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 T5: nuturidamokere
Beetle T6: sm@rtCopper48

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
Service	Target address	Protocol	Port	Notes
Avelon VPN	83.150.36.226	UDP	1194	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	212.25.20.179	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.