This page contains all parameters needed to configure the cellular WAN of the router.
Parameters reference
Parameter : "Enabled"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_active |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Enabled |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This checkbox activate the gsm modem on the router.
Parameter : "Enable data connection"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_data_enable |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Enable data connection |
| Possible values |
| option_never |
Never |
| option_always |
Always |
| option_on_sms |
On specific SMS |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Parameter : "Cellular interface priority"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_priority |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Cellular interface priority |
| Possible values |
| option_low |
Low |
| option_normal |
Normal |
| option_mean |
Medium |
| option_high |
High |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter the cellular WAN interface priority. This option allow to prioritize a WAN compared to another.
1 is the highest priority and 100 the lowest.
This option is usefull to configure the WAN link backup system.
Parameter : "SIM card"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_sim_mode |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | SIM card |
| Possible values |
| option_sim1 |
SIM 1 |
| option_sim2 |
SIM 2 |
| option_sim_1b2 |
SIM 1 backup on SIM 2 |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Choose here the SIM card you want to enable.
This product offer a SIM backup system: if the connection is lost on the SIM1 during a configurable time T1, the product try to connect on SIM2 during a configurable time T2. If the product is connected on SIM2, SIM1 connection will be retried after a configurable time T3.
Parameter : "Access Point Name (APN)"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_apn |
| Type | text |
| Label | Access Point Name (APN) |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This parameter defines the APN (Access Point Name) the router will connect to.
This APN is given by the cellular operator.
Parameter : "SIM PIN code"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_pin |
| Type | showable_password |
| Label | SIM PIN code |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter here this PIN code of the SIM card.
If a bad code is entered, the router will try two time the code given. The router does the last try when the next time the code is changed on this field.
Parameter : "Network type"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_connection_mode |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Network type |
| Possible values |
| option_auto |
Auto |
| option_2g |
GPRS |
| option_3g |
3G+ |
| option_4g |
4G |
| option_ltem |
LTEM |
| option_nbiot |
NB-IoT |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Choose there if the cellular modem should choose automatically the network type (2G, 3G or LTE) or force one of them.
Parameter : "Access Point Name (APN)"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_apn2 |
| Type | text |
| Label | Access Point Name (APN) |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This parameter defines the APN (Access Point Name) the router will connect to.
This APN is given by the cellular operator.
Parameter : "SIM PIN code"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_pin2 |
| Type | showable_password |
| Label | SIM PIN code |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter here this PIN code of the SIM card.
If a bad code is entered, the router will try two time the code given. The router does the last try when the next time the code is changed on this field.
Parameter : "Network type"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_connection_mode2 |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Network type |
| Possible values |
| option_auto |
Auto |
| option_2g |
GPRS |
| option_3g |
3G+ |
| option_4g |
4G |
| option_ltem |
LTEM |
| option_nbiot |
NB-IoT |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Choose there if the cellular modem should choose automatically the network type (2G, 3G or LTE) or force one of them.
Parameter : "Show advanced parameters"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_advanced |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Show advanced parameters |
| Default value | Not available |
Parameter : "Interface MTU"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_mtu |
| Type | text |
| Label | Interface MTU |
| Default value | Not available |
Parameter : "Login"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_login |
| Type | text |
| Label | Login |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter here the operator connection login.
Parameter : "Password"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_password |
| Type | password |
| Label | Password |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter here the operator connection password.
Parameter : "Authentication with PAP only"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_pap_only |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Authentication with PAP only |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box only if the operator doesn't accept PAP authentication method.
Parameter : "Obtain an IP address automatically"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_ip_auto |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Obtain an IP address automatically |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box if the WAN IP address is received from a DHCP server.
This box should be checked in most cases.
Parameter : "Local IP address"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_local_ip |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Local IP address |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter the local IP address for the PPP configuration.
Parameter : "Remote IP address"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_remote_ip |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Remote IP address |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter the remote IP address for the PPP configuration
Parameter : "Obtain DNS servers addresses automatically"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_autodns |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Obtain DNS servers addresses automatically |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box DNS server addresses are automatically given by the Internet provider.
Parameter : "Primary DNS server"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_dns1 |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Primary DNS server |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This parameter defines the IP adress of the primary DNS server (first to be required).
Parameter : "Secondary DNS server"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_dns2 |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Secondary DNS server |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This parameter defines the IP adress of the secondary DNS server (second to be required).
Parameter : "Secondary DNS server"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_dns2 |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Secondary DNS server |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This parameter defines the IP adress of the secondary DNS server (second to be required).
Parameter : "Login"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_login_sim2 |
| Type | text |
| Label | Login |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter here the operator connection login.
Parameter : "Password"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_password_sim2 |
| Type | password |
| Label | Password |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter here the operator connection password.
Parameter : "Authentication with PAP only"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_pap_only_sim2 |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Authentication with PAP only |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box only if the operator doesn't accept PAP authentication method.
Parameter : "Obtain an IP address automatically"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_ip_auto_sim2 |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Obtain an IP address automatically |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box if the WAN IP address is received from a DHCP server.
This box should be checked in most cases.
Parameter : "Local IP address"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_local_ip_sim2 |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Local IP address |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter the local IP address for the PPP configuration.
Parameter : "Remote IP address"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_remote_ip_sim2 |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Remote IP address |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter the remote IP address for the PPP configuration
Parameter : "Obtain DNS servers addresses automatically"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_autodns_sim2 |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Obtain DNS servers addresses automatically |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box DNS server addresses are automatically given by DHCP server.
Parameter : "Primary DNS server"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_dns1_sim2 |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Primary DNS server |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This parameter defines the IP adress of the primary DNS server (first to be required).
Parameter : "Secondary DNS server"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_dns2_sim2 |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | Secondary DNS server |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
This parameter defines the IP adress of the secondary DNS server (second to be required).
Parameter : "Enable address translation (NAT)"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_nat |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Enable address translation (NAT) |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box if the router should replace source address of IP packets comming from LAN with his own WAN IP address.
Parameter : "Select an operator"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_select_oper |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Select an operator |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box if you want to force a particular operator
Parameter : "Forced operator (MCC+MNC)"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_oper |
| Type | Number |
| Label | Forced operator (MCC+MNC) |
| Minimum | 1000 |
| Maximum | 99999 |
| Step | 1 |
| Default value | Not available |
Parameter : "Max SIM1 unconnected time before switching"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_sim1_timeout |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Max SIM1 unconnected time before switching |
| Possible values |
| option_5m |
5 minutes |
| option_10m |
10 minutes |
| option_20m |
20 minutes |
| option_30m |
30 minutes |
| option_1h |
1 hour |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
If the celllular connection is not established after this time, product will try SIM2
Parameter : "Max SIM2 unconnected time before switching"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_sim2_timeout |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Max SIM2 unconnected time before switching |
| Possible values |
| option_2m |
2 minutes |
| option_5m |
5 minutes |
| option_10m |
10 minutes |
| option_20m |
20 minutes |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
If the cellular connection is not established after this time, the product will retry connection on SIM1.
Parameter : "Time of SIM2 connection before retesting SIM1"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_main_sim_retry |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Time of SIM2 connection before retesting SIM1 |
| Possible values |
| option_1h |
1 hour |
| option_12h |
12 hours |
| option_1d |
1 day |
| option_5d |
5 days |
| option_never |
Never |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
If the cellular connection is established on SIM2, the product will disconnect after this time to retry connection on SIM1.
Parameter : "Enable ping control"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_ctrl_enable |
| Type | Boolean |
| Label | Enable ping control |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Check this box to enable the connection control on the related WAN
Parameter : "IP address to ping"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_ctrl_ping |
| Type | IP address |
| Label | IP address to ping |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter the IP address of the remote equipment the application should ping.
The remote equipment should be permanently reachable: if the remote equipment does not respond after a while, the WAN is disabled.
Parameter : "Ping interval"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_ctrl_ping_interval |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Ping interval |
| Possible values |
| option_30s |
30 s |
| option_1m |
1 minute |
| option_2m |
2 minutes |
| option_5m |
5 minutes |
| option_10m |
10 minutes |
| option_20m |
20 minutes |
| option_30m |
30 minutes |
| option_1h |
1 hour |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Enter ping transmission period.
Parameter : "Ping retries"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_ctrl_ping_retries |
| Type | Choice |
| Label | Ping retries |
| Possible values |
| option_2 |
2 |
| option_4 |
4 |
| option_8 |
8 |
| option_12 |
12 |
|
| Default value | Not available |
Description
If the remote equipment does not respond, pings are repeated to confirm the link is broken.
Enter there the amount of times the ping sequence is repeated before declaring the link broken.
Parameter : "Reinit day"
Definition
| Id | p_wan_gsm_counter_init |
| Type | Number |
| Label | Reinit day |
| Minimum | 1 |
| Maximum | 31 |
| Step | 1 |
| Default value | Not available |
Description
Cellular traffic counter is resseted at this day in the month. The value is logged on the log
"Diagnostic/Statistics/Cellular datas"