Mobile interface
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Imola can be used as a Router between an Ethernet and a mobile network. Imola 1XX0 supports
only GPRS connections, 2XX0 models support both EDGE and GPRS, 3XX0 models support both
UMTS/HSDPA and GPRS/EDGE, 4XX0 models support both GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA/ and HSUPA,
5XX0 models support any mobile connection until LTE (Long Term Evolution). The choice of network
is visible.
Configuration is set using the same
CLI
commands for a GPRS sessions.
In order to activate the Imola mobile interface the following command is used:
set gprs on
In order to deactivate the Imola mobile interface the following command is used:
set gprs off
In order to deactivate the GPRS interface and disable configuration the following
CLI
command is
used:
set no-gprs
Before the activation of the GPRS interface it is necessary to configure functions and values supplied
by the Service Provider, using the following
CLI
commands.
APN configuration:
set gprs apn <value>
On router models 5xxx, the protocol IPv6 is supported on the mobile network and the available
command is:
set gprs apn-type <value>
where
<value>
can take the values: IPv4 to activate a Ipv4 session, IPv6 to activate a Ipv6 session or
IPv4v6 to activate a Dual Stack IPv4-IPv6 session.
Login and password configuration for PPP authentication:
set gprs login <value> password <value>
In order to activate or deactivate the default route on GPRS connection the commands are:
set gprs default-route
set gprs no-default-route
In order to enable or disable Port Address Translation (PAT) on GPRS connection the commands are:
set gprs masquerade
set gprs no-masquerade
In default configuration the GPRS connection is always active. It is also possible to configure the
interface in this way: the connection ends after a specified idle time (expressed in seconds) and it is
possible to re-establish it at the next transmission request:
set gprs on-demand yes|no
