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Editor Device Tab
5.5
Fig. 5.9.
The Device tab
There are several fields in the Device tab you can configure for your NetGuardian.
Device Name
:
Give the device a name of your choice.
Device Location
:
Fill in with the physical location of the NetGuardian 216. Useful for keeping track of
different units.
Contact Number
:
Fill in with contact information of person responsible for site.
Alarm Qual Time
:
This is equivalent to the duration of time a point failure condition must exist before an
alarm is declared.
Ethernet Port
Unit Address
:
IP address of the NetGuardian 216.
Subnet Mask
:
A road sign to the NetGuardian 216 telling it whether your packets should stay on your
local network or be forwarded somewhere else on a wide area network.
Default Gateway
:
An important parameter if you are on a network that is connected to a wide area network.
It tells the NetGuardian 216 which machine is the gateway out of your local network. Set
to 255.255.255.255 if you are not using this feature.
NG216 Options
Password:
User defined password to enable reading from and writing to unit. The password prompt
screen will appear if any user tries to read from or write to the NetGuardian 216 — see
Figure 5.11.
Note:
To increase security, change the preset factory password using a minimum of four or more characters. The
default password is "dpstelecom."
