Connecting An Administrative Pc To The Device; Setting Password And Lan Connection Settings - McAfee SG310 Administration Manual

Getting Started

Connecting an administrative PC to the device

Connecting an administrative PC to the device
Connect your administrative PC to the device:
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• If you are setting up the SG310, attach your PC's network interface card directly to any LAN port on
the device using the supplied network cable.
• If you are setting up the SG560, SG560U, SG565 or SG580, attach your PC's network interface card
directly to any network port on switch A (A1 - A4) using the supplied network cable.
Launch your Web browser. At setup, the UTM Firewall device has an internal DHCP server option that
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automatically resolves any DNS request with the UTM Firewall device's own LAN IP address.
The UTM Firewall Quick Setup Wizard appears with the Set Administration Password dialog showing.
Note: If the UTM Firewall Management Console does not automatically appear (perhaps because you have no
home page established on your browser), navigate to
Firewall device at
erase button on the unit's rear panel twice within 3 seconds, 1 second apart. Wait 20 - 30 seconds, and then
try browsing to

Setting password and LAN connection settings

Enter and confirm a new password for your UTM Firewall. This is the password for the user root, the main
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administrative user account on the UTM Firewall. It is important to choose a password that is hard for
others to guess, and to keep the password safe.
The new password takes effect immediately. You are prompted to enter the new password when
completing the next step.
Click Submit. A logon prompt is displayed
Figure 16 Logon prompt
Enter the user name root, and the password you created in
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Click OK. The Hostname dialog appears
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, or are not accepted, reset the device to the factory default by pressing the
192.168.0.1
again.
192.168.0.1
. If you are unable to browse to the UTM
192.168.0.1
(Figure 16).
Step
(Figure 17).
1.