peplink balance 20 - Front Panel

USER MANUAL
Peplink Balance Series
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Password
Front Panel
Passcode
To require a 4-digit passcode to access front panel controls, check this box and then select
the code from the drop-down menus.
Web Session
Timeout
This field specifies the number of hours and minutes that a web session can remain idle
before the Balance terminates its access to the web admin interface. By default, it is set to 4
hours.
Authentication
by RADIUS
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.
Auth Protocol
This specifies the authentication protocol used. Available options are MS-CHAP v2 and
PAP.
Auth Server
This specifies the access address and port of the external RADIUS server.
Auth Server
Secret
This field is for entering the secret key for accessing the RADIUS server.
Auth Timeout
This option specifies the time value for authentication timeout.
Accounting
Server
This specifies the access address and port of the external accounting server.
Accounting
Server Secret
This field is for entering the secret key for accessing the accounting server.
Network
Connection
This option is for specifying the network connection to be used for authentication. Users can
choose from LAN, WAN, and VPN connections.
Restricted
Admin Access
Check this box to restrict management to administrators connected to the management
port.
CLI SSH &
Console
The CLI (command line interface) can be accessed via SSH. It can also be accessed from
the serial console port on some Peplink Balance models. This field enables CLI support. For
additional information regarding CLI, please refer to Section 22.5.
CLI SSH Port
This field determines the port on which clients can access CLI SSH.
CLI SSH
Access
This menu allows you to choose between granting access to LAN and WAN clients, or to
LAN clients only.
Security
This option is for specifying the protocol(s) through which the web admin interface can be
accessed:
 HTTP
 HTTPS