NETLINK | Potomac Aviation Technology

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WHAT DOES NETLINK DO?

Global Satcomm is expensive and only sends hourly information to the internet (to minimize your satellite cost)
Netlink offers a real-time connection to internet for FREE through your onsite LAN (where available)
Provides an encrypted wireless bridge between your MicroTower and your LAN
Includes an internal server that passes MicroTower information to/from the internet for free
Generates an internal, real-time graphic display accessible by IP over your LAN
Allows real-time display to be publicly accessible by ‘port-forwarding’ through your firewall

The green LED next to the power connector shows power is on
Three vertical green LED’s indicate wireless signal strength out to your MicroTower
The vertical green LEDs flash every few seconds showing data transfer with MicroTower
The red LEDs show data exchange to your LAN every few seconds
The Ethernet plug also has green LED’s showing data exchange with your LAN
Netlink updates automatically over the internet if your firewall is configured correctly
Most issues are from your local firewall or security settings blocking Netlink
Public access to Netlink’s real-time graphic requires enabling port forwarding on your firewall

Netlink sends information over the internet without additional configuration
Netlink will update automatically over the internet if your firewall is configured correctly
Most issues are from your local firewall or security settings blocking Netlink
Public access to Netlink’s real-time graphic requires enabling port forwarding on your firewall

Netlink is a server device that resides on your local LAN ‘behind’ your firewall
Your firewall sets the internal IP address for Netlink
The tools below will find the Netlink’s IP address on your LAN
To use these tools, you MUST be on the same LAN as Netlink

1. DOWNLOAD & UNZIP these netlink tools to your computer

For latest versions use links below and unzip to your computer

IPSETUP.EXE download link

AUTOUPDATE.EXE download link

2. RUN the downloaded program AUTOUPDATE.EXE

Autoupdate will initially show 0.0.0.0 as below.

3. Click FIND to search for a Netlink presence on your LAN

4. Autoupdate will look like below. SELECT the detected Netlink then click OK

5. Autoupdate updates with Netlink’s IP internal address: Example 192.168.1.3

6. Save Netlink’s IP address on your LAN for future user (Example 192.168.1.3)

7. Use BROWSE to find downloaded file ‘NETLINK FIRMWARE …S19’.

8. Select REBOOT ON COMPLETE then click UPDATE

9. Program will reply Installation complete without error

10. To access Netlink’s real-time graphic, enter IP on any browser on the LAN

Enter into web address 192.168.3 (example)

Real-time graphic is visible in browser

11. To allow public-access to Netlink’s real-time graphic enable PORT FORWARDING on your local firewall

Every firewall is different, so please check with your IT for how to enable Port Forwarding on your network

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10300 Glen Way, Fort Washington, Maryland, 20744 USA