62CHAPTER 5: ROUTER CONFIGURATION
Router ships with the Universal Plug and Play feature disabled. If you are using any applications that are Universal Plug and Play compliant, and wish to take advantage of the Universal Plug and Play features, you can enable this feature. Simply select Enable in the UPnP Enabling section of the Utilities page. Click Apply to save the change.
WAN Ping Blocking
Computer hackers use what is known as "Pinging" to find potential victims on the Internet. By pinging a specific IP address and receiving a response from the IP address, a hacker can determine that something of interest might be there.
The Router can be set up so it will not respond to an ICMP Ping from the outside. This heightens the level of security of your Router.
To turn off the ping response, select Block ICMP Ping and click Apply; the router will not respond to an ICMP ping from the Internet.
Remote Administration
Before you enable this function, ensure that you have set the
Administration Password.
Remote Administration allows you to make changes to your Router’s settings from anywhere on the Internet. You can choose to either:
■Click the check box to enable any PC on the network to remotely manage your Router
■Enter one specific IP address that can remotely manage your router. This is more secure, as only the specified IP address will be able to manage the Router
