Set up the connection
Configure cellular profiles and Ethernet WAN settings in the Network Connection wizard.
Set up the connection is the first stage of the Network Connection wizard. The fields it displays depend on the connection mode you selected.
Choose the mode selected in the wizard:
Cellular is the only WAN interface. Configure cellular profiles, then select Next Step.
Ethernet is the only WAN interface. Configure Ethernet, then select Next Step.
Cellular is the primary WAN interface. Ethernet is the backup.
In Set up the connection — Step 1 of 2, configure cellular profiles.
Select Next Step.
In Set up the connection — Step 2 of 2, configure Ethernet.
Select Next Step.
Ethernet is the primary WAN interface. Cellular is the backup.
In Set up the connection — Step 1 of 2, configure Ethernet.
Select Next Step.
In Set up the connection — Step 2 of 2, configure cellular profiles.
Select Next Step.
The last screen opens Set up health monitoring.
Cellular
This screen is shown in Cellular only, first in Cellular protected by Ethernet, and second in Ethernet protected by Cellular.
Choose how to configure the cellular profiles:
Select Keep the existing user profiles to retain the listed profiles. The profiles appear under Existing user profiles as a read-only list.
Profile name
EseyeChip
Name identifying the cellular profile.
APN
eseye1
Access Point Name the profile uses to reach the carrier network.
User name
Blank
User name for the APN, where the carrier requires one.
Password
Hidden
Password for the APN, where the carrier requires one.
PIN
Blank
PIN for a SIM that is locked.
SIM
CHIP, SIM 1, or SIM 2
SIM the profile uses. CHIP is the embedded SIM. SIM 1 and SIM 2 are the removable SIM slots.
Select Discard the existing user profiles and create a new user profile. The wizard replaces the list with one editable profile named wizardProfile.
This option replaces every profile on the router, including profiles configured by Eseye.
Profile name
wizardProfile
Name identifying the cellular profile.
APN
eseye1
Access Point Name the profile uses to reach the carrier network.
User name
Blank
User name for the APN, where the carrier requires one.
Password
Hidden
Password for the APN, where the carrier requires one.
PIN
Blank
PIN for a SIM that is locked.
SIM
CHIP, SIM 1, or SIM 2
SIM the profile uses. CHIP is the embedded SIM. SIM 1 and SIM 2 are the removable SIM slots.
Cellular profiles can also be created and edited outside the wizard, on Connection.
Ethernet
This screen is shown in Ethernet only, first in Ethernet protected by Cellular, and second in Cellular protected by Ethernet.
The Ethernet screen sets how the Ethernet WAN interface obtains its address. The displayed fields depend on Use PPPoE and, when PPPoE is not used, Address assignment.
Use PPPoE
Yes or No
Determines whether the connection uses Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. Your internet provider confirms whether this is required.
Choose the configuration that matches the selected values:
The router authenticates with the provider, which supplies the address. No address fields are displayed.
Username
Blank
User name issued by the provider.
Password
Hidden
Password issued by the provider.
MTU
1500
Maximum Transmission Unit, the largest packet size the connection carries, in bytes.
Set Address assignment to DHCP.
The upstream network supplies the address. WAN IP address and Net mask are read only and display Awaiting assignment until it does.
Address assignment
Static or DHCP
Determines how the interface obtains its address.
WAN IP address
Awaiting assignment
Address assigned to the Ethernet WAN interface.
Net mask
Awaiting assignment
Identifies the network associated with the WAN address.
DNS addresses
Blank
DNS servers the router uses. Select + to add an address and - to remove one.
Obtain gateway from DHCP
Yes or No
Determines whether the default gateway is taken from the DHCP server.
Obtain DNS from DHCP
Yes or No
Determines whether DNS addresses are taken from the DHCP server.
Set Address assignment to Static.
You supply the address yourself. Gateway replaces the two DHCP fields.
Address assignment
Static or DHCP
Determines how the interface obtains its address.
WAN IP address
192.168.107.31
Address to assign to the Ethernet WAN interface. Mandatory.
Net mask
255.255.255.0
Identifies the network associated with the WAN address. Mandatory.
Gateway
192.168.107.1
Address through which traffic leaves the WAN network.
DNS addresses
Blank
DNS servers the router uses. Select + to add an address and - to remove one.
Setting Obtain gateway from DHCP or Obtain DNS from DHCP to No requires a corresponding route on Active and static routes.
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