Hi. It’s in category “A.” Pretty reasonable cost. If you decide to go that route let me know – we can sharpen our pencils on price. - Rick
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I seem to recall Peplink once sent me an e-mail advertising a trade in program for a particular router model. … Any chance there would be an option to trade in my Balance 20X for the B One? It looks like the B One has similar performance to the B20X, but instead of a cellular modem and GPS (neither of which I’ll ever use) it has improved Wi-Fi (which I would benefit from) and it includes WiFi-as-WAN (which I miss from my old SOHO MK3).
Edit: I got the Balance 20X (BPL-021X-LTEA-US-T-PRM) direct from Peplink less than 1 year ago.
how many sessions ?
About OpenVPN: The new web page for the B One says nothing about OpenVPN.
The new User Manual (page 94 of current PDF) saysthat OpenVPN is for site to site use only. Then it talks about Profiles without saying if these are site to site, server or client profiles.
So what is reality? Can the B One be an OpenVPN server? client?
And, why does this happen? It takes me seconds to find this stuff and I am far from an expert. Oh, and page 2 of the User Manual, the ToC, has an obvious error. Page 2.
Hi Michael,
In a nutshell, B One can serve as both OpenVPN Server and Client.
If you want to set up a Open VPN server,
Go WebAdmin >> Advanced Tab >> Remote User Access Settings
The B One user manual page OpenVPN section describes how you connect to a OpenVPN server as a client. You will need to obtain the profile from the service provider to form this site-to-site tunnel.
If you want to utilize outbound policy with OpenVPN (Better control of internet traffic), you can buy the OpenVPN Activation Licence as well.
Reference:
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Is the OpenVPN client an extra-cost item with the B One, as it was with the Surf SOHO? I did not see it listed as an optional add-on.
The forum link is about OpenVPN WAN. But it does not explain what that is. Is OpenVPN WAN a VPN server, VPN client or site-to-site VPN or something else? And, is it part of the base functionality or an optional add-on? I feel like reading a book having started at chapter 2.
Manual page 121 mentions KVM (topic 18). Is the B One router able to run virtual machines?
FYI: In the QoS section of the manual (page 122) it is missing the option to group by client type.
Any early user testing or feedback on this new model?
What product class and hardware rev does this belong? It is not listed in downloads.
Never mind, I found it here.
They just started shipping Feb 1st. I have one on order, so in 1-2 weeks you should start to see feedback on it.
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FYI: User Manual has nothing on Wi-Fi as WAN.
Update: The feature used to be called “Wi-Fi as WAN”. It is now called “Wi-Fi WAN”. I didn’t get the memo on the name change. So, I searched the PDF for the original name and came up mostly empty (just one throw-away reference). Yes, its there under the new name.
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It appears to be in this User Manual link.
8.2 Cellular WAN, Pg. 60
8.3 Wi-Fi WAN, Pg. 66
Update: The following text is listed on the 5G B One page.
Key B One Benefits
WiFi WAN over 2.4 or 5GHz for easily connecting to nearby WiFi sources to use an additional WAN connection
Upgrading from the previous Surf SOHO?
After purchasing the B One from 5G, send your Surf SOHO config file and include your Invoice number for your B One. We will convert the config from Surf SOHO to B One and email it back to you (should take around 1-2 business days).
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I love the price point of the B One. I can’t wait for it to have local Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi as a WAN as options. I’ll sell the heck out of those!
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I’m curious to know when the B One 5G version will be available??? Thanks!
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We heard March from our supplier in Europe.
Yes, it is available in the UK.
WAN connections:
Cellular
WAN 1
WAN 2
Wi-Fi WAN on 2.4 GHz
Wi-Fi WAN on 5 GHz
VLAN WAN 1
We have been using the Balance 20x and its been a great router, now this looks like another great one for us but does this really only do 3 OpenVPN users versus 15 on the 20X?
how much bandwidth can this handle on the internal 5G interface? the 20x was crippled at 100mbps regardless of the modem installed, connected via usb, or the slot in back.
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The SoC (ARM 64bit) in the B One is probably the same as the BR1 Pro/BR2 Pro, seeing the performance specs and Wifi 6 are 1-to-1 apart from the 2,5GbE WANs (which can’t really be utilized fully with the 1Gbps router performance).
So I am expecting the same 5G performance as those units. The B One 5G is not out yet in EU, so we haven’t been able to test it yet.
The internal modems are all M.2 (PCIe) based for the past years.
The B20X uses an older and more limited SoC (ARM 32bit). Where the internal bus for the module is probably limited due to available PCIe lanes of the SoC.
