User Manual

USER MANUAL

Peplink Balance Series

11.1 Connection Method(s)

There are five possible connection methods:

1. DHCP

2. Static IP

3. PPPoE

4. GRE

5. Mobile Internet Connection

(available on Peplink Balance 20/30, 380+, please refer to Section 11.1.5 for details.)

11.1.1 DHCP Connection

The DHCP connection method is suitable if the ISP provides an IP address automatically by DHCP (e.g.

Cable, Metro Ethernet, etc.).

DHCP Settings

DNS Servers

Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups. This setting

specifies the DNS (Domain Name System) Servers to be used when a DNS

lookup is routed through this connection.

Selecting Obtain DNS server address automatically results in the DNS Servers

to be assigned by the WAN DHCP Server to be used for outbound DNS lookups

over the connection. (The DNS Servers are obtained along with the WAN IP

address assigned from the DHCP server.)

When Use the following DNS server address(es) is selected, you may enter

custom DNS server addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS server 1

and

DNS server 2 fields.

Hostname

(Optional)

If your service provider's DHCP server requires you to supply a hostname value

upon acquiring an IP address, you may enter the value here. If your service

provider does not provide you with the value, you can safely bypass this option.

Please refer to Section 11.2, 11.4, 11.5, and 11.6 for details about WAN Health Check, Bandwidth

Allowance Monitor, Additional Public IP Settings, and Dynamic DNS Settings respectively.