PePLink Balance 380

How is it different?

PePLink offers the only affordable link load balancers with advanced, enterprise-grade features.

	Features	Benefits
	Link Aggregation & Load Balance	Faster, more reliable Internet made easy.
	Enterprise-Grade Performance	Maximum throughput of 175Mbps housed in a 1U, 19" rack-mountable chassis.
	Drop-in Mode	Easy, transparent installation
	Integrated DNS	Support of NS, A, MX, CNAME and TXT records
	VoIP, SIP, and Vonage® Support	Fully compatible with major SIP-based VoIP providers. Enjoy your calls.
	QoS for VoIP	Better and clearer sound quality for your voice calls.
	Session Binding	Compatible with secure web, e-banking, and other applications.
	Inbound Load Balancing	Optimal use of all available links for incoming requests to your servers.
	Hardware High Availability	Utmost service protection by deploying two PePLink Balance devices side-by-side with VRRP
	Proprietary Site-to-Site VPN	Secure and aggregate VPN traffic across all WAN connections for routing between two locations.

Will it work in my environment where I have a ...?

We have compiled a few common setups for your reference. You can also find more technical reading in the resources area. If you still have questions, feel free to contact us.

Which model should I buy?

The Balance product family differs in the number of WAN ports and throughput. For details and our recommendation, please read this FAQ.

What about support?

Included free of charge with every PePLink Balance device is the Standard Support Service that provides unlimited email support with a 24-hour response time, and 5 free telephone support calls. Also available is the optional One-year Priority Support Service that provides unlimited email support with a 12-hour response time, and unlimited telephone support. Details here.

PePLink Balance is also backed by a one-year limited warranty and lifetime firmware upgrade plan. Details here.

We do our best to ensure your satisfaction with PePLink Balance. In the unlikely event that PePLink Balance does not fit your needs, your investment is protected by our 30-Day Money Back Guarantee.

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• Triple WAN - Direct-connect up to 3 Internet links; compatibility with economical and commonly available types of connections, such as Cable and DSL, keep running costs under control.
• Aggregation, Load Balance and Failover - Bandwidth combination enhances throughput; multiple Internet links provide redundancy, load sharing and improve network availability.
• Durable Enclosure - Housed in a 1U, 19" rack-mountable chassis for business-critical environments.

Ease of Use and Management

• Drop-in Mode - Deployment of PePLink Balance in Drop-in Mode does not require any changes to existing network devices. This is best suited for customers that already have a router and firewall in place.
  
• Web Management Interface - PePLink Balance is managed through an elegant and modern web interface.
• Traffic Reporting - PePLink offers customers a free (and optional) service to gather and visually present traffic statistics for your network.
  

Maximum Network Uptime

• Intelligent Health Checks and Automatic Failover - Regular health checks (PING or DNS queries) ensure up-to-date link statuses. In case of a link failure, PePLink Balance automatically re-routes traffic to a healthy link to provide continuous Internet service.
• On-the-fly Configuration Activation - Settings can be changed and activated on PePLink Balance without system reboot.
• Dual Firmware Architecture - Protect customers from risks associated with upgrades, e.g. power outage; offer flexibility and fast fallback with new firmware releases.
• Hardware High Availability (HA) - A pair of PePLink Balance units can be deployed in an Active/Hot-standby HA hardware configuration via VRRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol. In case of failure with the Active unit, the Hot-standby unit becomes active, and provides continuous service.

Best-in-Class Functionalities

• Integrated Authoritative DNS and Inbound Load Balance – Increase available bandwidth for your Internet services on the fly. The built-in authoritative DNS server supports MX, NS, A, CNAME, and TXT records. You can easily load balance incoming requests and traffic among all available links.
• Enhanced Video, Audio and VoIP - With the ability to control quality of service for VoIP, SIP, and Streaming Video applications, PePLink Balance ensures consistent throughput of audio, video and other delay-sensitive traffic through prioritized delivery.
• SIP and Vonage Support - Out of the box support for SIP-based VoIP applications, such as Vonage®; PePLink Balance intelligently detects and transparently manages voice sessions across all of the available Internet links.
• Multiple WAN IP and Subnet Support - Support for multiple Internet IP addresses from each ISP, so that services continue to be available in event of a link failure.
• One-to-one NAT - PePLink Balance offers the ability to map specific public IP addresses for outbound requests from different internal servers.
• Stateful Firewall - PePLink Balance provides a rule-based firewall that supports an unlimited number of rules.
• Site-to-Site VPN - PePLink proprietary site-to-site VPN that secures and aggregates VPN traffic across all WAN connections. Currently, it supports a pair of Balance 380/700/710 units used between two locations.

Comprehensive Traffic Control

• Policy-based Management - A flexible Outbound Traffic Manager allows you to define policy rules to control traffic based on any combination of IP source, destination, port and MAC address.
• Weighted Load Distribution - Outbound traffic can be distributed over the available Internet links based on configurable proportions. Proportions among various traffic types can be independently configured according to protocol and port number.
• Session Persistence/Binding - PePLink Balance supports Internet services, such as secure web, that require clients to maintain the same IP address throughout a session.
• Priority - With this algorithm, you can define traffic to pass through the links with priority. When a link with a higher priority is available, it will always be used.
• Enforced/Nailed - You can define traffic to be nailed to a particular connection even in the event that it is down.

Datasheets

Post Date	Title	Type	Size	Download
Jan 24 2008	Balance 200/300/380/710 Datasheet		518KB

Application Notes

Post Date	Title	Type	Size	Download
Jan 29 2007	Drop-in Operational Mode (Technical)		100KB
Jan 29 2007	Inbound Link Load Balancing (Technical)		342KB
Aug 2 2007	Balance in Hospitality Environments		245KB
Jan 29 2007	Balance for Schools		100KB
Jan 29 2007	Balance for Wireless Hot Spots		104KB
Jan 29 2007	VoIP Applications of PePLink Balance		235KB
Feb 1 2007	Dual FLASH and the Benefits		208KB

How-to Documents

Post Date	Title	Type	Size	Download
May 23 2007	Set up Drop-in Mode in 30 mins		517KB
Jan 29 2007	Drop-in Mode and Inbound Load Balance		803KB
Jan 29 2007	How to set up Integrated DNS Server for Inbound Load Balancing		667KB
Jan 29 2007	Enable Free Reporting Service		308KB
Mar 19 2007	High Availability Configuration by VRRP		449 KB

User Manual

Post Date	Title	Type	Size	Download
Feb 28 2008	Balance User Manual 4.1		3.1MB

Case Studies

Post Date	Title	Type	Size	Download
Oct 9 2007	TJSC Group Ltd. (London, UK)		725KB
Jun 6 2007	Spleen Web Hosting (Jacksonville, FL)		485KB
Apr 10 2007	Becker Limos (Oxnard, CA)		821KB
Mar 20 2007	Cressida Associates (Haworth, NJ)		520KB
Jan 26 2007	19th Avenue Lofts (Seattle, WA)		449KB
Jan 28 2007	Wisers Information (Hong Kong SAR)		160KB