1.  Install and Connect Hardware

• For Conduit^® installation, refer to the appropriate model and guides through the Conduit product page
• For Conduit^® Access Point installation, refer to the appropriate model and guides through the Conduit AP product page.
• For Conduit^® IP67 Base Station, refer to the installation guide available through the Conduit IP67 Base Station page.

2. Access the Terminal Interface via Ethernet

To access the terminal interface:

1. On your PC, configure the network interface that is connected to the Conduit to be a static IP address within 192.168.2.2 - 192.168.2.254
2. Open an SSH connection first
   • Default IP address: 192.168.2.1 (DHCP is disabled)
   • Default credentials (mLinux 3.x and lower): username: root & password: root
   • Default credentials (mLinux 4.0.0 to 5.2.): username: mtadm & password: root
   • Commissioning (mLinux 5.2.1. or higher): you must commission your device after first-time power up or resetting to factory default
     
   • On Linux, issue this command in your PC’s terminal: ssh root@192.168.2.1
     When prompted, enter the default password.
   • On Windows, do one of the following:
     • Install Cygwin and use the Linux instructions.
     • Or install Tera Term or Putty and open a new SSH connection on port 22 using the above defaults.

Conduit’s terminal prompt appears. root@mtcdt:~#

3.  Setting the Time Zone, Date, and Time

If GPS is connected and working and hostfix and NTP are running, then the date and time have already been set. Skip steps b and c.

Otherwise, to set the time zone, date, and time:

1. Create a symbolic link from the zoneinfo file for your location to /etc/localtime:

   ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime

2. Update the date and time to the current time: date "2010-04-02 14:58:01"
3. Update the hardware clock: hwclock -u -w

4.  Set Custom IP Address, Network Information, and Ethernet Internet Access

To set the IP address and network information:

1. Network configuration is defined in /etc/network/interfaces
   • To change the static IP, change the address and netmask fields in that file (use vi or nano)
   • To apply changes, either reboot the device or issue: ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0 (note: you’ll lose your ssh session by doing this)
2. To enable DHCP with default settings, issue: mlinux-dhcpd start
   • Configure the dhcp server by editing /etc/udhcpd.conf (use vi or nano)
   • You can also issue the above command with stop or restart.
3. To configure internet access via the ethernet port, modify /etc/network/interfaces as follows:
   • Add gateway 192.168.2.254 beneath the netmask line, where 192.168.2.254 is the IP address of your network router
   • To apply changes, either reboot the device or issue: ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0 (note: you’ll lose your ssh session by doing this)
   • Then test for internet access with ping 8.8.8.8

5.  Configure the Cellular Connection

See Cellular Connection.