TRENDnet TEW-823DRU - Enable Remote Access; Allow;Deny Ping Requests from the Internet

TRENDnet User’s Guide
TEW-823DRU
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Enable Remote Access
Advanced > Setup > Management
You may want to make changes to your router from a remote locaon such at your oce
or another locaon while away from your home.
1 Log into your router management page (refer to “Log in to Management Page” on page 8).
2 Click on Setup > Management.
3 In Remote Management secon, modify the following values:
 Remote Control (via Internet): Click the drop-down list and select Enable to enable
remote management or Disable to disable remote management.
 Remote Port: Enter the port to assign remote access to the router. It is recommended
to leave this seng as 8080.
ÍNote: If you have congured port 8080 for another conguraon secon, such as
virtual server or special applicaon, please change the port to use. Recommended
port range is 1024 to 65534.
4 Click Apply to save the changes.
ÍNote: To discard the changes, click Reset.
Allow/Deny Ping Requests from the Internet
Advanced > Administrator > Advanced Network
To provide addional security, you may want to disable your router from responding to ping
or ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) requests from the Internet. A ping is network
communicaon test to check if a device with IP address is alive or exists on the network.
By disabling this feature, you can conceal your router’s IP address and existence on the
Internet by denying responses to ping requests from the Internet. You can addionally use
this feature as a tool for troubleshoong purposes.
1 Log into your router management page (refer to “Log in to Management Page” on page 8).
2 Click on Advanced > Administrator > Advanced Network
3 In WAN Ping secon, click the WAN Ping Respond drop-down list and select the desired
sengs.
 Enable to allow your router to respond to ping requests from the Internet.
 Disable to block WAN ping requests from the Internet.
4 Click Apply to save the changes.
ÍNote: To discard the changes, click Reset.