Netopia R7100, User Reference Manual

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Easy Setup 7-9
4. Select Primary Domain Name Server and enter the IP address your ISP has given you. An alternate or
Secondary Domain Name Server field will appear, where you can enter a secondar y DNS IP address if your
ISP has given you one.
5. If you do not enter a Default IP Gateway value, the router defaults to the remote IP address you entered in
the Easy Setup connection profile. If the Netopia Router does not recognize the destination of any IP traffic,
it for wards that traffic to this gateway.
Do not confuse the remote IP address and the Default IP Gateway’s address with the block of local IP
addresses you receive from your ISP. You use the local IP addresses for the Netopia R7100’s Ethernet por t
and for IP clients on your local network. The remote IP address and the default gateway’s IP address
should point to your ISP’s router.
Easy Setup Security Configuration
The Easy Setup Security Configuration screen lets you password-protect your Netopia R7100. Input your Write
Access Name and Write Access Password with names or numbers totaling up to eleven digits.
If you password protect the console screens, you will be prompted to enter the name and password you have
specified ever y time you log in to the console screens. Do not forget your name and password. If you do, you
will be unable to access any of the configuration screens.
Additional security features are available. See “Security” on page 13-1 .
The final step in configuring the Easy Setup console screens is to restar t the Netopia R7100, so that the
configuration settings take effect.
1. Select RESTART DEVICE . A prompt asks you to confirm your choice.
2. Select CONTINUE to restar t the Netopia Router and have your selections take effect.
Note: You can also restar t the system at any time by using the Restar t System utility (see “Restar ting the
system” on page 14-12 ) or by turning the Netopia Router off and on with the power switch.
Easy Setup Security Configuration
It is strongly suggested that you password-protect configuration access to your
Netopia. By entering a Name and Password pair here, access via serial,
Telnet, SNMP and Web Server will be password-protected.
Be sure to remember what you have typed here, because you will be prompted for
it each time you configure this Netopia.
You can remove an existing Name and Password by clearing both fields below.
Write Access Name:
Write Access Password:
PREVIOUS SCREEN TO MAIN MENU RESTART DEVICE
Configure a Configuration Access Name and Password here.