DropinmodeeasestheinstallationofthePeplinkBalanceonalivenetworkbetweenthe
existingfirewallandrouter,suchthatnoconfigurationchangesarerequiredonexisting
equipment.Checktheboxtoenablethedropinmodefeature.
PleaserefertoSection12,DropinModefordetails.
SelecttheWANporttobeusedfordropinmode.IfWAN1withLANBypassisselected,
thehighavailabilityfeaturewillbedisabledautomatically.
Whenthisoptionisenabled,thepassthroughIPaddresswillbeusedtoconnecttoWAN
hosts(emailnotification,remotesyslog,etc.).TheBalancewilllistenforthisIPaddress
whenWANhostsaccessservicesprovidedbytheBalance(webadminaccessfromthe
WAN,DNSserverrequests,etc.).
ToconnecttohostsontheLAN(emailnotification,remotesyslog,etc.),thedefaultgateway
addresswillbeused.TheBalancewilllistenforthisIPaddresswhenLANhostsaccess
servicesprovidedbytheBalance(webadminaccessfromtheWAN,DNSproxy,etc.).
AccesstothisIPaddresswillbepassedthroughtotheLANportifthisdeviceisnotserving
theservicebeingaccessed.ThesharedIPaddresswillbeusedinconnectingtohostson
theWAN(e.g.,emailnotification,remotesyslog,etc.)ThedevicewillalsolistenontheIP
addresswhenhostsontheWANaccessservicesservedonthisdevice(e.g.,webadmin
accessesfromWAN,DNSserver,etc.)
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