proper firewall protection.

Remote Administrator Host

In general, only you, or members of your network, should access the web configuration interface of the Broadband Router. In some circumstances though, you may want to have access to the Broadband Router web interface to change settings while you are away from your network. The Remote Administrator Host field allows you to input the IP address of one remote computer so that it can access the web configuration interface to perform administrative tasks. Note: If you specify an IP address of 0.0.0.0 and enable Remote Administration, any computer can connect to the Broadband Router from outside of your network. Also, when this feature is enabled, the web port will be shifted to port 88. This is a security precaution to prevent an indiscriminate port scan, which could find the web configuration interface and hack into your connection. In

order for the remote administrator to access the web configuration interface, the user must input the IP address that has been given to the WAN port of

the Broadband Router (found in the Device Information screen). For example: HTTP://192.168.51.23:88

Non-Standard FTP Port

Some FTP servers use a different port number than the standard port

21.This field will allow you to specify a non-standard FTP port number for compatibility with those FTP servers.

After you have configured the Miscellaneous Items settings, click the Save button. The following screen will be shown telling you that the settings have been saved, but some items may not take effect until the Broadband Router is rebooted.

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