Chapter 4. Configuring Ingate Firewall
You connect to your Ingate Firewall by entering its name or IP address in the Location box of your web browser.
Logging on
Before you can configure the firewall, you must enter your administrator username and password or RADIUS username and password. The admin user is predefined with complete administration privileges.
Log on again
If you have a web connection for firewall configuration that is inactive for more than 10 minutes, you must enter the password again and click on one of the buttons Keep changes below and Abandon changes below.
On all pages where changes have been made, the two buttons Keep changes below and Abandon changes below will be shown when you log on again. Keep changes below connects you to the firewall and stores the preliminary configuration you have changed. Abandon changes below connects you to the firewall and discards the changes you have made on this page.
On pages where nothing has been changed, the Log in again button is displayed. Enter the password and click on the button to re-connect to the firewall.
The firewall's encryption key is changed every 24 hours. If you have a web connection for firewall configuration when this happens, you must enter the password again. This works in the same way as when your connection has been inactive for more than 10 minutes (see above).
Log out
When you have finished looking at or adding settings, you should log out from the firewall. At the top left of each web page, under the logotype, there is a Log out button which will end your session.
Note: You will not be logged out automatically just by directing your web browser to a different web address. You should log out using the button to make the browser forget your username and password.
