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MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
GETTING STARTED
CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED
Note
For Windows VISTA, the browser may show a warning message of “Problem with website
security certificate”. You will need to regenerate the Multinet4 web server certificate, then
import that certificate into IE by following these steps:
1.
At the screen - "There is a problem with this website's security certificate,"
select the
Continue to website
link.
2.
Log in to Multinet4 as an administrator.
3.
Verify that your time, date, time zone, and daylight saving time settings are
correct.
Incorrect time and date will cause certificate validation errors
4.
Expand the "Wizards" menu and click the
Certificate Creation
link.
5.
Select the second option entitled
Create a new RSA key pair and your own
self-signed certificate
.
6.
Click the
Start
button.
7.
Enter the following information:
• Certificate Name: This can be anything as long as its unique and
less than 24 characters, e.g. "WEB_CERT_2008"
• Algorithm: Recommend changing this to SHA
• Number of Days Valid: 180 is default, this can be more or less but
remember that once the certificate is invalid, IE will start
harassing you again
• Serial Number: Leave Blank
• Subject Country: Enter the two letter ISO 3166 country code (e.g.
US)
• Subject State, Locality, Organization, and Organization Unit: can
be most anything
• Subject Common Name -
This must be the IP address that you
will use to access the web server on the Multinet4.
8.
Press the
Next
button.
9.
Wait up to a minute or two... Generating a 1024-bit RSA key takes time.
10. You will see the "Security: Certificates: Local" page and your new certificate
should show up in the list.
11. Expand the
Security
menu.
12. Click on the
Web Server
link.
13. Select your new certificate in the "Local Certificate" dropdown and press the
Apply Settings
button.
14. Press the
Reload
button on your browser.
15. At the screen - "There is a problem with this website's security certificate.” -
select the
Continue to website
link.
16. Click on the tool bar area - "
Certificate Error
".
A dialog will pop up.