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Chapter 11. System Management
Administrator has the privilege to modify the system settings while guest can only view the system settings.
Passwords of both the admin and guest accounts can be changed by the administrator.
Note
Follow the instructions below to change password:
1. Open the Password configuration page by clicking the System
Management
2. Enter existing password in the Login Password field.
3. Type the new password in the New Password field and again in the
Confirm New Password field.
The password can have up to 16 characters long. When logging in, you
must type the new password in the same upper and lower case characters
that you enter here.
4. Click on
only after all the fields are entered correctly.
11.2.2 Configure Management Stations
At times, you may want to limit the hosts that can be used to configure the router. The default setting allows the
system administrator to login from any computers as long as the username and password are correctly
entered. This may provide opportunities for unauthorized users to gain access to the Configuration Manager of
the router as long as he or she possesses the knowledge of the correct username and password. You may
configure up to 8 groups of management stations in this configuration page using options such as single IP
address, IP address range or network address and subnet mask.
WARNING
11.2.2.1
Management Station Configuration Parameters
Table 11.1 describes the configuration parameters available for management station configuration.
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This username and password is only used for logging into the
Configuration Manager; it is not the same login password that you
use to connect to your ISP.
Password menu.
Figure 11.2. Password Configuration
button to save the new password. Note that the new password will take effect
If no management station group is configured, administrator can
login from anywhere to the router. However, if one or more
management station groups are configured, only those
computers specified in the management groups can configure the
router. If you forget the configuration of the management group,
you will not be able to gain access to the router's Configuration
Manager unless the router is reset to the factory settings using
the reset button.
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