Researched everything I could about drop-in mode yet most relate to the balance and circa 2017. Still have 2 q’s:
Can drop-in mode on a br1 mini hw3 be used between a firewall and the ISP without an ISP router? (ie: FIOS Optical Network Terminal ONT) In the field we’re not using the ISPs’ router so essentially it goes lan->firewall->ISP modem or ONT and no NAT is being used as the FW handles NAT - thus the firewall has the external IP.
I’ve tried to use the setup in #1 and use the firewall’s externally assigned gateway that FIOS assigns as the drop-in gateway and selected shared IP since there are no other IPs in the equation. Doing so shows no traffic seems to be bridged between LAN/WAN when in this mode.
In case this works, can the BR1 mini HW3 cell WAN be used as a backup wan in case the FIOS goes down?
Yes br1 hw3 supports DIM(drop in mode) we have installed this many location and can assist you.
What firewall are you using?
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Hi Jonathan, thanks for replying. My question wasn’t if DIM can be used or not, as I know it can, but if it can be used in that specific environment listed in #1 (as all docs and forum posts mentioned a router between it and the isp) as well as if question #2 applies.
The peplink can either act as a router, or in Drop-in-mode as a arp proxy and pass that ip thru.
In drop in mode, the failover wan (likely cellular will route all outbound traffic) seemless with no change to the firewall.