Configuration / project engineering
5.5 Security Wizard
SCALANCE W786-xPRO
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Operating Instructions, Release 08/2007, C79000-G8976-C221-02
5.5
Security Wizard
5.5.1
Introduction
With the Security Wizard, you can specify security-related parameters without detailed
knowledge of security technology in wireless networks.
Note
The SCALANCE W700 can be operated even if you do not set the security parameters.
Depending on the properties of your network, there is then, however, an increased risk of
unauthorized access. You should therefore work through all the pages of the Security
Wizard, so that you have at least basic security functions.
5.5.2
Security settings
Password
First, set a new admin password. Enter the string twice in the text boxes of this page. The
password can be up to a maximum of 31 characters long.
When assigning the password, ASCII code 0x20 to 0x7e is used. The following characters
are supported:
Numbers 0...9
Letters abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Special characters !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[
\
]^_`{|}~ and the blank
Until you set a password, the defaults set in the factory apply: The default password for the
"admin" user is "admin". You can use the wizards only if you log on as administrator.
Note
For the US variant of the SCALANCE W-700, the password for the "admin" user has been
changed; it can, however, be obtained from Siemens Support by specialists for professional
WLAN installation.
