Appliance Settings

Use the Appliance Settings window to specify information needed by your appliance and to enable key system features.

Important

Important

You must be a user with read/write access to the System Configuration functional area to use this feature.

To access this window, go to Configuration > Appliance Management > Appliance Settings.

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Function Description

Port

Set the UI Port.

This setting configures the system port for access to ADSP.

Choose the system port from a port indicator/selector. Choices are port 1024 through 65000.

Note: AirDefense will not allow you to choose a port already in use.

Mail Relay Server

Define the mail relay host. Enter an IP address or a fully-qualified host name.

Max Connections

Specify the maximum number of application server connections that can occur simultaneously.

User Session Limit

Limit the number of login sessions that one user can have at any one time.

Air Termination System

Air Termination enables you to terminate the connection between your wireless LAN and any associated authorized or unauthorized or Wireless Client.

Yes: Click this radio button to enable AirTermination at the system level. Once enabled, the AirTermination setting for individual Sensors can also be enabled (See Sensor.)

No: (Default). Click this radio button to disable AirTermination.

Note: If you are not an Admin User, this setting will not be visible.

Policy-based Air Termination System Enabled

Policy-based Air Termination is an automated version of Air Termination. This feature enables you to formulate an Action Plan to automatically terminate the connection between your wireless LAN and any associated authorized or unauthorized or Wireless Client, based on alarms.

Yes: Click this radio button to enable Policy-based Termination at the system level.

No: (Default). Click this radio button to disable Policy-based Termination.

Note: If you are not an Admin User, this setting will not be visible.

Port Suppression System

Port Suppression enables you to turn off the port on the network switch through which a device is communicating. You can suppress the communications port for any network device, effectively shutting down the communication port for the device.

Yes: Click this radio button to enable Port Suppression at the system level. See the Note, below.

No: (Default). Click this radio button to disable Port Suppression.

Note: You must have added SNMP Managed Switches and have full read and write privileges (see Adding/Importing Switches).

Auto-Logout Enabled

Use this feature to enable/disable the automatic logout feature, which logs a user out of AirDefense after a specified amount of time.

Yes: Click this radio button to use Auto-Logout and activate the Auto-Logout Timeout scroll list.

No: Click this radio button to disable the Auto Logout and deactivate the Auto-Logout Timeout drop down list.

Note: You must log off AirDefense and then log back in before changes take effect.

Auto-Logout Timeout (Minutes)

This scroll list is activated when the Auto-Logout Enabled option is selected. Use the scroll button to set the number of minutes for the automatic logout feature to log users out of the system.

Note: You must log off AirDefense and then log back in before changes take effect.

Spectrum Scan Timeout

This drop-down menu allows you to set the timeout value for scanning during dedicated Spectrum Analysis. The values can be 1 - 120.

Sensor Cloaking Limit

The number amount of Sensors that can be cloaked at any one time.