Add Modem Interfaces for Single Engines
A Modem Interface represents the settings of a mobile broadband modem that provides a wireless link from a Single Engine to the Internet or to the Management Server. You can optionally define one or more Modem Interfaces for each Single Engine.
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Steps
Modem Interface Properties dialog box (Engine)
Use this dialog box to configure properties for Engine Modem Interfaces.
Option | Definition |
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General tab | |
Modem Type | Select the type of mobile broadband modem that was delivered with your appliance. |
Modem Number | Select the modem number to represent the modem in the configuration. |
Zone
(Optional) |
Select the network zone to which the interface belongs. Click Select to select an element, or click New to create an element. |
DHCP Index | The DHCP index is a number for your own reference to identify the DHCP interface. |
PIN Code
(Optional) |
Enter the PIN code if it is needed for the modem’s SIM card. If the PIN code is included in the configuration and you change the modem’s SIM card after configuring the Engine, you must change the PIN code. |
Access Point Name | The access point name provided by your service provider. |
Phone Number
(Optional) |
(When Modem Type is 3G Modem) If a dialing prefix is required, enter the modem’s dialing prefix. |
Service Name |
(When Modem Type is 3G Modem) The service name provided by your service provider. |
Auth Method (Optional) |
(When Modem Type is LTE Modem) The authentication method used by the service provider.
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Username |
(When Modem Type is 3G Modem or when an authentication method is selected ) The user name provided by your service provider. |
Password |
(When Modem Type is 3G Modem or when an authentication method is selected ) The password provided by your service provider. By default, passwords and keys are not shown in plain text. To show the password or key, deselect the Hide option. |
Contact Addresses section (All optional settings) |
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Default | Used by default when a component that belongs to another Location connects to this server. |
Exceptions | Allows you to define exceptions to the default contact address. Opens the Exceptions dialog box. |
QoS section (When Modem Type is LTE Modem) | |
QoS Mode
(Optional) |
Select the QoS mode to apply to the link on this interface. You can select from one of the following options:
Note:
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QoS Policy |
(When QoS Mode is Full QoS or DSCP Handling and Throttling) The QoS policy for the link on this interface. If the interface is a Physical Interface, the same QoS policy is automatically selected for any VLANs created under it. Note: If a Virtual Resource has a throughput limit defined, the interfaces on the Virtual Engine that use a QoS policy all use the same policy. The policy used in
the first interface is used for all the interfaces.
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Interface Throughput Limit |
(When QoS Mode is Full QoS) Enter the throughput for the link on this interface as megabits per second. If the interface is a Physical Interface, the same throughput is automatically applied to any VLANs created under it. The throughput is for uplink speed (outgoing traffic) and typically must correspond to the speed of an Internet link (such as an ADSL line), or the combined speeds of several such links when connected to a single interface. CAUTION: Make sure that you set the interface speed correctly. When the bandwidth is set, the Engine always scales the total amount of traffic on this
interface to the bandwidth you defined. This scaling happens even if there are no bandwidth limits or guarantees defined for any traffic.
CAUTION: The throughput for a Physical Interface for a Virtual Engine must not be higher than the throughput for the Master Engine interface that hosts
the Virtual Engine. Contact the administrator of the Master Engine before changing this setting.
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MTU (Optional) |
(When Modem Type is LTE Modem) The maximum transmission unit (MTU) size on the connected link. Either enter a value between 400–65535 or select a common MTU value from the list. If the interface is a Physical Interface, the same MTU is automatically applied to any VLANs created under it. The default value (also the maximum standard MTU in Ethernet) is 1500. Do not set a value larger than the standard MTU, unless you know that all devices along the communication path support it. To set the MTU for a Virtual Engine, you must configure the MTU for the interface on the Master Engine that hosts the Virtual Engine, then refresh the policy on the Master Engine and the Virtual Engine. |
Comment (Optional) |
A comment for your own reference. |
Automatic default route | Enables the automatic creation of a default route for the interface. |
Option | Definition |
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Advanced (When Modem Type is LTE Modem) (All optional settings) |
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Override Engine's Default Settings | When selected, the default settings of the Secure SD-WAN Engine are overridden. |
SYN Rate Limits |
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Allowed SYNs per Second | Defines the number of allowed SYN packets per second. |
Burst Size | The number of allowed SYNs before the Engine starts limiting the SYN rate. We recommend that you set the burst size to be at least one tenth of the Allowed SYNs per Second value. If the burst size is too small, SYN rate limits do not work. For example, if the value for Allowed SYNs per Second is 10000, set the value for Burst Size to at least 1000. |
Enable Log Compression | By default, each generated Antispoofing and Discard log entry is logged separately and displayed as a separate entry in the Logs view. Log Compression settings allow you to define the maximum number of separately logged entries. When the defined limit is reached, a single antispoofing log entry or Discard log entry is logged. The single entry contains information about the total number of the generated Antispoofing log entries or Discard log entries. After this log entry, the logging returns to normal and all generated entries are once more logged and displayed separately. Log Compression is useful when the routing configuration generates a large volume of antispoofing logs or the number of Discard logs becomes high. For each event type, Antispoofing or Discard, you can define:
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Set to Default | Returns all changes to the log compression settings to the default settings. |