W-Link WL-R522 Series User manual

WL-R522 Series Router User Manual
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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1Hardware Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Interface ........................................................................................................................................................5
2.2 LED Status ................................................................................................................................................... 6
2Router Configuration ..............................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Local Configure ........................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Dashboard ..................................................................................................................................................10
2.3 Utilization .................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 Interface ......................................................................................................................................................11
2.5 Network .......................................................................................................................................................12
2.6 VPN Setting ............................................................................................................................................... 31
2.7 Wireless Setting ........................................................................................................................................ 38
2.8 Station .........................................................................................................................................................41
2.9 Application ..................................................................................................................................................44
2.10 System ......................................................................................................................................................50
2.11 Debug ....................................................................................................................................................... 55
2.12 Development(SDK) ................................................................................................................................ 58
2.13 Default Factory Configuration ...............................................................................................................58
3Configuration Instance ........................................................................................................................................ 59
3.1 Link Backup ............................................................................................................................................... 59
3.2 Lock Band .................................................................................................................................................. 61
3.3 LTE SMS .................................................................................................................................................... 62
3.4 DDNS .......................................................................................................................................................... 63
3.5 GNSS .......................................................................................................................................................... 64
3.6 Remote IO ..................................................................................................................................................68
3.7 OpenVPN(TAP Mode) ..............................................................................................................................72

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4.8 IPSec Setting ............................................................................................................................................. 76
4.9 Station Setting ........................................................................................................................................... 79

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1Hardware Introduction
This chapter is mainly for installation introduction, there would be some difference between the scheme
and real object. But the difference won’t have any influence to products performance.
1.1 Interface
There are some difference on Antenna interface and indicator light for the device with extended
Wi-Fi, GPS features.
Table 1-1 Router Interface
Port
Instruction
Remark
SIM
Support 1.8/3V automatic detection.
Two SIM as default

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Port
Instruction
Remark
Antenna
Connectors
SMA connector, 50Ω.
LTE1 as Main, LTE2 as 4G Aux.
Wi-Fi1, Wi-Fi2 and GNSS Optional.
LAN1
10/100Base-TX，MDI/MDIX self-adaptio
LAN2
10/100Base-TX，MDI/MDIX self-adaption
LAN as Default
WAN
10/100Base-TX，MDI/MDIX self-adaption
LAN as Default
TTL/RS232
Gnd, Tx, Rx
RS232 as default
RS485
A, B
GPIO
2 GPIOs
Reset
Reset button, (press on button at least 5
seconds)
PWR
1xDC Power connector
1x Terminal Block(2 Pins)
7～48VDC
1.2 LED Status
Table 1-2 Router LED indicator Status
silk-screen
Indicator
Note
System(S)
Blue
Slow Blinking
(1s)
System Auto-check
Quick Blinking
(0.5s)
Dialing
Solid light
4G/3G online
Power(P)
Orange
Solid light
Power on
light off
Power off or power fault
High(H)
Green
Solid light
Good Signal(CSQ≥-19)
Low(L)
Red
Solid light
Weak Signal(CSQ<-18)
Figure 1-2 R522 Series Router Dimension
1.3 SIM/UIM card install
Please insert the dual SIM cards before configure the router.

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Before connecting, please disconnect any power resource of router
1.4 Ethernet Cable Connection
Connect the router with a computer by an Ethernet cable for GUI configuration, or transit by a switch.
1.5 Power Supply Connection
Voltage input range +9~48VDC, 5.5mm DC interface and 2Pins terminal block are alternative.
1.6 Serial Port and GPIO Connection
WL-R522 supports one RS232 and one RS485 ports as default. It might be requested serial port for
TTL when placed order. The serial port feature supports TCP/UDP client/server as optional, also
supports Modbus protocol.

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1.7 Review
After insert the SIM/UIM card and connect Ethernet cable and antenna, connect power supply adaptor
or power cable.
Please connect the antenna before power on, otherwise the signal maybe poor because of
impedance mismatching.
Notice:
Step 1 Check the 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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2Router Configuration
WL-R522 Series routers support GUI. This chapter introduce GUI configuration via Ethernet port, if
need CLI configuration guide, please contact our technical support department by email:
[e-mail].
2.1 Local Configure
The router supports to be configured by local Ethernet port, you could specify a static IP or set as DHCP.
The default IP address is 192.168.8.1，subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, please refer to following.
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 2-1 Network Connection
Step 2 Obtain a IP address automatically or set up IP address,192.168.8.xxx(XXX can be any number
between 2～254)
Step 3 Run an Internet Explorer and visit “http://192.168.8.1/”, to enter identify page.
The default username is admin and password is admin168. User should modify the login
password.

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Figure 2-2 User Identify Interface
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2.2 Dashboard
Check routers information such as status, 4G/WAN speed, after login router. Especially, suggest
change the password according to the prompts because of security requirement.
2.3 Utilization
The Utilization GUI will be display router system information such as CPU, Memory information

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Figure 2-3 Resource GUI
2.4 Interface
The interface GUI will display network interface status such 4G information, LAN and Switch Status
including ISP name, network type, signal, band, SIM IP address and 4G online time.

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Figure 2-4 Interface. GUI
2.5 Network
2.5.1 LTE Setting
Step 1 Network>LTE to enter LTE Status GUI. It supports to disable 4G connection by Status button.
Step 2 Network>LTE to Network Mode setting GUI as following.
APN Setting

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Cellular Attach Setting
Parameter
Instruction
Default
Attach Mode
【Auto】The router will automatically connect to 4G/3G
networks and give priority to 4G.
【LTE(4G)】Router will connect to 4G only.
【WCDMA/TDSCDMA/EVDO】Router will connect to
3G only.
【CDMA/GSM】Router will connect to 2G only.
Auto
GPS
The GPS is built-in 4G module.The GPS feature will be
related to model and hardware.
Off
Modem Settings
Supports Lock IMEI, Lock IMSI, Lock PIN and Lock
Band.
Null
Parameter
Instruction
Default
APN Custom
Auto APN will be enable when APN Custom switch is
Off. The router will recognize the access point
name(APN)automatically.
Regarding to private SIM card, please enable APN
Custom button to configure SIM information such as
APN, Username and Password.
Off
APN
APN is provided by local ISP
internet
Username
SIM card user name is provided by ISP
Password
SIM card password is provided by ISP
IP Type
IP/IPv4v6/IPv6 optional.
Null
Authentication
Select Auto/NONE/PAP/Chap/PAP/CHAP
authentication as requested
Dial Number
4G/3G connection service code
*99#
Dial CID
Connect to the specified cellular ID. CID number is
provided by local carrier.

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Parameter
Instruction
Default
Supports no SIM Card,PLMN and Signal for testing as
requested.
Need
Please check lock bank configuration in the chapter 3 as reference.
Network Status Setting
Parameter
Instruction
Default
Dial Mode
【Advise】The router will automatically dial-up 4G/3G by
ECM protocol.
【PPP】The router will automatically dial-up 4G/3G by
PPP protocol.
【DHCP】The router will automatically dial-up 4G/3G by
DHCP protocol.
【Static IP】The router will automatically dial-up 4G/3G
and obtain SIM IP as ISP requested.
Advise
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit on Cellular network.
1500
LCP Echo Interval
LCP(link control protocol) check interval
10
LCP Echo Times
LCP check Times. If no replace, the PPP will
reconnect.
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PPP Option
PPP debugging information
debug
Custom DNS
Configure DNS server IP address
Disable
IP Masquerade(NAT)
Replace internal ip address to SIM IP address when
sent data.
Enable
Network Availability Check Setting

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Parameter
Instruction
Default
Availability Check
Disable, ICMP Check and Receive Count Optional
Disable
Parameter
Instruction
Default
Availability Check
Disable, ICMP Check and Receive Count Optional
Disable
ICMP
Configure 3 destination IP address to check check the
Cellular connection available.
Test Address
Reachable destination IP address1
Test Address2
Reachable destination IP address1
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Test Address3
PPP debugging information
debug
Each Query
Timeout(sec)
Configure DNS server IP address
10
Test Times
ICMP times
6
Test Interval(sec)
ICMP Interval
20

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Parameter
Instruction
Default
Receive Count
Disable, ICMP Check and Receive Count Optional
Disable
Duration(sec)
Configure 3 destination IP address to check check the
Cellular connection available.
20
Test Times
Reachable destination IP address1
30
Request packets
Reachable destination IP address1
1
Step 3 After Setting, please click “Apply” icon.
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2.5.2 LTE SMS Setting
Step 1 Network>LTE SMS to enter LTE SMS GUI.

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Parameter
Instruction
Default
SMS Function
SMS Function Enable/Disable Optional.
Disable
HE Agent
Enable SMS command inquiry by HE command line
mode.
Disable
Command Contact
Specify the acceptable phone number. If null, the
router will accept anyone phone number without
limitation.
Null
Command Prefix
SMS command identify. The router will implement
message command with correct prefix.
Null
Step 2 After Setting, please click “Apply” icon.
Please check LTE SMS Configuration in the chapter 3 as reference.
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2.5.3 LTE Backup SIM
Step 1 Network>LTE Backup SIM to enter Setting GUI.

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Table 2-1 LAN Setting Instruction
Parameter
Instruction
Default
Backup SIM
Enable Backup Simcard
Disable
Simcard Select
Auto, Main Simcard, Backup Simcard optional
Auto
Signal failed times
Router will switch to backup Sim card once detect signal
failure times exceeds the defined times.
60times
Dial failed times
It will switch to backup Sim card once dail-up failure times
exceeds the defined times.
4times
Failover
duration(sec)
The router will work on the backup Sim card time(sec)
600s
PIN Code
Some SIM cards are locked with a Personal Identification
Number (PIN) code in case they are lost or stolen.
86400
APN Custom
Auto APN will be enable when APN Custom switch is Off.
The router will recognize the access point
name(APN)automatically.
Regarding to private SIM card, please enable APN Custom
button to configure SIM information such as APN, Username
and Password.
Off
Step 2 After setting, please click “Apply” to finish, the device will reboot.
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2.5.4 LAN Setting
Step 1 Network>LAN to enter below GUI.

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Table 2-2 LAN Setting Instruction
Parameter
Instruction
Default
IP Address
Router IP address, default IP is 192.168.8.1
192.168.8.1
Subnet Mask
Router subnet mask, default mask is 255.255.255.0
255.255.255.0
Address2
Add LAN address
Disable
Address3
Add LAN address
Disable
DHCP Server
Dynamic allocation IP service, after enable, it will show the
IP address range and options of lease
Enable
Start IP Address
DHCP IP poor start IP address
192.168.8.2
End IP Address
DHCP IP poor end IP address
192.168.8.250
Lease
The valid time, unit as sec
86400
Assign Gateway
Specified the gateway IP address
Null
Assign DNS
Specified the DNS server IP address
Null
Assign DNS2
Specified the DNS server IP address
Null
Step 2 After setting, please click “Apply” to finish, the device will reboot.

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2.5.5 Hosts
Step 1 Network->Host to enter the Hosts setting GUI.
Step 2 Please Click “ Apply “ to finish.
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2.5.6 ALG
Step 1 Basic Network->ALG to enter the application layer gateway setting GUI.