Administrator Account; Miscellaneous; Ssl Certificate - RACOM RipEX User Manual

Advanced Configuration

7.7.4. Administrator account

Fig. 7.17: Menu Maintenance Administrator account
The Administrator account (user name "admin") is the primary account for unrestricted unit configuration.
Password length is at least 5 and maximum 32 characters long. Only characters a-zA-Z0-9.:_- are al-
lowed.
It is highly recommended to change default the password (admin) even if the user name remains always
the same (admin). When the Apply button is pressed, the unit reboots.

7.7.5. Miscellaneous

• Reboot – when pressed, the unit correctly shuts down and starts again (performs the cold start
which equals to a power cycle). The reboot time is approx. 25 sec.
• BRC Radio MAC – when pressed, an ARP reply packet is broadcasted over the Radio channel.
When e.g. a RipEX unit has been replaced by a spare one with the same Radio IP, but different
Radio MAC address, the neighbouring RipEXes update their ARP tables only after their respective
timeout expires. Forced transmission of an ARP reply restores the communication with the neigbours
immediately.
NOTE: The ARP reply packet is automatically transmitted after every boot, hence the manual invoc-
ation should not be necessary. Nevertheless broadcasting an extra ARP reply following any IP or
MAC address change is a good and recommended practice.
• RSS sample – when pressed, the current level of Received Signal Strength (one sample) on Radio
channel is measured. This sample is measured regardless of the current Radio channel status
(Quiet/Rx/Tx)

7.7.6. SSL certificate

Fig. 7.18: Menu Maintenance SSL certificate
It is possible to download your own SSL certificate into RipEX for https communication used for web
configuration. 2048 bits certificate is supported and recommended, however the 512 or 1024 bits certi-
ficates can also be used. SSL certificate may have one or two files. Both options are supported.
• Certificate file
Fill in the Certificate file, or browse your disk in order to find the file.
• Key file
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