Remote Management Help

Using the Remote Management page, you can allow a user or users on the Internet to configure, upgrade and check the status of your router.

IMPORTANT:

• Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password. The ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of letters (both upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols. Your password can be up to 30 characters.
• Be sure to set the correct time zone,current date and time before trying to access the router remotely.

Allow Remote Management

If checked, Remote Management is enabled, and connection from the Internet to this device is possible. The correct port number must be used when connecting (see below).
If not checked, management connection attempts from the Internet will be ignored.

Allow remote access by

For security, NETGEAR recommends that you 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 PC
  • Enter the IP address that will be allowed access.

Port Number

Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. Netgear recommends that you use a different port number for remote management, as using port 80 will prevent the use of a Web Server on your LAN, and can be more readily discovered by hackers. Use the default (8080) or choose a port number between 1 and 63000.Please make sure that you do not choose a port used by standard applications.

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

1. From a remote location, start a Browser.
2. In the "Address" or "Location" field, enter the Internet IP address of this router (NOT the LAN IP address), followed by a colon and the port number, as follows (note that Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is enabled):

   https://ip_address:pn

   Where:

   ip_address   is the Internet IP address of this router.

   pn   is the port number assigned on this screen.

   
   
3. You should then be prompted for the password for this router. (Be sure to set a strong password!)

IP Address to connect to this device

To manage this router via the Internet, you need its public IP Address, as seen from the Internet. This public IP Address is allocated by your ISP, and is shown here. But if your ISP account uses a Dynamic IP Address, the address can change each time you connect to your ISP. There are 2 solutions to this problem:

• Have your ISP allocate you a Fixed IP address.
• Use the DDNS (Dynamic DNS) feature so you can connect using a domain name, rather than an IP address.