USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Content ............................4 IST OF IGURES ............................6 IST OF ABLES GPRS/EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/LTE R ..........7 ESCRIPTION OF THE OUTER ERIES Typical application ............................8 Protocols and features ..........................10 Product Overview ............................12 Front panel ..................................12 Back panel ..................................
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Management - Logs ........................... 65 ........................67 ONFIGURATION XAMPLES GWR Router as Internet Router ......................67 GRE Tunnel configuration between two GWR Routers..............68 GRE Tunnel configuration between GWR Router and third party router ....... 72 IPSec Tunnel configuration between two GWR Routers ...............
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series List of Figures Figure 1 - GWR Router ..............................7 Figure 2 - GWR Router front panel ..........................12 Figure 3 - GWR Router back panel (GPRS and EDGE) .................... 12 Figure 4 - GWR Router back panel (HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE) ................13 Figure 5 - GWR Router top panel side ........................
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 54 - GRE configuration page for GWR Router 2 ................... 70 Figure 55 - Routing configuration page for GWR Router 2 ..................71 Figure 56 - GRE tunnel between Cisco router and GWR Router ................72 Figure 57 - Network configuration page ........................
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series List of Tables Table 1 - Technical parameters ............................ 10 Table 2 - GWR Router features ............................ 11 Table 3 - Network parameters ............................. 20 Table 4 - DHCP Server parameters ..........................21 Table 5 - WAN parameters ............................24 Table 6 –...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Description of the GPRS/EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/LTE Router Series GWR routers represent a robust solution designed to provide remote connectivity across cellular networks. Low transmission delay and very high data rates offered by existing cellular networks completely eliminate the need for expensive wired infrastructure. GWR series brings scalability of even most demanding corporate networks on highest possible level.
There are numerous variations of each and every one of above listed applications. Therefore GENEKO formed highly dedicated, top rated support team that can help you analyze your requirements and existing system, chose the right topology for your new system, perform initial configuration and tests and monitor the complete system after installation.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Technical Parameters Directive 2004/108/EC EN 301 489-1 V1.6.1(2005-09) EN 301 489-7 V1.3.1(2005-11) EN 60950-1:2001(1st Ed.) and/or EN 60950-1:2001 Directive 1999/05/EC Complies with standards ETSI EN 301 511 V9.0.2 R&TTE EN 301 908-1 & EN 301 908-2(v2.2.1) Directive 2002/95/EC RoHS EU Commission 2005/618/EC, 2005/717/EC, 2005/747/EC,...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Serial-to-IP Serial to Ethernet converter Modbus RTU-to-TCP gateway Modbus to Ethernet converter. Generic Routing Encapsulation is a tunneling protocol that can encapsulate a wide variety of network layer protocol packet types inside IP tunnels GRE Keepalive Keepalive for GRE tunnels IPSec pass-through ESP tunnels...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Product Overview Front panel On the front panel (Figure 2) the following connectors are located: one RJ45 connector – Ethernet port for connection into local computer network; • one RJ45 connector for RS232 serial communication; •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 4 - GWR Router back panel (HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE) Top Panel There is a sequence of 8 LED indicators on the top of this device by which the indication of the system current state, device power supply and presence of GSM/UMTS network as well as signal level is performed.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Signal strength LED indicator: –107 or less dBm = Unacceptable (1 LED) • –107 to –98 dBm = Weak (2 LED) • –98 to –87 dBm = Moderate (3 LED) • –87 to –76 dBm = Good (4 LED) •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Device Configuration There are two methods which can be used to configure the GWR Router. Administrator can use following methods to access router: Web browser • Command line interface • Default access method is by web interface. This method provides administrator full set of privileges for configuring and monitoring the router.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series NOTE Add/Remove/Update manipulation in tables To Add a new row (new rule or new parameter) in the table please do following: • Enter data in fields at the bottom row of the table (separated with a line). After entering data in all fields click Add link.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 8 - General router information Status - Network Information Network Information Tab provides information about Ethernet port and Ethernet traffic statistics. Screenshot of Network Router information is shown in Figure 9. Status - WAN Information WAN Information Tab provides information about GPRS/EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/LTE connection and traffic statistics.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 9 - Network Information Figure 10 - WAN Information www.4Gon.co.uk info@4gon.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1245 808295 Fax: +44 (0)1245 808299...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Settings - Network Click Network Tab, to open the LAN network screen. Use this screen to configure LAN TCP/IP settings. Network Tab Parameters Label Description Use the following IP Choose this option if you want to manually configure TCP/IP parameters of address Ethernet port.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Settings - DHCP Server The GWR Router can be used as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server on your network. A DHCP server automatically assigns available IP addresses to computers on your network. If you choose to enable the DHCP server option, all of the computers on your LAN must be set to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Settings - WAN Setting Click WAN Settings Tab, to open the Wireless screen. Use this screen to configure the GWR Router GPRS/EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/LTE parameters ( Figure 13 Figure 13 - WAN Settings configuration page WAN Settings Label Description This field specifies name of GSM/UMTS ISP.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Reboot after failed Reboot after n consecutive failed connection attempts. connections Enable SIM1/SIM2 Make some traffic periodically in order to maintain connection active. You can keepalive set keepalive interval value in minutes This field specifies the target IP address for periodical traffic generated using Ping target ping in order to maintain the connection active.
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series WAN Settings(advanced) Label Description Enable This field specifies if Advanced WAN settings is enabled at the GWR Router. With this option, pppd will accept the peer's idea of our local IP address, even if Accept Local IP Address the local IP address was specified in an option.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Deflate Compression Disable or enable Deflate compression. Disable CCP (Compression Control Protocol) negotiation. This option should Compression Control only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests from pppd Protocol negotiation for CCP negotiation.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 14 – Routing configuration page Use this menu to setup all routing parameters. Administrator can perform following operations: Create/Edit/Remove routes (including default route), • • Port translation – Reroute TCP and UPD packets to desired destination inside the network. Routing Settings Label Description...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Enable This check box allows you to activate/deactivate this static port translation. Protocol Choose between TCP and UDP protocol. Destination IP This field specifies IP address of the incoming traffic. Destination Netmask This field specifies netmask for the previous address. Destination Port This is the TCP/UDP port of application.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series RIP Settings Label Description Routing Manager Hostname Prompt name that will be displayed on telnet console. Password Login password. Enable log Enable log file. Port to bind at Local port the service will listen to. RIPD Prompt name that will be displayed on telnet console of the Routing Hostname...
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Disable RIP update (optional): router# passive-interface eth0 router# no passive-interface eth0 Routing protocols use several timer that determine such variables as the frequency of routing updates, the length of time before a route becomes invalid, an other parameters. You can adjust these timer to tune routing protocol performance to better suit your internetwork needs.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Settings – VPN Settings Virtual private network (VPN) is a communications network tunneled through another network and dedicated to a specific network. One common application of VPN is secure communication through the public Internet, but a VPN need not have explicit security features, such as authentication or content encryption.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Click Add to insert (add) new item in table to the GWR Router. Remove Click Remove to delete selected item from table. Reload Click Reload to discard any changes and reload previous settings. Save Click Save to save your changes back to the GWR Router. Table 9 –...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol communication by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a data stream. Click VPN Settings Tab, to open the VPN configuration screen. At the Figure 17 you can see IPSec Summary screen.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Stop This button will stop all IPSec started negotiations. Refresh Click on this button to refresh the Status field in the Summary table. Table 10 - IPSec Summary To create a tunnel click Add New Tunnel button. Depending on your selection, the Local Group Setup and Remote Group Setup settings will differ.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 18 - IPSec Settings VPN Settings / IPSec Settings Label Description Tunnel Number This number will be generated automatically and it represents the tunnel number. Enter a name for the IPSec tunnel. This allows you to identify multiple tunnels Tunnel Name and does not have to match the name used at the other end of the tunnel.
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Time setting. If the Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) feature is enabled, IKE Phase 2 negotiation will generate new key material for IP traffic encryption and authentication, so Perfect Forward hackers using brute force to break encryption keys will not be able to obtain Secrecy future IPSec keys.
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Select the remote LAN user(s) behind the Router at the other end that can use this Remote Security IPSec tunnel. Select the type you want to use: IP or Subnet. Gateway Type NOTE: The Remote Security Group Type you select should match the Local Security Group Type selected on the IPSec device at the other end of the tunnel.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series receiver of this Notification Message might then elect to delete any existing SA's it has for the sending system under the assumption that the sending system has rebooted and no longer has access to the original SA's and their associated keying material.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series OpenVPN OpenVPN site to site allows connecting two remote networks via point-to-point encrypted tunnel. OpenVPN implementation offers a cost-effective simply configurable alternative to other VPN technologies. OpenVPN allows peers to authenticate each other using a pre-shared secret key, certificates, or username/password.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series TCP/UDP port Depending on the selected protocol, port number should be specified. LZO Compression Check the box to enable fast adaptive LZO compression. NAT Rules Enables NAT through the tunnel. Keep Alive Check the box if you want to use keepalive. This field specifies the target IP address for periodical traffic generated using Ping Interval ping in order to maintain the connection active.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Settings - IP Filtering IP filtering is simply a mechanism that decides which types of IP datagram’s will be processed normally and which will be discarded. By discarded we mean that the datagram is deleted and completely ignored, as if it had never been received.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Service This field specifies service of the host allow access to the GWR Router. Protocol This field specifies protocol of the host allow access to the GWR Router. Port This field specifies port of the host allow access to the GWR Router. Click Add to insert (add) new item in table to the GWR Router.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series IP Filtering configuration example This example configuration demonstrates how to secure a network with a combination of routers and a GWR Router. Figure 23 - IP Filtering configuration example Figure 24 - IP Filtering settings www.4Gon.co.uk info@4gon.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1245 808295 Fax: +44 (0)1245 808299...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Settings – DynDNS is a domain name service allowing to link dynamic IP addresses to static hostname. To start Dynamic DNS using this feature firstly you should register to DDNS service provider. Section of the web interface where you can setup DynDNS parameters is shown in Figure 25.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Reload Click Reload to discard any changes and reload previous settings. Save Click Save to save your changes back to the GWR Router. Table 14 – DynDNS parameters Settings - Serial Port Using the router’s serial port it is possible to perform serial-to-ethernet conversion (Serial port over TCP/UDP) and ModbusRTU-to-TCP conversion (Modbus gateway).
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Flow control manages data flow between devices in a network to ensure it is Flow control processed efficiently. Too much data arriving before a device is prepared to manage it causes lost or retransmitted data. None is the default. Protocol Choose which protocol to use [TCP/UDP].
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Serial Port Settings Label Description Enable router configuration console. Default serial port parameters are: Serial Enable configuration port parameters: baud rate - 57600, data bits - 8, parity - none, stop bits - 1, flow console control - none.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Modbus Gateway settings The serial server will perform conversion from Modbus/TCP to Modbus/RTU, allowing polling by a Modbus/TCP master. The Modbus IPSerial Gateway carries out translation between Modbus/TCP and Modbus/RTU. This means that Modbus serial slaves can be directly attached to the unit's serial ports without any external protocol converters.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 28 – Modbus gateway configuration page SMS remote control feature allows users to execute a short list of predefined commands by sending SMS messages to the router. GWR router series implement following predefined commands: In order to establish PPP connection, user should send SMS containing following string :PPP-CONNECT After the command is executed, router sends a confirmation SMS with “OK”...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Remote control configuration page is presented on the following figure. In order to use this feature, user must enable the SMS remote control and specify the list of SIM card numbers that will be used for SMS remote control.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Maintenance The GWR Router provides administration utilities via web interface. Administrator can setup basic router’s parameters, perform network diagnostic, update software or restore factory default settings. Maintenance - Device Identity Settings Within Device Identity Settings Tab there is an option to define name, location of device and description of device function.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 31 - Administrator Password configuration page Administrator Password Label Description Enable Password By this check box you can activate or deactivate function for authentication when Authentication you access to web/console application. Username This field specifies Username for user (administrator) login purpose. Enter the old password.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Date/Time Settings Label Description Manually Sets date and time manually as you specify it. From time server Sets the local time using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) automatically. This field species Date and Time information. You can change date and time by Time/Date changing parameters.
You can use this feature to upgrade the GWR Router firmware to the latest version. If you need to download the latest version of the GWR Router firmware, please visit Geneko support site. Follow the on- screen instructions to access the download page for the GWR Router.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Maintenance - Settings Backup This feature allows you to make a backup file of complete configuration or some part of the configuration on the GWR Router. In order to backup the configuration, you should select the part of configuration you would like to backup.
Figure 37 - Default Settings page Maintenance - System Reboot If you need to restart the Router, Geneko recommends that you use the Reboot tool on this screen. Click Reboot to have the GWR Router reboot. This does not affect the router’s configuration.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Management – Command Line Interface CLI (command line interface) is a user text-only interface to a computer's operating system or an application in which the user responds to a visual prompt by typing in a command on a specified line and then receives a response back from the system.
Figure 40 – Remote Management Command Line Interface Label Description Enable Remote Enable or disable Remote Management. Management Protocol Choose between Geneko and Sarian protocol. Bind to Specify the interface. TCP port Specify the TCP port. Username Specify the username. Password Specify the password.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 41 – Connection Manager Getting started with the Connection Wizard: Connection Wizard is installed through few very simple steps and it is available immediately upon the installation. After starting the wizard you can choose between two available options for configuration: •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 43 – Connection Wizard – Router Detection When you select one of the routers from the list and click Next you will get to the following screen: Figure 44 – Connection Wizard – LAN Settings If you selected to configure LAN and WAN interface click, upon entering LAN information click Next and you will be able to setup WAN interface.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 45 – Connection Wizard – WAN Settings After entering the configuration parameters if you mark option Establish connection router will start with connection establishment immediately when you press Finish button. If not you have to start connection establishment manually on the router’s web interface.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series SNMP Settings Label Description SNMP is enabled by default. To disable the SNMP agent, click this option to Enable SNMP unmark. Create the name for a group or community of administrators who can view Get Community SNMP data.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Syslog Settings Label Description Disable Mark this option in order to disable Syslog feature. Remote syslog Mark this option in order to enable logging on remote machine. Local syslog Start logging facility locally. Remote Syslog Description The GWR Router can send a detailed log to an external Syslog server.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Configuration Examples GWR Router as Internet Router The GWR Routers can be used as Internet router for a single user or for a group of users (entire LAN). NAT function is enabled by default on the GWR Router. The GWR Router uses Network Address Translation (NAT) where only the mobile IP address is visible to the outside world.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series GRE Tunnel configuration between two GWR Routers GRE tunnel is a type of a VPN tunnel, but it isn't a secure tunneling method. Simple network with two GWR Routers is illustrated on the diagram below (Figure 49). Idea is to create GRE tunnel for LAN to LAN (site to site) connectivity.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Check the status of GSM/UMTS connection (WAN Settings Tab). If disconnected please click • Connect button. Click VPN Settings > GRE to configure GRE tunnel parameters: • Enable: yes Local Tunnel Address: 10.10.10.1 Local Tunnel Netmask: 255.255.255.252 (Unchangeable, always 255.255.255.252) Tunnel Source: 10.251.49.2 (select HOST from drop down menu if you want to use host name as peer identifier) Tunnel Destination: 10.251.49.3 (select HOST from drop down menu if you want to use host...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 53 - Network configuration page for GWR Router 2 Use SIM card with a static IP address, obtained from Mobile Operator. (Note the default gateway • may show, or change to, an address such as 10.0.0.1; this is normal as it is the GSM/UMTS provider’s network default gateway).
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 55 - Routing configuration page for GWR Router 2 Optionally configure IP Filtering and TCP service port settings to block any unwanted incoming • traffic. On the device connected on GWR router 2 setup default gateway 192.168.2.1 •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series GRE Tunnel configuration between GWR Router and third party router GRE tunnel is a type of a VPN tunnels, but it isn't a secure tunneling method. However, you can encrypt GRE packets with an encryption protocol such as IPSec to form a secure VPN. On the diagram below (Figure 56) is illustrated simple network with two sites.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series GSM/UMTS APN Type: For GSM/UMTS networks GWR Router connections may require a Custom APN. A Custom APN allows for various IP addressing options, particularly static IP addresses, which are needed for most VPN connections. A custom APN should also support mobile terminated data that may be required in most site-to-site VPNs.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Press ADD to put GRE tunnel rule into VPN table. Press Save to accept the changes. Figure 58 - GRE configuration page Configure GRE Route. Click Routing on Settings Tab. Parameters for this example are: •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series IPSec Tunnel configuration between two GWR Routers IPSec tunnel is a type of a VPN tunnels with a secure tunneling method. Simple network with two GWR Routers is illustrated on the diagram below Figure 60. Idea is to create IPSec tunnel for LAN to LAN (site to site) connectivity.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 61 - Network configuration page for GWR Router 1 Use SIM card with a static IP address, obtained from Mobile Operator. • Click WAN Settings Tab to configure parameters necessary for GSM/UMTS connection. All •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series IP Address: 172.29.8.5 Remote ID Type: IP Address Remote Security Group Type: IP IP Address: 192.168.10.1 • Failover Enable Tunnel Failover: false Advanced • Negotiation Mode: Aggressive Compress(Support IP Payload Compression Protocol(IPComp)): false Dead Peer Detection(DPD): false NAT Traversal: true Send Initial Contact: true Figure 62 - IPSEC configuration page I for GWR Router 1...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 64 - IPSec configuration page III for GWR Router 1 Click Start button on Internet Protocol Security page to initiate IPSEC tunnel Figure 65 – IPSec start/stop page for GWR Router 1 On the device connected on GWR router 1 setup default gateway 10.0.10.1 •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 66 - Network configuration page for GWR Router 2 Use SIM card with a static IP address, obtained from Mobile Operator. • Click WAN Settings Tab to configure parameters necessary for GSM/UMTS connection. All •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Remote Security Gateway Type: IP Only IP Address: 172.29.8.4 Remote ID Type: IP Address Remote Security Group Type: Subnet IP Address: 10.0.10.0 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Failover • Enable Tunnel Failover: false • Advanced Negotiation Mode: Aggressive Compress(Support IP Payload Compression Protocol(IPComp)): false Dead Peer Detection(DPD): false NAT Traversal: true...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 69 - IPSec configuration page III for GWR Router 2 Click Start button on Internet Protocol Security page to initiate IPSEC tunnel Figure 70 – IPSec start/stop page for GWR Router 2 On the device connected on GWR router 2 setup default gateway 192.168.10.1. •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series IPSec Tunnel configuration between GWR Router and Cisco Router IPSec tunnel is a type of a VPN tunnels with a secure tunneling method. On the diagram below Figure 71 is illustrated simple network with GWR Router and Cisco Router. Idea is to create IPSec tunnel for LAN to LAN (site to site) connectivity.
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 72 - Network configuration page for GWR Router Click WAN Settings Tab to configure parameters necessary for GSM/UMTS connection. All • parameters necessary for connection configuration should be required from mobile operator. Check the status of GSM/UMTS connection (WAN Settings Tab). If disconnected please click •...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Figure 75 - IPSec configuration page III for GWR Router Click Start button on Internet Protocol Security page to initiate IPSEC tunnel Figure 76 – IPSec start/stop page for GWR Router On the device connected on GWR router setup default gateway 192.168.10.1. •...
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series The Cisco Router configuration: version 12.4 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec no service password-encryption hostname Cisco-Router boot-start-marker boot-end-marker username admin password 7 **************** enable secret 5 ********************* no aaa new-model no ip domain lookup !--- Keyring that defines wildcard pre-shared key.
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USER MANUAL GWR Router Series ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0 ip nat inside no ip route-cache no ip mroute-cache duplex auto speed auto ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 150.160.170.2 ip http server no ip http secure-server ip nat inside source list nat_list interface FastEthernet0/0 overload ip access-list extended nat_list deny ip 10.10.10.0...
USER MANUAL GWR Router Series Apendix A. How to Achieve Maximum Signal Strength with GWR Router? The best throughput comes from placing the device in an area with the greatest Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI). RSSI is a measurement of the Radio Frequency (RF) signal strength between the base station and the mobile device, expressed in dBm.
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