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Setup

Changing the Administrator Username and Password

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Confirm New Username:

To confirm, re-enter the new username, exactly

as shown in the previous field.

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New Password:

Enter a new password for the router. You can include

alphanumeric characters and symbols, but no spaces.

•

Confirm New Password:

To confirm, re-enter the new password, exactly as

shown in the previous field. An error message appears if the passwords do

not match.

•

Minimum Password Complexity:

Check the

Enable

box if you want to

enforce password complexity and enable the Password Strength Meter.

This option is enabled by default and is recommended.

When Minimum Password Complexity is enabled, the password must meet

the requirements listed below. Your entries are validated when you click the

Save button.

Includes at least 8 characters.

Is not the same as the username.

Is not the same as the current password.

Contains characters from at least 3 of the following 4 categories:

uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters

available on a standard keyboard.

•

Password Strength Meter:

If you enable Minimum Password Complexity,

the Password Strength Meter indicates the password strength, based on

the complexity rules. As you enter a password, colored bars appear. The

scale goes from red (unacceptable) to yellow (acceptable) to green (strong).

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Password Aging Enforcement:

Choose

Disable

if you do not want the

password to expire. Choose

Change the password after

if you want the

password to expire after the specified number of

Days

(default 180).

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Setup

Setting the System Time

Cisco Small Business RV0xx Series Routers Administration Guide

Setting the System Time

Use the

Setup > Time

page to specify the system time for your network. The

router uses the time settings to time-stamp log events, to automatically apply the

Access Rules and Content Filters, and to perform other activities for other internal

purposes. You can allow the router to receive the local time settings automatically

from a server, or you can enter the local time manually.

To open this page:

Click

Setup > Time

in the navigation tree.

NOTE

Before navigating away from this page, click

Save

to save your settings, or click

Cancel

to undo them. Any unsaved changes are abandoned.

Choose one of the following options to set the time, and then enter the required

information.

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Set the local time using Network Time Protocol (NTP) automatically:

Choose this option to allow the router to receive the time settings

automatically from an NTP server. Then enter the following settings:

Time Zone:

Select your time zone. The default is

(GMT-08:00) Pacific

Time (US & Canada); Tijuana

Daylight Saving:

To automatically adjust the time for daylight savings,

select

Enabled

. In the

Start Date

field, enter the Month and Day when

daylight savings time begins. Use mm.dd format, such as 6.25 for June

25. Also enter the

End Date

in the same format.

NTP Server:

Enter the URL or IP address of the NTP server. The default

time.nist.gov

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Setup

Setting Up a DMZ Host

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Set the local time Manually:

Choose this option if you want to set the local

time yourself. Then enter the following information:

Date:

Enter the current date in yyyy.mm.dd format, such as 2010.06.25

for June 25, 2010.

Hours, Minutes, Seconds:

Enter the current time in hh:mm:ss format,

such as 15:17:00 for 3:17:00 p.m.

Setting Up a DMZ Host

Use the

Setup > DMZ Host

page to allow one host in the LAN to be exposed to the

Internet to use services such as Internet gaming and video conferencing. Access

to the DMZ Host from the Internet can be further restricted by using firewall

access rules.

To open this page:

Click

Setup > DMZ Host

in the navigation tree.

Enter the IP address of the network device that you want to use as a DMZ host.

NOTE

Before navigating away from this page, click

Save

to save your settings, or click

Cancel

to undo them. Any unsaved changes are abandoned.

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Setup

Setting Up Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

Cisco Small Business RV0xx Series Routers Administration Guide

Setting Up Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

Use the

Setup >

Forwarding

page if you need to allow public access to services

on computers that are connected to the LAN ports. Port Forwarding opens a

specified port or a port range for a service, such as FTP. Port Triggering opens a

port range for services such as Internet gaming that use alternate ports to

communicate between the server and LAN host. This page has the following

sections:

•

Port Range Forwarding, page 44

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Port Triggering, page 47

To open this page:

Click

Setup > Forwarding

in the navigation tree.

NOTE

Before navigating away from this page, click

Save

to save your settings, or click

Cancel

to undo them. Any unsaved changes are abandoned.

Port Range Forwarding

Port forwarding can be used to set up public services on your network. When

users from the Internet make certain requests to your network, the router can

forward those requests to computers that are equipped to handle the requests. If,

for example, you set the port number 80 (HTTP) to be forwarded to IP address

192.168.1.2, then all HTTP requests from outside users will be forwarded to

192.168.1.2.

You may use this function to establish a web server or FTP server via an IP

gateway. Make sure that you enter a valid IP address. (You may need to establish a

static IP address in order to properly run an Internet server.) For added security,

Internet users will be able to communicate with the server, but they will not

actually be connected. The packets will simply be forwarded through the router.

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Setup

Setting Up Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

Cisco Small Business RV0xx Series Routers Administration Guide

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To add an entry to the list:

Enter the following information, and then click

Add to list

Service:

Select the service. If a service is not listed, you can add a

service. For details, see

Adding a service, page 46

IP Address:

Enter the LAN IP address of the server that you want the

Internet users to access.

Enable:

Check the box to enable this port range forwarding entry.

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To add another new entry:

Enter the information, and then click

Add to list

•

To modify an entry in the list:

Click the entry that you want to modify. The

information appears in the text fields. Make the changes, and then click

Update

. If you do not need to make changes, you can click

Add New

to de-

select the entry and clear the text fields.

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To delete an entry from the list:

Click the entry that you want to delete, and

then click

Delete

. To select a block of entries, click the first entry, hold down

the

Shift

key, and then click the final entry in the block. To select individual

entries, press the

Ctrl

key while clicking each entry. To de-select an entry,

press the

Ctrl

key while clicking the entry.

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To view the port range table:

Click

View

, near the bottom of the page.

Choose

Port Range Forwarding

Port Triggering

. To update the display,

click

Refresh

. To return to the

Forwarding

page, click

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