Pepwave BR1 Slim User manual

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PepwaveMAX Series:
MAX 700 / HD2/HD2 IP67 / HD2 mini / HD4 / BR1/ BR1 IP55/ BR2 IP55 / On-The-Go
MAX HD2 with MediaFast / MAX HD4 with MediaFast
Pepwave MAX Firmware 6.1
June 2014

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Table of Contents
1INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE.................................................................................................5
2GLOSSARY.............................................................................................................................6
3PRODUCT FEATURES.............................................................................................................7
3.1 SUPPORTED NETWORK FEATURES ........................................................................................................ 7
3.2 OTHER SUPPORTED FEATURES ............................................................................................................ 8
4PEPWAVE MAX MOBILE ROUTER OVERVIEW .....................................................................10
4.1 MAX 700 ................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 MAX HD2 .................................................................................................................................. 12
4.3 MAX HD2 IP67........................................................................................................................... 14
4.4 MAX HD2 MINI............................................................................................................................ 15
4.5 MAX HD4 .................................................................................................................................. 16
4.6 MAX BR1................................................................................................................................... 18
4.7 MAX BR1/2 IP55 ........................................................................................................................ 20
4.8 MAX ON-THE-GO......................................................................................................................... 22
5INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................23
5.1 PREPARATION ............................................................................................................................... 23
5.2 CONSTRUCTING THE NETWORK ......................................................................................................... 23
5.3 CONFIGURING THE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................... 24
6CONFIGURATION OF WAN INTERFACE(S) ...........................................................................27
6.1 MOUNTING THE UNIT ..................................................................................................................... 27
7CONNECTING TO WEB ADMIN INTERFACE .........................................................................27
8CONFIGURATION OF LAN INTERFACE(S) .............................................................................30
8.1 BASIC SETTINGS............................................................................................................................. 30
8.2 CAPTIVE PORTAL ........................................................................................................................... 35
9CONFIGURATION OF WAN INTERFACE(S) ...........................................................................38
9.1 ETHERNET WAN ........................................................................................................................... 39
9.2 CELLULAR WAN............................................................................................................................ 47
9.3 WI-FI WAN................................................................................................................................. 51
9.4 WAN HEALTH CHECK ..................................................................................................................... 55
9.5 BANDWIDTH ALLOWANCE MONITOR .................................................................................................. 58
9.6 DYNAMIC DNS SETTINGS ................................................................................................................ 59
10 ADVANCED WI-FI SETTINGS ................................................................................................61
11 MEDIAFAST CONFIGURATION.............................................................................................64
11.1 SETTING UP MEDIAFAST CONTENT CACHING........................................................................................ 64
11.2 SCHEDULING CONTENT PREFETCHING ................................................................................................. 65
11.3 VIEWING MEDIAFAST STATISTICS....................................................................................................... 66
12 BANDWIDTH BONDING SPEEDFUSIONTM............................................................................67

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12.1 PEPVPN ..................................................................................................................................... 67
12.2 PEPWAVE MAX BEHIND NAT ROUTER ............................................................................................... 73
12.3 SPEEDFUSIONTM STATUS ................................................................................................................. 74
13 IPSEC VPN ...........................................................................................................................75
13.1 IPSEC VPN SETTINGS ..................................................................................................................... 75
14 MANAGEMENT OF OUTBOUND TRAFFIC TO WAN .............................................................78
14.1 OUTBOUND POLICY ........................................................................................................................ 79
14.2 CUSTOM RULES FOR OUTBOUND POLICY ............................................................................................. 80
15 CONFIGURATION OF WAN INTERFACE(S) ...........................................................................88
16 PORT FORWARDING ...........................................................................................................92
16.1 PORT FORWARDING SERVICE ............................................................................................................ 92
17 NAT MAPPINGS ..................................................................................................................95
18 QOS
18.1 USER GROUPS .............................................................................................................................. 97
18.2 BANDWIDTH CONTROL.................................................................................................................... 98
18.3 APPLICATION ................................................................................................................................ 99
19 FIREWALL..........................................................................................................................101
19.1 OUTBOUND AND INBOUND FIREWALL ............................................................................................... 101
20 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ..............................................................................................107
20.1 HIGH AVAILABILITY....................................................................................................................... 107
20.2 PPTP SERVER ............................................................................................................................. 110
20.3 CERTIFICATE MANAGER................................................................................................................. 111
20.4 SERVICE FORWARDING .................................................................................................................. 112
20.5 SERVICE PASSTHROUGH................................................................................................................. 115
21 AP CONTROLLER ...............................................................................................................116
21.1 WIRELESS SSID........................................................................................................................... 116
21.2 SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................... 117
21.3 TOOLBOX................................................................................................................................... 119
22 SYSTEM SETTINGS.............................................................................................................120
22.1 ADMIN SECURITY ......................................................................................................................... 120
22.2 FIRMWARE UPGRADE ................................................................................................................... 124
22.3 TIME ........................................................................................................................................ 125
22.4 EMAIL NOTIFICATION.................................................................................................................... 125
22.5 EVENTLOG ................................................................................................................................. 128
22.6 SNMP...................................................................................................................................... 129
22.7 INCONTROL................................................................................................................................ 131
22.8 CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................................... 132
22.9 FEATURE ADD-ONS ...................................................................................................................... 133
22.10 REBOOT .................................................................................................................................... 133
22.11 PING TEST.................................................................................................................................. 134
22.12 TRACEROUTE TEST ....................................................................................................................... 135

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22.13 PEPVPN TEST............................................................................................................................. 135
22.14 PEPVPN ANALYZER...................................................................................................................... 136
22.15 CLI (COMMAND LINE INTERFACE SUPPORT) ....................................................................................... 136
23 STATUS .............................................................................................................................137
23.1 DEVICE...................................................................................................................................... 137
23.2 ACTIVE SESSIONS ......................................................................................................................... 139
23.3 CLIENT LIST ................................................................................................................................ 141
23.4 WINS CLIENT ............................................................................................................................. 142
23.5 SPEEDFUSIONTM.......................................................................................................................... 142
23.6 UPNP/NAT-PMP ..................................................................................................................... 143
23.7 EVENT LOG ................................................................................................................................ 144
23.8 BANDWIDTH............................................................................................................................... 145
APPENDIX A. RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS........................................................150
APPENDIX B. DECLARATION..............................................................................................151

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1 Introduction and Scope
The Pepwave MAX Mobile Router provides link aggregation and load balancing acrossmultiple WAN
connections, allowing a combination of technologies like 3G HSDPA, EVDO, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, external
WiMAX dongle, and Satellite to be utilized to connect to the Internet.
This manual presents how to set up the Pepwave MAX Mobile Router and provides an introduction to
thefeatures and usage of Pepwave MAX Mobile Router.
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2 Glossary
The following terms, acronyms, and abbreviations are frequently used in this manual:
Term
Definition
3G
3rd Generation standards for wireless communications (e.g. HSDPA)
4G
4th Generation standards for wireless communications (e.g. WiMAX, LTE)
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS
Domain Name System
EVDO
Evolution-Data Optimized
HSDPA
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
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
QoS
Quality of Service
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
WAN
Wide Area Network
WINS
Windows Internet Name Service
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network

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3 Product Features
PepwaveMAX enables all LAN users to share broadband Internet connections, and provide advanced
features to enhance Internet access. Below is the list of supported features on Pepwave MAX Mobile
Router. Features varies by model. For more information, please refer to peplink.com/products/max-
cellular-router/.
3.1 Supported Network Features
3.1.1 WAN
Ethernet WAN Connection in Full/Half Duplex
Static IP support for PPPoE
Built-in HSPA and EVDO cellular modems
USB mobile connection(s)
Wi-Fi WAN connection
Network address translation (NAT)/ port address translation (PAT)
Inbound and outbound NATmapping
IPsec NAT-T and PPTP packet passthrough
MAC address clone and passthrough
Customizable MTU and MSS values
WAN connection health check
Dynamic DNS (supportedservice providers: changeip.com, dyndns.org, no-ip.org, tzo.com and
DNS-O-Matic)
Ping, DNS lookup and HTTP based health check
3.1.2 LAN
Wi-Fi AP
Ethernet LAN ports
DHCP server on LAN
Extended DHCP option support
Static routing rules
VLAN on LAN support
3.1.3 VPN
SpeedFusionTM
SpeedFusion performance analyzer
X.509 certificate support
VPN load balancing and failover among selected WAN connections
Bandwidth bonding & failover among selected WAN connections
IPsec VPN for Network-to-Network connection (Works with Cisco, Juniper only)
Ability to route Internet traffic to a remote VPN peer
Optional pre-shared key setting
SpeedFusionTMthroughput, ping and traceroute tests
PPTP server

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PPTP and IPsec passthrough
3.1.4 Firewall
Outbound (LAN to WAN) firewall rules
Inbound (WAN to LAN) firewall rules per WAN connection
Intrusion detection and prevention
Specification of NAT mappings
Outbound firewall rules can be defined by destination domain name
3.1.5 Captive Portal
Splash screen of open networks, login page for secure networks
Customizable built-in captive portal
Supports linking to outside page for captive portal
3.1.6 Outbound Policy
Link load distribution per TCP/UDP service
Persistent routing for specified source and/or destination IP addresses per TCP/UDP service
Traffic Prioritization and DSL optimization
Prioritize and route traffic to VPN tunnels with Priority and Enforced algorithms
3.1.7 AP Controller
Configure and manage Pepwave AP devices
Review the status of connected AP
3.1.8 QoS
Quality of Service for different applications and custom protocols
User Group classification for different service levels
Bandwidth usage control and monitoring on group- and user- level
Application Prioritization for custom protocols and DSL/Cable optimization
3.2 Other Supported Features
User-friendly web-based administration interface
HTTP and HTTPS support for Web Admin Interface
Configurable web administration port and administrator password
Firmware upgrades, configuration backups, Ping, and Traceroute via Web Admin Interface
Remote web based configuration (via WAN and LAN interfaces)
Time server synchronization
SNMP
Email notification

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Read-only user for Web Admin
SharedIP drop-in mode
Authentication and Accounting by RADIUS server for Web Admin
Built-in WINS Servers*
Syslog
SIP passthrough
PPTP packet passthrough
Event Log
Active Sessions
Client List
WINS Client List *
UPnP / NAT-PMP
Real-Time, Hourly, Daily and Monthly Bandwidth Usage reports and charts
IPv6 support
Support USB tethering on Android 2.2+ phones
* Not supported on MAX Surf-On-The-Go, and BR1 variants.

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4 Pepwave MAX Mobile Router Overview
4.1 MAX 700
4.1.1 Panel Appearance

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4.1.2 LED Indicators
The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows:
Status Indicators
Status
OFF
System initializing
Red
Booting up or busy
Blinking red
Boot up error
Green
Ready
Wi-Fi AP and Wi-Fi WAN Indicators
Wi-Fi WAN
OFF
Disconnected
Blinking slowly
Connecting to network
Blinking
Connected to network with traffic
ON
Connected to network without traffic
Wi-Fi AP
OFF
Disabled
Blinking slowly
Enabled but no client connected
Blinking
Connected to network with traffic
ON
Client(s) connected to wireless network
LAN and Ethernet WAN Ports
Green LED
ON
10 / 100/ 1000 Mbps
Orange LED
Blinking
Data is transferring
OFF
No data is being transferred or port is not connected
Port Type
Auto MDI/MDI-X ports

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4.2 MAX HD2
4.2.1 Panel Appearance
4.2.2 LED Indicators
The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows:
Status Indicators
Status
OFF
System initializing
Red
Booting up or busy
Blinking red
Boot up error
Green
Ready
Wi-Fi AP and Wi-Fi WAN Indicators
Wi-Fi WAN /
Cellular 1 /
Cellular 2
OFF
Disabled Intermittent
Blinking slowly
Connecting to wireless network(s)
Blinking
Connected to wireless network(s) with traffic
ON
Connected to wireless network(s) without traffic

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LAN and Ethernet WAN Ports
Green LED
ON
10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps
Orange LED
Blinking
Data is transferring
OFF
No data is being transferred or port is not connected
Port Type
Auto MDI/MDI-X ports

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4.3 MAX HD2 IP67
4.3.1 Panel Appearance
The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows:
Status Indicators
Status
OFF
System initializing
Red
Booting up or busy
Blinking red
Boot up error
Green
Ready

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4.4 MAX HD2 mini
4.4.1 Panel Appearance
4.4.2 LED Indicators
Cellular WAN Indicators
Cellular 1 /
Cellular 2
OFF
Disabled Intermittent
Blinking slowly
Connecting to wireless network(s)
Blinking
Connected to wireless network(s) with traffic
ON
Connected to wireless network(s) without traffic
LAN and Ethernet WAN Ports
Green LED
ON
10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps
Orange LED
Blinking
Data is transferring
OFF
No data is being transferred or port is not connected
The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows:
Status Indicators
Status
OFF
System initializing
Red
Booting up or busy
Blinking red
Boot up error
Green
Ready

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Port Type
Auto MDI/MDI-X ports
4.5 MAX HD4
4.5.1 Panel Appearance
4.5.2 LED Indicators
The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows:
Status Indicators
Status
OFF
System initializing
Red
Booting up or busy
Blinking red
Boot up error
Green
Ready
Wi-Fi AP and Wi-Fi WAN Indicators
Wi-Fi WAN /
Cellular 1 /
Cellular 2
OFF
Disabled Intermittent
Blinking slowly
Connecting to wireless network(s)
Blinking
Connected to wireless network(s) with traffic
ON
Connected to wireless network(s) without traffic
LAN and Ethernet WAN Ports
Green LED
ON
10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps
Orange LED
Blinking
Data is transferring
OFF
No data is being transferred or port is not connected
Port Type
Auto MDI/MDI-X ports

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4.6 MAX BR1
4.6.1 Panel Appearance
4.6.2 LED Indicators
The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows:
Status Indicators
Status
OFF
System initializing
Red
Booting up or busy
Blinking red
Boot up error
Green
Ready
Wi-Fi Indicators
Wi-Fi
OFF
Disabled Intermittent
Blinking slowly
Connecting to wireless network(s)
Blinking
Connected to wireless network(s) with traffic
ON
Connected to wireless network(s) without traffic
Cellular Indicators

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Cellular
OFF
Disabled or no SIM card inserted
ON
Connecting or connected to network(s)
LAN and Ethernet WAN Ports
Green LED
ON
100 Mbps
OFF
10 Mbps
Orange LED
ON
Port is connected without traffic
Blinking
Data is transferring
OFF
Port is not connected
Port Type
Auto MDI/MDI-X ports

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4.7 MAX BR1/2 IP55
4.7.1 Panel Appearance
4.7.2 LED Indicators
The statuses indicated by the front panel LEDs are as follows:
Status Indicators
Status
OFF
System initializing
Red
Booting up or busy
Blinking red
Boot up error
Green
Ready
Wi-Fi Indicators