Advanced Administration
Diagnostics
This screen allows you to perform a "Ping" or a "DNS lookup". These activities can be useful in solving network problems.
An example Network Diagnostics screen is shown below.
Figure 49: Network Diagnostics Screen
Data - Network Diagnostics Screen
Broadband ADSL Router User Guide
Remote Administration
If enabled, this feature allows you to manage the Broadband ADSL Router via the Internet.
Figure 50: Remote Administration Screen
Data - Remote Administration Screen
Remote Administration
Ping
IP Address | Enter the IP address you wish to ping. The IP address can be on your |
| LAN, or on the Internet. Note that if the address is on the Internet, |
| and no connection currently exists, you could get a "Timeout" error. |
| In that case, wait a few seconds and try again. |
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Ping Button | After entering the IP address, click this button to start the "Ping" |
| procedure. The results will be displayed in the Ping Results pane. |
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DNS Lookup |
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Internet Name | Enter the Domain name or URL for which you want a DNS (Domain |
| Name Server) lookup. Note that if the address in on the Internet, and |
| no connection currently exists, you could get a "Timeout" error. In |
| that case, wait a few seconds and try again. |
Enable Remote Management
Current
IP Address
Port Number
Check to allow administration/management via the Internet. (To connect, see below).
If Disabled, this device will ignore Administration connection at- tempts from the Internet.
This is the current address you will use when accessing this device from the Internet. To connect, see details and an example below.
Enter a port number between 1 and 65535. The default for HTTP (Web) connections is port 80, but using port 80 will prevent the use of a Web "Virtual Server" on your LAN. So using a different port number is recommended. The default value is 8080.
The port number must be specified in your Browser when you connect. See the following section for details.
Lookup Button | After entering the Domain name/URL, click this button to start the |
| "DNS Lookup" procedure. |
Routing |
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Display | Click this button to display the internal routing table. This informa- |
| tion can be used by Technical Support and other staff who |
| understand Routing Tables. |
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Access Permission
Allow Remote
Access
Select the desired option.
•Everyone - allow access by everyone on the Internet.
•Only This Computer - allow access by only one IP address. Enter the desired IP address.
•IP Address Range - allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet. Enter a beginning and ending IP address to de- fine the allowed range.
For security, you should restrict access to as few external IP ad- dresses as practical.
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