Security, Remote access control – Netopia 2200 User Manual

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Security

TraceRoute - displays the path to a destination by showing the number of hops and the
router addresses of these hops.

The system log also provides diagnostic information.

NOTE:

Your Ser vice Provider may request information that you acquire from these var-
ious diagnostic tools. Individual tests may be per formed at the command line.
(

See “Command Line Inter face” on page 221.

).

Security

Remote Access Control

You can determine whether or not an administrator or other authorized person has access
to configuring your Gateway. This access can be turned on or off in the Web inter face.

Password Protection

Access to your Netopia device can be controlled through two access control accounts,
Admin or User.

The

Admin, or administrative user, per forms all configuration, management or mainte-

nance operations on the Gateway.

The

User account provides monitor capability only.

A user may

NOT change the configuration, per form upgrades or invoke maintenance

functions.

Account usernames can now be changed for the

Admin and User accounts.

Network Address Translation (NAT)

The Netopia Gateway Network Address Translation (NAT) security feature lets you conceal
the topology of a hard-wired Ethernet or wireless network connected to its LAN inter face

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