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Security
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4. In the field Read/Write Password, enter the new password. The default value
is “public”.
5. Click
OK to save the configuration to the Base Station. The Base Station will
now reboot.
SNMP IP Access List
In addition to the read and read/write passwords, you can restrict access to the
Base Station configuration to a limited number of authorized stations.
To authorize the BreezeNET management station to access your Base Stations,
you must identify:
! the unique IP address of the management station, and
! the Base Station interface (port) via which this station will access the
configuration
If you wish to authorize multiple stations, you can identify a range of IP
addresses that you will reserve for authorized LAN administrator stations.
When the IP address or interface does not match the listing in the SNMP IP
access list, the requester will receive a time-out error.
To authorize a management station via the SNMP IP access list:
1. Start the AP Manager and select the Base Station.
2. Click the
Edit button to connect to the Base Station.
3. Select the
SNMP tab to display the SNMP parameters. The SNMP IP Access
List
is visible at the bottom of the SNMP tab as pictured in Figure 8-41
4. Use the following buttons to modify the SNMP IP access list:
! Add - to add IP addresses to the list. (Press the F1 key for on-line Help
for possible values for these fields).
! Delete - to remove IP addresses from the list.
! Edit - to change entries in the list.
The default value is
<All will be permitted>.
Trap Host Alerts
You can use the Trap Host mechanism to inform a network administrator when
somebody resets the Base Station, does the forced reload procedure or if there
NOTE:
When using the SNMP IP access list, you should include the IP address of all stations that will
need to retrieve configuration or diagnostic information of the Base Station, i.e. stations of
administrators who use either read or read/write passwords.