User Manual

USER MANUAL
Peplink Balance Series
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Multicast Rate
This setting specifies the transmit rate to used for sending multicast network traffic.
The rate options and values will be affected by selected Protocol and Channel
Bonding.
Layer 2
Communication
Layer 2 is in reference to the second layer in the ISO Open System Interconnect
model.
When this option is enabled, clients on the same VLAN, SSID or subnet are allowed
to communicate directly via the Layer 2 Protocol(s).
Traffic is passed to upper
communication layer(s).
By default, the setting is enabled.
Wireless Security Settings
Security Policy
This setting configures the wireless authentication and encryption methods.
Available options are: Open - No Encryption, Static WEP, 802.1X, WPA/WPA2 -
Personal and WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise.
Selecting Open - No Encryption disables encryption.
For details on the other options, please refer to the following sections.
3. 16.2.1 - Static WEP
4. 16.2.2 - 802.1X Parameters
5. 16.2.3 - WPA parameters
6. 16.2.4 - Radius Server Settings
Access Control
Restricted Mode
The settings allow administrator to control the access through Mac address filtering.
Available options are: None, Deny all except listed, Accept all except listed.
MAC Address
List
Connection coming from the MAC Addresses in this list will be either deny or accept
based the option selected in the previous field.
Captive Portal
Enable
When this option is enabled, web redirection will be applied to all unauthenticated
Wi-Fi clients associated with this wireless network. Requests by unauthenticated Wi-
Fi clients will be redirected to this Peplink Balance's built-in captive portal site.
To configure the captive portal site, click the link “configure your Captive Portal”
below. For details, please refer to section 16.3.
NOTE: All changes made in the Captive Portal Management page are effective
immediately