Modemulator User Guide
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Setting Up Password Prompting
With Password Prompting enabled in an answering Modemulator, an originating Modemulator will present
a login banner and a login prompt before completing a connection. An optional security banner may
precede the login banner. In order to complete the connection, a valid password must be entered at the
login prompt.
If an invalid password is entered, the connection will fail and the originating Modemulator will display
Login Failed
. Or if no password is entered before S64 times-out, the connection will fail and the originating
Modemulator will display
Login Failed
.
The Modemulator can store up to ten security accounts: one default Administrator account and nine User
accounts. The account profiles are stored in the answering Modemulator’s NVRAM.
The answering Modemulator must be configured to enable Password Prompting, which can be done locally
(pre-deployment) or remotely (post-deployment). The following steps will describe how to do local
configuration. To do remote configuration, see
for details about using Remote Access.
Here are the steps for locally setting up Password Prompting:
1.
Enter an Administrator password in the answering Modemulator to enable Password Prompting
Connect a computer serial port to the answering Modemulator Terminal port with a serial cable.
Run a terminal application on the computer to facilitate sending commands into the Modemulator.
In order to enable Password Prompting, a password must be programmed for the default
Administrator (User 0). Use the
to enter an Administrator password. The password
may contain up to 15 displayable characters (case sensitive) with no spaces.
Do not forget the Administrator password! If the Administrator password is forgotten,
the only way to reset the password is via a terminal connected locally to the
Modemulator’s Terminal port.
Example:
AT{S0=p
(where
p
is replaced with the desired password)
are automatically stored to EEPROM. It does not
require you to send &W.
2.
Enter a User password (optional)
Connect a computer serial port to the answering Modemulator Terminal port with a serial cable.
Run a terminal application on the computer to facilitate sending commands into the Modemulator.
