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Secure Router Manual
Netgate 8200
© Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC
Mar 11, 2025

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Summary of Contents for Rubicon Netgate 8200

  • Page 1 Secure Router Manual Netgate 8200 © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC Mar 11, 2025...
  • Page 2 OUT OF THE BOX 1 Hardware Overview 2 Getting Started 3 Input and Output Ports 4 Connecting to the USB Console 5 Additional Resources 6 Warranty and Support...
  • Page 3 Secure Router Manual Netgate 8200 This Quick Start Guide covers the first time connection procedures for the Netgate® 8200 Secure Router and also provides information needed to stay up and running. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 4 1.1 1U Rack Mount Design The Netgate 8200 Secure Router was designed with rack mounting in mind and comes pre-assembled in a 1U rack mount configuration. The device can safely be mounted directly above another device in a rack, such as for an HA configuration.
  • Page 5 Fig. 3: Netgate 8200 Secure Router – Bottom View Note: The fan will continue to run at a low idle speed of 560 RPM when the Netgate 8200 is powered off. Components may still be hot for some time after shutdown and the airflow from the fan brings their temperature down. The fan will stop if the CPU temperature falls below 5C (41F).
  • Page 6 Secure Router Manual Netgate 8200 1.3 Available Storage The Netgate 8200 Secure Router is available only in a MAX style configuration with an NVMe SSD for storage. This model does not have built-in eMMC storage. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 7 CHAPTER GETTING STARTED Use the following steps to configure the TNSR Secure Router. 1. To configure the Network Interfaces and gaining access to the Internet, follow the instructions provided in the Zero-to-Ping documentation. Note: Not all steps in the Zero-to-Ping documentation will be necessary for every configuration scenario. 2.
  • Page 8 • The Power connector is 12VDC with threaded locking connector. Power Consumption 20W (idle) • The Netgate 8200 Secure Router is actively cooled by a fan located on the bottom of the device as mentioned in Cooling. The portion of the fan intake under the networking ports is where it draws in air when mounted Active against another device.
  • Page 9 SFP connector can be used each port. Note: Each port, WAN1 and WAN2, is discrete and individual. It is possible to use the RJ-45 connector on one port and the SFP connector on the other. Table 1: Netgate 8200 Secure Router Network Interface Layout Port Label...
  • Page 10 • Speed and duplex auto-negotiation. • Wake on LAN • 1000BASE-T SFP Modules 3.3 Rear Side Fig. 2: Rear view of the Netgate 8200 Secure Router 3.3.1 LED Patterns Description LED Pattern Standby Circle solid orange...
  • Page 11 Secure Router Manual Netgate 8200 Fig. 3: Right side view of the Netgate 8200 Secure Router Fig. 4: Netgate 8200 Secure Router Front View – USB Ports on the Right © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 12 CHAPTER FOUR CONNECTING TO THE USB CONSOLE This guide shows how to access the serial console which can be used for troubleshooting and diagnostics tasks as well as some basic configuration. There are times when directly accessing the console is required. Perhaps GUI or SSH access has been locked out, or the password has been lost or forgotten.
  • Page 13 Look for an entry with a title such as Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge. If there is a label in the name that contains “COMX” where X is a decimal digit (e.g. COM3), that value is what would be used as the port in the terminal program. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 14 The device associated with the system console is likely to show up as /dev/cuaU0. Look for messages about the device attaching in the system log files or by running dmesg. Note: If the serial device is not present, ensure the device has power and then check again. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 15 Note: The sudo command will prompt for the local workstation password of the current account. • Set the Connection type to Serial • Set Serial line to /dev/ttyUSB0 • Set the Speed to 115200 bits per second • Click the Open button PuTTY will then display the console. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 16 Secure Router Manual Netgate 8200 Fig. 1: An example of using PuTTY in Windows © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 17 If portions of the text are unreadable but appear to be properly formatted, the most likely culprit is a character encoding mismatch in the terminal. Adding the -U parameter to the screen command line arguments forces it to use UTF-8 for character encoding: sudo screen -U <console-port> 115200 © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 18 In Putty this is under Terminal > Keyboard and is labeled The Function Keys and Keypad. Font For the best experience, use a modern monospace unicode font such as Deja Vu Sans Mono, Liber- ation Mono, Monaco, Consolas, Fira Code, or similar. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 19 In some cases there may be multiple serial devices available. Ensure the one used by the serial client is the correct one. Some devices expose multiple ports, so using the incorrect port may lead to no output or unexpected output. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 20 To disable flow control in GNU Screen, add the -ixon and/or -ixoff parameters after the serial speed as in the following example: sudo screen <console port> 115200,-ixon Terminal Speed Ensure the terminal program is configured for the correct speed. (See No Serial Output) © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 21 (e.g. ttyS1 in Linux). Consult the various operating install guides on this site for further information. Bootable Media If booting from a USB flash drive, ensure that the drive was written correctly and contains a bootable operating system image. © Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC...
  • Page 22 CHAPTER FIVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 5.1 Professional Services Support does not cover more complex tasks such as network design and conversion from other firewalls. These items are offered as professional services and can be purchased and scheduled accordingly. https://www.netgate.com/our-services/professional-services.html 5.2 Netgate Training Netgate training offers training courses for increasing your knowledge of Netgate products and services.
  • Page 23 CHAPTER WARRANTY AND SUPPORT • One year manufacturer’s warranty. • Please contact Netgate for warranty information or view the Product Lifecycle page. • All Specifications subject to change without notice. Enterprise Support is included with an active software subscription, for more information view the Netgate Global Support page.