Drop-In Mode - peplink ONE 20 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.
The following diagram illustratesdrop-in mode setup:
Enable drop-in modeusing 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 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. The MediaFast 500 supports up to five WAN connections after
activating drop-in mode (all MediaFast 500-B WAN ports are active by default; load
balancing and/or a SpeedFusion license is required to activate MediaFast 500-A WAN
ports 2-5).
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 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 usingdrop-in mode are not
affected.
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