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Chapter 8

Managing Users, Authentication, and Certificates

Adding Authentication Domains, Groups, and Users

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8-1

Creating a Domain

...................................................................................................

8-1

Creating a Group

......................................................................................................

8-3

Creating a New User Account

..................................................................................

8-4

Setting User Login Policies

......................................................................................

8-5

Managing Certificates

.....................................................................................................

8-8

Viewing and Loading CA Certificates

.......................................................................

8-8

Viewing Active Self Certificates

................................................................................

8-9

Obtaining a Self Certificate from a Certificate Authority

.........................................

8-10

Managing your Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

..................................................

8-13

Chapter 9

Firewall and Network Management

Performance Management

.............................................................................................

9-1

Bandwidth Capacity

.................................................................................................

9-1

Features that Reduce Traffic

....................................................................................

9-2

Features that Increase Traffic

..................................................................................

9-5

Using QoS to Shift the Traffic Mix

............................................................................

9-7

Tools for Traffic Management

...................................................................................

9-8

Changing Passwords and Administrator Settings

..........................................................

9-8

Enabling Remote Management Access

.......................................................................

9-10

Using an SNMP Manager

.............................................................................................

9-11

Settings Backup and Firmware Upgrade

......................................................................

9-13

Configuring Time Zone Settings

...................................................................................

9-15

Chapter 11

Monitoring System Performance

Enabling the Traffic Meter

.............................................................................................

11-1

Activating Notification of Events and Alerts

..................................................................

11-3

Viewing Firewall Logs

...................................................................................................

11-6

Viewing Router Configuration and System Status

........................................................

11-7

Monitoring the WAN Port Status

...................................................................................

11-8

Monitoring Attached Devices

........................................................................................

11-9

Reviewing the DHCP Log

...........................................................................................

11-10

Monitoring Active Users

..............................................................................................

11-11

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Viewing Port Triggering Status

...................................................................................

11-12

Monitoring VPN Tunnel Connection Status

................................................................

11-13

Reviewing the VPN Logs

............................................................................................

11-14

Chapter 12

Troubleshooting

Basic Functions

............................................................................................................

12-1

Power LED Not On

.................................................................................................

12-2

LEDs Never Turn Off

..............................................................................................

12-2

LAN or WAN Port LEDs Not On

.............................................................................

12-2

Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface

........................................................

12-2

Troubleshooting the ISP Connection

............................................................................

12-4

Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using a Ping Utility

...............................................

12-5

Testing the LAN Path to Your VPN Firewall

...........................................................

12-5

Testing the Path from Your PC to a Remote Device

..............................................

12-6

Restoring the Default Configuration and Password

......................................................

12-7

Problems with Date and Time

.......................................................................................

12-7

Diagnostics Functions

..................................................................................................

12-8

Appendix A

Default Settings and Technical Specifications

Default Settings

.............................................................................................................

A-1

Technical Specifications

.................................................................................................

A-3

Appendix B

Related Documents

Index

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