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Protecting & Monitoring Your Wireless Network
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Protecting & Monitoring Your
Wireless Network
After you have successfully connected the SBG6900-AC and your wireless devices, you should
configure the SBG6900-AC to protect your wireless network from unwanted and unauthorized
access by any wireless devices within range of your wireless home network. Although security
for the SBG6900-AC is already configured, you can use the SBG6900-AC Web Manager to set the
level of security and access that you want to allow on your wireless home network.
This chapter will step you through several options that you can use to further protect your
wireless home network and meet your specific networking needs.
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 logging on to the SBG6900-AC and connecting to the Internet
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 SBG6900-AC 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
creating user passwords:
•
Always create a secure password or pass phrase that is not easily guessed.
•
Use phrases instead of names so that it may be easier for you to remember.
•
Use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
•
Continue to change your administrator password on a regular basis.
Note
: If your service provider supplied the SBG6900-AC gateway, you may not have the necessary user
privileges to change the log in user name.
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Change the Default User Name and Password
To change the default user password:
1.
Log in to the SBG6900-AC from any web browser on the computer connected to the
SBG6900-AC.
2.
Type the Gateway Web Manager IP address,
, in the Address bar
and then press
Enter
. The SBG6900-AC Login screen displays.
3.
Type the default user password in the Password field as it appears below:
•
Username: admin
•
Password: password
4.
Click
Login
to open the SBG6900-AC Web Manager. The SBG6900-AC Main screen displays.
Figure 38 – SBG6900-AC Web Manager Main Screen
5.
Click the Status menu button and then click Security from the Status submenu options to
display the Status Security screen.
6.
Check that Change Username is displayed in the drop-down selection box at the top of the
screen.
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Figure 39 – Status Security-Change User Name Screen
7.
Complete each field entry, but note the following:
ο
All fields (for example, Current Username & Current Password) are case-sensitive.
Note
: For first time logons, the current username is
admin
and the current password is
password
.
ο
Make sure No is selected under Restore Factory Defaults.
8.
Click Apply to update your user name.
9.
Click Change Username drop-down arrow at the top of the screen to display Change
Password.
Figure 40 – Change User Password Screen
10.
Enter your new user name in the Enter Username field.
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11.
Complete all three password field entries, but note the following suggestions for your new
password:
•
Refer to the best practices for creating a user password outlined on the previous page,
see
Prevent Unauthorized Access
.
•
All three Password fields are case-sensitive.
Note
: For first time logons, the Current Password is the default password (
password
).
•
Find a secure place to write down and store your new user name and password.
•
Make sure No is selected for Restore Factory Defaults.
12.
Click Apply to update your user password.
Set Up Firewall Protection
You can set up firewall filters and firewall alert notifications on your wireless home network. You
can also block Java Applets, Cookies, ActiveX controls, popup windows, Proxies, and website
access.
To set the firewall protection level:
1.
From any web manager screen, do one of the following to open the Firewall Protection Level
screen (see Figure 41).
•
Click the Firewall menu button on the SBG6900-AC menu bar and then click Protection
Level.
•
Click the Firewall-Protection Level menu link at the bottom of the screen.
Figure 41 – Firewall Protection Level Screen
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2.
Click the Firewall Protection Setting drop-down button to select one of the following firewall
protection levels:
•
Off - No security, highest risk
•
Low - Common security, higher risk
•
Medium - Safer configuration, modest risk
•
High - Safest configuration, highest security
Note
: Selecting
Off
will disable firewall protection on your home network. Your computer(s) and
other Ethernet-enabled devices on your network will be at risk for possible attacks from viruses
and hackers.
3.
Select each Web filter from the Firewall Settings list that you want to set for the firewall.
4.
Click Apply.
Set Up Parental Control
You can set up the following Parental Controls on your home network:
•
Allow or block access to specific Internet sites.
•
Allow or block access to specific MAC addresses.
•
Set time limitations for computer usage or Internet access
Note
: Any Parental Control filters that do not include assigned ports, will apply to all ports. This also
applies to MAC addresses as well.
You can also link each user on your network to specific rules for login, time-access, and content
filtering.
To set Parental Controls:
1.
From any screen, do either of the following:
ο
Click the Firewall-Parental Control menu link at the bottom of the screen.
ο
Click the Firewall menu button on the SBG6900-AC Main Menu and then click
Parental
Control
(see Figure 42).
Note
: Before setting up any Parental Control filters, you must first set the time zone on your
SBG6900-AC for your current location.

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