Starting your multiaccess – Multi Tech Equipment MULTIACCESS MA30120 User Manual
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Connecting & Starting the MultiAccess
MultiAccess Quick Start Guide
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Starting Your MultiAccess
This section of the Quick Start Guide covers the steps for connecting a workstation to the MultiAccess, starting up
the MultiAccess, opening the MultiAccess Communications Server Web Management program, performing the
time zone setup, and using the menu bar to navigate through the Web Management software screens.
1.
Set the workstation IP address to
192.168.2.x
subnet other than 192.168.2.1 which is the IP address of
Ethernet 1 (eth0) and 192.168.2.5 which is already assigned to Ethernet 2 (eht1).
2.
Turn on power to the MultiAccess. When you hear 5 beeps, approximately 2 minutes after applying
power, continue with the next step.
Note:
Depending on the version of MultiAccess (and other variables, like the previous shutdown and the
number of expansion modules) the duration needed to boot may vary. It may be helpful to
connect an
external monitor and keyboard to determine the current status of the system. Five seconds after turning
on power, one beep is heard, indicating a successful POST of the mother board, next the BIOS detects
the hard drive from which the Linux operating system and appropriate drivers are loaded.
3.
Bring up a Web browser on the workstation. At the browser’s address line, enter
https://192.168.2.1
and
press the
Enter
key.
Important:
Be sure to type
https
(http will not work).
4. In some environments, one or more Security Alert screen(s) may display.
At the initial
Security Alert
screen, click
Yes
and follow any additional on-screen prompts.
Login
1. The
Login
screen is displayed.
•
Type the default User name:
admin
(all lower-case)
•
Tab to the Password entry and type the default password:
admin
(all lower-case).
•
Click the
Login
button.
Note:
The
User name
and
Password
entries are case-sensitive (both must be all lower-case) and can
be up to 12 characters each. Later, you will want to change the password from the default (
admin
) to
something else. (If Windows displays the
AutoComplete
screen, for security reasons, you may want to
click
No
to tell Windows OS to not remember the password.)