Motorola Motomesh 1.0, User Manual

Chapter 3: Device Configuration 

6881011Y53-O   September 2005 

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The Network Operator can choose to keep the provided (derived IP address) or assign a 

fixed

 IP 

address and subnet mask.  It is up to the Network Operator to ensure that the assigned address is 
routable on the core network (if core network access is needed) and that it does not conflict with other 
addresses in use.  This is analogous to and carries the same caveats as plugging an Ethernet card into a 
LAN and manually assigning an address to the card. 

Security Settings Section (Authentication) 

There are three security authentication settings available to the MOTOMESH MWR device: Force 
Authorized, Force Unauthorized, and Local. Security authentication modes are selected from within 
the 

Security Settings

 section of the MOTOMESH Device Administration Configuration page in the 

Authorization Control

 field   

The table below describes each field within the 

Security Settings

 section. 

Table 3-4 

Device Web Interface - Security Settings Section (Configuration Tab) 

Field Name 

Field Description 

Field Default 

Value 

To allow for various levels of security and authentication control, there are 
three security authentication settings available to the MOTOMESH MWR 
device: Force Authorized, Force Unauthorized, and Local. 

Force Authorized:

In Force Authorized mode, there are effectively no security and 
authentication controls, resulting in open authentication for all network 
devices.  There will be no security measures applied to links between 
devices that are currently set to Force Authorized.  Hardware 
authentication via the HAS is still performed but password authentication 
is not carried out at the user level and there is no integrity check carried out 
for all packets transferred between any source and destination node 

Force Unauthorized:  

In Force Unauthorized mode, all devices seeking authorization for network 
access will be denied, effectively locking down the network. The Force 
Unauthorized setting will not allow any network device to establish 
communication with any other node that may attempt to communicate with 
the node set to Force Unauthorized. 

Authorization 
Control 

Local: 

In Local mode, the User ID and password for all devices requesting 
network access must be validated against the security information 
configured at the IAP. If the password is not valid, access will be denied. If 
the password is valid, the device will be authorized for network access and 
a secure connection will be maintained for the duration of the association 
with the IAP. Integrity checking will be carried out on all the packets 
flowing between the source and destination node. 

Force Authorized 

Local ID 

The specified Local ID is used for communication authentication with an 
Intelligent Access Point device (IAP).  

Local 

Local 
Password 

The password used for authentication control between a local subscriber 
device and an IAP device. 

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