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MultiModem rCell Intelligent Wireless Router

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Note: If you need remote access to your MultiModem over the internet

for remote configuration, you need to ensure that your wireless

network provider has provisioned mobile terminated data and fixed or

dynamic public IP address in which they can configure the network to

redirect any incoming connection to that predefined IP.

Verifying Signal Strength

Note: Ensure that the Status LED is blinking, indicating that the router is

ready. Ensure that PPP is disabled before verifying signal strength.

1. To Telnet to the modem. You can access the modem thru the Run

icon or from the Command Prompt:

Click Start I Run icon. In the Open window, enter cmd and then

press ENTER.

Click Start I All Programs I Accessories I Command Prompt

● In the command window, type telnet 192.168.2.1 5000

● At the Login prompt, type the default user name: admin (all

lower-case). Press ENTER

● At the Password prompt, type the default pass word: admin (all

lower-case). Press ENTER

2. In the command window, type AT+CSQ

3. The router responds with the received signal strength (rssi) and the

channel bit error rate (ber).RSSI ranges from 0 to 31. BER ranges

from 0 to 7 (7 is the highest error rate).

Signal Strength – RSSI

10 – 31

Sufficient

0 – 9

Weak or Insufficient

99 Insufficient

Checking Network Registration and Roaming

Status

Verify that the Router has been registered on the wireless network. Using

HyperTerminal, type AT+GREG? for most models. The MTCBA-EV2-EN2

does not support this command, see the Note below for an alternative

method.

1. In the command window, type AT+CREG?

2. The router will respond in one of the following ways:

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