Chapter 5 System Screens

Table 11 System > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

First DNS Server

Select From DHCP if your DHCP server dynamically assigns DNS server

Second DNS Server

information (and the ZyXEL Device's Ethernet IP address). The field to the

Third DNS Server

right displays the (read-only) DNS server IP address that the DHCP assigns.

Select User-Definedif you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the

 

 

DNS server's IP address in the field to the right. If you chose User-Defined,

 

but leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-Definedchanges to None after

 

you click Apply. If you set a second choice to User-Defined, and enter the

 

same IP address, the second User-Definedchanges to None after you click

 

Apply.

 

Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not

 

configure a DNS server, you must know the IP address of a machine in order

 

to access it.

 

The default setting is None.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

5.3 Administrator Authentication on RADIUS

The administrator authentication on RADIUS feature lets a (external or internal) RADIUS server authenticate management logins to the ZyXEL Device. This is useful if you need to regularly change a password that you use to manage several ZyXEL Devices.

Activate administrator authentication on RADIUS in the SYSTEM > Password screen and configure the same user name, password and RADIUS server information on each ZyXEL Device. Then, whenever you want to change the password, just change it on the RADIUS server.

5.3.1 Configuring Password

It is strongly recommended that you change your ZyXEL Device’s password. Click SYSTEM

>Password. The screen appears as shown.

If you forget your ZyXEL Device’s password (or IP address), you will need to reset the device. See the section on resetting the ZyXEL Device for details

"Regardless of how you configure this screen, you still use the local system password to log in via the console port (not available on all models).

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