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Fortress Bridge: Administration

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NOTE:

In point-to-

point/multipoint

deployments, Fortress
recommends that you
disable the

Restart Ses-

sion Login Prompt

for us-

ers on all non-root
Bridges on the network,
so that, when users’ ses-
sions time out, they are
prompted for their cre-
dentials by only the root
Bridge. Refer to Section
3.6.6.6 gu
idance.

‹

Session Timeout

- sets the amount of time the user’s device

can be present on the network before the current session is
ended and he/she must log back in to re-establish the
connection.

Session Timeout

is set in minutes, between 0 and 9999. A

value of zero disables session timeout for that user (her
device can be present on the network indefinitely without
timing out). If you enabled

Local

authentication while

leaving the settings under

AUTHENTICATION

DEFAULTS

(Section 3.6.6.7) at their defaults, the

Session Timeout

value in the

ADD

USER

frame will be at 720 minutes.

‹

Active

-

enables/disables user access to the account.

A check in the box enables the account (the default);
clearing the checkbox disables it.

4.2.2.1

Adding a User
New user accounts can only be created on the Bridge when

Local

authentication is globally enabled (refer to Section 4.2,

above).

To add a user:

1

Log on to the Bridge GUI

admin

account and choose

USER

AUTHENTICATION

from the menu on the left.

2

On the

USER

AUTHENTICATION

screen, in the

ADD

USER

frame, enter valid values into the relevant fields (described
above).

3

Click

Add

to save the new user account (or

Cancel

the

addition).
The

USER

ACCOUNTS

frame shows the user you have

added, with the settings you specified.

4.2.2.2

Editing a User Account
Once configured,

Username

cannot be changed. You can only

delete a user’s account and create a new account with a new

Username

. You can edit any other value associated with a user

account.

To edit a user account:

1

Log on to the Bridge GUI

admin

account and choose

USER

AUTHENTICATION

from the menu on the left.