WWAN Connections Settings

Under Network > Connections > WWAN Connections you can add a new network connection or edit an existing one.

The settings under WWAN Connection contain the following elements:

Input field Description
I/0 A slider switch indicates whether the WWAN connection is active (I) or inactive (0). Click the slider switch to change the status of the connection. A new connection is active by default.
Name Enter a name for the network connection.
Interface Assign an interface to the connection. You can only select a WWAN interface that is not being used by another connection.
Status Displays the status of the connection (up, disconnected or disabled).
Connected to Home Network Shows the roaming status of the connection or whether the connection is currently established to the home network or not.

On the WWAN tab:

Input field Description
APN Stands for Access Point Name. This is what makes it possible to access the Internet in the mobile network. The APN is a type of address that the LANCOM R&S®Unified Firewall uses to contact the mobile network. Some common APNs of the major ISPs can be selected directly by clicking in the empty input field. However, you can also specify your own.
Username Enter the username required to connect to your mobile service provider.
Password Enter the password required to connect to your mobile service provider.
SIM PIN Enter the PIN required to access your SIM card. To change the PIN if necessary, use the Change PIN button at the bottom left. If the SIM card is inserted, the PIN entered will be checked as soon as the dialog is saved. If an incorrect PIN is entered, an error message appears below the input field indicating the number of remaining attempts. Since the SIM card can be changed at any time, regardless of the configuration, or can be inserted later, this error message may also be displayed directly as soon as a connection is opened for editing. If the PIN has been rejected once, then the device will not try to use this PIN again during reboots or similar, in order to prevent the SIM card from being blocked. If the SIM card is already locked, the Unlock SIM button appears at the bottom left of the editor. Clicking on this button opens a window in which the PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) and a new PIN must be entered instead of the old PIN.
Allow Roaming Allow roaming if necessary.

On the WAN tab:

Input field Description
Time Restrictions Select this check box if you want to set a time limit for which the connection is enabled. Click Edit to open the Time Restrictions editor panel which provides the following options:
  • Set specific times and weekdays using the sliders.
  • Always On - The connection is always enabled.
  • Always Off - The connection is always disabled.
Multi WAN Weight Specify how much of the Internet traffic is routed through this connection by entering a value from 1 to 256. The higher the set value, the higher the percentage of Internet traffic routed through the connection. Setting the same value for all connections results in equal traffic distribution across all connections.
Desktop Object From the drop-down list, select an Internet object that is used in firewall rules for this connection. For more information, see Internet Objects.

On the Failover tab:

Input field Description
Heartbeats Specify how you want to test the state of the connection by adding ping tests. The default settings contain a ping test with the Google server (8.8.8.8). Click Add to add another test to the list. For more information on configuring the reachability test, see Heartbeat Settings. You can edit or delete individual entries in the list by clicking the corresponding button next to an entry. For more information, see Icons and buttons.
Use as backup connection Select this check box to configure this connection as a backup Internet connection.
Backup connections Select any backup connection you wish to assign to the connection and specify its Priority. If the current connection fails, your LANCOM R&S®Unified Firewall switches to the available backup connection with the highest priority. Click Add to add the backup connection to the list. You can edit or delete individual entries in the list by clicking the corresponding button next to an entry. For more information, see Icons and buttons.

Heartbeat Settings

The Heartbeats panel allows you to configure automatic heartbeat tests. The editor panel contains the following elements:

Input field Description
Type From the drop-down list, select the type of reachability test you want to run:
  • ping - This mode sends ping signals to the target.
  • tcp_probe - This mode tests the capacity of a TCP connection.
Timeout Specify the timeout for the test in seconds.
Number of tries Set the overall number of tries to be performed.
Number of successful tries Set the number of successful tries required for a successful heartbeat.
Arguments Specify the arguments to be used in the test, e. g. IP addresses that you want to ping.

Click Test to run the connection test manually. Click OK to save your settings and to return to the Network Connection panel.

The buttons at the bottom right of the editor panel depend on whether you add a new WWAN connection or edit an existing one. For a newly configured connection, click Create to add it to the list of available WWAN connections or Cancel to discard your changes. To edit an existing PPP connection, click Save to store the reconfigured connection or Reset to discard your changes. You can click Close to shut the editor panel as long as no changes have been made on it.

Click Activate in the toolbar at the top of the desktop to apply your configuration changes.

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