Peplink Balance 310 5G questions

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Dear colleagues,

We just acquired a new Balance 310 5G router, and I am wondering about the 1 Gbps VPN throughput: does it only apply to router to router tunnels?

Is SFC still limited at 200 Mbps?

On the other hand: are there any specific 10GBASE-T SFP to Ethernet transceivers recommended for this device? the idea is converting the SFP+ WAN into Ethernet and leveraging the 10 Gbps speed

Thanks a lot,

Ignacio Madero

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SFC isn’t a device limitation, it’s a subscription limitation. You CAN get 400Mbps, but that’s a separate license.

With the way the “modern” datasheets are written there is no information published on non-SpeedFusion tunnel throughput expectations, but I would expect an OpenVPN or Wireguard inbound client connection to achieve the same throughput.

Peplink doesn’t actually publish any information whatsoever about the SFP specifications, but we’ve been successful with Cisco, Finisar, and FS Generic SFPs. We have a few different brands of optics and can write optic firmware, so let me know if you would like me to test a few for you.

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Hi…
400Mbps license?
Please…
Can you help me… I don’t see this kind of license at Pepwave Online Shop.
Thank you.

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Thanks a lot, Christopher

In the router datasheet it says Speedfusion with 256-bit AES is rated at 1 Gbps.

I have seen the 400 Mbps plans, but I am interested in going higher than that, since this could be really useful for some scenarios where we have tons of encoders and the uplink is above 200 Mbps

Thanks again,

Ignacio

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I prefer not to use the online shop and instead prefer to purchase from a distributor so the channel gets credit instead of just Peplink :slight_smile: The SKUs you’re looking for are:

SFC-CLD-U-1M
SFC-CLD-U-1Y

To do this you need to build and deploy your own SpeedFusion concentrator environment whether through physical hardware or FusionHub. If you need assistance in doing this, we provide a service to build and host an environment exclusive to you. However, the big catch here is that doing this in a cloud environment such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or Vultr gets very expensive at those speeds since you will be using a significant amount of transit/transport. These services charge on traffic egress by the GB.

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Thank you…

I don’t saw this code, before. Nice to know it.

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No problem. At the end of the day, it’s more cost effective to build your own FusionHub with your own public IP. :slight_smile:

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Thanks a lot, Christopher

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