Manual

Model 5401A User Guide Issue 2, July 2021
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 27
field will not be grayed out and the value
can be modified as desired. After enter-
ing a revised gateway value, using dot-
decimal notation, the Submit button must
be pressed for the change to be stored. A
system reboot is required for the revised
gateway value to be utilized. Restoring
the Model 5401A’s default values will not
change the stored manual gateway value.
Submit: The Submit button is located at the
bottom of the Management Interface area
of the Network menu webpage. To save any
changes made to four fields in the Manage-
ment Interface requires that the Submit
button be pressed. To utilize those changes
requires that a Model 5401A reboot to take
place. That can occur by using the system
Reboot function on the system webpage or
a selection on the front panel’s menus.
Access Menu
As a security method a user name and
password must be entered before the con-
figuration webpages can be accessed. (This
is what you did to get this far!) These values
can be changed as desired. Refer to Appen-
dix E for a view of the Access menu.
The Model 5401A’s access security method
is in no way rigorous. The user name and
password are sent to and received from
the Model 5401A as plain text. They are
also stored within the Model 5401A as plain
text. There is no security method or encryp-
tion associated with these fields. Anyone
“snooping” on the LAN that is transporting
Model 5401A management data will see all
values in plain text. The ability to select user
name and password values is intended sim-
ply to provide a means of keeping “honest”
users from easily changing the configuration
of a Model 5401A. If unauthorized access
is of concern then it’s recommended that
the Model 5401A’s network configuration be
selected for Switched or Redundant. And
then an Ethernet connection to the Model
5401A’s management RJ45 jack should not
be present except when access by autho-
rized personnel is desired.
The default user name is guest and the
default password is guest. These are case
sensitive. If neither of the default entries
are changed then they will display in the
user name and password entry fields on the
Login menu webpage. If the default user
name and/or default password is changed
then neither the user name nor the pass-
word will display upon accessing the Login
menu webpage.
Management Log Credentials
User Name: In this field a revised user
name can be entered. The user name must
be a minimum of five characters, a maxi-
mum of 15 characters, and is case sensi-
tive. All 95 of the printable ASCII characters
can be used. These include upper and
lower alphabetic characters, numbers, and
standard punctuation marks.
New Password: In this field a revised
password can be entered. The password
must be a minimum of five characters, have
a maximum of 15 characters, and is case
sensitive. All 95 of the printable ASCII char-
acters can be used. These include upper
and lower alphabetic characters, numbers,
and standard punctuation marks.
Confirm New Password: For a new pass-
word to be considered valid, enter it identi-
cally into this field.
Submit: The Submit button is located
below the field for Confirm New Password.
To save changes made to the user name
and/or New password fields requires that
the Submit button be pressed. Changes
made will be effective upon the next attempt
at logging into the Model 5401A. Restor-
ing the Model 5401A to its default values
does not change the stored user name and
password.