Chapter 5 System Screens

Figure 43 SYSTEM > Password.

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 12 Password

LABEL

DESCRIPTIONS

Enable Admin at Local

Select this check box to have the device authenticate management logins to

 

the device.

 

 

Use old setting

Select this to have the ZyXEL Device use the local management password

 

already configured on the device (“1234” is the default).

 

 

Use new setting

Select this if you want to change the local management password.

 

 

Old Password

Type in your existing system password (“1234” is the default password).

 

 

New Password

Type your new system password (up to 31 characters). Note that as you type

 

a password, the screen displays an asterisk (*) for each character you type.

 

 

Retype to Confirm

Retype your new system password for confirmation.

 

 

Enable Admin on

Select this (and configure the other fields in this section) to have a RADIUS

RADIUS

server authenticate management logins to the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Use old setting

Select this to have a RADIUS server authenticate management logins to the

 

ZyXEL Device using the RADIUS username and password already configured

 

on the device.

 

 

Use new setting

Select this if you want to change the RADIUS username and password the

 

ZyXEL Device uses to authenticate management logon.

 

 

User Name

Enter the username for this user account. This name can be up to 31 ASCII

 

characters long, including spaces.

 

 

Password

Type a password (up to 31 ASCII characters) for this user profile. Note that as

 

you type a password, the screen displays a (*) for each character you type.

 

Spaces are allowed.

 

Note: If you are using PEAP authentication, this password

 

field is limited to 14 ASCII characters in length.

 

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