Admin; Change Password; Remote Management - D-Link DIR-685 User Manual

Section 3 - Configuration
This page will allow you to change the Administrator and User passwords. You can also enable Remote Management.
There are two accounts that can access the management interface through the web browser. The accounts are admin
and user. Admin has read/write access while user has read-only access. User can view settings but cannot make any
changes. Only the admin account has the ability to change both admin and user account passwords.
Administrator
Enter a new password for the Administrator account. The
Password:
administrator can make changes to router settings.
Enable Graphical
Tick the checkbox to display the graphical authentication
Authentication:
window on the login screen. Enabling this option adds
an extra level of security as it requires users to type the
password that appears in the graphical authentication
window on the login screen, in addition to their user name
and password.
Enable Remote
Remote Management allows the DIR-685 to be configured
Management:
from the Internet using a web browser. A username and
password is still required to access the Web-Management
interface. By default only a member of your network can
browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator tasks.
This feature enables you to perform Administrator tasks from the remote (Internet) host.
IP Permitted to
If Remote Management is enabled, you can type an IP address in this field to restrict remote access to the specified IP
Access:
address. Leave this field blank if you want to allow remote access from any computer on the Internet.
Port: The port number used to access the DIR-685 from the Internet.
Example: http://x.x.x.x:8080 where x.x.x.x is the Internet IP address of the DIR-685 and 8080 is the port used for the Web
Management interface.
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