User`s manual

Chapter 2 — Configuring Network Settings

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Setting Up Logins

To ensure login security for configuring or maintaining the IF30, you

should use a password server or change the default user name and

password.

A password server is typically an embedded authentication server

(EAS) or other RADIUS server. To use a password server, you must

have a password server on the network that contains the user name/

password database. On the IF30, you need to enable RADIUS for

When a user attempts to log in to the IF30, the user must enter a user

name and password. This login is sent to the RADIUS server, which

compares the login to its list of authorized logins. If a match is found,

the user can log in to the IF30 with read/write privileges.

If no RADIUS server is available when the user tries a login and the

Allow Service Password check box is checked, the server checks the

service password. If the login does not match the service password, the

For help, see the next section, “Configuring the IF30 to Use a

Password Server.”

If you do not want to use a password server, you should change the

default login user name and password, and create a read-only

password. For help, see “Changing the Default Login” on page 35.