Copyright © 2013 Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
101 / 103
All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited.
C4- Description how to configure the
Internet access of a PC via a 3G
Router
This description applies to the Weidmüller Industrial Router IE-SR-2GT-UMTS/3G
Illustration of the application scenario
Starting situation
▪ The Router has inserted a SIM card of your local Internet provider (slot labeled 3G at rear side of the Router).
▪ The Router is set to factory default configuration and connected to the PC via Router’s LAN port ( IP address
192.168.1.110).
C4.1 Connect the Configuration-PC to Router
’s LAN port
Use autonegotiation on the Ethernet Interface of the PC
C4.2 Change the IP address of the PC to one out of the range 192.168.1.0
e.g.
IP address
192.168.1.88
Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
Standardgateway 192.168.1.110
Preferred DNS-Server 192.168.1.110
(Do not forget to enter the Router IP address
as preferred DNS-Server, otherwise you
cannot access Web pages by DNS name,
Router is acting as DNS forwarder)
Figure C1:
IP settings of PC’s LAN interface
IP LAN-Port: 192.168.1.110 / 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: can be left blank for 3G Internet access
PC
Internet
UMTS / 3G
Switch
3G Router
3G connection
parameters provided by
3G provider
IP: 192.168.1.99
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Standard gateway: 192.168.1.110
Preferred DNS-Server: 192.168.1.110
Note: If the 3G connection is online then the default gateway
automatically is set to 3G provider. As long as the Router is connected
to the Internet a manually configured default gateway will be not used.