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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide
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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

by Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright, Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Karel Novak, Paolo Valsecchi
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
32h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Firewalls and access to the virtual router

RouterOS, by default, does not use a password for the admin user. The first thing you should do is to change the blank password to something else. From the GUI menu, select System | Users and select the default admin user and change its password.

Then, it is recommended to limit the connection to the management interface of the RouterOS using firewall rules. Switch to IP | Firewall from the menu and define the following firewall rules:

ID

Chain

Source address

Action

Notes

0

Input

Z.Z.Z.Z

Permit

Your home IP address, so you can connect to the virtual router

1

Input

172.16.1.0/24

Permit

Allows connectivity from the management network

2

Input

10.0.0.0/8 ...

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