GL.iNet GoodCloud¶
Contents¶
- Introduction
- Setup your GoodCloud account
- Manage your devices
- Remote access
- Modify Device Settings
- Set email alarm
- Site to Site
- GoodCloud and VPN
- View Logs
- Turn off cloud
Introduction¶
GL.iNet GoodCloud cloud management service provide an easy and simple way to remotely access and manage GL.iNet routers.
Features:
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Check live router status
- Live online offline status check
- Live RAM and Load Average check
- Email alarm about online offline status update
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Set up routers remotely
- Set up routers (e.g. SSID and Key) remotely
- Remote SSH
- Remote access web Admin Panel
- Share router to others
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Monitoring clients on routers remotely
- Check who is on your network
- Realtime traffic monitoring and block clients
- Email alarm about new client and block
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Operate routers in batch
- Reboot or upgrade routers in batch
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Site to Site
- Virtual Office: extend your office network to other offices
- Business Travel: remote access office's OA, CRM, MySQL systems
- Smart Home: remote access IP camera, NAS and other devices at home
If you want to bind multiple devices, we have additional features specifically designed for multiple devices. Please feel free to contact support@glinet.biz.
Setup your GoodCloud account¶
Users are required to follow the binding procedures specific to their firmware versions to successfully connect devices to the cloud platform.
Users need to first access the router's web interface (default address: 192.168.8.1) to enable cloud services. After that, they can complete the GoodCloud account registration and device binding on the cloud platform.
For devices running firmware version 4.6 or earlier¶
Enable GoodCloud on router¶
On the left side of web Admin Panel -> APPLICATIONS -> GoodCloud.
Follow the steps above, to enable the GoodCloud function, which will allow the router to connect to the GoodCloud server.
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Remote SSH is for remote access router's terminal via GoodCloud. Check out here.
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Remote Web Access is for remote access router's web Admin Panel via GoodCloud. Check out here.
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Data Server, please choose the server which is nearest your devices located. There are three Data Server, Asia Pacific(Japan), America(Oregon) and Europe(Ireland).
Sign up GoodCloud account¶
Visit GoodCloud website, sign up then sign in.
If you don't find the verify email, look in spam or check email later. If you have any difficulty with sign up, please send email to support@glinet.biz for help.
For the data server region, please select the region closest to you or the region where you wish the device to connect.
Add device in your account¶
On the left side -> Devices -> Bound Devices -> Add Device. There are three methods to bind device to your GoodCloud account, Auto discover, Manually add and Bulk import.
If your router and computer(which opened GoodCloud website) are in the same network, please try the Auto discover.
Follow the steps below to add your device.
Check out here to find the Device ID.
Note
Input "DDNS/Device ID" here just to verify that the router is really original/valid.
Click Refresh to force auto discover devices again.
If it can't discover automatically, try Manually add. All information that need to input can be found on the back of the router.
Note
Input "MAC", "SN" and "DDNS" / "Device ID" here just to verify that the router is really original and valid.
For new models, it has Device ID on the back of router.
For old models, it has DDNS on the back of the router. Only the first 7 characters of DDNS are needed.
Bulk import is for user who have a great number of devices to add. By Bulk import you can import many devices by a Microsoft excel file.
Bound info on router web Admin Panel¶
After successfully adding router to GoodCloud, go back to router web Admin Panel, on the left side, select APPLICATIONS -> GoodCloud, refresh this page, it will display the bound GoodCloud username and date.
Unbind router¶
If you want to unbind the router, go to router web Admin Panel, on the left side, APPLICATION -> GoodCloud, click Unbind button.
Alternatively, you can remove the corresponding device from the Bound Devices List on the GoodCloud platform. The router's web interface will then synchronize to reflect the latest device binding status.
If you encounter any difficulties, please email support@glinet.biz for assistance.
For devices running firmware version 4.7 or later¶
Enable Cloud Service on router¶
On the left side of web Admin Panel -> CLOUD SERVICE -> GoodCloud. Click on "Get start", and a "Cloud Service" pop-up window will appear in the upper right corner. Click the "Enable" button to turn on Cloud Service.
Follow the steps above, to enable the GoodCloud function, which will allow the router to connect to the GoodCloud server.
Complete GoodCloud account registration and login¶
After enabling cloud services, click the "Sign Up" button to register a Cloud account. If you already have an account, simply log in.
Follow the steps above to register a GoodCloud account. Once registration is complete, the router will automatically bind to this account.
If you don’t see the verification email, check your spam folder or try again later. For any difficulties with sign-up, please email support@glinet.biz for assistance.
Bound info on router web Admin Panel¶
After successfully adding router to GoodCloud, go back to router web Admin Panel, click on the Cloud icon at the upper right corner, you will see the bound device details, including the bound GoodCloud username and date, Device ID, Device MAC and Device S/N.
In the web Admin Panel, move to the left side CLOUD SERVICES -> GoodCloud, you can enable or disable the router's remote access feature.
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Remote SSH is for remote access router's terminal via GoodCloud. Check out here.
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Remote Web Access is for remote access router's web Admin Panel via GoodCloud. Check out here.
Click View Logs will show API call logs by GoodCloud.
Unbind router¶
If you want to unbind the router, go to router web Admin Panel, on the left side, APPLICATION -> GoodCloud, click Unbind button.
Alternatively, you can remove the corresponding device from the Bound Devices List on the GoodCloud platform. The router's web interface will then synchronize to reflect the latest device binding status.
If you encounter any difficulties, please email support@glinet.biz for assistance.
Manage your devices¶
Devices info and status¶
Sign in GoodCloud, check at left side -> Bound Devices. Users can view all devices bound to their account and perform actions such as configuration deployment, reboot, and reset on the devices.
By clicking the icon on the far right of the list header, users can customize the display and order of the columns to focus on the device information that matters most to them.
Device detail info¶
At left side -> Bound Devices, click the name of an device, it will open a page to manage this device of WiFi, Clients and view router info, memory usage, up time, and load average.
Device info¶
Router status¶
Configuration Details¶
The page will display configuration information for WiFi, Repeater, Ethernet, and Tethering settings of the device. Below is an example of the details page layout.
Client list¶
Remote access¶
Remote access web Admin Panel¶
Note: Please upgrade to 3.211 to use this feature.
On the left side -> Devices -> Bound Devices
Click the name of the device you want to access, then you will see the icons of Remote Web Access.
If you can't find the icon, please make sure you have enable it, check out here.
If this feature not work, please try the incognito mode of browser.
Remote access router's terminal¶
Note: Please upgrade to 3.211 or above to use this feature.
On the left side -> Devices -> Bound Devices
Click the name of the device you want to access, then you will see the icons of Remote SSH.
If you can't find the icon, please make sure you have enable it, check out here.
If this feature not work, please try the incognito/inPrivate mode of browser.
Modify Device Settings¶
You can use this feature to configure multiple parameters for a single device, or you can configure multiple parameters for multiple devices.
Select the devices you want to configure. And click on the 'Settings' operation button to modify the configuration.
Set email alarm¶
You can set email alarm when a device is online, offline, and new client connected.
At left side -> Notifications, create alarm rules.
First, you need to select the device you want to monitor.
Next, select the monitoring items for the device, such as device online/offline status, new client connections, and more.
Finally, choose the notification method for alerts.
In the Notification List, you can view the alert rule you’ve created. Individual users are limited to creating one alert rule. If you require bulk device management, please feel free to contact us.
Site to Site¶
Please refer to GoodCloud Site to Site.
GoodCloud and VPN¶
If you enable GoodCloud function and running VPN client at the same time on router, by default, the connection between the router and the GoodCloud server will not go through the VPN. This ensures a more stable connection to GoodCloud services.
However, if you want the GoodCloud connection to go through the VPN, you can change this setting in the router's web Admin Panel. Go to VPN -> VPN Dashboard -> VPN Client -> Global Options, and enable the option for GoodCloud to use VPN.
Note that routing GoodCloud through VPN may affect the stability of the cloud connection, especially if:
- The VPN connection is unstable
- The VPN provider filters or blocks GoodCloud traffic
- The VPN adds significant latency to the connection
It's generally recommended to keep the default setting where GoodCloud bypasses the VPN for optimal performance and reliability.
View Logs¶
You can see your activities in GoodCloud Platform.
Turn off cloud¶
To stop GoodCloud service, turn it off on router web Admin Panel. Please follow the steps below. No action needed on the GoodCloud website.
For devices running firmware version 4.6 or earlier¶
If you no longer wish to have your device connected to the cloud platform, please follow these steps to disable cloud services.
After disable Cloud, the interface is like below.
For devices running firmware version 4.7 or later¶
If you no longer want your device to be connected to the cloud platform, please follow these steps to disable cloud services.
After disable Cloud, the interface is like below.
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