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Check the status of the u-link connection (Step 12)

➢ Select tab ‘State’.

▪ After successful registration the Router is initiating the

WWH communication to the u-link (Status ‘Online’).

▪ Notes about WWH

The WWH function (World Wide Heartbeat) is an outgoing

TLS/SSL connection (TCP/443, like HTTPS) to the u-link

WWH server and is independent from a VPN connection

which will be used for remote access.

The Router sends via this peer connection periodically a

„Still alive“ message to the WWH server. The WWH server

then signalizes the u-link Web server that the Router is

alive. This status is displayed in the Service Desk of the u-

link Web portal.

Via the WWH connection it is possible to activate/de-

activate the VPN tunnel of the Router remotely from the u-

link Web portal server.

The encrypted WWH connection automatically is started

when the Router is powered on, having an Internet

connection and is registered to a Router object in a u-link

account.

▪ Activating the VPN tunnel via menu “State”

Additionally to the most used methods to initiate a VPN

tunnel (remotely via u-link Portal or by 24 VDC digital input)

the VPN connection can be activated / de-activated via

button ‘Connect’.

4.6 Configuration of the Router

Chapter 4 – Setup of a remote access scenario (Configuration Router)

Router Web interface

(Menu u-link / tab State)

Status:

• WWH online

• No VPN connection to the

u-link VPN server

This icon is representing

the WWH online status of

the Router.

Now the Router is ready for initiating a remote access session!

u-link Web portal

Menu ‘Service Desk’

Activate / De-activate a

VPN tunnel via button

‘Connect / Disconnect’.