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C365-4G-H685 User Manual CB-V1 (March 2020)

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C365-4G-H685

COMMS365 H685 4G Router

USER MANUAL

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Page 1: ...C365 4G H685 User Manual CB V1 March 2020 www comms365 com 01234 865880 sales comms365 com C365 4G H685 COMMS365 H685 4G Router USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...7 Power Supply 8 2 8 LED and Check Network Status 9 3 Software Configuration 10 3 1 Overview 10 3 2 How to log into the Router 10 11 12 3 3 Router status 13 3 3 1 Status overview 13 3 3 2 Network status 13 3 3 3 Firewall status 14 3 3 4 Routes 15 3 3 5 System log 15 3 3 6 Kernel log 16 3 3 7 Realtime graphs 16 3 4 System Configuration 17 3 4 1 Setup wizard 17 3 4 2 System 17 18 3 4 3 Password 19 3...

Page 3: ...4 3 5 8 4 OpenVPN 34 35 3 5 8 5 GRE tunnel 35 3 5 9 DDNS 36 37 38 3 5 10 Connect Radio Module 38 3 6 Network Configuration 39 3 6 1 Operation Mode 39 3 6 1 1 Gets two LAN Ethernet Port for H685 39 3 6 2 Mobile configuration 40 41 3 6 3 Cell mobile data limitation 41 3 6 4 LAN settings 42 43 44 3 6 5 Wired WAN 44 3 6 6 Wi Fi Settings 45 3 6 6 1 Wi Fi General configuration 45 3 6 6 2 Wi Fi Advanced ...

Page 4: ...8 Firewall 50 3 6 8 1 General Settings 50 3 6 8 2 Port Forwards 51 3 6 8 3 traffic rules 51 52 53 3 6 8 4 DMZ 53 3 6 8 5 Security 54 3 6 9 Static Routes 55 3 6 10 Switch 55 3 6 11 DHCP and DNS 56 57 3 6 12 Diagnostics 57 3 6 13 Loopback Interface 57 58 3 6 14 Dynamic Routing 58 59 3 6 15 QoS 59 60 ...

Page 5: ...234 865880 sales comms365 com 2 Hardware Installation This chapter mainly describes the appearance model and function of C365 4G H685 series and how to install and set the configurations 1 Dimensions 2 Accessories 3 Installation 2 1 Overall Dimension 2 2 The Ports ...

Page 6: ...button Antenna Connection Table Antenna Connector Marks Cell for main cell antenna Aux for auxiliary cell antenna Wi Fi WLAN for Wi Fi antenna GPS for GPS antenna 2 3 Installation The C365 4G H685 should be installed and configured properly before using The installation and configuration should be done under supervision or by a qualified engineer Attention Do not install or connect disconnect the ...

Page 7: ...ation you will need to use a screwdriver to fix the cable to the connecting jacks of the terminal After achieving a successful connection you need to insert the terminal into the corresponding position in the bottom of the C365 4G H685 router Notes The connection sequence should be accurate Cable s insulating striping length is about 7mm For safety the length of the wire should be at least 7mm lon...

Page 8: ...the power range is very large So in order to overcome troublesome environments and improve the stability of the system the C365 4G H685 is designed with advanced power management technology The DC power supply to the device is transferred using the terminal PIN 2 GND and PIN 1 Vin Please refer to the above table for specifications of the terminal Normally the C365 4G H685 router inputs a power sup...

Page 9: ...e refer to the below table as a guide for the indication lights SYS On for 25 seconds On for 25 seconds after power supply Blink System set up normally Off or still on after 25 seconds System set up failure LAN Blink Data transmission in Ethernet Off Ethernet connection abnormal On Ethernet is connected VPN On VPN tunnel set up Off VPN tunnel set up failure or unactuated CELL On Access to the Inte...

Page 10: ...ing first these parameters offer flexibility for software upgrades and testing Users can set up and manage the parameters of the router on its interface detailed steps are below 3 2 How to log into the Router Network Configuration of the Computer The router default parameters are as follows _Default IP 192 168 1 1 sub mask 255 255 255 0 There are two ways to set the PC s IP address Option 1 Manual...

Page 11: ...DHCP Choose Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically After obtaining the IP setting check it by carrying out a ping test Click the Windows start menu run execute CMD command Enter ping 192 168 1 1 in the DOS window This information means that the connection is active ...

Page 12: ...s setting Please refer to Chapter 4 9 Log into the Router Open the Web Browser and type http 192 168 1 1 into the address field and press Enter Type Username admin and Password admin in the Login page and then press the Login button If you type in the correct Username and Password you will get access into the Router s status overview page The password can be changed using the setup wizard See page...

Page 13: ...34 865880 sales comms365 com 3 3 Router status 3 3 1 Status overview Click Status in the navigation bar and then click Overview 3 3 2 Network status The network status page shows detailed information of the cell mobile interface WAN and LAN Cell mobile interface page ...

Page 14: ...020 www comms365 com 01234 865880 sales comms365 com WAN status page LAN status page 3 3 3 Firewall status The firewall status page shows the IPv4 and IPv6 rules and counters The user can reset counters and restart firewall functionality here ...

Page 15: ... 4 Routes The routes page shows rules which are currently active on this router The ARP table is displayed as well 3 3 5 System log This page shows the system log from initial system boot up The system log is not saved when the router restarts It can be exported by clicking the Export syslog button ...

Page 16: ...mms365 com 3 3 6 Kernel log This page shows the Kernel log from the system boot up This log is not saved when the router restarts It can be exported by clicking the Export syslog button 3 3 7 Realtime graphs The real time graphs page shows real time system load interfaces traffic etc ...

Page 17: ...t button will save the configuration and jump to the next page All configurations will be applied after clicking the Finish button at the final step Step Wi Fi 3 4 2 System General Settings Local Time Displays system time and the user can Sync this time with the browser by clicking the Sync with browser button Hostname This is the router s name the default name is Cell Router Time zone Select a su...

Page 18: ...en External system log server This is the IP address of the external log server The user can setup a Linux machine with syslog running as a log server External system log server port The UDP port of the external log server Log output level Log level the default setting is debug which is the highest level Emergency is the lowest level Cron log level This is the log level for process Cron Language T...

Page 19: ...ssword that you entered 3 4 4 NTP NTP is the network timing protocol Enable NTP client The default value is set to enabled The router acts as an NTP client Provide NTP server The default setting is marked as unchecked The router acts as an NTP server NTP server candidates This is the NTP server list multiple NTP servers are accepted The user can click the button to delete an entry or click the but...

Page 20: ... Upgrade Upload a compatible firmware to replace the running system firmware The default setting for Keep settings is checked This means that the current configuration will be kept after the system upgrade An unchecked box will restore the router back to settings We highly recommend that you check this box Keep settings otherwise there may be uncertain conflicting parameters after updating Click t...

Page 21: ... comms365 com 3 4 7 Reset Reset all the configurations back to factory settings After clicking the Reset button a window will appear click the cancel button to cancel click the OK button to continue 3 4 8 Reboot Click the Reboot button and the system will restart in several seconds ...

Page 22: ... been sent and the response packet has not been received before the timeout then this ping has failed Max retries If the ping has failed the failed counter will display one If the failed counter is bigger or equal to the Max amount of retries then system will say that the ICMP check has failed an Action when failed will be triggered If the ping has succeeded the failed counter will be reset to 0 I...

Page 23: ...act as the master The required number is between 1 and 255 3 5 3 Failover link backup Enable Enable the failover feature Back to high priority If back to high priority is checked the high priority interface is available using the high priority interface as a WAN port If back to high priority is unchecked even if the high priority interface is available the router will keep its current interface as...

Page 24: ...685 models with the DTU option 2 This feature conflicts with the Connect Radio module and GPS send to serial option Please disable the DTU feature if you wish to continue using the Connect Radio Module or GPS send to serial feature Enable Enable DTU feature Send DTU ID Send DTU ID at the front of packet DTU ID The default DTU ID is the SN of the router the user can re write it if necessary Forward...

Page 25: ... the Add button to add a new centre here If the centre is not required the user can click the Delete button to delete it or set it to be disabled Notes The maximum number of DTU centre is 32 3 5 5 SNMP Enable SNMP Enable SNMP feature Remote Access Allow remote access of the SNMP If it is unchecked only the LAN subnet can access the SNMP Contact Enter the contact information here Location Enter the...

Page 26: ...via SNMP default we set all as 0 0 0 0 0 User The SNMPv3 username Security Mode Three options None private and Authorized If it is set to None no password is required If it is set to Authorized only the Authentication method and password are required Authentication Authentication method two options MD5 and SHA Encryption Encryption method DES and AES are both supported Authentication password The ...

Page 27: ...er only receives the GPS signal it will not process it It will just send the received GPS signal to your GPS processor device or server If the GPS processor device is connected to the C365 4G H685 Router via the Serial Port then please choose Serial If the GPS processor device is a remote server please choose Serial GPS to TCP UDP Settings Server IP Enter the correct destination server IP or domai...

Page 28: ...ellup If the router receives this command the Router Cell will be online Set cell link down Command Enter the command for router cell link down operation the default setting is celldown If the router gets this command the Router Cell will be offline DIO_0 Set Command Enter the command for I O port 0 For the SMS feature please keep the parameter as default DIO_0 Reset Command Enter the command for ...

Page 29: ... and the real time signal strength is lower than the Signal Quality Threshold the failed counter will display one If the real time signal strength is bigger than this threshold then reset the failed counter to 0 Failed Times Threshold If the failed counter is more than this threshold a signal alarm will be generated Success Times Threshold If a signal alarm is generated and the success counter is ...

Page 30: ... IPSEC feature Exchange mode IKEv1 Main IKEv1 Aggressive and IKEv2 Main mode are supported Authentication method Client and Server The Client is the machine which starts the IPSEC connection Remote VPN endpoint Domain name or IP address of the remote endpoint It can be visited from the internet Pre shared Keys This is known as the PSK the length is 16 to 32 Local subnet The subnet of the local sub...

Page 31: ...in the Phase 1 Proposal and the Phase 2 Proposal must match with the remote endpoint to establish the IPSEC connection 3 5 8 2 PPTP This page displays a list of configured PPTP instances and their states The user can click the Edit button to modify it or click the Delete button to delete an instance PPTP Client configuration ...

Page 32: ...each echo requests is set at 5 seconds Use default gateway If unchecked no default route is configured Use DNS servers advertised by peer If unchecked the advertised DNS server addresses are ignored PPTP Server Configuration Local IP Indicate server s IP address Remote IP The remote IP address lease start Remote IP end The remote IP address lease end ARP Proxy If the remote IP has the same subnet ...

Page 33: ...rver authentication username Password The server authentication password MTU The maximum transmission unit Keep Alive The Number of unanswered echo requests before considering it as inactive The interval between each echo requests is set at 5 seconds Check up Interval The number of seconds to pass before checking if the interface is not up since the last setup attempt and retrying the connection S...

Page 34: ... 255 255 0 Username The server authentication username Password The server authentication password 3 5 8 4 Open VPN This page is a list of configured Open VPN instances and their state You can click the Edit button to modify it or click the Delete to delete it You can click the Start or Stop button to start or stop a specific instance Note for the Open VPN configuration page you can hover the mous...

Page 35: ...tunnel feature TTL Time to live MTU The maximum transmission unit Peer IP address The remote WAN IP address Remote Network IP The remote LAN subnet address Remote Netmask The remote LAN subnet mask Local Tunnel IP Virtual IP address This cannot be in the same subnet as the LAN network Local Tunnel Mask Virtual IP mask Local Gateway ...

Page 36: ... Domain name that you can access the router by IP address source Defines the source that reads the systems IPv4 Address before sending it to the DDNS provider The recommended option is network Network Defines the network that reads the systems IPv4 Address DNS server OPTIONAL Use non default DNS Server to detect Registered IP The IP address and domain name are required Log to syslog Writes log mes...

Page 37: ...orce interval The minimum check interval is 1 minute 60seconds Error Retry Counter On Error the script will stop after a given number of retries The default setting of 0 will constantly retry Read the log file of DDNS Note If using the DDNS server no ip com please can you check the Use HTTP Secure box and enter 8 8 8 8 for the DNS Server Example as per below ...

Page 38: ...e DTU and GPS sent to serial feature Please make sure the other two features are disabled before enabling the Connect Radio Module Otherwise an error will occur Connect Mode Serial only Modem to Serial Setting Serial baudrate Options of 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200bps Serial parity Options of none odd even Serial databits Options of 7 bits and 8 bits Serial stopbit Options of 1 bits and 2 bits Se...

Page 39: ... LAN ports NAT Enabled Network Address Translation Default setting is Enabling Ethernet wan port role Wired WAN port acts as a WAN The Ethernet wan port is used for LAN Default is Checked Wired WAN port acts as a LAN The Ethernet wan port is used as an LAN port to provide 2 LAN Ethernet ports If the WAN RJ45 Ethernet port is used for WAN please do not check this feature The default option is to se...

Page 40: ...nnect for the cell modem only supports 3G the default mode is pppd mode otherwise the default value is DHCP mode APN Fill in the related parameters Get this parameter from the SIM Card Provider or Carrier PIN number If necessary fill in the related parameters Most SIM cards have no PIN code and so keep this field blank Dialing number Fill in the related parameters Get this parameter from the SIMCa...

Page 41: ...always online The router will keep online whether there is data for transmission or not On Demand The router will dialup when there is data for transmission Idle time minutes Enter the time For example enter 5 the router will be offline after 5 minutes if there is no data for transmission Scheduled Router dialup or offline with schedule One group is supported 3 6 3 Cell mobile data limitation Enab...

Page 42: ...nt hint Assign prefix parts using this hexadecimal subprefix ID for LAN Bring up on boot If checked the LAN interface will be set up when there is a system bootup If unchecked the LAN interface will be down Don t set it to unchecked if you don t have a specified reason for it Use built in IPv6 management The default is checked If IPv6 is not needed it can be set to be unchecked Override MAC addres...

Page 43: ...e network address Limit Maximum number of leased addresses Leasetime Expiry time of leased addresses minimum is 2 minutes 2m 12H means 12 hours Dynamic DHCP Dynamically allocate DHCP addresses for clients If disabled only clients having static leases will be served Force Force DHCP on this network even if another server is detected IPv4 Netmask Override the netmask sent to clients Normally it is c...

Page 44: ...outer Advertisement Service NDP Proxy Three options disabled relay mode and hybrid Always announce default router Announce as a default router even if no public prefix is available 3 6 5 Wired WAN Protocol The default protocol is a DHCP client If it should be changed to another protocol such as PPPoE select protocol PPPoE then click the Switch protocol button After this click the Switch protocol b...

Page 45: ... web browser is Google Chrome 3 6 6 Wi Fi Settings Wi Fi Restart Turn off Wi Fi firstly and then turn on AP Client Scan all frequencies to get the Wi Fi network information Add Add a new Wireless network Disable Set a wireless network to down Edit Modify detailed information of the wireless network Remove Delete a wireless network Associated Stations This is a list of the connected wireless statio...

Page 46: ...ans 802 11n Channel Channel 1 11 supported Width 20MHz and 40MHz Transmit Power From 0dBm to 20dBm supported 3 6 6 2 Wi Fi Advanced Configuration Country Code Use ISO IEC 3166 alpha2 country codes Distance Optimization Distance to farthest network member in meters Fragmentation Threshold RTS CTS Threshold 3 6 6 3 Wi Fi Interface Configuration ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier It is the broadca...

Page 47: ...u want to attach to this wireless interface or fill out the create A field to define a new network Hide Extended Service Set Identifier Hide SSID means this Wi Fi cannot be scanned by others WMM Mode Encryption Key This is the password to join a wireless network If the encryption is set to No Encryption no password is needed ...

Page 48: ...start to scan all the Wi Fi signals Step 2 If the Wi Fi that you want to join is on the list then click the Join Network button If it is not then click the Repeat Scan button until you find the Wi Fi that you want to join Step 3 Join Network Settings Replace the wireless configuration An additional wireless network will be created if it is unchecked Otherwise it will replace the old configuration ...

Page 49: ...49 C365 4G H685 User Manual CB V1 March 2020 www comms365 com 01234 865880 sales comms365 com Step 5 Click the Save Apply button to start the AP client ...

Page 50: ... V1 March 2020 www comms365 com 01234 865880 sales comms365 com 3 6 7 Interfaces Overview The Interfaces overview shows all interfaces status including uptime MAC address RX TX and IP address 3 6 8 Firewall 3 6 8 1 General Settings ...

Page 51: ... traffic directed at the given destination port on this host Internal zone The recommend zone is LAN Internal IP address Redirect matched incoming traffic to the specific host Internal port Redirect matched incoming traffic to the given port on the internal host 3 6 8 3 Traffic rules Traffic rules define policies for packets travelling between different zones for example to reject traffic between ...

Page 52: ...880 sales comms365 com Open ports on router and create new forward rules Source NAT list and create source NAT rule Traffic rule configuration page This page allows you to change the advanced properties of the traffic rule entry such as matched source and destination hosts ...

Page 53: ...ess Traffic rule check if the incoming packet s source IP address is the same Source port Traffic rule check if the incoming packet s TCP UDP port the same Destination zone The zone that the traffic will go to Destination address Traffic rule check if the incoming packet s destination IP address is the same Destination port Traffic rule check if the incoming packet s TCP UDP port is the same Actio...

Page 54: ...is host 3 6 8 5 Security SSH access from WAN Allow or deny users access of the C365 4G H685 router from THE remote side Ping from WAN to LAN Allow or deny ping requests from the remote side to the internal LAN subnet HTTPS access from WAN Allow or deny access to the router web management page from the remote side Remote network Any IP Address Single IP address Subnet IP address Enter a remote IP a...

Page 55: ...the same as the host the Netmask must be 255 255 255 255 If the destination IP address is an IP network segment it must match the Netmask For example if the destination IP is 10 0 0 0 and the Netmask is 255 0 0 0 3 6 10 Switch Notes 1 Port 4 is A Wired WAN port port 0 port 1 port 2 port 3 are LAN ports 2 Untagged means the Ethernet frame transmits from this port without a VLAN tag 3 Tagged means t...

Page 56: ...cal domain Local domain suffix appended to DHCP names and hosts file entries Log queries Write received DNS requests to syslog DNS forwardings List of DNS servers to forward requests to Rebind protection Discard upstream RFC1918 responses Allow localhost Allow upstream responses in the 127 0 0 0 8 range e g for RBL services Domain whitelist List of domains to allow RFC1918 responses for Suppress l...

Page 57: ...S queries Max DHCP leases Maximum allowed number of active DHCP leases Max edns0 packet size Maximum allowed size of EDNS 0 UDP packets Max concurrent queries Maximum allowed number of concurrent DNS queries 3 6 12 Diagnostics Ping This is a tool that is used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol IP network Traceroute This is a network diagnostic tool for displaying the route ...

Page 58: ...elnet port number is 2604 OSPF6 Open Shortest Path First for IPv6 Telnet port number is 2606 RIP Routing Information Protocol Telnet port number is 2602 RIPng This is an IPv6 reincarnation of the RIP protocol Telnet port number is 2603 BGP Border Gateway Protocol Telnet port number is 2605 Note How to configure these services For example the router s LAN IP is 192 168 10 1 If you want to configure...

Page 59: ...865880 sales comms365 com Input the password of OSPF Then press key for help 3 6 15 QoS QoS Quality of Service can prioritize network traffic by address port or service Enable Enable QoS on this interface Classification group Specify class group used for this interface ...

Page 60: ...ied Target The four default options are priority express normal low Source host Packets matching this source host s single IP or in CIDR notation belong to the bucket defined in target Destination host Packets matching this destination host s single IP or in CIDR notation belong to the bucket defined in the target Protocol Packets matching this protocol belong to the bucket defined in the target P...

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