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Allow ICMP Configuration
Determines if users can use the AT-WA7500 Configuration Wizard
or another program that uses ICMP echo (PING) to set the IP
address or restore factory defaults on this access point.
3. Select Submit Changes to save your changes. To activate your
changes, select Save/Discard Changes from the menu bar then Save
Changes and Reboot. For help, see Saving Configuration Changes
on page 41.
Setting Up
Logins
To ensure login security for configuring or maintaining the access
points, you should either use a password server (typically an EAS or
another RADIUS server) or change the default user name and password.
To use the password server, you must have:
‰ a password server on the network that contains the user name/
password database. For help, see Configuring the Access Point
to Use a Password Server on page 152.
You can either configure an EAS or you can use an external
RADIUS server as a password server.
‰ access points, which are the RADIUS clients.
If you use a password server, you enable RADIUS for login authorization.
That is, when a user attempts to log in to the access point, the user must
enter a user name and password. This login is sent through the RADIUS
client (access point) to the RADIUS server. The server compares the login
to its list of authorized logins. If a match is found, the server returns an
access-accept frame and the user is logged in to the access point with
read/write privileges.
If no RADIUS server is available when the user attempts a login and the
Allow Service Password check box is checked, the service password is
checked. If the login does not match the service password, the login fails.
Note
Each time the service password login attempt fails, the process may
take up to eight seconds.
If you do not want to enable RADIUS authorization, you should change
the default login user name and password. You may also want to change
the read-only password. For help, see Changing the Default Login on
page 154.