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154 Chapter 2 Command Descriptions
Using Pinholes to Manage the Digi Cellular Family Device
IP pass-through uses a concept called pinholes. You can configure the Digi
Cellular Family device to listen on specific TCP ports, and terminate those
connections at the Digi Cellular Family device for purposes of managing it.
Those ports are called pinholes, and they are not passed on to the device
connected to the Ethernet port of the Digi Cellular Family device. Each
pinhole command option specifies whether the network service and port
are passed on to the device connected to the Ethernet port of the Digi
Cellular Family device, or terminate at the Digi Cellular Family device.
Network services or applications and ports that can be configured as
pinholes include:
• Telnet network service: for accessing the device through a Telnet login
and the command-line.
• SSH network service: for accessing to the device through a Secure
Shell (SSH) login and the command-line.
• HTTP network service: for accessing the device through HTTP and the
Web user interface.
• HTTPS network service: for accessing to the device through HTTPS
and the Web user interface
• SNMP network service: for monitoring and managing the device
through SNMP.
• Connectware Manager application (client-initiated connection)
• Digi SureLink application
For more information on the network services, see "set service" on page
191.
Connectware Manager and Digi SureLink applications are automatically
set up as pinholes so that they continue to work with the Digi Cellular
Family device.
In addition, the Digi Cellular Family device uses a private address on the
Ethernet interface strictly for use in configuration or local access. This
allows a user on the local network to gain access to the Web user interface
or a Telnet session to make configuration changes.
Remote Device Management and IP Pass-through
The Digi Cellular Family device allows you to enable pinholes for specific
ports to allow remote users to manage the Digi Cellular Family device from
the mobile network or open Internet. The Digi Cellular Family device
retains its remote management capabilities using Connectware Manager.
The necessary pinholes are automatically defined when the Digi Cellular
Family device is configured for IP Pass-through.This provides
administrators with the same remote-management capabilities that exist in
Digi remote devices.