Pepwave MAX 600 User manual

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Pepwave MAX Series:
MAX 600 / 700 / HD2
Document Rev. 5.2
September-11

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Table of Contents
1INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ...........................................................................................4
2GLOSSARY .......................................................................................................................5
3PRODUCT FEATURES .......................................................................................................6
3.1 SUPPORTED NETWORK FEATURES ........................................................................................................ 6
3.2 OTHER SUPPORTED FEATURES ............................................................................................................ 7
4PEPWAVE MAX MOBILE ROUTER OVERVIEW .................................................................8
4.1 MAX 600 .....................................................................................................................................8
4.2MAX 700 .....................................................................................................................................8
4.3MAX HD2 .................................................................................................................................. 10
5INSTALLATION...............................................................................................................14
5.1 PREPARATION ............................................................................................................................... 14
5.2 CONSTRUCTING THE NETWORK ......................................................................................................... 14
5.3 CONFIGURING THE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................... 15
5.4MOUNTING THE UNIT.................................................................................................................... 15
6CONNECTING TO WEB ADMIN INTERFACE....................................................................17
7CONFIGURATION OF LAN INTERFACE(S) .......................................................................19
7.1 BASIC SETTINGS............................................................................................................................. 19
7.2 WI-FI AP .................................................................................................................................... 22
8CONFIGURATION OF WAN INTERFACE(S) .....................................................................24
8.1 ETHERNET WAN ..................................................................................................................... 25
8.2 EXPRESS CARD /PC CARD /USB1 /USB2 .................................................................... 32
8.3 WI-FI WAN ........................................................................................................................... 34
8.4 WAN HEALTH CHECK ..................................................................................................................... 37
8.5 BANDWIDTH ALLOWANCE MONITOR .................................................................................................. 39
9WI-FI SETTINGS .............................................................................................................40
9.1 STP (SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL) ..................................................................................................... 42
10 SITE-TO-SITE VPN ..........................................................................................................43
10.1 CONFIGURING A SITE-TO-SITE VPN PROFILE ........................................................................................ 43
10.2 LINK FAILURE DETECTION................................................................................................................. 45
10.3 PEPWAVE MAX BEHIND NAT ROUTER ............................................................................................... 47
10.4 VPN STATUS ................................................................................................................................ 48
11 MANAGEMENT OF OUTBOUND TRAFFIC TO WAN........................................................49
11.1 OUTBOUND POLICY ........................................................................................................................ 50
11.2 CUSTOM RULES FOR OUTBOUND POLICY ............................................................................................. 51

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12 PORT FORWARDING .....................................................................................................58
12.1 PORT FORWARDING SERVICE ............................................................................................................ 58
12.2 UPNP/NAT-PMP SETTINGS .......................................................................................................... 60
13 NAT MAPPINGS.............................................................................................................61
14 QOS ..........................................................................................................................63
14.1 USER GROUPS .............................................................................................................................. 63
14.2 BANDWIDTH CONTROL.................................................................................................................... 64
14.3 APPLICATION ................................................................................................................................ 65
15 FIREWALL ......................................................................................................................67
15.1 OUTBOUND AND INBOUND FIREWALL ................................................................................................. 67
15.2 INTRUSION DETECTION AND DOSPREVENTION ..................................................................................... 71
16 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS...........................................................................................72
16.1 PPTP SERVER ............................................................................................................................... 72
16.2 SERVICE FORWARDING .................................................................................................................... 73
16.3 SERVICE PASSTHROUGH................................................................................................................... 75
17 SYSTEM SETTINGS.........................................................................................................76
17.1 ADMIN SECURITY ........................................................................................................................... 76
17.2 FIRMWARE UPGRADE ..................................................................................................................... 80
17.3 TIME .......................................................................................................................................... 81
17.4 EMAIL NOTIFICATION...................................................................................................................... 82
17.5 REMOTE SYSLOG ........................................................................................................................... 84
17.6 SNMP........................................................................................................................................ 85
17.7 CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................................... 87
17.8 REBOOT ...................................................................................................................................... 88
17.9 PING TEST.................................................................................................................................... 89
17.10 TRACEROUTE TEST ......................................................................................................................... 90
17.11 VPN TEST.................................................................................................................................... 90
18 STATUS..........................................................................................................................91
18.1 DEVICE........................................................................................................................................ 91
18.2 ACTIVE SESSIONS ........................................................................................................................... 92
18.3 CLIENT LIST .................................................................................................................................. 92
18.4 WINS CLIENT ............................................................................................................................... 93
18.5 SITE-TO-SITE VPN ......................................................................................................................... 93
18.6 UPNP/NAT-PMP ....................................................................................................................... 94
18.7 EVENT LOG .................................................................................................................................. 94
18.8 BANDWIDTH................................................................................................................................. 95
APPENDIX A. RESTORATION OF FACTORY DEFAULTS .............................................................99
APPENDIX B. DECLARATION..................................................................................................100

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1 Introduction and Scope
The Pepwave MAX Mobile Router provides link aggregation and load balancing across six WAN
connections, allowing a combination of technologies like 3G HSDPA, EVDO, 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 the
features and usage of Pepwave MAX Mobile Router.
Tips
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2 Glossary
The following terms, acronyms, and abbreviations are frequently used in this manual:
Term Definition
3G 3rd Generation family of standards for wireless communications
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
WINS Windows Internet Name Service
DNS Domain Name System
EVDO Evolution-Data Optimized
HSDPA High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation
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
Wi-Fi Trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance for certified products based on IEEE 802.11
standards
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

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3 Product Features
Pepwave MAX enables all LAN users to share broadband Internet connections, and provide advanced
features to enhance Internet access. The following is the list of supported features on Pepwave MAX
Mobile Router:
3.1 Supported Network Features
3.1.1 WAN
Ethernet WAN Connection in Full/Half Duplex
USB WAN connections
PC Card WAN connection
Express Card WAN connection
Wi-Fi WAN connection
Network Address Translation (NAT) / Port Address Translation (PAT)
Inbound and Outbound NAT mapping
IPsec NAT-T and PPTP packet passthrough
MAC address clone and passthrough
Customizable MTU and MSS values
WAN connection health check
Dynamic DNS (Supported service providers: changeip.com, dyndns.org, no-ip.org and tzo.com)
3.1.2 LAN
Wi-Fi AP
Ethernet LAN ports
DHCP server on LAN
Static routing rules
3.1.3 VPN
Secure Site-to-Site VPN
VPN load balancing and failover among selected WAN connections
Site-to-Site VPN bandwidth bonding
Ability to route Internet traffic to a remote VPN peer
Optional pre-shared key setting
Site-to-Site VPN Throughput, Ping and Traceroute Test
PPTP server
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

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3.1.5 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
3.1.6 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 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
Read-only user for Web Admin
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, Daily and Monthly Bandwidth Usage reports and charts

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4 Pepwave MAX Mobile Router Overview
4.1 MAX 600
4.1.1 Front Panel Appearance
4.1.2 LED Indicators
The statuses indicated by the Front Panel LEDs are as follows:
Power and Status Indicators
Power OFF Power off
Green Power on
Status
OFF System initializing
Red Booting up or busy
Green Ready state
Wi-Fi AP and Wi-Fi WAN Indicators
Wi-Fi WAN
OFF Disabled Intermittent
Blinking Trying to connect but not connected to any wireless network
ON Connected to wireless network(s) without traffic
Continuous Blinking Transferring data
Wi-Fi AP
OFF Disabled Intermittent
Blinking Enabled but no client associated
ON Client(s) associated to wireless network
Continuous Blinking Transferring data to wireless network
Wi-Fi AP LED
LAN Ports
Ethernet WAN Port
PC Card Slot Express Card Slot
Wi-Fi WAN Connector
Wi-Fi LAN Connector USB Ports
Status LED
Power LED
Wi-Fi WAN LED
Reset Button

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LAN and Ethernet WAN Ports
Green LED ON 100 Mbps
OFF 10 Mbps
Yellow LED
Solid Port is connected without traffic
Blinking Data is transferring
OFF Port is not connected
Port Type Auto MDI/MDI-X ports
4.1.3 Rear Panel Appearance
Power Connector
Terminal Block

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4.2 MAX 700
4.2.1 Front 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
Green Ready state
Wi-Fi AP and Wi-Fi WAN Indicators
Wi-Fi WAN
OFF Disabled Intermittent
Blinking Trying to connect but not connected to any wireless network
ON Connected to wireless network(s) without traffic
Continuous Blinking Transferring data
Wi-Fi AP
OFF Disabled Intermittent
Blinking Enabled but no client associated
ON Client(s) associated to wireless network
Continuous Blinking Transferring data to wireless network
LAN Ports
Ethernet WAN Port
Wi-Fi WAN Connector
Wi-Fi LAN Connector
USB Port
Wi-Fi AP LED
Wi-Fi WAN LED
Reset Button
Power LED
Terminal Block
Status LED