Starting from Firmware 5.2, outbound traffic can be prioritized to go through SpeedFusion
TM
connection(s). By default, VPN connections are not included in the priority list.
Tip
Configure multiple distribution rules to accommodate different kinds of services.
14.2.5 Algorithm: Overflow
The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that has the
highest priority and is not in full load. When this connection gets saturated, new sessions will
be routed to the next healthy WAN connection that is not in full load.
Drag and drop to specify the order of WAN connections to be used for routing traffic. Only the
highest priority healthy connection that is not in full load will be used.
14.2.6 Algorithm: Least Used
The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that is
selected in Connection and has the most available download bandwidth. The available
download bandwidth of a WAN connection is calculated from the total download bandwidth
specified on the WAN settings page and the current download usage. The available bandwidth
and WAN selection is determined every time an IP session is made.
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14.2.7 Algorithm: Lowest Latency
The traffic matching this rule will be routed through the healthy WAN connection that is
selected in Connection and has the lowest latency. Latency checking packets are issued
periodically to a nearby router of each WAN connection to determine its latency value. The
latency of a WAN is the packet round trip time of the WAN connection. Additional network
usage may be incurred as a result.
Tip
The roundtrip time of a 6M down/640k uplink can be higher than that of a 2M down/2M up link because the overall
round trip time is lengthened by its slower upload bandwidth, despite its higher downlink speed. Therefore, this
algorithm is good for two scenarios:
˗ All WAN connections are symmetric; or
˗ A latency sensitive application must be routed through the lowest latency WAN, regardless of the WAN’s
available bandwidth.
14.2.8 Expert Mode
Expert Mode is available on some Pepwave routers for use by
advanced users. To enable the feature, click on the help icon and click
turn on Expert Modeį
In Expert Mode, a new special rule, SpeedFusion
TM
Routes, is
displayed in the Custom Rules table. This rule represents all
SpeedFusion
TM
routes learned from remote VPN peers. By default, this
bar is on the top of all custom rules. This position means that traffic for
remote VPN subnets will be routed to the corresponding VPN peer. You
can create custom Priority or Enforced rules and move them
above the bar to override the SpeedFusion
TM
routes.
Upon disabling Expert Mode, all rules above the bar will be removed.
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Port Forwarding Settings
Enable
15 Inbound Access
15.1 Port Forwarding Service
Pepwave routers can act as a firewall that blocks, by default, all inbound access from the
Internet. By using port forwarding, Internet users can access servers behind the Pepwave
router. Inbound port forwarding rules can be defined at Advanced>Port Forwarding.
To define a new service, click Add Service.
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This setting specifies whether the inbound service takes effect. When Enable is checked, the
Name
setting.
inbound service takes effect: traffic is matched and actions are taken by the Pepwave router
based on the other parameters of the rule. When this setting is disabled, the inbound service
does not take effect: the Pepwave router disregards the other parameters of the rule.
Service
IP Protocol
Port
This setting identifies the service to the system administrator. Valid values for this setting
consist of only alphanumeric and underscore “_” characters.
The IP Protocol setting, along with the Port setting, specifies the protocol of the service as
TCP, UDP, ICMP, or IP. Traffic that is received by the Pepwave router via the specified protocol
at the specified port(s) is forwarded to the LAN hosts specified by the Servers setting. Please
see below for details on the Port and Servers settings. Alternatively, the Protocol Selection Tool drop-down menu can be used to automatically fill in the protocol and a single port number
of common Internet services (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, etc.). After selecting an item from the
Protocol Selection Tool drop-down menu, the protocol and port number remain manually
modifiable.
The Port setting specifies the port(s) that correspond to the service, and can be configured to
behave in one of the following manners:
Any Port, Single Port, Port Range, Port Map, and Range Mapping
Any Port: all traffic that is received by the Pepwave router via the specified protocol is forwarded to the servers specified by the Servers setting. For example, with IP Protocol set to
TCP, and Port set to Any Port, all TCP traffic is forwarded to the configured servers.
Single Port: traffic that is received by the Pepwave router via the specified protocol at the
specified port is forwarded via the same port to the servers specified by the Servers setting.
For example, with IP Protocol set to TCP, and Port set to Single Port and Service Port 80,
TCP traffic received on port 80 is forwarded to the configured servers via port 80.
Port Range: traffic that is received by the Pepwave router via the specified protocol at the
specified port range is forwarded via the same respective ports to the LAN hosts specified by
the Servers setting. For example, with IP Protocol set to TCP, and Port set to Port Range and
Service Ports 80-88, TCP traffic received on ports 80 through 88 is forwarded to the configured
servers via the respective ports.
Port Mapping: traffic that is received by Pepwave router via the specified protocol at the
specified port is forwarded via a different port to the servers specified by the Servers setting.
For example, with IP Protocol set to TCP, and Port set to Port Mapping, Service Port 80, and Map to Port 88, TCP traffic on port 80 is forwarded to the configured servers via port 88.
(Please see below for details on the Servers setting.)
Range Mapping: traffic that is received by the Pepwave router via the specified protocol at the
specified port range is forwarded via a different port to the servers specified by the Servers
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Address(es)
Address
Inbound IP
This setting specifies the WAN connections and Internet IP address(es) from which the service
can be accessed.
Server IP
This setting specifies the LAN IP address of the server that handles the requests for the
service.
15.1.1 UPnP / NAT-PMP Settings
UPnP and NAT-PMP are network protocols which allow a computer connected to the LAN port
to automatically configure the router to allow parties on the WAN port to connect to itself. That
way, the process of inbound port forwarding becomes automated.
When a computer creates a rule using these protocols, the specified TCP/UDP port of all WAN
connections' default IP address will be forwarded.
Check the corresponding box(es) to enable UPnP and/or NAT-PMP. Enable these features
only if you trust the computers connected to the LAN ports.
When the options are enabled, a table listing all the forwarded ports under these two protocols
can be found at Status>UPnP / NAT-PMP.
16 NAT Mappings
NAT mappings allow IP address mapping of all inbound and outbound NAT’d traffic to and
from an internal client IP address. Settings to configure NAT mappings are located at
Advanced>NAT Mappings.
To add a rule for NAT mappings, click Add NAT Rule.
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outbound traffic. This option is only available when
IP Address
is selected.
IP Range
IP Network
NAT Mapping Settings
LAN
Client(s)
Address
Range
Network
Inbound
Mappings
NAT mapping rules can be defined for a single LAN IP Address, an IP Range, or an IP
Network.
This refers to the LAN host’s private IP address. The system maps this address to a
number of public IP addresses (specified below) in order to facilitate inbound and
The IP range is a contiguous group of private IP addresses used by the LAN host. The
system maps these addresses to a number of public IP addresses (specified below) to
facilitate outbound traffic. This option is only available when
The IP network refers to all private IP addresses and ranges managed by the LAN host.
The system maps these addresses to a number of public IP addresses (specified below)
to facilitate outbound traffic. This option is only available when
This setting specifies the WAN connections and corresponding WAN-specific Internet IP
addresses on which the system should bind. Any access to the specified WAN
connection(s) and IP address(es) will be forwarded to the LAN host. This option is only
available when IP Address is selected in the LAN Client(s) field.
Note that inbound mapping is not needed for WAN connections in drop-in mode or IP
forwarding mode. Also note that each WAN IP address can be associated to one NAT
mapping only.
is selected.
is selected.
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This setting specifies the WAN IP addresses that should be used when an IP connection
is made from a LAN host to the Internet. Each LAN host in an IP range or IP network will
be evenly mapped to one of each selected WAN's IP addresses (for better IP address
Outbound
Mappings
utilization) in a persistent manner (for better application compatibility).
Note that if you do not want to use a specific WAN for outgoing accesses, you should still
choose default here, then customize the outbound access rule in the Outbound Policy
section. Also note that WAN connections in drop-in mode or IP forwarding mode are not
shown here.
Click Save to save the settings when configuration has been completed.
Important Note
Inbound firewall rules override the Inbound Mappings settings.
17 QoS
17.1 User Groups
LAN and PPTP clients can be categorized into three user groups: Manager, Staff, and Guest.
This menu allows you to define rules and assign client IP addresses or subnets to a user
group. You can apply different bandwidth and traffic prioritization policies on each user group
in the Bandwidth Control and Application sections (note that the options available here vary
by model).
The table is automatically sorted by rule precedence. The smaller and more specific subnets
are put towards the top of the table and have higher precedence; larger and less specific
subnets are placed towards the bottom.
Click the Add button to define clients and their user group. Click the button to remove the
defined rule. Two default rules are pre-defined and put at the bottom. They are All DHCP
reservation clients and Everyone, and they cannot be removed. The All DHCP reservation
client represents the LAN clients defined in the DHCP Reservation table on the LAN settings
page. Everyone represents all clients that are not defined in any rule above. Click on a rule to
change its group.
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Add / Edit User Group
Subnet / IP
Address
Group
From the drop-down menu, choose whether you are going to define the client(s) by
an IP Address or a Subnet. If IP Address is selected, enter a name defined in DHCP
reservation table or a LAN client's IP address. If Subnet is selected, enter a subnet
address and specify its subnet mask.
This field is to define which User Group the specified subnet / IP address belongs to.
Once users have been assigned to a user group, their internet traffic will be restricted by rules
defined for that particular group. Please refer to the following two sections for details.
17.2 Bandwidth Control
You can define a maximum download speed (over all WAN connections) and upload speed
(for each WAN connection) that each individual Staff and Guest member can consume. No
limit can be imposed on individual Manager members. By default, download and upload
bandwidth limits are set to unlimited (set as 0).
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ɥ
17.3 Application
17.3.1 Application Prioritization
On many Pepwave routers, you can choose whether to apply the same prioritization settings to
all user groups or customize the settings for each group.
Three application priority levels can be set: ɥ
can detect various application traffic types by inspecting the packet content. Select an
application by choosing a supported application, or by defining a custom application
manually. The priority preference of supported applications is placed at the top of the
table. Custom applications are at the bottom.
High,ʈ Normal, andɧLow. Pepwave routers
17.3.2 Prioritization for Custom Applications
Click the Add button to define a custom application. Click the button in the Action
column to delete the custom application in the corresponding row.
When Supported Applications is selected, the Pepwave router will inspect network traffic and
prioritize the selected applications. Alternatively, you can select Custom Applications and
define the application by providing the protocol, scope, port number, and DSCP value.
DSL/cable-based WAN connections have lower upload bandwidth and higher
download bandwidth. When a DSL/cable circuit's uplink is congested, the download bandwidth
will be affected. Users will not be able to download data at full speed until the uplink becomes
less congested. DSL/Cable Optimization can relieve such an issue. When it is enabled, the
download speed will become less affected by the upload traffic. By default, this feature is
enabled.
18 Firewall
A firewall is a mechanism that selectively filters data traffic between the WAN side (the
Internet) and the LAN side of the network. It can protect the local network from potential hacker
attacks, access to offensive websites, and/or other inappropriate uses.
The firewall functionality of Pepwave routers supports the selective filtering of data traffic in
both directions:
˗ Outbound (LAN to WAN)
˗ Inbound (WAN to LAN)
The firewall also supports the following functionality:
˗ Intrusion detection and DoS prevention
˗ Web blocking
Inbound firewall settings are located at Advanced>Firewall>Access Rules>Inbound Firewall Rules.
Click Add Rule to display the following screen:
Rules are matched from top to bottom. If a connection matches any one of the upper rules, the
matching process will stop. If none of the rules match, the Default rule will be applied. By
default, the Default rule is set as Allow for both outbound and inbound access.
This setting specifies a name for the firewall rule.
This setting specifies whether the firewall rule should take effect. If the box is checked, the
firewall rule takes effect. If the traffic matches the specified protocol/IP/port, actions will be
taken by the Pepwave router based on the other parameters of the rule. If the box is not
checked, the firewall rule does not take effect. The Pepwave router will disregard the other
parameters of the rule.
Click the dropdown menu next to the checkbox to place this firewall rule on a time
schedule.
Select the WAN connection that this firewall rule should apply to.
This setting specifies the protocol to be matched. Via a drop-down menu, the following
protocols can be specified:
˗ TCP
˗ UDP
˗ ICMP
˗ IP
Alternatively, the Protocol Selection Tool drop-down menu can be used to automatically
fill in the protocol and port number of common Internet services (e.g., HTTP, HTTPS, etc.)
After selecting an item from the Protocol Selection Tool drop-down menu, the protocol
and port number remains manually modifiable.
This specifies the source IP address(es) and port number(s) to be matched for the firewall
rule. A single address, or a network, can be specified as the Source IP & Port setting, as
indicated by the following screenshot:
In addition, a single port, or a range of ports, can be specified for the Source IP & Port
settings.
This specifies the destination IP address(es) and port number(s) to be matched for the
firewall rule. A single address, or a network, can be specified as the Destination IP & Port
setting, as indicated by the following screenshot:
Destination IP
& Port
Action
In addition, a single port, or a range of ports, can be specified for the Destination IP & Port
settings.
This setting specifies the action to be taken by the router upon encountering traffic that
matches the both of the following:
a corresponding Allow firewall rule will be required.
Source IP & port
˗
Destination IP & port
˗
With the value of Allow for the Action setting, the matching traffic passes through the
router (to be routed to the destination). If the value of the Action setting is set to Deny, the
matching traffic does not pass through the router (and is discarded).
This setting specifies whether or not to log matched firewall events. The logged messages
are shown on the page Status>Event Log. A sample message is as follows:
Aug 13 23:47:44 Denied CONN=Ethernet WAN SRC=20.3.2.1
DST=192.168.1.20 LEN=48 PROTO=TCP SPT=2260 DPT=80
˗
CONN: The connection where the log entry refers to
˗
Event Logging
SRC: Source IP address
˗
DST: Destination IP address
˗
LEN: Packet length
˗
PROTO: Protocol
˗
SPT: Source port
˗
DPT: Destination port
Click Save to store your changes. To create an additional firewall rule, click Add Rule and
repeat the above steps.
To change a rule’s priority, simply drag and drop the rule:
Hold the left mouse button on the rule.
˗
˗ Move it to the desired position.
˗ Drop it by releasing the mouse button.
Tip
If the default inbound rule is set to Allow for NAT-enabled WANs, no inbound Allow firewall rules will be required
for inbound port forwarding and inbound NAT mapping rules. However, if the default inbound rule is set as Deny,
18.1.2 Apply Firewall Rules to PepVpn Traffic
When this option is enabled, Outbound Firewall Rules will be applied to PepVPN traffic. To
turn on this feature, click , check the Enable check box, and press the Save button.
Pepwave routers can detect and prevent intrusions and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks from
the Internet. To turn on this feature, click , check the Enable check box, and press the Save button.
When this feature is enabled, the Pepwave router will detect and prevent the following kinds of
intrusions and denial-of-service attacks.
˗ Port scan
o NMAP FIN/URG/PSH
o Xmas tree
o Another Xmas tree
o Null scan
o SYN/RST
o SYN/FIN
those on the Exempted User Groups or Exempted Subnets defined below.
18.2.2 Web Blocking
Defines web site domain names to be blocked from LAN/PPTP/PepVPN peer clients' access
except for those on the Exempted User Groups or Exempted Subnets defined below.
If "foobar.com" is entered, any web site with a host name ending in foobar.com will be blocked,
e.g. www.foobar.com, foobar.com, etc. However, "myfoobar.com" will not be blocked.
You may enter the wild card ".*" at the end of a domain name to block any web site with a host
name having the domain name in the middle. If you enter "foobar.*", then "www.foobar.com",
"www.foobar.co.jp", or "foobar.co.uk" will be blocked. Placing the wild card in any other
position is not supported.
The device will inspect and look for blocked domain names on all HTTP traffic. Secure web
(HTTPS) traffic is not supported.
18.2.3 Customized Domains
Enter an appropriate website address, and the Peplink Balance will block and disallow
LAN/PPTP/SpeedFusionTM peer clients to access these websites. Exceptions can be added
using the instructions in Sections 20.1.3.2 and 20.1.3.3.
You may enter the wild card ".*" at the end of a domain name to block any web site with a host
name having the domain name in the middle. For example, If you enter "foobar.*," then
"www.foobar.com," "www.foobar.co.jp," or "foobar.co.uk" will be blocked. Placing the wild card
in any other position is not supported.
The Peplink Balance will inspect and look for blocked domain names on all HTTP traffic.
Secure web (HTTPS) traffic is not supported.
18.2.4 Exempted User Groups
Check and select pre-defined user group(s) who can be exempted from the access blocking
rules. User groups can be defined at QoS>User Groups section. Please refer to Section 17.1
for details.
18.2.5 Exempted Subnets
With the subnet defined in the field, clients on the particular subnet(s) can be exempted from
the access blocking rules.
Click enable, and the enter the ip address and port (if applicable) where your remote syslog
server is located.
19 OSPF & RIPv2
The Peplink Balance supports OSPF and RIPv2 dynamic routing protocols. Click the Network
tab from the top bar, and then click the OSPF & RIPv2 item on the sidebar to reach the following
menu:
Router ID
Area
This field determines the ID of the router. By default, this is specified as the LAN IP
address. If you want to specify your own ID, enter it in the Custom field.
This is an overview of the OSPFv2 areas you have defined. Click on the area name to
configure it. To set a new area, click Add. To delete an existing area, click .
Determine the name of your Area ID to apply to this group. Machines linked to this group
will send and receive related OSPF packets, while unlinked machines will ignore it.
Choose the network type that this area will use.
Choose an authentication method, if one is used, from this drop-down menu. Available
options are MD5 and Text. Enter the authentication key next to the drop-down menu.
Determine which interfaces this area will use to listen to and deliver OSPF packets
Choose an authentication method, if one is used, from this drop-down menu. Available
options are MD5 and Text. Enter the authentication key next to the drop-down menu.
Determine which interfaces this group will use to listen to and deliver RIPv2 packets.
20 Remote User Access
a Networks routed by a Peplink Balance can be remotely accessed via L2TP with IPsec or PPTP.
To configure this feature, navigate to Network > Remote User Access
Determine whether remote devices can connect to the Balance using L2TP with IPsec or
PPTP. For greater security, we recommend you connect using L2TP with IPsec.
Preshared Key
Listen On
Connect to
User Accounts
Enter your preshared key in the text field. Please note that remote devices will need this
preshared key to access the Balance.
This setting is for specifying the WAN IP addresses where the PPTP server of the router
should listen on.
Select the VLAN network for remote users to enable remote user access on.
Determine the method of authenticating remote users.
This setting allows you to define the PPTP User Accounts. Click Add to input username and
password to create an account. After adding the user accounts, you can click on a
username to edit the account password. Click the button X to delete the account in its
corresponding row.
Click the button to switch to enters user accounts by pasting the information in.CSV
format.
Miscellaneous Settings
The miscellaneous settings include configuration for high availability, PPTP server, service
forwarding, and service passthrough.
20.1 High Availability
Many Pepwave routers support high availability (HA) configurations via an open standard
virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP, RFC 3768). In an HA configuration, two Pepwave
routers provide redundancy and failover in a master-slave arrangement. In the event that the
master unit is down, the slave unit becomes active. High availability will be disabled
automatically where there is a drop-in connection configured on a LAN bypass port.
In the diagram, the WAN ports of each Pepwave router connect to the router and to the
modem. Both Pepwave routers connect to the same LAN switch via a LAN port.
An elaboration on the technical details of the implementation of the virtual router redundancy
protocol (VRRP, RFC 3768) by Pepwave routers follows:
˗ In an HA configuration, the two Pepwave routers communicate with each other using
VRRP over the LAN.
˗ The two Pepwave routers broadcast heartbeat signals to the LAN at a frequency of one
heartbeat signal per second.
˗ In the event that no heartbeat signal from the master Pepwave router is received in 3
seconds (or longer) since the last heartbeat signal, the slave Pepwave router becomes
active.
˗ The slave Pepwave router initiates the WAN connections and binds to a previously
configured LAN IP address.
˗ At a subsequent point when the master Pepwave router recovers, it will once again
become active.
You can configure high availability at Advanced>Misc. Settings>High Availability.
The two Pepwave routers in the pair must have the same
Group Number
value.
Recovery
You can refer to the
Event Log
for the configuration synchronization status.
Number
Administration
IP
Subnet Mask
Interface for Master RouterInterface for Slave Router
High Availability
Checking this box specifies that the Pepwave router is part of a high availability configuration.
Group Number
Preferred Role
Resume
Master Role
Upon
Configuration
Sync.
Master Serial
Virtual IP
LAN
This number identifies a pair of Pepwave routers operating in a high availability configuration.
This setting specifies whether the Pepwave router operates in master or slave mode. Click
the corresponding radio button to set the role of the unit. One of the units in the pair must be
configured as the master, and the other unit must be configured as the slave.
This option is displayed when Master mode is selected in Preferred Role. If this option is
enabled, once the device has recovered from an outage, it will take over and resume its
Master role from the slave unit.
This option is displayed when Slave mode is selected in Preferred Role. If this option is
enabled and the Master Serial Number entered matches with the actual master unit's, the
master unit will automatically transfer the configuration to this unit. Please make sure
the LAN IP Address and the Subnet Mask fields are set correctly in the LAN settings page.
If Configuration Sync. is checked, the serial number of the master unit is required here for
the feature to work properly.
The HA pair must share the same Virtual IP. The Virtual IP and the LAN Administration IP
must be under the same network.
This setting specifies a LAN IP address to be used for accessing administration functionality.
This address should be unique within the LAN.
This setting specifies the subnet mask of the LAN.
For Pepwave routers in NAT mode, the virtual IP (VIP) should be set as the default gateway for all hosts on the
LAN segment. For example, a firewall sitting behind the Pepwave router should set its default gateway as the
virtual IP instead of the IP of the master router.
In drop-in mode, no other configuration needs to be set.
Please note that the drop-in WAN cannot be configured as a LAN bypass port while it is configured for high
availability.
20.2 PPTP Server
Pepwave routers feature a built-in PPTP server, which enables remote computers to
conveniently and securely access the local network. PPTP server settings are located at
Advanced>Misc. Settings>PPTP Server.
Check the box to enable PPTP server functionality. All connected PPTP sessions are
displayed at Status>Client List. Please refer to Section 22.3 for details. Note that available
options vary by model.
This setting is for specifying the WAN connection(s) and IP address(es) that the PPTP
server should listen on.
This setting is for specifying the user database source for PPTP authentication. Three
sources can be selected: Local User Accounts, LDAP Server, or RADIUS Server.
Local User Accounts - User accounts are stored in the Pepwave router locally. You can
add/modify/delete accounts in the User Accounts table.
LDAP Server - Authenticate with an external LDAP server. This has been tested with Open
LDAP servers where passwords are NTLM hashed. Active Directory is not supported. (You
can choose to use RADIUS to authenticate with a Windows server.)
- Authenticate with an external RADIUS server. This has been tested with
Microsoft Windows Internet Authentication Service and FreeRADIUS servers where
passwords are NTLM hashed or in plain text.
This setting allows you to define PPTP user accounts for authentication via local user
User Accounts
accounts. Click Add to input username and password to create an account. After adding
the user accounts, you can click on a username to edit the account password. Click
to delete the account in its corresponding row.
20.3 Certificate Manager
This section allows you to assign certificates for local VPN and web admin SSL. The local keys
will not be transferred to another device by any means.
20.4 Service Forwarding
Service forwarding settings are located at Advanced>Misc. Settings>Service Forwarding.
Service Forwarding
When this option is enabled, all outgoing SMTP connections destined for any host at
SMTP Forwarding
Web Proxy
Forwarding
TCP port 25 will be intercepted. These connections will be redirected to a specified
SMTP server and port number. SMTP server settings for each WAN can be specified
When this option is enabled, all outgoing connections destined for the proxy server
specified in Web Proxy Interception Settings will be intercepted. These
connections will be redirected to a specified web proxy server and port number. Web
proxy interception settings and proxy server settings for each WAN can be specified
DNS Forwarding
Custom Service
Forwarding
after selecting
When this option is enabled, all outgoing DNS lookups will be intercepted and
redirected to the built-in DNS name server. If any LAN device is using the DNS name
servers of a WAN connection, you may want to enable this option to enhance the
DNS availability without modifying the DNS server setting of the clients. The built-in
DNS name server will distribute DNS lookups to corresponding DNS servers of all
available WAN connections. In this case, DNS service will not be interrupted, even if
any WAN connection is down.
When custom service forwarding is enabled, outgoing traffic with the specified TCP
port will be forwarded to a local or remote server by defining its IP address and port
.
20.4.1 SMTP Forwarding
Some ISPs require their users to send e-mails via the ISP’s SMTP server. All outgoing SMTP
connections are blocked except those connecting to the ISP’s. Pepwave routers support
intercepting and redirecting all outgoing SMTP connections (destined for TCP port 25) via a
WAN connection to the WAN’s corresponding SMTP server.
To enable the feature, select Enable under SMTP Forwarding Setup. Check Enable Forwarding for the WAN connection(s) that needs forwarding. Under SMTP Server, enter the
ISP’s e-mail server host name or IP address. Under SMTP Port, enter the TCP port number
for each WAN.
The Pepwave router will intercept SMTP connections. Choose a WAN port according to the
outbound policy, and then forward the connection to the SMTP server if the chosen WAN has
enabled forwarding. If the forwarding is disabled for a WAN connection, SMTP connections for
the WAN will be simply be forwarded to the connection’s original destination.
If you want to route all SMTP connections only to particular WAN connection(s), you should create a custom rule
in outbound policy (see
).
20.4.2 Web Proxy Forwarding
When this feature is enabled, the Pepwave router will intercept all outgoing connections
destined for the proxy server specified in Web Proxy Interception Settings, choose a WAN
connection with reference to the outbound policy, and then forward them to the specified web
proxy server and port number. Redirected server settings for each WAN can be set here. If
forwarding is disabled for a WAN, web proxy connections for the WAN will be simply forwarded
to the connection’s original destination.
20.4.3 DNS Forwarding
When DNS forwarding is enabled, all clients’ outgoing DNS requests will also be intercepted
and forwarded to the built-in DNS proxy server.
the same FTP session to the same WAN. If you have an FTP server listening on a port
After clicking the enable checkbox, enter your TCP port for traffic heading to the router, and then
specify the IP Address and Port of the server you wish to forward to the service to.
20.5 Service Passthrough
Service passthrough settings can be found at Advanced>Misc. Settings>Service
Passthrough.
Some Internet services need to be specially handled in a multi-WAN environment. Pepwave
routers can handle these services such that Internet applications do not notice being behind a
multi-WAN router. Settings for service passthrough support are available here.
Service Passthrough Support
Session initiation protocol, aka SIP, is a voice-over-IP protocol. The Pepwave router can
act as a SIP application layer gateway (ALG) which binds connections for the same SIP
session to the same WAN connection and translate IP address in the SIP packets
SIP
H.323
FTP
correctly in NAT mode. Such passthrough support is always enabled, and there are two
modes for selection: Standard Mode and Compatibility Mode. If your SIP server’s
signal port number is non-standard, you can check the box Define custom signal ports
and input the port numbers to the text boxes.
With this option enabled, protocols that provide audio-visual communication sessions will
be defined on any packet network and pass through the Pepwave router.
FTP sessions consist of two TCP connections; one for control and one for data. In a
multi-WAN situation, they must be routed to the same WAN connection. Otherwise,
problems will arise in transferring files. By default, the Pepwave router monitors TCP
control connections on port 21 for any FTP connections and binds TCP connections of
number other than 21, you can check Define custom control ports and enter the port
numbers in the text boxes.
The Pepwave router monitors outgoing TFTP connections and routes any incoming
TFTP
IPsec NAT-T
TFTP data packets back to the client. Select Enable if you want to enable TFTP
passthrough support.
This field is for enabling the support of IPsec NAT-T passthrough. UDP ports 500, 4500,
and 10000 are monitored by default. You may add more custom data ports that your
IPsec system uses by checking Define custom ports. If the VPN contains IPsec site-to-
site VPN traffic, check Route IPsec Site-to-Site VPN and choose the WAN connection
to route the traffic to.
20.6 GPS Forwarding
Using the GPS forwarding feature, some Pepwave routers can automatically send GPS reports
to a specified server. To set up GPS forwarding, navigate to Advanced>GPS Forwarding.
GPS Forwarding
Enable
Server
GPS Report
Format
Check this box to turn on GPS forwarding.
Enter the name/IP address of the server that will receive GPS data. Also specify a port
number, protocol (UDP or TCP), and a report interval of between 1 and 10 seconds.
Click to save these settings.
Choose from NMEA or TAIP format for sending GPS reports.
If you’ve chosen to send GPS reports in NMEA format, select one or more sentence
types for sending the data (GPRMC, GPGGA, GPVTG, GPGSA, and GPGSV).
Vehicle ID
TAIP Sentence
Type/TAIP ID
(optional)
The vehicle ID will be appended in the last field of the NMEA sentence. Note that the
NMEA sentence will become customized and non-standard.
If you’ve chosen to send GPS reports in TAIP format, select one or more sentence types
for sending the data (PV—Position / Velocity Solution and CP—Compact Velocity
Solution). You can also optionally include an ID number in the TAIP ID field.
21 AP Controller
The AP controller acts as a centralized controller of Pepwave AP devices. With this feature,
users can customize and manage multiple APs from a single Pepwave router interface.
Each Pepwave router can control a limited number of routers without additional cost. To manage more, a Full
Edition license is required. Please contact your Authorized Reseller or the Peplink Sales Team for more
To configure, navigate to the AP tab.
21.1 Wireless SSID
This menu is the first one that appears after clicking the AP tab. This screen can also be
reached by clicking AP>Wireless SSID. Note the appearance of this screen varies by model.
The AP controller for managing Pepwave APs can be enabled by checking this box. When
AP
Management
Permitted AP
this option is enabled, the AP controller will wait for management connections originating from
APs over the LAN on TCP and UDP port 11753. It will also wait for captive portal connections
on TCP port 443. An extended DHCP option, CAPWAP Access Controller addresses (field
138), will be added to the DHCP server. A local DNS record, AP Controller, will be added to
the local DNS proxy.
Access points to manage can be specified here. If Any is selected, the AP controller will
manage any AP that reports to it. If Approved List is selected, only APs with serial numbers
listed in the provided text box will be managed.
Current SSID information appears in the SSID section. To edit an existing SSID, click its name
in the list. To add a new SSID, click Add. Note that the following settings vary by model.
This setting specifies the SSID of the virtual AP to be scanned by Wi-Fi clients.
Click the drop-down menu to apply a time schedule to this interface
This setting specifies the VLAN ID to be tagged on all outgoing packets generated
from this wireless network (i.e., packets that travel from the Wi-Fi segment through
VLAN ID
Broadcast SSID
Data Rate A
the Pepwave AP One unit to the Ethernet segment via the LAN port). The default
value of this setting is 0, which means VLAN tagging is disabled (instead of tagged
with zero).
This setting specifies whether or not Wi-Fi clients can scan the SSID of this wireless
network.
Select Auto to allow the Pepwave router to set the data rate automatically, or select
and choose a rate from the displayed drop-down menu.
This setting enables the filtering of multicast network traffic to the wireless SSID.
This setting specifies the transmit rate to be used for sending multicast network
Multicast RateA
traffic. The selected Protocol and Channel Bonding settings will affect the rate
IGMP Snooping A
DHCP Option 82 A
Network Priority
A
Layer 2 Isolation A
Maximum Number
Band Steering A
A
- Advanced feature. Click the button on the top right-hand corner to activate.
To allow the Pepwave router to listen to internet group management protocol (IGMP)
If you use a distributed DHCP server/relay environment, you can enable this option to
provide additional information on the manner in which clients are physically
connected to the network.
Select from Gold, Silver, and Bronze to control the QoS priority of this wireless
network’s traffic.
Layer 2 refers 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 isolated
to that VLAN, SSID, or subnet, which can enhance security. Traffic is passed to
upper communication layer(s). By default, the setting is disabled.
Indicate the maximum number of clients that should be able to connect to each
frequency.
Band steering allows the Pepwave router to steer AP clients from the 2.4GHz band to
the 5GHz band for better usage of bandwidth. To make steering mandatory, select
Enforce. To cause the Pepwave router to preferentially choose steering, select
. The default for this setting is
Security
Policy
This setting configures the wireless authentication and encryption methods. Available
options are Open (No Encryption), WPA/WPA2 - Personal, WPA/WPA2 – Enterprise
and
The settings allow administrator to control access using MAC address filtering. Available
options are None, Deny all except listed, Accept all except listed, and RADIUS MAC Authentication.
When WPA/WPA2 - Enterprise is configured, RADIUS-based 802.1 x authentication is
enabled. Under this configuration, the Shared Key option should be disabled. When using
Restricted
Mode
this method, select the appropriate version using the V1/V2 controls. The security level of this
method is known to be very high.
When WPA/WPA2- Personal is configured, a shared key is used for data encryption and
authentication. When using this configuration, the Shared Key option should be enabled. Key
length must be between eight and 63 characters (inclusive). The security level of this method
is known to be high.
The configuration of Static WEP parameters enables pre-shared WEP key encryption.
Authentication is not supported by this method. The security level of this method is known to
MAC Address
Connection coming from the MAC addresses in this list will be either denied or accepted
based the option selected in the previous field.
RADIUS Server Settings
Host
Secret
Enter the IP address of the primary RADIUS server and, if applicable, the secondary RADIUS
Enter the RADIUS shared secret for the primary server and, if applicable, the secondary
These buttons specify which wireless networks will use this AP profile. You can also
SSID
select the frequencies at which each network will transmit. Please note that the Peplink
Balance does not detect whether the AP is capable of transmitting at both frequencies.
Instructions to transmit at unsupported frequencies will be ignored by the AP.
This drop-down menu specifies the national / regional regulations which the AP should
˗If a North American region is selected, RF channels 1 to 11 will be available and
the maximum transmission power will be 26 dBm (400 mW).
˗ If European region is selected, RF channels 1 to 13 will be available. The
maximum transmission power will be 20 dBm (100 mW).
NOTE: Users are required to choose an option suitable to local laws and regulations.
Per FCC regulation, the country selection is not available on all models marketed in US.
All US models are fixed to US channels only.
Preferred
Frequency
Protocol
Channel Width
Channel
Auto Channel
Update
Output PowerA
These buttons determine the frequency at which access points will attempt to broadcast.
This feature will only work for APs that can transmit at both 5.4GHz and 5GHz
frequencies.
This section displays the 2.4 GHz protocols your APs are using.
There are three options: 20 MHz, 20/40 MHz, and 40 MHz. With this feature enabled, the
Wi-Fi system can use two channels at once. Using two channels improves the
performance of the Wi-Fi connection.
This drop-down menu selects the 802.11 channel to be utilized. Available options are
from 1 to 11 and from 1 to 13 for the North America region and Europe region,
respectively. (Channel 14 is only available when the country is selected as Japan with
protocol 802.11b.) If Aut o is set, the system will perform channel scanning based on the
scheduled time set and choose the most suitable channel automatically.
Indicate the time of day at which update automatic channel selection.
This drop-down menu determines the power at which the AP under this profile will
broadcast. When fixed settings are selected, the AP will broadcast at the specified power
level, regardless of context. When Dynamic settings are selected, the AP will adjust its
power level based on its surrounding APs in order to maximize performance.
The Dynamic: Auto setting will set the AP to do this automatically. Otherwise, the Dynamic: Manual setting will set the AP to dynamically adjust only of instructed to do
so. If you have set Dynamic:Manual, you can go to AP>Toolbox>Auto Power Adj. to
give your AP further instructions.
If you click the Boost checkbox, the AP under this profile will transmit using additional
power. Please note that using this option with several APs in close proximity will lead to
increased interference.
Client Signal
Strength
This field determines that maximum signal strength each individual client will receive.
The measurment unit is megawatts.
ThresholdA
Max number of
ClientsA
This field determines the maximum clients that can be connected to APs under this
profile.
This field specifies the VLAN ID to tag to management traffic, such as AP to AP
controller communication traffic. The value is 0 by default, meaning that no VLAN tagging
will be applied. NOTE: change this value with caution as alterations may result in loss of
connection to the AP controller.
Operating
Schedule
Beacon RateA
Beacon Interval
DTIMA
RTS Threshold
Fragmentation
ThresholdA
Distance/Time
ConverterA
Slot TimeA
ACK TimeoutA
Choose from the schedules that you have defined in System>Schedule. Select the
schedule for the integrated AP to follow from the drop-down menu.
This drop-down menu provides the option to send beacons in different transmit bit rates.
The bit rates are 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 6Mbps, and 11Mbps.
This drop-down menu provides the option to set the time between each beacon send.
A
Available options are 100ms, 250ms, and 500ms.
This field provides the option to set the frequency for beacon to include delivery traffic
indication messages (DTIM). The interval unit is measured in milliseconds.
This field provides the option to set the minimum packet size for the unit to send an RTS
A
using the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting 0 disables this feature.
Determines the maximum size (in bytes) that each packet fragment will be broken down
into. Set 0 to disable fragmentation.
Select the distance you want your Wi-Fi to cover in order to adjust the below parameters.
Default values are recommended.
This field provides the option to modify the unit wait time before it transmits. The default
value is 9μs.
This field provides the option to set the wait time to receive acknowledgement packet
before doing retransmission. The default value is 48μs.
Frame
AggregationA
Frame Length
With this feature enabled, throughput will be increased by sending two or more data
frames in a single transmission.
This field is only available when Frame Aggregation is enabled. It specifies the frame
length for frame aggregation. By default, it is set to 50000.
A
- Advanced feature. Click the button on the top right-hand corner to activate.
button and let the system generate a random password automatically.
Web Administration Settings
Enable
Web Access
HTTP to HTTPS
Redirection
Admin User
Admin Password
Check the box to allow the Pepwave router to manage the web admin access information
These buttons specify the web access protocol used for accessing the web admin of the
AP. The two available options are HTTP and HTTPS.
This field specifies the management port used for accessing the device.
This option will be available if you have chosen HTTPS as the Web Access Protocol.
With this enabled, any HTTP access to the web admin will redirect to HTTPS
automatically.
This field specifies the administrator username of the web admin. It is set as admin by
default.
This field allows you to specify a new administrator password. You may also click the
Navigating to AP>Settings on some Pepwave models displays a screen similar to the one
shown below:
the US. All US models are fixed to US channels only.
Wi-Fi Radio Settings
Operating
Country
Wi-Fi Antenna
This option sets the country whose regulations the Pepwave router follows.
Choose from the router's internal or optional external antennas, if so equipped.
Important Note
Per FCC regulations, the country selection is not available on all models marketed in
Wi-Fi AP Settings
This option allows you to specify whether 802.11b and/or 802.11g client association
Protocol
Channel
Channel Width
Output Power
requests will be accepted. Available options are 802.11ng and 802.11na. By default,
802.11ng is selected.
This option allows you to select which 802.11 RF channel will be used. Channel 1
(2.412 GHz) is selected by default.
Auto (20/40 MHz) and 20 MHz are available. The default setting is Auto (20/40 MHz),
which allows both widths to be used simultaneously.
This option is for specifying the transmission output power for the Wi-Fi AP. There are
4 relative power levels available – Max, High, Mid, and Low. The actual output power
will be bound by the regulatory limits of the selected country.
Beacon RateA
Beacon Interval
DTIMA
Slot TimeA
ACK TimeoutA
Frame
This option is for setting the transmit bit rate for sending a beacon. By default, 1Mbps
is selected.
This option is for setting the time interval between each beacon. By default, 100ms is
A
selected.
This field allows you to set the frequency for the beacon to include a delivery traffic
indication message. The interval is measured in milliseconds. The default value is set
to 1 ms.
This field is for specifying the wait time before the Router transmits a packet. By
default, this field is set to 9 μs.
This field is for setting the wait time to receive an acknowledgement packet before
performing a retransmission. By default, this field is set to 48 μs.
This option allows you to enable frame aggregation to increase transmission
throughput.
Underneath, there are two check boxes labeled 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz. Clicking either box
Frequency
SSID
will toggle the display of information for that frequency. By default, the graphs display the
number of clients and data usage for both 2.4GHz and 5 GHz frequencies.
The colored boxes indicate the SSID to display information for. Clicking any colored box
will toggle the display of information for that SSID. By default, all the graphs show
information for all SSIDs.
No. of APs
No.of Clients
Data Usage
This pie chart and table indicates how many APs are online and how many are offline.
This graph displays the number of clients connected to each network at any given time.
Mouse over any line on the graph to see how many clients connected to a specific SSID
for that point in time.
This graph enables you to see the data usage of any SSID for any given time period.
Mouse over any line on the graph to see the data usage by each SSID for that point in
time. Use the buttons next to Zoom to select the time scale you wish to view. In addition,
you could use the sliders at the bottom to further refine your timescale.
Events
This event log displays all activity on your AP network, down to the client level. Click View Alerts to see only alerts,
and click the More… link for additional records.
A detailed breakdown of data usage for each AP is available at AP > Controller Status >
Access Point.
Usage
AP Name/Serial
Number
Online Status
Managed
Wireless Devices
This field enables you to quickly find your device if you know its name or serial number.
Fill in the field to begin searching. Partial names and serial numbers are supported.
This button toggles whether your search will include offline devices.
This table shows the detailed information on each AP, including channel, number of
clients, upload traffic, and download traffic. Click the blue arrows at the left of the table to
expand and collapse information on each device group. You could also expand and
collapse all groups by using the buttons.
On the right of the table, you will see the following icons: .
Click the icon to see a usage table for each client:
For easier network management, you can give each client a name and designate its
location. You can also designate which firmware pack (if any) this client will follow, as
well as the channels on which the client will broadcast.
Click the icon to see a graph displaying usage:
Click any point in the graphs to display detailed usage and client information for that
device, using that SSID, at that point in time. On the
Here, you will be able to see your network’s heaviest users as well as search for specific users.
Click the icon to bookmark specific users, and click the icon for additional details about
each user:
Hovering over the device MAC address will result in a popup with information on how this device was detected. Click
the icons and the device will be moved to the bottom table of identified devices.
22.6
You can access the AP Controller Event log by navigating to AP > Controller Status > Event
Log.
This event log displays all activity on your AP network, down to the client level. Use to filter box to search by MAC
address, SSID, AP Serial Number, or AP Profile name. Click View Alerts to see only alerts, and click the More…
link for additional records.
23 Toolbox
Tools for managing firmware packs can be found at AP>Toolbox.
Firmware Packs
Here, you can manage the firmware of your AP. Clicking on will result in information regarding each firmware
pack. To receive new firmware packs, you can click
There are two types of user accounts available for accessing the web admin: admin and user.
They represent two user levels: the admin level has full administration access, while the
user level is read-only. The user level can access only the device's status information; users
cannot make any changes on the device.
Admin account UIUser account UI
A web login session will be logged out automatically when it has been idle longer than the Web Session Timeout. Before the session expires, you may click the Logout button in the web
admin to exit the session.
0 hours 0 minutes signifies an unlimited session time. This setting should be used only in
special situations, as it will lower the system security level if users do not log out before closing
the browser. The default is 4 hours, 0 minutes.
For security reasons, after logging in to the web admin Interface for the first time, it is
recommended to change the administrator password. Configuring the administration interface
to be accessible only from the LAN can further improve system security. Administrative
settings configuration is located at System>Admin Security.
This field allows you to define a name for this Pepwave router. By default, Router Name
is set as MAX_XXXX, where XXXX refers to the last 4 digits of the unit’s serial number.
Admin User Name is set as admin by default, but can be changed, if desired.
This field allows you to specify a new administrator password.
This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password.
Read-only User Name is set as user by default, but can be changed, if desired.
This field allows you to specify a new user password. Once the user password is set, the
This field allows you to verify and confirm the new user password.
This field specifies the number of hours and minutes that a web session can remain idle
before the Pepwave router terminates its access to the web admin interface. By default, it
is set to 4 hours.
With this box is checked, the web admin will authenticate using an external RADIUS
server. Authenticated users are treated as either "admin" with full read-write permission
or “user” with read-only access. Local admin and user accounts will be disabled. When
the device is not able to communicate with the external RADIUS server, local accounts
will be enabled again for emergency access. Additional authentication options will be
available once this box is checked.
This specifies the authentication protocol used. Available options are MS-CHAP v2 and PAP.
This specifies the access address and port of the external RADIUS server.
This field is for entering the secret key for accessing the RADIUS server.
This option specifies the time value for authentication timeout.
This specifies the access address and port of the external accounting server.
This field is for entering the secret key for accessing the accounting server.
Network
CLI SSH
CLI SSH
Security
This option is for specifying the network connection to be used for authentication. Users
can choose from LAN, WAN, and VPN connections.
The CLI (command line interface) can be accessed via SSH. This field enables CLI
support. For additional information regarding CLI, please refer to Section 21.16.
This field determines the port on which clients can access CLI SSH.
This menu allows you to choose between granting access to LAN and WAN clients, or to
LAN clients only.
This option is for specifying the protocol(s) through which the web admin interface can be
accessed:
The allowed IP subnet addresses should be entered into this text area. Each IP subnet
must be in form of w.x.y.z/m, where w.x.y.z is an IP address (e.g., 192.168.0.0), and m is
the subnet mask in CIDR format, which is between 0 and 32 inclusively (For example,
192.168.0.0/24).
To define multiple subnets, separate each IP subnet one in a line. For example:
˗
192.168.0.0/24
10.8.0.0/16
˗
Allowed WAN
IP Address(es)
This is to choose which WAN IP address(es) the web server should listen on.
24.2 Firmware
Pepwave router firmware is upgradeable through the web admin interface. Firmware upgrade
functionality is located at System>Firmware.
There are two ways to upgrade the unit. The first method is through an online download. The
second method is to upload a firmware file manually.
To perform an online download, click on the Check for Firmware button. The Pepwave router
will check online for new firmware. If new firmware is available, the Pepwave router will
automatically download the firmware. The rest of the upgrade process will be automatically
initiated.
You may also download a firmware image from the Peplink website and update the unit
manually. To update using a firmware image, click Choose File to select the firmware file from
the local computer, and then click Manual Upgrade to send the firmware to the Pepwave
router. It will then automatically initiate the firmware upgrade process.
Please note that all Peplink devices can store two different firmware versions in two different
partitions. A firmware upgrade will always replace the inactive partition. If you want to keep the
If the firmware is rolled back from 5.x to 4.x, the configurations will be lost.
inactive firmware, you can simply reboot your device with the inactive firmware and then
perform the firmware upgrade.
Important Note
The firmware upgrade process may not necessarily preserve the previous configuration, and the behavior varies on
a case-by-case basis. Consult the release notes for the particular firmware version before installing. Do not
disconnect the power during firmware upgrade process. Do not attempt to upload a non-firmware file or a firmware
file that is not supported by Peplink. Upgrading the Pepwave router with an invalid firmware file will damage the unit
and may void the warranty.
Important Note
24.3 Time
Time Settings enables the system clock of the Pepwave router to be synchronized with a specified time server. Time settings are located at System>Time.
Time Settings
This specifies the time zone (along with the corresponding Daylight Savings Time scheme).
Time Zone
Time Server
The Time Zone value affects the time stamps in the Pepwave router’s event log and e-mail
notifications. Check Show all to show all time zone options.
This setting specifies the NTP network time server to be utilized by the Pepwave router.
24.4 Schedule
Enable and disable different functions (such as WAN connections, outbound policy, and firewalls
at different times, based on a user-scheduled configuration profile. The settings for this are
Enable scheduling, and then click on your schedule name or on the New Schedule button to
begin.
Edit Schedule Profile
Enabling
Name
Click this checkbox to enable this schedule profile. Note that if this is disabled, then any
associated features will also have their scheduling disabled.
Enter your desired name for this particular schedule profile.
Click the drop-down menu to choose pre-defined schedules as your starting point. Please
note that upon selection, previous changes on the schedule map will be deleted.
Schedule Map
Click on the desired times to enable features at that time period. You can hold your mouse
for faster entry.
24.5 Email Notification
Email notification functionality provides a system administrator with up-to-date information on
network status. The settings for configuring email notifications are found at System>Email
Notification.
Email Notification Settings
Email
Notification
SMTP Server
SSL Encryption
This setting specifies whether or not to enable email notification. If Enable is checked, the
Pepwave router will send email messages to system administrators when the WAN status
changes or when new firmware is available. If Enable is not checked, email notification is
disabled and the Pepwave router will not send email messages.
This setting specifies the SMTP server to be used for sending email. If the server requires
authentication, check Require authentication.
Check the box to enable SMTPS. When the box is checked, SMTP Port will be changed to
465 automatically.
This field is for specifying the SMTP port number. By default, this is set to 25; when SSL
SMTP Port
Encryption is checked, the default port number will be set to 465. You may customize the port number by editing this field. Click Default to restore the number to its default setting.
SMTP User
Name /
This setting specifies the SMTP username and password while sending email. These
options are shown only if Require authentication is checked in the SMTP Server setting.
Password
Confirm SMTP
Password
Sender’s Email
Address
Recipient’s
Email Address
This field allows you to verify and confirm the new administrator password.
This setting specifies the email address the Pepwave router will use to send reports.
This setting specifies the email address(es) to which the Pepwave router will send email
notifications. For multiple recipients, separate each email addresses using the enter key.
After you have finished setting up email notifications, you can click the Test Email Notification button to test the settings before saving. After Test Email Notification is clicked,
you will see this screen to confirm the settings:
Click Send Test Notification to confirm. In a few seconds, you will see a message with
detailed test results.
Event log functionality enables event logging at a specified remote syslog server. The settings
for configuring the remote system log can be found at System>Event Log.
Event Log Settings
Remote Syslog
Remote Syslog
Host
Push Events
This setting specifies whether or not to log events at the specified remote syslog server.
This setting specifies the IP address or hostname of the remote syslog server.
The Pepwave router can also send push notifications to mobile devices that have our
Mobile Router Utility installed. Check the box to activate this feature.
For more information on the Router Utility, go to: www.peplink.com/products/router-utility
SNMP or simple network management protocol is an open standard that can be used to collect
information about the Pepwave router. SNMP configuration is located at System>SNMP.
SNMP Settings
SNMP Device
This field shows the router name defined at System>Admin Security.
This option specifies the port which SNMP will use. The default port is 161.
This option allows you to enable SNMP version 1.
This option allows you to enable SNMP version 2.
This option allows you to enable SNMP version 3.
To add a community for either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2, click the Add SNMP Community button
in the Community Name table, upon which the following screen is displayed:
This setting specifies a subnet from which access to the SNMP server is allowed. Enter
subnet address here (e.g., 192.168.1.0) and select the appropriate subnet mask.
Address
To define a user name for SNMPv3, click Add SNMP User in the SNMPv3 User Name table,
upon which the following screen is displayed:
SNMPv3 User Settings
User Name
This setting specifies a user name to be used in SNMPv3.
This setting specifies via a drop-down menu one of the following valid authentication
protocols:
Authentication
Protocol
Privacy Protocol
˗ NONE
˗ MD5
˗ SHA
When MD5 or SHA is selected, an entry field will appear for the password.
This setting specifies via a drop-down menu one of the following valid privacy
protocols:
˗ NONE
˗ DES
When DES is selected, an entry field will appear for the password.
InControl is a cloud-based service which allows you to manage all of your Peplink and
Pepwave devices with one unified system. With it, you can generate reports, gather statistics,
and configure your devices automatically. All of this is now possible with InControl.
When this check box is checked, the device's status information will be sent to the Peplink
InControl system. This device's usage data and configuration will be sent to the system if you
enable the features in the system.
Alternately, you could also privately host InControl. Simply check the box beside the “Privately
Host InControl” open, and enter the IP Address of your InControl Host.
You can sign up for an InControl account at https://incontrol2.peplink.com/. You can register
your devices under the account, monitor their status, see their usage reports, and receive
offline notifications.
24.9 Configuration
Backing up Pepwave router settings immediately after successful completion of initial setup is
strongly recommended. The functionality to download and upload Pepwave router settings is
found at System>Configuration. Note that available options vary by model.
The Restore Factory Settings button is to reset the configuration to factory default
settings. After clicking the button, you will need to click the Apply Changes button on the
top right corner to make the settings effective.
Download
Active
Upload
Configurations
Upload
Configurations
from High
Click Download to backup the current active settings.
To restore or change settings based on a configuration file, click Choose File to locate the
configuration file on the local computer, and then click Upload. The new settings can then
be applied by clicking the Apply Changes button on the page header, or you can cancel
the procedure by pressing discard on the main page of the web admin interface.
In a high availability (HA) configuration, a Pepwave router can quickly load the configuration
of its HA counterpart. To do so, click the Upload button. After loading the settings,
configure the LAN IP address of the Pepwve router so that it is different from the HA
counterpart.
Some Pepwave routers have features that can be activated upon purchase. Once the
purchase is complete, you will receive an activation key. Enter the key in the Activation Key
field, click Activate, and then click Apply Changes.
24.11 Reboot
This page provides a reboot button for restarting the system. For maximum reliability, the
Pepwave router can equip with two copies of firmware. Each copy can be a different version.
You can select the firmware version you would like to reboot the device with. The firmware
marked with (Running) is the current system boot up firmware.
Please note that a firmware upgrade will always replace the inactive firmware partition.
25 Tools
25.1 Ping
The ping test tool sends pings through a specified Ethernet interface or a SpeedFusionTM VPN
connection. You can specify the number of pings in the field Number of times, to a maximum
number of 10 times. Packet Size can be set to a maximum of 1472 bytes. The ping utility is
located at System>Tools>Ping, illustrated below:
connection. The traceroute test utility is located at
Tip
A system administrator can use the traceroute utility to analyze the connection path of a LAN/WAN connection.
25.3 PepVPN Test
The PepVPN Test tool can help to test the throughput between different VPN peers.
You can define the Test Type, Direction, and Duration of the test, and press Go! to perform
the throughput test. The VPN test utility is located at System>Tools>PepVPN Test, illustrated
as follows:
Peplink routers can send special “magic packets” to any client specified from the Web UI. To access this
feature, navigate to System > Tools > Wake-on-LAN
Select a client from the drop-down list and click Send to send a “magic packet”
25.5 CLI (Command Line Interface Support)
The CLI (command line interface) can be accessed via SSH. This field enables CLI support.
The below settings specify which TCP port and which interface(s) should accept remote SSH
CLI access. The user name and password used for remote SSH CLI access are the same as
those used for web admin access.
The host name assigned to the Pepwave router appears here.
Uptime
System Time
Diagnostic
Report
Remote
Assistance
This shows the length of time since the device has been rebooted.
This shows the current system time.
The Download link is for exporting a diagnostic report file required for system investigation.
Click Turn on to enable remote assistance.
The second table shows the MAC address of each LAN/WAN interface connected. To view
your device’s End User License Agreement (EULA), click .
Important Note
If you encounter issues and would like to contact the Pepwave Support Team (http://www.pepwave.com/contact/),
please download the diagnostic report file and attach it along with a description of your issue.
In Firmware 5.1 or before, the diagnostic report file can be obtained at
26.2 GPS Data
The MAX HD2 and HD2 IP67 automatically store up to seven days of GPS location data in
GPS eXchange format (GPX). To review this data using third-party applications, click
Status>Device and then download your GPX file.
The Pepwave MAX BR1, HD2, and HD2 IP67 export real-time location data in NMEA format
through the LAN IP address at TCP port 60660. It is accessible from the LAN or over a
SpeedFusion connection. To access the data via a virtual serial port, install a virtual serial port
driver. Visit http://www.peplink.com/index.php?view=faq&id=294 to download the driver.
26.3 Active Sessions
Information on active sessions can be found at Status>Active Sessions>Overview.
This screen displays the number of sessions initiated by each application. Click on each
service listing for additional information. This screen also indicates the number of sessions
initiated by each WAN port. In addition, you can see which clients are initiating the most
sessions.
You can also perform a filtered search for specific sessions. You can filter by subnet, port,
protocol, and interface. To perform a search, navigate to Status>Active Sessions>Search.
This Active Sessions section displays the active inbound/outbound sessions of each WAN
connection on the Pepwave router. A filter is available to sort active session information. Enter
a keyword in the field or check one of the WAN connection boxes for filtering.
26.4 Client List
The client list table is located at Status>Client List. It lists DHCP and online client IP
addresses, names (retrieved from the DHCP reservation table or defined by users), current
download and upload rate, and MAC address.
Clients can be imported into the DHCP reservation table by clicking the button on the
right. You can update the record after import by going to Network>LAN.
If the PPTP server (see Section 19.2), SpeedFusion
(see Section 20) is enabled, you may see the corresponding connection name listed in the
Name field.
(see Section 12.1), or AP controller
26.5 WINS Client
The WINS client list table is located at Status>WINS Client.
The WINS client table lists the IP addresses and names of WINS clients. This option will only
be available when you have enabled the WINS server (navigation:
Network>Interfaces>LAN). The names of clients retrieved will be automatically matched into
the Client List (see previous section). Click Flush All to flush all WINS client records.
26.6 UPnP / NAT-PMP
The table that shows the forwarded ports under UPnP and NAT-PMP protocols is located at
Status>UPnP/NAT-PMP. This section appears only if you have enabled UPnP / NAT-PMP as
mentioned in Section 16.1.1.
Click to delete a single UPnP / NAT-PMP record in its corresponding row. To delete all
records, click Delete All on the right-hand side below the table.
Important Note
UPnP / NAT-PMP records will be deleted immediately after clicking the button or Delete All, without the
need to click Save or Confirm.
26.7 SpeedFusion Status
Current SpeedFusionTM status information is located at Status>SpeedFusionTM.
Details about SpeedFusion
Click on the corresponding peer name to explore the WAN connection(s) status and subnet
information of each VPN peer.
The bandwidth bonding feature of PepVPN occurs when multiple WAN lines from one end
merge with multiple WAN lines from the other end. For this to happen, each WAN line needs to
form a connection with all the WAN lines on the opposite end. The function of the PepVPN
analyzer is to report the throughput, packet loss, and latency of all possible combinations of
connections. Please note that the PepVPN Analyzer will temporarily interrupt VPN
connectivity and will restore after test.
After clicking the icon, the analyzer will require several minutes to perform its analysis
depending the number of WAN links in the SpeedFusion
"O" indicates that specific WAN / Tunnel is active for that particular test.
"Tx Avg." is the averaged throughput across the full 10 seconds time, while "Tx Max." is the
averaged throughput of the fastest 30% of time.
26.8 Event Log
Event log information is located at Status>Event Log.
The log section displays a list of events that has taken place on the Pepwave router. Check AutoRefresh to
refresh log entries automatically. Click the Clear Log button to clear the log.
This section shows bandwidth usage statistics and is located at Status>Bandwidth. Bandwidth usage at the LAN
while the device is switched off (e.g., LAN bypass) is neither recorded nor shown.
27.1 Real-Time
The Data transferred since installation table indicates how much network traffic has been
processed by the device since the first bootup. The Data transferred since last reboot table
indicates how much network traffic has been processed by the device since the last bootup.
This page shows the hourly bandwidth usage for all WAN connections, with the option of
viewing each individual connection. Select the desired connection to check from the drop-down
menu.
This page shows the daily bandwidth usage for all WAN connections, with the option of viewing each individual
connection.
Select the connection to check from the drop-down menu. If you have enabled the Bandwidth Monitoring
feature, the Current Billing Cycle table for that WAN connection will be displayed.
Click on a date to view the client bandwidth usage of that specific date. This feature is not available if you have
selected to view the bandwidth usage of only a particular WAN connection. The scale of the graph can be set to
display megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).
This page shows the monthly bandwidth usage for each WAN connection. If you have enabled the Bandwidth
Monitoring feature, you can check the usage of each particular connection and view the information by Billing
Cycle or by Calendar Month.
Click the first two rows to view the client bandwidth usage in the last two months. This feature is not available if
you have chosen to view the bandwidth of an individual WAN connection. The scale of the graph can be set to
display megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).
To restore the factory default settings on a Pepwave router, follow the steps below:
1. Locate the reset button on the front or back panel of the Pepwave router.
2. With a paper clip, press the reset button and hold it for at least 10 seconds, until the unit
reboots itself.
After the Pepwave router finishes rebooting, the factory default settings will be restored.
Important Note
All previous configurations and bandwidth usage data will be lost after restoring factory default settings. Regular
backup of configuration settings is strongly recommended.
2. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15
of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could
void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Operations in the 5.15-5.25GHz band are restricted to indoor usage only.
This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference
that may cause undesired operation of the device.
Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2)
l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible
d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.
To maintain compliance with the RF exposure guidelines, place the unit at least 20cm from nearby persons.
Mise en garde_: Pour assurer la conformité aux directives relatives à l'exposition aux fréquences radio, le jouet doit
êtreplacé à au moins 20_cm des personnes à proximité.
Caution :
(i) the device for operation in the band 5150-5250 MHz is only for indoor use to reduce the potential for harmful
interference to co-channel mobile satellite systems;
(ii) the maximum antenna gain permitted for devices in the band 5725-5850 MHz shall be such that the equipment still
complies with the e.i.r.p. limits specified for point-to-point and non-point-to-point operation as appropriate; and
(iii) Users should also be advised that high-power radars are allocated as primary users (i.e. priority users) of the bands
5650-5850 MHz and that these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE-LAN devices.
Avertissement:
(i) les dispositifs fonctionnant dans la bande 5150-5250 MHz sont réservés uniquement pour une utilisation à
l’intérieur afin de réduire les risques de brouillage préjudiciable aux systèmes de satellites mobiles utilisant les
mêmes canaux;
(ii) le gain maximal d'antenne permis (pour les dispositifs utilisant la bande de 5725 à 5 850 MHz) doit être conforme
à la limite de la p.i.r.e. spécifiée pour l'exploitation point à point et l’exploitation non point à point, selon le cas;
(iii) De plus, les utilisateurs devraient aussi être avisés que les utilisateurs de radars de haute puissance sont
désignés utilisateurs principaux (c.-à-d., qu’ils ont la priorité) pour les bandes 5650-5850 MHz et que ces radars
pourraient causer du brouillage et/ou des dommages aux dispositifs LAN-EL.
Radiation Exposure Statement: (For MAX BR1 Mini)
This equipment complies with ISED radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This
equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 25cm between the radiator & your body.
Déclaration d'exposition aux radiations:
Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements ISED établies pour un environnement non
contrôlé. Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 25 cm de distance entre la source de
rayonnement et votre corps.
This device complies with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. The following test methods have
been applied in order to prove presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive
1999/5/EC:
This device complies with the essential requirements of the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EC. The following test
methods have been applied in order to prove presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the RE Directive
2014/53/EU:
- EN 60950-1: 2006 + A11: 2009+A1: 2010+ A12: 2011+A12: 2013
Safety of Information Technology Equipment
- EN50385 : 2002
Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of radio base stations and fixed terminal stations for wireless
telecommunication systems with the basic restrictions or the reference levels related to human exposure to radio
frequency electromagnetic fields (110MHz - 40 GHz) - General public
EN 300 328 V1.7.1: 2006
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Wideband Transmission systems; Data transmission
equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz ISM band and using spread spectrum modulation techniques; Harmonized EN
covering essential requirements under article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive
- EN 301 908-1 V5.2.1: 2011
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Base Stations (BS), Repeaters and User Equipment
(UE) for IMT-2000 Third-Generation cellular networks; Part 1: Harmonized EN for IMT-2000, introduction and common
requirements, covering essential requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive
- EN 301 511 V9.0.2: 2003
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); Harmonized standard for mobile stations in the GSM 900 and DCS
1800 bands covering essential requirements under article 3.2 of the R&TTE directive (1999/5/EC)
- EN 301 489-1 V1.9.2: 2008
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio Spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for
radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical requirements
- EN 301 489-7 V1.3.1: 2005
ElectroMagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for
radio equipment ad services; Part 7: Specific conditions for mobile and portable radio and ancillary equipment of digital
cellular radio telecommunications systems (GSM and DCS)
- EN 301 489-17 V2.2.1: 2012
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for
radio equipment and services; Part 17: Specific conditions for 2,4 GHz wideband transmission systems and 5 GHz high
performance RLAN equipment
- EN 301 489-24 V1.5.1: 2010
Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio Spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for
radio equipment and services; Part 24: Specific conditions for IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread (UTRA) for Mobile and
portable (UE) radio and ancillary equipment
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(WEEE) Directive 2012/19/EU. This means this product must be handled according to this Directive. Old
electrical appliance must not be disposed of together with the residual waste, but have to be disposed of
separately. The disposal at the communal collecting point via private persons is for free. The owner of old appliances
is responsible to bring the appliances to these collecting points.
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