Reference Manual for the Model DG824M Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway
5-16 Managing Your Network
Using the Remote Management page, you can allow a user or users on the Internet to configure,
upgrade and check the status of your NETGEAR Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall.
Procedure 5-2: Configure Remote Management
1. Log in to the gateway at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1 with its default User
Name of admin, default password of password, or using whatever User Name, Password and
LAN address you have chosen for the gateway.
2. From the Advanced section of the main menu, click on the Remote Management link.
3. Select the Allow Remote Management check box.
4. Specify what external addresses will be allowed to access the gateway’s remote management.
For security, NETGEAR recommends that you restrict access to as few external IP addresses
as practical.
a. To allow access from any IP address on the Internet, select Everyone.
b. To allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet, select IP address range.
Enter a beginning and ending IP address to define the allowed range.
c. To allow access from a single IP address on the Internet, select Only this PC.
Enter the IP address that will be allowed access.
5. Specify the Port Number that will be used for accessing the management interface.
Web browser access normally uses the standard HTTP service port 80. For greater security,
you can change the remote management web interface to a custom port by entering that
number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1024 and 65535, but do not use the
number of any common service port. The default is 8080, which is a common alternate for
HTTP.
Note: Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password. The
ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a
mixture of letters (both upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols. Your password
can be up to 30 characters.