Configure Advanced Features
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Setup Advanced Settings - Options Page Description
The following table provides a description of the fields within the Setup Advanced
Settings - Options page.
Note:
If you make changes in the Setup Advanced Settings - Options page, click
Apply to apply and save your new IP address filter settings.
Field Name
Description
WAN Blocking
Checking this box prevents the cable modem gateway from
being visible to the WAN. For example, pings to the WAN IP
address are not returned
Ipsec PassThrough
Checking this box allows applications that use IPsec (IP
Security) to pass through the firewall
PPTP PassThrough
Checking this box allows applications that use Point to Point
Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) to pass through the firewall
Remote Config
Management
Checking this box enables Remote Configuration Management
that allows the user or network operator to view and/or modify
the gateway set-up parameters from a location on the WAN, as
opposed to the LAN side of the gateway. Access to the set-up
parameters is obtained by using the password to access the
WebWizard
Enable this feature by checking the
Remote Config
Management
box on the Setup Advanced Settings - Options
page. To access your gateway from a remote location, you must
also know the WAN IP address of the gateway. To find the
WAN IP address, go to the Network Configuration page under
Basic Settings. You will find the gateway's WAN IP address list
on this page
Enter the WAN IP address of your gateway into the address
field of any Web browser using the following format:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080 where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx represents
the WAN IP address of your gateway
Be sure to follow the syntax exactly, and then click
Go
or press
Enter
. Your gateway webpages will appear on the remote
computer. You will still need to enter your password to access
the Setup pages of your gateway
Note:
If you choose to enable (check) this feature, be sure to set
up a user password to prevent unauthorized access to your
gateway settings.
Multicast Enable
Checking this box allows multicasts to pass from the WAN side
through to the private network
UPnP Enable
Checking this box enables Universal Plug and Play features
