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Overview

NetBorder SS7 Gateway (NSG) is a standalone TDM-to-SIP SS7 Gateway that runs on top of our Sangoma TDM cards.

It is designed to operate on a 64-bit Linux based Operating system.
The following Linux operating systems have been tested with the NSG application:

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1. Navigate to the /usr/src/ directory which will be used to store the downloaded packages. To do this type the following in your Linux command line, then press <enter>:

   1. -> cd /usr/src

2. Download Wanpipe and NSG by copy and pasting the following (without the quotes ""), then press <enter>:

   1. Wanpipe: " wget ftphttps://ftp.sangoma.com/linux/current_wanpipe/wanpipe-current.tgz " 

   2. NSG: " wget ftphttps://ftp.sangoma.com/nsg/5.2/Binary/nsg-5.2.0-113.x86_64.tar.gz " 

Example:

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Install Software Packages

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1. Wanpipe Installation

   1. un-compress the downloaded Wanpipe device driver (.tgz file) located in /usr/src/ directory

      1. type: tar xvfz wanpipe-current.tgz

      2. type: cd wanpipe-<version>/
         
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   2. Install the Wanpipe device driver

      1. type: make

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2. NSG installation

   1. un-compress the downloaded NSG software (.tgz file) located in /usr/src/ directory

      1. type: tar xfz nsg-<version>.tar.gz

      2. type: cd nsg-<version>
         
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   2. Install the NSG Gateway application 

      1. type: make install

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1. Take note of your license key (example: xy2z6h37f) and navigate to the following website to create your license package
   -> http://prod-license.sangoma.com/nsg-license-gen/

   

2. At this website you will be required to enter:

   1. MAC address of one of the Ethernet interfaces on your NSG server
      To get this information, simply type "ifconfig" on your Linux command line and records the HWaddr
      example:
      

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   2. ITU Self Point Code or ANSI Self Point Code

      1. You will be required to fill in only one of these fields, the one that applies to your installation

      2. ANSI point codes are used typically in North America. Rest of world uses ITU point codes

      3. Your SS7 telco will provide you this information. It is the your registration number with them

      4. Insert the point code in decimal format only

      5. if you need assistance to convert your given point code to decimal format, there are plenty of online converters that will do this for you. Use a web search engine of your choice to accomplish this.

   3. User Key

      1. This is the SS7 license key provided to you by the sales department

3. Once the information is entered click the 'submit' button near the bottom of the page

4. A license package will be created. Click the download button or the copy the link.

5. The license package must be installed in the following directory in the NSG server:
   -> /usr/local/nsg/conf 

   1. To install the license package in this directory:

      1. type: cd /usr/local/nsg/conf

      2. type: wget <license package link>

         1. this will automatically download the license package to this location

   2. un-compress the license package:

      1. type: tar xfz <license package>.tgz

      2. this will create two files in /usr/local/nsg/conf:

         1. license.txt and license.txt.sig  (Do not modify any of these files or it will render license invalid)

   3. Your license is now installed.

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