User's Manual Part 4

Release8OperationsGuide
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Issue2,November2007 Draft5forRegulatoryReview 457
30 TOGGLINGREMOTEACCESSCAPABILITY
Based on your priorities for additional security and ease of network administration, you
can deny or permit remote access individually to any AP, SM, or BH.
30.1 DENYINGALLREMOTEACCESS
Wherever the No Remote Access feature is enabled by the following procedure, physical
access to the module is required for
• any change in the configuration of the module.
• any software upgrade in the module.
Where additional security is more important that ease of network administration, you can
disable all remote access to a module as follows.
Procedure 45: Denying all remote access
1. Insert the override plug into the RJ-11 GPS utility port of the module.
2. Power up or power cycle the module.
3. Access the web page
http://169.254.1.1/lockconfig.html.
4. Click the check box.
5. Save the changes.
6. Reboot the module.
7. Remove the override plug.
RESULT: No access to this module is possible through HTTP, SNMP, FTP,
telnet, or over an RF link.
end of procedure
30.2 REINSTATINGREMOTEACCESSCAPABILITY
Where ease of network administration is more important than the additional security that
the No Remote Access feature provides, this feature can be disabled as follows:
Procedure 46: Reinstating remote access capability
1. Insert the override plug into the RJ-11 GPS utility port of the module.
2. Power up or power cycle the module.
3. Access the web page
http://169.254.1.1/lockconfig.html.
4. Click the check box to uncheck the field.
5. Save the changes.
6. Reboot the module.
7. Remove the override plug.
RESULT: Access to this module is possible through HTTP, SNMP, FTP, telnet, or
over an RF link.
end of procedure