After entering the IP address (or hostname) of the host you want to connect to, a window running an SSH console will appear. It 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. 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 to modify the configuration, the manual modifications made with the console will be lost. Thus, make sure to use the web interface whenever possible, rather than the SSH connection, to change your firewall's parameters.
Finally, note that if a SSH client is 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 still valid.