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7. VPN

GL.iNet routers have pre-installed VPN server and client in OpenVPN and
WireGuard.

Shadowsocks is not a default function and you need to install packages in Plug-
ins.

7.1. OpenVPN

GL.iNet routers have pre-installed OpenVPN server and client.

7.1.1.

OpenVPN Client

OpenVPN client requires OpenVPN configuration file (.ovpn) to create the
OpenVPN connection. If you have your own VPN service provider but you don't
know how to get the configuration file, please refer to

Get your configuration file

Click

+ Add a New VPN Configuration

to upload the configuration file.

Summary of Contents for Convexa-B

Page 1: ...Convexa B GL B1300 USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... 4 3 Admin Panel 5 2 INTERNET 6 2 1 Cable 7 1 DHCP 8 2 Static 8 3 PPPoE 9 2 2 Repeater 10 2 3 USB 3G 4G Modem 11 Compatible Modems 13 2 4 Tethering 14 3 WIRELESS 15 4 CLIENTS 17 5 UPGRADE 17 5 1 Online Upgrade 17 5 2 Upload Firmware 18 1 Official OpenWrt LEDE firmware 18 2 Compile your own firmware 19 5 3 Auto Upgrade 19 6 FIREWALL 19 6 1 Port Forwards 20 6 2 Open Ports on Router 21 6 3 DMZ 21 7 V...

Page 3: ...licy 39 7 3 3 Clear DNS cache 41 8 APPLICATIONS 41 8 1 Plug ins 41 8 2 Internet Kill Switch 42 Setup 43 8 3 File Sharing 45 8 3 1 Router settings 45 8 3 2 Access the storage device 46 8 3 3 Windows 46 8 3 4 Mac OS 51 8 2 5 iOS 54 8 2 6 Linux 58 8 2 7 ChromeOS or ChromiumOS Neverware CloudReady and others 58 Android 59 8 3 DDNS 72 8 4 Cloud 79 Introduction 79 Setup 80 Manage your devices 88 Site to...

Page 4: ...LED Indicators 132 GL B1300 133 LED Customization 133 10 2 Repair or Reset 134 10 3 Debrick via Uboot 135 10 4 Change WAN to LAN 138 10 5 Captive Portal 140 10 6 GL iNet app 142 10 7 Access Web Panel 144 Check connection router s IP address 144 Your IP address is incorrect 144 Your IP address is correct 144 10 8 Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP 145 Introduction 145 Connect via web panel 146 ...

Page 5: ...Page 1 152 1 Getting Started with GL iNet Convexa B Model GL B1300 1 1 Power on Plug the power cable into the power port of the router ...

Page 6: ... devices to the local area network LAN of the router You cannot access the Internet currently In order to connect to the Internet please finish the setup procedures below and then follow Internet to set up an Internet connection 1 Connect via LAN Connect your device to the LAN port of the router via Ethernet cable ...

Page 7: ...password goodlife Note The SSID was printed on the bottom label of the router with the following formats GL B1300 XXX GL B1300 XXX 5G 1 3 Access the Web Admin Panel Open a web browser we recommend Chrome Firefox and visit http 192 168 8 1 You will be directed to the initial setup of the web Admin Panel ...

Page 8: ...rançais Español and 日本語 Note If your browser always redirects to Luci http 192 168 8 1 cgi bin luci you can visit http 192 168 8 1 index html instead of http 192 168 8 1 2 Admin Password Setting There is no default password for the Admin Panel You have to set your own password which must be at least 5 characters long Then click Submit to proceed ...

Page 9: ...web Admin Panel and the embedded Linux system It will not change your Wi Fi password 3 Admin Panel After the initial setup you will enter the web Admin Panel of the router It allows you to check the status and manage the settings of the router ...

Page 10: ...Page 6 152 2 INTERNET There are total 4 types of connection method that you can use to access the Internet Cable Repeater 3G 4G Modem and Tethering Click INTERNET to create an Internet connection ...

Page 11: ...via Ethernet cable to access the Internet Before plugging the Ethernet cable into the WAN port of the router you can click Use as LAN to set the WAN port as a LAN port That is useful when you are using the router as a repeater As a result you can have one more LAN port ...

Page 12: ...P DHCP is the default and most common protocol It doesn t require any manual configuration 2 Static Static is required if your Internet Service Provider ISP has provided a fixed IP address for you or you want to configure the network information such as IP address Gateway Netmask manually The current settings will be automatically filled once you choose Static Change it according to your needs and...

Page 13: ...ny Internet Service Providers ISP Generally your ISP will give you a modem and provide you a username password that you needed when you are creating the Internet connection Under PPPoE protocol enter your username and password then click Apply ...

Page 14: ...Service Provider mode by default which means that the router will create its own subnet and act as a firewall to protect you from the public network In Repeater section click Scan to search for the available wireless networks nearby Choose a SSID from the drop down list and enter its password You can also enable the Remember button to save the current chose wireless network Finally click Join ...

Page 15: ...be configured through Tethering but not 3G 4G modem Click Auto Setup to create the connection You can also click Manual Setup to set up manually In General you can set up by the three basic parameters below Click Apply to connect Device Choose dev cdc wdm0 if your modem supports QMI otherwise you need to choose dev ttyUSB which may include several ttyUSB from 0 to 3 You need to choose the correct ...

Page 16: ...et it manually However if you have this info please input it Pincode Username and Password Generally these are not necessary for an unlocked SIM card However if you have a locked SIM card please consult your service provider It is connected when the IP address of your SIM card shows up ...

Page 17: ...ectel EC20 E EC20 A EC20 C 4G Yes GL iNet Quectel EC25 E EC25 A EC25 V EC25 C 4G Yes GL iNet Quectel UC20 E 3G Yes GL iNet ZTE ME909s 821 4G Yes GL iNet Huawei E1550 3G Yes GL iNet Huawei E3276 4G Yes GL iNet TP Link MA260 3G Yes GL iNet ZTE M823 4G Yes Arnas Risqianto ZTE MF190 3G Yes Arnas Risqianto Huawei E3372 4G Yes anonymous ...

Page 18: ...orted html for a well supported modem list 2 4 Tethering Using USB cable to share network from your smartphone to the router is called Tethering Host less modem works in Tethering during the setup of the modem as well For host less modem tethering plug it into the USB port of the router For smartphone tethering connect it to the USB port of the router and click Trust to continue when the message p...

Page 19: ... The encryption method of the Wi Fi Wi Fi Key The password of the Wi Fi which must be at least 6 characters long We suggest you to change it when you receive the router Hide SSID Show or hide the SSID Channel The router will not choose the best channel itself You need to choose a channel manually If your router is used as a Wi Fi repeater the channel will be fixed according to the connected wirele...

Page 20: ...Page 16 152 Click Modify to change the settings of the wireless network ...

Page 21: ...n type Click the button on the right to block any unwanted client 5 UPGRADE Click UPGRADE to check any available update and upgrade the firmware 5 1 Online Upgrade You can find the current firmware version here If your router is connected to the Internet it will check for the newer firmware version available for download ...

Page 22: ...2 Upload Firmware Click Local Upgrade to upload a firmware file to the router Simply drag and drop your firmware file to the area indicated 1 Official OpenWrt LEDE firmware Only the testing version of 3 x firmware is available for GL B1300 currently You can download the official firmware from our website GL B1300 https dl gl inet com firmware b1300 ...

Page 23: ... GL iNet OpenWrt LEDE firmware 2 Compile your own firmware You can compile your own firmware and flash to the router Please refer to github com domino team openwrt cc 5 3 Auto Upgrade You can enable auto upgrade The router will search for available update and upgrade automatically according to the time that you set 6 FIREWALL In FIREWALL you can set up firewall rules like port forwarding open port...

Page 24: ...Name The name of the rule which can be specified by the user Internal IP The IP address assigned by the router to the device which needs to be accessed remotely External Ports The numbers of external ports You can enter a specific port number or a range of service ports E g 100 300 Internal Ports The internal port number of the device You can enter a specific port number Leave it blank if it is sa...

Page 25: ...d a New One Name The name of the rule which can be specified by the user Port The port number that you want to open Protocol The protocol used you can choose TCP UDP or both TCP and UDP Status Activate of Deactivate the rule 6 3 DMZ DMZ allows you to expose one computer to the Internet so that all the inbounds packets will be redirected to the computer you set Click DMZ and enable Open DMZ Input t...

Page 26: ...1 OpenVPN GL iNet routers have pre installed OpenVPN server and client 7 1 1 OpenVPN Client OpenVPN client requires OpenVPN configuration file ovpn to create the OpenVPN connection If you have your own VPN service provider but you don t know how to get the configuration file please refer to Get your configuration file Click Add a New VPN Configuration to upload the configuration file ...

Page 27: ...rag and drop your file to the pop up windows It can be a single ovpn file or a zip tar gz file which contains multiple ovpn files Be careful that some ovpn files use separated ca cert crl files These files must be zipped together with the ovpn file before upload ...

Page 28: ...2 Enter Description Username and Password Enter a description for your OpenVPN configuration file and then click Submit to finish the upload process In some cases it will ask you to enter your username and password ...

Page 29: ...Page 25 152 3 Connect to the OpenVPN server You can now click Connect to start the OpenVPN connection Once connected you should find your IP address data received sent ...

Page 30: ...Description User name or Password of each configuration file You can also add delete a configuration file or even purge all your uploaded configuration files If your configuration file is a zip tar gz file which includes multiple ovpn files you can choose an individual ovpn file that you would like to connect in Server ...

Page 31: ...ion file you can follow the instruction below However you have to contact your service provider for the configuration file if they are not listed below If you have any problem in the setup of OpenVPN please contact support gl inet com 7 1 2 OpenVPN Server You can set up an OpenVPN server on GL iNet router Click Generate a configuration file ...

Page 32: ...ver configurations You can also click Modify to change them manually Click Apply when you finish 2 Export OpenVPN configuration file Click Export Config to download the OpenVPN configuration file which you need to upload when you are configuring your OpenVPN client ...

Page 33: ...Page 29 152 3 Start the OpenVPN server Click Start to start your OpenVPN server Otherwise you will not be able to connect to the OpenVPN server by using its configuration file ...

Page 34: ...impler leaner and more useful than IPSec while avoiding the massive headache It intends to be considerably more performant than OpenVPN GL iNet routers have pre installed WireGuard server and client 7 2 1 WireGuard Client To set up a WireGuard client please click Add New Profiles 1 Specify the name of your server Specify the name and then click Next ...

Page 35: ... 31 152 2 Input the configurations There are different methods to input the configurations You can copy the JSON or Plain Text configurations from your server to Configuration or input the settings manually ...

Page 36: ...Page 32 152 After copy the JSON or Plain Text from your server you can paste it in the Configuration and then click Add to finish the WireGuard Client setup ...

Page 37: ...click Add finish the WireGuard Client setup Configuraion https static gl inet com docs en 3 app wireguard Wire2 PNG Mullvad Select Mullvad as the provider enter your Account Number and then click Add to finish the WireGuard Client setup Configuraion https static gl inet com docs en 3 app wireguard Wire3 PNG Waiting for the adding 3 Connect to the WireGuard server Click Connect You will see the upl...

Page 38: ...WireGuard server on GL iNet router with firmware 3 0 Click Create a New User 1 Start a WireGuard server You can simply use the default parameters of Local IP and Local Port or you can set your own value Then click Start to start your own WireGuard server ...

Page 39: ...a new client You have to add a new user and apply the configurations when you are connecting to this WireGuard server Click Management tab and then Create a New User Specify the Name of the new client and then click Add ...

Page 40: ...lient Please click Configurations to find the configuration details which you need to use when you are setting up WireGuard client We provide QRcode Plain Text and JSON configurations currently If you are using another GL iNet router as a client please copy the JSON configuration and paste it directly when you are setting up WireGuard client ...

Page 41: ...ith various OS Please refer to WireGuard Official Website https www wireguard com install 7 2 5 Visit Client s LAN Subnet Visit Client s LAN Subnet from WireGuard Server LAN Subnet 1 Change WireGuard clients LAN IP to avoid IP confliction with Server 2 Modify Wireguard_Server Configuration ...

Page 42: ... list subnet 192 168 xxx 0 24 Save and Exit 7 3 VPN Policies Starting from firmware version 3 022 users can define VPN routing policies For example it is possible to use VPN for a specific website IP while maintaining a normal Internet traffic without VPN for others 7 3 1 Settings Enable VPN Policy Turn on off VPN policies Use VPN for guest network Turn on off use VPN for guest network ...

Page 43: ...em can be either Domain IP e g gl inet com 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 0 24 or Mac address 24 F0 94 5C 8E F9 7 3 2 Add VPN policy You can only configure either Only allow the following use VPN or Do not use VPN for the following Click the drop box to switch among Only allow the following use VPN and Do not use VPN for the following To add a policy enter the domain IP or Mac address into the box and then...

Page 44: ...Page 40 152 However if we want to route all traffic through VPN except gl inet com we need to add gl inet com under Do not use VPN for ...

Page 45: ...esponder Ubuntu Open Terminal and execute command sudo service network manager restart You may also need to clear DNS cache in your browser Chrome Visit chrome net internals dns Click Clear host cache Firefox Open Firefox and press Ctrl Shift Delete Select Time range to Everything and check only Cache Finally click Clear Now 8 APPLICATIONS 8 1 Plug ins Plug ins allows you to manage OpenWrt package...

Page 46: ...upgrade Note With this option enabled you need to set up the router as a VPN client for any of the router s clients to be able to connect to the internet After this setting is on the router needs to run the VPN client all the time if the VPN client is not running the clients are Not Allowed to access the Internet ...

Page 47: ...Page 43 152 Setup 1 Choose Internet Kill Switch Choose Internet Kill Switch from VPN 2 Enable Internet Kill Switch Switch on the Enable button in the middle of the page ...

Page 48: ...Page 44 152 3 Apply Internet Kill Switch Click Apply in the upper right corner 4 Wait for the Success notice The SUCCESS Message will pop up if the Internet Kill Switch turn on correctly ...

Page 49: ...ared among all your connected clients You can easily read or modify its contents 8 3 1 Router settings The contents of the external storage device are shared to LAN but not WAN and they are unwritable by default Please click on your router model below to check how to change the file sharing settings of the router Supported external storage devices ...

Page 50: ... user to Guest then even if they don t supply a username and password or an invalid one ANYONE connected to your router can access the files in the share in Read Only mode If you enable Writable mode this applies to both Guests AND the default root user If you enable write access anybody can create or delete files and folders if you disable write access not even the root user can delete them via S...

Page 51: ...otuer is controlling You can refer to the following link https docs gl inet com en 3 app ssh 2 Modify the Samba configuration file type the following command sed i s security share security user etc samba smb conf template 3 Restart the Samba service type the following command etc init d samba restart ...

Page 52: ...r router IP Address such as 192 168 8 1 5 You can view files in your USB flash drive through GL iNet router now Method 2 Samba 1 0 SMB1 0 Support 1 Your network must be Home Private Otherwise you may not be able to see your router in Network ...

Page 53: ...e 49 152 3 0 firmware supports SMB2 and if you need SMB3 use WinSCP to router edit etc samba smb conf template Change the max protocol SMB2 to min protocol SMB1 max protocol SMB3 then save and exit WinSCP ...

Page 54: ...ring Center Find if your active network is Home network If not click it and change it to Home network Windows 10 Change your network to private by this tutorial Go to Control Panel Programs and Features Turn Windows features on or off Find SMB 1 0 CIFS file sharing support check all SMB1 related items click apply and restart your computer ...

Page 55: ...Page 51 152 2 Open a Windows explorer you can find Network in the folder directory Double click your router to access its contents Mac OS Method 1 1 Open Finder Menu Go Connect to Server ...

Page 56: ...Page 52 152 2 Input smb 192 168 8 1 you need to change this if your router IP address is not 192 168 8 1 ...

Page 57: ...Page 53 152 3 Click Connect 4 Input username and password they are the same when you login Web Admin Panel 5 Then Finder will display files of USB disk ...

Page 58: ...aring Click Options and then enable SMB 2 Open Finder You should be able to find your router under Shared iOS You have to use file manage app to access the contents of your external storage device You may use FE File Explorer 1 Click to create a Windows connection ...

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Page 60: ...Page 56 152 2 Enter the IP address of your router 192 168 8 1 The User Name is root and the Password is the one that you use to login the web Admin Panel Finally click Save ...

Page 61: ...Page 57 152 3 Click your newly created connection to access the contents ...

Page 62: ...en the app you should have a Connect to server option there you can enter either the servername share or smb servername share format ChromeOS or ChromiumOS Neverware CloudReady and others There is a built in Samba SMB client in the Files app but it doesn t really seem to work very well Instead the most useful ChromeOS app to allow mounting Samba shares even though it doesn t have high ratings is F...

Page 63: ... the dialog to fill out with the server name and some other details but only the server name IP and share name are required You can click the gear icon to enable saving the password for a share indefinitely and you can click the Keep button to save the share to easily mount again in the future Android Most Android devices have file manager which you can use to access the contents of your external ...

Page 64: ...Page 60 152 2 Click Scan to find your network storage device ...

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Page 67: ...L iNet routers support DLNA Server but this is not a default function You need to install a little plug ins to make it workable 8 3 1 Install Plug ins Go to APPLICATIONS then Plug ins Install two apps 1 luci app minidlna 2 miniDLNA ...

Page 68: ...card inserted into the card slot before you power up your router Hot plug is not supported on GL iNET routers 2 Or you can insert an USB drive into the USB port 3 Connnet your PC Laptop tablet smart TV or Smartphone to GL iNET router s WiFi SSID Here is the sample GL AR750 xxx 4 Then you can find the OpenWrt DLNA Server in your devices Take Windows as example In Windows Media Player ...

Page 69: ...Page 65 152 In Windows File Explorer Network IOS Install VLC or UPNP Extreme in App Store ...

Page 70: ...Page 66 152 You can easily find the OpenWrt DLNA Sever in UPNP UPNP Extreme and VLC Installation UPNP Setup ...

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Page 73: ...Page 69 152 VLC Setup Step 1 Click the Traffic Cones Logo on the left top select Local Network Step 2 You can find the OpenWrt DLNA Server easily in Local Network Step 1 Step 2 ...

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Page 76: ...n 3 release_notes Local upgrade Open a web browser we recommend Chrome to access router Web Admin Panel default url is http 192 168 8 1 At the left side UPGRADE Local Upgrade select the firmware file you have downloaded you can turn off Keep Settings for a clean install and more stable click Install button It takes several minutes to install 1 Install gl cloud ui plug If your firmware version is e...

Page 77: ...ss toggle Enabled DDNS agree Terms of Services Privacy Policy click Apply button Generally it takes several minutes to take effect Move mouse to hover the icon besides Enabled DDNS it will display the DDNS url of your device The DDNS domain printed on the back label of router has changed If your DDNS url is xxxxxxx gl inet com on the back of router new DDNS url will be xxxxxxx glddns com 3 Check i...

Page 78: ...slookup command nslookup xx5007c glddns com 8 8 8 8 The output above means the DDNS url has maped to a IP address 4 HTTP Remote Access This function requires a public network IP If your router is behind NAT you may need to set up port forward in higher level router It use port 80 Follow the steps above to enable HTTP Remote Access ...

Page 79: ... access like http xxxxxxx glddns com YourExternalPort 5 HTTPS Remote Access This function requires a public network IP If your router is behind NAT you may need to set up port forward in higher level router It use port 443 This function use self signed certificates so the browers will indicate that Your connection is not private I will show you how to use it anyway on Chrome iOS Other browers are ...

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Page 81: ...Page 77 152 As show above click Advanced ...

Page 82: ...you use port forward you should be access like https xxxxxxx glddns com YourExternalPort 6 SSH Remote Access This function requires a public network IP If your router is behind NAT you may need to set up port forward in higher level router It use port 22 Follow the steps above to enable SSH Remote Access then you can ssh to your router anywhere 7 Turn Off If you don t want to use DDNS just disable...

Page 83: ...ace is like above 8 6 Cloud Introduction GL iNet GoodCloud cloud management service provide an easy and simple way to remotely access and manage routers Check live router status Live online offline status check Live RAM and Load Average check ...

Page 84: ...oups Manage devices in one page Site to Site Virtual Office extend your office network to other offices Business Travel remote access office s OA CRM MySQL systems Smart Home remote access IP camera NAS and other devices at home Setup GoodCloud only support firmware v3 021 and above right now we recommend to upgrade to the latest testing version Pre release for better cloud experience This documen...

Page 85: ...t the firmware file you download you can turn off Keep Settings for more stable click Install button It takes several minutes to install If you want to learn more about upgrade please scroll top Setup Choose the model Upgrade Enable Cloud Manage on router Web Admin Panel Open a web browser we recommend Chrome and to access router Web Admin Panel default url is http 192 168 8 1 ...

Page 86: ...s www goodcloud xyz to access GoodCloud web site by Chrome or your favorite browser Sign up an account and sign in If you don t find the verify email look in spam or check email later If you have any difficulty with sign up please send email to admin goodcloud xyz for help Select region At the first time when you sign in it will pop up a dialog to let you select the region select the region that y...

Page 87: ...Page 83 152 Add a new group On the left side Groups List Add group Follow the steps below to add a new group Set the group name company description and location Each device must belong to a group ...

Page 88: ...it will be automatically discovered and can be found when click Device list DDNS or Device ID can be found on the back of your router PS Input DDNS Device ID here just to verify that the router is really original valid DDNS feature and the Cloud feature are separate things For most models it is DDNS on the back but for some new models it is Device ID on the back If you haven t added a group before...

Page 89: ...tically try Manually add All information that need to input can be found on the back of the router PS Input MAC SN and DDNS Device ID here just to verify that the router is really original and valid DDNS feature and the Cloud feature are separate things ...

Page 90: ...ome new models DDNS has been changed to Device ID on the back of router Bulk import Bulk import is for user who have a great number of devices to add By Bulk import you can import many devices by a Microsoft excel file ...

Page 91: ...GoodCloud go back to router Web Admin Panel APPLICATION Remote Access Cloud Management press F5 to refresh this page It will display the binded GoodCloud username hover the username it will show the corresponding GoodCloud email account Click View Logs will show api call logs by GoodCloud ...

Page 92: ...ter If you want to unbind router click Unbind button If you have any difficulties please send email to admin goodcloud xyz for help Manage your devices devices info and status Sign in Goodcloud check at left side Device List ...

Page 93: ...Page 89 152 there is icon at the first column of this table means this device is online means this device is offline means this device is deactivated it has never connected to GoodCloud before ...

Page 94: ...e time is the latest time when device disconnected GoodCloud Update time is the latest time when device connected or disconnected GoodCloud IP if your router run VPN client this IP will be your VPN IP by default Learn More LTE Signal Only available for 4G devices e g GL MiFi GL X750 Toggle the column on Device List page ...

Page 95: ...trength Type and relavant parameters Device detail info At left side Device List click the name of a online device it will open a page to manage this device of WiFi Clients and view router info memory usage up time load average and log ...

Page 96: ...Page 92 152 Device info WiFi Modify all WiFi settings ...

Page 97: ...line tab display the activities of router and messages uploaded by the router s associated IoT device Set email alarm You can set email alarm when a device is online offline and new client connected At left side Setting Alarm Setting create alarm rules ...

Page 98: ...2 Then set the email you want to receive notification To ensure you get email successful please add admin goodcloud xyz to your email address book Site to Site Site to Site only support firmware v3 026 and above ...

Page 99: ...partner company the Site to Site allows the companies to work together in a secure shared network environment while preventing access to their separate internets Senerio 3 A family has IP camera and when they are not at home the Site to Site allows to remote access the IP camera What conditions do I need to create Site to Site One of the loations has a public static or dynamic ip and two or more G...

Page 100: ...port find the Advanced option at the lower left corner Due to device s performance each Site to Site network can have up to 10 devices After you had chosen the devices click Continue Then it will test each device if it can be set as the Main Node of Site to Site ...

Page 101: ... the Main Node If none of the devices can be used as the Main Node make sure that One of routers has a public IP either static public IP or dynamic public IP Port is open default is 51830 If the router is behind NAT you may need to set up port forwading You can also change port and try again ...

Page 102: ...Page 98 152 If there are more than one device can be set as the Main Node you need to choose one to continue ...

Page 103: ...one device can be set as the Main Node it will go to the Site to Site detail page directly The network is stopped by default check the LAN IP if it is OK then you need to click Start button otherwise click Setting to change LAN IP ...

Page 104: ...Page 100 152 Wait a few minutes the node s connect status will display as lines Solid line means connected dashed line means disconnected ...

Page 105: ...xample my PC connect to Node 1 device and then I use browser to access Main Node s LAN IP 192 168 48 1 if I see the login page it means the connection between Node1 and Main Node is worked Route and other options You can change each device s LAN IP and routes By default each node can access other s LAN based on security we recommend only open the corresponding service IPs E g There is a Server A 1...

Page 106: ...Page 102 152 You can add node s parent routes too Each sub Node build an encrypted tunnel netwrok to Main Node if you want to change the IP of tunnel subnet Click IP Address Range ...

Page 107: ...an configure multiple parameters for multiple devices PS This feature is only available to business users Batch Setting of Single Device To configure single device as show below The left side of image below is correct If your interface is like the right side of image below please upgrade to latest testing firmware ...

Page 108: ...le can be filled out After the configuration is delivered it does not take effect immediately The configuration takes effect and the device needs to be restarted You can check the Restart now option in the lower right corner of the above figure After the configuration is completed the device will restart immediately Preview the configuration and confirm the delivery ...

Page 109: ...Page 105 152 Unchecked Restart now option will prompt Batch Setting of Mutiple Device Select the devices you want to configure ...

Page 110: ...rations Move to other group upgrade restart delete Template Management Save frequently used configurations as templates and quickly apply them when you modify configurations in batches PS This feature is only available to business users Add a Template Check the configuration that needs to be modified and input value ...

Page 111: ...Page 107 152 Give the template a name and description ...

Page 112: ...152 Task List At task list page it shows the execution result of the configuration template PS This feature is only available to business users You can view the execution result of each device and configuration ...

Page 113: ...VPN if you enable VPN client eg WireGuard OpenVPN Shadowsocks this bring a problem that if you VPN is configured incorrectly GoodCloud will not work properly In order to ensure the normal use of GoodCloud we suggest you to follow the steps below to enable VPN Policies and disable Use VPN for all process on the router After you ve done these steps GoodCloud precess will not use VPN ...

Page 114: ...low No action needed on the GoodCloud website After disable Cloud the interface is like above Turn on Captive Portal Open a web browser we recommend Chrome and to access router Web Admin Panel default url is http 192 168 8 1 At the left sidebar APPLICATIONS Portal follow the steps below to enable Captive Portal ...

Page 115: ...ication URL is the default page that clients will force redirect to when they are connected e g https www gl inet com 5 Apply the configuration For wired desktop client please use browser to access a http not https website e g http neverssl com or http apple com then you will see the portal Below is the Portal on iPhone click the GET CONNECTED button to access the internet On Android and desktop p...

Page 116: ...eed basic HTML and CSS knowledge to change this page please learn these from w3school or other sites If you want to change the picture on the default page just replace the image on etc nodogsplash htdocs portal_login png After you had change the page it need to disable Portal and enable Portal again to enable the modified default page Disable Captive Portal Follow the steps below to disable Captiv...

Page 117: ...Page 113 152 8 7 Tor Using Tor in OpenWrt and GLi Routers Tor feature is builded in from V3 100 please upgrade ...

Page 118: ...re for your router 2 Flash it to the router DO NOT reserve settings If you brick your router after flashing the wrong firmware or wrong way please use uboot failsafe to debrick the router Versions and supported devices We have several version of Tor firmware and here is the summary Version 2 264 We have upgrade Tor firmware for the following models to v2 264 on 2017 11 24 AR150 AR300M AR300M Nand ...

Page 119: ...This firmware create two ssid OpenWrt and Tor If you conenct to OpenWrt you will have normal Internet If you connect to Tor you will be connect to Tor network This firmware has a built in UI based on Domino Pi which you can manage two SSIDs Version 1 0 with Luci Support GL MT300A and GL MT300N This is the firmware created for MT300A and MT300N with Luci This firmware create two ssid OpenWrt and To...

Page 120: ...s dl gl inet com firmware ar300 tor 1 3 GL MT750 Not supported yet AR750 Not supported yet Using the firmware UI After you flash the firmware to your device when it reboots you need to set up the device at http 192 168 8 1 If you need to connect via WiFi the default wifi password is goodlife NOTE You need to move the hardware switch to the right side if you want to access the UI Otherwise you are ...

Page 121: ... your NEW password now Homepage The UI is based on Domino Pi It is quite simple In your homepage you will be displayed with 1 Your network status 2 Tor status Please note if your tor reconnects this information may not be accurate 3 Usage of your flash ...

Page 122: ...grade You can click the SYSTEM button from the left sidebar to view the system information including 1 Your router s name 2 Change your password 3 Change your timezone 4 Check your firmware version and upgrade it from online or mannually ...

Page 123: ... firmware on our website is newer you can click Download and follow the instructions to upgrade the firmware Network Settings Click the NETWORK button on the left sidebar to view and change the network settings including ...

Page 124: ... works in Android phones 2 Wireless parameters ssid encryption and passsword 3 LAN IP 3G 4G settings If you connect a 3G or 4G USB modem you can set the internet to the modem You need to choose 3G as protocol choose modem device usually dev ttyUSBx choose umts or evdo then input your apn etc ...

Page 125: ... don t have repeater manager as our stock firmware If you move to another location your wifi maybe not work and you need to re setup Refer to the button action section in this page Luci Click the LUCI button on the left sidebar you can have the LUCI UI You can go back to Domino UI by clicking the Domino Web Panel link on the bottom right corner ...

Page 126: ...Page 122 152 Reset button and hardware switch usage Reset button and switch is assigned special functions ...

Page 127: ...will reset including disable repeater set lanip back to 192 168 8 1 and enable dhcp Use this function if your repeater cannot connect which causes your wifi down 3 When you keep holding the reset button for 8 seconds the middle LED will start to flash even quicker 4 times per seconds Release your finger now your firmware will revert to factory status and reboot Switch 1 Left side You will be conne...

Page 128: ...t least 5 characters long You have to input your current password in order to change it 9 2 LAN IP LAN IP is the IP address that you use to connect to this router The default IP address of GL iNet router is 192 168 8 1 If it conflicts with the IP address of your main router you can change it ...

Page 129: ...Page 125 152 9 3 Time Zone The time of the router s activities will be recorded according to the router time Therefore choosing the time zone of your location is recommended ...

Page 130: ...ient to the router It is used especially in hotel when the network checks your MAC address For example if you got your smartphone registered on the network you can clone the MAC address of your smartphone to the router so that the router can also connect to the network ...

Page 131: ...al Disable this option if the captive portal of your network cannot be resolved Override DNS Settings for All Clients Enabling this option will capture DNS request from all connected clients DNS over TLS from Cloudflare Cloudflare DNS over TLS uses the TLS security protocol for encrypting DNS queries which helps increase privacy and prevent eavesdropping Manual DNS Server Settings Input a custom D...

Page 132: ...Page 128 152 9 6 Button Settings Configure the function of the mode switch It doesn t have any function by default You can set it as a toggle to turn on or off Wireguard OpenVPN client ...

Page 133: ...e router in Access Point Extender or WDS mode If you want to access the web Admin Panel in this case you have to use the IP address assigned by the main router to the GL iNet router Router Create your own private network The router will act as NAT firewall and DHCP server Access Point Connect to a wired network and broadcast a wireless network Extender Extend the Wi Fi coverage of an existing wire...

Page 134: ...Page 130 152 9 8 Revert Firmware Revert the router to factory default settings All your settings applications and data will be erased ...

Page 135: ...Page 131 152 9 9 Advanced Click Advanced to direct to Luci which is the default web interface of OpenWrt You can check the detailed system log or conduct more advanced configurations there ...

Page 136: ...Page 132 152 Note The username is root The password is same as the one that you use to access the web Admin Panel 10 Troubleshooting 10 1 LED Indicators LED Status Indication ...

Page 137: ...er router It will turn solid green when the Mesh network has been created Wireless Solid green LED that indicates the router is broadcasting Wi Fi It will flash when there is wireless data transfer LED Customization To configure the LED of GL iNet routers please login to Luci by clicking Advanced settings at the bottom left corner of the web admin page ...

Page 138: ...Reset All GL iNet Routers have reset buttons you can use them to repair your network or reset your routers to factory defult If you can neither access the web based setup page nor the router you can press the reset button Repair Press and hold for 4 seconds then release to repair your network ...

Page 139: ...irmware by using Uboot failsafe Please follow the procedures below to access the Uboot Web UI and re install the firmware You can also refer to our video How to Recover GL iNet Mini Router by U Boot FailSafe 1 First you have to download firmware to your computer You can download the firmware here For GL AR300M GL AR300M Ext GL AR750S Ext please download the img firmware file For GL B1300 GL S1300 ...

Page 140: ...0 GL AR300M GL USB150 GL AR750 GL AR750S Ext Slate GL X750 Ext Spitz GL MT300N V2 GL E750 Mudi 4 times for GL S1300 GL B1300 The leftmost LED may stay on the whole time while the rightmost LED flashes 4 times then the middle LED turns on and stays on For some old GL B1300 the leftmost LED stays on the whole time and both the middle LED and the rightmost LED flash 5 times at the same time then they...

Page 141: ... Firefox or Chrome to visit http 192 168 1 1 8 Click Choose File to find the firmware file Then click Update firmware For GL AR300M GL AR300M Ext GL AR750S Ext please download the img firmware file and upload to the NAND ...

Page 142: ...r via 192 168 8 1 again 10 4 Change WAN to LAN You can configure the WAN port of the router so that it can be used as a LAN port That s useful when you are using the router in repeater mode which the WAN port is not required As a result you can have one more LAN port Especially for GL AR300M Lite it only has one Ethernet port which works as WAN by default Therefore you must connect to it via Wi Fi...

Page 143: ...e 139 152 1 Leave the WAN port of the router unconnected 2 Connect your device to the router and access the web Admin Panel 3 Go to Internet click Use as LAN under the Cable section 4 Click Yes to confirm ...

Page 144: ...nput your authentication information or agree the terms and conditions through a web page Captive Portal before you can connect to it or access the Internet However you may find that you are not able to enter the captive portal so that you cannot connect to the hotspot or access the Internet In this case please follow the following procedures to disable the DNS rebind protection 1 Connect to the p...

Page 145: ...Page 141 152 2 Go to Admin Panel MORE SETTINGS Custom DNS Server Then disable DNS Rebinding Attack Protection ...

Page 146: ...wser doesn t redirect to the captive portal Please turn off the Wi Fi of your smartphone and then turn it on and reconnect to the Wi Fi of your router again The captive portal should be popped up directly after you entered the Wi Fi password 10 6 GL iNet app GL iNet app requires router firmware version 3 100 and above Please upgrade Click the Setup menu choose your model ...

Page 147: ...Page 143 152 Then click the Upgrade on the left side Some models don t have V3 100 release firmware yet please try testing pre release firmware Please find the download info at Firmware Release page ...

Page 148: ...s correct Then follow the steps below to check the router s IP address Windows 7 Windows 10 Your ip address results determine the next step Your IP address is incorrect If the IP address is incorrect check your connection again 1 Try Reset to back to factory default 2 If the reset doesn t work you can try Debrick via uboot Your IP address is correct 1 Make sure you are using Chrome Firefox then tr...

Page 149: ...u can connect to EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol Wi Fi network which requires username and password authentication on GL iNet routers This guide is how to connect an EAP Wi Fi network via GL admin panel All models are supported EAP EXCEPT GL MT300N V2 Microuter N300 ...

Page 150: ...Page 146 152 Connect via web panel 1 Visit the Admin Panel Visit the Admin Panel and click Scan in the Internet Repeater You can find and connect to the EAP SSID to connect directly ...

Page 151: ...e 147 152 2 SSID Or choose Other in the drop down list of SSID then select EAP type in Wi Fi Security drop down list 3 Wi Fi Security Currently we only support two types 802 1X EAP WAP and 802 1X EAP WAP2 ...

Page 152: ...Page 148 152 4 Type Choose 2 4G or 5G 5 User Name and Password Enter your User Name and Password and then click join ...

Page 153: ...via Luci Our web page only supports few EAP types for now so you may need to connect via Luci page in most situations 1 Visit the Luci page Go to MORE SETTINGS Advanced Input your web password Then you will enter luci page ...

Page 154: ...Page 150 152 2 Connect to EAP wifi Go to Network Wifi or Wireless Click Scan on 2 4G section or 5G section ...

Page 155: ...Page 151 152 Join the network you want 10 9 GoodCloud issues How to fix if my device show Deactivated The Deactivated mean the device never been connected to the server before ...

Page 156: ...1 Make sure the router has connected to the Internet 2 And try to disable and re enable the GoodCloud on router s Admin Panel Don t forget to click Apply button 3 Make sure to access to the right region of GoodCloud ...

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