- Kerio WinRoute Firewall Administrator's Guide

Chapter 2 Introduction

Upgrade from WinRoute Pro 4.x

To import your conﬁguration used in WinRoute Pro 4.x to the Kerio WinRoute Firewall

6.x, follow these steps:

1. Upgrade the WinRoute Pro 4.x to the Kerio WinRoute Firewall 5.x. Version 5.x in-

cludes a tool for initial conﬁguration, which is able to read and translate the conﬁg-

uration from the WinRoute Pro 4.x.

2. Upgrade version 5.x to version 6.x (see above).

Note: This method of upgrade is not recommended. Do not use it unless necessary

(e.g. a great amount of user accounts to be imported). Conﬁguration parameters of

the WinRoute Pro 4.x have crucial diﬀerences and only some of the parameters can be

imported. Later revisions and error removals might be more exigent than a brand new

conﬁguration.

Update Checker

WinRoute enables automatic checks for new versions of the product at the Kerio Tech-

nologies website. Whenever a new version is detected, its download and installation will

be oﬀered automatically.

For details, refer to chapter 14.2.

2.7 Conﬁguration Wizard

Using this Wizard you can deﬁne all basic WinRoute parameters. It is started automati-

cally by the installation program.

Note: In any language version, the conﬁguration wizard is available in English only.

Setting of administration username and password

Deﬁnition of the administration password is essential for the security of the ﬁrewall.

Do not use the standard (blank) password, otherwise unauthorized users may be able to

access the WinRoute conﬁguration.

Password and its conﬁrmation must be entered in the dialog for account settings. The

administrator’s username (Admin is used as default) can be edited in the Username text

ﬁeld.

Note: If the installation is running as an upgrade, this step is skipped since the adminis-

trator account already exists.