D-Link DIR-859 User Manual - Page 70

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Section 3 - Configuration Admin This page allows you to change the administrator (Admin) settings, like reset the Admin password and enable remote management. From the Management menu, click System Admin. Password: Enter a new Password for the administrator account. You will need to enter this password whenever you configure the router using a web browser. Enable Enables a challenge-response test designed to prevent online hackers Graphical and unauthorized users from gaining access to your router's network Authentication settings. (CAPTCHA): Enable HTTPS Check to enable HTTPS to connect to the router securely. This means Server: to connect to the router, you must enter https://192.168.0.1 instead of http://192.168.0.1. Enable Remote Remote management allows the DIR-859 to be configured from the Management: Internet by a web browser. A password is still required to access the web management interface. Remote Admin The port number used to access the DIR-859 is used in the URL. Example: Port: http://x.x.x.x:8080 where x.x.x.x is the Internet IP address of the DIR859 and 8080 is the port used for the web management interface. If you enable HTTPS Server, you must enter https:// as part of the URL to access the router remotely. Click Save when you are done. To load, save, or reset the settings, or to reboot the router, click System and refer to page 67. D-Link DIR-859 User Manual 66

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D-Link DIR-859 User Manual
Section 3 - Configuration
Admin
This page allows you to change the administrator (Admin) settings, like reset the Admin password and enable remote management.
From the
Management
menu, click
System Admin
.
Enter a new
Password
for the administrator account. You will need to
enter this password whenever you configure the router using a web
browser.
Enables a challenge-response test designed to prevent online hackers
and unauthorized users from gaining access to your router’s network
settings.
Check to enable HTTPS to connect to the router securely. This means
to connect to the router, you must enter
https
://192.168.0.1
instead
of
http
://192.168.0.1
.
Remote management allows the DIR-859 to be configured from the
Internet by a web browser. A password is still required to access the
web management interface.
The port number used to access the DIR-859 is used in the URL. Example:
where x.x.x.x is the Internet IP address of the DIR-
859 and 8080 is the port used for the web management interface. If
you enable
HTTPS Server,
you must enter
https://
as part of the URL
to access the router remotely.
Click
Save
when you are done.
Password:
Enable
Graphical
Authentication
(CAPTCHA):
Enable HTTPS
Server:
Enable Remote
Management:
Remote Admin
Port:
To load, save, or reset the settings, or to reboot the router, click
System
and refer to page 67.