Peplink Balance Model Comparison
| Branch/ Small Office | Small Business | Mid-Size Business | Large Enterprise/Campus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | 20 | 30 LTE | One | 210 | 305 | 380 | 580 | 710 | 1350 | 2500 |
| Product Code | BPL-021 | BPL-031- LTE | BPL-ONE | BPL-210 | BPL-305 | BPL-380 | BPL-580 | BPL-710 | BPL-135 | BPL-2500* |
| Capacity | ||||||||||
| Ethernet WAN Ports | 2 (GE)+ | 2 (GE) | 2/5# (GE) | 2 (GE)+ | 3 (GE) | 3 (GE) | 5 (GE) | 7 (GE) | 13 (GE) | 12 (GE)/4 (GE) & 2 (10G SFP+)* |
| LAN Ports | 4 (GE) | 4 (GE) | 8/5# (GE) | 7 (GE) | 3 (GE) | 3 (GE) | 3 (GE) | 3 (GE) | 3 (GE) | 8 (GE)/ 2 (10G SFP+)* |
| Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11ac/a/b/g/n Wi-Fi AP |  | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Embedded 4G LTE | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| SIM Card Size | | Mini-SIM (2FF) | | | | | | | | |
| USB WAN Modem Port1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recommended Users2 | 1-60 | 1-60 | 1-60 | 25-150 | 50-500 | 50-500 | 300-1000 | 500-2000 | 1000-5000 | 5000-20000+ |
| Stateful Firewall Throughput3 | 150Mbps | 200Mbps | 600Mbps/ 400Mbps# | 350Mbps | 1Gbps | 1Gbps | 1.5Gbps | 2.5Gbps | 5Gbps | 8Gbps |
| Core Functionality | ||||||||||
| 802.1q VLANs supported | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Port-Based VLAN |  | | | | | | | | | |
| Load Balancing & Failover | | | | | | | | | | |
| Load Balancing Algorithms | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Drop-In Mode | | | | | | | | | | |
| Inbound Load Balancing | | | | | | | | | | |
| InControl Cloud Management | | | | | | | | | | |
| PepVPN/SpeedFusion Functionality | ||||||||||
| PepVPN | % | | | | | | | | | |
| SpeedFusion Hot Failover | | | ^ | | | | | | | |
| SpeedFusion WAN Smoothing | | | ^ | | | | | | | |
| SpeedFusion Bandwidth Bonding | | | Add-On^ | | | | | | | |
| Number of PepVPN/SpeedFusion Peers4 | 2/5! | 2/5! | 2/5/20~^ | 2/5! | 2/30& | 30/100@ | 50/100@ | 300 | 800 | 4000 |
| PepVPN Throughput (256-bit AES)3 | 30Mbps | 60Mbps | 30Mbps^ | 80Mbps | 150Mbps | 150Mbps | 200Mbps | 400Mbps | 800Mbps | 2Gbps |
| PepVPN Throughput (No Encryption)3 | 60Mbps | 120Mbps | 60Mbps^ | 150Mbps | ||||||
| IPsec/L2TP/PPTP VPN Functionality | ||||||||||
| IPsec VPN (Network-to-Network)5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Number of IPsec Tunnels | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 50 | 150 | 400 | 800 |
| L2TP VPN Server | | | | | | | | | | |
| PPTP VPN Server | | | | | | | | | | |
| Recommended PPTP/L2TP VPN Users | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 200 | 500 | 1000 |
| AP Controller Functionality | ||||||||||
| Pepwave AP Series Management | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maximum Number of AP Supported | 10 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 | 1500 |
| Remote AP & Multiple Config Profiles Management 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Advanced QoS Functionality | ||||||||||
| Bandwidth Usage Monitor | | | | | | | | | | |
| QoS for VoIP and E-Commerce | | | | | | | | | | |
| User Groups Bandwidth Control | | | | | | | | | | |
| Web Blocking | | | | | | | | | | |
| Web Filtering Blacklist | | | Lite | Lite | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Hardware | ||||||||||
| Operating Temperature | 32° – 104°F 0° – 40°C |
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| LACP (802.3ad) NIC Bonding | | | | | | | | | | * |
| Power Consumption | 15W | 15W | 15W | 15W | 50W | 50W | 50W | 70W | 70W | 230W |
| 1U Rackmount | | | | | | | | | | |
| High Availability | | | | | | | | | | |
| LAN Bypass | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dual Hot Swap Power Supply | | | | | | | | | | |
| Certifications | ||||||||||
| FCC, CE, RoHS | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warranty | 1-Year Limited Warranty | |||||||||
2 Recommendation for sizing purposes only. No software restrictions applied.
3 Router Throughput and PepVPN/SpeedFusion Throughput is based on Ethernet frame sizes of 1280 or 1518 bytes. Actual performance can vary across different networking environments. Figures apply to the latest hardware revision.
4 Number of peer Peplink or Pepwave devices you can connect using SpeedFusion VPN.
5 IPsec only supports connection with Cisco, Juniper, Peplink or Pepwave devices.
6 Balance 20/30 LTE/One/210/310 comes with AP Controller Standard, which supports up to two configuration profiles with multiple SSIDs, meaning that all APs will share the same configuration, and you can only manage APs on the local physical LAN. Balance 305/380/580/710/1350/2500 comes with AP Controller Pro, which supports multiple configuration profiles with multiple SSIDs, and you can manage remote APs outside the local physical LAN.
+ Balance 20 and 210 have an extra WAN port which can be activated through license key. Click here to learn more.
# If the WAN Activation License (BPL-ONE-LC-5WAN) is activated, router throughput will be changed to 400Mbps, both number of WAN and LAN will become 5.
^ PepVPN is supported on all models. SpeedFusion is an optional feature.
* Balance 2500 are available different configurations. Please refer to ordering information for details.
% Balance 20/30 LTE requires firmware 6.1 to support PepVPN.
! 2 PepVPN Peers are enabled by default. Can be increased to 5 Peers using license PVN-LC-05.
& 2 SpeedFusion Peers are enabled by default. Can be increased to 30 Peers with purchase of SpeedFusion license BPL-305-SPF.
~ 2 PepVPN Peers are enabled by default. Can be increased to 5 Peers using license PVN-LC-05 or to 20 Peers using license MAX-HD-020-SPF.
@ 30/50 SpeedFusion Peers are enabled by default for Balance 380/580 respectively. Can be increased to 100 Peers with purchase of SpeedFusion Bonding license SFN-LC-100.
Ordering Information for Balance 30 LTE
| Product Code | Carrier | Embedded Modem | 4G Bands/Frequencies (MHz) | 3G Bands/Frequencies (MHz) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4G LTE | BPL-031-LTE-US-T | Verizon/Sprint/ AT&T/T-Mobile | 1 | 4G LTE: B2/1900, B4/AWS (XLTE), B5/850, B13/700, B17/700, B25/1900 | WCDMA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+: B1/2100, B2/1900, B4/AWS, B5/850, B8/900 EV-DO Rev.A: BC0/800, BC1/1900, BC10/800 |
| BPL-031-LTE-E-T | Europe/International | 1 | 4G LTE: B1/2100, B3/1800, B7/2600, B8/900, B20/800 | WCDMA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+: B1/2100, B2/1900, B5/850, B6/800, B8/900 |
Ordering Information for Balance 30 LTE-A
| Product Code | Carrier | Embedded Modem | 4G Bands | 3G Bands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4G LTE-A | BPL-031-LTEA-W-T | Worldwide | 1 | 4G LTE-A: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8 , B12, B13, B20, B25, B26, B29, B30, B41 | WCDMA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B8 |
| BPL-031-LTEA-P-T | Asia Pacific | 1 | 4G LTE-A: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B18, B19, B21, B28, B38, B39, B40, B41 | WCDMA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+: B1, B5, B6, B8, B9, B19 TD-SCDMA: B39 |
Ordering Information for Balance 2500
| Product Code | Product Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BPL-2500 | Balance 2500 | (For copper-based LAN). Equipped with 8 (GE) LAN ports and supporting LACP (802.3ad) NIC bonding. |
| BPL-2500-SFP | Balance 2500 | (For fiber-based LAN). Equipped with two 10G SFP+ LAN ports. See a list of compatible SFP+ modules here. |
| BPL-2500-2SFP | Balance 2500 | Equipped with two 10G SFP+ WAN ports, four (GE) WAN ports, and two 10G SFP+ LAN ports. See a list of compatible SFP+ modules here. |
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Feature Add-On
| Product Code | Product Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BPL-ONE-LC-5WAN | WAN Port Activation License | Define LAN 1-3 to WAN 2-5 on Balance One and Balance One Core |
| BPL-021-LC-WAN | WAN Port Activation License | Activate WAN 3 on Balance 20 |
| BPL-210-LC-WAN | WAN Port Activation License | Activate WAN 3 on Balance 210 |
| PVN-LC-05 | PepVPN License Key for Velocity and BR1 family | Enables up to 5 PepVPN connections |
| MAX-HD-020-SPF | PepVPN/SpeedFusion 20 Peers License Upgrade | Enables up to 20 PepVPN connections |
| SFN-LC-100 | SpeedFusion Bonding License Key | Enables up to 100 SpeedFusion Bonding peers for Balance 380/580 |
Technical Specifications
Software
- Peplink Balance Firmware
WAN
- Support for PPPoE, Static IP, DHCP
- WAN Link Health Check
- PING
- DNS Lookup
- HTTP
- Bandwidth Allowance Monitor
- IPv6 Support
- USB 4G/3G Modem Support
- Support for Dynamic DNS services
- changeip.com
- dyndns.org
- no-ip.org
- tzo.com
- DNS-O-Matic
- WAN Port Convertible into LAN Port 10
LAN
- DHCP Server for LAN Clients
- Extended DHCP Option
- DHCP Reservation
- DNS Proxy for LAN Clients
- VLAN on LAN Support
Load Balancing
- Intelligent Failover
- Session Persistence
- Per-Service Load Distribution
- Multiple Algorithms
- Weighted
- Enforced
- Persistence
- Priority
- Overflow
- Least Used
- Lowest Latency
Security
- DoS Prevention
- Stateful Firewall
- Web Blocking
Complete VPN Solution
- PepVPN/SpeedFusion Bandwidth Bonding
- Site-to-Site VPN
- Bandwidth Aggregation
- Hot Failover
- 256-bit AES Encryption
- Pre-shared Key Authentication
- Dynamic Routing
- X.509 Certificate Support
- PPTP VPN Server
- RADIUS, LDAP Authentication
- IPsec VPN (Network-to-Network)
- X.509 Certificate Support
Advanced QoS
- User Groups
- Bandwidth Reservation
- Individual Bandwidth Limit
- Application Prioritization
- By User Groups
- SIP, HTTPS, VPN QoS
- Custom Application QoS
Networking
- NAT and IP Forwarding
- Static Routes
- Port Forwarding
- Many to One, One to One NAT
- NAT Pool
- SIP ALG, H.323 ALG
- UPnP, NAT-PMP
- WINS Server
- BGP, OSPFv2 and RIPv2 Support
- Support for Pepwave AP Series
- Auto AP Discovery
- Auto AP Firmware Management
- AP Profile Configuration
- Wi-Fi Usage Statistics
Support and Warranty
- 1-Year Standard Warranty
- 1-Year Standard Support 12
- Unlimited 8×5 Email Support
- 90 Days Telephone Support
- 1-Year Firmware Upgrade
Captive Portal
- Support for Wired and Wireless LAN Clients
- Support RADIUS Authentication
- Support LDAP Authentication10
- Time and Usage Quotas on Open Access Mode
- Built-in Customizable Splash Page
DNS
- Built-in Authoritative DNS 10
- Support for A, CNAME, NS, MX, PTR, SOA, SRV, TXT records
Device Management
- Web Administrative Interface
- Command Line Interface
- InControl Cloud Management
- Email Notification
- Active Client & Session Lists
- Bandwidth Usage Statistics
- Syslog Service
- SNMP v1, v2c and v3
Power Requirements
- Universal Input 100V – 240V AC
Package Content
- Balance 20/One
- Balance Router
- 12V2A Power Supply
- Balance 30 LTE
- Balance Router
- 2x 2dBi 4G LTE Antennas (4G LTE)
- 12V2A Power Supply
- 1 Pair of Mounting Brackets
- Balance 210/310
- Balance Router
- 12V2A Power Supply
- 1 Pair of Mounting Brackets
- Balance 305/380/580/710/1350
- Balance Router
- Power Cord
- 1 Pair of Mounting Brackets
- Balance 2500
- Balance Router
- 2x Power Cord
- 1 Pair of Mounting Brackets
Certifications
- CE
- FCC
- RoHS
9 AP Controller Basic comes standard with all Balance models. AP Controller Full comes standard with the Balance 305 and above.
10 This feature is only available on the Balance 305 and above.
11 IPsec only supports connection with Cisco, Juniper, Peplink or Pepwave devices.
12 Only valid for customers who have purchased Peplink Balance devices directly from Peplink.
10 This feature is only available on the Balance 305 and above.
11 IPsec only supports connection with Cisco, Juniper, Peplink or Pepwave devices.
12 Only valid for customers who have purchased Peplink Balance devices directly from Peplink.
Feature not available in every model. Please refer to model comparison for details.
All specifications are subject to change without notice.