Netopia R2121 manual Easy Setup Security

Models: R2121

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7-6 User’s Reference Guide

7.If IP Address Serving is On, select Number of Client IP Addresses. Then enter the number of available host addresses for the Netopia R2121 Dual Analog Router to allocate to the client computers on your network. This number defaults to the balance of the subnet addresses above the Netopia Router’s address.

8.If IP Address Serving is On, select 1st Client Address and enter the first IP address in the set of allocated served IP addresses.

9.Press Return. The Easy Setup Security Configuration screen appears.

Easy Setup Security

The Easy Setup Security Configuration screen lets you password-protect your Netopia R2121. Input your Write Access Name and Write Access Password with names or numbers totaling up to eleven digits.

If you password protect the console screens, you will be prompted to enter the name and password you have specified every time you log in to the console screens. Do not forget your name and password. If you do, you will be unable to access any of the configuration screens.

Additional security features are available. See “Security” on page 14-1.

Easy Setup Security Configuration

It is strongly suggested that you password-protect configuration access to your Netopia. By entering a Name and Password pair here, access via serial, Telnet, SNMP and Web Server will be password-protected.

Be sure to remember what you have typed here, because you will be prompted for it each time you configure this Netopia.

You can remove an existing Name and Password by clearing both fields below.

Write Access Name:

Write Access Password:

PREVIOUS SCREEN

TO MAIN MENU

RESTART DEVICE

Configure a Configuration Access Name and Password here.

The final step in configuring the Easy Setup console screens is to restart the Netopia R2121, so the configuration settings take effect.

1.Select RESTART DEVICE. A prompt asks you to confirm your choice.

2.Select CONTINUE to restart the Netopia Router and have your selections take effect.

Note: You can also restart the system at any time by using the restart utility (see “Restarting the system” on page 15-13) or by turning the Netopia Router off and on with the power switch.

Easy Setup is now complete.

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Netopia R2121 manual Easy Setup Security