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NWL-11 – M2M CDMA Router

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Page 1: ...User Guide NWL 11 M2M CDMA Router...

Page 2: ...stic waste The cardboard box the plastic contained in the packaging and the parts that make up this device can be recycled in accordance with regionally established regulations Never dispose of this e...

Page 3: ...ing the router 19 Advanced configuration 20 Status 20 Internet 22 Data Connection 22 Dial on Demand 27 Operator Settings 31 LAN 32 Routing 38 VPN 49 Services 62 Dynamic DNS 62 Network time NTP 63 Watc...

Page 4: ...ecommunications terminology and concepts Prerequisites Before continuing with the installation of your M2M CDMA Router please confirm that have the following A device with a working Ethernet network a...

Page 5: ...th support for TR 069 Web GUI and full feature management with SMS Optimized web configuration UI Flexible mounting suitable for in home use or industrial applications with built in wall mount DIN and...

Page 6: ...via the use of SMS commands and diagnostics The NWL 11 includes many features such as Dial on Demand which provides a means to seamlessly connect or disconnect the mobile broadband connection to conse...

Page 7: ...nsions and indicators Physical dimensions Below is a list of the physical dimensions of the M2M CDMA Router Figure 1 M2M CDMA Router Dimensions M2M CDMA ROUTER WITHOUT EXTERNAL ANTENNA ATTACHED Length...

Page 8: ...in recovery mode Slow flashing Hardware error Network On Connected via WWAN Blinking 1 Traffic via WWAN Slow flashing Connecting data session On Registered network Slow flashing Registering network O...

Page 9: ...it 109 dBm 1 109 dBm to 101dBm 2 101 dBm to 91 dBm 3 91 dBm to 85 dBm 4 85 dBm to 77 dBm 5 77 dBm Table 4 Signal strength LED descriptions LED update interval The signal strength LEDs update within a...

Page 10: ...cates the network status Signal strength LEDs Indicates the signal strength and network type RJ45 PoE Ethernet port Connect one or several devices via a network switch here This port can also optional...

Page 11: ...you connect an external antenna to the female SMA connector the main internal antenna disables automatically but the auxiliary internal antenna remains connected to provide diversity assistance where...

Page 12: ...e appropriately sized screws in the mounting holes provided on the back of the unit Figure 5 Wall mount Perpendicular to the wall C Section DIN Rail mount The M2M CDMA Router easily slides onto a C Se...

Page 13: ...es additional methods of mounting the M2M CDMA Router To attach the mounting bracket slide it onto the rear of the router as shown in the diagram below Figure 8 Sliding on the mounting bracket To remo...

Page 14: ...e 10 Wall mount Mounted via DIN rail bracket Using the mounting bracket for Top hat DIN rail mounting The M2M CDMA Router may be vertically mounted to the wall with the bracket by sliding the bracket...

Page 15: ...omm Wireless M2M CDMA Router 15 Desk mount In situations where wall mounts and DIN rails are not required you can simply place the M2M CDMA Router on a desk using its rubber feet to prevent it from sl...

Page 16: ...mA 6 49 12 95 W Mid power Table 6 PoE power classes To use PoE to power the M2M CDMA Router simply connect your router to a PoE injector or PoE network switch using the bundled yellow Ethernet cable...

Page 17: ...Kit to access this information for advanced purposes e g configuring SMS alerts to inform you of the power status of the router To view the router s power source information log in to the router and...

Page 18: ...tatus of your router compare the LED indicators on the device with those listed on page 8 of this guide 3 Open a web browser e g Internet Explorer Firefox Safari type http 192 168 1 1 into the address...

Page 19: ...ivation process 1 Log in to the router as described above The Status page is displayed and the router prompts you to activate it by displaying the following pop up window 2 Click the OK button on the...

Page 20: ...options available on the M2M CDMA Router Status The status page of the web interface provides system related information and is displayed when you log in to the M2M CDMA Router management console The...

Page 21: ...Type The type of IP in use SIP is a Simple IP connection and when moving between cell sectors the PPP session is torn down MIP is a Mobile IP connection which creates an address which is persistent be...

Page 22: ...options for Wireless WAN LAN Routing and VPN connectivity Data Connection The data connection page allows you to configure and enable disable the connection profile To access this page click on the I...

Page 23: ...nsmission uni MTU size The default value is 1460 You should not change this value unless instructed to by your network provider NAT Masquerading NAT masquerading also known simply as NAT is a common r...

Page 24: ...7 The MTU field specifies the maximum transmission unit which is the largest packet or frame that can be sent in a packet or frame based network such as the internet The default value is 1460 This val...

Page 25: ...a session and ensuring that it is enabled click on the Status menu item at the top of the page to return to the Status page When there is a mobile broadband connection the WWAN section is expanded sho...

Page 26: ...at it is ON You are asked to confirm enabling PPPoE click OK The Transparent Bridge PPPoE settings are displayed Figure 22 Transparent bridge configuration 3 In the Dial String field enter the correct...

Page 27: ...establish a mobile broadband data connection When the data connection is established the router monitors traffic and terminates the link when it is idle Note When interesting packets arrive the recove...

Page 28: ...et it to ON Figure 26 Dial on demand Ignore NCSI traffic Excluding certain packet types from triggering the connection to dial Depending on your environment you might prefer to exclude certain types o...

Page 29: ...e If you want to have the router dial a connection at regular intervals use Connect regularly every to specify the interval between dials Setting this to never effectively disables this option The rou...

Page 30: ...her force a connection to be made or force a disconnection manually You can use the Dial and Hangup buttons to do this whenever necessary The online status of the connection is displayed above the but...

Page 31: ...he quality and speed of network access The default setting of Hybrid is appropriate for most users as it automatically selects the fastest network If you need to restrict the router to a particular mo...

Page 32: ...disable DNS Masquerading Figure 33 LAN configuration settings The default IP of the Ethernet port is 192 168 1 1 with subnet mask 255 255 255 0 To change the IP address or Subnet mask enter the new I...

Page 33: ...uter which proxies them to the upstream DNS servers With DNS masquerading OFF the DHCP server hands out the upstream DNS server IP addresses to downstream clients directly so that downstream clients s...

Page 34: ...r DHCP assignment but instead an existing DHCP server is located on the Wireless WAN connection the clients behind the M2M CDMA Router are able to communicate with the DHCP server when DHCP relay is e...

Page 35: ...s range to be used to automatically assign addresses within the lease time of the assigned address the default domain name suffix primary and secondary DNS server the primary and secondary WINS server...

Page 36: ...P Option 150 This is used to configure Cisco IP phones When a Cisco IP phone starts if it is not pre configured with the IP address and TFTP address it sends a request to the DHCP server to obtain thi...

Page 37: ...a list of the DHCP clients If you want to reserve the current IP address for future use click the Clone button and the details will be copied to the address reservation list fields Remember to click...

Page 38: ...hernet subnet Adding Static Routes To add a new route to the static routing list click the Add button The Static routes page appears 1 In the Route name field type a name for the route so that it can...

Page 39: ...dding a static route Active routing list Static routes are displayed in the Active routing list Figure 41 Active routing list Deleting static routes From the static routing list click the icon to the...

Page 40: ...er on the PPP interface side so that a router on this network will know how to route to a device on the router s Ethernet subnet Static routes must be added manually according to your requirements See...

Page 41: ...X as its MAC address The last byte of the address XX is the Virtual Router Identifier VRID which is different for each virtual router in the network This address is used by only one physical router at...

Page 42: ...ter or a wildcard IP address 0 0 0 0 that allows all IP addresses to access the router 4 The Source Port Range From and To fields are used to specify the port s on the source side that are to be forwa...

Page 43: ...less com NetComm Wireless M2M CDMA Router 43 Figure 46 Port forwarding settings To delete a port forwarding rule click the button on the Port forwarding list for the corresponding rule that you would...

Page 44: ...rt forwarding rules but it exposes the device to untrusted networks as there is no filtering of what traffic is allowed and what is denied The DMZ configuration page is used to specify the IP Address...

Page 45: ...page the firewall takes a low priority The priority of the firewall can be described as DMZ MAC IP Port filtering rules MAC IP Port filtering default rule Router firewall rules In other words the fir...

Page 46: ...one known MAC IP to access the router otherwise you will not be able to access the user interface of the router without resetting the router to factory default settings Creating a MAC IP Port filterin...

Page 47: ...www netcommwireless com NetComm Wireless M2M CDMA Router 47 Figure 51 MAC IP Port filtering settings...

Page 48: ...ptions Use these fields to specify a port or range of ports from the source side to use for the rule To specify a single port repeat it in both the From and To fields Destination IP Address Enter the...

Page 49: ...PN connection types Note The following descriptions are an overview of the various VPN options available More detailed instructions are available in separate whitepapers on the NetComm Wireless websit...

Page 50: ...50 NetComm Wireless M2M CDMA Router www netcommwireless com Figure 54 IPSec profile edit...

Page 51: ...re but also require longer to generate a key DPD Action Select the desired Dead Peer Detection action This is the action to take when a dead Internet Key Exchange Peer is detected DPD Keep Alive Time...

Page 52: ...er The TAP virtual interface is used to transport IP non IP or IPv6 traffic It simulates a data link layer device i e bridge and operates with layer 2 frames such as Ethernet frames The TUN virtual in...

Page 53: ...on which format you would like If for some reason the integrity of your network has been compromised you can return to this screen and use the Certificate drop down list to select the certificate and...

Page 54: ...54 NetComm Wireless M2M CDMA Router www netcommwireless com Figure 57 OpenVPN server profile settings...

Page 55: ...Save to finish configuring the OpenVPN server Configuring an OpenVPN Client 1 Click the OpenVPN profile toggle key to switch it to the ON position 2 In the Profile name field type a name for the Open...

Page 56: ...PN server Figure 60 OpenVPN Client Username Password section Use the Browse button to locate the CA certificate file you saved from the OpenVPN Server and then press the Upload button to send it to th...

Page 57: ...ection enter the network Address and network Subnet mask The Network Address and Network Mask fields inform the Master node of the LAN address scheme of the slave 7 Press the Generate button to create...

Page 58: ...the OSI model and is included on Windows computers Configuring the PPTP Client To configure the PPTP client 1 From the menu bar at the top of the screen click Networking and then from the VPN section...

Page 59: ...eer DNS option allows you to select whether the remote clients will use the Domain Name Server of the PPTP server Click the toggle key to set this to ON or OFF as required 10 NAT masquerading allows t...

Page 60: ...nel GRE is used to securely encapsulate the data or payload Configuring GRE tunnelling To configure GRE tunnelling 1 From the menu bar at the top of the screen click Networking and then from the VPN s...

Page 61: ...ext router on the route to the datagram s destination If the TTL field reaches zero before the datagram arrives at its destination the data packet is discarded and an error message is sent back to the...

Page 62: ...configure dynamic DNS 1 Click the DDNS configuration toggle key to switch it to the ON position 2 From the Dynamic DNS drop down list select the Dynamic DNS service that you wish to use The available...

Page 63: ...Time zone drop down list to select the correct time zone for the router If the selected zone observes daylight savings time a Daylight savings time schedule link appears below the drop down list Clic...

Page 64: ...nnectivity We recommend using caution when implementing this feature in situations where the device is intentionally offline for a particular reason for example when Dial on demand has been enabled Th...

Page 65: ...nterval d If all 3 accelerated pings to the first destination address fail the router sends 3 pings to the second destination address at the Periodic Ping Accelerated Timer interval e If all 3 acceler...

Page 66: ...c Ping reset function To disable the Periodic Ping reset function set Fail Count to 0 Note The traffic generated by the periodic ping feature is usually counted as chargeable data usage Please keep th...

Page 67: ...key to switch it to the ON position 2 Enter Read Only Community Name and Read Write Community Name which are used for client authentication Community names are used as a type of security to prevent a...

Page 68: ...ap destination field enter the IP address to which SNMP data is to be sent 2 In the Heartbeat interval field enter the number of seconds between SNMP heartbeats 3 Use the Trap persistence field to spe...

Page 69: ...ware version management Diagnostics and monitoring Note You must have your own compatible ACS infrastructure to use TR 069 In order to access and configure the TR 069 settings you must be logged into...

Page 70: ...mobile devices Ability to receive run time variables from the device e g uptime on request via SMS Ability to change live configuration on the device e g network username via SMS Ability to execute s...

Page 71: ...6 SMS Setup Settings SMS Forwarding Setup Incoming text messages can be redirected to another mobile device and or a TCP UDP message server Redirect to Mobile You can forward incoming text messages to...

Page 72: ...SMS New Message When sending SMS messages internationally destination numbers may begin with the symbol followed by the international direct dial prefix and then the country calling code or you may c...

Page 73: ...on to open a new message window where you can forward the corresponding message to another recipient Reply button Click this button to open a new message window where you can reply to the sender Add t...

Page 74: ...ge are described below Enable Remote Diagnostics Enables or disables the remote diagnostics feature If this setting is enabled all incoming text messages are parsed and tested for remote diagnostics c...

Page 75: ...owledgment messages after the execution of a get set or exec command If a fixed number is selected the acknowledgement message will be sent to the number defined in the Fixed number to send replies to...

Page 76: ...ional level of security When a password is specified for a number the SMS diagnostic or command message is parsed for the password and will only be executed if the number and password match Figure 78...

Page 77: ...sender set the Authentication toggle key to the OFF position Note An alternative method of adding a number to the white list is to send an SMS message to the router navigate to Services SMS Inbox and...

Page 78: ...command COMMAND Table 18 SMS Diagnostic Command Syntax Where VARIABLE is the name of the value to be read Where VARIABLE x is the name of another value to be read Where VALUE is the content to be writ...

Page 79: ...tive profile Reports an error if no profile number is selected and there is no currently activated profile 4 pdpup Reconnects the PDP If a profile number is selected in the command the router tries to...

Page 80: ...age R 3G data usage of current session Rx 500 bytes Tx 1024 bytes Total 1524 bytes or Rx 0 byte Tx 0 byte Total 0 byte when wwan down 9 statistics usage_current wanuptime R Up time of current 3G sessi...

Page 81: ...state Not required execute wakeup Required PASSWORD execute wakeup Send SMS to perform firmware upgrade when firmware is located on HTTP server Not required execute download http download com 8080 fir...

Page 82: ...on host Not required set ssh passauth 1 or set ssh passauth 0 Required PASSWORD set ssh passauth 1 or PASSWORD set ssh passauth 0 Generate set of public private keys on the host Not required execute...

Page 83: ...download the System log for offline viewing right click the Download button and choose Save as to save the file To clear the System log click the Clear button The downloaded log file is in Linux text...

Page 84: ...an also save the log data to a file on the computer on which it is running allowing you to ensure that no log data is lost between reboots To configure the M2M CDMA Router to output log data to a remo...

Page 85: ...ve with the IPSec VPN Figure 81 IPSec log Use the Log level drop down list to specify the type of detail you want to capture in the log and then click the Save button When you change the logging level...

Page 86: ...e settings file Note The following conditions apply It is NOT possible to edit the contents of the file downloaded if you modify the contents of the configuration file in any way you will not be able...

Page 87: ...d then updating the main firmware image Note In order to perform an update you must be logged into the router with the root manager account see the Advanced configuration section for more details To u...

Page 88: ...d files section Click the Install link next to the recovery image to begin installing the recovery firmware image and then click OK on the confirmation window that appears Figure 85 Uploaded files 8 T...

Page 89: ...e Do not remove the power when the router s LEDs are flashing as this is when the firmware update is in process 10 The installation is complete when the countdown reaches zero The router redirects you...

Page 90: ...ormation on application development contact NetComm Wireless about our Software Development Kit Figure 87 Software applications manager The Application name Version number of the application the archi...

Page 91: ...rt Enter a port number between 1 and 65534 to use when accessing the router remotely Enable HTTPS Enable or disable remote HTTPS access to the router using a secure connection Remote HTTPS Access Port...

Page 92: ...130 249 8080 Note You can find the router s WAN IP address by clicking on the Status menu The WWAN IP field in the WWAN Connection Status section shows the router s WAN IP address 2 Enter the usernam...

Page 93: ...ir of public and private keys on both sides of the connection In cryptography a key refers to a numerical value used by an algorithm to alter information encrypt it making the information secure and v...

Page 94: ...ia GY Guyana NC New Caledonia TR Turkey BR Brazil HK Hong Kong NE Niger TT Trinidad and Tobago BS Bahamas HM Heard and McDonald Islands NF Norfolk Island TV Tuvalu BT Bhutan HN Honduras NG Nigeria TW...

Page 95: ...e certificate takes several minutes to generate When the certificate has been generated you are informed that it has been successfully generated and installed The web server on the router restarts and...

Page 96: ...vate key pairs to encrypt the network connection and then use password authentication to log on Use a manually generated public private key pair to perform the authentication and allow users or progra...

Page 97: ...keys on the router and their date and timestamp These public keys are provided in different formats including DSA RSA and ECDSA Each format has advantages and disadvantages in terms of signature gener...

Page 98: ...router To set the lights to operate at all times set this to Always on To set the lights to turn off after a specified period select Turn off after timeout When configured to turn off after timeout u...

Page 99: ...the top menu bar 2 Click the Reboot button from the menu on the left side of the screen Figure 93 Reboot menu option 3 The router displays a warning that you are about to perform a reboot If you wish...

Page 100: ...onnect on demand Connect and disconnect timers descriptions 29 Table 13 Band selection options 31 Table 14 Current MAC IP Port filtering rules in effect 48 Table 15 IPSec Configuration Items 51 Table...

Page 101: ...Wireless M2M CDMA Router 101 Appendix B Device Mounting Dimensions The image below is at 100 scale and may be used as a template for mounting the device All dimensions shown are in millimetres Figure...

Page 102: ...M2M CDMA Router www netcommwireless com Appendix C Mounting Bracket The image below is at 100 scale and may be used as a template for mounting the bracket All dimensions shown are in millimetres Figur...

Page 103: ...lt Settings ADMIN MANAGER ACCOUNT ROOT MANAGER ACCOUNT Username admin Username root Password admin Password admin Table 25 Web Interface Default Settings Note The admin manager account allows you to m...

Page 104: ...ess of the router default address is http 192 168 1 1 Login to the router using root as the User Name and admin as the password 2 Click the System item from the top menu bar then System Configuration...

Page 105: ...interface panel of the router for 5 to 15 seconds When the LEDs on the front panel change to amber and countdown in a sequence release the reset button The router then boots into recovery mode 2 In yo...

Page 106: ...r using the Upload page Note Your key and certificate files must be named server key and server crt respectively otherwise they will not work To upload your certificate 1 Click on the System item from...

Page 107: ...router Figure 100 Server certificate file uploaded 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the server key file 5 Click the Install link next to the server crt file then click OK on the prompt that is displayed Th...

Page 108: ...using the pin layout shown below Pin 8 1 Figure 102 The RJ 45 connector PIN COLOUR SIGNAL 802 3AF MODE A SIGNAL 802 3AF MODE B 1 White Orange stripe Rx Rx DC 2 Orange Solid Rx Rx DC 3 White Green str...

Page 109: ...CC Statement FCC compliance Federal Communications Commission Notice United States Before a wireless device model is available for sale to the public it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it...

Page 110: ...or aerosols to clean the device or its accessories Do not paint your device or its accessories Do not attempt to disassemble your device or its accessories only authorised personnel must do so Do not...

Page 111: ...device in close proximity to personal medical devices such as pacemakers and hearing aids Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum separation of 15cm be maintained between a device...

Page 112: ...or other radio equipment Areas with potentially explosive atmospheres include fuelling areas below decks on boats fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities areas where the air contains chemicals...

Page 113: ...www netcommwireless com NetComm Wireless M2M CDMA Router 113 Product Warranty For warranty information please visit http www netcommwireless com product m2m nwl 11...

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