- Fortress Wireless Access Bridge User Guide

Fortress Bridge: Configuration
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To enable/disable user session timeout login prompts:
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI admin account and select
SECURITY SETTINGS from the menu on the left.
2 In the AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS frame:
 Check the box for Restart Session Login Prompt to
enable user session timeout prompts (the default).
or
 Clear the checkbox for Restart Session Login Prompt to
disable user session timeout prompts
.
3 Click Apply at the bottom of the screen.
3.6.6.7 Default User Authentication Settings
The default
Idle Timeout and Session Timeout settings that will
automatically populate the corresponding fields in the
ADD
USER frame of the USER AUTHENTICATION screen are configured
on the
SECURITY SETTINGS screen. You can change these
settings for users individually (on the
USER AUTHENTICATION
screen, described in Section 4.2.2).
To configure default idle and session timeouts
for authenticated users:
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI admin account and select
SECURITY SETTINGS from the menu on the left.
2 In the AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS frame, in Auth Mode,
ensure that
Local authentication is enabled.
3 Under AUTHENTICATION DEFAULTS:
 In User Idle Timeout - enter the number of whole
minutes, between 1 and 9999, that a user’s device can
be idle on the network before it must renegotiate keys
with the Bridge. Enter zero (0) to disable idle timeouts.
The default setting is 30 minutes.
 In User Session Timeout - enter the number of whole
minutes, between 1 and 9999, that a user’s device can
be present on the network before the current session is
ended and the user must log back in to re-establish the
connection. Enter zero (0) to disable session timeouts.
The default setting is 720 minutes.
4 Click Apply at the bottom of the screen.
3.6.6.8 Default Device Authentication Settings
Whether or not user authentication is enabled by default for
new devices automatically populating the
DEVICE
AUTHENTICATION screen is configured on the SECURITY SETTINGS
screen, as is the default
Device State setting they are initially
assigned.
detail: