How to remotely change your router settings

Linksys E1550

••MAC Address and Voice Device—Let you prioritize network traffic based on the device that is accessing the network. For example, if you want your gaming console to have higher priority than your computer for accessing the Internet, you can assign a higher priority to your game console using its MAC address. We recommend giving any voice devices a high priority.

a)Select MAC Address or Voice Device from the drop-down list, then enter the name of the device you want to add.

b)Enter the device’s 12-digit MAC address, then select the priority.

c)Click Apply, then click Save Settings.

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You can often find a device’s 12-digit MAC address on the bottom of the device. Or, if the device is connected to your network and turned on, you can click the Administration tab in the router’s browser-based utility, click the Local Network page, then click DHCP Client Table.

7.Configure Upstream Bandwidth.

••To allow the router to detect the maximum, select Auto (default). Auto sets speeds in multiples of 512 Kbps.

••To specify the maximum, select Manual, then select the bandwidth you want it to use.

CAUTION

If you specify a maximum bandwidth that is too high, the router cannot apply priorities correctly, and QoS problems may result.

8.When you are done setting priorities, click Save Settings.

Setting Up: Advanced

How to remotely change your router settings

Why would I want to remotely change my router settings? There may be times when you want to change parental control settings, or change settings for remote file access, while you are away from home.

To set up remote access:

Administration > Management

1.Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 14).

2.Click the Administration tab, then click the Management page and locate the Remote Management Access settings in the middle of the screen.

3.For Remote Management, select Enabled.

4.For Access via, select HTTP (default) or select HTTPS to use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) to encrypt data transmitted for higher security.

5.To be able to upgrade your router’s firmware remotely, select Enabled next to Remote Upgrade.

6.To allow remote access from anywhere on the Internet, select Any IP Address (default) next to Allowed Remote IP Address. Otherwise, enter a range of allowed IP addresses.

7.For Remote Management Port, keep the setting of 8080 (default) unless you already have a device on your network that uses port 8080 (such as a web camera).

8.Click Save Settings at the bottom of the screen to accept your changes.

9.Click the Administration tab, then click the Management page and take note of the Internet IP Address and the Remote Management Port settings. You will use this information to access your router remotely.