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VPN over 4G with SCALANCE M876-4

Created by: ThaKibosh at: 1/20/2017 12:03 PM (6 Replies)

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1/20/2017 12:03 PM	Rate (0)
ThaKibosh Bronze Member Joined: 5/31/2011 Last visit: 2/11/2025 Posts: 190 Rating: (31)	Hi there, For the moment we have some clients where we give remote support. Mostly by Clients choice they use the eWON or Helmholz 3G routers (or wired). With them you log into a website and are able to setup a VPN connection rather easy and safe. But recently with all those (cheaper) devices, they use that "TAP-9 Windows Adapter" and it doesn't allways work fine. So I'm looking for an alternative and came accross the SCALANCE M876-4. It has 4G and VPN functionallity but like always, Siemens documentation isn't very clear, and I don't have much experience with this. Reading the docs, it is possible to create a VPN tunnel, but it's not clear to me how? For example, for the eWON routers, it uses the software "eCatcher" to create the connection on the Client side. So: 1. Does the Scalance come with "clientside" software to be installed to build up the VPN connection. If yes, where can I find this? 2. Can you have more then one VPN connection at the same time? eWON's and others are always only one connection at the time. In the docs that I found it's described to build up a continues VPN tunnel between two routers. But we need a more "call in" connection. The clients only connect ones a day for 10 minutes to check the PLC and HMI. Because of 4G and a mobile network, we want to keep the used data as low as possible. Or do you know another Siemens router as alternative for an eWON?
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1/20/2017 1:12 PM	Rate (1)
wolves and hawks Posts: 531 Rating: (34)	I have seen products of https://www.insys-icom.de/icomde/produkte/router/ebw/ebw-e100, but they where used with dsl. Maybe they have a mobile solution, too.
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1/20/2017 2:59 PM	Rate (0)
ThaKibosh Bronze Member Joined: 5/31/2011 Last visit: 2/11/2025 Posts: 190 Rating: (31)	Thx for the tip, but we want to stay in the Siemens range.

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1/23/2017 3:09 PM	Rate (0)
wolves and hawks Posts: 531 Rating: (34)	Maybe this side can provide more information: http://w3.siemens.com/mcms/industrial-communication/en/industrial-remote-communication/remote-networks/Pages/remote-networks.aspx Otherwise I would contact the hotline.
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1/23/2017 5:03 PM	Rate (0)
ThaKibosh Bronze Member Joined: 5/31/2011 Last visit: 2/11/2025 Posts: 190 Rating: (31)	Link made it more clear. Thx Apparently you will need the software SINEMA Remote Connect. Which is not free off course. http://w3.siemens.com/mcms/industrial-communication/en/industrial-remote-communication/remote-networks/Pages/sinema-remote-connect-access-service.aspx#Benefits

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2/20/2017 2:05 PM	Rate (0)
Min_Moderator Platinum Member Joined: 9/3/2014 Last visit: 3/13/2019 Posts: 4766 Rating: (122)	New question published by Syamkrishna is split to a separate thread with the subject Setup Open VPN configuration using mobile in SCALANCE M876-4. Best regards Min_Moderator

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2/28/2017 8:46 AM	Rate (0)
Syamkrishna Member Joined: 2/18/2017 Last visit: 3/14/2025 Posts: 3 Rating: (0)	Hi, Recommand M87x connect to the SINEMA RC server for remote access. M87x just as the openvpn client rules only, the openvpn server configuration is a open knowledge and by the openvpn tools, you can get information from internet.

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