Administration > management, Router password – Linksys E3000 User Manual

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High Performance Wireless-N Router

Linksys E3000

Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration

Summary

This lists the QoS entries you have created for your

applications and devices .

Priority

This column displays the bandwidth priority of

High, Medium, Normal, or Low .

Name

This column displays the application, device, or

port name .

Information

This column displays the port range or

MAC address entered for your entry . If a pre-configured

application or game was selected, there will be no valid

entry shown in this section .

Remove

Click this button to remove an entry .

Edit

Click this button to make changes .

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel

Changes to clear your changes .

Administration > Management

The Management screen allows the network’s

administrator to manage specific Router functions for

access and security .

Administration > Management

Router Password

Router Access

To ensure the Router’s security, you will be asked for your

password when you access the Router’s browser-based

utility . The default is admin .

Router Password

Enter a new password for the Router .

Re-enter to confirm

Enter the password again to confirm .

Local Management Access

Access via

HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) is the

communications protocol used to connect to servers on

the World Wide Web . HTTPS uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer)

to encrypt data transmitted for higher security . Select the

HTTP or HTTPS . The default is HTTP .

Access via Wireless

If you are using the Router in a public

domain where you are giving wireless access to your

guests, you can disable wireless access to the Router’s

web-based utility . You will only be able to access the utility

via a wired connection if you disable the setting . Keep the

default, Enabled, to allow wireless access to the utility, or

select Disabled to block wireless access to the utility .

Remote Management Access

Remote Management

To permit remote access of the

Router from the Internet (outside the local network),

select Enabled . Otherwise, keep the default, Disabled .

Access via

HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) is the

communications protocol used to connect to servers

on the World Wide Web . HTTPS uses SSL (Secure Socket

Layer) to encrypt data transmitted for higher security .

Select HTTP or HTTPS . HTTP is the default .

Remote Upgrade

If you want to be able to upgrade

the Router from the Internet (outside the local network),

select Enabled . (You must have the Remote Management

feature enabled as well .) Otherwise, keep the default,

Disabled .

Allowed Remote IP Address

If you want to be able to

access the Router from any external IP address, select Any

IP Address . If you want to specify an external IP address or

range of IP addresses, then select the second option and

complete the fields provided .

Remote Management Port

Enter the port number that

will be open to outside access . You will need to enter the

Router’s password when accessing the Router this way, as

usual .

NOTE:

When you are in a remote location

and wish to manage the Router, enter

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:yyyy

or

https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:yyyy,

depending

on whether you use HTTP or HTTPS . Enter the

Router’s specific Internet IP address in place

of xxx .xxx .xxx .xxx, and enter the Remote

Management Port number in place of yyyy .

UPnP

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) allows the appropriate

Windows operating system to automatically configure the

Router for various Internet applications, such as gaming

and videoconferencing .

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