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USER MANUAL

Peplink Balance Series

built-in WINS server by entering this unit's LAN IP address in their DHCP WINS Servers

setting. Therefore, all PC clients in the VPN can resolve the NetBIOS names of other clients

in remote peers.

If you have enabled

this option, a list of WINS clients will be displayed at

Status > WINS Clients.

Extended DHCP

Option

In addition to standard DHCP options (e.g. DNS server address, gateway address, subnet

mask), you can specify the value of additional extended DHCP options, asdefined in RFC

2132. With these extended options enabled, you can pass additional configuration

information to LAN hosts.

To define an extended DHCP option, click the Add button, choose the option to define, and

then enter its value. For values that are in IP address list format, you can enter one IP

address per line in the provided text area input control. Each option can be defined once

only.

DHCP Reservation

This setting reserves the assignment of fixed IP addresses for a list of computers on the

LAN. The computers to be assigned fixed IP addresses on the LAN are identified by their

MAC addresses.

The fixed IP address assignment is displayed as a cross-reference list between the

computers’ names, MAC addresses, and fixed IP addresses.

Name (an optional field) allows you to specifya name to represent the device. MAC

addresses should be in the format of 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE. Press to create a new

record. Press to remove a record.Reserved clients information can be imported from

the Client List, located at Status > Client List. For more details, please refer to section .

Static Route Settings

Static Route

This table is for defining static routing rules for the LAN segment. A static route consists of

the network address, subnet mask, and gateway address. The address and subnet mask

values are in w.x.y.zformat.

The local LAN subnet and subnets behind the LAN will be advertised to the VPN. Remote

routes sent over the VPN will also be accepted. Any VPN member will be able to route to

the local subnets.Press to create a new route. Press to remove a route.

WINS Server Settings

Enable

Check the box to enable the WINS Server. A list of WINS clients will be displayed at Status

> WINS Clients.