URL you define. The Portal Customization menu has two options: . Clicking displays a pop-up previewing the captive portal that your clients will see. Clicking displays the following menu: https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 35: Configuring The Wan Interface(S)
WAN by holding the left mouse button, move it to the desired priority (the first one would be the highest priority, the second one would be lower priority, and so on), and drop it by releasing the mouse button. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 36: Ethernet Wan
This field specifies the Health Check method to be used for this WAN connection. Health Check Method ● Disabled - The WAN connection is always considered to be up and will not be treated as down for any IP routing errors. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 37 This is the number of responses required after a health check failure before treating Retries a connection as up again. Bandwidth Allowance Monitor Settings Bandwidth Check the box Enable to enable bandwidth usage monitoring on this WAN https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 38 This setting specifies the dynamic DNS service provider to be used for the WAN based on supported dynamic DNS service providers: ● changeip.com Dynamic DNS ● dyndns.org Service Provider ● no-ip.org ● tzo.com ● DNS-O-Matic Select Disabled to disable this feature. See Section 9.5 for configuration details. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 39: Dhcp Connection
WAN DHCP server to be used for outbound DNS lookups over the connection. (The DNS servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned from the DHCP server.) When Use the following DNS server address(es) is selected, you may https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 40: Static Ip Connection 440
DNS server addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 fields. 9.1.3 PPPoE Connection This connection method is suitable if your ISP provides a login ID/password to connect via PPPoE. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 41 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. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 42: L2Tp 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 https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 43: Cellular Wan
Some Pepwave routers support both HSPA and EV-DO. For Sprint or Verizon Wireless EV-DO users, a unique MEID identifier code (in hexadecimal format) is used MEID by the carrier to associate the EV-DO device with the user. This information is presented in hex and decimal format. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 44 This option allows you to configure the WAN connection whether for normal daily usage or as a Connection backup connection only. Priority If Always-on is chosen, the WAN connection will be kept on continuously, regardless of the priority of other WAN connections. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 45 (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. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 46 Check the box Enable to enable bandwidth usage monitoring on this WAN Allowance connection for each billing cycle. When this option is not enabled, bandwidth usage Monitor of each month is still being tracked but no action will be taken. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 47 WANs This option allows you to choose whether to remain connected or disconnected when Standby State this WAN connection is no longer in the highest priority and has entered the standby https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 48 Dynamic DNS Settings This setting specifies the dynamic DNS service provider to be used for the WAN based Dynamic DNS on supported dynamic DNS service providers: Service ● changeip.com Provider ● dyndns.org ● no-ip.org https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 49: Wi-Fi Wan
If this is checked, the connection will be working independent from other Backup Independent from WAN connections. Those in Backup Priority will ignore the status of this WAN Backup WANs connection, and will be used when none of the other higher priority connections are available. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 50 Selecting Auto will enable the router to automatically determine the best data rate, Data Rate while manually selecting a rate will force devices to connect using the fixed rate. Output Power If you are setting up a network with many Wi-Fi devices in close proximity, then you https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 51 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 Allowance connection each month. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 52 PING Hosts connection. Reliable ping hosts with a high uptime should be considered. By default, the first two DNS servers of the WAN connection are used as the ping hosts. Health Check Method: DNS Lookup https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 53 200 and 299 and if the HTTP response content contains the string. WAN Settings>WAN Edit>Health Check Settings>URL2 URL 2 If URL2 is also provided, a health check will pass if either one of the tests passed. Other Health Check Settings https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 54 The default health check interval is 5 seconds. This setting specifies the number of consecutive ping/DNS lookup timeouts after which the Peplink Balance will treat the corresponding WAN connection as down. Health Check Default health retries is set to 3. Using the default Health Retries setting of 3, the...
Page 55: Creating Wi-Fi Connection Profiles
Due to dynamic DNS service providers’ policies, a dynamic DNS host expires automatically when the host record has not been not updated for a long time. Therefore, the Peplink Balance performs an update every 23 days, even if a WAN’s IP address did not change.
Page 56 Enter a name to represent this Wi-Fi connection. (SSID) This option allows you to select which security policy is used for this wireless network. Available options: ● Open ● ● WPA/WPA2 – Personal Security ● WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 57 DNS responses are received from one or both of the servers, regardless of whether the result was positive or negative. Health Check This field allows you to specify two DNS hosts’ IP addresses with which DNS Servers connectivity is to be tested via DNS lookup. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 58 Other Health Check Settings This setting specifies the timeout in seconds for ping/DNS lookup requests. The Timeout default timeout is 5 seconds. Health Check This setting specifies the time interval in seconds between ping or DNS lookup https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 59 Pepwave router will connect to the dynamic DNS service provider to perform an IP address update within the provider’s records. The settings for dynamic DNS service provider(s) and the association of hostname(s) are configured via Network>WAN>Details>Dynamic DNS Service Provider/Dynamic DNS Settings. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 60 DNS service providers’ policy, a dynamic DNS host will automatically expire if the host record has not been updated for a long time. Therefore the Pepwave router performs an update every 23 days, even if a WAN’s IP address has not changed. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 61 Indicate the preferred frequency to use for clients to connect. Frequency Important Note Per FCC regulation, the country selection is not available on all models marketed in the US. All US models are fixed to US channels only. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 62: Advanced Wi-Fi Settings
Wi-Fi AP Settings section, which can be found at AP>Settings. Other models will display a separate section called Wi-Fi AP Advanced Settings, which can be found at Advanced>Wi-Fi Settings. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...
Page 63 This setting determines the maximum size of a packet before it gets fragmented Threshold into multiple pieces. Distance / Time Select the range you wish to cover with your Wi-Fi, and the router will make Convertor recommendations for the Slot Time and ACK Timeout. https://www.peplink.com Copyright @ 2019 Pepwave...

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