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General Reference Guide eWON Configuration
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Figure 46: Routing setup page (on eWON without VPN : 2001, 4001, 4002)
The IP Forwarding configuration check box enables the forwarding between both interfaces (LAN and PPP).
On VPN eWONs, this check box does not appear because IP Forwarding is always active.
Term Definition
IP forwarding
This means that a link can be performed between PPP and Ethernet IP packets. Please note
that this is dangerous because it can connect your LAN directly to the Internet.
This feature can be used in order to connect a device to the Internet through the eWON. For
example, if an automaton is connected to the Ethernet LAN of the eWON and has the eWON
IP address as gateway address, the eWON will perform anything needed in order for the
device to send its packets (dialout, IP translation …). Example: a device sends a mail on the
Internet, while the eWON performs the PPP dial-out.
Another use is to access a device located on the Ethernet LAN of the eWON, the user directly
calls the eWON and then gets access to its distant device through its LAN IP address.
Example: a user on a LAN with IP address range 192.168.0.xxx can access its device on the
eWON LAN, with the eWON IP address 10.0.0.81 and the distant device with IP 10.0.0.82
and having the eWON as a gateway. The eWON will for example assign the IP address
202.0.0.1 to the PPP adapter of the PC and take for its PPP adapter the IP address
202.0.0.240.
NAT
Network Address Translation (NAT).
If the device to reach is on the same LAN as the eWON, and if the user has correctly defined
the address IP and the port for this device, then the eWON will redirect the packets towards it.
This means that only the packets for the concerned port will be redirected towards the
selected IP address. IP Forwarding must be activated for NAT to be active.
Transparent forwarding
For this to work, the IP forwarding must also be enabled. With simple IP forwarding, it is not
possible to access a device located on the eWON Ethernet LAN through the Internet. For
example if the eWON is connected to the Internet through PPP (for example on alarm), it
publishes its IP address by email. In order to have access to its device, the user cannot simply
type the IP address of the device like this was done with IP forwarding and direct eWON call.
In this case, transparent forwarding is the only solution: when accessing the eWON, the user
can request to perform transparent forwarding once he logs in. He can then see the window
that is illustrated by the screenshot below this table. If the device is on the same network as
the eWON and gets the eWON as gateway, and if the user configured the IP address of the
device at eWON login, the eWON routes all packets to this device.
This means that all IP packets, on all ports except 81 will be routed transparently to the
selected IP address. In order to get access to the eWON web server, the user has to connect
to port 81 of the eWON IP address. For example http://10.0.0.53:81
will access the eWON
main page, while 10.0.0.53 will access the IP address 10.0.0.56 of the device located onto the
LAN if the user selected this IP at logon. The user can clear transparent forwarding by getting
access to the port 81 and using the “Clear transp forwarding” button. Note that FTP cannot be
routed, since it includes the target IP address in its frame in text mode.