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3. ‘Session lifetime’: Controls the session lifetime (minutes) for logins to the management console. When the time has
expired the login screen will appear again.
‘Language’: Controls the language for GlobeSurfer
®
II’s management console and display.
6.5.3
Remote administration
‘Remote administration is a hyperlink to ‘Remote administration’ under the ‘Advanced’ menu (see Error! Reference source not found.).
6.5.4
Management Application Ports
This section allows you to configure the following management application ports:
1. ‘Primary/secondary HTTP ports’
2. ‘Primary/secondary HTTPS ports’
3. ‘Primary/secondary Telnet ports’
4. ‘Secure Telnet over SSL ports’
6.5.5
System Logging Settings
Use this section to configure the following:
1. ‘System log buffer size’
2.
‘Remote system notify level’
•
‘None’
•
‘Error’
•
‘Warning’
•
‘Information’
6.5.6
Security Logging Settings
Use this section to configure the following:
1. ‘System log buffer size’
2.
‘Remote system notify level’
•
‘None’
•
‘Error’
•
‘Warning’
•
‘Information’
6.5.7
Outgoing Mail Server Settings
Use this section to configure the following:
1.
Enter the hostname of your outgoing (SMTP) server in the ‘Server’ field.
2.
Each email requires a from address and some outgoing servers refuse to forward email without a valid from address for
anti-spam considerations. Enter a from email address in the ‘From email address’ field.
3.
The ‘Port’ field can be used to alter the server port, if your mail server does not use the standard port 25.
4.
If your outgoing email server requires authentication check the ‘Server requires authentication’ checkbox and enter your
username and password in the ‘Username’ and ‘Password’ fields respectively.
6.5.8 Firmware upgrade
GlobeSurfer
®
II offers a built-in mechanism for upgrading its software, without losing any of your custom configurations and
settings. The software is upgraded by loading a software image file that you have previously downloaded from the Internet or
received on CD.
6.5.8.1
Upgrading From a Local Computer
To upgrade GlobeSurfer
®
II using a locally stored file:
1. Click the ‘Firmware upgrade’ icon from the ‘System setup’ screen. The GlobeSurfer
®
II Firmware upgrade screen
will appear (see Figure 6.15).
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Figure 6.15 Firmware upgrade
2. Enter the path of the software image file, or click the ‘Browse’ button to browse for the file on your PC. Click ‘OK’
when ready.
Note:
You can only use files with an rmt extension when performing the firmware upgrade procedure. The file will
start loading into your GlobeSurfer
®
II. When loading is completed, a confirmation screen will appear, asking you if
you want to upgrade to the new version (see Figure 6.16):
Figure 6.16 GlobeSurfer
®
II firmware upgrade
4. Click ‘OK’ to confirm. The upgrade process will begin and should take no longer than one minute to complete (see
Figure 6.17).
Figure 6.17 Upgrade in process
When the upgrading is ready the GlobeSurfer
®
II will automatically reboot. The new software version will run,
maintaining your custom configurations and settings.
6.5.9
Date and time
To configure date and time settings perform the following:
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1.
Click ‘Date and time’ on the ‘System setup’ screen of the management console. The ‘Date and time’ settings screen will be
displayed (see Figure 6.18).
Figure 6.18 Date and time
2.
Select the local time zone from the pull-down menu.
3.
If you want the GlobeSurfer
®
II to perform an automatic time update, perform the following:
•
Select the Enabled checkbox under the ‘Automatic time update’ section.
•
Select the protocol to be used to perform the time update by selecting either the ‘Time of Day (TOD)’ or ‘Network Time
Protocol (NTP)’ radio button.
•
Specify how often to perform the update in the ‘Update every’ field.
•
You can change the default timeserver address by clicking the ‘New entry’ link in the bottom of the ‘Automatic time
update’ section.
6.5.10 Users
To access the list of defined remote users, click the Users icon from the ‘System setup’ screen. The Users table will be
displayed (see Figure 6.19).
Figure 6.19 Users
You can add, edit and delete users allowed to access the GlobeSurfer
®
II and your local network by managing the user table
as described in Section 2.5. To add a new user click ‘New user’ in the table and specify the following parameters:
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‘Full name’:
The remote user’s full name.
‘Username’:
The name the remote user will use to access your local network.
‘New password’:
Type a new password for the remote user. If you do not want to
assign a password to the remote user leave this field empty.
‘Retype new password’:
If a new password was assigned, type it again to verify
correctness.
‘Permissions’:
Select the remote user’s privileges on your local network.
•
Administrator privileges: Grants remote system setting modification via the web-based management console or telnet.
•
Remote access by PPTP: Grants access with no system modification privileges.
6.6
Advanced
6.6.1
Remote administration
It is possible to access and control GlobeSurfer
®
II not only from within the home network, but also from the Internet. This
allows you to view or change settings while travelling. It also enables you to allow your ISP to change settings or help you
troubleshoot functionality or communication issues from a remote location.
Remote access to GlobeSurfer
®
II is blocked by default to ensure the security of your home network. However, remote access
is supported by the following services, and you may use the ‘Remote Administration’ screen to selectively enable these
services if they are needed.
To view GlobeSurfer
®
II’s remote administration options, click the ‘Remote Administration’ icon in the ‘Advanced’ screen of the
Web-based management. The ‘Remote Administration’ screen will appear (see Figure 6.20).
Figure 6.20 Remote administration
‘Allow Incoming Access to the Web-Management’:
Used to obtain access to the Web-based Management and gain access
to all system settings and parameters (using a browser). Both secure (HTTPS) and non-secure (HTTP) access is available.
‘Allow Incoming Access to the Telnet Server’: Used to create a command-line session and gain access to all system settings
and parameters (using a text-based terminal). Allow Incoming Access to the SSH Server Similar to Telnet, this protocol is used
to create a secured commandline session and gain access to all system settings and parameters.
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Note:
Web-Management, Telnet and SSH may be used to modify settings of the frewall or disable it. The user may also
change local IP addresses and other settings, making it diffcult or impossible to access the gateway from the home network.
Therefore, remote access to Telnet or HTTP services should be blocked and should only be permitted when absolutely
necessary.
‘Allow SNMP Control and Diagnostic Requests’:
Used to allow Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) requests
to remotely con gure and monitor GlobeSurfer
®
II. For more information, please refer to section Error! Reference source not
found.
‘Diagnostic Tools’:
Used for troubleshooting and remote system management by you or your Internet Service Provider. The
utilities that can be used are Ping and Traceroute (over UDP).
6.6.2
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
SNMP enables network management systems to remotely configure and monitor GlobeSurfer
®
II. Your Internet service
provider (ISP) may use SNMP in order to identify and resolve technical problems. Your ISP should provide technical information
regarding the properties of GlobeSurfer
®
II’s SNMP agent.
Figure 6.21 SNMP
To configure GlobeSurfer
®
II’s SNMP agent perform the following:
1. Click ‘Simple Network Management Protocol’ on the ‘Advanced’ screen of the Management Console. The SNMP screen
will appear (see Figure 6.21).
2.
Check the ‘enable SNMP agent’ checkbox and specify the SNMP parameters, as provided by your Internet service provider:
‘Read-Only/Read-Write Community Names’
SNMP community strings are passwords used in SNMP messages between the management system and
GlobeSurfer
®
II. A read-only community allows the manager to monitor GlobeSurfer
®
II. A read-write community
allows the manager to both monitor and configure GlobeSurfer
®
II.
‘Trusted peer’
The IP address, or subnets of addresses, that identify which remote management stations are allowed to perform
SNMP operations on GlobeSurfer
®
II.
‘SNMP traps’
Messages sent by GlobeSurfer
®
II to a remote management station, in order to notify the manager about the
occurence of important events or serious conditions. GlobeSurfer
®
II supports both SNMP version 1 and SNMP
version 2c traps.
3. Click ‘OK’ to save the settings.

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