ZyXEL Communications NWA-3160 User Manual

 Chapter 7 System Screens

NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

Use this screen to control access to your NWA by assigning a password to it. Click 
System > Password. The following screen displays. 

Figure 71   System > Password.

Note: Even if you uncheck Enable Admin at Local, you still use the password set 

here to log in via the console port (not available on all models). 

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 20   System > Password

Enable Admin at 
Local

Select this check box to have the device authenticate local 
management logins to the device.

Use old setting

Select this to have the NWA use the local management password 
already configured on the device (“1234” is the default).

Use new setting Select this if you want to change the local management password.
Old Password

Type in your existing system password (“1234” is the default 
password).

New Password

Type your new system password (up to 31 characters). Note that as 
you type a password, the screen displays an asterisk (*) for each 
character you type.

Retype to 

Confirm

Retype your new system password for confirmation.

Enable Admin on 
RADIUS

Select this (and configure the other fields in this section) to have a 
RADIUS server authenticate management logins to the NWA. 

Use old setting

Select this to have a RADIUS server authenticate management 
logins to the NWA using the RADIUS username and password 
already configured on the device.