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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual User Manual ---Apply to WL-G520 Series 4G+/4G Router V1.0 http://www.wlink-tech.com March, 2018 V3.2 http://www.wlink-tech.com Feb, 2022...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Hardware Installation This chapter is mainly for installation introduction, there would be some difference between the scheme and real object. But the difference won’t have any influence to products performance. Panel Table 1-1 WL-G520 Structure WLINK Tech.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Instruction Remark Port Default as LAN 100/1000Base-TX,MDI/MDIX self-adaption. Reset Reset button, (press on button at least 5 seconds) Power connector 7.5~32VDC V+ and V- RS232/485 RS232 as default Rx, Tx and GND...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual LED Status Table 1-3 Router LED indictor Status silk-screen Indicator Note Green Good Signal Color Poor Signal Quick Blinking (0.5s) Offline Slow Blinking (1.5s) 3G online Status Solid light 4G online Green WLAN port open, but no data sending.
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual How to Install 1.4.1 SIM/UIM card install Please insert the dual SIM cards before configure the router. Before connecting, please disconnect any power resource of router 1.4.2 Ethernet Cable Connection Connect the router with a computer by an Ethernet cable for GUI configuration, or transit by a switch.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Instruction Remark 3.3V output GND for RS232 communication TXD/B RS232 TXD, RS485 optional RXD/A RS232 RXD, 57600bps as default The serial port will be unavailable in WL-G520 standalone GPS model. 1.4.5 Power Supply Voltage input range: +7.5~32VDC. (Extended models: 7.5~ 48VDC) 1.4.6 Review...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Router Configuration WL-G520 Series routers support GUI and CLI configuration. This chapter introduce GUI configuration via Ethernet port, if need CLI configuration guide, please contact our technical support department by email: support@wlink-tech.com. Local Configure The router supports to be configured by local Ethernet port, you could specify a static IP or set as DHCP.
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual User should use the default user name and password when log in for the first time Figure 2-2 User Identify Interface ----END Status Check routers information such as status, traffic Stats and device list after login router.
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Figure 2-3 Router Status GUI Traffic Stats. Click Status->Traffic Stats. to enter the traffic stats.GUI.to check Cellular/WAN traffic in real-time. Figure 2-4 Traffic Stats. GUI Device List Click Status->Device List to enter the device list GUI.to check the connected devices...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Figure 2-5 Device List GUI Tool Column Figure 2-6 Tool Column GUI 2.6.1 Tools 2.6.1.1 Ping Click Tools->Ping to enter ping test GUI. Used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet IP network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination server.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.6.1.3 WOL Click Tools-> WOL to enter WOL(Wake On Lan) GUI. Used to wake up those connected devices via WOL protocol. Clock left mouse button to wake up the device. 2.6.1.4 Log Click Tools-> Log to enter Log GUI. Use to check logs in GUI, download GUI and send logs to server.
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.6.2 Bandwidth Click Bandwidth to enter bandwidth graphic GUI. Used to check cellular/LAN/Wi-Fi real-time bandwidth. 2.6.3 System Click system to choose software reboot, hardware reboot and logout GUI. Basic Network 2.7.1 WAN Setting Step 1 Basic Network>WAN to enter below interface.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-1 WAN Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction Type Support DHCP, PPPoE, Static IP address Step 2 After setting, please click “save” to finish, the device will reboot. ----End 2.7.2 Cellular Setting Step 1 Basic Network-> Cellular, you can modify relevant parameter according to the...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-2 WAN Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction Enable Modem Enable/Disable 4G mode. Use PPP ECM dialup as default. PPP optional. ICMP check If enable ICMP check and setup a reachable IP address as destination IP, the router will reconnect/reboot once ICMP check failed.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Connect Mode 【Auto】The router will automatically connect to 3G/4G networks and give priority to 4G. 【LTE】Router will connect to 4G only. 【3G】Router will connect to 3G only. Pin Code Some SIM cards are locked with a Personal Identification Number (PIN) code in case they are lost or stolen.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 【Rx】 Router will check the 3G/LTE cellular receiver traffic. If no receiver traffic within the defined check interval, the router will implement the specified action reconnect or reboot. Step 2 After Setting, please click “save” icon.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-3 LAN Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction Bridge Supports 4 LAN IP address for br0 to br3 interface. If need to support VLAN, please go to VLAN GUI. Router IP Address Router IP address, default IP is 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask Router subnet mask, default mask is 255.255.255.0...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please Click “Save“ to finish. ----End 2.7.5 VLAN Step 3 Basic Network->VLAN to enter the VLAN setting page. Table 2-5 LAN Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction VLAN ID number. The VID range is from 1 to 15.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please Click “Save“ to finish. ----End 2.7.7 Dynamic DNS Setting Step 1 Basic Network->DDNS to enter the DDNS setting page.
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Table 2-6 DDNS Setting Instruction parameter Instruction Default is standard DDNS protocol, for customized protocol, please IP address contact Wlink engineer. Usually, use default IP 0.0.0.0 Auto refresh Set the interval of the DDNS client obtains new IP, suggest 240s or time above Service Select the DDNS service provider that listed.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-7 Routing Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction Destination Router can reach the destination IP address. Gateway Next hop IP address which the router will reach Subnet Mask Subnet mask for destination IP address Metrics are used to determine whether one particular route should Metric be chosen over another.
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual WLAN Setting It’s mainly for router which support Wi-Fi, you can modify and configure WLAN parameter through Web GUI, below is the common setting. 2.8.1 Basic Setting Step 1 WLAN->Basic Setting to configure relative parameter...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-8 Basic of WLAN Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction Radio Mode 2.4G+5G mode as default. Support 2.4G, 5G modes optional. 2.4G+5G model, Wi-Fi bandwidth for 683Mbps 2.4G model, Wi-Fi bandwidth for 300Mbps 5G model, Wi-Fi bandwidth for 866Mbps...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click “Save” to finish. ----End 2.8.2 Wireless Survey Step 1 WLAN> Wireless Survey to check survey. Advanced Network Setting 2.9.1 Port Forwarding Step 1 Advanced Network > Port Forwarding to enter the GUI, you may modify the router name, Host name and Domain name according to the application requirement.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Ext. Ports External ports. The ports to be forwarded, as seen from the WAN. Int. Port Internal port. The destination port inside the LAN. If blank, the destination port is the same as Ext Ports. Only one port per entry is supported when forwarding to a different internal port.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.9.3 DMZ Setting Step 1 Advanced Network> DMZ to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-11 DMZ Instruction parameter Instruction Destination The destination address inside the LAN. Address Source If no IP address inside, it will allow all IP address to access.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-12 IP Passthrough Instruction parameter Instruction Enable Enable IP Passthrough MAC Address Enable DHCP of device. Configure device Mac. Device will be assigned SIM IP. Gateway If WL-G520 connect to multiple device, input other device gateway.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-13 Triggered Instruction parameter Instruction Protocol Support UDP, TCP, both UDP and TCP Triggered Ports Trigger Ports are the initial LAN to WAN "trigger". Transferred Forwarded Ports are the WAN to LAN ports that are Ports opened if the "trigger"...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Web Host Configure domain name for the captive portal access. For example, Configure as wlink.tech.com, we might directly access to captive portal page in the website as wlink.tech.com Portal Host Reserved. Logged Timeout Maximum time user has connectivity.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-15 Serial App Instruction Parameter Instruction Serial to TC/IP Support Disable, Server and Client mode. Such as Client. mode Server IP/Port IP address and domain name are acceptable for Server IP Socket Type Support TCP/UDP protocol...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Baud Rate 115200 as default Parity Bit None as default Data Bit 8bit as default Stop Bit 1bit as default Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ----End 2.9.8 UPnp/NAT-PMP Setting Step 1 Advanced Network> Upnp/NAT-PMP to check or modify the relevant parameter.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-16 Bandwidth Control Instruction Max Available Download Speed limit for router. Max Available Upload Speed limit for router. IP/ IP Range/ Limit devices speed for specified IP/IP Range/ MAC MAC Address Address. DL Rate...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ----End 2.9.11 Static DHCP Setting Step 1 Advanced Network> Static DHCP to check or modify the relevant parameter. Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ----End 2.10 Firewall 2.10.1...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-17 IP/URL Filtering Instruction Parameter Instruction IP/MAC/Port Support IP address, MAC address and port filter. Filtering Accept/Drop options for filter policy. Key Word Support key word filter. Filtering URL Filtering Support URL filter. Access Filtering...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ---End 2.10.2 Domain Filtering Step 1 Firewall> Domain Filtering to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-18 Domain Filtering Instruction Parameter Instruction Default Policy Support black list and white list Local IP Local IP address for LAN.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-19 GRE Instruction Parameter Instruction GRE tunnel number Tunnel Address GRE Tunnel local IP address which is a virtual IP address. Tunnel Source Router’s 3G/WAN IP address. Tunnel Destination GRE Remote IP address. Usually a public IP address Keep alive GRE tunnel keep alive to keep GRE tunnel connection.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-20 Basic of OpenVPN Instruction Parameter Instruction Start with WAN Enable the Openvpn feature for 4G/3G/WAN port. Interface Type Tap and Tun type are optional. Tap is for bridge mode and Tunnel is for routing mode.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Authentication HMAC authorization As the configuration requested. Create NAT on Configure NAT in Openvpn tunnel. tunnel Table 2-21 Advanced of OpenVPN Instruction Parameter Instruction Poll Interval Openvpn client check router’s status as interval time.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-22 Keys of OpenVPN Instruction Parameter Instruction Keep certificate as the same as server Certificate Authority Client Certificate Keep client certificate as the same as server Client Key Keep client key as the same as server...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-24 PPTP/L2TP Basic Instruction parameter Instruction VPN enable Protocol VPN Mode for PPTP and L2TP Name VPN Tunnel name Server Address VPN Server IP address. User name As the configuration requested. Password As the configuration requested.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Custom As the configuration requested. Options Table 2-26 PPTP Advanced Instruction PPTP Advanced enable Name PPTP Tunnel name Accept DNS As the configuration requested. MTU is 1450bytes as default MRU is 1450bytes as default MPPE...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.11.4 IPSec Setting 2.11.4.1 IPSec Group Setup Step 1 IPSec> Group Setup to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-28 IPSec Group Setup Instruction parameter Instruction IPSec Support Standard IPSec, GRE over IPSec, L2TP over...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual parameter Instruction Remote IPsec peer IP address/domain name. IP/Domain Remote IPSec remote subnet and mask. Subnet/Mask Remote Forwarding-firewalling for Remote subnet Firewall Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. 2.11.4.2 IPSec Basic Setup Step 1 IPSec >Basic Setup to check or modify the relevant parameter.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual parameter Instruction Phase 1 Support HASH MD5 and SHA Authentication Phase 1 SA IPSec Phase 1 SA lifetime Life Time Phase 2 DH Select Group1, Group2, Group5 from list. It must be Group matched to remote IPSec setting.
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 2-30 IPSec Advanced Setup Instruction parameter Instruction Aggressive Default for main mode Mode ID Payload Enable ID Payload compress Compress To enable DPD service ICMP ICMP Check for IPSec tunnel IPSec Custom IPSec advanced setting such as left/right ID.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Domain name Default is empty, support maximum up to 32 character, it is the domain of WAN, no need to configure for most application. Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish ----End...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.12.2 Time Setting Step 1 Please click “Administrator> time” to check or modify the relevant parameter. If the device is online but time update is fail, please try other NTP Time Server. Step 2 Please click “save to finish.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.12.3 Admin Access Setting Step 1 Please click “Administrator>Admin” to check and modify relevant parameter. In this page, you can configure the basic web parameter, make it more convenient for usage. Please note the “password” is the router system account password.
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Storage Setting Step 1 Please click “Administrator>Storage Setting” to check and modify relevant parameter. Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting WL-G520 series router supports extra storage. The default storage path is Router ----End 2.12.7 M2M Access Setting (Apply to M2M Management Platform installation application only) Step 1 Please click “Administrator>M2M Access”...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting ----End 2.12.8 Configuration Setting Step 1 Please click “ Administrator> Configuration ” to do the backup setting Figure 3-1 Backup and Restore Configuration GUI Restore Default would lose all configuration information, please be careful.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.12.9 System Log Setting Step 3 Please click “Administrator> Logging” to start the configuration, you can set the file path to save the log (Local or remote sever). Figure 3-2 System log Setting GUI Step 4 After configure, please click “Save” to finish.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2.12.10 Firmware upgrade Step 5 Please click “Administrator>firmware upgrade” to open upgrade firmware tab. Figure 3-3 Firmware Upgrade GUI Please don’t cut off the power during upgrade. The upgrade period will be taken about 4mins.
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Configuration Instance This chapter is mainly for configured test case, there would be some difference between the scheme and real object. But the difference doesn’t have any influence to products performance. 3.1 VLAN WL-G520 supports VLAN partition based on Ethernet port (LAN1~LAN5)
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 2) If untag for br1 ad br2, it won’t be accessed between SW1 and SW2. 3) If tag for br1 and br2, it will be accessed between sw1 and sw2. ---End...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 3.2 WAN Backup (WAN as Main, Cellular Backup) The WAN and Cellular backup feature can quickly switch traffic to Cellular (link2) when WAN (link1) fails, and WL-G520 brings you a stable network experience. 1) Navigate to Basic Network > WAN, you may configure the WAN parameters with your situation 2) Navigate to Basic Network >...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 4) Navigate to Basic Network > Schedule, configure WAN (Link1) preferred, Cellular backup (Link2) Add ICMP Check to WAN Set the working mode (Schedule) Parameters Instruction modem The router dial-up to network via modem The router dial-up to network via WAN (DHCP, PPPOE, Static IP) Ethernet...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 6) The system quickly switches traffic to Cellular when the WAN fails ---End 3.3 Port Forwarding 1) The router online and got a public IP address 14.31.134.94 Note: It’s based on SIM card carrier 2) The PC is connected to router and got IP address 192.168.1.24...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 4) The PC can be accessed via 14.31.134.94:443 over Internet ---End 3.4 IP Passthrough 1) The router online 2) Configure IP passthrough destination MAC address (PC Ethernet MAC)
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 3) Set the PC to DHCP 4) Check the Ethernet status and ping test...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 5) Set the PC Ethernet as DHCP to release the IP and access to router GUI again ---End 3.5 Captive Portal Please click “Advanced Network> Captive Portal” to check or modify the relevant parameter.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Upload Portal file and Splash.html by local Upload portal images and splash.html in router for the Slider (0001_portal.png, 0002_portal.png, and 0003_portal.png) to the Router under the “ Administration / Storage Settings” menu. Furthermore, also might upload splash with images together.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Finally, we can see the results by connect to router WIFI...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Modify portal file storage path Modify portal file storage for In-storage as below. ---End 3.6 GPS Settings Please click “Advanced Network> GPS” to view or modify the relevant parameter.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Table 4-6 “GPS” Instruction parameter Instruction GPS Mode Enable/Disable GPS Format NMEA and M2M_FMT(WLINK) Server IP/Port GPS server IP and port Heart-Beat If choose M2M_FMT format, heart-beat ID will be packed into GPS data. Interval GPS data transmit as the interval time.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual M2M_FMT Format as below. 1. GPS data structure. Router ID, gps_date, gps_time, gps_use, gps_latitude, gps_NS, gps_longitude, gps_EW, gps_speed, gps_degrees, gps_FS, gps_HDOP, gps_MSL 2. Example 0001_R081850ac,150904,043215.0,06,2234.248130,N,11356.626179,E,0.0,91.5,1,1.2,9 3. GPS data description Field Name Format Example Description Router ID...
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 3.7 Firewall 1) IP/MAC/Port Filtering This part used to intercept packages from router’s WAN/Celluar interface to Internet. Test case: 1.1 Only allow three devices (MAC/LAN/WLAN) can access to Internet via WAN: 110.110.10.10 1.2 Only allow three devices (MAC/LAN/WLAN) can access to the router page (192.168.1.1)
WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 4) Access Filtering This part used to filter packages from Internet to router’s WAN/Celluar interface. Test case: 4.1) Intercept all TCP packets accessing the router's WAN/Celluar(110.110.10.10). 4.2) Only two devices (MAC/LAN/WLAN) are allowed to be accessed from Internet packets.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Navigate to Basic Network > LAN Navigate to VPN Tunnel > GRE 2) WL-G520(B) Config Navigate to Basic Network > LAN...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Navigate to VPN Tunnel > GRE...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual 3.8.2 OpenVPN OpenVPN between WL-G520 client and Server Please click “VPN Tunnel> OpenVPN Client” to check or modify the relevant parameter. Parameter Instruction Start with WAN Enable the Openvpn feature for 4G/3G/WAN port. Tap and Tun type are optional. Tap is for bridge mode Interface Type and Tunnel is for routing mode.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual User name/Password As the configuration requested. Authentication HMAC authorization As the configuration requested. Create NAT on tunnel Configure NAT in Openvpn tunnel. Parameter Instruction Poll Interval Openvpn client check router’s status as interval time. Redirect Internet Traffic Configure Openvpn as default routing.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Certificate Authority Keep certificate same as the server Client Certificate Keep client certificate same as the server Client Key Keep client key same as the server Parameter Instruction Status Check OpenVPN status and data statistics.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual The fllowing steps are for server running on Windows 7/8/10 Access to (http://openvpn.net/release/) and download the file “openvpn-2.3.0-install.exe” (or higher) After installing OpenVPN, please find the OpenVPN folder to generate the certificate of server and client. (Access to http://openvpn.net...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Configure “vas.bat.sample” to complete the initialization step and keys Configure the client keys to WLINK OpenVPN client GUI when you create the server and client certificate in the path OpenVPN/easy-rsa/keys Client certificate (Generated on the server)
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual OpenVPN>easy-rsa>keys Ping test to your server when the tunnel is established ---End 3.8.3 L2TP/PPTP Please click “VPN Tunnel>PPTP/L2TP Client” to view or modify the relevant parameter.
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual Configured as PPTP Note: The Custom Options are based on your server ---End 3.8.4 IPSec IPSec between WL-G520 and Cisco Router 1) Cisco Config (main mode) crypto isakmp policy 10 encr 3des...
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WL-G520 Series Router User Manual hash md5 authentication pre-share group 2 crypto isakmp key test1234 address 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 crypto ipsec transform-set Tran-set esp-3des esp-sha-hmac crypto ipsec nat-transparency spi-matching 2) WLINK Config Navigate to VPN Tunnel > IPSec > Group Setup Navigate to VPN Tunnel >...
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