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1-30 AR Series Router Reference Manual
Software Release 2.0.1
C613-03018-00 REV A
When a user attempts to access the router via a web browser, the HTTP server
will request authentication from the browser. The browser will prompt the user
for a username and password (Figure 1-4 on page 1-30).
Figure 1-4: Logging in to the router from a web browser.
The username and password entered by the user must match a user defined in
the User Authentication Database (see “The User Authentication Database” on
page 1-13).
By default, the router’s homepage is homepage.htm. This is the page the HTTP
server returns when it receives a request that does not specify a particular
page, and when no web-based GUI is installed on the router. If there is a web-
based GUI, the router will return the GUI homepage when a request does not
specify a page. To change the home page to another file stored in the routers’s
FLASH memory, use the command:
SET HTTP SERVER HOMEPAGE=filename.htm
All GET, configure and monitor requests, and authorisation failures are logged
to the Logging Facility (see Chapter 23, Logging Facility). Debugging can be
enabled or disabled using the commands:
ENABLE HTTP DEBUG={ALL|AUTH|MSG|SESSION}
DISABLE HTTP DEBUG={ALL|AUTH|MSG|SESSION}
Debug messages display authorisation attempts, HTTP GET and POST
requests and responses, and TCP state changes. The currently enabled
debugging options can be displayed using the command:
SHOW HTTP DEBUG
The command:
RESET HTTP SERVER
restarts the HTTP server, disables debugging and clears all counters.
To display the current status of the HTTP server, use the command:
SHOW HTTP SERVER
To display information about the currently active sessions on the HTTP server,
use the command:
SHOW HTTP SESSION
The HTTP client enables the router to act as a browser by sending HTTP GET
or POST requests to another HTTP server. The HTTP client is used by the