Sierra RV50X

Mobile Network Operator Certification for the RV50 (pending for the RV50X):

• Verizon Wireless
• AT&T
• Sprint
• T-Mobile USA
• US Cellular
• Rogers
• Bell
• Telus

On the Sierra RV50X, there are 3 antennas:

1. Cellular antenna: Major cellular antenna (connected to built-in antenna on monitor).
2. Diversity antenna: For 3G networks, the second antenna operates as a diversity antenna, providing a second receive path. For 4G networks, the second antenna operates as a MIMO antenna, providing a second receive path and a second transmit path.
3. GPS antenna.

The AirLink RV50X Series gateway has two SIM card slots. You can decide which slot is the primary SIM card. When the gateway is powered on or reboots, it automatically connects to the network associated with the primary SIM card. If no card is present in that slot, it connects to the network associated with the secondary SIM card.

If configured to do so, data usage is tracked independently on both SIM cards. SIM PIN configuration is also available for both SIM cards. This feature allows users to install SIM cards for two different network operators, use one SIM card initially and later change network operators by configuring the new SIM card to be the primary SIM card.

This feature optimizes idle power consumption. It’s recommended for customers who require the best power consumption efficiency, for example; battery or solar powered applications. Enabling this feature saves energy by reducing performance where possible.

Rank the available WAN interfaces by selecting the order of priority. The highest priority interface will become the default route for IP traffic. The default order of priority is:

• Ethernet — First
• Cellular — Second

If the highest-priority interface is not available, the gateway attempts to connect to the second-highest priority interface. Interface priority is evaluated as follows:

• Ethernet — Does the gateway have an IP address from the router?
• Cellular — Can the gateway access the Mobile Network Operator’s network?

This feature helps you manage your data account by allowing you to configure the AirLink gateway to restrict the real-time available bandwidth. You can:

• Place limits on traffic (uplink, downlink, or both).
• Allow for burst of traffic on the uplink, downlink, or both, while still maintaining the over-all desired bandwidth limit.

Traffic that exceeds the limits is dropped. Status fields keep running tallies of data sent and received and the number of uplink and downlink packets dropped.

Note: The first time you power on the AirLink device, ALEOS automatically selects the most commonly used APN for the Mobile Network Operator identified on the inserted SIM card. This APN is used if no other APN is selected or configured.

The APN the gateway is using for authentication on the mobile network is displayed.

• If a user-entered APN is configured, the user-entered APN is displayed.
• If there is no user-entered APN configured, an automatically selected APN is displayed.
• When the backup APN is configured, the APN in use displays the configured backup APN when it is being used for authentication on the mobile network.

With IP Manager, the gateway’s WAN IP is included in the update packet sent to the IP Manager server, so IP Manager always links the gateway’s WAN IP address to the domain name configured on the gateway.