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Summary of Contents for Metacom MC601
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Page 1: User Manual
Metacom MC601 Router User Manual 6 Ndabeni Business Park; Inyoni Avenue; Ndabeni; 7405; South Africa PO Box 1582; Cape Town; 8000; South Africa Telephone: +27 (0) 21 531 9900 Facsimile: +27 (0) 21 531 9901 info@metacom.co.za www.metacom.co.za... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
3.6.7 ARP table ..................................... 37 4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................38 ................................... 38 ENERAL FEATURES GPRS/EDGE ................................38 SPECIFICATION LED I ..................................... 39 NDICATORS ..................................39 ARDWARE ATCHDOG 5. FAULT FINDING ................................... 40 6. ABBREVIATIONS ................................. 41 Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 3: Revision History
Updated reboot, network and l2tp-20080218-2205 firewall status tab 28 Feb 2008 DHCP updated l2tp-20080218-2206 12 Feb 2009 Firewall updated l2tp-20080218-2216 Document Name: MC601_usermanual.doc Ordering Information Part Number: MC601 Router Description: Metacom MC601 Router Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 4: License Agreement
Product and does not acquire any rights of ownership in the Product or the media upon which it is embodied. Metacom shall at all times retain all rights, title, and interest in the Product and the media. - Page 5 Product infringes a South African patent or copyright, but only if Metacom is notified promptly in writing of such claim and is given sole control of the defense thereof and all related settlement negotiations relating thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Metacom shall not be liable to User for any claim arising from or based upon the alteration or modification of any of the Product(s).
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Page 6: Overview
User Manual 1. Overview The MC601 Router is a fully functional Linux (kernel 2.6) based router that connects a local area network (LAN) to a wide area network (WAN) and handles the task of routing messages between the two networks. The WAN in this case is the GPRS/EDGE connection to an APN. -
Page 7: Setup
To access the router over the WAN you will need to be on the same GPRS network via an APN. The Metacom SIM cards used on the routers are configured to each have 2 static IPs, 1 virtual IP and a DNS name. -
Page 8: Connecting
Please try connecting to the device again if invalid login details have been supplied. If no login screen appears then try pinging the router’s IP and checking that you are either on the GPRS network or on the same local LAN as the router. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... - Page 9 The status of the GPRS/EDGE interface. e.g. Up or Down VPN Status The status of the virtual private network. e.g. Down Software Version The current software version on the router. e.g. l2tp-20071207-2203 Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
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Page 10: System Administration Panel
Admin User Name Admin User Password These specify the login parameters when accessing this administration front-end. Save Stores the settings on the device. Reset Reverts the settings back to their original values. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 11: Host Parameters
E.g. 196.25.1.1 Time Zone The timezone takes the format GMT[+|-]<num>. South Africa has GMT-2. Save Stores the settings on the device. Reset Reverts the settings back to their original values. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 12: Reboot System
Reboot Reboots the router. You will then need to connect to the device again. It is advisable to reboot the router if major changes have been done. E.g changing the LAN IPs Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 13: Network Configuration Panel
This will write the settings to the flash and restart the service if it has been selected. e.g. sample output when changing the LAN IP address: updating lan_ipaddress to 192.168.5.3 [OK] Applying Changes..Processing variables [OK] Committed Changes [OK] Restarting Network Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... - Page 14 Version l2tp-20071207-2203: Please restart the router if DHCP is used and the LAN1 network changes. This is due to the fact that the DHCP service is not restarted. It has been fixed in l2tp-20080218-2205. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
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Page 15: Dhcp Server Settings
Stores the settings on the device and restarts the DHCP service if selected. Reset Reverts the settings back to their original values. Note: • In pre l2tp-20080218-2206 versions the DHCP server could not be deactivated. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 16: Gprs Apn Settings
The APN name for SIM1. This parameter has to be correct for the device to connect on this SIM. The username and password are ignored on the Metacom APNs. Primary APN username APN username for SIM1 which is ignored on the Metacom APN. Primary APN password APN password for SIM1 which is ignored on the Metacom APN. - Page 17 It is advisable to reboot the device if you currently are on a VPN. • The firewall will automatically be restarted if you are restarting the service as the WAN IP might have changed. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
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Page 18: Snmp Configuration
Stores the settings on the device and restarts the SNMP service if selected. Reset Reverts the settings back to their original values. Note: This section will be expanded on in future versions of this document. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 19: Vpn Settings
Password to connect to the backup VPN server. Restart the service Restart the VPN service Save Stores the settings on the device and restarts the VPN service if selected. Reset Reverts the settings back to their original values. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 20: Management
255.255.255.0 [OK] Applying Changes..Processing variables [OK] Committed Changes [OK] Adding routes add route to management network add route to backup management network add route to update server add route to heartbeat server Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... - Page 21 Reverts the settings back to their original values. Note: • If you want Metacom to be able to access the device you need to leave the 209.212.98.162/29 as the backup management network. • The update server address should also be left untouched if you wish to receive software updates for the router.
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Page 22: Firewall Panel
Only available from version l2tp-20080218-2205. If selected a default masquerading rule on ppp0 is executed when the firewall is inactive. On the Metacom APN this lets any attached PCs on the Ethernet ports have access to the internet. Restart the service Disables or enables the firewall. -
Page 23: Firewall Log
DST is the destination IP address (in this case the static IP of the WAN interface) • PROTO specifies that it was a TCPIP packet. • SPT is the source port • DPT is the destination port • The rest of the details are TCPIP specific properties. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 24: Firewall Access
The currently edited rule is inserted after the selected rule. Edit Edit the selected rule. Delete Delete the selected rule. Reset Revert back to the last committed rule set. Save Save the currently edited rule. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... - Page 25 Broadcast packets are not sent over the GPRS network. • If there are errors in one of the rules the rule number will be displayed in the output. i.e *** Invalid access rule <num> *** Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
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Page 26: Firewall Rules
Log message written into log file. Description The description for this rule. Active If checked then this rule is active. Insert before The currently edited rule is inserted before the selected rule. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... - Page 27 An IP of 0.0.0.0 is invalid. The word any or 0.0.0.0/0 can be used wherever an IP or network address is required. • For every forwarding rule WAN->LAN that is created, the firewall adds another rule where the originating network is the other LAN port instead of the WAN. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
- Page 28 Internally WAN<-, WAN<->, VPN<- or VPN<-> generate a forward rule using protocol, IPs and destination port. • If a firewall nat is used (section 3.5.5) then all packets are forwarded from ppp0 (ie.WAN) to the destination IP/network and visa versa. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
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Page 29: Firewall Nat
Note: • If there are errors in one of the rules the rule number will be displayed in the output. i.e *** Invalid nat rule <num> *** Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 30: Firewall Source Nat
This will commit the rules to persistent storage and this will normally be done when the user is satisfied with his/her current set of rules. All the above operations only apply to the temporary set of rules and will be lost if they are not committed. Restart firewall Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... - Page 31 Note: If there are errors in one of the rules the rule number will be displayed in the output. i.e *** Invalid snat rule <num> *** Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
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Page 32: System Status Panel
This lists the router’s internal interfaces. Interface Name of the interface on the router. i.e. eth0 (LAN1), eth1 (LAN2) MACAddr A unique Metacom registered MAC address for the Ethernet adapter. Status Status of the interface. i.e. UP (enabled), DOWN (disabled) IP Address Configured IP address (see Network configuration tab). -
Page 33: Gprs Status
Distance from the tower in steps of 550 m. Network Current network provider: Vodacom-SA or MTN. Note: • The signal strength indicator has been changed to green in the newer released software. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 34: Routing Table
C (cache entry) ! (reject route) Interface Name of outgoing interface. Note: • Currently the metric value is not shown in the list so there might be 2 default routes but having different metrics. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 35: Test Connection (Ping)
ICMP packets. jh-rad-1.datalinx.co.za jp-rad-1.datalinx.co.za Select a radius server to ping. Ping Start the ping. The above is a typical result of pinging one of the radius servers. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 36: Active Connections
Foreign address Your IP address and source port. 3.6.6 System load This page displays the average number of jobs in the Linux run queue over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 37: Arp Table
The ARP table will only contain entries from the LAN1 or LAN2 networks. IP address IP address on the LAN. HW address The MAC address of this device/PC. Device LAN interface that this device or PC is on. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 38: Technical Specifications
• GPRS Multislot Class 12 • Integrated TCP/IP Stack • SIM Application Toolkit (SAT Release 99) • Ambient Temperature -30 C to +65 C • Mobile Station Class B • Fully Approved! Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 39: Led Indicators
On if SIM 1 is being used • SIM 2 Green On if SIM 2 is being used Hardware Watchdog The hardware watchdog can only be used by specialized software on the router. Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 40: Fault Finding
Router cannot be accessed via the GPRS virtual IP address Causes: Router is not on GPRS (check status LED and ping IP) Low signal strength (check antennae and location of router) Router’s or PC’s firewall is blocking access Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd... -
Page 41: Abbreviations
Wide area network DHCP Dynamic host control protocol SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol L2TP Layer 2 Transport Protocol Network Address Translation SNAT Source/Secure Network Address Translation Media Access Control Domain Name Server Cellular Continuum Series Copyright © Metacom (Pty) Ltd...
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