Help - Remote Administration

Data
Turn Remote
Management On
Check to allow adminstration/management via the Internet. (To connect, see below).
If Disabled, this device will ignore Administration connection attempts from the Internet.
Remote Management
Address
This is the current address you will use When accessing your Router from the Internet. To access the Router, you will type your Router's WAN IP address into your browser's Address (in IE) or Location (in Netscape) box, followed by a colon (:) and the custom port number. For example, if your external address is 10.0.0.123 and you use port number 8080, enter in your browser:

http://10.0.0.123:8080

Allow Remote
Access
or security, you should restrict access to as few external IP addresses as practical.
  • Click Only This Computer to allow access by only one IP address.
  • Click IP Address Range to allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet, enter a beginning and ending IP address to define the allowed range.
  • Click Everyone to allow access by everyone on the Internet.
Port
Number
Enter a port number between 1024 and 65535. The default for HTTP (Web) connections is port 80, but using port 80 will prevent the use of a Web "Virtual Server" on your LAN. So using a different port number is recommended. The default value is 8080.

The port number must be specified in your Browser when you connect. To specify the port number :

  1. From a remote location, start your Browser.
  2. In the "Address" or "Location" field, enter the Internet IP address of this device (NOT the LAN IP address), followed by the port number, as follows:
        http://ip_address:port_number
    Where:
    ip_address   is the Internet IP address of this device.
    port_number   is the port number assigned on this screen.

  3. You should then be prompted for the password for this device. (You must assign a password!)