Galaxy 1 G1 User Manual

Manual is about: Intelligent Gateway

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    Galaxy 1 proprietary information 1 galaxy 1 communications the g1 intelligent gateway users manual 4611 south university dr. #454 fort lauderdale fl 33328 confidentiality notice: the information contained in this document is strictly confidential and is to be considered as customer/galaxy 1 propriat...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 2 version 1.2 of the g1 ig users manual is provided for revision a hardware and revision 156 firmware. Comments, questions, concerns, and capability discussions are welcome and may be directed towards galaxy 1, +1.954.472.9599 or support@g1sat.Com. Table of c...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 3 3.3.10 the user management page ............................................................................................... 22 3.4 status tab ..................................................................................................................

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 4 1 introduction 1.1 background and capabilities the g1 ig’s main purpose is to provide remote access for dynamic mobile users and users that utilize a variety of wan access technologies. The g1 ig provides intelligent wan access management capabilities. The ...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 5 1.3 interfaces and indicators 1.3.1 indicator panel figure 1: g1 ig indicator panel g1 ig indicators: • 0, 1, 2, 3 – ethernet activity indicators illuminate when a ethernet link is present and flash when ethernet traffic is sent or received on the interface...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 6 serial port. Alternatively, this port can be configured by g1 as an rs232 port (contact g1 for additional information on this capability) • usb 1 – the g1 ig usb ports are usb 2.0 compatible and support connection of usb cellular modems. Figure 2: g1 ig por...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 7 1.4.2 cisco router fronting g1 ig in default configuration, to configure the g1 ig to operate with a cisco router fronting the g1 ig router the eth3 port must be connected to the cisco router fe0, fe1, fe2, or fe3 ports. The g1 ig supports auto mdix or auto...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 8 3 configuration of the g1 ig 3.1 general interface concepts figure 5: web page sections an example screen shot of the configuration web page can be seen above. The major portions of the interface are called out. The configuration pane is where the individua...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 9 configuration panes that allow multiple values to be changed or that could potentially interrupt service or connectivity have a series of buttons at the bottom to allow the user to manipulate how and when changes are saved and applied. The save button commi...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 10 figure 8: ethernet configuration page.

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 11 3.2.1.1 creating a new ethernet network users can create a new “network” by completing the empty network information at the top of the ethernet page. Users must provide a name for the network, select if the network is lan or wan facing, and select an addre...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 12 3.2.2 wi-fi access point page the wi-fi access point page allows the user to configure the g1 ig as a traditional wi-fi access point. The page includes a wi-fi radio power toggle that enables or completely disables wi-fi on the g1 ig. Note: disabling the w...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 13 3.2.3 usb page the usb page allows a user to configure usb cellular modems for use as a wan access technology. Supported models of usb cellular modems are automatically recognized when inserted into the g1 ig usb ports and will appear on the usb page. By d...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 14 3.2.4 load balancing & fail over page the load balance & fail over page allows the user to configure the order and manner in which the available wan access technologies are used. The g1 ig is capable of performing wan interface fail over. Alternatively, th...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 15 and drag technique and the detailed configuration items can be hidden or shown by clicking on the wan interface individual block. As an example, figure 15 shows the wan interface detailed configurations and as the first interface in the failover progressio...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 16 the g1 ig uses an icmp ping test in order to track the viability of individual wan network interfaces. This feature is referenced as the health monitor. The health monitor has several configuration values associated with the capability: • health monitor fr...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 17 3.3.2 hosts page the hosts page allows users to create local dns records for ip addresses on the lan subnet. The page also shows a table of the currently configured hostname to ip address mappings. Deleting a previously configured host name to ip address m...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 18 3.3.4 services page the services page lists the services running on the g1 ig. The page can be used to kill an errant service or to manually restart a service. The services should be use with caution. Under normal conditions every service listed should be ...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 19 3.3.5 vlan page the vlan page allows users to configure virtual interfaces. A virtual interface uses the 802.1q vlan tag to logically separate traffic that exists on a single physical interface. Once a vlan tagged virtual interface has been created it can ...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 20 figure 20: dhcp page 3.3.7 backup & restore page the backup & restore page allows users to create and download or restore a configuration image of the currently running configuration of the g1 ig. Using this feature, users can effectively save backups of t...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 21 figure 21: backup and restore page 3.3.8 firmware upgrade page the firmware upgrade page allows users to update the firmware version running on the g1 ig. Users should only attempt upgrades with firmware images supplied directly from g1. Once started the u...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 22 figure 22: firmware upgrade page 3.3.9 log page the log page allows users to view the g1 ig system and kernel logs. 3.3.10 the user management page the user management page allows users to create, delete, and alter user accounts on the g1 ig. All users acc...

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    Rev 1.1 galaxy 1 proprietary information 23 3.4 status tab the status tab shows the device status page. The status page provides system information such as the current hostname, device loading, uptime, and time/date. Additionally information such as wan interface and wireless interface configuration...