Your Equipment - OptConnect max aware User Manual

Ensure a WAN network
connection to the
Internet
The OptConnect max aware offers two routes
for connecting to the Internet: Ethernet WAN
and cellular WAN. The max aware device also
features automatic failover from Ethernet to
cellular WAN if Ethernet WAN goes down.
The OptConnect Summit web portal will display
the current primary connectivity method - either
wired WAN or cellular - and device status.
Cellular WAN functionality is always on and
features dual-carrier connectivity. Summit will
display the carrier IP addresses
along with which address is
currently in use. Additionally,
Summit will display various cellular
metrics, such as signal strength,
signal quality, carrier sessions and
cellular data usage.
Via cellular connections, if the max aware device
detects a loss of connectivity on its primary
carrier, the device will automatically fail over to
its secondary carrier.
Ethernet WAN allows for connectivity via
Ethernet through another Internet service
provider. The max aware device will pull a
DHCP lease from equipment
connected to the WAN port on the
device. To enable a WAN static
IP configuration, please contact
OptConnect Tech Support.
Ensure remote access to

your equipment

OptConnect makes it easy to remotely
access your equipment and applications via
CELL
port forwards. To establish a configuration
containing specific-use-case port forwards,
please contact OptConnect Tech Support.
For cellular connectivity, OptConnect devices
are on private networks by default, which use
private/shared address space WAN IPs. In
order to remotely reach these IP addresses,
OptConnect offers a VPN solution to our
customers. Please contact OptConnect Tech
Support to set up VPN access.
Once port forward rules have been established
on your configuration, you can then access your
equipment via either the connected cellular IP
WAN
address or through your wired ISP's IP address.
Failover
Keep in mind: you may need to open ports on
the WAN router or through your ISP for this
functionality.
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