Pepwave Peplink MAX Series User manual

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MAX Series

User Manual

Pepwave Products:

MAX 700 / HD2 / HD2 IP67 / HD2 Mini / HD2 MBX / HD Dome / HD4 / HD4 MBX / MBX

Mini / HD4 IP67 / Transit / Transit Duo / Transit 5G / Transit Core / Transit Mini / Transit Pro

E / BR1 Classic / BR1 MK2 / BR1 Slim / BR1 ENT / BR1 M2M / BR1 Mini / BR1 Mini Core /

BR1 ESN / BR1 Pro LTE / BR1 Pro 5G / BR1 IP55 / BR1 IP67/ BR2 IP55 / On-The-Go / HD2

with MediaFast / HD4 with MediaFast / SpeedFusion Engine / UBR LTE / PDX

Pepwave Firmware 8.1.3

October 2021

Table of Contents

Introduction and Scope 8

Glossary 9

Product Features 10

Supported Network Features 10

WAN 10

LAN 11

VPN 11

Firewall 11

Captive Portal 11

Outbound Policy 11

AP Controller 12

QoS 12

Other Supported Features 13

Pepwave MAX Mobile Router Overview 14

MAX 700 14

MAX HD2 16

MAX HD2 IP67 18

MAX HD2 mini 19

MAX HD Dome 20

MAX Transit / MAX Transit Duo (CAT-12) 22

MAX Transit (CAT-18) 24

MAX Transit 5G 26

MAX Transit Mini 27

MAX Transit Pro E 28

MAX Transit Core 29

MAX BR1 ESN 31

MAX HD2 and HD4 with MediaFast 32

MAX HD4 35

MAX HD4 MBX (CAT-12) 37

MAX HD2/4 MBX (CAT-18) 39

MAX MBX Mini 40

MAX HD4 IP67 41

MAX BR1 Classic 42

MAX BR1 MK2 44

MAX BR1 Slim 46

MAX BR1 Mini 47

MAX BR1 Mini Core 49

MAX BR1 M2M 50

MAX BR1 ENT 53

MAX BR1 Pro 54

MAX BR1 Pro 5G 55

MAX Hotspot 57

MAX BR1 IP55 58

MAX BR2 IP55 60

MAX BR1 IP67 61

MAX On-The-Go 62

SpeedFusion Engine 63

UBR LTE 63

PDX 65

Advanced Feature Summary 66

Drop-in Mode and LAN Bypass: Transparent Deployment 66

QoS: Clearer VoIP 66

Per-User Bandwidth Control 67

High Availability via VRRP 67

USB Modem and Android Tethering 68

Built-In Remote User VPN Support 68

SIM-card USSD support 69

KVM Virtualization 69

DPI Engine 70

NetFlow 70

Wi-Fi Air Monitoring 70

SP Default Configuration 70

Installation 71

Preparation 71

Constructing the Network 71

Configuring the Network Environment 72

Mounting the Unit 73

Wall Mount 73

Car Mount 73

IP67 Installation Guide 73

PDX Accessory Kit Installation Guide 74

Connecting to the Web Admin Interface 81

SpeedFusion Cloud 83

Activate SpeedFusion Cloud Service 83

Enable SpeedFusion Cloud 86

Connect Clients to Cloud 93

Link Wi-Fi to Cloud 94

Optimize Cloud Application 96

Configuring the LAN Interface(s) 97

Basic Settings 97

Port Settings 109

Captive Portal 110

Configuring the WAN Interface(s) 113

Ethernet WAN 114

DHCP Connection 116

Static IP Connection 119

PPPoE Connection 121

L2TP Connection 122

GRE Connection 124

Cellular WAN 126

Wi-Fi WAN 132

Creating Wi-Fi Connection Profiles 138

WAN Health Check 139

Dynamic DNS Settings 141

Advanced Wi-Fi Settings 143

MediaFast Configuration 147

Setting Up MediaFast Content Caching 147

Scheduling Content Prefetching 148

Viewing MediaFast Statistics 151

ContentHub 152

Configuring the ContentHub 152

Configure a website for ContentHub 152

Configure an application for ContentHub 155

Docker 157

KVM 158

Bandwidth Bonding SpeedFusionTM / PepVPN 159

PepVPN 160

The Pepwave Router Behind a NAT Router 165

IPsec VPN 168

IPsec VPN Settings 168

GRE Tunnel 172

Outbound Policy 174

Adding Rules for Outbound Policy 176

Algorithm: Weighted Balance 180

Algorithm: Persistence 181

Algorithm: Enforced 182

Algorithm: Priority 182

Algorithm: Overflow 183

Algorithm: Least Used 184

Algorithm: Lowest Latency 184

Expert Mode 184

Port Forwarding 186

UPnP / NAT-PMP Settings 187

NAT Mappings 189

QoS 191

User Groups 191

Bandwidth Control 192

Application 192

Application Prioritization 192

Prioritization for Custom Applications 192

DSL/Cable Optimization 193

Firewall 194

Outbound and Inbound Firewall Rules 195

Access Rules 195

Apply Firewall Rules to PepVpn Traffic 199

Intrusion Detection and DoS Prevention 199

Content Blocking 200

Application Blocking 200

Web Blocking 200

Customized Domains 201

Exempted User Groups 201

Exempted Subnets 201

URL Logging 201

Routing Protocols 202

OSPF & RIPv2 202

BGP 204

Remote User Access 209

L2TP with IPsec 209

OpenVPN 209

PPTP 210

Authentication Methods 210

Miscellaneous Settings 212

High Availability 212

Certificate Manager 215

Service Forwarding 216

SMTP Forwarding 216

Web Proxy Forwarding 217

DNS Forwarding 218

Custom Service Forwarding 218

Service Passthrough 218

UART 220

GPS Forwarding 222

Ignition Sensing 222

Ignition Sensing installation 223

GPIO Menu 225

NTP Server 226

Grouped Networks 226

Remote SIM Management 228

SIM Toolkit 230

AP 232

AP Controller 232

Wireless SSID 232

Wireless Mesh 236

Settings 237

AP Controller Status 243

Info 243

Access Point (Usage) 245

Wireless SSID 247

Mesh / WDS 248

Wireless Client 249

Nearby Device 250

Event Log 251

Toolbox 252

System Settings 253

Admin Security 253

Firmware 256

Time 259

Schedule 259

Email Notification 260

Event Log 264

SNMP 265

SMS Control 267

InControl 268

Configuration 268

Feature Add-ons 269

Reboot 270

Tools 271

Ping 271

Traceroute Test 272

PepVPN Test 272

Wake-on-LAN 273

CLI (Command Line Interface Support) 273

Status 274

Device 274

GPS Data 276

Active Sessions 276

Client List 278

WINS Client 279

UPnP / NAT-PMP 279

OSPF & RIPv2 280

BGP 280

SpeedFusion Status 281

Event Log 283

WAN Quality 285

Usage Reports 286

Real-Time 286

Hourly 287

Daily 287

Monthly 288

Appendix A: Restoration of Factory Defaults 291

Appendix B: FusionSIM Manual 292

Appendix C: Declaration 304

Introduction and Scope

Pepwave routers provide link aggregation and load balancing across multiple 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.

The MAX wireless SD-WAN router series has a wide range of products suitable for many

different deployments and markets. Entry level SD-WAN models such as the MAX BR1 are

suitable for SMEs or branch offices. High-capacity SD-WAN routers such as the MAX HD2 are

suitable for larger organizations and head offices.

This manual covers setting up Pepwave routers and provides an introduction to their features

and usage.

Tips

Want to know more about Pepwave routers? Visit our YouTube Channel for a video introduction!

https://youtu.be/13M-JHRAICA

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., LTE)

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS Domain Name System

EVDO Evolution-Data Optimized

FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name

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

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