WS-431E 4G Router 1. OVERVIEW Support 4G/3G/2G Internet access in various modes, which can be used in the fields of Internet of Networked Medical Treatment, Intelligent Agriculture, Smart City, Smart Robots, Security Monitoring Networking, Intelligent Bus Wifi etc. 1x WAN RJ45 port (configurable for LAN), 10/100 Mbps, supports automatic MDI/MDIX, 1.5KV ...
2. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 2.1. INTRODUCTION The WS-431E 4G Router is a new Qualcomm solution Wi-Fi enhanced industrial router with excellent anti-interference capability and stable connection performance, supports WIFI hotspot, WIFI client, and WIFI relay modes, and is integrated with 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet ports (2LAN and 1WAN/LAN) and VPN technologies.
DIN rail mounting, wall mounting, tabletop level 3 3. WEB SERVER When user need to configure the WS-431E, user can connect PC to WS-431E through LAN interface or WLAN, then open Web Server. Default parameters of WS-431E as follows: SSID...
Figure Web Server login web User can change the language between Chinese/English in the top right corner. 4. PRODUCT FUNCTIONS This chapter introduces the functions of WS-431E, as the following diagram shown, you can get an overall knowledge of it. Figure Product function 4.1.
WS-431E 4G Router (3) Power on the module by power adaptor and check the LED status. (4) Connect PC or mobile to the WS-431E router via LAN interface or Wi-Fi interface. Wi-Fi password is “www.waveshare.com”. (5) Log in Web Server of router. (Default IP address of router is 192.168.1.1, either the username and password is “admin”...
WS-431E 4G Router Figure VPN Client 4.3. NETWORKING MODE 4.3.1. WAN+LAN+4G In this networking mode, user can access internet through WAN interface and 4G interface. WAN interface has higher priority than 4G interface to ensure communication and save 4G flows.
WS-431E 4G Router Figure WAN+LAN+4G networking 4.3.2. LAN+LAN+4G In this networking mode, three devices can connect to router through LAN and access the Internet by 4G network. User can achieve this by Web Server as follow: Figure Switch WAN/LAN interface www.waveshare.com...
Application diagram as follow: Figure LAN+LAN+4G networking 4.4. COMMON FUNCTIONS 4.4.1. 4G INTERFACE WS-431E 4G Router supports one 4G interface to access internet. Functional diagram as follow: Figure 4G interface User can configure 4G interface by Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com...
Figure 4G interface 4.4.2. LAN INTERFACE WS-431E supports two LAN interface (one is WAN/LAN interface). Default settings: One LAN interface (WAN/LAN used as WAN interface; IP address: 192.168.1.1; Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0; Open DHCP function). User can configure LAN interface by Web Server as follow:...
DHCP function 4.4.3. WAN INTERFACE WS-431E supports one WAN interface and WAN interface can switch between WAN/LAN interface. WAN interface supports DHCP and Static IP, and default setting is DHCP. User can configure WAN interface by Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com...
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WS-431E 4G Router Figure WAN interface WS-431E supports at most 24 STA device connection. Default parameters as follows: SSID WS-431E-XXXX(XXXX is MAC) Password www.waveshare.com Channel auto HT Mode auto Encryption mixed-psd Figure WALN default parameters www.waveshare.com 13 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
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WS-431E 4G Router Figure WLAN interface Entering WLAN interface configuration web, user can change follow parameters. User can configure SSID on Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com 14 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
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WS-431E 4G Router Figure WLAN interfaceConfigure SSID User can configure password on Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com 15 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
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WS-431E 4G Router Figure Configure password Other settings on Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com 16 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
WS-431E 4G Router Figure Other settings 4.4.4. NETWORK DIAGNOSIS User can use network diagnosis function by Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com 17 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
Nslookup: Can analyse DNS into IP address 4.4.5. MODULE NAME AND TIME ZONE WS-431E default module name is WS-431E and default Time Zone is New York time zone. User can configure module name and Time Zone by Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com 18 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
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WS-431E 4G Router Figure Module name and Time Zone www.waveshare.com 19 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
User can change password by Web Server as follow: Figure Web Server password 4.5.2. RESTORE Hardware restore: Press Reload button over 5 seconds and release, WS-431E will restore default settings and reset. User can restore default settings by Web Server as follow: www.waveshare.com...
WS-431E 4G Router Figure Restore default settings 4.5.3. UPGRADE FIRMWARE VERSION Upgrade by Web Server as follow: Figure Upgrade firmware version www.waveshare.com 21 / 22 www.waveshare.com/wiki...
WS-431E 4G Router The whole upgrade process will last about 1 minute, user can enter Web Server after about 1 minute.User can choose saving settings.User should keep powering up and LAN/WIFI connection during the whole upgrade process. 4.5.4. RESET Reset time is about 40~60 seconds.Reset by Web Server as follow: Figure Reset module www.waveshare.com...