Birmingham.
Two days, 2027.
We plan to return to Birmingham in 2027 with two days back to back. Day one is the Masterclass. Day two is our first advanced day, for engineers who already deploy Peplink. Book one day or both.
Register first, hear first
This date is proposed and not yet on sale. Registering is free and commits you to nothing. When the date is confirmed, registered contacts get the booking link before the public announcement.
Registered interest also shapes the plan. Tell us which days you would book and it feeds directly into what we run.
What we can tell you now
- Proposed for 2027, date to be confirmed.
- The Arden Hotel, near Birmingham Airport, hosted our first date and is our first choice of venue.
- Day two topic decided by registered interest.
- Pricing published with the date.
Day one: five modules, each paired with a lab
Every module is hands-on. You leave having done the work, not just watched it. This is deliberately not a certification course and not a replacement for PCSS, PCA or PCE. It sits alongside them as the practical day that shows how the kit actually behaves on a live site.
- 1
InControl2 at scale
Fleets, groups, config templates, and the workflows that stop large estates becoming unmanageable. By the end of this lab your router is on the venue network, broadcasting your own SSID, and enrolled in your own InControl2 organisation.
- 2
Cellular, done right
SIM selection, band locking, signal, antennas, MIMO and placement, then Starlink brought into a hybrid, resilient WAN. The physical layer most deployments get wrong.
- 3
SpeedFusion
Bonding, hot failover, WAN smoothing and FEC, plus PepVPN and FusionHub topologies, built and tested on the bench.
- 4
Outbound and inbound routing
Policy-based routing, outbound rules, port forwarding, inbound access and NAT behaviour. The part that separates a working install from a right one.
- 5
Live troubleshooting
The builds you made in modules one to four get broken on purpose. You diagnose and fix them live, with a repeatable method you take home.
If the day runs ahead and the group can take it, a bonus sixth module on high availability.
Who it is for: Installers, integrators and network engineers already working with Peplink, or about to be. You should be comfortable with basic networking. You do not need to be an expert; that is what the day is for.
Day two: our first advanced day
The day two topic will be decided by registered interest. These are the topics our first cohort asked for, most requested first. Tick the ones you would book in the form below.
Advanced configuration
Routing, firewall rules, QoS and bandwidth management, multi-WAN designs beyond the defaults, and Synergy Mode for combining the WANs of several routers.
Register interestSpeedFusion in depth
Bonding, hot failover, WAN smoothing and FEC tuned for real links, FusionHub topologies, and how to prove a tunnel is doing its job.
Register interestBroadcast and live events
Bonded uplinks for live video, venue networks that have to be built in a day, and the failure modes that only appear once the crowd arrives.
Register interestFault finding
A full day of broken builds. Structured diagnosis, the tools on the router, and the evidence to take to a carrier or a vendor.
Register interestCellular and antennas
Bands, carriers, antenna choice and placement, LEO alongside cellular, and measuring signal rather than guessing.
Register interestInControl2 at scale
Fleet structure, groups and templates, alerting, and the workflows that keep hundreds of devices manageable.
Register interestHigh availability and failover
Router pairs, redundant WANs and power, and designing for the failure you have not had yet.
Register interestMaritime and marine
Connectivity at sea and in port: cellular and LEO working together, coverage gaps, and managing vessels remotely.
Register interestWhere it started: Birmingham, 1 October 2026
Register for Birmingham, UK, 2027
Two quick questions: which cities you would attend, and which days you would book. We have ticked Birmingham, UK for you; add any other dates that work.
Thank you. You are on the list.
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When a date you registered for is confirmed, you will hear about it before the public announcement. In the meantime, Chicago is booking now for 17 November 2026.
Written by Adam Steadman
Adam Steadman
The Tech Factory, course author
Adam wrote the Masterclass, its five labs and every piece of material that goes with it, and taught the first date in Birmingham himself. He is a Peplink Certified Engineer Trainer with twenty-five years in IT and networking, known across the Peplink community as Agent Adam.
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