Configuring with Web Based Management
6.2 Login
SCALANCE W780/W740 to IEEE 802.11n Web Based Management
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The following steps apply when logging on, whichever of the above options you choose:
1.
Enter the following in the "Name" input box:
–
"admin": With this user type, you can change the settings of the device (read and write
access to the configuration data).
2.
Enter your password in the "Password" input box.
When you log in for the first time or following a "Restore Factory Defaults and Restart",
enter the standard password in the "Password" input box.
–
"admin": Standard password "admin"
Note
The password for the "admin" user has been changed for devices with the US version.
Specialist personnel for professional WLAN installations can obtain the password from
Siemens support.
3.
Click the "Login" button or confirm your input with "Enter".
When you log in with the default user "admin" for the first time or following a "Restore
Memory Defaults and Restart", you will be prompted to change the password.
You need to repeat the password as confirmation. The password entries must match.
Click the "Set Values" button to complete the action and activate the new password.
Once you have logged in successfully, the start page appears.
Logon with HTTPS
Web Based Management also allows you to connect to the device over the secure
connection of the HTTPS protocol. Follow these steps:
1.
Click on the link "Switch to secure HTTP" on the login page or enter "https://" and the IP
address of the device in the address box of the Internet browser.
2.
Check the displayed certificate warning and confirm it if applicable.
The logon page of Web Based Management appears.
3.
Enter the following in the "Name" input box:
–
"admin": With this user type, you can change the settings of the device (read and write
access to the configuration data).
