peplink Balance 30 - 1 Introduction and Scope; 2 Glossary

PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual
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1 Introduction and Scope
The PePLink Balance series provides link aggregation and load balancing across up to seven
WAN connections.
The PePLink Balance 30 provides a feature set that is suitable for Small Office / Home Office
(SO/HO) environments.
The PePLink Balance 200, 300, 380, and 700, with a suite of advanced enterprise-class
features, make ideal single-box solutions for medium to large-sized businesses
environments, and allow service providers to enable highly available multi-network service.
This manual applies to the following PePLink Balance products:
 PePLink Balance 30 (firmware version v4.0.x)
 PePLink Balance 200 (firmware version v4.0.x)
 PePLink Balance 300 (firmware version v4.0.x)
 PePLink Balance 380 (firmware version v4.0.x)
 PePLink Balance 700 (firmware version v4.0.x)
The manual presents how to set up PePLink Balance, and provides a collection of case
studies involving advanced features of PePLink Balance.
2 Glossary
The following terms, acronyms, and abbreviations are frequently used in this manual:
Term
Definition
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS
Domain Name System
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
HTTP
Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IP
Internet Protocol
LAN
Local Area Network
MAC Address
Media Access Control Address
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
MSS
Maximum Segment Size
NAT
Network Address Translation
PPPoE
Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
WAN
Wide Area Network