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2-4-2 Change management password
Default password of this router is 1234, and it’s displayed on the login prompt when
accessed from web browser. There’s a security risk if you don’t change the default
password, since everyone can see it. This is very important when you have wireless
function enabled.
To change password, please follow the instructions mentioned below:
Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click
‘Password Settings’, and the following screen will be displayed on your web
browser:
Here is the description of every setup item:
Parameter
Description
Current Password
Please input current password here.
New Password
Please input new password here.
Confirm Password
Please input new password here again.
When you finish, click ‘Apply’. If you want to keep original password unchanged,
click ‘Cancel’.
If the password you typed in ‘New Password’ and ‘Confirm Password’ fields is not
the same, you’ll see the following message:
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Please retype the new password again and click ‘Apply’.
If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you click ‘Apply’,
you’ll be prompted to input your new password:
Please input user name as ‘admin’ and new password to enter web management
interface again, and you should be able to login with new password.
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2-4-3 Remote Management
This router does not allow management access from Internet, to prevent possible
security risks (especially when you define a weak password, or didn’t change default
password). However, you can still manage this router from a specific IP address by
enabling the ‘Remote Management’ function.
To do so, please follow the instructions mentioned below:
Please click ‘System’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click
‘Remote Management’, and the following screen will be displayed on your web
browser:
Here is the description of every setup item:
Parameter
Description
Host Address
Input the IP address of the remote host
you wish to initiate a management
access.
Port
You can define the port number through
which this router should expect an
incoming request. If you’re providing a
web service (default port number is 80),
you should try to use other port number.
You can use the default port setting
‘8080’ or something like ‘32245’ or
‘1429’. (Any integer between 1 and
65535)
Enabled
Select the field to start the configuration.
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When
you finish, click ‘Apply’. You’ll see the following message displayed on web
browser:
Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and go back to web management
interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the settings made and restart the router, so the
settings will take effect after it reboots.
NOTE: When you want to manage this router from another computer
on internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this
router in the address bar of the web browser manually If your Internet
service provider assigns you with a static IP address, it will not be a
problem; but if the IP address your service provider assigns to you
will vary every time you establish an internet connection, this will be a
problem.
Please either ask your service provider to give you a static IP address,
or use dynamic IP to host name mapping services like DDNS. Please
refer to chapter 2-5-7 ‘DDNS client’ for details.
NOTE: Default port number the web browser will use is ‘80’. If the ‘Port’
setting in this page is not ‘80’, you have to assign the port number in
the address bar of web browser manually. For example, if the IP
address of this router is 1.2.3.4, and the port number you set is 8888,
you have to input following address in the address bar of web
browser:
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2-5 Setup Internet Connection (WAN Setup)
Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in
chapter 2-3
. However, you can setup WAN connections by using WAN
configuration menu. You can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic
DNS) here.
To start configuration, please follow the instructions mentioned below:
Click ‘General Setup’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click
‘WAN’ menu, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser:
Please select an Internet connection method depending on the type of connection
you’re using. You can either click the connection method on the left or right of the
web management interface. If you select the connection method on the right, please
click ‘More Configuration’ tab after a method is selected.

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