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MOFI6500-5GXeLTE -RM520 Advanced High Performance Router Updated Manual can be located www.MoFiNetwork.com 1-888-499-0123 (Toll Free) Please note that is it recommended to download our full User Manual on our site since this is current version that is enclosed does not have all the features listed.
User Manual v1.0 Table of Contents About the Product ..........................3 Features ............................4 Requirements ............................ 5 Device Design............................ 6 Getting Started........................... 8 Plan Your Network: .......................... 10 Remove or Disable Conflicts: ......................11 Installing your Router: ........................13 Connecting to the Internet VIA 4G/LTE/5G: ..................14 USB Print Server: ..........................
LED light on the router (great for RV or if router is in a location where it is too bright at night) This MOFI6500-5GXeLTE-RM520 can work on 4G/LTE and 5G using the x62 5G chipset solution. The unit is enclosed in a metal rugged case and in the hood features a 1.3GHz blazing fast CPU, 1GB of very fast RAM, 128MB of system memory and build in exclusive power amplified for both the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz wireless signal with WiFi 6 technology using 5...
User Manual v1.0 Features High performance mission critical solution for your 4G/LTE/5G solution. Support (4G/LTE/5G) USB modem connection - to offer a network connection with full mobility Units has build in amplifiers that boost the WiFi with a strong yet clean signal that will allow to use the router as far as possible ever using the 5GHz WiFi Bands where other lower performance router cannot reach this range.
User Manual v1.0 Requirements Your computer must meet the following minimum requirements. Any internet browser to surf the internet Ethernet network adapter or WiFi network adaptor The MOFI router will work with basically any operating system and devices. Page 5of 46...
User Manual v1.0 Device Design - Front Panel Behavior Description Power/Boot Status Blink/Solid Blink when booting, Solid when competed boot. Internet using the SIM Card Internet No Internet access BLINKING Using the WAN Internet Wireless is enabled (will blink to show the wireless traffic) Wireless is disabled Wi-Fi Blinking...
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User Manual v1.0 BACK VIEW Label Description Ethernet Port 1-4 Connecting with computers/devices using an Ethernet cable Connect to a modem Cable/DSL/Satellite using an Ethernet cable Press for 10 seconds to reset to the Factory Default. Reset Power Jack Use 12V 3.5A Power Adapter Page 7of 46...
User Manual v1.0 Getting Started Plan your Network You may need to check some Remove/Disable setting or disable some application before installation. Conflicts Connect the modem, Setup the Router computer, and power adaptor to the router. Open a browser to access the Connect to the Web User Interface and then use Setup Wizard to connect to the...
User Manual v1.0 Plan Your Network 1. Using a 4G/LTE/5G USB Modem Stick 2. Using a DSL/Cable modem (If your DSL/Cable modem is both a router and a modem, contact us. Page 9of 46...
User Manual v1.0 Remove or Disable Conflicts To make sure the router installation moves on smoothly, you need to remove or disable conflicts that may interfere the installation. Probable conflicts may include: Internet sharing applications Proxy software Security software ...
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User Manual v1.0 Configuring Internet Properties To set the Internet Properties: Click the Start button, and then click Run. This opens the Run dialog box. Type in inetcpl.cpl, and then click Ok. This opens the Internet Properties. Click the Connections Tab. In Dial-up and Virtual Private Network settings, select Never dial a connection.
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User Manual v1.0 Installing your Router The MOFI6500-5GXELTE-RM520 SIM Version can be used in many ways including as a 4G/LTE/5G router or just a regular Cable/DSL/Satellite high speed router including using it with Starlink. Using a SIM card from your provider direct from provider 1.
User Manual v1.0 Connecting to the Internet VIA 4G/LTE/5G Here is a video to help you setup the MOFI router using the wizard: https://youtu.be/jevcVD5t0G8 (this is for the MOFI4500 but the setup process is very similar to the MOFI6500) If you have a cable, DSL or Satellite modem that does not need to have a username/password, just connect the output from the Cable/DSL/Satellite to the WAN port of the router then repower your Cable/DSL/Satellitebox and you should be online.
User Manual v1.0 Wireless By default, the wireless network name is: MOFINETWORKXXX where the XXXX is the last 4 digits of your router's MAC address. If you do not require setting up a WIFI name or a wireless password then you can skip this step. If you want to change the network name (ESSID) or add a wireless password, please do the following: You can just run the wizard which will allow you to set this up easily or if you want more control, you can do this by going to Network -->Mofi Wifi...
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User Manual v1.0 The most popular encryption is WPA2-PSK. It is recommended to select this and enter the password in the Password Field (minimum 8 characters) Click on Save to save the changes Page 15of 46...
User Manual v1.0 How to forward ports: (Note you will need a public IP address in order to do any port forwarding) MOFI offers a public IP service depending on what you need this for. By default, most cellular connection does not provide a public IP. If you need this service then please contact us for a free trial.
User Manual v1.0 How to open ports in the router: Note that normally, you would not have to do this. If you feel you need to, first double check as when you do a port forward, it should automatically open the ports for you. These are the default port that are open by default WEB 80 SSH 22...
User Manual v1.0 How to Set a Wireless Bridge/Repeater: The first thing you need to know ahead of time is the wireless SSID (network name) and password of the device that you want to connect to if it has a security enable on it. Note it is case sensitive so make sure you have everything exactly the way it is.
User Manual v1.0 How to do a Firmware Upgrade: There are two ways to upgrade the firmware on the MOFI6500 router: If you have a working internet connection, then you can perform a Remote Update. You can do this by going to System Remote Update However, if you do not have internet access on the router, you may have to do a manual firmware update.
User Manual v1.0 How to Remote Login into the Router: Remote Login on the MOFI6500 router is enabled by default and can be accessed on port 80, 81 and 8080 Port 8080 is the official port for remote access on the MOFI6500 router. If you have a public IP address, you will be able to access your router remotely by going to: http://yourpublicIPaddress:8080 However, if you are using a cellular connection and have not paid or added a public ip option to your...
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User Manual v1.0 How to modify settings/ports for remote access to the router: By default, the router is set to receive on port 80, 81 and 8080 If you want to change this, log into the router and go to Mofi Business Webserver To change the port, click on the HTTP Port option and select custom and then change it to what you want.
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User Manual v1.0 There are many more features that are not covered in this manual such as We are currently making some changes to this section but below is some more options not fully documented Parental Control Scheduler (ability automatically to allow or block access to individual devices via the mac address).
User Manual v1.0 FAIL OVER If you require the highest stability, Fail Over can be a life saver. This feature is used if you have 2 activate internet connection. You can specify which connection you want as your main connection and once that connection drops (or if it is not available), it will jump to the secondary connection and then jump back to the primary connection when it is available.
User Manual v1.0 LOAD BALANCING If you require the fastest internet possible, the Load Balancing feature will allow you to take two WAN connections and make them work as one. To active Load Balancing, go to Mofi Business Fail Over/Load Balancing 1.
User Manual v1.0 IP Pass Through With IP Pass Through, this feature will make your router to work as a modem. Only 1 device can be connected via Ethernet Port 1. This feature will prevent 2 routers from conflicting each other. To enable IP Pass-through, check the box that says Enabled and then save and reboot the router.
User Manual v1.0 MOFI RECOVERY (For MOFI6500) How to recover router from wrong file update or other problem To do a boot recovery, follow these steps: Step 1: Set router is recovery mode Connect the router to your pc with an Ethernet cable to port 1 at the back of the router. Unplug the router and press and hold the reset button on the back of the router.
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User Manual v1.0 Step 5: Log into the router Now, you will be able to log back in the router. To log in router, go to http://192.168.10.1 username: root password: admin Once you are in, you can now load the latest firmware to bring the router to the latest version.
User Manual v1.0 MOFI REMOTE MANAGEMENT How to Enable Remote Management With your MOFI router, you have the ability to access your router status and make various changes if need all from an online interface on our server. To use this feature, you will need to enable this option that is located in: Basic Mode -->...
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Once you are logged in, you will see an interface similar to the one below: ID: This show your ID for your router that is internet to MOFI NETWORK User: This is your MAC Address on your router...
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User Manual v1.0 Connected VIA: This will show how you are connected, WAN or 4G/LTE IP Address: Your public IP address you are assigned. Note that your internal IP address assigned by the provider might be different since be default, most providers provide a private IP address Last Seen: This is the last time the server has seen your router Edit: In this section, once you click on that, you will have the option to change your...
User Manual v1.0 MOFI CLOUD LINK STATIC DEDICATED PUBLIC IP SERVICE Do you need a public IP address or do you know what it is? You are given what is referred to as a Private IP address by 99% of all providers. With a private IP address, you cannot do any port forwarding.
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User Manual v1.0 By phone 1-888-499-0123 or email: sales@mofinetwork.com Instructions on how to set this up Log into the router Go to Business then Mofi Cloud Check the box to Enable CloudLink Select the location that your account is on (you should find this information in ...
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User Manual v1.0 Going back to the MOFI Cloud section, there is an option to add your device that you want to use with the public IP address. You can add as many devices that you require. Add the MAC address and the IPv4 Address associated with that device. ...
User Manual v1.0 Static Lease: For some customers, you might want to make a static IP router (this is not needed normally). In order to do that: Log into the router Go to Network and then DHCP Scroll to the bottom and under Static Lease, click on Add ...
ANT1 is the Secondary #1 ANT2 is the Secondary #2 ANT3 is the Primary #2 The 2 most important connector on the MOFI6500-5GXelTE-RM520 is the Primary#1 and Primary #2 Connector There must be an antennas or external antenna connected to the Primary #1 cellular antenna port for this unit to get a connection.
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User Manual v1.0 CAT19 module using the Quectel RM520-GL SA data rates: 2.4Gbps (DL) / 900Mbps (UL) NSA data rates: 3.4Gbps (DL) / 550Mbps (UL)5 x Carrier Aggregations HSPA+: 42Mbps DL, 5.76 UL TD-HSDPA/HSUPA: 2.8Mbps DL, 2.2Mbps UL EDGE: Multi Slot Class 12 236.8 kbps DL & UL GPRS: Multi Slot Class 10 85.6 kbps DL &...
Manually Setting LTE Band An LTE band is the frequencies that the provider is using. Here are some potential bands for various providers. If using the MOFI6500-5GXeLTE-RM520 AT&T: B2, B4, B5, B12/B17, B14, B30, B66 T-Mobile: B2, B4, B5, B12/B17, B66, B71...
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User Manual v1.0 Now you will need to check only the bands that you want the router to lock on to. For example if you have AT&T and perhaps Band 4 and Band 66 is better in your area. So you would check the boxes for Band 4 and Band 66 and then hit Save on the bottom right hand corner.
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User Manual v1.0 Please select your Internet service provider from the list (AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon etc), Start Scan. Note: this process will take about 10-15 minutes and the router will go through all the available bands in your area and then finally lock on to the best bands for your carrier.
Note this model uses 4 x Cellular Antennas that are included. 2 x 4FF SIM Slots (small nano SIM card), you must get SIM card from provider or current device, contact MOFI Network for more info if needed CPU: 1.3GHz...
User Manual v1.0 BANDWIDTH MONITORING If you want to set a limit of usage per device, this is where you set this. 1. You will need to enable Bandwidth Monitoring To Enable, this, go to Bandwidth & Filters on the left hand side Then Check the Enable option and set the day of the month that your billing cycle starts over at.
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User Manual v1.0 Bandwidth - USER LIMITS Make sure the Bandwidth Monitor is enabled as explained above. If you are looking to set a limit of data use to an individual device, you would enable the User Limits Enable the User Limits by clicking on the check box Click on Add and add the device you want to set the limit for.
User Manual v1.0 TROUBLESHOOTING Here are some basic troubleshooting steps: Here is a video to look at also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPqpnsHaPA0&t=3s For most customers, the first step in trouble shooting is to do a module reset then a factory default. Log into router http://192.168.10.1 username: root password: admin...
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User Manual v1.0 What does it say for the carrier ID? By seeing the carrier ID, you know that the SIM card is being read fine. What does it say for the phone number? If the sim card is activated, a phone number should show up there If this is still not working, You should contact your provider and verify what APN (access point name) that you need use.
User Manual v1.0 Regulatory Compliance Notices FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15, 22 and 24 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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User Manual v1.0 This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance of 20 cm between the radiator and your body. European Regulations The product has been designed, tested and manufactured according to the European R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC.
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