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VPN passthrough

Version 3.1 by Theodore Xu on 2023/07/06 14:04

1 Enable Ethernet

Wecon VPN pass-through currently supports the following three pass-through modes：

  • Ethernet (Networking)
  • WIFI (Networking) +Ethernet
  • 4G (Networking) +Ethernet
Information

✎Note: All of method require Ethernet to be enabled.   If the Ethernet IP is not configured, Can not be able to use the DHCP of the VPN. 

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 Configure Ethernet networking

When using Ethernet for networking, Preferred DNS Server and Altermate DNS Server need to be configured.

The network segment of the Ethernet IP address, which determines the network segment after using the DHCP VPN pass-through

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 Configure Ethernet and WIFI networking

At this time, Ethernet is used to connect with intranet and only used as a VPN passthrough. WIFI is used to connect to the cloud.   

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 Configure Ethernet and 4G networking

At this time, Ethernet is used to connect with intranet and only used as a VPN pass-through. 4G is used to connect to the cloud.   

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2 VPN pass-through

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Functional overview

VPN pass-through is to add PC to the Local Area Network where the device is located. It can be imagined that PC "replaces" the device at this time, and PC can access any PLC in this Local Area Network where the device is located.

 Device list

  • Display all support VPN pass-through devices under current account

  • Right-click menu, search box is consistent with PLC pass-through

 Remote LAN IP

VPN pass-through required parameters, DHCP/Static IP of pass-through IP

 Device information

Display device machine code, name, device status and other information

Start pass-through/End pass-through

  • Click Start pass-through, proceed VPN pass-through according to the setting LAN pass-through IP
  • Click End pass-through to end VPN pass-through
  • When the device is offline, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
  • When the firmware version of the device is too low, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
  • The current account does not have the permission of pass-through to this device or the device is shared by others, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
  • When the current account has a device being pass-through, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked

  • After clicking the Start pass-through button, the pass-through is successful, the button changes to End pass-through, and the device status color on the left side changes to yellow

Information

✎Note: The WVPN connection only lasting for 2 hours after user connect successfully, suggest to close the connection manually after done the debugging.