User guide

Advanced Network Configurations
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Read Password
Change the Read Password parameter in order to prevent unauthorized access
to the Base Stations.
A read password is requested when you connect to Base Stations with the
Monitor option. The default value is “public”.
With the correct read password, a local LAN administrator can only monitor
Base Station statistics and tables, but not view or change any of the parameters.
Read/Write Password
Change the Read/Write Password parameter in order to prevent unauthorized
access to the Base Stations to make changes to its configuration settings.
A read/write password is requested when using the
Edit button to connect to
the Base Station. The default value is “public”.
With the correct read/write password, a network supervisor can monitor Base
Station statistics and view or change any of the parameters of the configuration.
Using different values for the Read and Read/Write Password parameters you
can create different levels of authority for your LAN Administrators to
configure and/or monitor the Base Stations.
System Contact
Use the field System Contact to enter a generic name for the network supervisor
or department, (e.g. “Your LAN Administrator” as pictured in Figure 8-41).
System Name
Use the field System Name field to enter a generic logical location of the Base
Station, (e.g. “Incoming Goods Department” as in Figure 8-41).
System Location
Use the field System Location to enter a generic physical location of the Base
Station, (e.g. Base Station floor 1N as in Figure 8-41).
Trap Host IP Address
If you plan to use the trap alert system as described on Trap Host Alerts, you
can use the
Trap Host IP Address field to enter the address of the network
management station that should collect the SNMP trap messages. If you do not
intend to use trap host alerts, the value is set to “Don’t care”.
For more detailed information about trap host messages, see Trap Host Alerts.