User`s manual

MP-1xx/H.323
MP-1xx/H.323 User’s Manual 84 Document #: LTRT-00651
7.2 Web Management
7.2.1 Overview
The MP-1xx Gateway contains an Embedded Web Server to be used both for Gateway
configuration, including downloading of configuration files, and for run-time monitoring. The Web
Server can be accessed from any standard Web browser, such as Microsoft™ Internet Explorer,
Netscape™ Navigator, etc. Specifically, Users can employ this facility to set up the Gateway
configuration parameters needed to configure the Gateway. Users also have the option to reset
the Gateway to apply the new set of parameters.
Access to the Embedded Web Server is controlled by protection and security mechanisms
described below.
Note: The MP-108 8-port, MP-104 4-port and MP-102 2-port Media Gateways have identical
functionality (the MP-102 supports FXS only), except for the number of channels, and are
referred to collectively in this manual as the MP-1xx.
7.2.2 Password Control
The Embedded Web Server is protected by a unique username-password combination. The first
time a browser request is made, the User is requested to provide its username-password so that
the User can obtain access. Subsequent requests are negotiated by the browser on behalf of the
User, so that the User doesn’t have to re-enter the username-password for each request, but the
request is still authenticated.
An additional level of protection is obtained by a restriction that no more than three IP addresses
can access the Embedded Web Server concurrently. With this approach, a fourth User is told that
the server is busy, even if the correct username-password was provided.
7.2.2.1 The Embedded Web Server Username-Password
The default username-password for all Gateways is shown below:
" Username = “Admin”
" Password = “Admin”
Change the Web password using the “Advanced Configuration Menu > Change Password”
selection and then follow the pop-up window directives. The password can be a maximum of 7
case-sensitive characters. The new password is active only after restarting the Gateway using the
reset button of the Embedded Web Server. Otherwise, the “old” password is still active.
The User can reset the Web username-password (to the default values) using an ini file
parameter called “ResetWebPassword”. The Web password is automatically the default
password.
7.2.3 Web Configuration
The Embedded Web Server can be configured using ini file parameters.
7.2.3.1 Read-only Mode
The Embedded Web Server can be initialized to “read-only mode” by setting the
“DisableWebConfig = 1” ini file parameter (the default state is read-write mode). In this mode, all
the Web pages are presented in read-only mode. By selecting this mode, the User disables the
capability to modify the configuration data. In addition, the User does NOT have access to the
“Change Password” page or to the “Reset” page. When the Gateway is controlled through PCI,
the Embedded Web Server is always in read-only mode.
7.2.3.2 Disable/Enable Embedded Web Server
To deny access to the Gateway through HTTP protocol, the User has the capability to disable the
Embedded Web Server task. To disable the Web task, use an ini file parameter called
“DisableWebTask = 1”. The default is to Web task enabled. When the Gateway is controlled