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2.3.6

Quick Setup Wizard: Firewall Policy

The GlobeSurfer

II has three different predeﬁned Firewall Policies:

‘Minimum Security’

Lowest level of ﬁrewall security allowing both incoming and outgoing trafﬁc.

‘Typical Security’

Offers some ﬁrewall security, but is still open for all connections initiated from clients connected to the

GlobeSurfer

II.

‘Maximum Security’

Highest level of ﬁrewall security where only most commonly used protocols are allowed also for local

clients trying to connect to the Internet.

To learn more about these predeﬁned security levels, please refer to section 5.3.1. It is also possible to add more advanced

ﬁrewall policies than these three predeﬁned levels. To learn more about this, please see chapter 5.3.

Figure 2.10 Quick Setup Wizard: Firewall Policy

2.3.7

Quick Setup Wizard: Finish

The last page of the Quick Setup Wizard shows all the settings made on previous pages. If they all look correct, press the

‘Finish’ button to apply these settings.

If you want to change any settings, use the ‘Back’ button to navigate to the appropriate page and modify that setting.

Press the ‘Cancel’ button if you want to quit the Quick Setup Wizard without applying any new changes.

Figure 2.11 Quick Setup Wizard: Finish

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GLOBESURFER

II MANAGEMENT CONSOLE

The GlobeSurfer

II management console described here allows you to control various GlobeSurfer

II system parameters, using a user-

friendly graphical interface. The management console includes a connection status screen, a quick setup screen, network conﬁguration,

security conﬁguration, authentication with multiple-user support, connection monitoring and more.

3.1

Accessing the GlobeSurfer

II Management Console

To access the management console:

Launch a Web-browser on a PC in the LAN or WLAN.

Type the IP address of the GlobeSurfer

II or a name as provided by the supplier in the address bar (Internet Explorer) or location bar

(Netscape Navigator). The default IP address is 192.168.1.1, and default name is http://umts-gateway.mydomain.

Enter your username and password to log on to the web-based management console.

Your session will automatically time-out after a few minutes of inactivity. If you try to operate the management console after the session

has expired the Login screen will appear and you will have to reenter your user name and password before proceeding. This feature

helps to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the management console and changing the GlobeSurfer

II settings.

3.2

Left Sidebar

The GlobeSurfer

II management console screens have been grouped into several subject areas and may be accessed by clicking on

the appropriate icon in the left sidebar.

The subject areas are:

Connection status:

Display the status of the Internet connection (see Section 3.3)

Quick Setup:

Quick access to basic conﬁguration settings (see Section 2.3).

SMS:

Manage your SMS messages (see Chapter 4).

Connection Settings:

Create and conﬁgure network connections (see Chapter 5).

System Setup:

You can access ‘Telephone’, ‘Date and Time’, ‘SIM’ settings, ‘Firmware upgrade’ and more (see Chapter 6).

Advanced:

This section is intended for more advanced users. Changes to these settings could adversely affect the operation

of your network. Please refer to the ‘Reference Manual’.

3.3

Connection status

The Connection status screen shows the status of the WAN Cellular connection and provides a button to manually connect and

disconnect. If your GlobeSurfer

II is conﬁgures to automatically connect to the Internet when needed (see section 2.3.3), then the

Connect/Disconnect button on the Connection Status page will force the GlobeSurfer

II to toggle connection state.

On the Conenction Status page some additional information about the current GlobeSurfer

II settings could be seen. The following

additional information is provided:

‘Signal strength’

Current signal strength on your cellular network.

‘Operator’

The name of the cellular network operator that the GlobeSurfer

II is currently attached to.

‘Access Point Name’

The current APN (Access Point Name) setting (see section 2.3.3).

‘Status’

Shows the current connection status of the cellular WAN conncetion.

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‘Connection Type’

When the GlobeSurfer

II is connected to a cellular network, the ‘Connection Status’ indicated what kind of

network it is.

‘Missed calls’

The amount of missed calls since last checked.

‘Unread SMS messages’

The amount of unread SMS messages in the SMS Inbox folder.

‘Total connection time’

The total amount of time that this GlobeSurfer

II unit has been connected to the cellular WAN since last

reset.

‘Current connection time’

The amount of time that the GlobeSurfer

II unit has been connected during this session.

‘Received bytes’

The amount of data received from the cellular WAN network, represented in Mb.

‘Sent bytes’

The amount of data sent to the cellular WAN network, represented in Mb.

The information in Connection status can be refreshed and updated manually by clicking ‘Refresh’. You can also set Connection status

to update automatically by clicking ‘Automatic refresh on’ once.

Figure 3.1 Connection Status

3.4

Managing tables

Tables are used throughout the GlobeSurfer 3G management console. They handle user-deﬁned entries relating to elements such as

network connections, local servers, restrictions and conﬁgurable parameters. The principles outlined in this section apply to all tables in

the management console.

Figure 3.2 Typical Table Structure

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Figure 3.2 illustrates a typical table. Each row deﬁnes an entry in the table. The following icons located in the Action column enable

adding, editing and deleting table entries:

· Click the Add icon to add an entry of the same type as on that row.

· Click the Edit icon to edit the entry on that row.

· Click the Delete icon to remove the entry on that row.

In many tables the last row includes a link that allows adding a new entry to the table.

3.5

Getting Help

The help icon on the upper right side of the management console may be used to get on-line help about the settings you see on each

particular screen.

View help information about each speciﬁc management console screen.

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SMS

The GlobeSurfer

II can send and receive SMS text messages. It supports both incoming and outgoing concatenated messages, and it can

send ﬂash-SMS’s.

When the GlobeSurfer

II receives a new SMS text message, this is indicated by an envelope symbol shown on the GlobeSurfer

II display.

4.1

SMS Create

Creating and sending SMS text messages:

1. Select the ‘SMS create’ tab.

2. Type your message text in the ‘SMS message’ ﬁeld. The Characters left ﬁeld shows how much space is left.

3. Enter the mobile number of the person you want to contact in the ‘Phone numbers’ ﬁeld. Use the standard mobile number format:

+4976123456 for international, and 076123456 for national numbers.

Tip:

You can enter several numbers separated by commas (no spaces allowed), up to a maximum of ten phone numbers.

4. You can select the ‘Flash SMS’ - ‘Enabled’ checkbox if you want the message text displayed immediately when received (not

supported by all phones).

Click ‘Send SMS’ when ready to send. You will be redirected to an intermediate page that gives you information about the send

progress. After the SMS text message has been successfully sent, it will be stored in the ‘Sent’ folder, see section 4.3.

Alternatively you can:

· Click ‘Save as draft’ to save in the Drafts folder for completion later, see section 4.7.

· Click ‘Save as template’ to save the message as a template for future use, see section 4.5.

Figure 4.1 SMS Create

Tip:

GlobeSurfer

II supports concatenated SMS, which works as follows; if you want to send a longer than standard SMS of 160

characters you can type the almost the equivalent of 4 standard messages (up to 609 characters). When you send the message it will

be counted as separate messages.

Note:

When you send an SMS, you may incur a charge depending on your subscription with your mobile operator.

4.2

Inbox

Handling SMS text messages in the Inbox:

1. Select the ‘Inbox’ tab to display the messages, with unread message in bold.

2. Click the SMS that you want to read. The message text is shown.

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