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remote administration access may be used to modify or disable
firewall settings. Local IP addresses and other settings can also be
changed, making it difficult or impossible to access your Gateway
from the local network. Remote administration accessto SSH or
Web Management services should be activated only when
absolutely necessary. Note: Encrypted remote administration is
performed using a secure SSL connection and requires a SSL certificate.
When accessing your Gateway for the first time using encrypted
remote administration, a warning page opens with a certificate
authentication message displayed. This is due to your Gateway SSL
certificate being self-generated. When this message display under that
circumstance, ignore the message and continue. Even though this
message displays, the self-generated certificate is safe and provides a
secure SSL connection.
REMOTE ADMINISTRATION AND STATIC NAT
To enable remote administration:
1. Select Remote Administration.
2. To enable access, select the check box.
3. Click Apply to save changes.
4. To remove access, clear the check box.
5. Click Apply again to save changes.
Static NAT allows devices located behind a firewall that is configured
with private IP addresses to appear to have public IP addresses to the
Internet. This allows an internal host, such as a web server, to havean
unregistered (private) IP address and still be accessible over the
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