Ways To Manage The Zywall; Good Habits For Managing The Zywall - ZyXEL Communications 5 Series User Manual

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your ZyWALL

1.4 Ways to Manage the ZyWALL

Use any of the following methods to manage the ZyWALL.
• Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the ZyWALL
using a (supported) web browser.
• Command Line Interface. Line commands are mostly used for troubleshooting by service
engineers. See the Command Reference Guide for more information about the CLI.
• SMT. System Management Terminal is a text-based configuration menu that you can use
to configure your device.
• FTP for firmware upgrades and configuration backup/restore.
• SNMP. The device can be monitored by an SNMP manager. See the SNMP chapter in this
User's Guide.
• Vantage CNM (Centralized Network Management). The device can be remotely managed
using a Vantage CNM server.

1.5 Good Habits for Managing the ZyWALL

Do the following things regularly to make the ZyWALL more secure and to manage the
ZyWALL more effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that's not easy to guess and that consists of
different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an
earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even
crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the ZyWALL to its factory
default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to
totally re-configure the ZyWALL. You could simply restore your last configuration.
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