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Performing Advanced Configuration

SYSTIMAX® AirSPEED™ AP542

User Guide

Management

The Management tab contains the following sub-tabs.

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Passwords

–

IP Access Table

–

Services

–

Automatic Configuration (AutoConfig)

–

Hardware Configuration Reset (CHRD)

Passwords

You can configure the following passwords:

•

SNMP Read Community Password:

The password for read access to the AP using SNMP. Enter a password in

both the

Password

field and the

Confirm

field. Passwords must be between 6 and 32 characters. The default

password is “public”.

•

SNMP Read/Write Community Password:

The password for read and write access to the AP using SNMP. Enter

a password in both the

Password

field and the

Confirm

field. Passwords must be between 6 and 32 characters.

The default password is “public”.

•

SNMPv3 Authentication Password:

The password used for authentication when SNMPv3 (secure management)

is enabled. Enter a password in both the

Password

field and the

Confirm

field. This password must be between 6

and 32 characters, but a length of at least 8 characters is recommended. The default password is “public”. Note
that Secure Management (Services tab) must be enabled to configure SNMPv3.
The default SNMPv3 username is

administrator

, with SHA authentication, and DES privacy protocol.

•

SNMPv3 Privacy Password:

The password used for encrypting SNMP messages when SNMPv3 (secure

management) is enabled. Enter a password in both the

Password

field and the

Confirm

field. This password must

be between 6 and 32 characters, but a length of at least 8 characters is recommended. The default password is
“public”. Note that Secure Management (Services tab) must be enabled to configure SNMPv3.

•

Telnet (CLI) Password:

The password for the CLI interface (via serial or Telnet). Enter a password in both the

Password

field and the

Confirm

field. Passwords must be between 6 and 32 characters. The default password is

“public”.

•

HTTP (Web) Password:

The password for the Web browser HTTP interface. Enter a password in both the

Password

field and the

Confirm

field. Passwords must be between 6 and 32 characters. The default password is

“public”.

NOTE

For security purposes SYSTIMAX recommends changing ALL PASSWORDS from the default “public”
immediately, to restrict access to your network devices to authorized personnel. If you lose or forget your
password settings, you can always perform the

Reset to Factory Default Procedure

IP Access Table

The Management IP Access Table limits in-band management access to the IP addresses or range of IP addresses
specified in the table. This feature applies to all management services (SNMP, HTTP, and CLI) except for CLI
management over the serial port. To configure this table, click

Add

and set the following parameters:

•

IP Address:

Enter the IP Address for the management station.

•

IP Mask:

Enter a mask that will act as a filter to limit access to a range of IP Addresses based on the IP Address

you already entered.

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The IP mask 255.255.255.255 would authorize the single station defined by the IP Address to configure the
Access Point. The AP would ignore commands from any other IP address. In contrast, the IP mask
255.255.255.0 would allow any device that shares the first three octets of the IP address to configure the AP.
For example, if you enter an IP address of 10.20.30.1 with a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask, any IP address
between 10.20.30.1 and 10.20.30.254 will have access to the AP’s management interfaces.

•

Comment:

Enter an optional comment, such as the station name.

To edit or delete an entry, click

Edit

. Edit the information, or select

Enable

Disable

, or

Delete

from the

Status