How it works? The NetComm Wireless 3G Router is an internet modem that will have a public IP address. This allows TCP/IP connections to be made to the site without the need of a phone line (ADSL) at the site.
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TECHNOLOGIES Ordering your SIM card: Mini SIM Data Card with Access Point Name (APN) The NetComm Wireless Router requires a Mini SIM DATA card with available data and configured to have an ‘Access Point Name’ (APN) for remote access. The APN settings are setup by Telstra and they can encode special MICA codes to your SIM card (they can perform this action when the SIM card is online).
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES Configuring Your Router You will need the following hardware to set up your router. • NetComm Wireless Router • Laptop or PC • Activated Mini SIM Data card • 4 Port LAN Switch (not needed at the site but will make configuration easier).
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES Login to the NetComm Router In a web browser on the PC enter the following web address (this is the default IP address for the NetComm Router). Enter the username root and password admin to login to the modem At the bottom of the page that loads you should see an connection status similar to as shown below If the SIM Status is ‘SIM locked’...
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES Enabling the Internet Connection on the Modem If the SIM card has not yet had the MICA codes encoded into the card you must now call Telstra and get them to encode (configure) your SIM card.
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES Enable PING and HTTP service A handy feature (to help with debugging) is to enable PING and HTTP on the NetComm router. Go to ‘System / Administrator’ Enable all 3 options shown below Once this enable you then can remotely test if you can ping the device.
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES Finding the Lantronics XPort LAN adapters IP address. Go to ‘Internet Settings / Routing / DHCP’ At the bottom of this screen you will find the IP address of the XPort LAN adapter. We also recommend that you set a Static IP address in the Lantronic XPort Adapter.
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES Port Forwarding The next step is to port forward ports 80 and 10001 to the sites XPort LAN adapter. Go to ‘Internet Settings / Routing / NAT’ - Add two separate rule for 80 and 10001 like shown below. In the example below the IP address of the XPort LAN module is 192.168.1.58.
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES Dynamic DNS Each time you restart the NetComm modem you will notice the device is given a new IP address by Telstra. To solve this changing IP address you will need to setup a Dynamic DNS name You will need to sign up (and pay a small fee) for this service.
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Defining the future of Access Control TECHNOLOGIES The final step is to add the IP addres (or DNS Name) into Evolution so Evolution can connect to the remote site. The external IP address of the modem in this example is shown below. Hardware / Locations / Edit –...
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