Web Interface Overview; Configuring The Netguardian; Radius Authentication - DPS Telecom NetGuardian 420 Web User Manual

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Web Interface Overview

The NetGuardian's Web Browser Interface lets you manage alarms and configure the unit through the Internet or
your Intranet. You can quickly set up alarm point descriptions, view alarm status, issue controls, and configure
paging information, and more. The NetGuardian supports Internet Explorer versions 4.0 and above and Netscape
Navigator versions 4.7 and above.
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Configuring the NetGuardian

The NetGuardian must be provisioned with log-on passwords, alarm descriptions, port parameters, ping targets,
control descriptions, and other system information. Most provisioning will be done via the NetGuardian Web
Interface. The NetGuardian also supports a limited TTY interface (used mostly for initial unit configuration. See
the NetGuardian 420 Hardware User Manual for information about the TTY interface).
You can provision the NetGuardian IP Address either locally through the craft port or remotely through a LAN
connection. However, to access the NetGuardian via LAN you must first make a temporary connection to the
NetGuardian and assign it an IP address on your network. For more information, see the following section,
"Connecting to the NetGuardian."
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RADIUS Authentication

RADIUS authentication is now supported by any NetGuardian 420 platform.
RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) is an industry-standard way to manage logins to many
different types of equipment in one central location. The NetGuardian connects to your central RADIUS server.
Every time a device receives a login attempt (usually a username & password), it requests an authentication from
the RADIUS server. If the username & password combination is found in the server's database, an affirmative
"access granted" reply is sent back to the unit device, allowing the user to connect.
Also included in the reply are the user's individual access rights, so different users can be granted different
privilege levels. If the user's login attempt is not found, a rejection is returned instead. RADIUS configuration for
the NetGuardian will be achieved via the web browser interface or TTY interface. For details, see the separate
user manuals for the NetGuardian 420 web browser.
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