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NTC-8000 – M2M Multi-Port Network Gateway
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Administration
The Administration page is used to enable or disable the firewall, remote administration, telnet access and ping responses.
Figure 67 - Administration Configuration Items
OPTION
DEFINITION
Firewall
Enable or disable the in-built firewall on the gateway.
Enable HTTP
Enable or disable remote HTTP access to the gateway. You can also set the port you would like remote HTTP access to be available
on.
Enable Telnet
Enable or disable telnet (command line) access to the gateway from the WWAN connection.
Enable Ping
Enable or disable ping responses on the WWAN connection.
Web User Interface Account
Username
Select the username you would like to change the password for. Root users have write permissions for both the root and admin
accounts. Admin users can only update the admin password.
Password
Enter the new password for the selected user account.
Confirm Password
Re-enter the new password for the selected user account.
Telnet Account
User Name
The Telnet Account settings are only available when logged into the gateway as the ‘root’ user.
Password
Enter the new password for the root telnet user account.
Confirm Password
Re-enter the new password for the root telnet user account.
Table 27 - Administration Configuration Items
Note: The password will only be changed if you enter two matching passwords. It is not necessary to change the password if
you are only changing the incoming port number.
To access the gateway’s configuration pages remotely from a remote computer, perform the following steps:
1.
Open a new browser window (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).
2.
In the address bar, enter the gateway’s WAN IP address and assigned port number, e.g. “10.10.10.10:8080”.
Note: You can find the gateway’s WAN IP address by clicking on the Status menu. The Local field in the WWAN section
shows the gateway’s WAN IP address.
3.
Click Login and type
admin
or
root
in the Username and
admin
in the Password fields. Then click on Submit.