Server User Manual

Serial Port Profiles
158 IOLAN SDS/SCS/STS/MDC User’s Guide, Version 4.0
User Complete this field only if you have specified PAP or CHAP (security
protocols) in the
Authentication field, and
z you wish to dedicate this line to a single remote user, who will be
authenticated by the IOLAN, or
z you are using the IOLAN as a router (back-to-back with another IOLAN).
When
Connect is set to Dial Out or both Dial In/Dial Out are enabled, the User
is the name the remote device will use to authenticate a port on this IOLAN.
The remote device will only authenticate your IOLAN’s port when
PAP or
CHAP are operating. You can enter a maximum of sixteen alphanumeric
characters; for example, tracy201. When connecting together two networks,
enter a dummy user name; for example, DS_HQ.
Note If you want a reasonable level of security, the user name and password
should not be similar to a user name or password used regularly to login to the
IOLAN. External authentication can not be used for this user.
Field Format: You can enter a maximum of 254 alphanumeric characters.
Password Complete this field only if you have specified PAP or CHAP (security
protocols) in the
Security field and:
z you wish to dedicate this serial port to a single remote user, who will be
authenticated by the IOLAN, or
z you are using the IOLAN as a router (back-to-back with another IOLAN)
Password means the following:
z When PAP is specified, this is the password the remote device will use to
authenticate the port on this IOLAN.
z When CHAP is specified, this is the secret (password) known to both ends
of the link upon which responses to challenges shall be based.
Field Format: You can enter a maximum of 16 alphanumeric characters.
Remote User Complete this field only if you have specified PAP or CHAP (security
protocols) in the
Security field, and
z you wish to dedicate this line to a single remote user, who will be
authenticated by the IOLAN, or
z you are using the IOLAN as a router (back-to-back with another IOLAN)
When
Dial In or Dial In/Dial Out is enabled, the Remote User is the name the
IOLAN will use to authenticate the port on the remote device. Your IOLAN
will only authenticate the port on the remote device when
PAP or CHAP are
operating. When connecting together two networks, enter a dummy user name;
for example, DS_SALES.
Note If you want a reasonable level of security, the user name and password
should not be similar to a user name or password used regularly to login to the
IOLAN. This option does not work with external authentication.
Field Format: You can enter a maximum of 254 alphanumeric characters.