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Remote Connection Using SSH

After entering the IP address (or hostname) of the host you want to connect to, you will be presented with a window running an SSH console which will let you perform some actions as if you were sitting at that system's console.

Usually, the system you want to connect to is the firewall itself so, at the prompt, enter "admin" as the login (without the quotes) and then admin's password:

  firewall login:admin
  
  admin@firewall's password: *********
 

Upon successful connection, you will be faced with the shell and will be able to perform administration tasks as if you were sitting directly in front of the firewall machine.

Take into account that the actions performed using the remote console may cause your modifications to be lost. If later you decide to use again the web interface for modifying the configuration, the manual modifications made with using the console will be lost. Thus, make sure to use the web interface whenever possible rather than the SSH connection to change the parameters of your firewall system.

Finally, note that if you have a SSH client installed on your machine, you can connect to the firewall host directly and bypass the web interface. Please, bear in mind that the previous warning is then still valid.