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Presentation Agenda
• 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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About Peplink Balance
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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
1-25
25-150
100-1000
500-5000+
Throughput
100Mbps
100Mbps
200Mbps
400Mbps
800Mbps
1500Mbps
WAN Ports
2/3
2/3
3/5
7/13
1
1
1
1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Coming Soon
50
100
250
500
Recommended Users
USB WAN Support
Peplink VPN Bonding
AP Controller Support
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Coming Soon
4
Usage of Peplink Balance
• Internet Link Load Balancing & Failover
• Session based for Inbound and Outbound
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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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Idea of Peplink Balance
• 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
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Idea of Peplink Balance
• 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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Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
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Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
• Scenario:
• A Peplink Balance unit
• Three 1 Mbps Internet Links
• All links are operational
Local Area Network
• Combined bandwidth: 3 Mbps
= ISP A + ISP B + ISP C = 1 Mbps + 1 Mbps + 1 Mbps
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Internet Link Aggregation & Failover
• Scenario:
• A Peplink Balance unit
• Three 1 Mbps Internet Links
• One link down: ISP A
Local Area Network
• Peplink Balance re-directs traffic over ISP B
and ISP C as failover.
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WAN/LAN Interface
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WAN
• DHCP, PPPoE and Static IP Address
• 1 x USB Mobile Connection
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WAN
• 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
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WAN
• Bandwidth Allowance Monitor
• Designed for non-unlimited link (eg: Satellite, 3G)
• Alert user when usage hits 75%/95% via Email
• Disconnect when hits 100% allowance
• Selectable billing cycle date
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LAN
• DHCP server
• DHCP reservation
• DHCP Option
• LAN static route
• Local DNS Proxy
• WINS server
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Drop-in mode
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Drop-in Mode
• Before the installation of Peplink Balance:
• The network is connected to the ISP
via a Router outside of the Firewall.
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Drop-in Mode
• Installation Phase 2:
• Additional Internet links are installed.
• Peplink Balance intelligently
performs load balance
and failover among
the multiple links.
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Non-disruptive Installation
• 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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Drop-in Mode
• Requirement
• An additional IP address is required
for Drop-in Mode Peplink
Such as: 210.10.10.3
210.10.10.2/24
192.168.1.0/24
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210.10.10.1/24
Drop-in Mode
• Network > Interfaces > LAN
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Drop-in Mode
• 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.
210.10.10.1/24
210.10.10.3/24
210.10.10.2/24
192.168.1.0/24
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Drop-in Mode
• Installation Phase 1:
• LAN and WAN1 of Peplink uses 210.10.10.3
210.10.10.1/24
210.10.10.3/24
210.10.10.2/24
192.168.1.0/24
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Drop-in Mode
• Installation Phase 2:
• Configure WAN2 and WAN3
210.10.10.1/24
210.10.10.3/24
210.10.10.2/24
22.2.2.2/28
22.2.2.1/28
33.3.3.2/30
33.3.3.1/30
192.168.1.0/24
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Difference between Drop-in and NAT
• 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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Peplink Complete VPN Solution
• Build-in PPTP Server
• Proprietary Site-to-Site VPN
• Bonding
• Failover
• Network-to-Network IPsec VPN
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Peplink Site-to-Site VPN
• Key Features
• VPN Bonding
• VPN Failover
• Built-in Automatic Routing Protocol
• 256-bit AES Encryption
• Easy configuration via Web Admin
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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
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Star Scenario
Peplink Site-to-Site VPN Bonding
• Aggregate all WAN connections’ bandwidth
• Traffic load balanced at packet level
• Automatic failover during WAN link failure
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Peplink Site-to-Site VPN Bonding
Configuration of Branch A
1824-ABCD-1234
Configuration of Branch B
1824-1234-ABCD
Subnet A
Subnet B
192.168.50.1
10.10.10.1
Subnet should be different between two locations
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PPTP Server
• Allows Windows / Mac connect on public
Internet to internal LAN natively
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PPTP Server
• Authenticate PPTP user via
• Local User Account (Stored in Peplink itself)
• External LDAP Server
• External Radius Server
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Outbound Policy
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Outbound Policy
• 3 different Outbound Policies
• Rule Based Custom Rules
• Seven load balancing algorithms
Click
•Click to add/edit custom rules
•Drag and Drop to re-order the
priority of rules
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to delete a custom rule
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Outbound Policy
• Overflow
• 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
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Outbound Policy
• 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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Inbound Access
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Inbound Access
• Also known as:
Inbound port forwarding /
Inbound port address translation
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Inbound Access
• A web server located on LAN
with physical private IP 192.168.1.100
• Existing firewall is doing Inbound
NAT for 210.10.10.100 to forward
to 192.168.10.100
Web Server
LAN IP: 192.168.1.100
Public IP: 210.10.10.100
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Inbound Access
• To allow access the web server via WAN2 and WAN3,
the Inbound Access rules are required.
Web Server
LAN IP: 192.168.1.100
Public IP: 210.10.10.100
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Inbound Access
• Network > Inbound Access > Servers
• Network > Inbound Access > Services
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Inbound Load Balance
• Inbound Load Balancing distributes inbound
traffic across multiple WAN links by using buildin DNS server.
• Balance DNS server
is required to be an
authoritative DNS of
the domain.
• Eg: foobar.com
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Inbound Load Balance
• The DNS query result of www.foobar.com will be
• Name: www.foobar.com
• Addresses: 210.10.10.100, 22.2.2.2, 33.3.3.2
• If ISP2 goes down, the DNS query result will be
• Name: www.foobar.com
• Address: 210.10.10.100, 33.3.3.2
210.10.10.100
22.2.2.2
33.3.3.2
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Inbound Load Balance
• 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
• Enable DNS listener
• Create “Default SOA/NS”
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DNS Settings
• Define “Default SOA/NS Records”
IP of NS should be same as the IP selected in DNS listeners
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DNS Settings
• Create domain name “foobar.com”
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DNS Settings
• 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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One-to-One NAT Mappings
• 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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NAT Pool
• 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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QoS
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QoS
• User Group Based Classification
• Manager
• Staff
• Guest
• Add/Edit User Group by
• IP address or Subnet IP
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QoS
• Control Group Reserved Bandwidth
• Reserve minimum bandwidth for user groups
• Control Per-user Bandwidth Limit
• Define maximum bandwidth for each user of the
groups
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QoS
• Traffic Prioritization for default and custom applications
• 3 Priority levels: ↑High, ━ Normal, and ↓Low
• Support different kinds of applications liked Email, VoIP
• Based on TCP/UDP/IP/DSCP
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WLAN Controller
• 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
Max. Number of AP support
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380
580
710
1350
50
100
250
500
WLAN Controller
• Four steps to setup the WLAN Controller
1. Enable “AP Management”
2. Define “SSID(s)”
3. Create “AP Profile”
4. Assign “AP Profile” to one or multiple AP
One devices
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WLAN Controller
• Enable the Access Point Management
feature at Network > AP Management.
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WLAN Controller
• Define the SSID in Wireless Network
Settings.
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WLAN Controller
• Add a “New AP Profile”
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WLAN Controller
• 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
• 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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WLAN Controller
• 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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WLAN Controller
• 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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Hardware High Availability
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Hardware High Availability
• 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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Hardware High Availability
• 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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Hardware High Availability
• 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
192.168.1.3
Configuring HA for Slave unit
192.168.1.2
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LAN Bypass
LAN1
WAN1
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LAN Bypass
• 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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Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
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Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
• 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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Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
• 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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Bandwidth Usage Monitoring
• 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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Additional Capabilities
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Additional Capabilities
• E-mail notification:
• Send email to user for any WAN up/down event, Site-to-Site
VPN, HA status.
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Additional Capabilities
• Rule-based stateful Firewall:
• Support for an unlimited
number of rules.
• Drag and drop user interface
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Additional Capabilities
• Reporting Service
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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 email to “[email protected]”
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Diagnostic Report
• Obtain Diagnostic Report via “Status >
Device”
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Additional Support Information
• 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
• http://<Peplink’s IP>/cgi-bin/MANGA/index.cgi
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Additional Support Information
• 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
• http://<Peplink’s IP>/cgi-bin/MANGA/support.cgi
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Questions and Answers
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