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WLINK WL-R230 Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual User Manual ---Apply to WL-R230 Series 4G/3G Router V1.0 http://www.wlink-tech.com March, 2018 V1.0 http://www.wlink-tech.com Jan, 2024...
  • Page 2 Especially the cellular signal quality is not good on the site. Data may be delayed, corrupted (i.e., have errors) or be totally lost, WLINK accepts no responsibility for damages of any kind resulting from delays or errors in data transmitted or received using the router, or for failure of the router to transmit or receive such data.
  • Page 3 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Version History Updates between document versions are cumulative. The latest document version contains all updates made to previous version. Data Document Version Firmware Version Description 2024-1-5 V1.0 Rm.0.2.5-240105- Released. 152307.bin Shenzhen WLINK Technology Company Limited 2A, F5 Building, TCL International E City, No.1001 Zhongshanyuan Rd.,...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Contents 1 Overview .................................. 6 1.1 Key Features ............................... 6 1.2 Specifications ...............................6 2 Hardware Introduction ............................9 2.1 WL-R230 Panel ............................9 2.2 Dimension ..............................10 2.3 LED Indicator ............................. 11 2.4 Ethernet Connection ..........................11 2.5 Serial Port Connection ..........................
  • Page 5 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 4 Configuration Instance ............................70 4.1 VLAN ................................70 4.2 WAN Backup (WAN as Main, Cellular Backup) ...................72 4.3 Port Forwarding ............................74 4.4 Port Redirecting ............................75 4.5 IP Passthrough ............................76 4.6 Captive Portal ............................78 4.7 GPS Settings .............................

  • Page 6: Overview

    The R230 performs auto-failover between wired and wireless WAN to ensure uninterrupted connectivity. Users can easily manage thousands of R230 with Wlink RMS, which is a cloud-based system for easy setup, remote monitoring, mass configuration and maintenance. In addition, the R230 is eSIM supported, making it easier to switch from one carrier to another.
  • Page 7 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual WiFi Interface Number of antennas: 2 Connector: RP-SMA Male IEEE 802.11 b/g/n 300Mbps(2T2R) Output Power 11n HT40 MCS7: 15dBm, 11b CCK: 18dBm, 11g OFDM: 15dBm Sensitivity 300Mbps: -65dBm 54Mbps: -73dBm 11Mbps: -86dBm Ethernet Interface Number of ports: 3x 10/100Mbps, 2 x LAN,1xWAN Magnet isolation protection: 1.5 KV...
  • Page 8 Network protocols: PPP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, HTTP, HTTPs, DNS, NTP, SMTP, Telnet, SSH2, DDNS, etc. VPN tunnel: IPsec, OpenVPN, GRE, PPTP/L2TP, Wireguard, Zerotier Serial port: Transparent, TCP Client/Server, UDP, Modbus RTU Management: Web, CLI, SMS, WLINK M2M Platform Consumption Voltage: DC +9~60V (standard 12V/1.5A power adapter) SIM/R-UIM Card: 1.8V/3V...

  • Page 9: Hardware Introduction

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Hardware Introduction This chapter is mainly for hardware introduction, there would be some difference between the scheme and real object. But the difference won’t have any influence to products performance. WL-R230 Panel...

  • Page 10: Dimension

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Interface Description Note Ω Main 4G Main SMA Antenna Connector, 50 Ω. GPS Optional. Aux/GPS 4G Aux SMA Antenna Connector, 50 Ω. Wi-Fi1 Wi-Fi SMA-RP Antenna Connector, 50 300Mbps, 2T2R Ω. Wi-Fi2 Wi-Fi SMA-RP Antenna Connector, 50 300Mbps, 2T2R USB2.0.

  • Page 11: Led Indicator

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual LED Indicator silk-screen status Indication LED1 indicates signal is Pool (CSQ0~10) Signal Solid Light LED2 indicates signal is good (CSQ11~19) LED3 indicates signal is strong (CSQ20~31) Signal Quick Blink Offline LED 1 Solid Light 4G Online...

  • Page 12: Review

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual WL-R230 supports reverse polarity protection, but always refers to the figure above to connect the power adapter correctly. Review After insert the SIM/UIM card and connect Ethernet cable and antenna, connect power supply adaptor or power cable.

  • Page 13: Router Configuration

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Router Configuration WL-R230 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.

  • Page 14: Status

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Figure 2-2 User Identify Interface ----END Status Check routers information such as status, traffic Stats and device list after login router. Especially, suggest change the password according to the prompts because of security requirement. The UI will display” already changed login password successfully” after router reboot.

  • Page 15: Traffic Stats

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Figure 2-3 Router Status GUI One Ethernet Port Icon for WL-R100 and WL-R130. Two Ethernet Port Icons for WL-R200 and WL-R210. Three Ethernet Port Icons for WL-R230. Five Ethernet Port Icons for WL-R520. Traffic Stats.

  • Page 16: Tool Column

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Figure 2-5 Device List GUI Tool Column Figure 2-6 Tool Column GUI 3.6.1 Tools 3.6.1.1 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.
  • Page 17 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.6.1.3 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. 3.6.1.4 Log Click Tools-> Log to enter Log GUI. Use to check logs in GUI, download GUI and send logs to server.

  • Page 18: Basic Network

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.6.2 Bandwidth Click Bandwidth to enter bandwidth graphic GUI. Used to check cellular/LAN/Wi-Fi real-time bandwidth. 3.6.3 System Click system to choose software reboot, hardware reboot and logout GUI. Basic Network 3.7.1 WAN Setting Step 1 Basic Network>WAN to enter below interface.
  • Page 19 WL-R230 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 3.7.2 Cellular Setting Step 1 Basic Network-> Cellular, you can modify relevant parameter according to the application.
  • Page 20 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual WL-R100 supports single SIM. WL-R230 supports dual-SIM as default. WL-R200/R520 supports dual-SIM as optional. WL-R210 supports dual-SIM as default. WL-R230 supports dual-SIM as default. Table 2-2 Cellular Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction Enable Modem Enable/Disable 4G mode.
  • Page 21 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction it’ll switch to SIM2 and work on SIM2, and vice versa. 【SIM1 Only】Only SIM1 works. 【SIM2 Only】Only SIM2 works. 【Backup】SIM1 is the primary SIM. Once SIM1 failed, it’ll switch to SIM2 and work on SIM2 for a specified period of time, then it switches back to SIM1.
  • Page 22 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 【Cellular Traffic Check】 【Check Mode】there are Rx(Receive), Tx(Transmission) and Rx/Tx check modes. 【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.
  • Page 23 WL-R230 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...
  • Page 24 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-4 LAN Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction VLAN ID number. The VID range is from 1 to 15. LAN1~LAN4, Tagged Enable to make router can encapsulate and de-encapsulate the VLAN tag. Bridge Routers interface br0, br1, br2, br3 and WAN Step 2 Please Click “Save“...
  • Page 25 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please Click “Save“ to finish. Please check lock bank configuration in the chapter 3 as reference. ----End 3.7.6 Dynamic DNS Setting Step 1 Basic Network->DDNS to enter the DDNS setting page.
  • Page 26 Table 2-5 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.
  • Page 27 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-6 Routing Setting Instruction Parameter Instruction Destination Router can reach the destination IP address. router 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.

  • Page 28: Wlan Setting

    WL-R230 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. WL-R100 doesn’t support Wi-Fi feature. WL-R200 Wi-Fi feature is optional. WL-R230/WL-R520 supports Wi-Fi feature as default.
  • Page 29 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Channel Width 20MHz and 40MHz alternative for 2.4G. 20MHz, 40MHz and 80MHzalternative for 2.4G. Security Support various encryption method as requested. Step 2 Please click “Save” to finish. ----End 3.8.2 MultiSSID Step 1 WLAN> MultiSSID.

  • Page 30: Advanced Network Setting

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please Click “Stop” to change refresh by manual. ----End Advanced Network Setting 3.9.1 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.
  • Page 31 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction per entry is supported when forwarding to a different internal port. Internal Address. The destination address inside the LAN. Int. Address Description Remark the rule Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. Please check lock bank configuration in the chapter 3 as reference.
  • Page 32 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual The Port redirecting feature will be unavailable when enable Captive Portal function. Please check lock bank configuration in the chapter 3 as reference. ----End 3.9.3 DMZ Setting Step 1 Advanced Network> DMZ to check or modify the relevant parameter.
  • Page 33 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-11 IP Passthrough Instruction parameter Instruction Enable Enable IP Passthrough MAC Address Enable DHCP of device. Configure device Mac. Device will be assigned SIM IP. router If WL-Rxx router connect to multiple device, input other device router.
  • Page 34 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-12 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"...
  • Page 35 Ex-storage: Captive portal file is in extended storage such as SD card. 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.
  • Page 36 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.9.7 Serial App. Setting Step 1 Advanced Network> Serial App to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-14 Serial App Instruction Parameter Instruction Serial to TC/IP Support Disable, Server and Client mode. Such as Client.
  • Page 37 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction mode Server IP/Port IP address and domain name are acceptable for Server IP Socket Type Support TCP/UDP protocol Socket Timeout Router will wait the setting time to transmit data to serial port. Serial Timeout Serial Timeout is the waiting time for transmitting the data package that is less the Packet payload.
  • Page 38 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ----End 3.9.9 Bandwidth Control Setting Step 1 Advanced Network> Bandwidth Control to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-15 Bandwidth Control Instruction Max Available Download Speed limit for router.

  • Page 39: Firewall

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ----End 3.9.11 Static DHCP Setting Step 1 Advanced Network> Static DHCP to check or modify the relevant parameter. Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ----End 3.10 Firewall 3.10.1...
  • Page 40 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-16 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 Support Access Filter.

  • Page 41: Vpn Tunnel

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Please check Firewall rule in Configuration instance. Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish. ---End 3.10.2 Domain Filtering Step 1 Firewall> Domain Filtering to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-17 Domain Filtering Instruction...
  • Page 42 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-18 Wireguard Client Instruction Parameter Instruction Enable Eenable Wireguard. Model Wireguard client and server modes optional Peer IP/Port Server IP and port Local Key VPN local key Local IP/Mask Wireguard VPN tunnel local IP and mask. The VPN local IP address and peer IP address are different subnet segment.
  • Page 43 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-19 Wireguard Sever Instruction Parameter Instruction Enable Eenable Wireguard. Model Wireguard client and server modes optional Bind Port Wireguard server port Local Key VPN local key Local IP/Mask Wireguard VPN tunnel local IP and mask. The VPN server local IP address and client IP address are different subnet segments.
  • Page 44 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual ----End 3.11.2 GRE Setting Step 3 VPN Tunnel> GRE to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-20 GRE Instruction Parameter Instruction GRE tunnel number Tunnel Address GRE Tunnel local IP address which is a virtual IP address.
  • Page 45 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.11.3 OpenVPN Client Setting Step 1 VPN Tunnel> OpenVPN Client to check or modify the relevant parameter.
  • Page 46 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-21 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.
  • Page 47 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Firewall Auto, External only and Custom are optional Authorization Mode TLS, Static key and Custom are optional. User name/Password As the configuration requested. Authentication HMAC authorization As the configuration requested. Create NAT on tunnel Configure NAT in Openvpn tunnel.
  • Page 48 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Custom Configuration As the configuration requested. Table 2-23 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...
  • Page 49 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.11.4 PPTP/L2TP Client Setting Step 1 VPN Tunnel> VPN Client to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-25 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.
  • Page 50 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Tunnel Auth. L2TP authentication Optional as the configuration requested. Tunnel As the configuration requested. Password Custom As the configuration requested. Options Table 2-27 PPTP Advanced Instruction PPTP Advanced enable Name PPTP Tunnel name Accept DNS As the configuration requested.
  • Page 51 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.11.5 IPSec Setting 3.11.5.1 IPSec Group Setup Step 1 IPSec> Group Setup to check or modify the relevant parameter. Table 2-29 IPSec Group Setup Instruction parameter Instruction IPSec Support Standard IPSec, GRE over IPSec, L2TP over...
  • Page 52 WL-R230 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. ---End 3.11.5.2 IPSec Basic Setup Step 1 IPSec >Basic Setup to check or modify the relevant parameter.
  • Page 53 WL-R230 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.
  • Page 54 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-31 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.
  • Page 55 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual...
  • Page 56 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-32 DMVPN Client Instruction Parameter Instruction Enable Eenable DMVPN Tunnel Address GRE tunnel address Tunnel Mask GRE tunnel subnet mask Tunnel MTU GRE tunnel MTU Tunnel Key GRE tunnel secret key Tunnel Source modem(4G/5G);WAN;STA/STA2(WIFI2.4/5.8)

  • Page 57: Administration

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Phase1 Encryption Support 3DES, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256 Phase1 Authentication Support HASH MD5 and SHA Phase1 SA Lifetime IPSec Phase 1 SA lifetime Phase2 DH Group Select Group1, Group2, Group5 from list. It must be matched to remote IPSec setting.
  • Page 58 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-33 Router Identification Instruction Parameter Instruction Router name Default is router, can be set maximum 32 character Host name Default is router, can be set maximum 32 character Domain name Default is empty, support maximum up to 32 character, it is the domain of WAN, no need to configure for most application.
  • Page 59 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.12.2 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.
  • Page 60 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.12.3 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.
  • Page 61 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting ----End 3.12.6 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-R100/R200 series router doesn’t support extra storage.
  • Page 62 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting ----End 3.12.8 DI/DO Setting(Apply to WL-R230 only) Step 1 Please click “Administrator>DI/DO Setting” to check and modify relevant parameter. 3.12.8.1 DI Configure...
  • Page 63 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Table 2-34 DI Instruction Parameter Instruction Enable Enable DI. Port1 is for I/O1 and Port2 is I/O2. Both I/O1 and I/O2 are DI ports Mode Selected from OFF, ON and EVENT_COUNTER modes. OFF Mode: DI from high level(3.3v~5V) to low level(0V), it will trigger alarm.
  • Page 64 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Under EVENT_COUNTER mode, if first pulse shape and last pulse shape are not the same level, WL-G510 will trigger alarm according to Counter Action setting. Counter Trigger Available when DI under Event Counter mode Input from 0 to 100.
  • Page 65 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual EVENT_COUNTER Model The counted number of pulses will be triggered. 3.12.8.2 DO Configure Table 2-35 DO Instruction Parameter Instruction Enable 1 DO as selected Alarm Source Digital output initiates according to different alarm source. Select from DI Alarm, SMS Control and M2M Control. Selections can be one or more.
  • Page 66 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction SMS Control: Digital Output triggers the related action when receiving SMS from the number in phone book. M2M Control: it’s not ready. Alarm Action Digital Output initiates when there is an alarm. Selected from “OFF”, “ON”, “Pulse”.
  • Page 67 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual DO might be customized pulse width ratio: T1, T2 duration and n value. ---End 3.12.9 Configuration Setting Step 4 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.
  • Page 68 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.12.10 System Log Setting Step 6 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 7 After configure, please click “Save” to finish.
  • Page 69 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3.12.11 Firmware upgrade Step 8 Please click “Administrator>firmware upgrade” to open upgrade firmware tab. Figure 3-3 Firmware Upgrade GUI Please don’t cut off the power during upgrading. The upgrade period is about 4mins. 3.12.12 “Reset” Button for Restore Factory Setting If you couldn’t enter web interface for other reasons, you can also use this way.

  • Page 70: Configuration Instance

    WL-R230 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. 4.1 VLAN WL-R200/R210/R520 supports VLAN partition based on Ethernet port (LAN1~LAN5)
  • Page 71 WL-R230 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...

  • Page 72: Wan Backup (Wan As Main, Cellular Backup)

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 4.2 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-Rxx 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 >...
  • Page 73 WL-R230 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...

  • Page 74: Port Forwarding

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 6) The system quickly switches traffic to Cellular when the WAN fails ---End 4.3 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...

  • Page 75: Port Redirecting

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 4) The PC can be accessed via 14.31.134.94:443 over Internet ---End 4.4 Port Redirecting Please click “Advanced Network> Port Redirecting” to check or modify the relevant parameter. Configure Internal port as 8000, the Destination IP address as 119.136.206.2 and External port 60080(M2M Platform Server IP and Port as example).

  • Page 76: Ip Passthrough

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual ---End 4.5 IP Passthrough 1) The router online 2) Configure IP passthrough destination MAC address (PC Ethernet MAC)
  • Page 77 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 3) Set the PC to DHCP 4) Check the Ethernet status and ping test...

  • Page 78: Captive Portal

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 5) Set the PC Ethernet as DHCP to release the IP and access to router GUI again ---End 4.6 Captive Portal Please click “Advanced Network> Captive Portal” to check or modify the relevant parameter.
  • Page 79 WL-R230 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.
  • Page 80 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Finally, we can see the results by connect to router WIFI...

  • Page 81: Gps Settings

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Modify portal file storage path Modify portal file storage for In-storage as below. ---End 4.7 GPS Settings Please click “Advanced Network> GPS” to view or modify the relevant parameter.
  • Page 82 WL-R230 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.
  • Page 83 WL-R230 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,0.0,91.5,1,1.2,97.5 3. GPS data description Field Name Format Example Description Router ID...

  • Page 84: Firewall

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 4.8 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) 2) Key Word Filtering This part used to filter key word packages from router’s WAN/Cellular interface to Internet.

  • Page 85: Vpn Tunnel

    WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 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. ---End 4.9 VPN Tunnel 4.9.1 Wireguard VPN Wireguard VPN between two WL-Rxx Routers...
  • Page 86 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 1) Wireguard VPN Client Setting Configure Wireguard Client as Server requested. Especially, the public Key and private key is generated by server or third party. Configure server public key in the peer key table and client...
  • Page 87 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 2) Wireguard Routing There are two routings when Wireguard established. 3) Wireguard Connection Check Check VPN connection via Ping testing.
  • Page 88 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 4.9.2 GRE GRE Tunnel between two WL-Rxx Routers 1) WL-R200(A) Config Navigate to Basic Network > LAN Navigate to VPN Tunnel > GRE...
  • Page 89 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 2) WL-R200(B) Config Navigate to Basic Network > LAN Navigate to VPN Tunnel > GRE...
  • Page 90 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 4.9.3 OpenVPN OpenVPN between WL-Rxx client and Server Please click “VPN Tunnel> OpenVPN Client” to check or modify the relevant parameter.
  • Page 91 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 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 and Interface Type Tunnel is for routing mode. Protocol UDP and TCP optional.
  • Page 92 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Parameter Instruction Poll Interval Openvpn client check router’s status as interval time. Redirect Internet Traffic Configure Openvpn as default routing. Access DNS As the configuration requested. Encryption As the configuration requested. Compression As the configuration requested.
  • Page 93 WL-R230 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.
  • Page 94 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual 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 for more information)
  • Page 95 WL-R230 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)
  • Page 96 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual OpenVPN>easy-rsa>keys Ping test to your server when the tunnel is established ---End 4.9.4 L2TP/PPTP Please click “VPN Tunnel>PPTP/L2TP Client” to view or modify the relevant parameter.
  • Page 97 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual Configured as PPTP Note: The Custom Options are based on your server ---End 4.9.5 IPSec IPSec between WL-R200 and Cisco Router 1) Cisco Config (main mode)
  • Page 98 WL-R230 Series Router User Manual crypto isakmp policy 10 encr 3des 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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