Client

The Bondix SANE client is the software that you install on your router, which establishes a connection to the server using multiple WAN links. The software itself is a linux userspace program, but installation packages for different routers are available, that take care of most of the configuration.

If you would like to install the client on one of our supported routers: 

• Teltonika
• Advantech

The rest of this page covers usage of the barebone linux application.

Configuration

Configuration is done using JSON commands. These can either be sent via a raw TCP socket (localhost:5113), or written to a configuration file (in a json-array) that is parsed on start-up.

By default, SANE checks for the existence of a configuration file in its installation directory (e.g. /opt/bondix/client/saneclient.json) and at /etc/saneclient.json. If you want SANE to load a configuration from a different location, you can specify it using a command line parameter.

Quick Start

This example provides the minimal necessities to get a tunnel up and running:

[
   {"action": "create", "target": "tunnel", "name": "TUNNELNAME", "password": "TUNNELPASSWORD"},
   {"action": "add-server", "target": "tunnel", "host": "ENDPOINTSERVER", "port": "443"},
   {"action": "create-interfaces", "target": "tunnel", "interfaces": {
     "eth1": "mobileAggressive",
     "wwan0": "mobileAggressive",
     "wwan1": "mobileAggressive"
   }},
   {"target": "tunnel", "action": "set-preset", "preset": "bonding"}
 ]
 

Configuration Commands

For a complete reference list of available commands, see Client Configuration.

Running

The software can be run in the shell using /opt/bondix/client/saneclient, where it will run in the foreground. However, it is recommended to start the service automatically on startup, which can be different depending on the platform.

Parameters

--daemon	Runs the software as a daemon.
--nopid	Does not attempt to create a pid-file at /var/run/saneclient.pid
--listflags	Lists available feature flags
--flags <FLAG1> <FLAG2>...	Enables the specified flag(s). Multiple flags are separated using space.
</path/to/filename.json>	JSON configuration file that should be used

Feature Flags

Feature flags are switches that enable certain features that are otherwise unavailable. These features are usually experimental and should be used with caution.

useBlake	Switches from SHA256 to the "blake" hashing algorithm.
useBlake3	Switches to the "blake3" hashing algorithm.
disableHash	Disables hashing completely
useMMSG	uses useMMSG linux socket API to send & receive multiple UDP packets at once.
channelRoutes	Makes the client create specific routes for each channel. Experimental, do not use.
bondingProxy	Enables the TCP Bonding Proxy.

bndutil

bndutil is a command line utility that allows to query and modify SANE during runtime. It uses the configuration TCP socket

root@Teltonika-RUTX12:/opt/bondix/client# ./bndutil
 Usage:
    bndutil [--json] <command>
             --json  switch to JSON output
 
 Available commands:
   * bndutil status
   * bndutil get
   * bndutil set <propertyName1> <propertyValue1> [propertyName2] [propertyValue2] ...
   * bndutil get-interface <index>
   * bndutil set-interface <index> <propertyName1> <propertyValue1> [propertyName2] [propertyValue2] ...
   * bndutil shutdown
   * bndutil restart 
     (tunnel reset & reconnect)
 

speedtest

Speedtest is a small utility that downloads (and discards) data via HTTP(s) using one or more WAN interfaces. It is useful to compare performance of each individual interface and the combined bandwidth over SANE's virtual tunnel interface.

root@Teltonika-RUTX12:/opt/bondix/client# ./speedtest
 Usage: speedtest [--json] <download-url> <intf1> [intf2] ...

E.g., to test performance of each WAN interface directly:

./speedtest http://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin wwan0 wwan1 wwan2

Testing performance of the tunnel:

./speedtest http://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin tun0