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PePLink Balance Series v4.0
PePLink Balance 30/200/300/380/700

User Manual

Rev. 2.0
June 07
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Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Copyright © 2007 PePLink Ltd. All Rights
Reserved. PePLink and the PePLink logo are trademarks of PePLink Ltd. Other brands or products
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    OPYRIGHT RADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Copyright © 2007 PePLink Ltd. All Rights Reserved. PePLink and the PePLink logo are trademarks of PePLink Ltd. Other brands or products mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Table of Contents INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ......................4 GLOSSARY ............................4 PRODUCT FEATURES ........................5 ......................... 5 UPPORTED ETWORK EATURES ........................5 THER UPPORTED EATURES PACKAGE CONTENTS ........................6 30 / 200 / 300 ......................6 ALANCE 380 / 700 ........................
  • Page 3 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 16.1 ............................. 79 DMIN ECURITY 16.2 ..........................82 IRMWARE PGRADE 16.3 ................................ 83 16.4 ..........................84 MAIL OTIFICATION 16.5 ............................85 EMOTE YSLOG 16.6 SNMP ..............................85 16.7 ..........................87 EPORTING ERVER 16.8 ....................89...

  • Page 4: Introduction And Scope

    The PePLink Balance series provides link aggregation and load balancing across up to seven WAN connections. The PePLink Balance 30 provides a feature set that is suitable for Small Office / Home Office (SO/HO) environments. The PePLink Balance 200, 300, 380, and 700, with a suite of advanced enterprise-class...

  • Page 5: Product Features

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Product Features PePLink Balance Series products enable all LAN users to share broadband Internet connections, and provide advanced features to enhance Internet access. The following is the list of supported features: Supported Network Features 3.1.1...

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    Hardware High Availability via VRRP (available only with PePLink Balance 200,  300, 380, and 700) Quality of Service for Voice over IP and Secure Web (available only with PePLink  Balance 200, 300, 380, and 700) Time server synchronization ...

  • Page 7: Peplink Balance Overview

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual PePLink Balance Overview PePLink Balance 200 Front Panel Appearance 5.1.1 LED Indicators 5.1.2 The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows: Power and Status Indicators OFF – Power off Power Green – Power on OFF –...
  • Page 8 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Rear Panel Appearance 5.1.3 RS-232 Port LAN Ports WAN Ports Power Connector Connector Ports 5.1.4 The connector ports on the rear panel are as follows: Connector Ports RS-232 Port Reserved for engineering use Supports up to two 10/100BaseT WAN connections, typically...

  • Page 9: P Epl Ink Balance 30 / 300

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual PePLink Balance 30 / 300 Front Panel Appearance 5.2.1 LED Indicators 5.2.2 The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows: Power and Status Indicators OFF – Power off Power Green – Power on OFF –...
  • Page 10 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Rear Panel Appearance 5.2.3 RS-232 Port LAN Ports WAN Ports Power Connector Connector Ports 5.2.4 Connector Ports RS-232 Port Reserved for engineering use Supports up to three 10/100BaseT WAN connections, typically WAN Ports connected to broadband modems...

  • Page 11: P Epl Ink Balance 380

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual PePLink Balance 380 Front Panel Appearance 5.3.1 RS-232 Port RS-232 Port LCD Display LAN Port RS-232 Port LCD Controls WAN Ports Power LED LED Indicators 5.3.2 The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows: Power and Status Indicators OFF –...
  • Page 12 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual LCD Display Menu 5.3.3 > System Status > System > Firmware ver (shows firmware version) > Serial number (shows serial number) > System time (shows current time) > System up time (shows up time since server reboot) >...
  • Page 13 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Rear Panel Appearance 5.3.4 Power Switch USB Ports Power Connector Connector Ports USB Ports Reserved for engineering use Power Connector AC input 110/220V Switch To hold pressing the key for 4 secs will power down the unit...

  • Page 14: P Epl Ink Balance 700

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual PePLink Balance 700 Front Panel Appearance 5.4.1 RS-232 Port LCD Display RS-232 Port LAN Port RS-232 Port LCD Controls Power LED USB Ports WAN Ports Status indicated in the Front Panel is as follows:...
  • Page 15 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual LCD Display Menu 5.4.2 > System Status > System > Firmware ver (shows firmware version) > Serial number (shows serial number) > System time (shows current time) > System up time (shows up time since server reboot) >...
  • Page 16 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Rear Panel Appearance 5.4.3 USB Ports Reset Switch Power Switch RS-232 Port Power Connector Connector Ports RS-232 Port Reserved for engineering use USB Ports Reserved for engineering use Power Connector AC input 110/220V Switches...

  • Page 17: Installation

    At a high level, construct the network according to the following steps: With a network cable, connect a computer to one of the LAN ports on the PePLink Balance. For PePLink Balance 30, 200, and 300, repeat with different cables for up to 4 computers to be connected.

  • Page 18: Configuring Computers On The Lan

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Configuring the Network Environment 6.1.3 To ensure that PePLink Balance works properly in the LAN environment, and can access the Internet via the WAN connections, please refer to the following setup procedures: PC Configuration on the LAN ...
  • Page 19 10. Click Finish to close the New Connection Wizard. Windows Vista DHCP Client Configuration 6.2.3 Connect the computer and the PePLink Balance’s LAN interface with an Ethernet cable. The following screen will be displayed on the computer screen. Choose “Work”.
  • Page 20 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Mac DHCP Client Configuration 6.2.4 Open TCP/IP Control Panel. From the Connect via pop-up menu, select Ethernet. Select Using DHCP Server from the Configure pop-up menu. (The DHCP Client ID field can be left blank.) Save the settings and close the TCP/IP Control Panel.

  • Page 21: Basic Configuration

    Basic Configuration Connecting to Web Administration Interface Start a web browser on a computer connected through LAN with PePLink Balance. To connect to Web Administration Interface of PePLink Balance, enter the following LAN IP address in the address field of the web browser: http://192.168.1.1...

  • Page 22: Configuration With Setup Wizard

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Configuration with Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard of PePLink Balance simplifies the task of configuring WAN connection(s) by guiding the configuration process step by step. To begin, click Setup Wizard after connecting to Web Administration Interface.

  • Page 23: Advanced Setup

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Advanced Setup Advanced settings can be configured from the Network menu. WAN connections can be configured by entering the corresponding WAN connection information from Network > Interfaces > WAN: Please refer to Section 10, Configuration of WAN Interface(s), for details on setting up DHCP, Static IP, PPPoE, and GRE.

  • Page 24: Configuration Of Lan Interface(S)

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Configuration of LAN Interface(s) The LAN Interface settings are located in Network > Interfaces > LAN: Page 24...
  • Page 25 In the event of synchronization issues, the port speed can be manually specified to circumvent the issues. Drop-in Mode Settings Drop-in Mode eases the installation of PePLink Balance on a live network between the existing Firewall and Router, such that no IP Address &...
  • Page 26 This table is for defining custom local DNS records. A static local DNS record consists of a Host Name and an IP Address. When looking up the Host Name from the LAN to LAN IP of PePLink Balance, the corresponding IP Address will be returned.

  • Page 27: Drop-In Mode

    LAN and the WAN. Further details will subsequently follow. After successfully setting up PePLink Balance as part of the network via Drop-in Mode, a PePLink Balance 200 unit will accommodate one additional WAN connection; PePLink Balance 30, 300 and 380 will accommodate two additional WAN connections;...
  • Page 28 WAN1 will be hidden from Web Administration Interface.) Put the IP address of the WAN1 router in the Default Gateway field. Ensure that the PePLink Balance IP subnet is the same as the Firewall’s WAN port and the Router’s LAN port.
  • Page 29 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Flushing ARP: After the installation of PePLink Balance in Drop-in Mode, the hosts on both sides of PePLink Balance will see a change in MAC addresses. Thus, the WAN default gateway and firewall need to be rebooted.

  • Page 30: Configuration Of Wan Interface(S)

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 10 Configuration of WAN Interface(s) The WAN interface settings are located in Network > Interfaces > WAN. There are four possible connection methods: DHCP  Static IP  PPPoE   The connection method and details are determined by, and can be obtained from, the ISP.
  • Page 31 MAC address. In such cases, use the MAC Address setting to change the MAC Address PePLink Balance WAN interface MAC address to be the same as that of Clone the original client PC.
  • Page 32 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual DHCP Settings Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups. This setting specifies the DNS (Domain Name System) Servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this connection.

  • Page 33: Static Ip Connection

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 10.2 Static IP Connection The Static IP connection method is suitable if the ISP provides a static IP address to connect directly. Connection Settings for Static IP This field illustrates that NAT (Network Address Translation) will be applied to the traffic routing over this WAN connection.
  • Page 34 In such cases, use the MAC Address setting to change the MAC Address PePLink Balance WAN interface MAC address to be the same as that of the original client PC. The default MAC Address is a unique value assigned at the factory. In most cases, the default value suffices.
  • Page 35 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Multiple WAN IP Settings for Static IP The IP Address List represents the list of fixed Internet IP addresses assigned by the ISP, in the event that more than one Internet IP addresses are assigned to this WAN connection.

  • Page 36: Pppoe Connection

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 10.3 PPPoE Connection The PPPoE connection method is suitable if the ISP provides a PPPoE account and password to connect via PPPoE. Network Settings for PPPoE This setting selects between routing via NAT and IP Forwarding.
  • Page 37 In such cases, use the MAC Address setting to change the MAC Address PePLink Balance WAN interface MAC address to be the same as that of the original client PC. The default MAC Address is a unique value assigned at the factory. In most cases, the default value suffices.

  • Page 38: Gre Connection

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual server.) When Use the following DNS server address(es) is selected, you can put custom DNS server addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields. Please refer to chapter 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 for details about SMTP Forwarding, Dynamic DNS Settings and WAN Health Check.
  • Page 39 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Network Settings for GRE This field illustrates that NAT (Network Address Translation) will be applied to the traffic routing over this WAN connection. For further details, please refer to the following sections: Routing Mode ...
  • Page 40 In such cases, use the MAC Address setting to change the MAC Address PePLink Balance WAN interface MAC address to be the same as that of the original client PC. The default MAC Address is a unique value assigned at the factory. In most cases, the default value suffices.
  • Page 41 Outgoing NAT IP address is the public address that is seen by all external hosts on the WAN.) The following figure shows the packet flow for PePLink Balance under GRE connection mode and NAT routing mode:...
  • Page 42  Tunnel IP local address: 192.168.128.222 (IP address of local end of tunnel)  LAN IP Address: 210.103.22.1  The following figure shows the packet flow for PePLink Balance under GRE connection mode and IP Forwarding routing mode: Page 42...

  • Page 43: Smtp Forwarding

    Internet IP address of each WAN connection can be associated with a host name. Either upon a change in IP address or every 23 days without link reconnection, PePLink Balance will connect to the dynamic DNS service provider to perform an IP address update within the provider’s records.

  • Page 44: Wan Health Check

    Due to the policy of dynamic DNS service providers, the dynamic DNS host may be expired automatically because it has not been updated for a period. In order to prevent this expiration, PePLink Balance will perform a force update every 23 days if a WAN’s IP address did not changed.
  • Page 45 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Health Check Method: Ping The ICMP Ping packets will be issued to test the connectivity with a configurable target IP address or hostname. A WAN connection is considered “up” if ping responses are received from either one or both of the ping hosts.
  • Page 46 3 timeouts, the corresponding WAN connection will be treated as “down”. This setting specifies the number of consecutive successful ping/DNS lookup responses that must be received before the PePLink treats a previously “down” WAN connection to be “up” again. By default, Recover Times is set to 3.

  • Page 47: Firewall Configuration

    Internet) and the LAN side of the network. It can protect the local network from potential hacker attacks, offensive Web sites, and/or other inappropriate uses. The firewall functionality of PePLink Balance supports the selective filtering of data traffic in both directions: Outbound (LAN to WAN) ...
  • Page 48  Any  WAN1  WAN2  WAN3 (applicable only to PePLink Balance 30, 300, 380 and 700) WAN Connection  WAN4 to WAN7 (applicable only to PePLink Balance 700) A value of Any, WAN1, WAN2, … and WAN7 specifies that the rule applies to all WAN connections, WAN1, WAN2, …...
  • Page 49 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Inbound / Outbound Firewall Settings This setting specifies whether or not to log matched firewall events. The logged messages are shown on the page Status > Logs: A sample message is as follows: Aug 13 23:47:44 Denied CONN=WAN1 SRC=20.3.2.1 DST=192.168.1.20 LEN=48 PROTO=TCP SPT=2260 DPT=80...
  • Page 50 In addition, a single port, or a range of ports, can be specified for the Source IP & Port setting, as the following indicates: This setting specifies the action to be taken by PePLink Balance upon encountering traffic that matches the both of the following: ...

  • Page 51: Management Of Outbound Traffic To Wan

    Network > Outbound Traffic Management: 12.1 Outbound Traffic Policy There are three main selections for the Outbound Traffic Policy of PePLink Balance: High Application Compatibility  Normal Application Compatibility  Custom Outbound Traffic Rules ...

  • Page 52: Fine Tuning Load Distribution For Individual Services

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 12.2 Fine Tuning Load Distribution for Individual Services By selecting the Outbound Traffic Management of Custom Outbound Traffic Rules from the drop-down menu and pressing the “Save” button, the following table is then displayed.
  • Page 53 PePLink Balance based on the other Enable parameters of the rule. With an Enable value of No, the rule does not take effect: PePLink Balance disregards the other parameters of the rule. This setting specifies the source IP Address, IP Network or MAC Source Address for the traffic to be matched for the rule.
  • Page 54 IP address change during a session may be the result of an unauthorized intrusion attempt. Therefore, to prevent damages from the potential intrusion, the session is terminated upon the detection of an IP address change. PePLink Balance can be configured to distribute data traffic across multiple WAN connections. Page 54...
  • Page 55 Also, the Internet IP depends on the WAN connections over which communication actually takes place. As a result, a LAN client computer behind PePLink Balance may communicate using multiple Internet IP addresses. For example, a LAN client computer behind a PePLink Balance 300 with three WAN connections may communicate on the Internet using three different IP addresses.
  • Page 56 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Algorithm: Priority 12.2.4 This setting specifies the priority of the WAN connections to route the specified network service. The highest priority available WAN connections will always be used for routing the specified type of traffic. A lower priority WAN connection will be used only when all higher priority connections are unavailable.

  • Page 57: Management Of Inbound Access From Wan

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 13 Management of Inbound Access from WAN When operating under NAT mode, PePLink Balance acts as a firewall that blocks, by default, all inbound access from the Internet. By the custom definition of servers and services for inbound access, Internet users can access the servers behind PePLink Balance.

  • Page 58: Definition Of Services

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 13.2 Definition of Services (This section applies only to PePLink Balance 200, 300, 380 and 700.) Services are defined at Network > Inbound Access > Services: At least one server must be defined before services can be added.
  • Page 59 Services Settings This setting specifies whether the Inbound Service takes effect. With an Enable value of Yes, the inbound service takes effect: traffic is matched, and actions are taken, by PePLink Balance based on the Enable other parameters of the rule.
  • Page 60  Single Port  Port Range  Port Map Any Port: all traffic that is received by PePLink Balance via the specified protocol is forwarded to the servers specified by the Servers setting. For example, with IP Protocol set to TCP, and Port set to Any Port, all TCP traffic is forwarded to the configured servers.
  • Page 61 The amount of traffic that is distributed to a server is proportional to the weight value assigned to the server relative to the total weight. Example: With the following weight settings on a PePLink Balance: Included  demo_server_1: 10 Server(s) ...

  • Page 62: Definition Of Porting Forwarding

    Port Forwarding Settings This setting specifies whether the Inbound Service takes effect. With an Enable value of Yes, the inbound service takes effect: traffic is matched, and actions are taken, by PePLink Balance based on the Enable other parameters of the rule.
  • Page 63 The IP Protocol setting, along with the Port setting, specify the protocol of the service as TCP, UDP, ICMP or IP. Traffic that is received by PePLink Balance via the specified protocol at the specified port(s) is forwarded to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting.

  • Page 64: Definition Of Dns Records

    Upon receiving the DNS query, PePLink Balance returns, as an “A” record, the IP  address for www.mycompany.com on WAN1 because WAN1 is the most appropriate healthy link. The settings for defining the DNS records to be hosted by PePLink Balance are located at Network > Inbound Access > DNS Settings: Page 64...
  • Page 65 DNS server of PePLink Balance. The zone transfer server of PePLink Balance listens on TCP Port 53. Zone Transfer PePLink Balance serves both the clients that are accessing from the specified IP addresses, and the clients that are accessing from the LAN Interface (of the PePLink Balance unit).
  • Page 66 Each WAN connection is associated with a priority number. Click Save to save the settings when configuration is complete. This section shows a list of domain names to be hosted by the PePLink Balance. Each domain can have its “NS”, “MX” and “TXT” records, and its or its sub-domains’...
  • Page 67 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Creating DNS Records 13.4.1 To create new DNS records for a domain, perform the following steps: From Network -> Inbound Access -> DNS Settings, enter a domain name in the Domain Name field, click the Add Domain button. Then click on the newly created domain name and the following screen is displayed: This page is for defining the domain’s NS, MX, CNAME, A and TXT records.
  • Page 68 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual NS / SOA Record 13.4.2 The NS / SOA Record table shows the NS servers, A records, TTL, Refresh Time, Retry Time, Expire Time, Minimum Time, and E-mail contact address, that correspond to the domain.
  • Page 69 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual MX Record 13.4.3 The MX Record table shows the domain’s MX records. Each MX record contains the priority and mail exchange server host name. For each record, Priority and Host name must be entered. Priority typically ranges from 10 to 100.
  • Page 70 E.g. 5 secs, 60 secs, etc. This setting specifies lists of WAN-specific Internet IP addresses that are candidates to be returned when PePLink Balance responds to DNS queries for the domain name specified by Host Name. The IP addresses listed in each box as Default are the Internet IP addresses associated with each of the WAN connections.
  • Page 71 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual TXT Record 13.4.6 This table shows the TXT record of the domain name. Click the Edit button to edit the record. The time-to-live value and the TXT record’s value can be entered. Click the Save button to finish.
  • Page 72 Domain Delegation These are the steps to be used when you host your domain at your ISP or a domain registrar and want to delegate a sub-domain to be resolved and managed at PePLink Balance. 1. Create a domain, e.g. “www.mycompany.com”...
  • Page 73 The values of the IP addresses are fictitious and for illustration only; the actual IP addresses in implementation will likely be different. Hosting the complete domain at PePLink Balance To host your own DNS server, contact the DNS registrar to have the NS records of the domain (e.g.
  • Page 74 Testing the DNS Configuration The following steps can be used to test the DNS configuration: From a host on the Internet, use an IP address of PePLink Balance and nslookup to lookup the corresponding hostname. Check the information that is returned for the expected results.

  • Page 75: Configuration Of Nat Mappings

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 14 Configuration of NAT Mappings This configuration replaces “DMZ” in firmware versions prior to 3.8. The configuration of NAT Mappings allows the IP address mapping of all inbound and outbound NAT’ed traffic to and from an internal client IP address.
  • Page 76 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual This setting specifies the IP address of each WAN connection to be used for any outgoing traffic originating from the LAN Host. Note 1: If you do not want to use a specific WAN for outgoing Outbound accesses, you should still choose “default”...

  • Page 77: Miscellaneous Settings

    The following diagram illustrates an HA configuration with two PePLink Balance 200 units, and two Internet connections: In the diagram, the WAN ports on each PePLink Balance unit connect to the router and modem; and PePLink Balance unit connects to the same LAN switch via a LAN port.
  • Page 78 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual received in 3 seconds (or longer) since the last heartbeat signal, the Slave PePLink Balance unit becomes active. The Slave PePLink Balance unit initiates the WAN connections, and binds to a  previously configured LAN IP address.

  • Page 79: Traffic Prioritization

    Under HA mode, Dynamic DNS is not supported. During a fail-over or fail-back, the active PePLink Balance does not perform Dynamic DNS updates. As a result, the resolved addresses may not be the IP address of the active PePLink Balance unit.
  • Page 80 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Admin Settings Change Admin This setting specifies a new administrator password. Password Confirm Admin This setting verifies and confirms the new administrator password. Password This setting specifies protocol(s) through which Administration Interface is accessible: Security ...
  • Page 81 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual WAN Connection Access Settings Allowed Source IP Subnets(s): To restrict web admin access only from defined IP subnets. Allow web admin accesses to be from anywhere, without IP address restriction. Allow access from the following IP subnets only Restrict web admin access only from the defined IP subnets.

  • Page 82: Firmware Upgrade

    (http://www.peplink.com) and update the unit manually. Click Browse to select the firmware file from the local computer, then click Upload to send the firmware to PePLink Balance. PePLink Balance will then automatically initiate the firmware upgrade process. Firmware Upgrade Status for PePLink Balance 30, 200 and 300 Status LED Information during firmware upgrade: ...

  • Page 83: Time

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 16.3 Time The Time Server functionality enables the system clock of PePLink Balance to be synchronized with a specified Time Server. The settings for Time Server configuration are located at the following location: System >...

  • Page 84: Email Notification

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 16.4 Email Notification The Email Notification functionality of PePLink Balance provides a System Administrator with up-to-date information on network status. The settings for configuring Email Notification are found at the following location: Network > Misc. Settings > Email Notification: Email Notification Settings This setting specifies whether or not to enable Email Notification.

  • Page 85: Remote Syslog

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 16.5 Remote Syslog The Remote Syslog functionality of PePLink Balance enables event logging at a specified remote Syslog server. The settings for configuring Remote System Log are found at the following location: System > Remote Syslog:...
  • Page 86 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual SNMP Settings SNMP Server This setting specifies the SNMP server name. Name SNMPv1 This setting specifies that SNMP version 1 is to be enabled. SNMPv2c This setting specifies that SNMP version 2 is to be enabled.

  • Page 87: Reporting Server

    Password DES privacy protocol is selected. 16.7 Reporting Server The Reporting functionality enables PePLink Balance to post traffic data and other information periodically to a PePLink’s Reporting Server for generating detailed historical usage reports of the device. The settings for configuring Reporting Server functionality are found at the following location: System >...
  • Page 88 Important Note The registration process will contact the reporting server to associate the PePLink Balance unit with the specified user account on the server. Please ensure prior to registration that the user account that is entered is valid.

  • Page 89: Saving And Loading Configurations

    In a High Availability (HA) configuration, to quickly load onto the PePLink Balance unit the configuration of its HA counterpart, click the Upload button. After loading the settings, configure the LAN IP address of the PePLink Balance unit to be different from the HA counterpart.

  • Page 90: Flash Management

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 16.9 Flash Management The PePLink Balance 30, 200 and 300 is equipped with dual flash memory modules. The PePLink Balance 380 and 700 has single module but with two partitions. Each flash memory or partition stores one firmware image.

  • Page 91: Reboot

    This page provides a Reboot button for restarting the system. 16.11 Ping Test The Ping Test tool in PePLink Balance performs Pings through a specified Ethernet interface. The Ping utility is located at System > Tools > Ping. The Ping utility is displayed as a...

  • Page 92: Traceroute Test

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 16.12 Traceroute Test The Traceroute Test tool in PePLink Balance traces the routing path to the destination through a particular Ethernet interface. The Traceroute Test utility is located at System > Tools > Traceroute. The Traceroute...

  • Page 93: Status

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 17 Status The information section displays the information of PePLink Balance on the device, link usage, active sessions, DHCP clients and log. 17.1 Device System information is located at Status > Device: System Information System Time This shows the current system time.

  • Page 94: Link Usage Status

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 17.2 Link Usage Status Link usage status information is located at Status > Link Usage: The Link Usage Status section displays the cumulative amounts of data that have been transferred through each WAN connection, as well as the inbound and outbound rate of data transferred via various protocols.

  • Page 95: Active Sessions

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual 17.3 Active Sessions Information on Active Sessions is at Status > Active Sessions: This Active Sessions section displays the active inbound and outbound, UDP and TCP sessions of each WAN connection on PePLink Balance. Page 95...

  • Page 96: Dhcp Clients

    Log information is located at Status > Logs: The log section displays a list of events that has taken place on the PePLink Balance unit. Click the Refresh button to retrieve log entries again. Click the Clear Log button to clear log.

  • Page 97: Appendix A. Restoration Of Factory Defaults

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Restoration of Factory Defaults Appendix A. To restore the factory default settings on a PePLink Balance unit, perform the following: For Balance 30/200/300: Locate the reset button at the back of the PePLink Balance unit.

  • Page 98: N Etwork A Ddress T Ranslation (Nat)

     Routing via Network Address Translation (NAT) When PePLink Balance is operating under NAT mode, the source IP addresses of outgoing IP packets are translated to the WAN IP address of PePLink Balance. Therefore, with NAT, all LAN devices share the same WAN IP address to access the Internet (i.e. the WAN IP address of PePLink Balance).

  • Page 99: Appendix C. Case Studies

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Case Studies Appendix C. C.1 Performance Optimization C.1.1 Scenario In this scenario, email and web browsing are the two main Internet services used by the LAN users. The mail server is external to the network.

  • Page 100: Aintaining The Same Ip Address Throughout Aession

    WAN connection for source-destination pairs of IP addresses, and prevents sessions from being dropped. With Persistency configured and the option “By source” selected, PePLink Balance uses a consistent WAN connection for same source IP addresses. This option offers even higher application compatibility but the outbound traffic load will be distributed more evenly only if more users use the Internet.
  • Page 101 PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual C.2.3 Settings Set persistence in: Network > Outbound Traffic Management > Custom Outbound Traffic Rules Click Add Rule, select HTTP (TCP port 80) for web service, and select Persistence. A System Administrator can use the Traceroute utility to manually analyze the connection path of a particular WAN connection.

  • Page 102: Bypassing The Firewall To Access Hosts On Lan

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual C.3 Bypassing the Firewall to Access Hosts on LAN C.3.1 Scenario There are times when remote access to computers on the LAN is desirable; for example, when hosting web sites, online businesses and FTP download and upload areas, etc.

  • Page 103: Inbound Access Restriction

    A firewall is required in order to protect the network from potential hacker attacks and other Internet security threats. C.4.2 Solution Firewall functionality is built into PePLink Balance. By default, inbound access is unrestricted. Enabling a basic level of protection involves setting up firewall rules.

  • Page 104: Outbound Access Restriction

    For security reasons, it may be appropriate to disallow LAN users to use ftp to transfer files to and from the Internet, or otherwise restrict outbound access. This can easily be achieved by setting up an outbound firewall rule with PePLink Balance. C.5.2 Solution...

  • Page 105: Appendix D. Troubleshooting

    For example, if you are using DOS/Windows, at the Command Prompt, type: ping 192.168.1.1 This pings the PePLink Balance device (provided that PePLink Balance device’s IP is 192.168.1.1) to test whether the connection to PePLink Balance is OK. Page 105...
  • Page 106 You can test the WAN connection by “ping”, which is similar to problem 4. As we want to isolate the problems from the LAN, “ping” will be performed from PePLink Balance. By using the Ping/Traceroute under the tab Status of the PePLink Balance, you may able to find out the source of problem.

  • Page 107: Appendix E. Product Specifications

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual Product Specifications Appendix E. PePLink Balance 200 Routing NAT, Drop-in and IP Forwarding  Configurable Static Routes  WAN Support DHCP, PPPoE, GRE, and Static IP  Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance ...

  • Page 108: P Epl Ink Balance And P Epl Ink Balance

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual PePLink Balance 30 and PePLink Balance 300 Routing NAT, Drop-in and IP Forwarding  Configurable Static Routes  WAN Support DHCP, PPPoE, GRE, and Static IP  Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance ...

  • Page 109: Peplink Balance

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual PePLink Balance 380 Routing NAT, Drop-in and IP Forwarding  Configurable Static Routes  WAN Support DHCP, PPPoE, GRE, and Static IP  Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance  Device Management Wizard & Menu Driven Web-based Administration Interface over HTML SSL ...

  • Page 110: P Epl Ink Balance 700

    PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual PePLink Balance 700 Routing NAT, Drop-in and IP Forwarding  Configurable Static Routes  WAN Support DHCP, PPPoE, GRE, and Static IP  Inbound and Outbound Link Load Balance  Device Management Wizard & Menu Driven Web-based Administration Interface over HTML SSL ...
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