Chapter 7 System Screens

Note: Regardless of how you configure this screen, you still use the local system password to log in via the console port (for internal use only).

Figure 74 System > Password.

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 24 System > Password

LABEL

DESCRIPTIONS

Enable Admin at

Select this check box to have the device authenticate management

Local

logins to the device.

 

 

Use old setting

Select this to have the NWA 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

Retype your new system password for confirmation.

Confirm

 

 

 

Enable Admin on

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

RADIUS

RADIUS server authenticate management logins to the NWA.

 

 

Use old setting

Select this to have a RADIUS server authenticate management

 

logins to the NWA 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 NWA 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.

 

 

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