Panasonic BL-PA300A operating instructions Security information

Introduction

Security information

1.With any network connection, security is a concern. The BL-PA300A provides security to prevent unauthorized access to your network.

•Only terminals that are registered to the master adaptor can communicate with the network.

•A terminal may be registered to the master only if the SETUP buttons on the master and terminal are pressed within 3 seconds of each other.

2.Data sent and received over the HD-PLCnetwork employs AES 128-bit encryption, however we cannot guarantee that data will not be intercepted by a third party.

3.For security, reset your adaptors (see page 18) in the following situations.

•If you are concerned that another adaptor may have been accidentally registered to your master (for example, the adaptor of someone who lives in the same apartment building as you), reset each of your adaptors and register them again.

•If you discard an adaptor, give an adaptor to someone else to use, or send an adaptor for servicing, reset the adaptor first.

•If you lose an adaptor, reset your remaining adaptors and register them again.

4.The adaptor does not have a firewall feature. To prevent unauthorized external access to the network, we recommend performing the following steps.

•Setup security measures for the router and computers accessing the network.

•Change the default password on the Adaptor Maintenance Screen.

Refer to the Panasonic PLC Support Site

(http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/plc/) for information about changing the default password.

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