- Fortress Wireless Access Bridge User Guide

Fortress Bridge: Configuration
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To configure the default user authentication and device
state for authenticating devices:
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 and that Device
Auth is selected under AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS (refer to
sections 3.6.6.1 and 3.6.6.4, respectively).
NOTE: Yo u c a n
change the user
authentication and de-
vice state settings for
devices individually—
on the
DEVICE AUTHEN-
TICATION screen, de-
scribed in Section 4.1.2.
3 Under AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS, to the right of Device Auth:
 check the box beside with User Auth by default to enable
user authentication for new devices by default. (This is
the default setting.)
or
 clear the checkbox beside with User Auth by default to
disable user authentication for new devices by default.
4 Under AUTHENTICATION DEFAULTS, in the Device State field,
select one of:
 Allow - the device will be allowed to connect.
 Pending - connection requires administrator action
(explicitly changing the device’s
Auth State to Allow).
 Deny - the device is not allowed on the network.
5 Click Apply at the bottom of the screen.
NOTE: When the
Bridge is in black-
out mode, you can tem-
porarily toggle front-
panel LEDs back on—to
use them during front-
panel configuration—by
pressing
SW1 on the
front panel.
3.7 Blackout Mode
The BLACKOUT MODE setting on the Fortress Bridge globally
turns the front-panel LEDs on and off.
When
BLACKOUT MODE is Enabled, none of the front-panel
indicators will illuminate for any reason—except for a single,
initial blink (green) of less than half a second, at the beginning
of the boot process.
When
BLACKOUT MODE is Disabled (the default), the front-panel
LED indicators function normally.
Front-panel LED behaviors and their associated meanings are
covered in Section 5.6.
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