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Chapter 16
Administrate Your Network
4.
Click
Save
to make the settings effective.
16. 6. Local Management
You can control the local devices’ authority to manage the modem router via Local
Management feature. By default all local connected devices are allowed to manage
the modem router. You can also specify one device to manage the modem router and
enable local management over a more secure way, HTTPS.
Follow the steps below to allow only the specific device to manage the router via the
local management over HTTPS.
1.
Visit
http://tplinkmodem.net
, and log in with your TP-Link and the password you set
for the router.
2.
Go to
Advanced
>
System Tools
>
Administration
page. Locate the
Local
Management
section.
3.
Keep the
Port
as the default setting. Enable
Management over HTTPS
and keep the
Port for HTTPS
as the default setting. Enter the
IP address
or
MAC address
of the
local device to manage the modem router.
4.
Click
Save
.
Now, you can manage the modem router over both HTTP (http://tplinkmodem.net) and
HTTPS (https://tplinkmodem.net).
Note:
If you want that all local devices can manage the modem router, just leave the
IP/MAC Address
field blank.
16. 7. Remote Management
By default, the remote devices are not allowed to manage the modem router from the
internet. You can enable remote management over HTTP and/or HTTPS if needed.
HTTPS is a more secure way to access the router.
Note:
If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x), you cannot use the remote management
feature because private addresses are not routed on the internet.
