How Do I Use Mobile Network Sharing?
Remotely Accessing the WebUI over a Mobile Network
A 4G SmartLogger supports remote access to the SmartLogger WebUI over the built-in 4G wireless communication.
- Insert a SIM card with a fixed IP address into the SIM card slot of the SmartLogger. Choose to check the SIM card status and ensure that the 4G wireless communication is normal.
- Choose Mobile network sharing to Enable. and set
After this function is enabled, the SmartLogger is directly exposed to the public network and is vulnerable to network attacks.
Figure 8-4 Other parameters - Open a web browser, enter https://XX.XX.XX.XX (XX.XX.XX.XX is the fixed IP address of the SIM card) in the address box, and press Enter. The login page is displayed.
Sharing a Mobile Network with Other Devices
A 4G SmartLogger supports the sharing of the built-in 4G network with other devices for Internet access.
- Connect the network cable of another device to the WAN port of the SmartLogger.
- Choose Mobile network sharing to Enable. and set
After this function is enabled, the SmartLogger is directly exposed to the public network and is vulnerable to network attacks.
Figure 8-5 Other parameters - Choose , set network parameters for third-party devices.
- IP address of the third-party device: This parameter must be in the same network segment as that of the SmartLogger and must be different from that of other devices.
- Subnet mask of the third-party device: Set this parameter to the subnet mask of the SmartLogger.
- Third-party device gateway: Set this parameter to the IP address of the SmartLogger.
- (Optional) Third-party DNS server: If the third-party device needs to connect to the server address in domain name format, you need to set the DNS server address, which can be set to a public DNS server address, for example, 8.8.8.8. (The DNS server address of the wired network of the SmartLogger with mobile network sharing enabled cannot be the same as that of the third-party device. You are advised to set the DNS server address to 0.0.0.0 or 10.129.0.84.)
To query the network parameters of the SmartLogger, choose
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