ADVANTECH v2 Router App User Guide
- June 13, 2024
- Advantech
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v2 Router App
Loopback
Advantech Czech s.r.o., Sokolska 71, 562 04 Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic
Document No. APP-0073-EN, revision from 12th October, 2023.
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Changelog
1.1 Loopback Changelog
v1.0.0 (2017-07-21)
•First release.
v1.1.0 (2017-11-02)
•Added support of reverse route.
v1.2.0 (2020-10-01)
•Updated CSS and HTML code to match firmware 6.2.0+.
Router App Description
2.1 Description of the module
This router app is not installed on Advantech routers by default. See
Configuration Manual for the description how to upload an router app to the
router. For more information see[1],[2],[3],[4]or[5], chapter Customization –>
Router Apps.
This router app is compatible with Advantech routers of v2 and v3 platforms
only.
Loopback router app can be used to create a virtual network interface for
managing and configuring the device. With this interface, it is possible to
assign such a device an address that can be accessed from the control device
via the network. However, this address is not specific to the physical
interface of the device.
2.2 Web interface
Once the installation of the module is complete, the module’s GUI can be
invoked by clicking the module name on the Router apps page of router’s web
interface.
Left part of this GUI contains menu with Configuration menu section.
Customization menu section contains only the Return item, which switches back
from the module’s web page to the router’s web configuration pages. The main
menu of module’s GUI is shown on Figure1. 2.3 Configuration
Configuration of this router app can be done on Global page, under
Configuration menu section. Configuration form is shown on Figure2. It
contains three main parts, for configuration of IP address, for configuration
of permit address and for configuration of permit Mask. All configuration
items for Global configuration page are described in table1.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable loopback | If enabled, logging functionality of the module is turned on. |
| Address | You can assign this router 4 IP addresses to access from outside. |
| Permit Address | IP addresses of devices that are allowed to operate this |
device here. You can also enter a network address, but you must also enter
Permit MASK.
Permit Mask| Enter the mask address here if you have entered a network address
(not a device) in the Permit Address field.
If you do not fill in the address and you have completed the network address
in Permit Address, you will not be able to connect to the device.
Apply| Button to save and apply all changes made in this configuration form.
Table 1: Configuration items description
2.4 Configuration Example
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable loopback | Enabled, logging functionality of the module is turned on. |
| Address | It is also possible to connect to this device via these IP addresses: |
192.168.1.10, 10.64.0.56.
Permit Address| Only the device with the IP address 192.168.1.5 can be
connected to the assigned IP address 192.168.1.10.
All devices from the 10.64.0.0/24 network can access devices with an IP
address of 10.64.30.56.
Permit Mask| Enter the mask address here if you have entered a network address
(not a device) in the Permit Address field.
If you do not fill in the address and you have completed the network address
in Permit Address, you will not be able to connect to the device.
Table 2:Configuration example items description
Related Documents
[1] Advantech Czech: v2 Routers – Configuration Manual
[2] Advantech Czech: SmartFlex – Configuration Manual
[3] Advantech Czech: SmartMotion – Configuration Manual
[4] Advantech Czech: SmartStart – Configuration Manual
[5] Advantech Czech: ICR-3200 – Configuration Manual
Product-related documents and applications can be obtained on Engineering
Portal at icr.advantech.czaddress.
References
- Advantech 4G, 5G Cellular Routers & Gateways for IoT applications - Engineering Portal
- Advantech 4G, 5G Cellular Routers & Gateways for IoT applications - Engineering Portal