User guide

March 2005 Managing Your Canopy Network
Through Software Release 6.1
Page 360 of 425 Issue 1
Canopy System User Guide
29 TOGGLING REMOTE ACCESS CAPABILITY
In Release 4.0 and later releases, 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.
29.1 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 46: 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
29.2 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 47: 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.