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Chapter 8: Security settings
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8 Security settings
Your LANCOM device has numerous security functions. You find in this chapter
all information needed for an optimal protection of the base station.
You can carry out the configuration of security settings very quickly
and conveniently with the Security Wizards in LANconfig and
WEBconfig.
8.1
The security settings wizard
Access to the configuration of a device permits not only to read out critical
information (e.g. Internet password). Rather, also the entire settings of the
security functions (e.g. firewall) can be altered then. So an unauthorized con-
figuration access endangers not only a single device, but the entire network.
Your LANCOM has a password protection for the configuration access. This
protection is already activated during the basic configuration by entering a
password.
The device locks access to its configuration for a specified period of time after
a certain number of failed log-in attempts. Both the number of failed attempts
and the duration of the lock can be set as needed. By default, access is locked
for a period of five minutes after the fifth failed log-in attempt.
Besides these general settings you can also check the security settings of the
wireless network with the security wizard as far as your device has a WLAN
interface.
8.1.1
Wizard for LANconfig
Mark your LANCOM in the selection window. Select from the command
bar
Extras
Setup Wizard
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