Installation guide

47
Wi-Fi Location-Based Services—Design and Deployment Considerations
OL-11612-01
Installation and Configuration
Location Appliance Dual Ethernet Operation
The Cisco Wireless Location Appliance is equipped with two 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
ports that can be used to connect the location to two different IP networks such that it is easily accessible
from either network. This makes it a simple affair, for example, to configure a location appliance for
service on network A while affording it the capability to be managed out-of-band on network B if the
need arises. Complete step-by-step guidelines to accomplish this are available in Cisco Wireless
Location Appliance Installation Guide: Configuring the Location Appliance at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/products_installation_and_configuration_guide_chapter
09186a00804fab8e.html#wp1040488.
Particular attention should be paid to the fact that the dual onboard Ethernet controllers on the location
appliance are not intended for redundant or simultaneous connection to the same IP network.
Configurations aimed at establishing parallel, load balancing, or redundant Ethernet connections to the
same IP network are not recommended at this time.
Changing Default Passwords for the Location Appliance
Changing the “root” User Linux System Password
The location appliance ships with the root system password defaulted to password. To change the
password for the root user to some other less well-known value, it is necessary to log into the location
appliance as root using the CLI from either the serial console port or an SSH session.
Note Note that beginning with Release 2.1, SSH 1.0 is no longer supported by the location appliance because
of known security concerns. See Release Notes for Cisco Wireless Location Appliance at the following
URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/prod_release_note09186a00806b5ec7.html
When logged in, the Linux command passwd can be used to change the root system password as follows:
AeS_Loc login: root
Password:
Last login: Thu Oct 22 09:53:21 on ttyS0
[root@AeS_Loc root]# passwd
Changing password for user root.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[root@AeS_Loc root]#
The Linux operating system cautions the user if a password is chosen that is considered a commonly
found dictionary word or if it contain too few characters. It still enacts the change despite the warnings.
Changing the “admin” Location Server Application Password
The location server application on the location appliance ships with an administrator user account and
group predefined. The userid is admin and the password is admin. This account is typically used by WCS
to access the location server software application that is running on the location appliance. After WCS
has successfully contacted the location server application using the factory default administrator
credentials, the default password on the admin account can be changed to a less well-known value via
the WCS menu Location > Accounts > Users menu. Begin by clicking on the admin userid, as shown in
Figure 27.