Users Manual

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Drop-in mode (or transparent bridging mode) eases the installation of the Peplink Balance on a live network
between the firewall and router, such that changes to the settings of existing equipment are not required.
The following diagram illustrates drop-in mode setup:
Enable drop-in mode using the Setup Wizard. After enabling this feature and selecting the WAN for drop-
in mode, various settings, including the WAN's connection method and IP address, will be automatically
updated.
When drop-in mode is enabled, the LAN and the WAN for drop-in mode ports will be bridged. Traffic
between the LAN hosts and WAN router will be forwarded between the devices. In this case, the hosts on
both sides will not notice any IP or MAC address changes.
After successfully setting up the Peplink Balance as part of the network using drop-in mode, it will,
depending on model, support one or more WAN connections. Some MediaFast units also support multiple
WAN connections after activating drop-in mode, though a SpeedFusion license may be required to activate
more than one WAN port.
Please note the Drop-In Mode is mutually exclusive with VLAN.