NETGEAR DG834

Reference Manual for the ADSL Firewall Router DG834
4-2 Protecting Your Network
v2.0, September 2005
7. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select Set
Password to bring up the menu shown in Figure 4-2.
8. To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password twice.
9. Click Apply to save your changes.
Changing the Administrator Login Timeout
For security, the administrator's login to the router configuration will timeout after a period of
inactivity. To change the login timeout period:
1. In the Set Password menu, type a number in ‘Administrator login times out’ field. The
suggested default value is 5 minutes.
2. Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to keep the current period.
Configuring Basic Firewall Services
Basic firewall services you can configure include access blocking and scheduling of firewall
security. These topics are presented below.
Figure 4-2
Note: After changing the password, you will be required to log in again to continue
the configuration. If you have backed up the router settings previously, you
should do a new backup so that the saved settings file includes the new
password.