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B681

Brief Introduction

B681

Basic functions

B681

Upgrade guide

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Product Overview
The B681wireless gateway (hereinafter refereed to as the
B683) is a wireless HSPA+ 3G gateway, which provides
users with flexible and diversified 3G and 2G data access
services.
B681supports the following standards:
HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Plus)
HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access)
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)
WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service System
EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution)
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B681supports wired and wireless network access, and
provides data routing service.
B681provides the following services:
Data service
Voice service
SMS
Security Service
Local maintenance management function

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The B681mainly supports the following features:

Multiple network environments. Supports
HSPA+/HSUPA/HSDPA/WCDMA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE
High speed experience. Supports data services of maximum rate of HSPA+
(DL 28Mbit/s; UL5.76Mbit/s), HSPA (DL 7.2Mbit/s; UL5.76Mbit/s), 384kbit/s
WCDMA, 236.8kbit/s EDGE, and 85.6kbit/s GPRS
802.11b/g/n
WPS
Built-in DHCP Server, DNS RELAY and NAT
Security services. Provides instant protection to block potential security
risks and intrusion attempts.
Intuitionistic and convenient Web-based management.
Windows 2000/ Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows 7
User-friendly design of LED indicator. Easy to observe the status of
equipment
Receiving diversity and load equalizer
Built-in WCDMA/GSM and WLAN high gain antenna
External main diversity antenna interface

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B681-24 appearance

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B681-44 appearance

Difference between B681-20 and B681-44 is that ,B681-44 support umts W850,but B681-20
support umts W900
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B681appearance
Indicator

Wi-Fi/WPS indicator

Network status indicator

Power indicator

LAN indicators

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Status
Off: Wi-Fi not activated
Steady on: Wi-Fi activated or data transfer in progress
Blinking: Establishing a WPS connection
Off: Wi-Fi turned off.
Red, fast-blinking: Faulty SIM card (SIM card not
inserted or malfunctioned, or PIN verification failed)
Yellow, steady on: Successfully registered to the
network
Green, steady on: Connected to the Internet
Off: No signal
Steady on: Device turned on
Off: Device turned off
Steady on: Network cable connected
Blinking: Data transfer in progress
Off: Network cable not connected

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B681Brief Introduction

B681Basic functions

B681Upgrade guide

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B681Basic Functions--Settings

Type http://192.168.1.1 in the IE address bar, it will link to

the management page of B681 the default password is
admin.

Type
admin
here

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
After logging in you can see the management page as below. Pay
attention to the status indicators on the top right corner. When
moving the mouse to each indicator, the status information will
pop out.

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B681Basic Functions--Settings

Quick Setup contains the configuration for network

connection. Input the corresponding dial up parameters
as below.

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
Click NEXT to enter WIFI configurations . When SSID
broadcast is disabled, users wont see the WIFI name that
represents B681WLAN.

Users can change the authentication mode and WIFI key here.

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
Check the profile configuration

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
Click FINISH after configuration, then click Continue
button below. So the PPP connection configuration is
done.

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
For more details of Dial up configuration, you can click
Settings Dial up Profile Management, users
can create new profile here if the profile they need is
not pre-set in the device. Delete the old Profile
Name input a new one and then he can configure
other dial up parameters.

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If you need to enable the new profile, you need to click
Connection Connection Status, select the profile
you want from the profile list, and click Apply

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
Users can change network type manually click
Settings Dial up Mobile Network Settings, and
choose 2G or 3G network

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User can operate PIN function by Settings
Dial up PIN code Management&PIN Code
Auto Validation .

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
For more details of WLAN configuration, you can click
Settings WLAN WLAN basic settings

When choosing
Show Password,
the password will be
shown in text mode.
User who forget the
WIFI password dont
need to change it
now.
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B681Basic Functions--Settings
To allow or deny any PC accessing B681through WIFI,
you can click Settings WLAN WLAN MAC
Filter, choose Allow or Deny, and input the IP
addresses.

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B681Basic Functions--Settings

B681support WPS Pin setting by going to

settings>WLAN> WPS Pin.

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
You can configure the device to block specific IP
addresses of the Internet service so that they cannot be
accessed from specific IP addresses of the Clients in the
local network . For example, if you want to forbid the
client 192.168.1.101~192.168.1.150 to access the IP
address 10.82.48.26, you can set the parameters as
follows:

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
B681supports the virtual server to enable external users
to access WWW, FTP, or other services provided by the
LAN. For example, you want to specify the Client
(192.168.1.101) to provide a FTP service for the external
users. You can set parameters as follows:

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
You can change the IP address of B681in DHCP settings.
You can also change the DHCP IP pool , but make sure
that the terminal and the gateway are in the same network
segment.
You can change it to
192.168.10.1

The IP pool can be

192.168.10.130 to
192.168.10.180

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B681Basic Functions--Settings
B681-44 and -24 both has a SMA external antenna
interface, if you connect this SMA interface with external
antenna, you also need to enable the outer antenna
function. Or else even you have connected B681-44 with
external antenna, it still can not strengthen the signal.

For more information and guidance of B681, please refer

to the Help on 192.168.1.1.

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B681Basic Functions--System
The device information can be read by clicking
System Device information, here you can read the
software version of both modem and router , MAC, SN,
IMEI

B681

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B681Basic Functions--System
In System, you can also modify the logging password

If you want to reset the configurations to default, you can

click System Restore Defaults Restore button

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B681Basic Functions--SMS
B681has SMS sending function, write a message in the
box, and click Send button. You can use this function
unless the SIM card is inserted.

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B681Basic Functions--Connection
This page shows the current status of B681
The screenshot below shows:1, WAN IP address of
EB681when connected to internet, SIM card status,
Network type2G/3G

This page can also configure WLAN parameters directly.

Its much more convenience.
Click this
button to
enable or
disable WIFI
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B681Basic Functions--Maintenance
Users can backup and restore his B681configurations if
they need. Click Maintenance Configuration File

You can also import a configuration file to B681

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Contents
B681Brief Introduction

B681Basic functions

B681Upgrade guide

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B681Upgrade

B681is also applicable to FMC upgradegen.exe tool.

You need to choose router platform first. B681adopts

Realtek platform, so please select Realtek.

After selecting realtek, you will find that the upgrading

page has been changed.

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B681Upgrade
Before

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B681Upgrade
You only need to select the right .bin files according to
the prompt.
Router Modules Common Html
Resource

xxxx_HTMLRES.BIN

Router Modules Special Html

Code

xxxx_HTMLCODE.BIN

Router Modules APP

xxxx_APP.BIN

Router Modules Default Config

xxxx_DEFAULTCFG.BIN

Wireless Modules Firemware

Baseband

Wireless Modules Dashboard

Dashboard (No dashboard for B683)

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B681Upgrade
Click Generate to generate the upgrading .exe files for
B681. Then open the .exe files generated just now, and
click Check, then start upgrading.

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B681Upgrade
Check if the target version is correct after upgrading. Click
System Device Information

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