User Manual

USER MANUAL

Peplink Balance Series

LAN Settings

IP Address &

Subnet Mask

The IP address of Peplink Balance on LAN

Speed

This setting specifies the speed of the LAN Ethernet Port.

By default, Auto is selected and the appropriate data speed is automatically

detected by Peplink Balance.

In the event of negotiation issues, the port speed can be manually specified to

circumvent the issues. You can also choose whether or not to advertise the speed

to the peer by selecting the Advertise Speed checkbox.

Drop-in Mode Settings

(Available on Peplink Balance 210+)

Enable

Drop-in Mode eases the installation of Peplink Balance on a live network between

the existing Firewall and Router, such that no configuration changes are required

on existing equipment. Check the box to enable the Drop-in Mode feature.

Please refer to Section 10 Drop-in Mode for details.

WAN for Drop-In

Mode

Select the WAN port to be used for Drop-in mode. If the WAN port for LAN Bypass is

selected, High Availability feature will be disabled automatically.

WAN Default

Gateway

Enter the WAN router's IP address in this field. If there are more hosts other than the router

on the WAN segment, check the box I have other host(s) on WAN segment and enter the

IP address of the hosts that needs to access LAN devices or to be accessed by others.

WAN DNS Servers

Enter the selected WAN's corresponding DNS server IP addresses.

DHCP Server Settings

DHCP Server

When this setting is enabled, the DHCP server of Peplink Balance automatically

assigns an IP address to each computer that is connected via LAN and is

configured to obtain an IP address via DHCP.

Peplink Balance’s DHCP server can prevent IP address collision on LAN.