1. Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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2. Peplink Balance Series
Presentation Agenda
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
About Peplink Balance
Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
LAN/WAN Interface
Understanding & Setting up Drop-in mode
Peplink Complete VPN Solution & Site-to-Site VPN
Outbound Policy and Inbound Access
Inbound Load Balancing / DNS Settings
NAT Mappings / NAT Pool / QoS / WLAN Controller
Hardware High Availability and LAN Bypass
Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
Additional Capabilities
Questions and Answers
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3. Peplink Balance Series
About Peplink Balance
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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4. Balance Series Specifications
Model
Balance 20/30
Balance 210/310
Balance 380/580
Balance 710/1350
Target User
Power User/
Home Office
Small Business
Mid-Size Business
Large
Enterprise
Recommended Users
1-25
25-150
Throughput
100Mbps
200Mbps 400Mbps
800Mbps
1500Mbps
WAN Ports
2/3
3/5
7/13
USB WAN Support 1
Peplink VPN Bonding
Yes
AP Controller Support
Coming Soon
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5. Usage of Peplink Balance
Internet Link Load Balancing & Failover
Session based for Inbound and Outbound
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6. Usage of Peplink Balance
WAN Bonding
Packet based load balancing
Single TCP/IP session can utilize all WAN links
Using Peplink Site-to-Site VPN technology
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7. Idea of Peplink Balance
Peplink Balance Series
Idea of Peplink Balance
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Outbound
Access a server on Internet (WAN) side from LAN, and the server returns the web data back to LAN
Inbound
A computer from Internet (WAN) access a web server on LAN. The web server returns the data back to Internet client
Peplink considers the routing of Internet router as two parts – Outbound and Inbound
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8. Idea of Peplink Balance
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Outbound Load Balancing & Failover
Controlled by Outbound Policy
Peplink will distribute the outbound sessions to different WAN links automatically
Inbound Load Balancing & Failover
By using build-in authoritative DNS
The resolution of DNS hostname contains IP addresses of all WAN links
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9. Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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10. Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
Peplink Balance Series
Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Scenario:
A Peplink Balance unit
Three 1 Mbps Internet Links
All links are operational
Combined bandwidth: 3 Mbps
= ISP A + ISP B + ISP C = 1 Mbps + 1 Mbps + 1 Mbps
Local Area Network
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11. Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
Peplink Balance Series
Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Scenario:
A Peplink Balance unit
Three 1 Mbps Internet Links
One link down: ISP A
Peplink Balance re-directs traffic over ISP B and ISP C as failover.
Local Area Network
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12. Peplink Balance Series
WAN/LAN Interface
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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13. Peplink Balance Series
WAN
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
DHCP, PPPoE and Static IP Address
1 x USB Mobile Connection
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14. Peplink Balance Series
WAN
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
WAN link Health Check
Determine whether the ISP link is routable to Internet.
Methods: Ping / DNS Lookup / SmartCheck
Ping – issue ICMP PING packets to test connectivity
DNS Lookup – DNS lookups will be issued to test connectivity with target DNS servers.
SmartCheck – applies only to USB mobile connection. It is optimized for mobile networks with high traffic latency
SmartCheck: When there has outbound traffic but no inbound, Peplink will generate ICMP traffic to Internet for health check. When there has both outbound and inbound traffic, Peplink health check will sleep and consider the Health Check Result is good
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15. Proprietary and Confidential
WAN
Bandwidth Allowance Monitor
Designed for non-unlimited link (eg: Satellite, 3G)
Alert user when usage hits 75%/95% via
Disconnect when hits 100% allowance
Selectable billing cycle date
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16. Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
DHCP server
DHCP reservation
DHCP Option
LAN static route
Local DNS Proxy
WINS server
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17. Peplink Balance Series
Drop-in mode
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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18. Peplink Balance Series
Drop-in Mode
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Before the installation of Peplink Balance:
The network is connected to the ISP via a Router outside of the Firewall.
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19. Peplink Balance Series
Drop-in Mode
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Installation Phase 2:
Additional Internet links are installed.
Peplink Balance intelligently performs load balance and failover among the multiple links.
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20. Non-disruptive Installation
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Real-world considerations when installing network devices:
Re-configuration of components
Risk isolation
Back-out strategy
“Drop-in Mode” - an installation method designed to minimize disruption to the existing network.
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21. Proprietary and Confidential
Drop-in Mode
Requirement
An additional IP address is required for Drop-in Mode Peplink Such as:
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22. Peplink Balance Series
Drop-in Mode
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Network > Interfaces > LAN
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23. Peplink Balance Series
Drop-in Mode
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Installation Phase 1:
Pre-configured Peplink Balance is “dropped in” between the Firewall and ISP Router.
The LAN clients, Firewall, and ISP Router maintain the same configurations.
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24. Peplink Balance Series
Drop-in Mode
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Installation Phase 1:
LAN and WAN1 of Peplink uses
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25. Peplink Balance Series
Drop-in Mode
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Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Installation Phase 2:
Configure WAN2 and WAN3
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26. Difference between Drop-in and NAT
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
NAT Mode
All WAN links are in NAT mode
Traffic goes over a NAT’ed WAN, its source IP will be translated to the IP of corresponding WAN link
Drop-in Mode:
Peplink will bridge one of the WAN link and LAN segments
For other WAN links, they will act as NAT
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27. Peplink Complete VPN Solution
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Build-in PPTP Server
Proprietary Site-to-Site VPN
Bonding
Failover
Network-to-Network IPsec VPN
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28. Peplink Site-to-Site VPN
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Key Features
VPN Bonding
VPN Failover
Built-in Automatic Routing Protocol
256-bit AES Encryption
Easy configuration via Web Admin
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29. Peplink Site-to-Site VPN
Allows VPN traffic to load balance across multiple connections (Balance 210/310/380/580/710/1350)
Two Suggested connection scenarios
Mesh Scenario
Star Scenario

30. Peplink Site-to-Site VPN Bonding
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Aggregate all WAN connections’ bandwidth
Traffic load balanced at packet level
Automatic failover during WAN link failure
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31. Peplink Site-to-Site VPN Bonding
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Configuration of Branch A
Configuration of Branch B
1824-ABCD-1234
ABCD
Subnet A
Subnet B
Subnet should be different between two locations
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32. Proprietary and Confidential
PPTP Server
Allows Windows / Mac connect on public Internet to internal LAN natively
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33. Proprietary and Confidential
PPTP Server
Authenticate PPTP user via
Local User Account (Stored in Peplink itself)
External LDAP Server
External Radius Server
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34. Peplink Balance Series
Outbound Policy
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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35. Peplink Balance Series
Outbound Policy
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
3 different Outbound Policies
Rule Based Custom Rules
Seven load balancing algorithms
Click to delete a custom rule
Click to add/edit custom rules
Drag and Drop to re-order the priority of rules
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36. Outbound Policy Weighted Balance
Distribute the traffic across different WAN links based on the weight.
10:5:1 means
10 Sessions (10/16) will be across WAN1
5 Sessions (5/16) will be across WAN2
1 Session (1/16) will be across WAN3

37. Outbound Policy Persistence
Make the specified types of traffic to always be routed through a particular WAN link based on source or destination IP address(es).
Example usage:
Secure login session such as HTTPS.

38. Outbound Policy Enforced
Route the specified traffic through a single WAN connection/VPN Profile only, regardless of WAN link up/down status.
Example usage:
Restricting outbound SMTP traffic to one specific WAN link.

39. Outbound Policy Priority
Distribute the traffic in the specified order.
Highest-priority available WAN link/VPN profile will be used first.
Lower-priority WAN links will be used when higher-priority WAN links become unavailable.

40. Outbound Policy Overflow Least Used Lowest Latency
Route the traffic to a lower priority link when the highest priority link has been congested.
Least Used
Route the traffic to the most available WAN link according to download usage.
Lowest Latency
Route the traffic to the lowest latency WAN link
Periodic latency checking will be performed to determine the latency
Overflow - Congested: the traffic throughput meet 90% of pre-defined WAN download bandwidth
Lowest Latency – Determine the latency for next two hop for every five seconds

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Outbound Policy
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
VPN Connection can be selected as Outbound Connection
Selected traffic will be routed across VPN Connection with Priority and Enforced Algorithms
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42. Peplink Balance Series
Inbound Access
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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43. Inbound Access
Also known as: Inbound port forwarding / Inbound port address translation

44. Inbound Access
A web server located on LAN with physical private IP
Existing firewall is doing Inbound NAT for to forward to
Web Server
LAN IP:
Public IP:

45. Inbound Access
To allow access the web server via WAN2 and WAN3, the Inbound Access rules are required.
Web Server
LAN IP:
Public IP:

46. Peplink Balance Series
Inbound Access
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Network > Inbound Access > Servers
Network > Inbound Access > Services
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47. Inbound Load Balance
Inbound Load Balancing distributes inbound traffic across multiple WAN links by using build-in DNS server.
Balance DNS server is required to be an authoritative DNS of the domain.
Eg: foobar.com

48. Inbound Load Balance The DNS query result of www.foobar.com will be
Name:
Addresses: , ,
If ISP2 goes down, the DNS query result will be
Address: ,

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Inbound Load Balance
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
To configure Peplink Balance as Authoritative DNS of the domain. It is required to point the NS record to Peplink in the Domain Registrar (eg: Godaddy.com)
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DNS Settings
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Enable DNS listener
Create “Default SOA/NS”
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51. Peplink Balance Series
DNS Settings
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Define “Default SOA/NS Records”
IP of NS should be same as the IP selected in DNS listeners
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52. Peplink Balance Series
DNS Settings
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Create domain name “foobar.com”
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53. Peplink Balance Series
DNS Settings
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Create A Record
Click to Create a new A Record
Enter the host “www”
Select the IP address on multiple WAN links for “www”
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54. One-to-One NAT Mappings
Peplink Balance Series
One-to-One NAT Mappings
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Allow the IP address mapping of all inbound and outbound NAT’ed traffic to and from an internal client IP address.
Click to delete a NAT rules
Click to add/edit NAT rules
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55. Peplink Balance Series
NAT Pool
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
A range of LAN IP address or a LAN subnet can be mapped to multiple IP public IP address as source IP for their outbound traffic.
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56. Peplink Balance Series
QoS
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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57. Peplink Balance Series
QoS
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
User Group Based Classification
Manager
Staff
Guest
Add/Edit User Group by
IP address or Subnet IP
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58. Peplink Balance Series
QoS
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Control Group Reserved Bandwidth
Reserve minimum bandwidth for user groups
Control Per-user Bandwidth Limit
Define maximum bandwidth for each user of the groups
Individual Bandwidth Limit – the limit is per user. For example, set 3Mbps for Staff group, each staff will have 3Mbps. 3 Staff will consume up to 3 x 3Mbps
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59. Peplink Balance Series
QoS
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Traffic Prioritization for default and custom applications
3 Priority levels: ↑High, ━ Normal, and ↓Low
Support different kinds of applications liked , VoIP
Based on TCP/UDP/IP/DSCP
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60. Peplink Balance Series
WLAN Controller
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Manage up to 500 AP One within Peplink Balance
Software Add-on
Access Point Auto Discovery
Configuration, Firmware Management
Seamless Roaming of Wi-Fi Device
Multiple SSIDs
Model
380
580
710
1350
Max. Number of AP support 50
100
250
500
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61. Proprietary and Confidential
WLAN Controller
Four steps to setup the WLAN Controller
Enable “AP Management”
Define “SSID(s)”
Create “AP Profile”
Assign “AP Profile” to one or multiple AP One devices
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62. Peplink Balance Series
WLAN Controller
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Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Enable the Access Point Management feature at Network > AP Management.
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63. Peplink Balance Series
WLAN Controller
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Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Define the SSID in Wireless Network Settings.
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64. Peplink Balance Series
WLAN Controller
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Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Add a “New AP Profile”
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65. Peplink Balance Series
WLAN Controller
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Enter the AP Profile Name
Select the Wireless Networks (SSID) which defined in the previous step.
Please note that you can enable a maximum of four wireless networks.
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WLAN Controller
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Connect your AP One devices to the network containing the Peplink Balance.
Go back to the Dashboard and click the Change AP Profile button.
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67. Peplink Balance Series
WLAN Controller
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Select the connected/detected AP One devices to which you would like to assign the AP profile. Then select the desired AP profile from the drop-down list.
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68. Peplink Balance Series
WLAN Controller
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Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Click the Yes button to confirm the change. The selected AP profile will apply to the listed AP One devices immediately.
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69. Hardware High Availability
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Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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70. Hardware High Availability
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Peplink Balance 210/310/380/580/710/1350 support High Availability via VRRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol:
A pair of Peplink Balance units work together.
One unit is Active.
The other unit is on Stand-by.
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71. Hardware High Availability
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
In the event of Active unit fails:
The Stand-by unit becomes Active.
New Active unit re-establishes Internet connections.
Outage is minimized.
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72. Hardware High Availability
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Each unit has their own LAN IP address and use a same Virtual IP.
For non-drop-in mode, the VIP will be the default gateway of LAN hosts
For Drop-in mode, WAN1’s default gateway will be the default gateway of LAN hosts
Configuring HA for Slave unit
VIP:
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73. Peplink Balance Series
LAN Bypass
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
LAN1
WAN1
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74. Peplink Balance Series
LAN Bypass
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Available in Peplink Balance 580/710/1350
LAN Bypass is a fault-tolerance feature that protects you in the event of power outage.
When used with Drop-in Mode, such failure would be completely transparent to the network.
In the following example, WAN1 and LAN1 ports are bridged together when the power runs out.
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75. Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
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76. Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Show the bandwidth usage statistics
Three periods of statistics: Real-Time, Daily, Monthly
Usage will not be shown at the time when device had been switched OFF
Real-Time
Click Show Details to view the usage of different WAN or type of traffic
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77. Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Daily
Detailed usage statistics of ALL WAN with IP Address can be shown by clicking corresponding Date
A selected WAN usage can be shown in billing cycle when the bandwidth allowance monitor of that WAN is enabled
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78. Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Monthly
Detailed usage statistics of ALL WAN with IP Address can be shown by clicking the first two Month rows
A selected WAN usage can be shown in billing cycle when the bandwidth allowance monitor of that WAN is enabled
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79. Additional Capabilities
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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80. Additional Capabilities
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
notification:
Send to user for any WAN up/down event, Site-to-Site VPN, HA status.
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81. Additional Capabilities
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Rule-based stateful Firewall:
Support for an unlimited number of rules.
Drag and drop user interface
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82. Additional Capabilities
Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Reporting Service
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83. Proprietary and Confidential
Contact Support
Detail description of the issue
Network Diagram with detail IP address scheme
Troubleshooting steps that you performed
Diagnostic Report of related units (eg: S2S VPN)
Remote Assistance of related units (eg: S2S VPN)
Send to
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84. Proprietary and Confidential
Diagnostic Report
Obtain Diagnostic Report via “Status > Device”
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85. Additional Support Information
Peplink Balance Series
Additional Support Information
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Support Information Page contains
LAN/WAN Ethernet details
Remote Assistance
Network Capture
Realtime information of WAN Health Check
To access Support Information page, from the Brower URL, change the link
IP>/cgi-bin/MANGA/index.cgi
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86. Additional Support Information
Peplink Balance Series
Additional Support Information
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Support Information Page contains
LAN/WAN Ethernet details
Remote Assistance
Network Capture
Realtime information of WAN Health Check
To access Support Information page, from the Brower URL, change the link
IP>/cgi-bin/MANGA/support.cgi
Proprietary and Confidential
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87. Peplink Balance Series
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
Questions and Answers
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88. Peplink Balance Series
Contact Us
Enterprise-class Multi-WAN Router
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800 West El Camino Real
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United States
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Fax: +1 (866)
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5 Bauhinia Street,
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