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== Summary == 

This documentation describes how to setup a [[Lorix One LoRa Gateway IP65 with Outdoot antenna 4.15 dBi|Lorix One]] antenna as a Lorawan Gateway and connect it to [https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/ The Things Network]

== Requirements ==

The [[Lorix One LoRa Gateway IP65 with Outdoot antenna 4.15 dBi|Lorix One]] antenna need to be mounted outdoors. 
It is powered by PoE. You should use a surge protector like [[Ethernet Surge Protector ETH-SP-G2]] with it.

You also need to setup your network accordingly. The gateway need outgoing access to the internet on the UDP port 1700 and must be able to receive answers from that port. Standard access to HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, NTP is highly recommended. For administration, Port 22 on the antenna has to be reachable.

== Description ==

=== Step 1 ===

The device comes with a [https://www.yoctoproject.org/ Yocto Linux] OS.

It is configured to the IP address 192.168.1.50 (configured at it at /etc/network/interfaces) and an open SSH port with the default credentials admin:lorix4u. Change them immediately after login.

During the first configuration you should update the device

 sudo opkg update
 sudo opkg upgrade
 sudo opkg clean

(there might be some error messages due to obsolete packages, which can safely be ignored)

== Used Hardware ==

[[Lorix One LoRa Gateway IP65 with Outdoot antenna 4.15 dBi]]
[[Ethernet Surge Protector ETH-SP-G2]]

== Courses ==

* [[A course where this documentation was used]] (2017, 2018)
* [[Another one]] (2018)

== References ==

* https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/

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