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Modular edge gateway for iot control card + expansion card 1 + expansion card 2
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  • Page 1 Gateway User Guide User Guide MEG5000 Modular Edge Gateway for IoT Control Card + Expansion Card 1 + Expansion Card 2 Guangzhou Robustel LTD www.robustel.com...
  • Page 2 The contents of this document are subject to change without notice due to continued progress in methodology, design and manufacturing. Robustel shall have no liability for any error or damage of any kind resulting from the use of this document.
  • Page 3 Robustel accepts no responsibility for damages of any kind resulting from delays or errors in data transmitted or received using the gateway, or for failure of the gateway to transmit or receive such data.
  • Page 4 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Protecting Your Gateway To ensure error-free usage, please install and operate your gateway with care. Do remember the following: Do not expose the gateway to extreme conditions such as high humidity / rain, high temperature, direct sunlight, ...
  • Page 5 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Regulatory and Type Approval Information Table 1: Directives 2011/65/EC Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and...
  • Page 6 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Document History Updates between document versions are cumulative. Therefore, the latest document version contains all updates made to previous versions. Date Firmware Version Document Version Change Description 26 Jan., 2018 1.0.0 v.1.0.0 Initial release 22 May, 2018 1.0.0...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Contents Chapter 1 Product Overview ........................... 9 Key Features ............................... 9 Package Contents ............................. 10 Specifications ............................13 Dimensions ............................... 15 Ordering Information ..........................15 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ........................16 Plug-in Cards ............................. 16 PIN Assignment ............................17 LED Indicators ............................
  • Page 8 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Services ..............................101 4.5.1 Syslog .............................. 101 4.5.2 Event ............................... 102 4.5.3 NTP ..............................105 4.5.4 SMS ..............................106 4.5.5 Email ............................... 107 4.5.6 DDNS ............................... 108 4.5.7 SSH ..............................109 4.5.8 GPS ..............................110 4.5.9 Samba .............................

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    Chapter 1 Product Overview Key Features MEG5000, Robustel Modular Edge Gateway for Internet of Things (IoT), is a most configurable and manageable cellular gateway. The MEG5000 features three scalable cards supporting various interfaces to meet changing demands for industrial IoT applications. It is developed to provide application of calculation, and performs real-time data analysis and intelligent processing at the edge of sensor, which is more effective and secure.

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    Robust industrial design (Wide input voltage, desktop or wall mounting or DIN rail mounting) Package Contents Before installing your MEG5000, verify the kit contents as following. Note: The following pictures are for illustration purposes only, not based on their actual sizes.
  • Page 11 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide  1 x Quick Start Guide with download link of other documents or tools Note: If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact your Robustel sales representative. Optional Accessories (sold separately) ...
  • Page 12 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide  Wall mounting kit  35 mm DIN rail mounting kit L-type screwdriver   Ethernet cable  RS-232 serial cable (DB9 male to DB9 female)  AC/DC power adapter (24V DC, 1.5 A; EU/US/UK/AU plug optional) RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3...

  • Page 13: Specifications

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Specifications Cellular Interface Number of antennas: 2 (MAIN + AUX)  Connector: SMA, female  SIM slot: 2 (3.0 V & 1.8 V)  Standards: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+/TD-SCDMA/CDMA (CDMA  1X/EVDO)/FDD LTE/TDD LTE Ethernet Interface Number of ports: 1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps WAN (ETH0) + 8 x 10/100 Mbps LAN (ETH1~ETH8) ...
  • Page 14 App Center (Available Apps for RobustOS) Apps*: L2TP, PPTP, DMVPN, RobustVPN, VRRP, QoS, Captive Portal, WLAN Multi AP, SNMP, Language, RobustLink  *Request on demand. For more Apps please visit www.robustel.com. Power Supply and Consumption Connector: 3-pin 3.5 mm female socket with lock ...

  • Page 15: Dimensions

    -40 to +65 °C Environment -10-+65 °C （with WIFI） -10-+65 °C （with WIFI） 5 to 95% RH 5 to 95% RH *For more information about 4G frequency bands in different countries, please contact your Robustel sales representative. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 15/150...

  • Page 16: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Plug-in Cards Main Control Card Expansion Card 1 Expansion Card 2 2 x cellular SMA antenna 8 x Megabyte LAN 1 x RUN LED indicator for    4 x WiFi antenna...

  • Page 17: Pin Assignment

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide PIN Assignment The MEG5000 has been designed to be placed on a desktop. Below is the front view of the MEG5000. DI/DO Direction Gateway  Device IGND1 Gateway  Device IGND2 Gateway  Device OUT1 OGND1 Gateway ...

  • Page 18: Led Indicators

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide LED Indicators Name Color Status Description Green On, fast blinking Gateway is powered on (250 mSec blink time) (System is initializing) On, blinking Gateway starts operating (500 mSec blink time) Gateway is powered off MODEM Green...

  • Page 19: Reset Button

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide USR-OpenVPN Green On, solid OpenVPN connection is established OpenVPN connection is not established USR-IPsec Green On, solid IPsec connection is established IPsec connection is not established Green On, 3 solid lights High Signal strength (21-31) is available...

  • Page 20: Ethernet Port

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Ethernet Port There are nine Ethernet ports on MEG5000, including one WAN port and eight LAN ports. Each Ethernet port has two LED indicators. The yellow one is an Activity indicator, while the green one is a Link up indicator.

  • Page 21: Insert Or Remove Sim Card

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Insert or Remove SIM Card RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 21/150...
  • Page 22 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Insert or remove the SIM card as shown in the following steps. Insert SIM card  Make sure gateway is powered off. To remove slot cover, loosen the screws associated with the cover by using a screwdriver and then find the SIM card slot.

  • Page 23: Attach External Antenna (Sma Type)

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Attach External Antenna (SMA Type) Attach an external SMA antenna to the gateway’s antenna connector and twist tightly. Make sure the antenna is within the correct frequency range provided by the ISP and with 50 Ohm impedance.

  • Page 24: Mount The Gateway

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Mount the Gateway The gateway can be placed on a desktop or mounted to a wall or a DIN rail. Two methods for mounting the gateway  Wall mounting (measured in mm) Use 4 pcs of M3*6 flat head Phillips screws to fix the wall mounting kit to the gateway, and then use 2 pcs of M3 drywall screws to mount the gateway associated with the wall mounting kit on the wall.
  • Page 25 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide  DIN rail mounting (measured in mm) Use 4 pcs of M3*6 flat head Phillips screws to fix the DIN rail to the gateway, and then hang the DIN rail on the mounting bracket. It is necessary to choose a standard bracket.

  • Page 26: Ground The Gateway

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Ground the Gateway Gateway grounding helps prevent the noise effect due to electromagnetic interference (EMI). Connect the gateway to the site ground wire by the ground screw before powering on. Note: This product is appropriate to be mounted on a sound grounded device surface, such as a metal panel.

  • Page 27: Connect The Gateway To A Computer

    2.11 Power Supply MEG5000 supports reverse polarity protection, but always refers to the figure above to connect the power adapter correctly. There are two cables associated with the power adapter. Following to the color of the head, connect the cable marked red to the positive pole through a terminal block, and connect the yellow one to the negative in the same way.

  • Page 28: Chapter 3 Initial Configuration

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Chapter 3 Initial Configuration The gateway can be configured through your web browser that including IE 8.0 or above, Chrome and Firefox, etc. A web browser is included as a standard application in the following operating systems: Linux, Mac OS, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Me/Vista/7/8, etc.
  • Page 29 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click Properties in the window of Local Area Connection Status. Choose Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 29/150...
  • Page 30 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Two ways for configuring the IP address of PC. Obtain an IP address automatically: Use the following IP address: (Configured a static IP address manually within the same subnet of the gateway) Click OK to finish the configuration.

  • Page 31: Factory Default Settings

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Factory Default Settings Before configuring your gateway, you need to know the following default settings. Item Description Username admin Password admin ETH0 With Expansion Card 1--WAN mode Without Expansion Card 1--192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, LAN mode ETH1 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, LAN mode ETH2 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, LAN mode...

  • Page 32: Control Panel

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Control Panel After logging in, the home page of the MEG5000’s web interface is displayed, for example. Using the original password to log in the gateway, the page will pop up the following tab Click the button to close the popup window.
  • Page 33 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Note: The steps of how to modify configuration are as bellow: Modify in one page; Click under this page; Modify in another page; Click under this page; Complete all modification; Click RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 33/150...

  • Page 34: Chapter 4 Gateway Configuration

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Chapter 4 Gateway Configuration Status 4.1.1 System Information This page allows you to view the System Information, Internet Status and LAN Status of your Gateway. System Information Item Description Device Model Show the model name of your device.

  • Page 35: Cellular Status

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.1.2 Cellular Status This section shows the cellular status information of the gateway. Cellular Status Item Description Active Link Show the current active link. WWAN1, WWAN2, WAN or WLAN Uptime Show the current amount of time the link has been connected.
  • Page 36 Warm Backup: The inactive link is online on standby  Load Balancing: Use two links simultaneously Note: MEG5000 do not support warm backup and load balancing in the situation of two WWAN links. Revert Interval Specify the number of minutes that elapses before the primary link is checked if a backup link is being used in cold backup mode.
  • Page 37 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click on the right-most of WWAN1/WWAN2 to enter the configuration window. WWAN1/WWAN2 The window is displayed as below when enabling the “Automatic APN Selection” option. The window is displayed as below when disabling the “Automatic APN Selection” option.
  • Page 38 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Link Settings (WWAN) Item Description Default General Settings Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Type Show the type of the link. WWAN1 Description Enter a description for this link. It can be null. Null WWAN Settings Automatic APN Click the toggle button to enable/disable the “Automatic APN Selection”...
  • Page 39 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Link Settings (WWAN) Item Description Default Data Allowance Set the monthly data traffic limitation. The system will record the data traffic statistics when data traffic limitation (MiB) is specified. The traffic record will be displayed in Interface > Link Manager > Status > WWAN Data Usage Statistics.
  • Page 40 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Gateway will obtain IP automatically from DHCP server if choosing “DHCP” as connection type. The window is displayed as below. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Static” as the connection type. The window is displayed as below when choosing “PPPoE” as the connection type.
  • Page 41 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Link Settings (WAN) Item Description Default General Settings Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Type Show the type of the link. Description Enter a description for this link. It can be null. Null Connection Type Select from “DHCP”, “Static”...
  • Page 42 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Ping Detection Settings Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable the ping detection mechanism, a keepalive policy of the gateway. Primary Server Gateway will ping this primary address/domain name to check that if the 8.8.8.8 current connectivity is active.
  • Page 43 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “Static” as the connection type. MEG5000 does not support the PPPoE WLAN Connection Type. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 43/150...
  • Page 44 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Link Settings (WLAN) Item Description Default General Settings Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Type Show the type of the link. WLAN Description Enter a description for this link. Null Connection Type Select from “DHCP” or “Static”.
  • Page 45 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Timeout Set the ping timeout. Max Ping Tries Set the max ping tries. Switch to another link or take emergency action if the max continuous ping tries reached. Advance Settings NAT Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable the Network Address Translation option.
  • Page 46 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click the button to clear SIM1 or SIM2 monthly data traffic usage statistics. Data statistics will be displayed only if enable the Data Allowance function in Interface > Link Manager > Link Settings > WWAN Settings > Data Allowance.

  • Page 47: Lan

    4.2.2 LAN This section allows you to set the related parameters for LAN port. There are eight LAN ports on MEG5000, including ETH1~ETH8. The ETH1~ETH8 can freely choose from lan0~lan7, but at least one LAN port must be assigned as lan0.
  • Page 48 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “Server” as the mode. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Relay” as the mode. Item Description Default DHCP Settings Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable the DHCP function.
  • Page 49 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Item Description Default IP Pool End Define the end of the pool of IP addresses which will be leased to 192.168.0.100 DHCP clients. Subnet Mask Define the subnet mask of IP address obtained by DHCP clients from 255.255.255.0...
  • Page 50 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide IP Settings Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Interface Show the editing port. IP Address Set the multiple IP address of the LAN port. Null Netmask Set the multiple Netmask of the LAN port.

  • Page 51: Ethernet

    By default, ETH1~ETH8 are lan0, and their IP are 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0. Note: If MEG5000 is not with Expansion Card 1, ETHO can be assigned as either WAN port or LAN port; when assigned as LAN port, it can be as lan0 only.
  • Page 52 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Port Assignment Choose the Ethernet port’s type, as a WAN or a LAN port. Trunk port is used for lan0 connection with that of the exchanger. The package received by trunk port will be with VLAN tag.

  • Page 53: Cellular

    4.2.4 Cellular This section allows you to set the related parameters of Cellular. The MEG5000 has two SIM card slots, but do not support two SIM cards online simultaneously due to its single-module design. If insert single SIM card at the first time, SIM1 slot and SIM2 slots are available.
  • Page 54 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Cellular Item Description Default General Settings Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. SIM Card Show the currently editing SIM card. SIM1 Phone Number Enter the phone number of the SIM card. Null PIN Code Enter a 4-8 characters PIN code used for unlocking the SIM.
  • Page 55 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Cellular Item Description Default Network Type Select from “Auto”, “2G Only”, “2G First”, “3G Only”, “3G First”, “4G Only”, “4G Auto First”.  Auto: Connect to the best signal network automatically  2G Only: Only the 2G network is connected ...
  • Page 56 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click the row of status, the details status information will be displayed under the row. Status Item Description Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Modem Status Show the status of the radio module. Modem Model Show the model of the radio module.
  • Page 57 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Status Item Description Signal Strength Show the signal strength detected by the mobile. RSRP Show the Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) of the current network. RSRQ Show the Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ) of the current network.

  • Page 58: Wifi (Optional)

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.2.5 WiFi (Optional) This section allows you to configure the parameters of two WiFi modes. Gateway supports either WiFi AP mode or Client mode, and defaults as AP. WiFi AP Configure Gateway as WiFi AP Click Interface > WiFi > WiFi, select “AP” as the mode and click “Submit”.
  • Page 59 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when setting “WPA-Personal” as the security mode. The window is displayed as below when setting “WPA-Enterprise” as the security mode. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 59/150...
  • Page 60 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when setting “WEP” as the security mode. General Settings @ Access Point Item Description Default Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable the WiFi access point option. Band Select from “2.4G” or “5G”.
  • Page 61 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ Access Point Item Description Default  Auto: Gateway will scan all frequency channels until the best one is found  1~11 channel will be fixed to work with this channel Following are the frequency of 1~11 channel: 1–2412 MHz...
  • Page 62 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ Access Point Item Description Default 40–5200 MHz 44–5220 MHz 48–5240 MHz 149–5745 MHz 153–5765 MHz 157–5785 MHz 161–5805 MHz 165–5825 MHz(802.11ac is unavailable)  The frequency of 36~165 channels of 80MHz bandwidth available channels: 36–5180 MHz...
  • Page 63 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ Access Point Item Description Default Security Mode Select from “Disabled”, “WPA-Personal”, Disabled “WPA-Enterprise” or “WEP”.  Disabled: User can access the WiFi without password Note: It is strongly recommended for security purposes that you do not choose this kind of mode.
  • Page 64 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ Access Point Item Description Default PSK Password Enter the Pre share key password. When gateway Null works as AP mode, enter Master key to generate keys for encryption. A PSK Password is used as a basis for encryption methods (or cipher types) in a WLAN connection.
  • Page 65 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Advanced Settings Item Description Default DTIM Period Set the delivery traffic indication message period and the gateway AP will multicast the data according to this period. RTS Threshold Set the “request to send” threshold. When the threshold set as...
  • Page 66 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Item Description Default General Settings Enable ACL Click the toggle button to enable/disable this option. ACL Mode Select from “Accept” or “Deny”. Accept  Accept: Only the packets fitting the entities of the “Access Control List” can be allowed ...
  • Page 67 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide And then a “WLAN” column will appear under the Interface list. Click Interface > Link Manager > Link Settings, and click the edit button of WLAN, then configure its related parameters. Click Interface > WLAN to configure the parameters of WiFi Client after setting the mode as Client. Please remember to click Save &...

  • Page 68: Dido

    This section allows you to set the DI and DO parameters. Digital Input and Digital Output are the specific interfaces for MEG5000. The DI interface can be used for triggering alarm, while the DO can be used for controlling the slave device so as to realize real-time monitoring.
  • Page 69 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click the right-most button of index 1 as below. The default mode is “ON-OFF”. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Counter” as the mode. General Settings @ DI Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list.
  • Page 70 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ DI Item Description Default figure. After triggering alarm, DI will keep counting but not trigger alarm again. Enter 0 to 65535 digits. (0=will not trigger alarm) Note: This option is only available when DI under the “Counter” mode.
  • Page 71 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “Pulse” as the alarm off action. General Settings @ DO Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable this DO.
  • Page 72 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ DO Item Description Default Alarm Off Action Digital Output initiates when alarm removed. Selected from “High”, “Low” or “Pulse”.  High: a high electrical level output  Low: a low electrical level output ...

  • Page 73: Serial Port

    4.2.7 Serial Port This section allows you to set the serial port parameters. MEG5000 supports two RS-232s and one RS-485. Serial port provides a way to transfer serial data to IP data, or vice versa, and transmit these data via wired or wireless network to achieve data transparent transmission.
  • Page 74 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 74/150...
  • Page 75 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide  The window is displayed as below when choosing “Transparent” as the application mode and “TCP Client” as the protocol. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Transparent” as the application mode and “TCP Server” as the protocol.
  • Page 76 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “Modbus RTU Gateway” as the application mode and “UDP” as the protocol.  The window is displayed as below when choosing “Modbus ASCII Gateway” as the application mode and “TCP Client”...
  • Page 77 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Serial Port Item Description Default Serial Port Application Settings Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Port Show the current serial’s name, read only. Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable this serial port. When the status is OFF, the serial port is not available.
  • Page 78 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Serial Port Item Description Default ASCII data to Modbus TCP data and sent out, and vice versa Protocol Select from “TCP Client”, “TCP Server”, “UDP” or “Robustlink”. TCP Client  TCP Client: Gateway works as TCP client, initiate TCP connection to TCP server.

  • Page 79: Network

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Network 4.3.1 Route This section allows you to set the static route. Static route is a form of routing that occurs when a gateway uses a manually-configured routing entry, rather than information from a dynamic routing traffic. Route Information Protocol (RIP) is widely used in small network with stable use rate.

  • Page 80: Firewall

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide This window allows you to view the status of route. 4.3.2 Firewall This section allows you to set the firewall and its related parameters, including Filtering, Port Mapping and DMZ. The filtering rules can be used to either accept or block certain users or ports from accessing your gateway.
  • Page 81 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click to add a whitelist rule. The maximum count is 50. Click to add a filtering rule. The maximum count is 50. The window is displayed as below when defaulting “All” or choosing “ICMP” as the protocol. Here take “All” as an example.
  • Page 82 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Filtering Item Description Default Default Filtering Policy Select from “Accept” or “Drop”. Cannot be changed when filtering Accept rules table is not empty.  Accept: Gateway will accept all the connecting requests except the hosts which fit the drop filter list ...
  • Page 83 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Filtering Item Description Default Protocol Select from “All”, “TCP”, “UDP”, “ICMP” or “TCP-UDP”. Note: It is recommended that you choose “All” if you don’t know which protocol of your application to use. Action Select from “Accept” or “Drop”.
  • Page 84 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide “Custom Rules” meets customer’s demand for personal filtering of IP package, filter data usage of a website for example. Users can add any iptables rules which meet the iptables rule format standard in this list. Click to add custom rules.

  • Page 85: Ip Passthrough

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click “Status” to view all rules of INPUT, FORWARD and OUTPUT. 4.3.3 IP Passthrough Click Network > IP Passthrough > IP Passthrough to enable or disable the IP Pass-through option. If gateway enables the IP Pass-through, the terminal device (such as PC) will enable the DHCP Client mode and connect to LAN port of the gateway;...

  • Page 86: Vpn

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.4.1 IPsec This section allows you to set the IPsec and the related parameters. Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a protocol suite for secure Internet Protocol (IP) communications that works by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session.
  • Page 87 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Gateway Enter the address of remote IPsec VPN server. 0.0.0.0 represents for any address. Null Mode Select from “Tunnel” and “Transport”. Tunnel  Tunnel: Commonly used between gateways, or at an end-station to a gateway, the gateway acting as a proxy for the hosts behind it ...
  • Page 88 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “CA” as the authentication type. The window is displayed as below when choosing “xAuth PSK” as the authentication type. The window is displayed as below when choosing “xAuth CA” as the authentication type.
  • Page 89 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide IKE Settings Item Description Default IKE Type Select from “IKEv1” or “IKEv2” as IKE version. IKEv1 Negotiation Mode Select from “Main” and “Aggressive” for the IKE negotiation mode in phase 1. Main If the IP address of one end of an IPsec tunnel is obtained dynamically, the IKE negotiation mode must be aggressive.
  • Page 90 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide IKE Settings Item Description Default types. If click VPN > IPsec > Tunnel > General Settings, and choose ESP as protocol. The specific parameter configuration is shown as below. If choose AH as protocol, the window of SA Settings is displayed as below.
  • Page 91 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide SA Settings Item Description Default Encrypt Algorithm Select from “3DES”, “AES128”, “3AES192” or “AES256” when you select 3DES “ESP” in “Protocol”. Higher security means more complex implementation and lower speed. DES is enough to meet general requirements. Use 3DES when high confidentiality and security are required.
  • Page 92 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide This section allows you to view the status of the IPsec tunnel. User can upload the X509 certificates for the IPsec tunnel in this section. x509 Item Description Default X509 Settings Tunnel Name Choose a valid tunnel.

  • Page 93: Openvpn

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.4.2 OpenVPN This section allows you to set the OpenVPN and the related parameters. OpenVPN is an open-source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities Gateway supports point-to-point and point-to-points connections.
  • Page 94 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “P2P” as the mode. The window is displayed as below when choosing “Preshared” as the authentication type. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 94/150...
  • Page 95 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “Password” as the authentication type. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 95/150...
  • Page 96 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “X509CA” as the authentication type. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 96/150...
  • Page 97 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “X509CA Password” as the authentication type. General Settings @ OpenVPN Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable this OpenVPN tunnel.
  • Page 98 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ OpenVPN Item Description Default Server Port Enter the end-to-end listener port or the listening port of the OpenVPN 1194 server. Interface Type Select from “TUN” or “TAP” which are two different kinds of device interface for OpenVPN.
  • Page 99 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Advanced Settings @ OpenVPN Item Description Default Enable HMAC Firewall Click the toggle button to enable/disable this option. Add an additional layer of HMAC authentication on top of the TLS control channel to protect against DoS attacks.

  • Page 100: Gre

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Filename Show the imported certificate’s name. Null File Size Show the size of the certificate file. Null Last Modification Show the timestamp of that the last time to modify the certificate file. Null 4.4.3 GRE This section allows you to set the GRE and the related parameters. Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) is a tunneling protocol that can encapsulate a wide variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point-to-point links over an Internet Protocol network.

  • Page 101: Services

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide enabled when gateway under NAT environment. Secrets Set the key of the GRE tunnel. Null This section allows you to view the status of GRE tunnel. 4.5 Services 4.5.1 Syslog This section allows you to set the syslog parameters. By default, the “Log to Remote” option is disabled. The system log of the gateway can be saved in the local, also supports to be sent to remote log server and specified application debugging.

  • Page 102: Event

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Note: The lower level will output more syslog in details. Save Position Select the save position from “RAM”, “NVM” or “Console”. Choose “RAM”. The data will be cleared after reboot. Note: It's not recommended that you save syslog to NVM for a long time.
  • Page 103 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide General Settings @ Notification Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Description Enter a description for this group. Null Sent SMS Click the toggle button to enable/disable this option. When enabled, the gateway will send notification to the specified phone numbers via SMS if event occurs.
  • Page 104 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide In the following window you can query various types of events record. Click to query filtered events while click to clear the event records in the window. Event Details Item Description Default Save Position Select the events’ save position from “RAM” or “NVM”.

  • Page 105: Ntp

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.5.3 NTP This section allows you to set the related NTP (Network Time Protocol) parameters, including Time zone, NTP Client and NTP Server. Item Description Default Timezone Settings Time Zone Click the drop down list to select the time zone you are in.

  • Page 106: Sms

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.5.4 SMS This section allows you to set SMS parameters. Gateway supports SMS management, and user can control and configure their gateways by sending SMS. For more details about SMS control, refer to 4.2.2 SMS Remote Control.

  • Page 107: Email

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide SMS Testing Item Description Default Phone Number Enter the specified phone number which can receive the SMS from gateway. Null Message Enter the message that gateway will send it to the specified phone number. Null Result The result of the SMS test will be displayed in the result box.

  • Page 108: Ddns

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.5.6 DDNS This section allows you to set the DDNS parameters. The Dynamic DNS function allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static domain name, allows you whose ISP does not assign them a static IP address to use a domain name.

  • Page 109: Ssh

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide DDNS Status Item Description Status Display the current status of the DDNS. Last Update Time Display the date and time for the DDNS was last updated successfully. 4.5.7 SSH Gateway supports SSH password access and secret-key access.

  • Page 110: Gps

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.5.8 GPS This section allows you to set the GPS setting parameters. Item Description Default General Settings Enable GPS Click the toggle button to enable/disable the GPS option. Sync GPS Time Click the toggle button to synchronize the GPS time.
  • Page 111 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide The window is displayed as below when choosing “TCP Client” as the protocol. The window is displayed as below when choosing “TCP Server” as the protocol. The window is displayed as below when choosing “UDP” as the protocol.
  • Page 112 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Server Settings Item Description Default Index Indicate the ordinal of the list. Enable Click the toggle button to enable/disable the GPS server settings. Protocol Select from “TCP Client”, “TCP Server” or “UDP”. TCP Client Server Address Set the address of the TCP Client.
  • Page 113 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide GPS Status Item Description Speed Show the horizontal speed of gateway. Click “Map” column to view the current location of the gateway. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 113/150...

  • Page 114: Samba

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.5.9 Samba General @ Samba Item Description Default Enable Samba Click the toggle button to enable/disable Samba. NetBIOS Name Enter the name of NETBIOS protocol for communication with Windows. router Work Group Enter the work group.

  • Page 115: Advanced

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide number except 443, only adding that port number then you can login gateway’s Web Server. Note: HTTPS is more secure than HTTP. In many cases, clients may be exchanging confidential information with a server, which needs to be secured in order to prevent unauthorized access.
  • Page 116 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide System Settings Item Description Default Device Name Set the device name to distinguish different devices you have installed; valid router characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, @, ., -, #, $, and *. User LED Type Specify the display type of your USR LED. Select from “None”, “SIM”, “NET”, None “WiFi”, “OpenVPN”...

  • Page 117: System

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide System 4.6.1 Debug This section allows you to check and download the syslog details. Click Service > Syslog > Syslog Setting to enable the syslog. Syslog Item Description Default Syslog Details Log Level Select from “Debug”, “Info”, “Notice”, “Warn”, “Error” which from low to high.

  • Page 118: Update

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Syslog Files Syslog Files List It can show at most 5 syslog files in the list, the files’ name range from message0 to message 4. And the newest syslog file will be placed on the top of the list.
  • Page 119 File Click on “Choose File” to locate the App file from your computer, and then click to import this file into your gateway. Note: File format should be xxx.rpk, e.g. MEG5000-robustlink-1.0.0.rpk. Installed Apps Index Indicate the ordinal of the list.

  • Page 120: Tools

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.6.4 Tools This section provides users three tools: Ping, Traceroute and Sniffer. Ping is used to detect the network connectivity of the gateway. Ping Item Description Default IP address Enter the ping’s destination IP address or destination domain.
  • Page 121 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Traceroute Item Description Default Trace Address Enter the trace’s destination IP address or destination domain. Null Trace Hops Specify the max trace hops. Gateway will stop tracing if the trace hops has met max value no matter the destination has been reached or not.

  • Page 122: Profile

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Sniffer Item Description Default Interface Choose the interface according to your Ethernet configuration. Host Filter the packet that contain the specify IP address. Null Packets Request Set the packet number from 10 to 40000 that the gateway can sniffer at a 1000 time.
  • Page 123 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide XML Configuration File Click on to locate the XML configuration file from your computer, and then click to import this file into your gateway. Export Configuration File Ignore Disabled Features Click the toggle button as “OFF” to ignore the disabled features.

  • Page 124: User Management

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 4.6.6 User Management This section allows you to change your username and password, and create or manage user accounts. One gateway has only one super user who has the highest authority to modify, add and manage other common users.
  • Page 125 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Username Set the Username; valid characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, @, ., -, #, $, and *. Null Password Set the password which at least contains 5 characters; valid characters are a-z, A-Z, Null 0-9, @, ., -, #, $, and *.

  • Page 126: Chapter 5 Configuration Examples

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Chapter 5 Configuration Examples Cellular 5.1.1 Cellular Dial-Up This section shows you how to configure the primary and backup SIM card for Cellular Dial-up. Connect the gateway correctly and insert two SIM, then open the configuration page. Under the homepage menu, click Interface > Link Manager >...
  • Page 127 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide When finished, click Submit > Save & Apply for the configuration to take effect. The window is displayed below by clicking Interface > Cellular > Advanced Cellular Settings. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 127/150...

  • Page 128: Sms Remote Control

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Click the edit button of SIM1 to set its parameters according to your application request. When finished, click Submit > Save & Apply for the configuration to take effect. 5.1.2 SMS Remote Control The gateway supports remote control via SMS. You can use following commands to get the status of the gateway, and set all the parameters.
  • Page 129 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide XML command: <lan> <network max_Entry_num="2"> <id>1</id> <interface>lan0</interface> <ip>172.16.10.66</ip> <netmask>255.255.0.0</netmask> <mtu>1500</mtu> SMS cmd： set lan network 1 interface lan0 set lan network 1 ip 172.16.10.66 set lan network 1 netmask 255.255.0.0 set lan network 1 mtu 1500 The semicolon character (‘;’) is used to separate more than one commands packed in a single SMS.

  • Page 130: Vpn Configuration Examples

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide admin:admin;reboot In this command, username is “admin”, password is “admin”, and the command is to reboot the Gateway. SMS received: admin:admin;set firewall remote_ssh_access false;set firewall remote_telnet_access false In this command, username is “admin”, password is “admin”, and the command is to disable the remote_ssh and remote_telnet access.
  • Page 131 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide IPsec VPN_Server: Cisco 2811: RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 131/150...
  • Page 132 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide IPsec VPN_Client: The window is displayed as below by clicking VPN > IPsec > Tunnel. Click button and set the parameters of IPsec Client as below. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 132/150...
  • Page 133 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide When finished, click Submit > Save & Apply for the configuration to take effect. The comparison between server and client is as below. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 133/150...

  • Page 134: Openvpn

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 5.2.2 OpenVPN OpenVPN supports two modes, including Client and P2P. Here takes Client as an example. OpenVPN_Server: Generate relevant OpenVPN certificate on the server side firstly, and refer to the following commands to configuration the Server: local 202.96.1.100...
  • Page 135 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide OpenVPN_Client: Click VPN > OpenVPN > OpenVPN as below. Click to configure the Client01 as below. When finished, click Submit > Save & Apply for the configuration to take effect. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 135/150...

  • Page 136: Gre Vpn

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide 5.2.3 GRE VPN The configuration of two points is as follows. GRE-1 ： The window is displayed as below by clicking VPN > GRE > GRE. Click button and set the parameters of GRE-1 as below.
  • Page 137 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide GRE-2: Click button and set the parameters of GRE-2 as below. When finished, click Submit > Save & Apply for the configuration to take effect. The comparison between GRE-1 and GRE-2 is as below. RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018...

  • Page 138: Chapter 6 Introductions For Cli

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Chapter 6 Introductions for CLI 6.1 What Is CLI Command-line interface (CLI) is a software interface providing another way to set the parameters of equipment from the SSH or through a telnet network connection. Users can connect to the gateway through SSH or telnet to configure CLI commands.

  • Page 139: How To Configure The Cli

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide ping Send messages to network hosts reboot Halt and perform a cold restart route Static route modify dynamically, this setting will not be saved Set system configuration show Show system configuration status Show running system information...

  • Page 140: Commands Reference

    Example 2: Update firmware via tftp # tftpupdate （space+?） firmware New firmware # tftpupdate firmware （space+?） String Firmware name # tftpupdate firmware MEG5000-firmware-sysupgrade-unknown.bin host 192.168.100.99 // enter a new firmware name Downloading MEG5000-firmware-s 100% |*******************************| 5018k 0：00：00 ETA Flashing Checking 100%...
  • Page 141 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide upgrade success // update success # config save_and_apply // save and apply current configuration, make you configuration effect Example 3: Set link-manager # set # set (space+?) at_over_telnet AT Over Telnet cellular Cellular ddns Dynamic DNS...
  • Page 142 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide static_addr Static Address Settings pppoe PPPoE Settings ping Ping Settings dns1_overrided Overrided Primary DNS dns2_overrided Overrided Secondary DNS # set link_manager link 1 type wwan1 # set link_manager link 1 wwan auto_apn Automatic APN Selection username...
  • Page 143 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide netmask = 255.255.255.0 mtu = 1500 dhcp { enable = true mode = server relay_server = "" pool_start = 192.168.0.2 pool_end = 192.168.0.100 netmask = 255.255.255.0 gateway = "" primary_dns = "" secondary_dns = "" wins_server = ""...
  • Page 144 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Example 6: CLI for setting Cellular # show cellular all sim { id = 1 card = sim1 phone_number = "" extra_at_cmd = "" network_type = auto band_select_type = all band_gsm_850 = false band_gsm_900 = false...
  • Page 145 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide band_wcdma_2100 = false band_lte_800 = false band_lte_850 = false band_lte_900 = false band_lte_1800 = false band_lte_1900 = false band_lte_2100 = false band_lte_2600 = false band_lte_1700 = false band_lte_700 = false band_tdd_lte_2600 = false band_tdd_lte_1900 = false...
  • Page 146 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide band_lte_2600 LTE 2600 (band 7) band_lte_1700 LTE 1700 (band 4) band_lte_700 LTE 700 (band 17) band_tdd_lte_2600 TDD LTE 2600 (band 38) band_tdd_lte_1900 TDD LTE 1900 (band 39) band_tdd_lte_2300 TDD LTE 2300 (band 40) band_tdd_lte_2500 TDD LTE 2500 (band 41) # set cellular sim 1 phone_number 18620435279 …...

  • Page 147: Chapter 7 Glossary

    Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Chapter 7 Glossary Abbr. Description Alternating Current Access Point Name ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Conformité Européene (European Conformity) CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Command Line Interface for batch scripting Circuit Switched Data Clear to Send...
  • Page 148 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Abbr. Description local area network Light Emitting Diode LoRa Long Range LoRaWAN LoRa Wide Area Network LPWAN Low Power Wide Area Network Machine to Machine Maximum Minimum Mobile Originated Mobile Station Mobile Terminated OpenVPN Open Virtual Private Network...
  • Page 149 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Abbr. Description VLAN Virtual Local Area Network Virtual Private Network VSWR Voltage Stationary Wave Ratio Wide Area Network RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 149/150...
  • Page 150 Robustel MEG5000 User Guide Guangzhou Robustel LTD Add: 3rd Floor, Building F, Kehui Park, No.95 Daguan Road, Guangzhou, China 510660 Tel: 86-20-29019902 Email: info@robustel.com Web: www.robustel.com RT_UG_MEG5000_v.1.0.3 12 Dec, 2018 150/150...

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