Top Global MB6000 Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...uide 1 MobileBridge Gateway Series MB6000 Wireless Cellular Data Gateway User Guide Version 1 1 26 Firmware v1 1 26 2007 05 21 Top Global USA any modification of this product will not issue a separate...

Page 2: ...n between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician f...

Page 3: ...2 5 INITIALIZE THE MB6000 UNIT 9 3 MANAGEMENT 13 3 1 OVERVIEW 13 3 2 PAGE STRUCTURE 15 3 2 1 Shortcut 15 3 3 PAGE OPERATION 17 3 4 CONFIGURATION PAGES DESCRIPTION 17 3 4 1 System 17 3 4 2 Interfaces...

Page 4: ...rmation Tools and keywords are in boldface type Note Means reader take note Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in this manual Warning The warning symbol means d...

Page 5: ...market based on our MobileBridge platform technology MB6000 combines the best of Wi Fi and 3G mobile communications technologies including CDMA 1x EV DO EDGE UMTS and supports EV DO Release A and HSDP...

Page 6: ...wer up your wireless network Verify kit content Write down product ID Power up the MB6000 LED Indicators Initialize the MB6000 unit 2 1 Verify Kit Contents MB6000 kit includes the following components...

Page 7: ...00 installation please write down and keep the following MB6000 information on the MB6000 label Serial Number MAC address 2 3 Power up the MB6000 Connect the MB6000 power supply refer to Figure 2 2 an...

Page 8: ...le 2 1 Normal LED Indications Power WLAN WWAN Ethernet Off Power off Disabled Card inserted No Internet connection No cable Green Power on and normal Enabled Card inserted Internet connection 100Mbps...

Page 9: ...laptop or PC Make sure it works b Configure the Wireless LAN card to match the network name and encryption key of Wireless LAN card installed in the MB6000 The default network name is the SN of this...

Page 10: ...llation you can continue to read the content in this chapter Otherwise if you want to make a custom installation please go to Chapter 3 directly 3 Click Wizard on the home page And click Enter The Ste...

Page 11: ...hen click Next Go to Step 2 page Figure 2 6 Wizard Wireless LAN Figure2 6 Wizard Wireless LAN You can set the Network name Association Security and related Network Key with the values you prefer Then...

Page 12: ...Number User Name and Password If you are using a GPRS UMTS EDGE network you will need to input CID APN then click button Next the following configuration page appears Figure 2 8 Wizard Finish Figure2...

Page 13: ...t MB6000 s web site 1 Open your browser and enter the MB6000 s IP address in the address bar 2 Press the ENTER key The MB6000 Login dialog box appears Figure 3 1 Login Dialog Box English page Note Def...

Page 14: ...e 14 Figure 3 2 MB6000 s home page There are nine main categories on MB6000 s web site Wizard System Interfaces Services Firewall Security Services Tools Status Diagnostics The following sections will...

Page 15: ...spaces Upper title and shortcut space display the most common used function page shortcuts Left menu space display main 8 categories of the function menu for MB6000 Right working space display the det...

Page 16: ...re 3 4 MB6000 s home page 3 2 1 2Reboot Figure 3 5 Reboot system Reboot operation saves configuration changes if any before reboot the MB6000 Click Yes the device will be rebooted During the reboot pr...

Page 17: ...f the MB6000 functions can be configured and become effective by going through the following 3 steps page content editing submit reboot Once every page is submitted the system will confirm the page co...

Page 18: ...r Guide 18 Backup Restore Factory defaults 3 4 1 1Administration Figure 3 7 Administration Host Name Up to 64 characters name to represent MB6000 The device default name is topglobalXXXXXX XXXXXX mean...

Page 19: ...r MB6000 s web administration The default password is public WebGUI Protocol The protocol web configuration used HTTP is the only Current choice WebGUI port The service port for HTTP User normally nee...

Page 20: ...tus of devices Enable this function you must specify the IP address of Trap server and Trap interval which indicates the frequency of the device for sending trap information to the server Enable RCM I...

Page 21: ...irmware from Top Global website www topglobalusa com to your host PC User can also get technical support from Top Global USA Inc by email or phone 2 Enter the location of the firmware file or click th...

Page 22: ...Top Global USA MB6000 User Guide 22 Figure 3 10 Note During the upgrade process the Power LED is blinking with amber color The device will be rebooted after the firmware upgrade is complete...

Page 23: ...ad Configurations User can use previous downloaded and saved device configurations to restore the device configuration to some previous configuration status Note that this function erases the current...

Page 24: ...ry defaults Click the Yes button to reset all configurations to their factory default values 3 4 2Interfaces There are three main categories in this setting Local network Internet access Backup access...

Page 25: ...ns Static IP Configuration IP Address The IP Address of the LAN WLAN The default IP address is 172 16 0 1 Netmask The subnet mask of the LAN WLAN The default subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 3 4 2 2Intern...

Page 26: ...ter Note Only after you pass the PIN authentication can you login the Internet access page or the PIN management pages The process of how to configure PIN will be described in 3 4 5 Tools Figure 3 16...

Page 27: ...card Detailed Configurations If Enable this Interface is not checked no other parameters in this page are available Connect mode Indicate which wireless WAN connection policy is used Auto This option...

Page 28: ...ou attempt to access the Internet again Enter a number in seconds you want your internet connection to last when there is no data transmission Manual If you choose the Manual mode the MB6000 will not...

Page 29: ...a PPP termination This mode also support auto disconnect like dial on demand Make sure the MB6000 s serial speed is match with the modem refer to 3 4 1 1 administration of this guide for the detail ab...

Page 30: ...some operators do not require the username and password for the dialing if so please leave them empty NULL Card model When a cellular PC Card is inserted into the MB6000 correctly it will automaticall...

Page 31: ...ard type is GPRS UMTS or EDGE more parameters are to be configured Shown as follows Figure 3 24 Wireless basic Phone Number Provide a phone number for wireless WAN modem CID PDP Context Identifier A n...

Page 32: ...PIN code automatically and you needn t to input the PIN again next time you startup MB6000 Aware that this function can only be effective when you have already saved the PIN Download PRL The first ti...

Page 33: ...Click download button on the Internet access page There will be a result page return to show whether this process is success or failure 4 Reboot the MB6000 if it has download PRL successfully 3 4 2 3B...

Page 34: ...etwork You may contact your ISP for that Username The username for authentication during the PPP negotiation period Password The password for authentication during the PPP negotiation period Note The...

Page 35: ...access points in a wireless network The SSID must be identical for all the access points in the wireless network It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters use any of the characters on th...

Page 36: ...menu you can select the wireless standards running on your network If you have both Wireless g and Wireless b devices in your network you can keep the default setting as Mix If you have only Wireless...

Page 37: ...Pre Shared key PSK and Wire Equivalence Protection WEP Detailed configurations Shared Select from the dropdown menu of Network Authentication which will enable the WEP sections WEP There are two leve...

Page 38: ...protection against hackers AES stands for Advanced Encryption System which utilizes a symmetric 128 bit block data encryption To use WPA Pre Shared Key enter a password in the PSK Only for WPA PSK fi...

Page 39: ...or denying some special stations connection in the Wi Fi network is also an option to guarantee the security of the wireless network This page configuration is used to set the station connection contr...

Page 40: ...n Click the Refresh button this list will be updated Access Control List The MAC addresses of stations which have been allowed or denied to connect to MB6000 are saved in this list box There are 2 met...

Page 41: ...is disabled By far MB6000 only supports dyndns org which provided by www dyndns com To use this feature you should obtain your own domain name from the provider dyndns com Every time the wireless WAN...

Page 42: ...dress to each computer in the LAN network If you choose to enable MB6000 s DHCP server option you must configure all of PCs in the LAN network to connect to this DHCP server MB6000 and make sure there...

Page 43: ...the DHCP server s IP address range is set it must be assured that there is no other device in the network to use the IP address located in this address range such as printer server file server etc Ot...

Page 44: ...cking the Reboot button on the web page Deny unknown clients With this box checked the wired and wireless clients that NOT on the static IP assignment list will not be able to obtain the IP address fr...

Page 45: ...ses or physical addresses They uniquely identify an adapter on a LAN MAC addresses are 12 digit hexadecimal numbers 48 bits in length MAC Filter can control the hosts in LAN to allow or deny their Int...

Page 46: ...ed hosts You can add items with two methods Select from the ARP Cache or type the MAC address manually in the MAC address edit box on the lower right hand side Note Both MAC Filter and Wireless LAN MA...

Page 47: ...ove up Move down The sequence of the rules in the list is very important for the firewall When the firewall deals with a data packet it will check the rules from top to bottom sequentially and execute...

Page 48: ...the IP address range of destination Description optional Type your comments for this rule here 3 4 4 3Port forwarding Figure 3 32 Port forwarding Function Summary This feature allows you to forward i...

Page 49: ...This parameter indicates which interface of MB6000 will implement this port forwarding rule In most cases the interface should be WAN Protocol This parameter indicates which protocol will implement t...

Page 50: ...tional Type your comments for this rule here 3 4 4 4DMZ Figure 3 34 DMZ When DMZ is enabled you should assign a client s IP address to MB6000 Then MB6000 will forwards the all incoming traffic from WW...

Page 51: ...HTTP sessions according to the contents Detailed Configurations Content Filter includes URL filter list and WEB features restriction The default configuration of content filter is off You can enable...

Page 52: ...s enable URL Filter or not Disable All web traffic expect Allowed Domains Indicates URL Filter mode URL Filter has two modes Allow means to allow the URL in the Allowed Domains only Forbidden means to...

Page 53: ...l packet inspect SPI MB6000 can block the following attacks Dos Ping of Death Land Smurf SYN Flood Fraggle IP Spoofing Detailed Configurations Enable Anti Attack Check this checkbox to enable the Anti...

Page 54: ...erytime you change the configuration of PIN you must reboot the devices to make it become effective 3 4 6 1PIN There are three main tabs in this setting Enable Disable Change PIN Renew PIN 3 4 6 1 1 E...

Page 55: ...unction The default Pin Code is 1234 and the PIN Code must be 4 characters long 3 4 6 1 2 Change PIN Figure 3 39 Change PIN Function Summary This configuration page is set to change the PIN Code Detai...

Page 56: ...guration page is set to renew PIN Code when the SIM is locked Detailed Configurations Put in the PUK and new PIN Code click Renew button then the PIN Code will be unlocked and the former PIN Code is c...

Page 57: ...Top Global USA MB6000 User Guide 57 Figure 3 41 3 4 6 2PCMCIA Figure 3 42 PCMCIA...

Page 58: ...dware information to local host 3 4 6 3AT Command Figure 3 44 AT Command AT Command function is provided to the advanced users to diagnostic the wireless WAN card or the V 90 modem connected by the se...

Page 59: ...ou make it disconnected from the Internet 2 You should be aware clearly about the AT commands before you do that 3 4 7Status There is one category in this setting Interfaces 3 4 7 1Interfaces This tab...

Page 60: ...interface will be displayed as below The status field shows the current status of the cellular wireless WAN card Users can click the button Connect Disconnect to do dial up and hang off The Up Time fi...

Page 61: ...r Guide 61 3 4 8Diagnostics There are two main categories in this setting System logs DHCP leases 3 4 8 1System Logs There are two main tabs in this setting Logs of System Settings 3 4 8 1 1 System Lo...

Page 62: ...3 4 8 1 2 Settings Figure 3 47 System log settings Function Summary You can configure the Log method here MB6000 can display the Syslog entries in the Web GUI it can also send the Syslog entries to a...

Page 63: ...Top Global USA MB6000 User Guide 63 3 4 8 2DHCP leases Figure 3 48 DHCP leases Function Summary This tab shows the information of MB6000 s DHCP server...

Page 64: ...to MB6000 IP address management is critical and we suggest you to create a chart to document and validate the IP addresses of your system If the password is lost or forgotten you will need to reset t...

Page 65: ...ration values and download new MB6000 software This procedure may be required when the current MB6000 software is missing corrupted or needs to be upgraded Download procedure 1 Prepare you TFTP server...

Page 66: ...the POWER LED turns amber and blinks 8 MB6000 will be configured to the factory default value Please refer Table 6 1 for the factory default value Firmware Upgrade Procedure through Web Use this proc...

Page 67: ...n the New Gateway prompt enter 172 16 0 1 which is the MB6000 s default IP address Click the Add button to accept the entry e Click the DNS tab and make sure the DNS Enabled option is selected Enter t...

Page 68: ...Start and Control Panel b Click the Network and Internet Connections icon and then the Network Connections icon c Right click the Local Area Connection that is associated with the Ethernet adapter yo...

Page 69: ...press the Enter key The WAN IP Address can be found on the Status screen of MB6000 s web based utility For example if WWAN IP address is 1 2 3 4 you should enter ping 1 2 3 4 and press the Enter key...

Page 70: ...et Explorer click Tools Internet Options and then the Connection tab Make sure that Internet Explorer is set to Never dial a connection For Netscape Navigator click Edit Preferences Advanced and Proxy...

Page 71: ...network game or what kind of game server you are using It will work if the game server supports multi user with one public IP address Which browsers does MB6000 support MB6000 supports Internet Explor...

Page 72: ...the 802 11g standards The 802 11g standards state a maximum data transfer rate of 54Mbps and an operating frequency of 2 4GHz The 802 11g is downward compatible with 802 11b What IEEE 802 11b features...

Page 73: ...ddress of a device stays the same making it a valuable identifier for the network How do I reset MB6000 to factory default When MB6000 is working in normal status press and hold the RELOAD button for...

Page 74: ...twork WEP or WPA PSK is probably enabled on MB6000 but not on your wireless client Verify that the same keys are being used on all nodes of your wireless network How many channels frequencies are avai...

Page 75: ...al IP Mask 255 255 255 0 Network Name SSID topglobalXXXXXX XXX XXX means the last 6 digits of SN Frequency Channel 6 DHCP Server Status Enabled DHCP Lease Range 172 16 0 2 172 16 0 100 TFTP Server IP...