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  • Page 1 SPECTRE Router CONFIGURATION MANUAL 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...
  • Page 2 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual International Headquarters B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. Inc. 707 Dayton Road Ottawa, IL 61350 USA Phone (815) 433-5100 -- General Fax (815) 433-5105 Website: www.bb-elec.com European Headquarters B&B Electronics Ltd. Westlink Commercial Park Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland...
  • Page 3 Router version The properties and settings associated with the cellular network connection are not available in non-cellular SPECTRE RT routers. PPPoE configuration is only available on SPECTRE RT routers. It is used to set the PPPoE connection over Ethernet. B&B Electronics 710-10001-02 Rev.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Contents Router Configuration Using a Web Browser 1.1. Secured access to web configuration 1.2. Network status 1.3. DHCP status 1.4. Mobile WAN status 1.5. IPsec status 1.6. DynDNS status 1.7. System log 1.8. LAN configuration 1.9.
  • Page 5 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.38. Update firmware 1.39. Reboot 2. Router Configuration over Telnet 3. Wi-Fi Configuration 3.1. Wi-Fi Access Point 3.2. WLAN DHCP 3.3. Wireless Network Scanning 3.4. Wi-Fi Start Log 3.5. System Log 3.6. Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration 3.7.
  • Page 6 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Figure List Fig. 1: Web Configuration ....................... 10 Fig. 2: Network Status ......................13 Fig. 3: DHCP Status ......................... 13 Fig. 4: Mobile WAN Status ...................... 15 Fig. 5: IPsec status ........................16 Fig. 6: DynDNS status ......................16 Fig.
  • Page 7 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Fig. 48: SMTP configuration ....................59 Fig. 49: Example of SMS configuration 1 ................64 Fig. 50: Example of SMS configuration 2 ................65 Fig. 51: Example of SMS configuration 3 ................66 Fig. 52: Example of SMS configuration 4 ................67 Fig.
  • Page 8 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Table List Table 1: Interface connection status ..................12 Table 2: Description of information in network status ............12 Table 3: DHCP status description ..................13 Table 4: Description of cellular network information ............14 Table 5: Description of Time Periods ..................
  • Page 9 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Table 48: Send SMS on serial PORT1 configuration ............. 61 Table 49: Send SMS on serial PORT2 configuration ............. 61 Table 50: Send SMS on Ethernet Port configuration ............62 Table 51: AT commands to send and receive SMS messages ..........62 Table 52: Expansion PORT configuration ................

  • Page 10: Router Configuration Using A Web Browser

    SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1. Router Configuration Using a Web Browser Attention! The SPECTRE cellular router will not operate unless the cellular carrier has been correctly configured and the account activated and provisioned for data communications. For UMTS and LTE carriers, a SIM card must be inserted into the router. Do not insert the SIM card when the router is powered up.

  • Page 11: Secured Access To Web Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual If the green LED is blinking, you may restore the router to its factory default settings by pressing RST on front panel. The configuration will be restored to the factory defaults and the router will reboot.

  • Page 12: Network Status

    Total number of transmitted bytes Table 2: Description of information in network status If the PPP connection is active, the system information will appear on the ppp0 interface. For the SPECTRE RT industrial router, interface ppp0 indicates the PPPoE connection. 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com...

  • Page 13: Dhcp Status

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Fig. 2: Network Status 1.3. DHCP status Information about the DHCP server can be accessed by selecting the DHCP status. The DHCP server provides automatic configuration of the client devices connected to the router. The DHCP server assigns each device an IP address, subnet mask, default gateway (IP address of router) and DNS server (IP address of router).

  • Page 14: Mobile Wan Status

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.4. Mobile WAN status The SPECTRE RT industrial router does not display the Mobile WAN status option. The router displays information about the current cellular WAN connection. Item Description PLMN Code of cellular operator...
  • Page 15 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual The middle part of window displays information about the amount of data transferred and the number of times that a PPP connection was established for each SIM card during the period. Item Description RX data...

  • Page 16: Ipsec Status

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.5. IPsec status Selecting the IPsec option in the status menu of the web page will bring up the information for any IPsec Tunnels that have been established. Up to 4 IPsec tunnels can be created.

  • Page 17: System Log

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.7. System log Use the System Log menu item to view the router system log. The system log contains helpful information on the operation of the router. Only the most recent information is shown on the screen but older log entries can be viewed by saving the system log to a file and opening it with a text editor.

  • Page 18: Lan Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.8. LAN configuration Select the LAN menu item to enter the network configuration for the Ethernet ports. The main Ethernet port, ETH, is setup in the Primary LAN section. If the router has additional Ethernet ports (PORT1 or PORT2), they are configured under the Secondary LAN section.
  • Page 19 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual allocated by the dynamic DHCP address pool. Otherwise, incorrect network functioning may occur. Item Description Enable static Select this option to enable a static DHCP server. DHCP leases MAC Address MAC address of a DHCP client.
  • Page 20 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Fig. 10: Example 1 - LAN Configuration Page 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...
  • Page 21 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the network interface configuration with both dynamic and static DHCP servers:  The allocated address range is from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.4.  The address is allocated for 10 minutes.  The client with MAC address 01:23:45:67:89:ab has IP address 192.168.1.10.
  • Page 22 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the network interface configuration with default gateway and DNS server:  Default gateway IP address is 192.168.1.20  DNS server IP address is 192.168.1.20 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 192.168.1.4 GSM/GPRS 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.20 Fig. 13: Example 3 - Network Topology Fig.

  • Page 23: Vrrp Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.9. VRRP configuration Select the VRRP menu item to enter the VRRP configuration. VRRP protocol (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) allows you to transfer packet routing from the main router to a backup router in case the main router fails. This can be used to provide a wireless cellular backup to a primary wired router in critical application.
  • Page 24 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the VRRP protocol: Main router Virtual server ID 5 Host priority 255 APN 1 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.1 10.0.1.3 APN 2 Backup router 192.168.1.3 Virtual server ID 5 Host priority 100 Fig. 15: Example 4 - Network Topology for VRRP configuration Fig.
  • Page 25 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Fig. 17: Example 4 - VRRP configuration of backup router 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...

  • Page 26: Mobile Wan Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.10. Mobile WAN configuration The SPECTRE RT industrial router does not display the Mobile WAN Configuration option. Select the Mobile WAN menu item to enter the cellular network configuration page. Fig. 18: Cellular WAN configuration 710-10001-02 Rev.

  • Page 27: Cellular Carrier Selection

    SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.10.1. Cellular Carrier Selection The SPECTRE 3G Cellular Router can be configured to communicate on up to 2 UMTS or CDMA cellular networks. This allows the router to switch to a second carrier network if there is a problem with the primary network.
  • Page 28 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Operator PLNM code for the network operator  Automatic selection – The router will automatically select the Network type network type  Depending upon the type of router, it is also possible to select a specific method of data transmission (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS …).

  • Page 29: Sprint Cdma Network Connection

    SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.10.3. Sprint CDMA network connection The SPECTRE 3G router must be manually activated on the Sprint network using the web interface after the account has been set up by Sprint. To activate the router on the Sprint network: 1.

  • Page 30: Dns Address Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.10.4. DNS address configuration If Get DNS address from operator option is selected, the router will automatically attempt to get the IP addresses for the primary and secondary DNS servers from the cellular network operator.

  • Page 31: Switching Between Sim Cards Or Networks

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.10.7. Switching between SIM cards or networks You may define rules in the router for switching between two APNs on one SIM card or between two SIM cards or network providers. The router can automatically switch between the network setups when the active PPP connection is lost, the data limit is exceeded, or the binary input on the front panel goes active.

  • Page 32: Dial-In Access

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual The following parameters define the amount of time that must elapse before the router will attempt to go back to the default SIM card or APN. Item Description Initial timeout The first attempt to switch back to the primary SIM card or APN shall be made after the time defined in the parameter Initial Timeout.
  • Page 33 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual A configuration example for checking the PPP connection is shown in Figure 19. The router will monitor the traffic over the PPP connection. When the router is using SIM card 1, it will ping address 8.8.8.8 if there is no receive traffic on the PPP connection for 60s. If the router is using the secondary SIM card, it will ping www.google.com...

  • Page 34: Pppoe Configuration

    PPPoE (Point-to-Point over Ethernet) is a network protocol where PPP frames are encapsulated in Ethernet frames. The PPPoE feature in the SPECTRE RT industrial router operates in client mode. The router will connect to a PPPoE server or a PPPoE bridge device such as an ADSL modem.

  • Page 35: Firewall Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.12. Firewall configuration The router firewall can be configured to only allow certain hosts to access the router and internal LAN network or it can only allow traffic on a certain IP port to pass through to the internal network.
  • Page 36 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example firewall configuration: The router has allowed the following access:  from host address 171.92.5.45 using any protocol  from host address 10.0.2.123 using TCP protocol on any ports  from host address 142.2.26.54 using ICMP protocol TCP/1000 10.0.2.123...

  • Page 37: Nat Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.13. NAT configuration NAT (Network address Translation / Port address Translation - PAT) is a method of sharing a single external IP address among many internal hosts. It also helps prevent unauthorized access to the internal network. To enter the Network Address Translation configuration, select the NAT menu item.
  • Page 38 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example NAT configuration with one host connected to the router: 162.209.13.222 ppp0 10.0.0.1 eth0 192.168.1.1 IP 192.168.1.2 Default gateway 192.168.1.1 Fig. 26: Example 6 – Network Topology for Basic NAT Fig. 27: Example 6 – Basic NAT Configuration In this configuration, it is important to select Send all remaining incoming packets to default server.
  • Page 39 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example NAT configuration with additional connected equipment: SWITCH 162.209.13.222 10.0.0.1:8 ppp0 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.2:80 10.0.0.1:8 10.0.0.1:8 192.168.1.3:80 192.168.1.4:80 Fig. 28: Example 7 – Network Topology for Advanced NAT Fig. 29: Example 7 – Advanced NAT Configuration 710-10001-02 Rev.

  • Page 40: Openvpn Tunnel Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.14. OpenVPN tunnel configuration Select the OpenVPN item in the menu to configure an OpenVPN tunnel. OpenVPN is a protocol which is used to create a secure connection between two LANs. Up to 2 OpenVPN tunnels may be created.
  • Page 41 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Parameter sets renegotiation period (reauthorization) Renegotiate for the OpenVPN tunnel. After this time period, the router will re- Interval establish the tunnel to ensure the continued security of the tunnel. Max Fragment Defines maximum packet size.
  • Page 42 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Fig. 31: OpenVPN tunnel configuration 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...
  • Page 43 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the OpenVPN tunnel configuration: 192.168.1.2 192.168.2.2 Router B ppp0 10.0.0.2 Router A 192.168.2.0 ppp0 10.0.0.1 Switch tun 0 19.16.2.0 192.168.1.0 tun0 19.16.1.0 Switch 192.168.1.3 192.168.2.3 192.168.1.4 192.168.2.4 Default Gateway 192.168.2.1 Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 Fig.

  • Page 44: Ipsec Tunnel Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.15. IPSec tunnel configuration Select the IPsec item in the menu to configure an IPsec tunnel. IPsec is a protocol which is used to create a secure connection between two LANs. Up to 4 IPsec tunnels may be created.
  • Page 45 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Item Description Description Description of tunnel. Remote IP IP address or domain name of the remote host. Address Remote ID Identification of remote host. The ID contains two parts: a hostname and a domain-name.
  • Page 46 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual The random time, after which it will exchange new keys, is defined as follows: Lifetime - (Rekey margin + random value in range (from 0 to Rekey margin * Rekey Fuzz/100)) By default, the time for the exchange of keys is between: ...
  • Page 47 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of IPSec Tunnel configuration: 192.168.1.2 192.168.2.2 Router B ppp0 10.0.0.2 Switch 192.168.2.0 Router A ppp0 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.0 Switch 192.168.1.3 192.168.2.3 192.168.1.4 192.168.2.4 Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 Default Gateway 192.168.2.1 Fig. 35: Example 8 – Network Topology for IPsec Tunneling...

  • Page 48: Gre Tunnels Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.16. GRE tunnels configuration Select the GRE item in the menu to configure a GRE tunnel. GRE is a protocol which is used to create a secure connection between two LANs. Up to 4 GRE tunnels may be created.
  • Page 49 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Fig. 37: GRE tunnel configuration Example of the GRE Tunnel configuration: 192.168.1.2 192.168.2.2 Router B ppp0 10.0.0.2 Switch eth0 192.168.2.1 Router A ppp0 10.0.0.1 eth0 192.168.1.1 Switch 192.168.1.3 192.168.2.3 192.168.1.4 192.168.2.4 Default Gateway 192.168.2.1 Default Gateway 192.168.1.1...

  • Page 50: L2Tp Tunnel Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.17. L2TP tunnel configuration Select the L2TP item in the menu to configure an L2TP tunnel. L2TP is a protocol which is used to create a secure connection between two LANs. Only one L2TP tunnel may be created.
  • Page 51 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the L2TP Tunnel configuration: 192.168.1.2 192.168.2.2 Router B ppp0 10.0.0.2 Router A 192.168.2.1 Switch ppp0 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.1 Switch 192.168.1.3 192.168.2.3 192.168.1.4 192.168.2.4 Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 Default Gateway 192.168.2.1 Fig. 40: Example 10 – Network Topology for L2TP Tunneling...

  • Page 52: Pptp Tunnel Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.18. PPTP tunnel configuration Select the PPTP item in the menu to configure a PPTP tunnel. PPTP is a protocol which is used to create a secure connection between two LANs. Only one PPTP tunnel may be created.
  • Page 53 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the PPTP Tunnel configuration: 192.168.1.2 192.168.2.2 Router B ppp0 10.0.0.2 Router A 192.168.2.1 Switch ppp0 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.1 Switch 192.168.1.3 192.168.2.3 192.168.1.4 192.168.2.4 Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 Default Gateway 192.168.2.1 Fig. 42: Example 11 – Network Topology for PPTP Tunneling configuration...

  • Page 54: Dyndns Client Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.19. DynDNS client configuration The router supports DynamicDNS using a DNS server on www.dyndns.org. DynDNS client Configuration can be called up by selecting option DynDNS item in the menu. Item Description Hostname Third order domain registered on server www.dyndns.org...

  • Page 55: Ntp Client Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.20. NTP client configuration NTP (Network Time Protocol) allows the router to set its internal clock using a network time server. The NTP client Configuration can be called up by selecting option NTP item in the menu.

  • Page 56: Snmp Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.21. SNMP configuration SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides status information about network elements such as routers or end computers. The router supports SNMP agent Version 1. To enter the SNMP Configuration, select the SNMP item from the configuration menu.
  • Page 57 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Every monitor value is uniquely identified by a number identifier OID (Object Identifier). For the binary input and output the following range of OIDs is used: Description .1.3.6.1.4.1.30140.2.3.1.0 Binary input BIN0 (values 0,1) .1.3.6.1.4.1.30140.2.3.2.0...
  • Page 58 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of SNMP settings and readout: Fig. 45: Example of SNMP configuration Fig. 46: Example of the MIB browser It is important to set the IP address of the SNMP agent (router) in the field Remote SNMP agent.

  • Page 59: Smtp Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.22. SMTP configuration The SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) client is used to send emails. Item Description SMTP Server IP or domain address of the mail server. Address Username Name to email account. Password Password to email account.

  • Page 60: Sms Configuration

    Note: The SPECTRE RT industrial router does not support SMS messaging configuration. The SPECTRE cellular router can automatically send SMS messages to a cell phone or SMS message server when certain events occur. The SMS Configuration page allows the user to select which events will generate an SMS message.
  • Page 61 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Note: If no phone number is filled in, the router will accept incoming messages from all phone numbers. If any phone numbers are entered into the list, the router will only accept SMS messages which originate from those numbers.

  • Page 62: Send Sms

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Item Description TCP Port TCP port on which will be allowed to send/receive SMS messages. Table 50: Send SMS on Ethernet Port configuration 1.23.1. Send SMS Standard AT commands are used to send and receive SMS messages over the serial ports or a TCP connection.
  • Page 63 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual To see a list of all incoming messages, type: Command: AT+CMGL=”ALL” Press Enter Response: +CMGL: <index>, <status>,<sender number>, ,<date>,<time> SMS text. where <index> is ordinal number of the message, <status> is SMS status: REC UNREAD – SMS unread REC READ –...
  • Page 64 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual The format of the Router Power-On SMS message is as follows: Router (Unit ID) has been powered up. GSM signal strength –xx dBm. The format of the Router PPP connection SMS message is as follows: Router (Unit ID) has established PPP connection.
  • Page 65 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Router configuration for sending SMS messages via the serial interface on PORT1: Fig. 50: Example of SMS configuration 2 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...
  • Page 66 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the router configuration for accepting SMS messages from every phone number: Fig. 51: Example of SMS configuration 3 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...
  • Page 67 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of the router configuration for accepting SMS messages from two phone numbers: Fig. 52: Example of SMS configuration 4 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...

  • Page 68: Expansion Port Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.24. Expansion Port Configuration You may send and receive data from a serial port on Auxiliary Port 1 or 2 using UDP or TCP protocol on the Ethernet network. This feature allows a computer on the network to send data to a serial device as if it was physically connected to the computer.
  • Page 69 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual It the option Use CD as indicator of the TCP connection is selected, the router will activate the DTR output when a TCP connection is active. Description Active TCP connection is on Nonactive TCP connection is off...
  • Page 70 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of external port configuration: ppp0 10.0.0.2 ppp0 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.100 Settings in application on PC: Settings in the router TCP connection on 10.0.0.2:2000 Mode: TCP server Server Address: - Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 TCP Port: 2000 Fig.

  • Page 71: Usb Port Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.25. USB port configuration Select the USB Port item in the configuration menu to bring up the USB configuration page. A USB to RS-232 converter can be used to send data out of the serial port from the Ethernet network in the same manner as the RS-232 expansion port options.
  • Page 72 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Select Use DTR as control of TCP connection to use DTR to control when TCP connections are allowed. (CD on the router). Description server Description client Active The router will accept a TCP connection. Router creates a TCP connection.
  • Page 73 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Example of USB port configuration: Equipment ppp0 10.0.0.2 ppp0 10.0.0.1 USB/RS-232 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.100 Settings in application on PC: Settings in the router TCP connection on 10.0.0.2:2000 Mode: TCP server Server Address: - Default Gateway 192.168.1.1...

  • Page 74: Startup Script

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.26. Startup script Use the Startup Script window to create your own scripts which will be executed after all of the initialization scripts are run. Fig. 59: Startup script Any changes to the startup scripts will take effect the next time the router is power cycled or rebooted.

  • Page 75: Up/Down Script

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.27. Up/Down script Use the Up/Down Script window to create scripts which will run when the PPP connection is started or goes down. Any scripts entered into the Up script window will run after a PPP/WAN connection is established.

  • Page 76: Automatic Update Configuration

    SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.28. Automatic update configuration The SPECTRE router can be configured to automatically check for firmware updates from an FTP site or a web server and update its firmware or configuration information. Use the Automatic update menu to configure the automatic update settings. It is also possible to update the configuration and firmware through the USB host connector of the router.

  • Page 77: User Modules

    Configuration file: http://router.cz/temelin.cfg Fig. 63: Example of automatic update 1 The following examples check for new firmware or configurations each day at 1:00 a.m. An example is given for the SPECTRE 3G router with MAC address 00:11:22:33:44:55.  Firmware: http://router.cz/spectre3g.bin ...

  • Page 78: Change Profile

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.30. Change profile Up to three alternate router configurations or profiles can be stored in router non-volatile memory. You can save the current configuration to a router profile through the Change Profile menu item. Select the alternate profile to store the settings to and ensure that the Copy settings from current profile to selected profile box is checked.

  • Page 79: Set Real Time Clock

    SIM card. The PIN code must be entered each time that the SIM card is powered up. The SPECTRE cellular router supports the use of a SIM card with a PIN number. Enter the PIN number into the SIM PIN field on the configuration page and select Apply.

  • Page 80: Send Sms

    SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.35. Send SMS The SPECTRE RT industrial router does not support the Send SMS option. You can send an SMS message from the router to test the cellular network. To send an SMS message, select Send SMS from the configuration menu. Enter the phone number and text of the message into the text boxes and click the Send button.

  • Page 81: Update Firmware

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 1.38. Update firmware Select the Update Firmware menu item to view the current router firmware version and load new firmware into the router. To load new firmware, browse to the new firmware file and press the Update button to begin the update.

  • Page 82: Router Configuration Over Telnet

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 2. Router Configuration over Telnet Monitoring of status, configuration and administration of the router can be performed over the Telnet interface. The default IP address of the modem is 192.168.1.1. Configuration may be performed only by the user "root" with initial password "root".

  • Page 83: Wi-Fi Configuration

    3. Wi-Fi Configuration 3.1. Wi-Fi Access Point The SPECTRE 3G-W and LTE-W routers can provide wireless access to the network using a built-in 802.11bgn Wi-Fi module. Support for the Wi-Fi module is provided by a User Software module which is pre-loaded into the SPECTRE Wi-Fi router at the factory. Only access point functionality is provided by the router.

  • Page 84: Wlan Dhcp

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 3.2. WLAN DHCP The DHCP server provides automatic configuration of devices connected to the network managed by the router. The DHCP server assigns IP address, netmask, default gateway (IP address of router) and DNS server (IP address of router) to each device.

  • Page 85: Wireless Network Scanning

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 3.3. Wireless Network Scanning Press “Scan” to scan neighboring Wi-Fi networks. Scanning can only be performed if the access point (Wi-Fi AP) is OFF. Item Description MAC address of access point (AP). A Timing Synchronization Function (TSF) keeps the timers for all stations in the same Basic Service Set (BSS) synchronized.

  • Page 86: Wi-Fi Start Log

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 3.4. Wi-Fi Start Log If there is some problem starting Wi-Fi connections, check the “Start Log” in the “Status “ section. It will display error reports that correspond to one or more components of the Wi-Fi AP.

  • Page 87: Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 3.6. Wi-Fi Access Point Configuration The configuration page for the Wi-Fi access point is displayed by selecting Wi-Fi AP item in Configuration section. Item Description Enable Wi-Fi AP If this item is checked, Wi-Fi AP is enabled.
  • Page 88 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual for WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication.  AES - Improved encryption used for WPA2-PSK authentication. WEP Key Type Type of WEP key for WEP encryption.  ASCII – WEP key in ASCII format  HEX – WEP key in hexadecimal format WEP Default Key This item specifies default WEP key.
  • Page 89 B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual Fig. 80: Wi-Fi AP Configuration Page 710-10001-02 Rev. 3.0 www.bb-elec.com www.bb-europe.com...

  • Page 90: Wlan Configuration

    B&B Electronics, Inc. SPECTRE Configuration Manual 3.7. WLAN Configuration The Wi-Fi LAN and DHCP server page is displayed by selecting “WLAN” in the configuration section. Item Description Enable WLAN If this item is checked, Wi-Fi LAN is enabled. interface IP Address Fixed IP address of Wi-Fi network interface.

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