Ringdale ISDN user manual Router Name/Password, Management Options

CONFIGURING YOUR ROUTER

Router Name/Password

Router Name/Password appears under the Setup Tab > General Tab for the properties for a router.

Router Name: Enter up to 10 letters and/or numbers for a name for the selected router. This name will appear in the upper-left corner of Router Properties and in the Status Tab. If more than one router is installed, the name should reflect the location of the router or the networks it is connecting. No two routers should have the same name. The default for Router Name is based on the Ethernet address of the router.

Password: Enter up to 10 letters and/or numbers for a password to protect your configuration settings for the router. To activate the password you must also select the Password check box (in Management Options).

Management Options

Management Options appears under the Setup Tab > General Tab for the properties for a router.

Quiet Mode: Select this option to suppress status messages from appearing on a local console connected to the router. If a console is not attached, Quiet Mode should be enabled. When Quiet Mode is disabled, messages about the status of the router appear on the local console port. Regardless of whether Quiet Mode is on or off, messages about the status of the system can always be viewed in the Status Messages area of the Status Tab.

Password: Select this option to activate the Password. This password is entered in the Password entry field (in Router Name/ Password). For the Password to be effective immediately, you

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