Chapter 20 System Settings

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 87 Maintenance > System > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

System Setup

 

 

 

System Name

Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. It is

 

recommended you enter your computer’s “Computer name” in this field.

 

This name can be up to 30 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not

 

allowed, but dashes “-” and underscores "_" are accepted.

 

 

Domain Name

Enter the domain name (if you know it) here. If you leave this field blank,

 

the ISP may assign a domain name via DHCP.

 

The domain name entered by you is given priority over the ISP assigned

 

domain name.

 

The Domain Name entry is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN.

 

 

Administrator

Type how many minutes a management session (either via the web

Inactivity

configurator or telnet) can be left idle before the session times out. The

Timer

default is 5 minutes. After it times out you have to log in with your

 

password again. Very long idle timeouts may have security risks. A value

 

of "0" means a management session never times out, no matter how

 

long it has been left idle (not recommended).

 

 

Password

 

 

 

User Password

 

 

 

New

Type your new user password (up to 30 characters). Note that as you

Password

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

 

After you change the password, use the new password to access the

 

ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Retype to

Type the new password again for confirmation.

confirm

 

 

 

Admin

 

Password

 

 

 

Old

Type the default password or the existing password you use to access the

Password

system in this field.

 

 

New

Type your new system password (up to 30 characters). Note that as you

Password

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

 

After you change the password, use the new password to access the

 

ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Retype to

Type the new password again for confirmation.

confirm

 

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes.

 

 

Cancel

Click this to restore your previously saved settings.

 

 

 

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