WatchGuard Technologies SOHO manual Rebooting a WatchGuard Soho, Base Model Soho

Rebooting a WatchGuard SOHO

The Base Model SOHO

The base model SOHO comes with a ten seat license, that is ten computers have access to the Internet through the SOHO. Remember, while only four devices connect directly to the four (numbered 1-4) Ethernet ports, one or more of these devices can be a hub or router. Please see, “Cabling the SOHO for more than four computers” on page 34.

Rebooting a WatchGuard SOHO

To reboot a SOHO located on a local system, use one of the following methods:

• Using your Web browser.

With your Web browser, go to the SOHO System Status page using the Trusted IP address of the SOHO. (For example, if using the default IP address, go to: http:// 192.168.111.1.)

Click the Reboot button.

• Unplug the SOHO and plug it back in.

To reboot a SOHO located on a remote system, the SOHO must be configured to allow either incoming Web or FTP traffic to the trusted address of the SOHO. For information on configuring a SOHO to allow incoming traffic, see “Configuring Incoming and Outgoing Services” on page 63.

You can than use one of the following methods:

•Open a special HTML page with the external IP address of the SOHO in the URL followed by /rebootreq. For example, http://209.191.160.60/rebootreq.

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