Network and communication

The Beetles connect to Avelon Cloud via LAN or via integrated GSM module. The current connection status is displayed on the device homepage. If the communication to Avelon Cloud is interrupted, Beetle automatically tries to reestablish it.

Note

The first time you start, you will find the Beetle user interface at the standard address http://192.168.1.234. The login is beetle-admin and the password depends on your Beetle model:

  • Beetle T6 or Beetle T5 purchased in 2024 or later: sm@rtCopper48

  • Beetle T5 purchased before 2024: nuturidamokere

We strongly recommend you change the default password. After logging in, click on  Users in the left sidebar and edit the default user to change the password.

VPN and WAN communication

Beetle uses an encrypted connection for communication via SSL based on the OpenSSL libraries.

The following ports must be routed through the local firewall to ensure that the Beetle works correctly:

Service

Outgoing connection*

Notes

Target address

Protocol

Port

Avelon VPN

vpn1.avelon.cloud

vpn2.avelon.cloud

195.49.3.103

UDP

1194

8194

required, connection to the Avelon-Beetle gateway via OpenVPN

NTP

according to Beetle configuration

UDP

123

optional (an NTP server in the intranet is recommended)

DNS

according to Beetle configuration

UDP

TCP

53

optional (a DNS server in the intranet is recommended)

Connection test to Avelon server

195.49.3.103

TCP

80

required, checks the connection to the Avelon server

* Connections that are established from the Beetle to the Internet.

The firewall must allow responses to requests via the above connections.

Reserved IP addresses

Some IP address blocks are reserved for the internal communication of Avelon. Therefore, IP addresses in the following blocks must not be used in the local network (neither for WAN nor for LAN network connections):

  • 172.17.0.0 - 172.17.255.255

  • 172.30.0.0 - 172.30.255.255

  • 172.31.0.0 - 172.31.255.255

Power outage

The Beetles have a database and a large flash memory. In the event of a power failure, measured values, configurations and statuses remain stored. When power is restored, Beetle checks the flash memory, repairs the database tables if necessary and returns all switches to the same state as before the power failure.