Appendix A. Restoration Of Factory Defaults; Appendix B. Routing Under Dhcp, Static Ip, And Pppoe - peplink PEPWAVE Balance One User Manual

Appendix A. Restoration of Factory Defaults

To restore the factory default settings on a Peplink Balance unit, perform the following:
For Balance models with a reset button:
1. Locate the reset button on the Peplink Balance unit.
2. With a paperclip, press and keep the reset button pressed.
Hold for approximately 10 seconds for factory reset (Note: The LED status light shows in RED,
until the status light off and release the button)
After the Peplink Balance router finishes rebooting, the factory default settings will be restored.
For Balance/MediaFast models with an OLED menu:
● Use the buttons on the front panel to control the OLED menu to go to
Maintenance > Factory Defaults , and then choose Yes to confirm.
Afterwards, the factory default settings will be restored.
All previous configurations and bandwidth usage data will be lost after restoring factory default settings. Regular
backup of configuration settings is strongly recommended.

Appendix B. Routing under DHCP, Static IP, and PPPoE

The information in this appendix applies only to situations where the Peplink Balance operates a
WAN connection under DHCP, Static IP, or PPPoE.
B.1 Routing Via Network Address Translation (NAT)
When the Peplink Balance is operating under NAT mode, the source IP addresses of outgoing
IP packets are translated to the WAN IP address of the Peplink Balance. With NAT, all LAN
devices share the same WAN IP address to access the Internet (i.e., the WAN IP address of the
Peplink Balance).
Operating the Peplink Balance in NAT mode requires only one WAN (Internet) IP address. In
addition, operating in NAT mode also has security advantages because LAN devices are hidden
behind the Peplink Balance. They are not directly accessible from the Internet and hence less
vulnerable to attacks.
The following figure shows the packet flow in NAT mode:
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