for security reasons, the firewall has its own user name and password to protect access to its configuration menus. also, after a period of inactivity for a set length of time, the administrator login will automatically disconnect. when prompted, enter admin for the firewall user name and password for the firewall password. you can use procedures below to change the firewall's password and the amount of time for the administrator’s login timeout.

    the user name and password are not the same as any user name or password you may use to log in to your internet connection.

    change this password to a more secure password. the ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of both upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. your password can be up to 30 characters.

    procedure 4-1: changing the administrator password

    1.log in to the firewall at its default lan address of http://192.168.0.1 with its default user name of admin and default password of password, or using whatever password and lan address you have chosen for the firewall.

    2.from the main menu of the browser interface, under the maintenance heading, select set password to bring up the menu shown below.

   

    3.to change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password twice.

    4.click apply to save your changes.

    after changing the password, you will be required to log in again to continue the configuration. if you have backed up the firewall settings previously, you should do a new backup so that the saved settings file includes the new password.

    procedure 4-2: changing the administrator login timeout

    for security, the administrator's login to the firewall configuration will timeout after a period of inactivity. to change the login timeout period:

    1.in the set password menu, type a number in ‘administrator login times out’ field. the suggested default value is 5 minutes.

    2.click apply to save your changes or click cancel to keep the current period.