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Protecting & Monitoring Your Wireless Network
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Protecting & Monitoring Your
Wireless Network
After you have successfully connected the SBG6400 and your wireless devices, you should configure the
gateway to protect your wireless network from unwanted and unauthorized access by any wireless
devices within range of your wireless network. Although security for the SBG6400 is already configured,
you can use the SBG6400 Configuration Manager to tailor the level of security and access that you want
to allow on your network.
Prevent Unauthorized Access
To prevent unauthorized access and configuration to your wireless network, ARRIS
recommends that you immediately change the default user name and password after
connecting to the Internet and logging on to the SBG6400 for the first time.
One of the most important recommendations for securing your wireless home network is to change the
default administrator password on your SBG6400 and other wireless devices as well. Default passwords
are commonly used and shared on the Internet.
To ensure that your wireless home network is secure, you should follow these best practices for user
passwords:
•
Always create a secure password or pass phrase that is not easily guessed.
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Use phrases instead of names so that it may be easier for you to remember.
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Use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
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Continue to change your administrator password on a regular basis.
Note: If your service provider supplied the SBG6400, you may not have the necessary user privileges to
change the log in user name.
Change the Default User Name and Password
To change the default user name:
1. Log in to the SBG6400 from any web browser on the computer connected to the SBG6400.
2. Type the Gateway Web Manager IP address,
http://192.168.0.1
, in the Address bar and
then press
Enter
. The gateway Login screen displays.
3. Type the default username and password as they appear below:
ο Username: admin
ο Password: password
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