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CHAPTER 5: Configuration
• IP Security: See below for a detailed description of the IP security feature.
• MAC address: Displays the IPS’s MAC address.
NOTE
This item only displays the assigned MAC address and can’t be used to
redefine the address.
IP Security Feature
Use the IP security feature to restrict unauthorized IP addresses from establishing a
connection with the IPS. In the default state, the IPS accepts incoming IP
connections from all hosts. To configure the IP security feature, proceed as follows:
1. Access the IP security menu:
a) Web browser interface: Use the the fields at the bottom of the Network
Parameters menu (see Figure 5-7) to configure the IP security feature.
b) Text interface: Go to the Network Parameters menu (/N), type
5
, and
press
Enter
. The IP Security menu appears (see Figure 5-9).
Figure 5-9. IP Security menu (text interface).
2. The IP Security menu lists five IP security masks along with the selected
permit/deny action for each mask.
IP SECURITY:
1.
Security Mask #1:
(undefined)
2.
Mask #1 Action:
Permit
3.
Security Mask #2:
(undefined)
4.
Mask #2 Action:
Permit
5.
Security Mask #3:
(undefined)
6.
Mask #3 Action:
Permit
7.
Security Mask #4
(undefined)
8.
Mask #4 Action:
Permit
9.
Security Mask #5
(undefined)
10. Mask #5 Action:
Permit
Enter Selection or <ESC> to Exit…
