Chapter 1 Introduction
EMG2926-Q10A User’s Guide
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1.4
Good Habits for Managing the EMG2926-Q10A
Do the following things regularly to make the EMG2926-Q10A more secure and to manage the
EMG2926-Q10A more effectively.
•
Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different
types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
•
Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
•
Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier
working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you
forget your password, you will have to reset the EMG2926-Q10A to its factory default settings. If
you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the
EMG2926-Q10A. You could simply restore your last configuration.
1.5
Resetting the EMG2926-Q10A
If you forget your password or IP address, or you cannot access the Web Configurator, you will need
to use the
RESET
button at the back of the EMG2926-Q10A to reload the factory-default
configuration file. This means that you will lose all configurations that you had previously saved, the
user name will be reset to “supervisor” or “admin”, the password will be reset to “supervisor” or
“1234”, and the IP address will be reset to “192.168.1.1” (router mode).
1.5.1
How to Use the RESET Button
1
Make sure the power LED is on.
2
Press the
RESET
button for one to four seconds to restart/reboot the EMG2926-Q10A.
3
Press the
RESET
button for longer than five seconds to set the EMG2926-Q10A back to its factory-
default configurations.
1.6
The WPS Button
Your EMG2926-Q10A supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), which is an easy way to set up a
secure wireless network. WPS is an industry standard specification, defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to
configure security settings manually. Each WPS connection works between two devices. Both
devices must support WPS (check each device’s documentation to make sure).
Depending on the devices you have, you can either press a button (on the device itself, or in its
configuration utility) or enter a PIN (a unique Personal Identification Number that allows one device
to authenticate the other) on each of the two devices. When WPS is activated on a device, it has
two minutes to find another device that also has WPS activated. Then, the two devices connect and
set up a secure network by themselves.