User's Manual

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(Optional)
provide you with a hostname, you can safely bypass this option.
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
assigned by the WAN DHCP server being used for outbound DNS lookups over the
connection. (The DNS servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned by
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.
Health Check Settings
To ensure traffic is routed to healthy WAN connections only, the Peplink Balance can
periodically check the health of each WAN connection.
Health Check settings for each WAN connection can be independently configured via
Network>Interfaces>WAN>*Connection name*>Health Check Settings.
Enable Health Check by selecting PING, DNS Lookup, or HTTP from the Health Check Method
drop-down menu.
Health Check Settings
Method
This setting specifies the health check method for the WAN connection. This value can be
configured as Disabled, PING, DNS Lookup, or HTTP. The default method is DNS
Lookup. For mobile Internet connections, the value of Method can be configured as
Disabled or SmartCheck.
Health Check Disabled
When Disabled is chosen in the Method field, the WAN connection will always be considered as up. The
connection will NOT be treated as down in the event of IP routing errors.