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Advanced Setup – Miscellaneous
The Miscellaneous Setup screen allows you to change the web login password, set up a
firewall, restart the router, and restore factory defaults.
Web Login
This feature allows you to change your basic router password. It is recommended that
you change the default password after the first time you log in and that you change it
periodically.
Web Timeout
. This is the duration in minutes for which your session remains active.
Once your session expires, the Login screen appears and you are required to enter your
password again. Click on Change once you are done entering all the information.
Firewall
DMZ Support:
Click in the Enable box to enable DMZ support. NOTE: When you enable
DMZ support, Telnet traffic is sent to the DMZ host. Your current Telnet session is lost
when you click on Save.
IP Address of DMZ Host:
The DMZ host is the client machine that is assigned to
receive any unmapped traffic.
Discard Ping from WAN Side:
Click in the Enable box to force all pings from the server
side to any client side machine to be ignored by the router.
Remote Access of Configuration:
Click in the Enable box to permit configuration of
the router by a remote machine.
Remote Telnet:
Click in the Enable box to permit a remote machine to telnet into the
router using its IP address.
Enable SPI Protection:
Click in the Enable box to enable Stateful Packet Inspection
(SPI), which intercepts packets at the network layer and analyzes data derived from all
communication layers. It can incorporate communication and application specific
context data which can be stored and updated dynamically.
Click on Save to apply the firewall configuration for your router.
Miscellaneous Items
Restart Router:
Clicking on this button causes the router to reboot. All previously saved
configuration settings are applied.
Restore Factory Defaults:
Clicking on this button restores all factory default settings.
Any changes that you may have applied are permanently lost.
