System Advancements

Toggle displaying the hostname on the GUI login page (272572)

Use the following command:

config sys settings

set gui-display-hostname {disable | enable}

end

 

PPTP and L2TP address pool ranges expanded (275709 )

PPTP and L2TP address pool ranges are allowed to use a subnet mask of up to 255.255.0.0 (B-class), increasing the maximum range size from 254 to 65,534

 

Pop up notification of impending timeout of Administrator GUI sessions (266413)

A convenience feature to let administators know that their session is about to expire.This is especially convenient for units that have a timeout setting of just a few minutes.

 

SNMP can generate traps based on detecting a device’s online/offline status (273107)

This setting is relatedto the device detection feature. It allows SNMP traps to detect when a new device comes online. Within SNMP configurations there is a configurable timeout setting that periodically checks for the device. When a check determines that the device is present a trap is sent.

In the GUI, when configuring an SNMP object, one of the settings is a checkbox, under SNMP Events for

Device detected.

To configure the SNMP object in the CLI use the following syntax:

config system snmp community edit <community ID number>

set name <string>

set events device-new end

In order to configure the idle timeout for the device, use the following syntax in the CLI:

config system global

set device-idel-timeout <integer of time in seconds>

end

The time value for the field can be set from 30 to 31536000.


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