
PePLink Balance Series v4.0 User Manual
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Network Settings for GRE
Routing Mode
This field illustrates that NAT (Network Address Translation) will be
applied to the traffic routing over this WAN connection.
For further details, please refer to the following sections:
Section 10.4.1,
Routing under GRE via Network Address
Section 10.4.2,
Routing under GRE via IP Forwarding
Connection Type
This setting specifies the utilization of the WAN connection.
The selection of
Always-on
results in the WAN connection to be used
whenever it is available. If
Backup Priority
and a priority group is
selected, the WAN connection is treated as a backup connection and is
used only in the absence of available Always-on WAN connection(s)
and higher priority backup connection(s).
The default and recommended Connection Type is
Always-on
.
Upstream
Bandwidth
This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the outbound direction
from the LAN through the WAN interface.
Downstream
Bandwidth
This setting specifies the data bandwidth in the inbound direction from
the WAN interface to the LAN.
The value of this setting is used as the default weight control value for
outbound load balance.
Physical Interface Settings
Speed
This setting specifies port speed and duplex configurations.
By default, Speed is set to
Auto
.
MTU
This setting specifies the Maximum Transmission Unit.
By default, MTU is set to 1440.
MSS
This setting should be configured based on the maximum payload size
that the local system can handle. The MSS (Maximum Segment Size)
is computed from the MTU minus 40 bytes for TCP over IPv4.
By default, MSS is set to
Auto
.