Digi Connect WAN Series User Manual page 132

Digi Connect WAN Family web interface
1. Select Configuration > Security.
2. Select the Enable password authentication check box.
3. Type the new password in the New Password and Confirm Password fields. You can specify a
case-sensitive password from 4 to 16 characters long.
4. Click Apply. You are immediately logged off. Sign in to the web interface using the new values.
5. Sign in to the web interface using the administrative password.
To change the administrative password from the command line:
Issue a newpass command.
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Upload and SSH public key
You can configure SSH to sign in to servers without having to provide a password. This is called "public
key authentication" and is more secure than using a normal password.
You can generate a public/private key using a program called ssh-keygen, and store a copy of the
public key on the server(s) that you wish to use for authentication. When you sign in, the server sends
you a message encrypted with your public key. Your machine decrypts it and sends back the original
message, proving your identity.
To upload an SSH public key:
1. On the Main menu, click Security.
2. On the Security Configuration page, select the Enable SSH public key authentication
check box.
3. Type or paste the SSH public key in the edit box.
4. Click Apply.
Add a user
Digi Connect WAN Family devices allow you to define multiple users. For those products, the Users
Configuration page shows the currently defined users and allows you to add users.
To add a user:
1. Select Configuration > Users.
2. Click New user.
3. On the Add New User page, complete the user authentication fields. You can specify a case-
sensitive password from 4 through 16 characters long.
4. Click Apply. The changes take effect immediately. No logout/login is necessary.
Change user access settings
For Digi Connect WAN Family products with the two-user or more-than-two-users model, you can
configure user access to the device interfaces. For example, the administrative user can access both
the command line and web interface, but you can restrict other users to the web interface only.
CAUTION! Take care in changing access settings. If you sign in as the administrative
user and disable the web interface, you will not be able to sign in to the Digi Connect
WAN Family device on your next attempt, and there is no way to raise your user
permissions to enable the web interface again. You must reset the device to factory
defaults to enable the web interface access.
Digi Connect WAN Family User Guide
Configuration through the web interface
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