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Digi Remote Manager. Added a randomized two minute delay window for uploading health metrics to the Digi Remote Manager to avoid situations where multiple devices are uploading metrics at the same time. Added note that for devices...
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Revision Date Description Release of Digi Connect IT Mini firmware version September 2020 20.8: Support for NEMO/DMNR virtual private networks. Support for serial Modbus Gateway. Support for VRRP+, an extension to the VRRP standard that uses network probing to monitor connections through VRRP-enabled devices.
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Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Digi International. Digi provides this document “as is,” without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness or merchantability for a particular purpose.
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Contents Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide Get started with the Connect IT Mini Verify product components Included equipment Required additional equipment Connect the hardware to a network Connect hardware and connect to a cellular network Connect hardware and connect to site network using an Ethernet port...
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Show LAN status and statistics Delete a LAN DHCP servers Create a Virtual LAN (VLAN) route Bridging Configure a bridge Serial port Configure the serial port Show serial status and statistics Serial Status page Routing IP routing Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Configure a NEMO tunnel Show NEMO status Services Allow remote access for web administration and SSH Configure the web administration service Configure SSH access Use SSH with key authentication Generating SSH key pairs Configure telnet access Configure DNS Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Use Python to respond to Digi Remote Manager SCI requests Use digidevice runtime to access the runtime database Use Python to upload the device name to Digi Remote Manager Use Python to send and receive SMS messages Use Python to access serial ports Use the Paho MQTT python library...
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Configure your Connect IT Mini device to use a TACACS+ server Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) RADIUS user configuration RADIUS server failover and fallback to local configuration Configure your Connect IT Mini device to use a RADIUS server LDAP...
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Configure Digi Remote Manager Collect device health data and set the sample interval Log into Digi Remote Manager Use Digi Remote Manager to view and manage your device Add a device to Digi Remote Manager View Digi Remote Manager connection status...
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Use the traceroute command to diagnose IP routing problems Hardware Connect IT Mini hardware and LEDs Top panel and LEDs Left side of the Connect IT Right side of the Connect IT Signal strength Exchange power tips Troubleshooting Use the RESET button to reset your device to the factory defaults...
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Enter strings in configuration commands Example: Create a new user by using the command line Command line reference analyzer help mkdir modem modem puk status [imei STRING] [name STRING] more ping reboot show system traceroute Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
This guide provides reference and usage information for the Connect IT. The Connect IT Mini provides out-of-band management for remote network or infrastructure devices. Cellular connectivity, available as standard in some models and as an option in other models, provides fast reliable cellular connections without additional equipment.
Get started with the Connect IT Mini This section explains what comes with each Connect IT model, how to install the necessary software, and how to connect the hardware. Verify product components. Connect the hardware to a network. Access the device from the web Update the firmware on the Connect IT.
Get started with the Connect IT Mini Verify product components Verify product components Verify that you have the following included equipment. Included equipment Equipment Description Digi Connect IT For detailed information about the front and back panels, see Connect IT Mini hardware and LEDs.
Do not tighten the antenna by holding any part of the plastic antenna housing. 4. Connect the power supply unit to the device. 5. Verify the cellular network signal strength indicator on the front of the Connect IT Mini shows two or more bars for proper operation. See Signal strength.
Connect IT Mini. 2. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to your site gateway. 3. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the ETH port on the Connect IT Mini. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
50 feet (15 meters) long. For the Connect IT the use of standard CAT 5 cables enables serial communication at all baud rates up to 50 feet. CAT5 unshielded twisted pair cable lengths much longer than 50 feet have been verified at 9600 baud but are non-standard and are not guaranteed. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Connect equipment to the Connect IT Connect equipment to the Connect IT USB port The Digi Connect IT Mini RS232 serial port is DTE and has the following pin configuration. Console port and DTE mode Signal name Description Request to send...
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Connect equipment to the Connect IT Connect equipment to the Connect IT USB port Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Configuration and management This chapter contains the following topics: Review Connect IT Mini default settings Change the default password for the admin user Configuration methods Using Digi Remote Manager Access Digi Remote Manager Using the web interface Using the command line...
Configuration and management Review Connect IT Mini default settings Review Connect IT Mini default settings You can review the default settings for your Connect IT Mini device by using the local WebUI or Digi Remote Manager: Local WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. See Using the web interface for details.
É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Authentication > Users > admin.
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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A robust command line allows you to perform all configuration and management tasks from within a command shell. Both the Remote Manager and the local web interface also have the option to open a terminal emulator for executing commands on your Connect IT Mini device. Using the command line for more information about using the command line to manage and configure your Connect IT Mini device.
Central management information about configuring the device remotely if the site network provides Internet connectivity. 1. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the Connect IT Mini's ETH port to a laptop or PC. 2. Open a browser and go to 192.168.210.1.
Summarizes network statistics: the total number of bytes sent and received over all Network configured bridges and Ethernet devices. activity Digi Displays the device connection status for Digi Remote Manager, the amount of time Remote the connection has been up, and the Digi Remote Manager device ID. Using Digi Remote Manager.
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2. Click the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) parameter. 3. Click Properties. The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog appears. 4. Configure with the following details: IP address for PC: 192.168.210.2 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.210.1 Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Configuration and management Using the command line Using the command line The Digi Connect IT Mini device provides a command-line interface that you can use to configure the device, display status and statistics, update firmware, and manage device files. Command line interface...
Log in to the command line interface Command line 1. Connect to the Connect IT Mini device by using a serial connection, SSH or telnet, or the Terminal in the WebUI or the Console in the Digi Remote Manager. See...
2. Depending on the device configuration, you may be presented with another menu, for example: Access selection menu: a: Admin CLI 1: Serial: port1 (9600,8,1,none,none) q: Quit Select access or quit [admin] : Type q or quit to exit. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Manage power to the power controller outlets You can manage the power to an individual outlet on the power controller from the web UI or a terminal. Manage the power to the power controller outlets from the Connect IT Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
7. Expand the Serial Settings section. The entries in the following fields must match the information for the power controller. Refer to your power controller manual for the correct entries: Baud rate, Data bits, Parity, Stop bits, and Flow control. 8. Click Apply. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
In the Index field, enter the appropriate outlet index. Refer to the manual for your power controller to determine the outlet index. c. From the Controlled Device list box, select Serial Port 1. 12. Click Apply. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
In the Add Group field, enter a group name. b. Click +. 6. Select the Serial access option. 7. Configure the serial port for the group. a. Expand the Serial ports section. b. Click + next to Add Port. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Cycle the outlets on this port. Turn the power off, then on. If the power state for the outlet is currently off, then the power is just turned on. Power off all the outlets on this port. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
3. If a serial port is configured for communication with a 3rd-party device plugged into an outlet, the power status displays in the Power column. ON: ON displays in green when there is power to the outlet configured for the serial port. Click ON to turn power to the outlet off. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Manage the power to the power controller outlets from the Connect IT OFF: OFF displays in red when there is no power to the outlet configured for the serial port. Click OFF to turn power to the outlet on. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Connect IT devices have several physical communications interfaces. These interfaces can be bridged in a Local Area Network (LAN) or assigned to a Wide Area Network (WAN). This chapter contains the following topics: Wide Area Networks (WANs) Local Area Networks (LANs) Bridging Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Wide Area Networks (WANs) Wide Area Networks (WANs) The Connect IT Mini device is preconfigured with one Wide Area Network (WAN), named ETH, and one Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), named Modem. You can modify configuration settings for the existing WAN and WWANs, and you can create new WANs and WWANs.
Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), named Modem. You can also create additional WANs and WWANs. When a WAN is initialized, the Connect IT Mini device automatically adds a default IP route for the WAN. The priority of the WAN is based on the metric of the default route, as configured in the WAN's IPv4 and IPv6 metric settings.
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5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. The Connect IT Mini device is now configured to use the cellular modem WWAN, Modem, as its highest priority WAN, and its Ethernet WAN, ETH, as its secondary WAN.
WAN, and its Ethernet WAN, ETH, as its secondary WAN. WAN/WWAN failover If a connection to a WAN interface is lost for any reason, the Connect IT Mini device will immediately fail over to the next WAN or WWAN interface, based on WAN priority. See...
Problems can occur beyond the immediate WAN/WWAN connection that prevent some IP traffic from reaching its destination. Normally this kind of problem does not cause the Connect IT Mini device to detect that the WAN has failed, because the connection continues to work while the core problem exists somewhere else in the network.
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WebUI SureLink can be configured for both IPv4 and IPv6. 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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For Restart interface, enable to configure the device to restart the interface when its connection is considered to have failed. This is useful for interfaces that may regain connectivity after restarting, such as a cellular modem. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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IPv6 active recovery, replace ipv4 in the command line with ipv6. 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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The interface is considered to be down based on the interfaces down time, and the amount of time an initial connection to the interface takes before this Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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This is useful for interfaces that may regain connectivity after restarting, such as a cellular modem. c. To configure the device to reboot when the interface is considered to have failed: (config network interface my_wan ipv4 surelink)> reboot enable (config network interface my_wan ipv4 surelink> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network interface my_wan ipv4 surelink)> The default is 15 seconds. 8. (Optional) Repeat this procedure for IPv6. 9. Save the configuration and apply the change: (config network interface my_wan ipv4 surelink)> save Configuration saved. > Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Configure the device to reboot when a failure is detected Using SureLink, you can configure the Connect IT Mini device to reboot when it has determined that an interface has failed. Required configuration items Enable SureLink.
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WebUI SureLink can be configured for both IPv4 and IPv6. 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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For example, to set Response timeout to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s. The default is 15 seconds. 12. (Optional) Repeat this procedure for IPv6. 13. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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IPv6 active recovery, replace ipv4 in the command line with ipv6. 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(Optional) Set the amount of time to wait for an initial connection to the interface before this test is considered to have failed: (config network interface my_wan ipv4 surelink target 0)> interface_timeout value (config network interface my_wan ipv4 surelink target 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network interface my_wan ipv4 surelink> where value is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. For example, to set timeout to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
SureLink interface test. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Interfaces.
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Wide Area Networks (WANs) Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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9. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
256 bytes to the IP host 43.66.93.111 every 10 seconds. If there are three consecutive failed responses, the Connect IT Mini device brings the ETH interface down and starts using the Modem interface. It continues to regularly test the connection to ETH, and when tests on ETH succeed, the device falls back to ETH1.
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For Ping host, type 43.66.93.111. h. For Ping payload size, type 256. 4. Repeat the above step for Modem to enable SureLink on that interface. 5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Interfaces Wide Area Networks (WANs) 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Typically, you configure SIM1 of the cellular modem as the primary cellular interface, and SIM2 as the backup cellular interface. In this way, if the Connect IT Mini device cannot connect to the network using SIM1, it automatically fails over to SIM2. Connect IT Mini devices automatically use the correct cellular module firmware for each carrier when switching SIMs.
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9. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 9. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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The modem status window is displayed Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Command line To unlock a SIM card: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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To run AT commands from the Connect IT Mini command line: Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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APNs, and then use routing roles to forward traffic to the appropriate WWAN interface. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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(Optional): Configure the public APN. If the public APN is not configured, the Connect IT Mini will attempt to determine the APN. i. Click to expand APN list > APN. ii. For APN, type the public APN for your cellular carrier. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For Label, enter Route through public APN. d. For Interface, select Interface: WWAN_Public. e. Configure the source address: i. Click to expand Source address. ii. For Type, select Interface. iii. For Interface, select LAN1. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For Interface, select Interface: WWAN_Private. 6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network interface WWANPublic)> modem device modem (config network interface WWANPublic)> d. (Optional): Set the public APN. If the public APN is not configured, the Connect IT Mini will attempt to determine the APN. (config network interface WWANPublic)> modem apn public_apn (config network interface WWANPublic)>...
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(config network route policy 0)> interface /network/interface/WWANPublic (config network route policy 0)> f. Use to periods (..) to move back one level in the configuration: (config nnetwork route policy 0)> .. (config nnetwork route policy)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network route policy 1)> save Configuration saved. > 7. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
MAC address blacklist and whitelist. To create a new WAN or edit an existing WAN: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For multiple active interfaces with the same metric, Weight is used to load balance traffic to the interfaces. iii. Set the Management priority. This determines which interface will have priority for central management activity. The interface with the highest number will be used. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Never: Never use DNS servers for this interface. vi. Enable DHCP Hostname to instruct the Connect IT Mini device to include the device's system name with DHCP requests as the Client FQDN option. The DHCP server can then be configured to register the device's hostname and IP address with an associated DNS server.
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12. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config network interface my_wan)> ipv4 weight num (config network interface my_wan)> iii. Set the management priority. This determines which interface will have priority for central management activity. The interface with the highest number will be used. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Never use DNS servers for this interface. vi. Enable DHCP Hostname to instruct the Connect IT Mini device to include the device's system name with DHCP requests as the Client FQDN option. The DHCP server can then be configured to register the device's hostname and IP address with an associated DNS server.
Configure a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) Configuring a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) involves configuring the following items: Required configuration items The interface type: Modem. The firewall zone: External. The cellular modem that is used by the WWAN. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Interfaces.
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Normally, this should be left blank. It is only necessary to complete this field if the SIM does not have a phone number or if the phone number is incorrect. d. Roaming is enabled by default. Click to disable. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Reboot device: The device will reboot if automatic SIM switching is unavailable. 9. For APN list and APN list only, the Connect IT Mini device uses a preconfigured list of Access Point Names (APNs) when attempting to connect to a cellular carrier for the first time. After the device has successfully connected, it will remember the correct APN.
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2. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config network interface my_wwan)> modem carrier Match SIM carrier: The SIM carrier match criteria. This interface is applied when the SIM card is provisioned from the carrier. Format: AT&T Rogers Sprint T-Mobile Telstra Verizon Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network interface my_wwan)> Normally, this should be left blank. It is only necessary to complete this field if the SIM does not have a phone number or if the phone number is incorrect. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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The device will reboot if automatic SIM switching is unavailable. 7. The Connect IT Mini device uses a preconfigured list of Access Point Names (APNs) when attempting to connect to a cellular carrier for the first time. After the device has successfully connected, it will remember the correct APN.
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(config network interface my_wwan)> ipv4 mtu num (config network interface my_wwan)> f. See Configure SureLink active recovery to detect WAN/WWAN failures for information about configuring active recovery. 10. Optional IPv6 configuration items: a. Click IPv6 to expand. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Show WAN and WWAN status and statistics É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. From the menu, click Status. 3. Under Networking, click Interfaces. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Wide Area Networks (WANs) Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Interfaces Wide Area Networks (WANs) 4. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Interfaces Wide Area Networks (WANs) 5. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Local Area Networks (LANs) Local Area Networks (LANs) The Connect IT Mini device is preconfigured with the following Local Area Networks (LANs): You can modify configuration settings for ETH, and you can create new LANs. This section contains the following topics:...
The IPv6 Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of the LAN. The IPv6 prefix length and ID. IPv6 DHCP server configuration. See DHCP servers for more information. MAC address blacklist and whitelist. To create a new LAN or edit an existing LAN: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Local Area Networks (LANs) É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Interfaces.
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If there whitelist entries are specified, incoming packets will only be accepted from the listed MAC addresses. a. Click to expand MAC address whitelist. b. For Add MAC address, click g . c. Type the MAC address. 13. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Local Area Networks (LANs) Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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(config network interface my_lan)> c. Enable the DHCP server: (config network interface my_lan)> ipv4 dhcp_server enable true DHCP servers for information about configuring the DHCP server. 7. (Optional) Configure IPv6 settings: a. Enable IPv6 support: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Modify any of the remaining default settings as appropriate. For example, to change the minimum length of the prefix: (config network interface my_lan)> ipv6 prefix_length 60 (config network interface my_lan)> If the minimum length is not available, then a longer prefix will be used. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
3. Under Networking, click Interfaces. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
LAN, LAN1. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Interfaces.
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Interfaces Local Area Networks (LANs) 5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Type quit to disconnect from the device. DHCP servers You can enable DHCP on your Connect IT Mini device to assign IP addresses to clients, using either: The DHCP server for the device's local network, which assigns IP addresses to clients on the device's local network.
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É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Interfaces.
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12. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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No gateway is broadcast by the DHCP server. Client destinations must be resolvable without a gateway. auto: Broadcasts the Connect IT Mini device's gateway. custom: Allows you to identify the IP address of a custom gateway to be broadcast: (config)>...
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(config)> where value is one of: none: No server is broadcast. auto: Broadcasts the Connect IT Mini device's server. custom: Allows you to identify the IP address of the server. For example: (config)> network interface my_lan ipv4 dhcp_server advanced primary_dns_custom ip_address (config)>...
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To map static IP addresses: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Interfaces.
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Interfaces Local Area Networks (LANs) 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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3. Under Networking, click DHCP Leases. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Required configuration items DHCP option number. Value for the DHCP option. Additional configuration items The data type of the value. Force the option to be sent to the DHCP clients. A label for the custom option. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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12. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config network interface my_lan ipv4 dhcp_server advanced custom_option 0)> save Configuration saved. > 11. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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LAN. For the Connect IT Mini device, DHCP relay is configured by providing the IP address of a DHCP relay server, rather than an IP address range. If both the DHCP relay server and an IP address range are specified, DHCP relay is used, and the specified IP address range is ignored.
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Local Area Networks (LANs) Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
3. Under Networking, click DHCP Leases. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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To create a VLAN: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Virtual LAN.
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Local Area Networks (LANs) Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Interfaces Bridging Bridging Bridging is a mechanism to create a single network consisting of multiple devices, such as Ethernet devices and wireless access points. This section contains the following topics: Configure a bridge Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Interfaces Bridging Configure a bridge Required configuration items A name for the bridge. Bridges are enabled by default. Devices to be included in the bridge. Additional configuration items Enable Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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To create a bridge: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Bridges.
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Bridging Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 8. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Connect IT Mini devices have a single serial port that provides access to the command-line interface. Use an RS-232 serial cable to establish a serial connection from your Connect IT Mini to your local laptop or PC. Use a terminal emulator program to establish the serial connection. The terminal emulator's serial connection must be configured to match the configuration of the Connect IT Mini device's serial port.
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É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Serial Configuration. The Serial Configuration page is displayed. 3. Click on the port name to expand the port you want to configure.
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For Stop bits, select the number of stop bits used by the device to which you want to connect. For Flow control, select the type of flow control used by the device to which you want to connect. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Click CTS Changes to monitor CTS (Clear To Send) changes on this port. Click DCD Changes to monitor DCD (Data Carrier Detect) changes on this port. 10. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Configure the serial port Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
See the description for Port (above) for more information. TX/RX Bytes Displays the total number of bytes that have been transmitted and received. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Serial port Serial Status page Item Description Signals Indicates the types of communication that the device is ready to send. DCD: Carrier Detected CTS: Clear to Send DTR: Data Terminal Ready RTS: Ready to Dend Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Routing This chapter contains the following topics: IP routing Show the routing table Dynamic DNS Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
IP routing IP routing The Connect IT Mini device uses IP routes to decide where to send a packet it receives for a remote network. The process for deciding on a route to send the packet is as follows: 1. The device examines the destination IP address in the IP packet, and looks through the IP routing table to find a match for it.
To configure a static route: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Routes > Static routes.
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255.255.255.0, type 192.168.47.0/24. The any keyword can also be used to route packets to any destination with this static route. 7. For Interface, select the interface on the Connect IT Mini device that will be used with this static route.
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The any keyword can also be used to route packets to any destination with this static route. 6. Set the interface on the Connect IT Mini device that will be used with this static route: a. Use the ? to determine available interfaces: (config network route static 0)>interface ?
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
However, you can use policy-based routing to forward the packet based on other criteria, such as the source of the packet. For example, you can configure the Connect IT Mini device so that high-priority traffic is routed through the cellular connection, while all other traffic is routed through an Ethernet (WAN) connection.
To configure a routing policy: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Routes > Policy-based routing.
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Routing IP routing 6. For Interface, select the interface on the Connect IT Mini device that will be used with this route policy. 7. (Optional) Enable Exclusive to configure the policy to drop packets that match the policy when the gateway interface is disconnected, rather than forwarded through other interfaces.
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(config network route policy 0)> label "New route policy" (config network route policy 0)> 5. Set the interface on the Connect IT Mini device that will be used with this route policy: a. Use the ? to determine available interfaces: (config network route policy 0)>interface ?
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Set the source port: (config network route policy 0)> src_port value (config network route policy 0)> where value is the port number, or the keyword any to match any port as the source port. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network route policy 0)> src zone external (config network route policy 0)> Firewall configuration for more information about firewall zones. interface: Matches the source IP address to the selected interface's network address. Set the interface: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Matches the destination IP address to the selected firewall zone. Set the zone: a. Use the ? to determine available zones: (config network route policy 0)> dst zone ? Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network route policy 0)> address: Matches the destination IPv4 address to the specified IP address or network. Set the address that will be matched: (config network route policy 0)> dst address value (config network route policy 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 12. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Routing IP routing Routing services Your Connect IT Mini includes support for dynamic routing services and protocols. The following routing services are supported: Service or protocol Information RFC2453 The IPv4 Routing Information Protocol (RIP) service supports RIPv2 ( RFC1058 and RIPv1 (...
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6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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RIP service: (config)> network route service rip ? Parameters Current Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ecmp false Allow ECMP enable true Enable Additional Configuration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- interface Interfaces neighbour Neighbours redis Route redistribution timer Timers Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To display the routing table: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Status > Routes.
DNS provider, the router can automatically update the remote nameserver whenever your WAN or public IP address changes. Your Connect IT Mini device supports a number of Dynamic DNS providers as well as the ability to provide a custom provider that is not included on the list of providers.
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Dynamic DNS É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Network > Dynamic DNS.
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14. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Dynamic DNS provider: (config network ddns new_ddns_instance)> custom url (config network ddns new_ddns_instance)> 7. Set the domain name that is linked to the interface's IP address: (config network ddns new_ddns_instance)> domain domain_name (config network ddns new_ddns_instance)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For example, to set retry_interval to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s: (config network ddns new_ddns_instance)> retry_interval 600s (config network ddns new_ddns_instance)> The default is 60s. 13. (Optional) Set the number of times to retry a failed IP address update: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Multiple Connect IT Mini devices can be configured as VRRP devices and assigned a priority. The router with the highest priority will be used as the master router. If the master router fails, then the IP address of the virtual router is mapped to the backup device with the next highest priority.
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VRRP priorty of devices based on the status of their network connectivity. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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12. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config network vrrp VRRP_test)> add virtual_address end ip_address (config network vrrp VRRP_test)> Additional virtual IP addresses can be added by repeating this step with different values for ip_ address. 10. Save the configuration and apply the change: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
For backup VRRP devices, enable the ability to monitor the VRRP master, so that a backup device can increase its priority when the master device fails SureLink tests. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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80, then the Priority modifier should be set to an amount greater than 20 so that if SureLink fails on the master, it will lower its priority to below 80, and the backup device will assume the master role. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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LAN interface; VRRP+ will then monitor the LAN using SureLink to determine if the interface has network connectivity and promote a backup to master if SureLink fails. i. Click to expand IPv4 > SureLink. ii. Click Enable. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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11. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Configure the VRRP interface's DHCP server to use a custom gateway that corresponds to one of the VRRP virtual IP addresses: i. Set the DHCP server gateway type to custom: (config)> network interface eth ipv4 dhcp_server advanced gateway custom (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For example, to set interval to ten minutes, enter 5s: (config)> network interface eth ipv4 surelink interval 5s (config)> iv. Create a SureLink test target: (config)> add network interface eth ipv4 surelink target end (config network interface eth ipv4 surelink target 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network interface eth ipv4 surelink target 0)> where value is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. For example, to set interface_down_time to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Example: VRRP/VRRP+ configuration This example configuration creates a VRRP pool containing two Connect IT Mini devices: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
WebUI Task 1: Configure VRRP on device one 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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3. For Lease range end, type 199. 4. Click to expand Advanced settings. 5. For Gateway, select Custom. 6. For Custom gateway, enter 192.168.3.3. 7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Command line Task 1: Configure VRRP on device one 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
5. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Configure device two (backup device) É WebUI Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Task 1: Configure VRRP on device two 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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6. For Ping host, type my.devicecloud.com. Task 5: Configure the DHCP server for ETH on device two 1. Click to expand Network > Interfaces > ETH > IPv4 > DHCP Server 2. For Lease range start, type 200. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Command line Task 1: Configure VRRP on device two 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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1. Enable SureLink on the ETH interface: (config)> network interface eth ipv4 surelink enable true (config)> 2. Create a SureLink test target: (config)> add network interface eth ipv4 surelink target end (config network interface eth ipv4 surelink target 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Show VRRP status and statistics This section describes how to display VRRP status and statistics for a Connect IT device. VRRP status is available from the Web UI only. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Status > VRRP.
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Current State : Master Current Priority : 100 Last Transition : Tue Jan 1 00:00:39 2019 Became Master Released Master Adverts Sent : 71 Adverts Received Priority Zero Sent Priority zero Received : 0 > Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are used to securely connect two private networks together so that devices can connect from one network to the other using secure channels. This chapter contains the following topics: IPsec OpenVPN Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) NEMO Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Aggressive mode is faster than main mode, but is not as secure as main mode, because the device and its peer exchange their IDs and hash information in clear text instead of being encrypted. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Client authenticaton XAUTH (extended authentication) pre-shared key authentication mode provides additional security by using client authentication credentials in addition to the standard pre-shared key. The Connect IT Mini device can be configured to authenticate with the remote peer as an XAUTH client.
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The amount of time before the IKE phase 1 lifetime expires. The amount of time before the IKE phase 2 lifetime expires The lifetime margin, a randomizing amount of time before the IPsec tunnel is renegotiated. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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IPsec É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click VPN > IPsec.
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Transport: Only the payload of the IP packet is encrypted and/or authenticated. The IP header is unencrypted. 12. Select the Protocol, either: ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload): Provides encryption as well as authentication and integrity. AH (Authentication Header): Provides authentication and integrity only. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Type the Username and Password that the device will use to authenticate as an XAUTH client with the peer. 16. (Optional) Click Enable MODECFG client to receive configuration information, such as the private IP address, from the remote peer. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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IPv4: The ID will be interpreted as an IPv4 address and sent as an ID_IPV4_ ADDR IKE identity. For IPv4 ID value, type an IPv4 formatted ID. This can be a fully-qualified domain name or an IPv4 address. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Request a network: Requests a network from the remote peer. d. For Remote network, enter the IP address and optional netmask of the remote network. The keyword any can also be used. . Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For Hash, select the type of hash to use to verify communication integrity. iv. For Diffie-Hellman group, select the type of Diffie-Hellman group to use for key exchange. v. You can add additional Phase 1 proposals by clicking gnext to Add Phase 1 Proposal. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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NAT. 23. See Configure SureLink active recovery for IPsec for information about IPsec Active recovery. 24. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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IPsec Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> type protocol (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> where protocol is either: esp (Encapsulating Security Payload): Provides encryption as well as authentication and integrity. ah (Authentication Header): Provides authentication and integrity only. The default is esp. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> auth private_key_passphrase passphrase (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> c. For the cert parameter, paste the local X.509 certificate in PEM format: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> auth cert certificate (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> modecfg_client enable true (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> 13. Configure the local endpoint: a. Set the method for determining the local network interface: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> local type value (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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The ID will be interpreted as FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) and sent as an ID_FQDN IKE identity. Set the ID as an FQDN: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> local id rfc822_id id (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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The ID will be interpreted as an IPv6 address and sent as an ID_IPV6_ADDR IKE identity. Set an IPv6 formatted ID. This can be a fully-qualified domain name or an IPv6 address. (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> remote id ipv6_id id (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> e. Set the amount of time that the IKE security association expires after a successful negotiation and must be re-authenticated: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> ike phase1_lifetime value (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Set the type of encryption to use during phase 1: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example ike phase1_proposal 0)> cipher value (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example ike phase1_proposal 0)> where value is one of 3des, aes128, aes192, aes256, or null. The default is 3des. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Set the type of hash to use during phase 2 to verify communication integrity: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example ike phase2_proposal 0)> hash value (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example ike phase2_proposal 0)> where value is one of md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, or sha512. The default is sha1. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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The default is 90. (config)> vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example dpd timeout value (config)> 17. (Optional) Create a list of destination networks that require source NAT: a. Add a destination network: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Current value: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example policy 0)> local address ii. Set the interface. For example: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example policy 0)> local address eth (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example policy 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> vpn ipsec advanced keep_alive value (config)> where value is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. For example, to set keep_alive to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 21. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) IPsec Configure IPsec failover You can configure the Connect IT Mini device to fail over from a primary IPsec tunnel to a backup tunnel. During configuration of the backup IPsec tunnel, identify the primary IPsec tunnel in the Preferred tunnel parameter.
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Configure SureLink active recovery for IPsec You can configure the Connect IT Mini device to regularly probe IPsec client connections to determine if the connection has failed and take remedial action. You can also configure the IPsec tunnel to fail over to a backup tunnel. See Configure IPsec failover further information.
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Virtual Private Networks (VPN) IPsec 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click VPN > IPsec.
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Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. For example, to set Down time to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s. The default is 60 seconds. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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14. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example connection_monitor target 0)> b. Set the test type: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example connection_monitor target 0)> test value (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example connection_monitor target 0)> where value is one of: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_example connection_monitor target 0)> where value is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. For example, to set interface_down_time to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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: tunnel Type : esp > 4. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
OpenVPN clients are on the same IP subnet as the OpenVPN server’s LAN interface. This means that devices connected to the OpenVPN client’s LAN interface are on the same IP subnet as devices. The Connect IT Mini device supports two mechanisms for configuring an OpenVPN server in TAP mode: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
LAN interfaces to the OpenVPN server. TAP - OpenVPN managed—Also know as bridging mode. A more advanced implementation of OpenVPN. The Connect IT Mini device creates an OpenVPN interface and uses standard interface configuration (for example, a standard DHCP server configuration).
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Additional OpenVPN parameters. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click VPN > OpenVPN > Servers.
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Certificate and username/password: Uses both certificates and a username and password for client authentication. Each client requires a public and private key, and you must create an OpenVPN authentication group and user. See Configure an OpenVPN Authentication Group and User for instructions. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the service-type. d. Click gagain to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: a. Click Interfaces.
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OpenVPN Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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1 and 255. The number entered here will represent the first client IP address. For example, if address is set to 192.168.1.1/24 and server_first_ip is set to 80, the first client IP address will be 192.168.1.80. The default is from 80. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Paste the contents of the CA certificate (usually in a ca.crt file) into the value of the cacert parameter: (config vpn openvpn server name )> cacert value (config vpn openvpn server name )> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the service-type. Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config vpn openvpn server name)> add acl interface end value (config vpn openvpn server name)>...
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Repeat this step to list additional firewall zones. 9. (Optional) Set additional OpenVPN parameters. a. Enable the use of additional OpenVPN parameters: (config vpn openvpn server name )> advanced_options enable true (config vpn openvpn server name )> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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Type a password for the user. This password is used for local authentication of the user. You can also configure the user to use RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication by configuring authentication methods. See User authentication methods for information. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Click to expand the Groups node. e. Click gto add a group to the user. f. Select a Group with OpenVPN access enabled. 5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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OpenVPN Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
OpenVPN active recovery. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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11. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
The OpenVPN client is enabled by default. The mode used by the OpenVPN server, either routing (TUN), or bridging (TAP). The firewall zone to be used by the OpenVPN client. The IP address of the OpenVPN server. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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OpenVPN active recovery. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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For OpenVPN parameters, type the additional OpenVPN parameters. For example, to override the configuration by using a configuration file, enter --config filename, for example, --config /etc/config/openvpn_config. 15. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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OpenVPN Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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(config vpn openvpn client name )> 14. (Optional) Set additional OpenVPN parameters. a. Enable the use of additional OpenVPN parameters: (config vpn openvpn client name )> advanced_options enable true (config vpn openvpn client name )> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To configure the Connect IT Mini device to regularly probe the OpenVPN connection: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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10. For Success condition, determine whether the interface should fail over based on the failure of one of the test targets, or all of the test targets. 11. For Attempts, type the number of probe attempts before the WAN is considered to have failed. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. For example, to set Down time to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s. The default is 60 seconds. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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14. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> The default is 15 seconds. 11. Configure test targets: a. Add a test target: (config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1)> add connection_monitor target end (config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1 connection_monitor target 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(Optional) Set the amount of time that the interface can be down before this test is considered to have failed: (config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1 connection_monitor target 0)> interface_down_time value (config vpn openvpn client openvpn_client1 connection_monitor target 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. On the menu, select Status > OpenVPN > Servers. The OpenVPN Servers page appears. 3. To view configuration details about an OpenVPN server, click the (configuration) icon in the upper right of the OpenVPN server's status pane.
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) OpenVPN Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Virtual Private Networks (VPN) OpenVPN Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Task One: Create a GRE loopback endpoint interface É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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11. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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10. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config vpn iptunnel gre_example)> save Configuration saved. > 9. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To view information about currently configured GRE tunnels: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. On the menu, click Status > IP tunnels. The IP Tunnelspage appears. 3. To view configuration details about a GRE tunnel, click the (configuration) icon in the upper right of the tunnel's status pane.
Example: GRE tunnel over an IPSec tunnel The Connect IT Mini device can be configured as an advertised set of routes through an IPSec tunnel. This allows you to leverage the dynamic route advertisement of GRE tunnels through a secured IPSec tunnel.
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Local endpoint set to the IPsec endpoint interface, Interface: ipsec_endpoint2. b. Remote endpoint set to the IP address of the GRE tunnel on Connect IT Mini-1, 172.30.0.1. 4. Create an interface named gre_interface2 and add it to the GRE tunnel: a.
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15. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_gre1 policy 0)> remote network 172.30.0.2/32 (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_gre1 policy 0)> 10. Save the configuration and apply the change: (config ipsec tunnel ipsec_gre1 policy 0)> save Configuration saved. > Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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4. For Device, select Ethernet: loopback. 5. Click to expand IPv4. 6. For Address, type the IP address of the local GRE tunnel, 172.30.0.1/32. 7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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É WebUI 1. Click VPN > IP Tunnels. 2. For Add IP Tunnel, type gre_tunnel1 and click g . 3. For Local endpoint, select the IPsec endpoint interface created in Task two (Interface: ipsec_endpoint1). Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(/network/interface/ipsec_endpoint1): (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel1)> local /network/interface/ipsec_endpoint1 (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel1)> 4. Set the remote endpoint to the IP address of the GRE tunnel on Connect IT Mini-2, 172.30.0.2: (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel1)> remote 172.30.0.2 (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel1)> 5. Save the configuration and apply the change: (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel1)>...
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Task three (IP tunnel: gre_tunnel1). 5. Click to expand IPv4. 6. For Address, type 172.31.0.1/30 for a virtual IP address on the GRE tunnel. 7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Task one: Create an IPsec tunnel É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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14. For Remote network, type the IP address and subnet of the remote GRE tunnel, 172.30.0.1/32. 15. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_gre2)> auth secret testkey (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_gre2)> 5. Set the remote endpoint to public IP address of the Connect IT Mini-1 device: (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_gre2)> remote hostname 192.168.100.1 (config vpn ipsec tunnel ipsec_gre2)>...
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6. For Address, type the IP address of the local GRE tunnel, 172.30.0.2/32. 7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode: > config (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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3. For Local endpoint, select the IPsec endpoint interface created in Task two (Interface: ipsec_endpoint2). 4. For Remote endpoint, type the IP address of the GRE tunnel on Connect IT Mini-1, 172.30.0.1. 5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(/network/interface/ipsec_endpoint2): (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel2)> local /network/interface/ipsec_endpoint2 (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel2)> 4. Set the remote endpoint to the IP address of the GRE tunnel on Connect IT Mini-1, 172.30.0.1: (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel2)> remote 172.30.0.1 (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel2)> 5. Save the configuration and apply the change: (config vpn iptunnel gre_tunnel2)>...
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3. Set the zone to internal: (config network interface gre_interface2)> zone internal (config network interface gre_interface2)> 4. Set the device to the GRE tunnel created in Task three (/vpn/iptunnel/gre_tunnel2): (config network interface gre_interface2)> device /vpn/iptunnel/gre_tunnel2 (config network interface gre_interface2)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Local Area Networks (LANs) on your device. NEMO creates a tunnel between the home agent on the mobile private network and the Connect IT Mini device, isolating the connection from internet traffic and advertising the IP subnets of the LANs for remote access and device management.
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10. For MTU discovery, leave enabled to determine the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size. If disabled, for MTU, type the MTU size. The default MTU size for LANs on the Connect IT Mini device is 1500. The MTU size of the NEMO tunnel will be smaller, to take into account the required headers.
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14. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config vpn nemo nemo_example)> mtu_discovery false (config vpn nemo nemo_example)> If disabled, set the MTU size. The default MTU size for LANs on the Connect IT Mini device is 1500. The MTU size of the NEMO tunnel will be smaller, to take into account the required headers.
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Use the ? to determine available interfaces: (config vpn nemo nemo_example)>coaddress interface ? Interface: Use the IP address of this network interface as this node's Care-of- Address. Format: defaultip defaultlinklocal loopback modem Current value: (config vpn nemo nemo_example)> coaddress interface Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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13. Configure one or more local networks to use as a virtual NEMO network interface. Generally, this will be a Local Area Network (LAN): a. Add a local network to use as a virtual NEMO network interface: (config vpn nemo nemo_example)> add network end eth (config vpn nemo nemo_example)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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192.168.2.1/24 Advertized LAN2 192.168.3.1/24 Advertized > 4. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Configure the Modbus gateway System time Configure the system time Network Time Protocol Configure the device as an NTP server Configure a multicast route Enable service discovery (mDNS) Use the iPerf service Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Allow remote access for web administration and SSH Allow remote access for web administration and SSH By default, only devices connected to the Connect IT Mini's LAN have access to the device via web administration and SSH. To enable these services for access from remote devices: The Connect IT Mini device must have a publicly reachable IP address.
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Allow remote access for web administration and SSH Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Services Allow remote access for web administration and SSH 4. For Add Zone, click g . 5. Select External. 6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Configure the web administration service Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Configure the service É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Services > Web administration.
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11. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the web administratrion service. Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config)> add service web_admin acl interface end value (config)>...
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7. (Optional) Configure the device to allow legacy encryption protocols. Legacy encryption protocols allow clients to connect to the HTTPS session by using encryption protocols older than TLS 1.2, in addition to TLS 1.2 and later protocols. This option is disabled by Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 10. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
3. Click Services > SSH. 4. Click Enable. 5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Configure the service É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Services > SSH.
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8. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the SSH service. Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config)> add service ssh acl interface end value (config)>...
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DNS server. mDNS is enabled by default. To disable mDNS, or enable it if it has been disabled: To enable the mDNS protocol: (config)> service ssh mdns enable true (config> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 8. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
SSH service to allow SSH access for the External firewall zone. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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These instructions assume an existing user named temp_user. 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Configure the service É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Services > telnet.
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7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the telnet service. Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config)> add service telnet acl interface end value (config)>...
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Configure DNS The Connect IT Mini device includes a caching DNS server which forwards queries to the DNS servers that are associated with the network interfaces, and caches the results. This server is used within the device, and cannot be disabled.
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Whether the device should always perform DNS queries to all available DNS servers. Whether to prevent upstream DNS servers from returning private IP addresses. Additional DNS servers, in addition to the ones associated with the device's network interfaces. Specific host names and their IP addresses. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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To configure the DNS server: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Services > DNS.
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11. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the DNS service. Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config)> add service dns acl interface end value (config)>...
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To disable: (config)> service dns query_all_servers false (config> 6. (Optional) Rebind protection By default, rebind protection is disabled. If enabled, this prevents upstream DNS servers from returning private IP addresses. To enable: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config service dns host 0)> address ip-addr (config service dns host 0)> c. Set the host name: (config service dns host 0)> name host-name (config service dns host 0)> 10. Save the configuration and apply the change: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 11. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
By default, the Connect IT Mini device automatically blocks SNMP packets from being received over WAN and LAN interfaces. As a result, if you want a Connect IT Mini device to receive SNMP packets, you must configure the SNMP access control list to allow the device to receive the packets. See Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the SNMP agent. d. Click gagain to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: a. Click Interfaces.
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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(config)> Repeat this step to list additional firewall zones. 5. Set the name of the user that will be used to connect to the SNMP agent. (config)> service snmp username name (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Download MIBs This procedure is available from the WebUI only. Required configuration items Enable SNMP. To download a .zip archive of the SNMP MIBs supported by this device: É WebUI Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
4. Click Download. Configure the Modbus gateway Your Connect IT Mini supports the ability to function as a Modbus gateway, to provide serial-to- Ethernet connectivity to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), and other industrial devices. MODBUS provides client/server communication between devices connected on different types of buses and networks, and the Connect IT Mini gateway allows for communication between buses and and networks that use the Modbus protocol.
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Whether packets should have their Modbus address adjusted downward before to delivery. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
For Port, enter or select an appropriate port. The default is port 502. If Serial is selected for Connection type: a. For Serial port, select the appropriate serial port on the Connect IT Mini device. 5. For Packet mode, select RTU or RAW (if Connection typeis set to Socket) or ASCII (if Connection typeis set to Serial) for the type of packet that will be used by this connection.
No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the web administration service. d. Click gagain to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: a. Click Interfaces.
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Modbus server is running. If Serial is selected for Connection type: a. For Serial port, select the appropriate serial port on the Connect IT Mini device. 5. For Packet mode, select RTU or RAW (if Connection typeis set to Socket) or ASCII (if Connection typeis set to Serial) for the type of packet that will be used by this connection.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the web administration service. d. Click gagain to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: a. Click Interfaces.
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17. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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1 and 65535. The default is 502. iii. Set the packet mode: (config service modbus_gateway server test_modbus_server)> socket packet_ mode value (config service modbus_gateway server test_modbus_server)> where value is either rtu or raw. The default is rtu. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Set the port: (config service modbus_gateway server test_modbus_server)> serial port (config service modbus_gateway server test_modbus_server)> ii. Set the packet mode: (config service modbus_gateway server test_modbus_server)> serial packet_ mode value (config service modbus_gateway server test_modbus_server)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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The default is socket. If connection_type is set to socket: i. Set the IP protocol: (config service modbus_gateway client test_modbus_client)> socket protocol value (config service modbus_gateway client test_modbus_client)> where value is either tcp or udp. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config service modbus_gateway client test_modbus_client)> If connection_type is set to serial: i. Set the serial port: i. Use the ? to determine available serial ports: (config service modbus_gateway client test_modbus_client)> ... serial port ? Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Set the maximum time to wait for a response to a message: (config service modbus_gateway client test_modbus_client)> response_timeout value (config service modbus_gateway client test_modbus_client)> Allowed values are between 1 millisecond and 700 milliseconds, and take the format numberms. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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This allows you to configure clients on the gateway that will forward messages to remote devices with the same Modbus address on different buses. For example, if there are two devices on two Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 7. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
The Connect IT Mini device can also be configured to use Network Time Protocol (NTP). In this configuration, the device serves as an NTP server, providing NTP services to downstream devices. See Network Time Protocol for more information about NTP server support.
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2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode: > config (config)> 3. (Optional) Set the timezone for the location of your Connect IT Mini device. The default is UTC. (config)> system time timezone value (config)> Where value is the timezone using the format specified with the following command: (config)>...
Network Time Protocol (NTP) enables devices connected on local and worldwide networks to synchronize their internal software and hardware clocks to the same time source. The Connect IT Mini device can be configured as an NTP server, allowing downstream hosts that are attached to the device's Local Area Networks to synchronize with the device.
To configure the Connect IT Mini device's NTP service: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the NTP service. d. Click gagain to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: a. Click Interfaces.
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8. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the NTP server agent. Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config)> add service ntp acl interface end value (config)>...
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By default, the access control list for the NTP service is empty, which means that all downstream hosts connected to the Connect IT Mini device can use the NTP service. 6. (Optional) Set the timezone for the location of your Connect IT Mini device. The default is UTC. (config)> system time timezone value (config)>...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 8. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
10. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Set the interface. For example: (config service multicast test)> src_interface /network/interface/eth (config service multicast test)> 8. Set the destination interface that the Connect IT Mini device will use to send mutlicast packets. (config service multicast test)> interface interface (config service multicast test)>...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 10. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
You can enable the Connect IT Mini device to use mDNS. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Services Enable service discovery (mDNS) Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config)> add service mdns acl interface end value (config)>...
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Use the iPerf service Your Connect IT Mini device includes an iPerf3 server that you can use to test the performance of your network. IPerf3 is a command-line tool that measures the maximum network throughput an interface can handle.
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To enable the Iperf3 server: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Services > IPerf.
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7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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No limit to IPv6 addresses that can access the service-type. Repeat this step to list additional IP addresses or networks. To limit access to hosts connected through a specified interface on the Connect IT Mini device: (config)> add service iperf acl interface end value (config)>...
Example performance test using Iperf3 On a remote host with Iperf3 installed, enter the following command: $ iperf3 -c device_ip where device_ip is the IP address of the Connect IT Mini device. For example: $ iperf3 -c 192.168.2.1 Connecting to host 192.168.2.1, port 5201 [ ...
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Applications The Connect IT Mini supports Python 3.6 and provides you with the ability to run Python applications on the device interactively or from a file. You can also specify Python applications and other scripts to be run each time the device system restarts, at specific intervals, or at a specified time.
Task one: Upload the application É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Administration, click File System. The File System page appears. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Connect IT Mini device. local-path is the location on the Connect IT Mini device where the copied file will be placed.
Use with care. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click System > Scheduled tasks > Custom scripts.
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12. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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For example, to set on_interval to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s: (config system schedule script 0)> on_interval 600s (config system schedule script 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config system schedule script 0)> once true (config system schedule script 0)> If once is enabled, rebooting the device will cause the script to run again. The only way to re- run the script is to: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
1. Upload the Python application to the Connect IT Mini device: É WebUI a. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. b. On the menu, click System. Under Administration, click File System. The File System page appears.
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Connect IT Mini device. local-path is the location on the Connect IT Mini device where the copied file will be placed.
Applications Start an interactive Python session 2. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
Use Python to respond to Digi Remote Manager SCI requests Use digidevice runtime to access the runtime database Use Python to upload the device name to Digi Remote Manager Use Python to send and receive SMS messages Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
Get help executing a CLI command from Python by accessing help for cli.execute: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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For example, to use an interactive Python session to upload datapoints related to velocity, temperature, and the state of the emergency door: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Read the device configuration Use the get() method to read the device configuration: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Modify the device configuration Use the set() and commit() methods to modify the device configuration: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Use Remote Manager's SCI interface to create SCI requests that are sent to your Connect IT Mini device, and use the device_request module to send responses to those requests to Remote Manager.
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Ctrl-D. You can also exit the session using exit() or quit(). Task two: Create and send an SCI request from Digi Remote Manager The second step in using the device_request module is to create an SCI request that Remote Manager will forward to the device.
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Remote Manager: from digidevice import device_request from digidevice import cli import time def handler(target, request): return cli.execute("show system verbose") def status_cb(error_code, error_description): Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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É WebUI i. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. ii. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. iii. Click System > Scheduled tasks > Custom scripts.
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Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line i. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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> reboot To run the application from the shell prompt: i. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
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: Jane Smith Disk ---- Load Average : 0.10, 0.05, 0.00 RAM Usage : 85.176MB/250.484MB(34%) Disk /etc/config Usage : 0.068MB/13.416MB(1%) Disk /opt Usage : 47.724MB/5309.752MB(1%) Disk /overlay Usage : MB/MB(%) Disk /tmp Usage : 0.004MB/40.96MB(0%) Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Get help for respond to Digi Remote Manager Server Command Interface (SCI) requests by accessing help for digidevice.device_request: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Read from the runtime database Use the keys() and get() methods to read the device configuration: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Modify the runtime database Use the set() method to modify the runtime database: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
5. Use Ctrl-D to exit the Python session. You can also exit the session using exit() or quit(). Use Python to upload the device name to Digi Remote Manager The name submodule can be used to upload a custom name for your device to Digi Remote Manager. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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5. Click Send. Upload a custom name 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with shell access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
You can create Python scripts that send and receive SMS message in tandem with the Digi Remote Manager or Digi aView by using the digidevice.sms module. To use a script to send or receive SMS messages, you must also enable the ability to schedule SMS scripting.
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5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Use Python to access serial ports You can use the Python serial module to access serial ports on your Connect IT Mini device that are configured to be in Application mode. See for information about configuring a serial port in Application mode.
6. Use Ctrl-D to exit the Python session. You can also exit the session using exit() or quit(). Use the Paho MQTT python library Your Connect IT Mini device includes support for the Paho MQTT python library. MQTT is a lightweight messaging protocol used to communicate with various applications including cloud-based applications such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
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HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR finally: os.remove(fname) print("Firmware update finished") return HTTPStatus.OK CMD_HANDLERS = { "reboot": cmd_reboot, "fw-update": cmd_fwupdate def send_cmd_reply(client, cmd_path, cid, cmd, status): if not status or not cid: return if cmd_path.startswith(PREFIX_CMD): path = cmd_path[len(PREFIX_CMD):] else: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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# Return if client-ID not passed return None send_cmd_reply(client, msg.topic, cid, cmd, HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST) try: status = CMD_HANDLERS[cmd](payload) except: print("Invalid command: {}".format(cmd)) status = HTTPStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED send_cmd_reply(client, msg.topic, cid, cmd, status) def publish_dhcp_leases(): leases = [] try: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
MQTT server") sys.exit(1) while True: publish_dhcp_leases() publish_system() time.sleep(POLL_TIME) Stop a script that is currently running You can stop a script that is currently running by using the system script stop name command. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Show script information Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Applications Show script information 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Applications Show script information 3. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
User authentication methods Authentication groups Local users Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) LDAP Disable shell access Set the idle timeout for Connect IT Mini users Example user configuration Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
User authentication Connect IT Mini user authentication Connect IT Mini user authentication User authentication on the Connect IT Mini has the following features and default configuration: Default Feature Description configuration Idle timeout 10 minutes. Determines how long a user session can be idle before the system automatically disconnects.
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TACACS+: Users authenticated by using a remote TACACS+ server for authentication. Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) for information about configuring TACACS+ authentication. LDAP: Users authenticated by using a remote LDAP server for authentication. LDAP for information about configuring LDAP authentication. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To add an authentication method: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Authentication > Methods.
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This procedure describes how to add methods to various places in the list. 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
For example, the following configuration has Local users as the first method, and RADIUS as the second. To reorder these so that RADIUS is first and Local users is second: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Disable shell access for more information about the Allow shell parameter. Serial access: Users with Serial access have the ability to log into the Connect IT Mini device by using the serial console. Preconfigured authentication groups The Connect IT Mini device has two preconfigured authentication groups: The admin group is configured by default to have full Admin access and Shell access.
É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Authentication > Groups.
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6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Access rights to captive portals, and the portals to which they have access. Access rights to query the device for Nagios monitoring. To add an authentication group: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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6. (Optional) Configure OpenVPN access. See for further information. 7. (Optional) Configure captive portal access: a. Enable captive portal access rights for users of this group by checking the box next to Captive portal access. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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11. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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24h no title (config)> ii. Add a captive portal: (config)> add auth group test acl portal portals end portal1 (config)> 6. (Optional) Configure Nagios monitoring: (config)> auth group test acl nagios enable true (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To delete an authentication group that you have created: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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Authentication groups Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
TACACS+ or RADIUS. Local user authentication is enabled by default, with one preconfiged default user. Default user At manufacturing time, each Connect IT Mini device comes with a default user configured as follows: Username: admin. Password: The default password is displayed on the label on the bottom of the device.
To change a user's password: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Authentication > Users.
Local users Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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To configure a local user: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Authentication > Users.
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Select the Verification type: Time-based (TOTP): Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) authentication uses the current time to generate a one-time password. Counter-based (HOTP): HMAC-based One-Time Password (HOTP) uses a counter to validate a one-time password. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For Code, enter the scratch code. The code must be eight digits, with a minimum of 10000000. iv. Click gagain to add additional scratch codes. 10. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Local users Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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SSH login: (config auth user new_user ssh_key)> ssh_key key (config auth user new_user ssh_key)> 8. (Optional) Configure two-factor authentication for SSH, telnet, and serial console login: a. Change to the user's two-factor authentication node: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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In cases where TOTP is being used, increasing the valid code window size may be necessary when the clocks used by the server and client are not synchronized. (config auth user new_user 2fa)> window_size 3 (config auth user new_user 2fa)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Delete a local user To delete a user from your Connect IT Mini: É WebUI Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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User authentication Local users 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Authentication > Users.
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Local users Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
To use TACACS+ authentication, you must set up a TACACS+ server that is accessible by the Connect IT Mini device prior to configuration. The process of setting up a TACACS+ server varies by the server environment.
The groupname attribute is optional. If used, the value must correspond to authentication groups configured on your Connect IT Mini. Alternatively, if the user is also configured as a local user on the Connect IT Mini device and the LDAP server authenticates the user but does not return any groups, the local configuration determines the list of groups.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/tacacs_plus restart TACACS+ server failover and fallback to local authentication In addition to the primary TACACS+ server, you can also configure your Connect IT Mini device to use backup TACACS+ servers. Backup TACACS+ servers are used for authentication requests when the primary TACACS+ server is unavailable.
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7. (Optional) For Service, type the value of the service attribute in the the TACACS+ server's configuration. For example, in TACACS+ user configuration, the value of the service attribute in the sample tac_plus.conf file is system, which is also the default setting in the Connect IT Mini configuration. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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9. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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TACACS+ user configuration, the value of the service attribute in the sample tac_plus.conf file is system, which is also the default setting in the Connect IT Mini configuration. (config)> auth tacacs+ service service-name (config)> 6. Set the type of TLS connection used by the LDAP server: (config)>...
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Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) (config)> auth ldap base_dn value (config)> 11. (Optional) Set the name of the user attribute that contains the list of Connect IT Mini authentication groups that the authenticated user has access to. See LDAP user configuration for further information about the group attribute.
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 16. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
With RADIUS support, the Connect IT Mini device acts as a RADIUS client, which sends user credentials and connection parameters to a RADIUS server over UDP. The RADIUS server then authenticates the RADIUS client requests and sends back a response message to the device.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/freeradius restart RADIUS server failover and fallback to local configuration In addition to the primary RADIUS server, you can also configure your Connect IT Mini device to use backup RADIUS servers. Backup RADIUS servers are used for authentication requests when the primary RADIUS server is unavailable.
Add additional RADIUS servers in case the first RADIUS server is unavailable. The server NAS ID. If left blank, the default value is used: If you are access the Connect IT Mini device by using the WebUI, the default value is for NAS ID is httpd.
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NAS or any arbitrary string. If not set, the default value is used: If you are accessing the Connect IT Mini device by using the WebUI, the default value is for NAS ID is httpd.
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9. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config)> auth ldap base_dn value (config)> 11. (Optional) Set the name of the user attribute that contains the list of Connect IT Mini authentication groups that the authenticated user has access to. See LDAP user configuration for further information about the group attribute.
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User authentication methods for information about adding methods to the beginning or middle of the list. (config)> add auth method end radius (config)> 15. Save the configuration and apply the change: (config)> save Configuration saved. > Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
When you are using LDAP authentication, you can have both local users and LDAP users able to log in to the device. To use LDAP authentication, you must set up a LDAP server that is accessible by the Connect IT Mini device prior to configuration. The process of setting up a LDAP server varies by the server environment.
LDAP LDAP user configuration When configured to use LDAP support, the Connect IT Mini device uses a remote LDAP server for user authentication (password verification) and authorization (assigning the access level of the user). Additional LDAP servers can be configured as backup servers for user authentication.
LDAP server failover and fallback to local configuration In addition to the primary LDAP server, you can also configure your Connect IT Mini device to use backup LDAP servers. Backup LDAP servers are used for authentication requests when the primary LDAP server is unavailable.
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User authentication LDAP 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Authentication > LDAP > Servers.
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14. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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8. Set the distinguished name (DN) on the server to search for users. This can be the root of the directory tree (for example, dc=example,dc=com) or a sub-tree (for example. ou=People,dc=example,dc=com). (config)> auth ldap base_dn value (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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User authentication LDAP 9. (Optional) Set the name of the user attribute that contains the list of Connect IT Mini authentication groups that the authenticated user has access to. See LDAP user configuration for further information about the group attribute.
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
By default, the Idle timeout is set to 10 minutes. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Goal: To create a user with administrator rights who is authenticated locally on the device. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Goal: To create a user with administrator rights who is authenticated by using all three authentication methods. In this example, when the user attempts to log in to the Connect IT Mini device, user authentication will occur in the following order: 1.
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Save and close the tac_plus.conf file. 3. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 4. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Click Groups. ii. For Add Group, click g . iii. For Group, select the admin group. c. Verify that the admin group has full administrator rights: i. Click Authentication > Groups. ii. Click admin. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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In this example: The user's username is admin1. The user's password is password1. The authentication group on the Connect IT Mini device, admin, is identified in the Unix-FTP-Group-Names parameter. c. Save and close the users file. 2. Configure a user on the TACACS+ server: a.
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Save and close the tac_plus.conf file. 3. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Type quit to disconnect from the device. Example 3: Multiple users with specific serial port access Goal: To create two RADIUS users that do not have configuration access to the Connect IT Mini but have access rights to specific serial ports.
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For example, if you want administrators of the Connect IT Mini to log into the device using local authentication, make sure that Local users authentication is included in the Methods list. Otherwise they will not be able to log into the device.
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Save and close the users file. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. 13. Configure the users on the RADIUS server: a. On the ubuntu machine hosting the FreeRadius server, open the /etc/freeradius/3.0/users file: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Example user configuration $ sudo gedit /etc/freeradius/3.0/users b. Add the users to the users file: serialuser1 Cleartext-Password := "password1" Unix-FTP-Group-Names := "serialgroup1" serialuser2 Cleartext-Password := "password2" Unix-FTP-Group-Names := "serialgroup2" c. Save and close the users file. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Firewall This chapter contains the following topics: Firewall configuration Port forwarding rules Packet filtering Configure custom firewall rules Configure Quality of Service options Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
IPsec: The default zone for IPsec tunnels. Dynamic routes: Used for routes learned using routing services. Port forwarding: A list of rules that allow network connections to the Connect IT Mini to be forwarded to other servers by translating the destination address.
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Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Firewall Firewall configuration 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Firewall > Zones.
Port forwarding rules Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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To configure a port forwarding rule: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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13. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config firewall dnat 0)> to_address6 ip-address (config firewall dnat 0)> 9. Set the public-facing port number that network connections must use for their traffic to be forwarded. (config firewall dnat 0)> to_port port (config firewall dnat 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Zones: A list of groups of network interfaces that can be referred to by packet filtering rules and access control lists. Additional Configuration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ dynamic_routes edge external internal ipsec loopback setup (config firewall dnat 0 acl)> 11. Save the configuration and apply the change: (config)> save Configuration saved. > Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 6. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
By default, one preconfigured packet filtering rule, Allow all outgoing traffic, is enabled and monitors traffic going to and from the Connect IT Mini device. The predefined settings are intended to block unauthorized inbound traffic while providing an unrestricted flow of outgoing data. You can modify the default packet filtering rule and create additional rules to define how the device accepts or rejects traffic that is forwarded through the device.
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10. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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3. (Optional) Set the label for the rule. (config firewall filter 1)> label "My filter rule" (config firewall filter 1)> 4. Set the action to be performed by the filter rule. (config firewall filter 1)> action value (config firewall filter 1)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config firewall filter 1)> protocol value (config firewall filter 1)> where value is one of: icmp icmpv6 The default is any. 9. Save the configuration and apply the change: (config)> save Configuration saved. > Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Delete a packet filtering rule To delete a packet filtering rule: É WebUI Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
To configure custom firewall rules: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Firewall > Custom rules.
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Firewall Configure custom firewall rules 7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
(packet ingress). A QoS binding contains the policies and rules that apply to packets exiting the Connect IT Mini device on the binding's interface. By default, the Connect IT Mini device has two preconfigured QoS bindings, Outbound and Inbound.
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8. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Create a new binding É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Firewall > Quality of Service.
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10, each policy will be allocated one third of the total interface bandwidth. e. For Latency, type the maximum delay before the transmission of packets. A lower latency means that the packets will be scheduled more quickly for transmission. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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MAC address: Only traffic from the MAC address typed in MAC address will be matched. ix. Click to expand Destination address and select the Type: Any: Traffic destined for anywhere will be matched. Interface: Only traffic destined for the selected Interface will be matched. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Use the format IPv6_address[/prefix_length], or use any to match any IPv6 address. Repeat to add a new rule. Up to 30 rules can be configured. 10. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Configure Quality of Service options Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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If the policy is not a fall-back policy, you must configure at least one rule: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config firewall qos 2 policy 0 rule 0)> dstport value (config firewall qos 2 policy 0 rule 0)> where value is the IP port number, a range of port numbers using the format IP_port- IP_port, or any. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config network qos 2 policy 0 rule 0)> where value uses the format IPv6_address[/prefix_length], or any to match any IPv6 address. mac: Only traffic from the MAC address typed in MAC address will be matched. Set the MAC address to be matched: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Set the address that will be matched: (config network qos 2 policy 0 rule 0)> src address6 value (config network qos 2 policy 0 rule 0)> where value uses the format IPv6_address[/prefix_length], or any to match any IPv6 address. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 9. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
This chapter contains the following topics: Review device status Configure system information Update system firmware Update cellular module firmware Reboot your Connect IT Mini device Reset the device to factory defaults Configuration files Schedule system maintenance tasks Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Show basic system information: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Disk /var Usage : 1.765MB/256.0MB(1%) > Configure system information You can configure information related to your Connect IT Mini device, such as providing a name and location for the device. Configuration items A name for the device. The name of a contact for the device.
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8. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
The system firmware files are signed to ensure that only Digi-approved firmware load onto the device. The Connect IT Mini device validates the system firmware image as part of the update process and only successfully updates if the system firmware image can be authenticated.
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5. Click Update Firmware. Update firmware from a local file 1. Download the Connect IT Mini operating system firmware from the Digi Support FTP site to your local machine. 2. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access.
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Connect IT Mini device. local-path is the location on the Connect IT Mini device where the copied file will be placed.
System administration Update system firmware 7. Once the device has rebooted, log into the Connect IT Mini's command line as a user with Admin access and verify the running firmware version by entering the show system command. > show system...
4. Click Duplicate Firmware. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Select the firmware. 7. Click Update. Reboot your Connect IT Mini device You can reboot the Connect IT Mini device immediately or schedule a reboot for a specific time every day. Note You may want to save your configuration settings to a file before rebooting. See...
Schedule reboots of your device É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Select System > Scheduled tasks.
Reset the device to factory defaults Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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4. Click CONFIRM. 5. After resetting the device: a. Connect to the Connect IT Mini by using the serial port or by using an Ethernet cable to connect the Connect IT Mini ETH port to your PC. b. Log into the Connect IT Mini: User name: Use the default user name: admin.
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> system factory-erase 3. After resetting the device: a. Connect to the Connect IT Mini by using the serial port or by using an Ethernet cable to connect the Connect IT Mini ETH port to your PC. b. Log into the Connect IT Mini: User name: Use the default user name: admin.
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You can reset the device to the default configuration without removing scripts, keys, and logfiles by using the revert command: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
4. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Type quit to disconnect from the device. Save configuration to a file You can save your Connect IT Mini device's configuration to a file and use this file to restore the configuration, either to the same device or to similar devices.
> scp host 192.168.4.1 user admin remote /home/admin/bin/ local /etc/config/backup-archive- 0040FF800120-19.05.17-19.01.17.bin to remote Restore the device configuration You can restore a configuration file to your Connect IT Mini device by using a backup from the device, or a backup from a similar device. É...
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Connect IT Mini device. local-path is the location on the Connect IT Mini device where the copied file will be placed.
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System administration Configuration files path is the location of configuration backup file on the Connect IT Mini's filesystem (local-path in the previous step). passphrase (optional) is the passphrase to restore the configuration backup, if a passphrase was used when the backup was created.
Custom scripts that should be run as part of the configuration check. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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If On boot is selected, select the action that will be taken when the script completes in Exit action. Available options are: None: Action taken when the script exits. Restart script: Runs the script repeatedly. Reboot: The device will reboot when the script completes. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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10. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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If updated firmware is found, it will then be installed. The device will look for updated firmware both on the local device and over the network, using either a WAN or cellular connection. system schedule maintenance modem_fw_update value (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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If interval is selected: Set the interval: (config system schedule script 0)> on_interval value (config system schedule script 0)> where value is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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If syslog_stdout and syslog_stderr are not enabled, only the script's exit code is written to the system log. f. Set the maximum amount of memory available to be used by the script and its subprocesses: (config system schedule script 0)> max_memory value (config system schedule script 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 6. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Monitoring This chapter contains the following topics: intelliFlow Configure NetFlow Probe Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
WebUI. To use intelliFlow, the Connect IT Mini must be powered on and you must have access to the local WebUI. Once you enable intelliFlow, the Status >...
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6. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 6. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
This procedure is only available from the WebUI. To display display average CPU and RAM usage: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. If you have not already done so, enable intelliFlow. See Enable intelliFlow.
Top data usage by service To generate a top data usage chart: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. If you have not already done so, enable intelliFlow. See Enable intelliFlow.
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Click the menu icon (É ). b. Select the type of chart. 6. Change the number of top users displayed. You can display the top five, top ten, or top twenty data users. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To generate a chart displaying a host's data usage over time: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. If you have not already done so, enable intelliFlow. See Enable intelliFlow.
To save the chart to your local filesystem, select Export to PNG. c. To print the chart, select Print chart. Configure NetFlow Probe NetFlow probe is used to probe network traffic on the Connect IT Mini device and export statistics to NetFlow collectors. Required configuration items Enable NetFlow.
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Configure NetFlow Probe É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed. 3. Click Monitoring > NetFlow probe.
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12. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Set the IP address of the collector: (config monitoring netflow collector 0)> address ip_address (config monitoring netflow collector 0)> c. (Optional) Set the port used by the collector: (config monitoring netflow collector 0)> port port (config monitoring netflow collector 0)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config monitoring netflow collector 0)> save Configuration saved. > 11. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Configure Digi Remote Manager Collect device health data and set the sample interval Log into Digi Remote Manager Use Digi Remote Manager to view and manage your device Add a device to Digi Remote Manager View Digi Remote Manager connection status...
Digi Remote Manager User Guide. Configure Digi Remote Manager By default, your Connect IT Mini device is configured to use central management using Digi Remote Manager. Additional configuration options These additional configuration settings are not typically configured, but you can set them as needed: Disable the Digi Remote Manager connection if it is not required.
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6. (Optional) For Management port, type the destination port for the remote cloud services connection. The default is 3199. 7. (Optional) For Retry interval, type the amount of time that the Connect IT Mini device should wait before reattempting to connect to remote cloud services after being disconnected. The default is 30 seconds.
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16. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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(config)> cloud drm retry_interval 600s (config)> 7. (Optional) Set the amount of time that the Connect IT Mini device should wait between sending keep-alive messages to the Digi Remote Manager when using a non-cellular interface. Allowed values are from 30 seconds to two hours. The default is 60 seconds.
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The minimum value is 30 minutes and the maximum is 48 hours. If not set, this option is disabled. The default is disabled. 12. (Optional) Determine whether to require a login and password to authenticate the user from the remote cloud services CLI: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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If set to false, no login prompt will be presented and the user will be logged in as admin. The default is false. 13. (Optional) Configure the Connect IT Mini device to communicate with remote cloud services by using SMS: a. Enable SMS messaging: (config)>...
Collect device health data and set the sample interval You can enable or disable the collection of device health data to upload to Digi Remote Manager, and configure the interval between health sample uploads. By default, device health data upload is enabled, and the health sample interval is set to 60 minutes.
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7. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
8. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Log into Digi Remote Manager To start Digi Remote Manager Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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1. If you have not already done so, click here to sign up for a Digi Remote Manager account. 2. Check your email for Digi Remote Manager login instructions. 3. Go to remotemanager.digi.com. 4. Log into your Digi Remote Manager account.
Use Digi Remote Manager to view and manage your device To view and manage your device: 1. If you have not already done so, connect to your Digi Remote Manager account. 2. Click Device Management to display a list of your devices.
The same default password is also shown on the label affixed to the bottom of the device. 6. Click Add. 7. Click OK. Digi Remote Manager adds your Connect IT Mini device to your account and it appears in the Device Management view. View Digi Remote Manager connection status To view the current Digi Remote Manager configuration: É...
The Device ID is the unique identifier for the device, as used by the Remote Manager. Use the Digi Remote Manager mobile app If you have a smart phone or tablet, you can use the Digi Remote Manager mobile app to automatically provision a new devices and monitor devices in your account.
Mini routers. Typically, if you want to provision multiple Connect IT Mini routers: 1. Using the Connect IT Mini local WebUI, configure one Connect IT Mini router to use as the model configuration for all subsequent Connect IT Minis you need to manage.
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File system This chapter contains the following topics: The Connect IT Mini local file system Display directory contents Create a directory Display file contents Copy a file or directory Move or rename a file or directory Delete a file or directory Upload and download files Digi Connect IT®...
The Connect IT Mini local file system The Connect IT Mini local file system The Connect IT Mini local file system has approximately 30 MB of space available for storing files, such as alternative configuration files and firmware versions, and release files, such as cellular module images.
For example: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
For example: Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Command line To rename a file named test.py in /etc/config/scripts to final.py: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Command line To delete a file named test.py in /etc/config/scripts: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Upload and download files by using the WebUI Upload files 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Administration, click File System. The File System page appears.
Connect IT Mini device. local-path is the location on the Connect IT Mini device where the copied file will be placed. For example: To copy firmware from a remote host with an IP address of 192.168.4.1 to the /etc/config directory on...
Connect IT Mini device. For example: To copy a support report from the Connect IT Mini device to a remote host at the IP address of 192.168.4.1: 1. Use the system support-report command to generate the report: >...
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File system Upload and download files $ sftp ahmed@192.168.2.1 Password: Connected to 192.168.2.1 sftp> get test.py Fetching test.py to test.py test.py 100% 254 0.3KB/s 00:00 sftp> exit Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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View system event logs Configure syslog servers Configure options for the event and system logs Analyze network traffic Use the ping command to troubleshoot network connections Use the traceroute command to diagnose IP routing problems Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Attach the support report to any support requests. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
View System Logs É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with Admin access. 2. On the main menu, click System > Logs. The system log displays: 3. Limit the display in the system log by using the Find search tool.
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Diagnostics View system event logs 5. Click to download the system log. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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View system event logs Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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Nov 26 22:01:25 info user name=admin~service=cli~state=closed~remote=192.168.1.2 > 5. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
You can configure remote syslog servers for storing event and system logs. É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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5. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
To change or disable the heartbeat interval, or to disable event categories, and to perform other log configuration: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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7. Enable Preserve system logs to save the current session's system log after a reboot. By default, the Connect IT Mini device erases system logs each time the device is powered off or rebooted.
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Configure options for the event and system logs Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
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Enable informational events status true Enable status events status_interval Status interval (config)> system log event dhcpserver ii. To disable informational messages for the DHCP server: (config)> system log event dhcpserver info false (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> save Configuration saved. > 8. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Analyze network traffic Analyze network traffic The Connect IT Mini device includes a network analyzer tool that captures data traffic on any interface and decodes the captured data traffic for diagnostics. You can capture data traffic on multiple interfaces at the same time and define capture filters to reduce the captured data. You can capture up to 10 MB of data traffic in two 5 MB files per interface.
To configure a packet capture configuration: É WebUI 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights. 2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration. The Configuration window is displayed.
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Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the format number{w|d|h|m|s}. For example, to set Save interval to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s. 8. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Analyze network traffic Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with full Admin access rights. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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For example, to set save_interval to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s: (config network analyzer name)> save_interval 600s (config network analyzer name)> 7. Save the configuration and apply the change: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Capture traffic from UDP port 53: ip proto udp and src port 53 Capture to and from IP host 10.0.0.1 but filter out ports 22 and 80: ip host 10.0.0.1 and not (port 22 or port 80) Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To start packet capture from the command line: Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
To stop packet capture from the command line: Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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To show captured data traffic: Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
4. Select the saved analyzer report you want to download and click (download). Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Command line 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
Ping to check internet connection To check your internet connection: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
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(www.google.com) through the default gateway. The command output shows that 15 routing hops were required to reach the host: 1. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Hardware Connect IT Mini hardware and LEDs This section includes details about the front and back panels. Top panel and LEDs Item Name Description POWER Indicates whether unit is powered up. This LED is hardwired to the power input. Indicates status of the cellular network connection.
Hardware Connect IT Mini hardware and LEDs Item Name Description Indicates a 3G or LTE network connection. Blue: Indicates an LTE network connection. Green: Indicates a 3G network connection. Signal strength Indicates the cellular network signal strength. Two or more bars is preferred.
USB 2.0 or higher port. Note This is only a power jack and is not an additional USB port. Signal strength The signal bars show the strength of the cellular network connection. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Exchange power tips Exchange power tips The Connect IT Mini may include four interchangeable plug tips that allow the Power Supply Unit (PSU) to operate in most countries. The PSU comes with the United States style plug installed. To change the plug tip: 1.
If the signal strength LEDs or the signal quality for your device indicate Poor or No servcie, try the following things to improve signal strength: If available, connect a different set of antennas. Purchase a Digi Antenna Extender Kit: Antenna Extender Kit, 1 Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Do not power on the unit in any aircraft. WARNING! CA Prop 65 warning: This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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WARNING! CAUTION! Do not use an antenna that wasn't supplied by the manufacturer. If a different antenna is required, first consult Digi International Inc. for recommendations that suit your circumstances. CAUTION! By pressing the ERASE button when powered up, the configuration of the Connect IT is erased and the unit reverts to factory default settings.
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Available commands Use the scp command Display status and statistics using the show command Device configuration using the command line interface Execute configuration commands at the root Admin CLI prompt Configuration mode Command line reference Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Log in to the command line interface Command line 1. Connect to the Connect IT Mini device by using a serial connection, SSH or telnet, or the Terminal in the WebUI or the Console in the Digi Remote Manager. See...
2. At the main menu, click Terminal. The device console appears. Connect IT Mini login: 3. Log into the Connect IT Mini command line as a user with Admin access. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu.
Display help for commands and parameters The help command When executed from the root command prompt, help displays information about autocomplete operations, how to move the cursor on the Connect IT Mini command line, and other keyboard shortcuts: > help...
Show manufacturer information. modem Show modem statistics. network Show network interface statistics. openvpn Show OpenVPN statistics. route Show IP routing information. serial Show serial statistics. system Show system statistics. version Show firmware version. > show Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
(config)> serial port1 enable t<Tab> auto-completes to (config)> serial port1 enable true Auto-complete does not function for: Parameter values that are string types. Integer values. File names. Select parameters passed to commands that perform an action. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Reboots the Connect IT Mini device. Removes a file. Uses the secure copy protocol (SCP) to transfer files between the Connect IT Mini device and a remote host. Use the scp command for information about using the scp command.
The hostname or IP address of the remote host. The username and password of the user on the remote host. Whether the file is being copied to the Connect IT Mini device from a remote host, or to the remote host from the Connect IT Mini device.
Connect IT Mini device. For example: To copy a support report from the Connect IT Mini device to a remote host at the IP address of 192.168.4.1: 1. Use the system support-report command to generate the report: >...
For example, to disable the SSH service from the root prompt, enter the following command: > config service ssh enable false > The Connect IT Mini device's ssh service is now disabled. Note When the config command is executed at the root prompt, certain configuration actions that are available in configuration mode cannot be performed.
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4. Lastly, display the allowed values and other information for the enable parameter: > config service ssh enable ? Enable: Enable the service. Format: true, false, yes, no, 1, 0 Default value: true Current value: true > config service ssh enable Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
To save changes that you have made to the configuration while in configuration mode, use save. The save command automatically validates the configuration changes; the configuration will not be saved if it is not valid. Note that you can also validate configuration changes at any time while in Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
See Manage elements in lists for information about using the del command with lists. Moves elements in a list. See Manage move elements in lists for information about using the move command with lists. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Enter service to move to the service node: (config)> service (config service)> b. Enter ? to display help for the service node: (config service)> ? Either of these methods will display the following information: config> service ? Services Additional Configuration -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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[private] Private key port Port Additional Configuration -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access control list mdns (config)> service ssh 4. Lastly, to display allowed values and other information for the enable parameter, use one of the following methods: Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
(config service)> 2. Type ssh to move to the ssh node: (config service)> ssh (config service ssh)> 3. Type acl to move to the acl node: (config service ssh)> acl (config service ssh acl)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
2. Add an authentication method by using the add index_item command. For example: To add the TACACS+ authentication method to the beginning of the list, use the index number 0: (config)> add auth method 0 tacacs+ (config)> show auth method 0 tacacs+ Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config)> 2. Delete one of the authentication methods by using the del index_number command. For example: a. To delete the local authentication method, use the index number 0: (config)> del auth method 0 (config)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
(config)> The revert command The revert command is used to revert changes to the Connect IT Mini device's configuration and restore default configuration settings. The behavior of the revert command varies depending on where in the configuration hierarchy the command is executed, and whether the optional path parameter is used.
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Move to the location in the configuration and enter the revert command without the path parameter. For example: 1. Change to the auth method node: (config)> auth method (config auth method)> 2. Enter the revert command: (config auth method)> revert (config auth method)> Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Example: Create a new user by using the command line In this example, you will use the Connect IT Mini command line to create a new user, provide a password for the user, and assign the user to authentication groups.
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(config auth user user1)> show ..group admin admin enable true nagios enable false openvpn enable false no tunnels portal enable false no portals serial enable false no ports shell enable false serial admin Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(config auth user user1)> save Configuration saved. > 8. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI. Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Command line interface Command line reference Command line reference analyzer help mkdir modem modem puk status [imei STRING] [name STRING] more ping reboot show system traceroute Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Start a capture session of packets on this devices interfaces. Parameters name Name of the capture filter to use. Syntax: STRING analyzer stop name STRING Stops the traffic capture session. Parameters name Name of the capture filter to use. Syntax: STRING Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Syntax: STRING destination The destination path to copy the source file or directory to. Syntax: STRING force Do not ask to overwrite the destination file if it exists. Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Command line interface Command line reference help Show CLI editing and navigation commands. Parameters None Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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[show-hidden] PATH List a directory. Parameters path List files and directories under this path. Syntax: STRING show-hidden Show hidden files and directories. Hidden filenames begin with '.'. Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Command line interface Command line reference mkdir mkdir PATH Create a directory. Parent directories are created as needed. Parameters path The directory path to create. Syntax: STRING Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Syntax: STRING Optional: True modem pin PIN commands. pin change [imei STRING] [name STRING] OLD-PIN NEW-PIN Change the SIM's PIN code. Warning: Attempting to use an incorrect PIN code may PUK lock the SIM. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Enable the PIN lock on the SIM card that is active in the modem. The SIM card will need to be unlocked before each use. Warning: Attempting to use an incorrect PIN code may PUK lock the SIM. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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SIM card automatically before use. Warning: Attempting to use an incorrect PIN code may PUK lock the SIM. Parameters The SIM's PIN code. Syntax: STRING imei The IMEI of the modem to execute this CLI command on. Syntax: STRING Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
The PIN code to change to. Syntax: STRING imei The IMEI of the modem to execute this CLI command on. Syntax: STRING Optional: True name The configured name of the modem to execute this CLI command on. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Syntax: (1|2|show) imei The IMEI of the modem to execute this CLI command on. Syntax: STRING Optional: True name The configured name of the modem to execute this CLI command on. Syntax: STRING Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Command line interface Command line reference more path The file to view. Syntax: STRING Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Syntax: STRING destination The destination path to move the source file or directory to. Syntax: STRING force Do not ask to overwrite the destination file if it exists. Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
If a hostname is defined as the value of the 'host' parameter, use the hosts IPV6 address. Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True size The number of bytes sent in the ICMP ping request. Syntax: INT Minimum: 0 Default: 56 Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Command line interface Command line reference reboot Reboot the system. Parameters None Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Command line reference Remove a file or directory. rm [force] PATH Parameters path The path to remove. Syntax: STRING force Force the file to be removed without asking. Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Copy the file from the local device to the remote host, or from the remote host to the local device. Syntax: (remote|local) user The username to use when connecting to the remote host. Syntax: STRING Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Optional: True verbose Display more information (less concise, more detail). Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True show cloud Show Digi Remote Manager status and statistics. Parameters None show config Show changes made to default configuration. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Type of event log to be displayed (status, error, info). Syntax: (status|error|info) Optional: True show hotspot [ip STRING] [name STRING] Show hotspot statistics. Parameters IP address of a specific client, to limit the status display to only this client. Syntax: STRING Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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(this can be very time consuming). If you require more messages of the filtered type, increase the number of messages retrieved using 'number'. Syntax: (critical|warning|debug|info) Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Optional: True verbose Display more information (less concise, more detail). Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True show nemo [name STRING] Show NEMO status and statistics. Parameters name The name of a specific NEMO instance. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Display all clients including disabled clients. Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True name Display more details and config data for a specific OpenVPN client. Syntax: STRING Optional: True openvpn server [all] [name STRING] Show OpenVPN server status and statistics. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Default: False Optional: True verbose Display more information (less concise, more detail). Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True show scripts Show scheduled system scripts Parameters None show serial PORT Show serial status and statistics. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Display more information (build date) Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True show vrrp [all|verbose] [name STRING] Show VRRP status and statistics. Parameters Display all VRRP instances including disabled instances. Syntax: {True|False} Type: boolean Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Display more details for a specific Wi-Fi access point. Syntax: STRING Optional: True wifi client [all] [name STRING] Display details for Wi-Fi client mode connections. Parameters Display all Wi-Fi clients including disabled Wi-Fi client mode connections. Syntax: BOOLEAN Default: False Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Command line reference name Display more details for a specific Wi-Fi client mode connection. Syntax: STRING Optional: True show wifi-scanner Show Wi-Fi scanner information. wifi-scanner log Show output log for the last update interval. Parameters None Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Duplicate the running firmware to the alternate partition so that the device will always boot the same firmware version. Parameters None system factory-erase Erase the device to restore to factory defaults. All configuration and automatically generated keys will be erased. Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Script to stop. Syntax: STRING system support-report PATH Save a support report to a file and include with support requests. Parameters path The file path to save the support report to. Syntax: STRING Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
Minimum: 1 Default: 1 gateway Tells traceroute to add an IP source routing option to the outgoing packet that tells the network to route the packet through the specified gateway Syntax: STRING Optional: True Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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Total size of the probing packet. Default 60 bytes for IPv4 and 80 for Ipv6. A value of -1 specifies that the default value will be used. Syntax: INT Minimum: -1 Default: -1 pausemsecs Minimal time interval between probes Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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For IPv6, set the Traffic Control value. A value of -1 specifies that no value will be used. Syntax: INT Minimum: -1 Default: -1 waittime Determines how long to wait for a response to a probe. Syntax: INT Minimum: 1 Default: 5 Digi Connect IT® Mini User Guide...
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