A CCESS G ATEWAY194 System Administrationare unmodified and can be forwarded in both directions. This is a very useful feature when troubleshootingyour entire network as it allows administrators to effectively “remove” the Access Gateway from the networkwithout physically disconnecting the unit.You can still manage the Access Gateway when Bridge Mode is enabled, but you have no other functionality. Ifyou enable the Bridge Mode option and then plug the Access Gateway into a network, all you need to do isassign it routable IP addresses. You can then set up all other features and disable the Bridge Mode optionwhenever you want to start using the Access Gateway in that network.This procedure shows you how to enable the Bridge Mode option.1. From the Web Management Interface, click on System, then Bridge Mode. The Bridge Mode(Passthrough) Settings screen appears:2. Click on the check box for Bridge Mode to enable this feature.The Access Gateway should be rebooted if this setting is changed.3. If you want the changes to take effect immediately, Select Save then Reboot.4. Click Save to save your changes, or click Restore if you want to reset the “Enable” option to its previousstate.Exporting Configuration Settings to the Archive File {Export}This procedure shows you how to export the current system authentication settings to an archive file for futureretrieval. This function is useful if you want to change the configuration settings and you are unsure of theeffect that the changes will have. You can restore the archived system configuration settings at any time withthe import function.1. From the Web Management Interface, click on System, then Export. The Export Configuration screenappears:Click to view the archive.txt and current.txt files2. Click on the OK button to export the current authentication settings to the archive.txt file.
