NETGEAR MBR624GU Network Router User Manual


 
3G Broadband Wireless Router MBR624GU User Manual
Managing Your Network 4-15
v1.0, January 2009
2. Under the Advanced heading of the main menu, select Remote Management to display the
Remote Management screen:
3. Select the Turn Remote Management On check box.
4. Specify which external addresses will be allowed to access the router’s remote management.
For security, restrict access to as few external IP addresses as practical:
To allow access from any IP address on the Internet, select Everyone.
To allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet, select IP address range.
Enter a beginning and ending IP address to define the allowed range.
To allow access from a single IP address on the Internet, select Only This Computer.
Enter the IP address that will be allowed access.
5. Specify the port number that will be used for accessing the management interface.
Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. For greater security,
you can change the remote management Web interface to a custom port by entering that
number in the field provided. Choose a number between 1024 and 65535, but do not use the
number of any common service port. The default is 8080, which is a common alternate for
HTTP.
6. Click Apply to have your changes take effect.
When accessing your router from the Internet, you will type your router WAN IP address in
your Internet browser address or location field, followed by a colon (:) and the custom port
number. For example, if your external address is 134.177.0.123 and you use port number
8080, enter:
Figure 4-10