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Changing Your Password, What If I Forget My Password?, Locking and Unlocking the Configuration

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Changing Your Password 73 To set up selective password protection, do the following. 1 From the LAN Modem main page, click the Password button. 2 Check the box labeled Disable password protection for Manual Calling screen. 3 Click Submit. All workstations are now able to access the Manual calling screen by clicking the Manual Calling button from the main configuration screen. For instructions about placing manual calls, refer to Chapter 7, "Placing, Receiving and Disconnecting Calls" Changing Your Password A password allows you to restrict access to the 56K LAN Modem's configuration parameters. To change the password which was defined as part of the initial setup, or to set a password for the first time, do the following. 1 From the 56K LAN Modem main page, click the Password button. 2 Enter your new password in the Password field. 3 Enter your new password in the Password (repeat) field to verify. 4 Click Submit. Once you have set a password on your LAN Modem, and the unit remains idle for five minutes or longer, you may be "locked out" of the WebWizard screen. If this occurs, you will be prompted to enter your password in order to gain access to the WebWizard. What If I Forget My Password? If you forget your password, you must reset the 56K LAN Modem to the factory default settings, which will allow you to enter a new password. Note that when the 56K LAN Modem is restored to the factory default settings, all configuration changes are lost, including your service provider profiles. For instructions, refer to "Resetting the 56K LAN Modem to a Factory Default Setting". Locking and Unlocking Once you have completed the configuration of your 56K LAN Modem, you can the Configuration establish password protection over your LAN Modem's configuration parameters. To lock the configuration, do the following. 1 Click Password from the 56K LAN Modem's main page. 2 Under the Lock Configuration section, click the Lock Configuration button. You many need to scroll down to see the Lock Configuration section. A message indicates that the configuration is locked. To unlock the configuration, do the following. 1 Click Continue. The Enter Password window appears. 2 Enter your password to access the 56K LAN Modem configuration program. 3 Click Submit. The 56K LAN Modem main configuration page appears.

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Changing Your Password
73
To set up selective password protection, do the following.
1
From the LAN Modem main page, click the
Password
button.
2
Check the box labeled
Disable password protection for Manual Calling screen.
3
Click
Submit
.
All workstations are now able to access the Manual calling screen by clicking the
Manual Calling button from the main configuration screen. For instructions about
placing manual calls, refer to Chapter 7, “Placing, Receiving and Disconnecting
Calls”
Changing Your
Password
A password allows you to restrict access to the 56K LAN Modem’s configuration
parameters. To change the password which was defined as part of the initial
setup, or to set a password for the first time, do the following.
1
From the 56K LAN Modem main page, click the
Password
button.
2
Enter your new password in the Password field.
3
Enter your new password in the Password (repeat) field to verify.
4
Click
Submit
.
Once you have set a password on your LAN Modem, and the unit remains idle for
five minutes or longer, you may be “locked out” of the WebWizard screen. If this
occurs, you will be prompted to enter your password in order to gain access to the
WebWizard.
What If I Forget My
Password?
If you forget your password, you must reset the 56K LAN Modem to the factory
default settings, which will allow you to enter a new password. Note that when
the 56K LAN Modem is restored to the factory default settings, all configuration
changes are lost, including your service provider profiles. For instructions, refer to
“Resetting the 56K LAN Modem to a Factory Default Setting”.
Locking and Unlocking
the Configuration
Once you have completed the configuration of your 56K LAN Modem, you can
establish password protection over your LAN Modem’s configuration parameters.
To lock the configuration, do the following.
1
Click
Password
from the 56K LAN Modem’s main page.
2
Under the Lock Configuration section, click the
Lock Configuration
button.
You many need to scroll down to see the Lock Configuration section. A message
indicates that the configuration is locked.
To unlock the configuration, do the following.
1
Click
Continue
.
The Enter Password window appears.
2
Enter your password to access the 56K LAN Modem configuration program.
3
Click
Submit
.
The 56K LAN Modem main configuration page appears.