User Manual

---Apply to WL-R520 Series Industrial 4G/3G Router

V3.5
http://www.wlink-tech.com
Jan, 2018
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Contents

1 Product Introduction.................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Product overview ............................................................................................................. 4

1.2 Model introduction ........................................................................................................... 4

1.3 Product Appearance ........................................................................................................ 6

1.4 Typical Application Diagram ........................................................................................... 6

1.5 Features ............................................................................................................................ 7

2 Hardware Installation .................................................................................................................. 9

2.1 Panel:................................................................................................................................. 9

2.2 LED Status ...................................................................................................................... 10

2.3 Dimension ....................................................................................................................... 11

2.4 How to Install .................................................................................................................. 11

3 Router Configuration ................................................................................................................ 13

3.1 Local Configure .............................................................................................................. 13

3.2 Basic Configuration ....................................................................................................... 14

3.3 WLAN Setting ................................................................................................................. 21

3.4 Advanced Network Setting ........................................................................................... 25

3.5 Firewall ............................................................................................................................ 33

3.6 VPN Tunnel ..................................................................................................................... 35

3.7 System Management .................................................................................................... 44

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3.8 Debugging Setting ......................................................................................................... 53

3.9 “RST” Button for Restore Factory Setting .................................................................. 56

3.10 Appendix (For Dual SIM, GPS, Captive Portal &OpenVPN only) ........................ 56

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1 Product Introduction

1.1 Product overview

WLINK industrial Router use industrial grade design, high-powered 32bit MIPS network
processor, embedded industrial grade, high powered, multi-band frequency cellular
4G/3G+ communication module, support WCDMA, HSPA+、4G、EVDO（CDMA 2000）
etc., high-speed mobile, wide band, provide quick, convenient internet access or private
network transmission to customer, optional built-in WI-FI module or multi-LAN port,
provide wire-line network or wireless WLAN share high speed wide band access,
meanwhile, customized high security VPN (Open VPN、IPSec、SSL), to construct safe
channel, widely used in financial, electric power, environment, oil, transportation, security,
etc..
WLINK industrial series router provide WEB GUI, optional CLI configuration interface,
customer can configure only by IE explore or Telnet/SSH, various configuration method,
concise and friendly interface make configuring and managing of all router terminal
easier ,meanwhile, WLINK provide M2M terminal management platform to manage all
router terminal with remote management. User can monitor all terminals which connected
to platform successfully by this platform, provide long-distance control, parameter
configuration, and long-distance upgrade service.

1.2 Model introduction

WLINK industrial grade router series have single module / single SIM card, single module
/ double SIM card, double module / double SIM card design, support multi-band frequency
WCDMA, HSPA+, 4G, EVDO （ CDMA 2000) etc., mobile wide-band, downward
compatibility to GPRS、EDGE、CDMA 1x, etc., mobile narrow-band, optional built-in
Wi-Fi module to build WLAN network, optional GPS module Expansion positioning
function, to suit different requirement and different network environment of different
operator, our Router series have many model for option, below is the product model
indications in detail, for more optional models, please consult local distributors /resellers.

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Table 1-1 Router partial model table

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1.3 Product Appearance

Table 1-2 WLINK Router Appearance
Series R200 R200－W（G） R520-g R520-d

Appearance

1*LAN 1*LAN + 1*WAN + 1*WAN + 4*LAN + 1*WAN + 4*LAN +

Ports single module/dual SIM,
1*WAN GPS or WLAN(11n 1T1R) GPS or WLAN(11n 1T1R)
dual module/dual SIM

Product Single port router Single port Wi-Fi（GPS）router Multi-port Wi-Fi router multi-port double-link router
category

1.4 Typical Application Diagram

WLINK 4G/3G Router widely used in Telecom, economic, advertisement, traffic, environment
protection business area.

For example, in economic area, R520 Series Router connect server by IPSec & GRE to
ensure data security, tiny design makes it could installed into ATM machine. All these
technology ensured safe and reliable data transmission, and minimize the probability of
network disconnection, and maximize the usability of economic business like ATM, POS .etc.

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Figure 1-1 Network Topology

WLINK industrial router is based on mobile wireless public network or private network,
build wireless data channel in mature network, to lower down the cost of wireless data
transmission and technique.

1.5 Features
 Various cellular module optional, LTE/HSPA+/EVDO/CDMA2000 optional
 Support IEEE802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi AP function, extended support to Wi-Fi terminal,
WDS bridging, support WEP, WPA/WPA2 Personal/Enterprise, TKIP/AES, etc.,
Authenticated encryption mode
 Support virtual data and private network（APN/VPDN）
 Optional support RS-232/RS-485 interface data transparent transmission and
protocol conversion
 Support on-demand dialing, include timing on/off-line, voice or SMS control
on/off-line, data trigger online or link idle offline
 Support TCP/IP protocol stack, support Telnet, HTTP, SNMP, PPP, PPPoE, etc.,
network protocol
 Support VPN Client（PPTP, L2TP）,optional support Open VPN, IPSec, HTTPs,
SSH, etc. advanced VPN function
 Provide friendly user interface, use normal web internet explorer to easily
configure and manage, long-distance configure Telnet/SSH + CLI
 Optional IPv6 protocol stack

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 Optional support M2M terminal management platform
 WDT watchdog design, keep system stable
 Customization as customer’s demand

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2 Hardware Installation

This chapter is mainly for installation introduction, there would be some difference
between the scheme and real object. But the difference doesn’t have any influence to
products performance.

2.1 Panel:
Table 2-1 WL-R520 Structure
WLINK Tech. WL-R520 series

Front

Rear

There are some different for Antenna interface and indicator light for the
expanded Wi-Fi, GPS series.

Table 2-2 Router Interface

Port Instruction Remark
USIM Plug type SIM Slot, support 1.8/3V/5V automatic Bottom SIM slot
detection for SIM1 and
top SIM slot for
SIM2 in WL-R520
dual-SIM router.
3G 3G antenna, SMA connector, 50Ω

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Port Instruction Remark

WIFI Wi-Fi antenna, SMA connector, 50Ω
GPS GPS antenna, SMA connector, 50Ω Optional
LAN 10/100Base-TX，MDI/MDIX self-adaption, R200: 1*LAN
R520: 4*LAN
WAN 10/100Base-TX，MDI/MDIX self-adaption R20 serial port
and WAN port
multiplex
RST Reset button,(press on button 5 seconds)
PWR Power connector 5 ～ 26V DC

RS232/RS4 Four pin serial port, suitable for collection device

85
with RS-232 or RS-485 interface, for wireless
data transmission, CON for debug test.

2.2 LED Status

Table 2-3 Router LED indictor Status
silk-screen Indicator Note
Green Strong Signal
Color Orange Normal Signal
Red Weak Signal
NET
Quick Blinking (0.5s) Dialing

Status Slow Blinking (2s) 3G online

Solid light 4G online

Green Solid light WLAN port open, but no data sending.

WLAN Green Blinking quickly Data is in transmitting

Green Extinguished WLAN port isn’t opened
Green Solid light Connection ok

LAN Green Blinking Data Sending

Green Extinguished Not connection

There are some difference among the LED indicator of expanded Wi-Fi, GPS
function and single module/double SIM, double module/double SIM series

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products.

2.3 Dimension

Figure 2-2 R520 Series Router Dimension Figure

2.4 How to Install

2.4.1 SIM/UIM card install
If use dual SIM/UIM card router, you may need insert dual SIM before configure it. After
installation, please follow below steps to connect the router.

Before connecting, please disconnect any power resource of router

2.4.2 Ethernet Cable Connection

Use the Ethernet cable to connect the cellular Router to computer directly, or transit by a
switch.

2.4.3 Serial Port Connection

If you want to connect the router via serial port to laptop or other devices, you should
prepare a serial port or RJ45 cable, this cable is optional. One end connect to computer
serial port, the other end connects the console port of the router

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Before connecting, please disconnect any power resource of router

2.4.4 Power Supply

In order to get high reliability, WLINK Series Router adapt supports wide voltage input
range: +5V～+36VDC, support hot plug and complex application environment.

2.4.5 Review
After insert the SIM/UIM card, connect Ethernet cable and necessary antenna, connect
power cable.

Please connect the antenna before connect the power cable, otherwise the signal
maybe poor because of impedance mismatching.

Notice:
Step 1 Check antenna connection.
Step 2 Check SIM/UIM card, confirm SIM/UIM card is available.

Step 3 Power on the industrial Router

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3 Router Configuration

This Chapter introduces the parameter configuration of the router, the router can be
configured via web internet explorer, Firefox, or chrome. Here we take GUIs 7 system and
Internet Explorer 9.0 as sample.

3.1 Local Configure

The router supports to be configured by local Ethernet port, you could specify a static IP or
DHCP get IP for your computer. The default IP address is 192.168.1.1，subnet mask is
255.255.255.0, please refer to followings:

Step 1 Click “start > control panel”, find “Network Connections” icon and double click it to
enter, select “Local Area Connection” corresponding to the network card on this
page. Refer to the figure below.

Figure 3-3 Network Connection

Step 2 Obtain a IP address automatically or set up IP address,192.168.1.xxx(XXX can be

any number between 2～254)
Step 3 Run an Interneft Explorer and input “http://192.168.1.1”, to enter identify page.

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User should use the default user name and password when log in for the first time

Figure 3-4 User Identify Interface

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3.2 Basic Configuration

Different software version have different web configuration interface, below take R520
2.6.0.1 version as example.
After visit the WEB interface, you can check the current status of Router, or modify router
configuration via web interface, below is the introduction for the common setting.

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Figure 3-5 Router Status GUI

3.2.1 WAN Setting

Step 1 Single Click “ Basic Network>WAN” to enter below interface

Figure 3-1 WAN Setting GUI

Table 3-1 WAN Setting Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Type Support 3G/4G, PPPoE, DHCP, Static IP

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Parameter Instruction
Dial Mode ECM/PPP optional. Suggest ECM for 4G router
Bridge WAN to Configure WAN port as LAN port
LAN

Step 2 After setting, please click “save” to finish, the device will reboot.
----End

3.2.2 Cellular Network Configure

Step 1 Single Click Basic Network-> Cellular, you can modify relevant parameter
according to the application.

Figure 3-2 Cellular Settings GUI

Table 3-2 Cellular Setting Parameter Instruction

Parameter Instruction
ICMP check To enable or disable ICMP check rules. Enable the ICMP check
and setup a reachable IP address as destination IP. Once
ICMP check failed, router will reconnect/reboot system as
optional.
Cellular Traffic Check There is Rx/Tx as options. Once no Rx/Tx data, router will
router will reconnect/reboot system as options.

CIMI Send Send CIMI to defined IP and port by TCP protocol.

SMS Code Remotely control router by SMS. Router just identify the correct
SMS code as configured.

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Parameter Instruction
Pin Code Some SIM cards are locked with a Personal Identification
Number (PIN) code to prevent misuse if they are lost or stolen.

Operator Lock Lock router for a specified operator via MCC/MNC code.
Connect Mode  Auto.Router will automatically connect 3G/4G network and
keep 4G in prior.
 LTE. Router will connect 4G only.
 3G. Router will connect 3G only.
APN APN, provided by local ISP, usually CDMA/EVDO network do
not need this parameter.
User SIM card user name is provided by ISP

Password SIM card password is provided by ISP

Auth Type Support PAP/Chap/MS-Chap/MS-Chapv2

Local IP Add Assigned SIM IP from operator.

【ICMP Check】
Enable ICMP, Router will automatically check whether the defined IP address is
reachable per 60s. If the IP address is unreachable and ICMP check is timeout at
the first time, it will check 2 times every 3 seconds. If the third time is still failed, the
router will redial.
The ICMP Check IP is a public IP or company server IP address.

【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.

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Step 2 After Setting, please click “save” icon.

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3.2.3 LAN Setting

Step 1 Single Click “ Basic Network>LAN” to enter below interface

Figure 3-3 LAN Setting GUI

Table 3-3 LAN Setting Instruction

Parameter Instruction
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
DHCP Dynamic allocation IP service, after enable, it will show the
IP address range and options of lease
IP Address Range IP address range within LAN
Lease The valid time
Use Internal DNS If click this option, router will use 3G/4G network DNS which is
assigned by 3G/4G network. If not click this option, router will
use custom DNS
Primary DNS Available as customer configured
Secondary DNS Available as customer configured

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Step 2 After setting, please click “save” to finish, the device will reboot.
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3.2.4 Dynamic DNS Setting

Step 1 Single click “Basic Network->DDNS to enter the DDNS setting GUI.

Figure 3-4 Dynamic DNS Setting

Table 3-4 DDNS Setting Instruction

parameter Instruction
Default is standard DDNS protocol, for customized protocol, please
IP address
contact WLINK engineer. use default IP 0.0.0.0 as usually.
Auto refresh Set the interval of the DDNS client obtains new IP, suggest 5mins or
time above
Service Select the DDNS service provider that listed.
provider

Step 2 Please Click “Save“ to finish.

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3.2.5 Routing Setting

Step 1 Single click “Basic Network->Routing to enter the DDNS setting GUI.

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Figure 3-5 Routing Setting

Table 3-5 Routing Setting Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Destination Router can reach the destination IP address.
Gateway 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.

Interface Interface from router to gateway.

Description Describe this routing name.

Step 2 Please Click “ Save “ to finish.

3.3 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

3.3.1 Basic Setting

Step 1 Click “WLAN->Basic Setting” to configure relative parameter

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Figure 3-6 WLAN Basic Settings GUI

Table 3-6 Basic Setting Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Enable wireless Enable or Disable the Wireless
Wireless mode Support AP, AP+WDS, Bridge, Client, WDS
Wireless Network Support Auto, IEEE 11b/g/n optional
protocol
SSID The default is router, can be modified as per application.
Channel The channel of wireless network, suggest keep the default
Channel Width 20MHZ and 40MHZ alternative
Security Support various encryption method

Step 2 Please click “Save” to finish.

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3.3.2 Wireless Filter Setting

Step 1 Single click “WLAN > MultiSSID”.

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3.3.3 Wireless Filter Setting

Step 1 Single click “WLAN > Wireless Filter”.

Figure 3-7 Wireless Client Filter Setting GUI

The Wireless Filter enable to set the permitted client or prohibit the specific client to
connect the WiFi, However, this feature is invalid for wired connection application.

Table 3-7 ”Wireless Client Filter” Setting Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Disable Filter Choose to disable
Permit on the Only allow the listed MAC address to connect to router by wireless
following client
Block the follow Prevent the listed MAC address to connect to router by wireless
Client

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish

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3.3.4 Advanced Wireless Setting

Step 1 Please click “WLAN> Advanced Wireless” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-8 Advanced Wireless Setting GUI

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.3.5 Wireless Survey

Step 1 Please click “WLAN> Wireless Survey” to check survey.

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Figure 3-9 Wireless Survey Setting GUI

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3.4 Advanced Network Setting

3.4.1 Port Forwarding
Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network > Port Forwarding” to enter the GUI, you may
modify the router name, Host name and Domain name according to the
application requirement.

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Figure 3-10 Port Forwarding GUI

Table 3-8 “Port Forwarding” Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Protocol Support UDP, TCP, both UDP and TCP
Src. Address Source IP address. Forward only if from this address.
Ext. Ports External ports. The ports to be forwarded, as seen from the
WAN.
Int. Port Internal port. The destination port inside the LAN. If blank,
the destination port is the same as Ext Ports. Only one port
per entry is supported when forwarding to a different
internal port.
Int. Address Internal Address. The destination address inside the LAN.

Description Remark the rule

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish

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3.4.2 Port Redirecting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network > Port Redirecting” to enter the GUI, you may
modify the router name, Host name and Domain name according to the
application requirement.

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Figure 3-11 Port Forwarding GUI

Table 3-9 “Port Redirecting” Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Protocol Support UDP, TCP, both UDP and TCP
Int Port Internal port.
Dst. Address The redirecting IP address.
Ext. Ports External port for redirection.

Description Remark the rule

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish

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3.4.3 DMZ Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> DMZ” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-12 DMZ GUI

Table 3-10 “DMZ” Instruction

parameter Instruction
Destination The destination address inside the LAN.
Address
Source If no IP address inside, it will allow all IP address to access.
Address If define IP address, it will just allow the defined IP address
Restriction to access.

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parameter Instruction
Leave Remote
Access

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish

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3.4.4 IP Passthrough Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> IP Passthrough” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-13 IP Passthrough GUI

Table 3-11 “IP Passthrough” Instruction

parameter Instruction
Enable Enable IP Passthrough
MAC Address Enable DHCP of device. Configure device Mac.
Device will be assigned SIM IP.

Gateway If WL-R520 connect to multiple device, input other device

gateway. The device might access to router GUI.

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish

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3.4.5 Triggered Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> Triggered” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-14 Triggered GUI

Table 3-12 “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" is activated.
Note Port triggering opens an incoming port when your
computer is using a specified outgoing port for specific
traffic.

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.4.6 Serial App. Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> Serial App” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

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Figure 3-15 Serial App Setting GUI

Table 3-13 “Serial App” Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Serial to TC/IP Support Disable, Server and Client mode. Such as Client.
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. If the last package
equals to the Packet payload, Serial port will transmit it
immediately. The default setting is 500ms.
Packet payload Packet payload is the maximum transmission length for
serial port data packet. The default setting is 1024bytes.
Heart-beat Send heart beat to the defined server to keep router online.
Content Meantime, it’s convenient to monitor router from server.
Heart beat Heart beat interval time
Interval
Baud Rate 115200 as default
Parity Bit None as default
Data Bit 8bit as default
Stop Bit 1bit as default

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RS232/RS485 Pins Indirection as below.

1 VCC 3.3V output

2 GND
3 TX
4 RX

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.4.7 UPnp/NAT-PMP Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> Upnp/NAT-PMP” to check or modify the
relevant parameter.

Figure 3-16 UPnp/NAT-PMP Setting GUI

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.4.8 Bandwidth Control Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> Bandwidth Control” to check or modify the
relevant parameter.

Figure 3-17 Bandwidth Control Setting GUI

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.
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3.4.9 VRRP Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> Static DHCP” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

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Figure 3-18 VRRP Setting GUI
Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.
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3.4.10 Static DHCP Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> Static DHCP” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-19 Static DHCP Setting GUI

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.
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3.5 Firewall
3.5.1 IP/URL Filtering
Step 1 Please click “Firewall> IP/URL Filtering” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

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Table 3-14 “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.

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

3.5.2 Domain Filtering

Step 1 Please click “Firewall> Domain Filtering” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

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Figure 3-20 Domain Filtering Setting GUI

Table 3-15 “GRE” Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Default Policy Support black list and white list
Local IP Local IP address for LAN.
Address
Domain Support Domain filter.

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.6 VPN Tunnel

3.6.1 GRE Setting
Step 1 Please click “VPN Tunnel> GRE” to check or modify the relevant parameter.

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Figure 3-21 GRE Setting GUI

Table 3-16 “GRE” Instruction

Parameter Instruction
IDE GRE tunnel number
Tunnel Address GRE Tunnel local IP address which is a virtual IP
address.
Tunnel Source Router’s 3G/WAN IP address.
Tunnel Destination GRE Remote IP address. Usually a public IP address
Keep alive GRE tunnel keep alive to keep GRE tunnel connection.
Interval Keep alive interval time.
Retries Keep alive retry times. After retry times, GRE tunnel
will be re-established.
Description

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.6.2 OpenVPN Client Setting

Step 1 Please click “VPN Tunnel> OpenVPN Client” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-22 OpenVPN Setting GUI

Table 3-17 “OpenVPN” Instruction

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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.
Protocol UDP and TCP optional.
Server Address The Openvpn server public IP address and port.
Firewall Auto, External only and Custom are optional

Authorization Mode TLS, Static key and Custom are optional.

User As the configuration requested.

name/Password
Authentication
HMAC authorization As the configuration requested.
Create NAT on Configure NAT in Openvpn tunnel.
tunnel

Parameter Instruction
Poll Interval Openvpn client check router’s status as interval time.
Redirect Internet Configure Openvpn as default routing.
Traffic

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Parameter Instruction
Access DNS As the configuration requested.
Encryption As the configuration requested.
Compression As the configuration requested.

TLS Renegotiation TLS negotiation time. -1 as default for 60s.

Time
Connection Retry Openvpn retry to connection interval.
Time
Verify server As the configuration requested.
certificate
Custom As the configuration requested.
Configuration

Parameter Instruction
Certificate Authority Keep certificate as the same as server

Client Certificate Keep client certificate as the same as server

Client Key Keep client key as the same as server

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Parameter Instruction
Ceneral Statistics Check Openvpn status and data statistics.

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.6.3 VPN Client Setting

Step 1 Please click “VPN Tunnel> VPN Client” to check or modify the relevant parameter.

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Table 3-18 “PPTP/L2TP Basic” Instruction
parameter Instruction
On VPN enable
Protocol VPN Mode for PPTP and L2TP
Name VPN Tunnel name
Server Address VPN Server IP address.
User name As the configuration requested.
Password As the configuration requested.

Firewall Firewall For VPN Tunnel

Local IP Defined Local IP address for tunnel

Table 3-19 “L2TP Advanced” Instruction

On L2TP Advanced enable

Name L2TP Tunnel name

Accept DNS As the configuration requested.
MTU MTU is 1450bytes as default
MRU MRU is 1450bytes as default

Tunnel Auth L2TP authentication Optional as the configuration

requested.
Tunnel As the configuration requested.
Password
Custom As the configuration requested.
Options

Table 3-20 “PPTP Advanced” Instruction

On PPTP Advanced enable
Name PPTP Tunnel name

Accept DNS As the configuration requested.

MTU MTU is 1450bytes as default
MRU MRU is 1450bytes as default
MPPE As the configuration requested

MPPE Stateful As the configuration requested

Customs As the configuration requested

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Table 3-21 “SCHEDULE” Instruction

On VPN SCHEDULE feature enable

Name1 VPN tunnel name

Name2 VPN tunnel name
Policy Support VPN tunnel backup and failover modes optional
Description As the configuration requested

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.6.4 IPSec Setting

3.5.3.1 IPSec Group Setup

Step 1 Please click “IPSec> Group Setup” to check or modify the relevant parameter.

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Table 3-22 “ IPSec Group Setup” Instruction

parameter Instruction
IPSec Support Standard IPSec, GRE over IPSec, L2TP over
Extensions IPSec
Local Security Defined the IPSec security interface
Interface
Local IPSec local subnet and mask.
Subnet/Mask
Local Firewall Forwarding-firewalling for Local subnet
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.

3.5.3.2 IPSec Basic Setup

Step 1 Please click “IPSec >Basic Setup ” to check or modify the relevant parameter.

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Table 3-23 “ IPSec Basic Setup” Instruction

parameter Instruction
Keying Mode IKE preshared key
Phase 1 DH Select Group1, Group2, Group5 from list. It must be
Group matched to remote IPSec setting.
Phase 1 Support 3DES, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256
Encryption
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.
Phase 2 Support 3DES, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256
Encryption
Phase 2 Support HASH MD5 and SHA
Authentication
Phase 2 SA IPSec Phase 2 SA lifetime
Life Time
Preshared Key Preshared Key

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

3.5.3.3 IPSec Advanced Setup

Step 1 Please click “IPSec >Advanced Setup ” to check or modify the relevant parameter.

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Table 3-24 “ IPSec Advanced Setup” Instruction

parameter Instruction
Aggressive Default for main mode
Mode
ID Payload Enable ID Payload compress
Compress
DPD To enable DPD service
ICMP ICMP Check for IPSec tunnel
IPSec Custom IPSec advanced setting such as left/right ID.
Options

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish.

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3.7 System Management

3.7.1 Identification Setting
Step 1 Please click ”Administrator> Identification” to enter the GUI, you may modify the
router name, Host name and Domain name according to self-requirement.

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Figure 3-23 Router Identification GUI

Table 3-25 “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.

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish

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3.7.2 Time Setting

Step 1 Please click “Administrator> time” to check or modify the relevant parameter.

Figure 3-24 System Configuration GUI

If the device is online but time update is fail, please try other NTP Time Server.

Step 2 Please click “save to finish.

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3.7.3 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.

Figure 3-25 Admin Setting GUI

Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting
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3.7.4 Schedule Reboot Setting

Step 1 Please click “Administrator>Schedule Reboot” to check and modify relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-26 Scheduler Reboot Setting GUI

Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting
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3.7.5 SNMP Setting

Step 1 Please click “Administrator>SNMP” to check and modify relevant parameter.

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Figure 3-27 SNMP Setting GUI

Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting
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3.7.6 M2M Access Setting

Step 1 Please click “Administrator>M2M Access” to check and modify relevant
parameter.

Figure 3-28 M2M Access Setting GUI

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Parameter Instruction
M2M Enable Enable/Disable M2M feature in router.
Device ID Identify router in M2M Platform. Max length 24byts and Min
length 7bytes visible characters.
M2M Configure M2M platform IP and port. The router will log in
Server/Port M2M platform and establish a connection between router
and M2M platform. The connection protocol is UDP.

Heartbeat Router send heartbeat to M2M platform as the defined time

Interval interval to keep connection.

Step 2 Please click save iron to finish the setting

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3.7.7 Backup Setting

Step 1 Please click “ Administrator> Back up Configuration ” to do the backup setting

Figure 3-29 Backup and Restore Configuration GUI

Restore Default would lose all configuration information, please be careful.

Step 2 After setting the backup and restore configuration. The system will reboot
automatically.
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3.7.8 System Log Setting

Step 1 Please click “Administrator> Logging” to start the configuration, you can set the
file path to save the log (Local or remote sever).

Figure 3-30 System log Setting GUI

Step 2 After configure, please click “Save” to finish.
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3.7.9 Firmware upgrade

Step 1 Please click “Administrator>firmware upgrade” to open upgrade firmware tab.

Figure 3-31 Firmware Upgrade GUI

When upgrading, please don’t cut off the power.

3.7.10 System Reboot

Step 1 Please click “Administrator>Reboot” to restart the router. System will popup dialog
to remind “Yes” or “NO” before the next step.
Step 2 If choose “yes”, the system will restart, all relevant update configuration will be
effective after reboot.
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3.8 Debugging Setting

3.8.1 Logs Setting
Step 1 Please click “Debugging>Logs” to check and modify relevant parameter.

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Figure 3-32 Logs GUI

Step 2 After configure, please click “Save” to finish.
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3.8.2 Ping Setting

Step 1 Please click “Debugging>Logs” to check and modify relevant parameter.

Figure 3-33 Ping GUI

Step 2 After configure, please click “Save” to finish.
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3.8.3 Trace Setting

Step 1 Please click “Debugging>Trace” to check and modify relevant parameter.

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Figure 3-34 Trace GUI
Step 2 After configure, please click “Save” to finish.
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3.9 “RST” Button for Restore Factory Setting

If you couldn’t enter web interface for other reasons, you can also use this way.
For R200 Series, “RST” button is on the left or Ethernet port, for R520 Series, the button is
on the left of NET light. This button can be used when the router is in use or when the
router is turned on.
Press the “RST” button and keep more than 8 seconds till the NET light stopping blink.
The system will be restored to factory.

Table 3-26 System Default Instruction

Parameter Default setting

LAN IP 192.168.1.1
LAN Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
DHCP server Enable
User Name admin
Password admin

After reboot, the previous configuration would be deleted and restore to factory
settings.

3.10 Appendix (For Dual SIM, GPS, Captive Portal

&OpenVPN only)
3.10.1 Cellular Setting (Dual-SIM)
Step 1 Single Click Basic Network-> Cellular, you can modify relevant parameter
according to the application.

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Figure 3-35 Dual SIM GUI

Table 3-27 Cellular Instruction

Parameter Instruction
Enable Enable SIM card dial
ICMP check To enable or disable ICMP check rules. Enable the ICMP check
and setup a reachable IP address as destination IP. Once
ICMP check failed, router will switch SIM card.
SIM Mode Select the network type
APN APN, provided by local ISP, usually CDMA/EVDO network do
not need this parameter
User SIM card user name is provided by ISP

Password SIM card password is provided by ISP

ICMC Check and Cellular Traffic Check are alternative.

【ICMP Check】
Enable ICMP, Router will automatically check whether the defined IP address is
reachable per 60s. If the IP address is unreachable and ICMP check is timeout at
the first time, it will check 2 time as 3s interval. If the third time is still failed, the
router will implement fail action as you configured..
The Check IP is an public IP or company server IP address.

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【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.

【SIM Mode】

【Fail Over】SIM card mutual backup. Once SIM card is failed, it will switch to the
SIM2 and work on SIM2. Once SIM2 is failed, it will switch back to SIM1.

【SIM1 Only】Just SIM1 is available.

【SIM2 Only】Just SIM2 is available.

【Backup】SIM1 is the primary SIM. Once SIM1 is failed, it will switch to SIM2 and
work on SIM2 within the defined time. Once the time is over, it will switch back to
SIM1.

Step 2 After Setting, please click “save” icon.

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3.10.2 GPS Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> GPS” to view or modify the relevant parameter.

Figure 3-36 GPS Setting GUI

Table 3-28 “GPS” Instruction

parameter Instruction
GPS Mode Enable/Diable
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
itnto GPS data.
Interval GPS data transmit as the interval time.

Step 2 Please click ”save” to finish

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,0.0,91.5,1,1.2,9

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3. GPS data description

Field Name Format Example Description

No.
1 Router ID String 0001_R081850 0001 customizable product
ac ID.
_R router indicator.
081850ac Last 8digits of
routers MAC address.
2 gps_date yymmdd 150904 Date in year,month,day
3 gps_time hhmmss.ss 043215.0 UTC Time, Time of position fix.
s
4 gps_use numeric 06 Satellites Used, Range 0 to 12.
5 gps_latitude ddmm.mm 2234.248130 Latitude, Degrees + minutes.
mm
6 gps_NS character N N/S Indicator,N=north or
S=south.
7 gps_longitude ddmm.mm 11356.626179 Longitude, Degrees + minutes.
mm
8 gps_EW character E E/W indicator, E=east or
W=west.
9 gps_speed numeric 0.0 Speed over ground, units is
km/h.
10 gps_degrees numeric 91.5 Course over ground, unit is
degree.
11 gps_FS digit 1 Position Fix Status Indicator,
12 gps_HDOP numeric 1.2 HDOP, Horizontal Dilution of
Precision
13 gps_MSL numeric 97.5 MSL Altitude, units is meter.

3.10.3 Captive Portal Setting

Step 1 Please click “Advanced Network> Captive Portal” to check or modify the relevant
parameter.

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Figure 3-37 Captive Portal Setting GUI

Table 3-29 “Serial App” Instruction

Parameter Instruction

Enable Enable Captive portal feature.

Auth Type Reserved.

Web Root Choose captive portal file storage path.

Default: Captive portal file is in the firmware as default.
In-storage: Captive portal file is in router’s Flash.
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.

Logged Timeout Maximum time user has connectivity. User need to re-login Captive
Portal page after defined time.

Idle Timeout Maximum time user has connectivity if no network activity from Wi-Fi
User.If User need to re-login Captive page to surf internet.

Ignore LAN If enabled, LAN devices will bypass the Captive Portal page.

Redirecting Router will redirect to the defined link after accepting the terms and
conditions on the Captive Portal page.

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Parameter Instruction

MAC Whitelist No captive portal page for Wi-Fi device.

Download QoS Enable to apply the Download and Upload per user limits.

Upload Qos Maximum download speed available to each user.

1）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.

Each Ad file just supports 3 Ad portal images. Picture format should be .png and image
size is less than 100Kbytes and resolution is 800*600. Picture name is 0001_portal.png,
0002_portal.png and 0003_portal.png. Furthermore, please keep image names the same
between portal file and splash.html.

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2）Modify portal file storage path

Modify portal file storage for In-storage as below.

3.10.4 OpenVPN Demo (TAP Mode)

1) Network topology

2) OpenVPN Server Config Demo

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3) OpenVPN Client Config Demo

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