Digi 6300-CX Operation & User’s Manual

Guide. B February 2020 Release of Digi 6300-CX firmware version 20.02. Trademarks and copyright Digi, Digi International, and the Digi logo are trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and other countries worldwide. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. © 202 ...

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Digi 6300-CX Quick start Quick start using the Digi Remote Manager mobile app 12 Step 1: What's in the box 13 Step 2: Connect 15 Step 3: Power up 15 Step 4: Configure 16 Digi 6300-CX hardware reference Hardware features 17 Device status LEDs 18 Signal quality bars explained 19 Hardware setup Site survey 22 Site survey troubleshooting 22 Physical installation 23 Connecting to the ...

5 Configure the device to use aView for central management 32 Using the web interface 36 Log out of the web interface 37 Using the command line 38 Access the command line interface 38 Log in to the command line interface 38 Exit the command line interface 39 Interfaces Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) 41 Configure SureLink active recovery to detect modem failures 41 Configure the device to reboot when a failure is detected 47 Disable ...

6 OpenVPN 176 Configure an OpenVPN server 177 Configure an OpenVPN Authentication Group and User 187 Configure an OpenVPN client by using an .ovpn file 191 Configure an OpenVPN client without using an .ovpn file 194 Configure active recovery for OpenVPN 198 Show OpenVPN server status and statistics 206 Show OpenVPN client status and statistics 207 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) 208 Configuring a GRE tunnel 208 Show GRE tunnels 213 ...

7 User authentication methods 325 Add a new authentication method 327 Delete an authentication method 329 Rearrange the position of authentication methods 331 Authentication groups 333 Change the access rights for a predefined group 335 Add an authentication group 337 Delete an authentication group 341 Local users 344 Change a local user's password 345 Configure a local user 347 Delete a local user 354 Terminal Access Controller Access-C ...

8 Configuration files 436 Save configuration changes 436 Save configuration to a file 437 Restore the device configuration 438 Schedule system maintenance tasks 441 Monitoring intelliFlow 449 Enable intelliFlow 449 Use intelliFlow to display average CPU and RAM usage 452 Use intelliFlow to display top data usage information 453 Use intelliFlow to display data usage by host over time 455 Configure NetFlow Probe 456 Central management wit ...

9 Capture packets from the command line 504 Stop capturing packets 505 Show captured traffic data 505 Save captured data traffic to a file 507 Download captured data to your PC 508 Clear captured data 509 Use the ping command to troubleshoot network connections 510 Ping to check internet connection 510 Stop ping commands 510 Use the traceroute command to diagnose IP routing problems 510 Regulatory guide End user license agreement Comman ...

10 mkdir 543 modem 544 more 549 mv 550 ping 551 reboot 552 rm 553 scp 554 show 555 system 563 traceroute 565 update 568 Antenna notes and solutions Antenna terminology 568 Physical specifications 568 Antennas tested by Digi 569 Extra-small IoT paddle antennas 569 Large external MIMO antenna (outdoor rated) 570 Flat MIMO antenna #1 570 Flat MIMO antenna #2 571 Paddle extender 571 ...

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Note Devices manufactured with firmware version 20.2.x or greater are configured by default to use the Digi Remote Manager for cloud-based central device management. For information about configuring the device to use aView for central management instead, see Configure the device to use aView for central management. Quick start using the Digi Remote Manager mobile app After connecting your hardware and powering up, you can use the ...

Step 1: What's in the box 6300-CX User Guide 13 Step 1: What's in the box Item Description 6300-CX unit Cellular antennas (2) Power supply Temporary battery pack Ethernet cables: n 1 x 18 inch n 1 x 156 inch ...

Step 1: What's in the box 6300-CX User Guide 14 Item Description Passive power-over- Ethernet injector Mounting bracket Ceiling rail clips, narrow (2) Ceiling rail clips, wide (2) Screws (2) Drywall anchors (2) Zipties (2) Adhesive strips (2) ...

Step 2: Connect 6300-CX User Guide 15 Step 2: Connect a. Install SIM card(s). See Install SIM cards. b. Attach antenna(s). c. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the WAN port to your PC. Step 3: Power up a. Connect DC power. b. Once power has been connect, the device will initialize and attempt to connect to the cellular network. Device initialization may take 30-60 seconds. By default your 6300-CX will attempt to use DHCP to establi ...

Step 4: Configure 6300-CX User Guide 16 CAUTION! If the Network Status LED is flashing red or yellow, do not remove power. Step 4: Configure a. On the PC connected to the 6300-CX, open a browser and go to http://192.168.210.1. b. Log into the 6300-CX: User name: Use the default user name: admin. Password: Use the unique password printed on the bottom label of the device (or the printed label included in the package). Note If your d ...

Hardware features 1. SIM slot 2. WAN Port 3. RESET Button The RESET button is used to perform a device reset, and it has three modes: a. Configuration reset: Pressing the RESET button one time will reset the device configurations to the factory default. It will not remove any automatically generated certificates and keys. b. Full device reset: After the device reboots from the first button press, press the RESET button agai ...

Device status LEDs 6300-CX User Guide 18 5. Network activity indicator 6. Wireless signal quality indicator For a detailed list of 6300-CX hardware specifications, see Digi 6300-CX specifications. Device status LEDs Once power has been established, your device will initialize and attempt to connect to the network. Device initialization may take 30-60 seconds. By default your 6300-CX will attempt to use DHCP to establish an I ...

Device status LEDs 6300-CX User Guide 19 2. Indicator lights on the wireless quality indicator show you the cellular network signal strength. The weighted dBm measurements are negative numbers, meaning the smaller negative values denote a larger number. For example, a -85 is a better signal than -90. Note See Signal quality bars explained for more information regarding how signal strength is calculated and subsequently displ ...

Device status LEDs 6300-CX User Guide 20 RSSI > -80, bars=5 -90 < RSSI <= -80, bars=4 -100 < RSSI <= -90, bars=3 -106 < RSSI <= -100, bars=2 RSSI <= -106, if we're connected to the cellular network, bars=1, if not bars=0 bars is then reported as the signal strength bars. 2G algorithm For 2G, the 6300-CX determines RSSI signal strength: RSSI > -80, bars=5 -89 < RSSI <= -80, bars=4 -98 < RSSI <= -89, bars=3 -104 < RSSI <= -98, ...