Template:Networking rutos manual administration

Summary

This page is an overview of the Administration section of {{{name}}} devices.

General

The General section is used to set up some of device managerial parameters, such as changing device name. For more information on the General section, refer to figure and table below.

Field	Value	Description
Device name	string; default: {{{name}}}	Device model name.
Hostname	string; default: Teltonika-{{{name}}}.com	Device hostname. This can be used for communication with other LAN hosts.
Min time	integer [0..60]; default: none	Minimum time (in seconds) the button needs to be held to perform an action.
Max time	integer [1..60]; default: none	Maximum time (in seconds) the button can be held to perform an action, after which no action will be performed.
Restore to factory defaults	-(interactive button)	Restores device to manufacturer's default settings.
Restore to user's defaults	-(interactive button)	Restores device to custom configuration set by the user.

Users & recipients

The Users & recipients section is used to configure phone groups and email users.

Phone groups

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The Phone groups section is used to manage groups of phone numbers.

Refer to the figure below for information on device Phone groups page.

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You can create a group by writing its name and clicking Add button. To configure group, choose group you want to configure from the list and click Edit button, located at the right side of it.

Modify phone group

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Field	Value	Description
Group name	string; default: none	Name of this phone numbers group.
Phone number	string; default: none	A phone number entry for this group. A phone number containing 0-9*+# characters is accepted.

Email users

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The Email users section is used to manage email configurations.

Refer to the figure below for information on device Email users page.

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You can create user by writing its name and clicking Add button. To configure email user, choose user you want to configure from the list and click Edit button, located at the right side of it.

Modify email user

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Field	Value	Description
Secure connection	off | on; default: off	Use if your SMTP server supports TLS or SSL encryption.
SMTP server	string; default: none	SMTP server name.
SMTP server port	integer [0..65535]; default: none	SMTP server port.
User name	string; default: none	Username used in authentication to SMTP server.
Password	string; default: none	Password used in authentication to SMTP server.
Sender's email address	string; default: none	Configured SMTP server's user's email address.

Access Control

General

The Access Control page is used to manage remote and local access to device.

Important: turning on remote access leaves your device vulnerable to external attackers. Make sure you use a strong password.

SSH

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Field	Value	Description
Enable SSH access	off | on; default: on	Turns SSH access from the local network (LAN) on or off.
Remote SSH access	off | on; default: off	Turns SSH access from remote networks (WAN) on or off.
Port	integer [0..65535]; default: 22	Selects which port to use for SSH access.

WebUI

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Field	Value	Description
Enable HTTP access	off | on; default: on	Turns HTTP access from the local network (LAN) to the device WebUI on or off.
Enable HTTPS access	off | on; default: on	Turns HTTPS access from the local network (LAN) to the device WebUI on or off.
Redirect to HTTPS	off | on; default: off	Redirects connection attempts from HTTP to HTTPS.
Enable remote HTTP access	off | on; default: off	Turns HTTP access from remote networks (WAN) to the device WebUI on or off.
Port	integer [0..65535]; default: 80	Selects which port to use for HTTP access.
Enable remote HTTPS access	off | on; default: off	Turns HTTPS access from remote networks (WAN) to the device WebUI on or off.
Port	integer [0..65535]; default: 443	Selects which port to use for HTTPS access.

CLI

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Field	Value	Description
Enable CLI	off | on; default: on	Turns CLI access from the local network (LAN) on or off.
Enable remote CLI	off | on; default: off	Turns CLI access from remote networks (WAN) on or off.
Port range	range of integers [0..65534]-[1..65535]; default: 4200-4220	Selects which ports to use for CLI access.
Shell limit	integer [1..10]; default: 5	Maximum number of active CLI connections.

Security

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Field	Value	Description
Fail count	integer; default: 10	An amount of times IP address can try to access SSH or WebUI before being blocked.
Blocked address	ip	IP address which was blocked due to reaching fail count limit.
Failed attempts	integer	Amount of times IP address tried to access SSH or WebUI after getting blocked.

Troubleshoot

The Troubleshoot section is used to download various files that contain information used for troubleshooting the device. Refer to the figure and table below for information on the Troubleshoot page.

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Field	Value	Description
System log	- (interactive button)	Displays the contents of the device system log file. The system log contains records of various system related events, such as starts/stops of various services, errors, reboots, etc.
Kernel log	- (interactive button)	Displays the contents of the device kernel log file. The kernel log contains records of various events related to the processes of the operating system (OS).
Troubleshoot file	- (interactive button)	Downloads the device Troubleshoot file. It contains the device configuration information, logs and some other files. When requesting support, it is recommended to always provide the device Troubleshoot file to Teltonika engineers for analysis.
TCP dump file	- (interactive button)	Downloads the device TCP dump file. TCP dump is a program used to capture packets moving through network interfaces. By default, the device does not store TCP dump information. You must enable TCP dump and save the changes before you can download the file.
Enable TCP dump*	off | on; default: off	Turns TCP dump packets capture on or off.

* More on TCP dump in the next section.

TCP dump

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TCP dump is a program used to capture packets moving through network interfaces. By default, the device does not store TCP dump information. You must enable TCP dump and save the changes before you can download the file.

If you enable TCP dump, you will notice additional configuration fields appear. Refer to the figure and table below for realted information.

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Field	Value	Description
Enable TCP dump	off | on; default: off	Turns TCP dump packet capture on or off.
Select interface	network interface; default: br-lan	Only captures packets that move through the specified network interface.
Select protocol filter	all | icmp | tcp | udp | arp; default: All	Only captures packets that match the specified protocol.
Select packets direction	Incoming/Outgoing | Incoming | Outgoing; default: Incoming/Outgoing	Only captures packets coming from the specified direction.
Host	ip | host; default: none	Only captures packets related to the specified host.
Port	integer [0..65335]; default: none	Only captures packets related to the specified communication port.
Select storage	Internal storage | / ; default: Internal storage	Specifies where the TCP dump file will be stored.

Diagnostics

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The Diagnostics section is used to execute simple network diagnostic tests, including ping, traceroute and nslookup.

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Field	Value	Description
Method	Ping | Traceroute | Nslookup; default: Ping	Selects diagnostic method. Ping - sends ICMP requests to the specified address. Traceroute - displays the path that packets have to take in order to reach the specified address. Nslookup - obtains domain name address and IP address mapping information.
Protocol	IPv4 | IPv6; default: IPv4	Selects IP address family for diagnostic test.
Address	ip | host; default: none	IP address or hostname on which the diagnostic test will be performed.
Perform	-(interactive button)	Performs diagnostic test when clicked.

Overview setup

The Overview setup section is used to select which widgets will be shown in the [[{{{name}}}_Overview]] window.

Root CA

The Root CA section is used to add a root CA certificate file to the device. There is a default file already preloaded on the device which will be overwritten by any uploaded file. The certificates must be in .pem format, maximum file size is 300 KB. These certificates are only needed if you want to use HTTPS for your services and the default file should be sufficient in most cases.

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Logging

The Logging section is used to configure how and where the device stores system log data. The system log is a file that contains information on various system related events and is useful to engineers for troubleshooting the device.

Refer to the figure and table below for information on the device Logging page.

Field	Value	Description
System log buffer size	integer; default: 128	System log buffer size in kibibytes (KiB).
External system log server	ip; default: none	IP address of an external server that will be used to store device logs.
External system log server port	integer [0..65535]; default: none	TCP/UDP port number of the external log server.
External system log server protocol	UDP | TCP; default: UDP	Communication protocol used by the external log server.
Save log in	RAM memory | Flash memory; default: RAM memory	Specifies which type of memory to use for storing system logs.

Unsaved changes

The Unsaved changes section is used to see and apply or revert all unsaved changes.

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