SMC Networks SMC8014W-G manual Wan, Remote Management Access Rule, DNS Settings, Host Name

This feature enables the customer to remotely access the web-based administration screen with their username and password (default: cusadmin/password). To enable this feature, check the [Customer Remote Management] checkbox.

Remote Management Access Rule

This option will allow you to limit who can access the remote management web login from the Internet.

The [Everyone] option allows any Internet user to access the web management login.

The [IP address range] option allows you to set a range of public Internet IP addresses. You can access the web management login from any IP address in the specified range.

The [Single Address] option allows you to set just 1 public Internet IP address. This is the ONLY IP address that you access the web management login screen.

A combination of one or more IP address ranges and single addresses can be configured.

WAN

From this section you can configure all the WAN Settings.

To access the WAN configuration page, on the Side Navigation bar, click on [WAN] link.

You can setup the SMC8014W-G to support the Pubic LAN IP as the WAN IP by selecting the [Use public LAN IP as the WAN IP] checkbox. The Public LAN IP can be configured in the LAN Settings section.

Click the DHCP WAN IP [Release/Renew] button to release and renew the WAN IP address.

DNS Settings

You can also configure the Gateway to use custom DNS servers.

NOTE: DNS is short for Domain Name System. The DNS IP is a server that that translates domain names into IP addresses.

Host Name

The Host Name setting is an optional configuration and is used when required by your cable operator. Contact your cable operator to determine if this setting is required.