I finally have my Balance 20x up and running and now am faced with the task of integrating it into my network. I have a small amount of networking prowess, but I would appreciate any help this topic can afford.
Here’s what I have:
Main Internet: Starlink Connected to-
EdgeRouter X to distribute/connecting-
50 Static IP’s
20 Dynamic IP’s (any given time)
EERO (Gen 2) Mesh system as my WiFi
Everything works just fine currently, however, I have no failover/backup internet when Starlink goes down for 2 seconds or like the storm yesterday, 40 minutes.
Because I have so many Static IP’s configured, mostly locked in by MAC addresses, I was wondering if I can keep the EdgeRouter X in the system to continue to route traffic, or do I need to replace the EdgeRouter with the PepLink Balance 20x?
I was thinking about putting Starlink into Balance 20x’s WAN and then LAN 1 out to EdgeRouter X. Is that practical or reasonable to do? If so, what will I need to configure to allow this?
My apologies if this is a rudimentary question and maybe has been discussed before, but I’m trying to integrate with the least amount of headache or downtime. I have looked through the forums but there’s not much on this topic.
I have a similar setup to what you are wanting to do. Mine works because of “Ip-pass thru”. I have one balance one core that manages the LAN and AP Controller functions and a balance 310x to manage my wan links.
I imagine your edge router won’t have such an option for its wan interface, so you may not be able to do what you want without implementing some kind of double NAT. If all of your traffic is outbound (Lan to wan) - double NAT isn’t too big of a deal. If you have inbound traffic from wan to Lan - then you will have to set up a bunch of port forwarders, which is a pain to manage.
you are better off with just a single router. It is much simpler to troubleshoot and manage. What you are suggesting is possible, but you will have lots of caveats that you need to keep track of.
Thank you for relating your experience.
After reading your post, I decided to bite the bullet and enter my static IP’s manually. I’m grateful that Peplink allows import of CSV files to help minimize the typing…
They didn’t always have that option. I am glad that you were able to leverage it!
Peplink has done an amazing job with keeping the firmware evolution going on these devices. In my opinion, that is the real value with Peplink. They continually add value to existing products – many vendors do not.
