Configuration

  • First system start

    When you start the system for the first time, you will see the WebConnect interface. 2 notes are displayed that we strongly recommend to observe: 1. Enable 2FA for installation. This creates an additional level of security against unauthorized access 2. Add an email address to your user accou...
  • Set up administrator, forgot password and activate 2FA

    After installing WebConnect, there is an administrator. We strongly recommend setting up 2 new administrators and deleting the default administrator: Choose usernames that are unusual, don't use labels like admin, root, hostmaster, or the like. Be sure to create 2 administrators so that you can u...
  • Creating a new user

    From the menu on the left, select Users and then click New User You will now see the input mask for new users. In the default setting, not all areas are expanded. WebConnect works according to the principle of data avoidance in order to operate the system according to all rules of data secu...
  • Activating WOL on MacOS

    Open up your System Preferences and choose Battery. You should see “Wake for Network Access” or something similar. Please, tick it ,this enables Wake-on-LAN.
  • Activating WOL on Ubuntu

    Ubuntu has a great tool that can check to see if your machine supports Wake-on-LAN, and can enable it. Open up a terminal and install  ethtool with the following command: sudo apt-get install ethtool You can check your compatibility by running: sudo ethtool eth0 If your default interface ...
  • Activating WOL on Windows

    To enable Wake on LAN on the device firmware, use these steps: On the Windows Start menu search for settings Click on Update and security Click on Recovery, and press the Restart now button located on right side under Advanced startup Click on Troubleshoot. Click on Advanced options. Click th...
  • How to find MAC address on Linux

    To find the MAC address on Linux open a Terminal windows and execute the next command: ifconfig -a The MAC address will be displayed as ether In our case enp0s3 is our network adapter but your the name of your adapter can be different
  • How to find MAC Address on MacOS?

    Apple macOS (Mac OS X) devices To Find the MAC Address: Open the Apple Menu -> System Preference -> Network -> Wi-Fi -> Advanced -> The MAC address is the Wi-Fi Address or Airport Address. Open the Apple Menu. Open System Preferences. Open Network. Open Advanced. Select the W...
  • How to map a network drive with WebDAV?

     Each user on the WebConnect system will have the ability to mount a WebDAV share. The URL needs to be created using your WebConnect domain and /wbc/[USERNAME] for example [https://mydevice.webconnect.pro/wbc/user1](https://mydevice.webconnect.pro/wbc/user1) And the login credentials will corre...
  • Increase WebDAV speed on Windows

    To enhance WebDAV transfer speed, LAN Settings should not be set as Automatic detect settings. Search for "internet options" on the Start menu. Go to Connections tab and open LAN Settings to make sure Automatically detect settings is NOT ticked.
  • mount a network drive with command prompt

    You can use the command prompt to mount a network drive: open a command prompt (cmd or powershell) and type the following command: net use Z: \\local-mysubdomain.webconnect.pro@SSL/wbc/myuser /persistent:no /user:myuser mypassword Z is the drive letter in which to mount the share local-mysubd...
  • Shared Drive Setup

    Shared Drive will create a network drive to a specific folder in our WebConnect system. Enable drive is located in connection settings, under Device Redirection properties   Editing driver name will change the name displayed. Disable file download/upload will disable the function for the drive ...
  • Using Shared Drive

    Shared Drive on your Host Shared drive will be available on our connections inside the WebConnect menu inside a remote session. This menu will grant access between your PC and the Shared Drive Click in Shared Drive and you will see the data stored on the folder Clicking on Upload Files a file ...
  • Wake On LAN Windows setup

    What does Wake On LAN mean? Wake On LAN (WOL) allows a computer to be powered on or awakened from standby, hibernate or shutdown from another device on a network. The process of WOL is the following: The target computer is in standby, hibernate or shutdown, with power reserved for the network ca...
  • Wake On LAN (WOL) on connections

    Configure WOL on connections: The wake-on-lan settings are made for the respective device. Here for let's go into connections first. Then we open the desired connection. In the settings we scroll down to Wake-on-Lan. Here we activate the checkbox "Send WoL packet" Then we put in the MAC address...
  • WebDAV errors with files smaller than 4GB on Windows

    Windows limit the file size of 4GB for WebDAV transfers. If you are having issues with files smaller than 4GB a small change on the Registry Editor should be made. Search for "regedit" in the Start menu and open it. (allow the app to make changes to your device) Locate and click the following r...
  • WebDav on Windows Server

    Installing WebDAV support on Windows Server 2012 R2 Start Server Manager from the Start screen. Click Manage, then click Add Roles and Features. Select Role-based or feature-based installation. Click Next. Select a local server from the server pool. Click Next. The Desktop Experience feature i...