Remote Management - Edimax BR-6228nC User Manual

3-1-3 Remote Management

If you need to manage this broadband router outside of your LAN (i.e. from Internet), you
can use this function to assign a remote IP address which is permitted to connect to this
broadband router s web management interface from Internet.
If it s not required for you to manage this broadband router from Internet, you can disable
this function to improve security.
The descriptions of every setting item are listed as follow:
Item Name
Host address
Port
Enabled
Please click Apply to save changes in this page, or you can click Cancel to discard all
settings in this page. After you click Apply button, you ll see the following message:
Description
Input the IP address of the remote host you
wish to initiate a management access.
You can define the port number this router
should expect an incoming connection 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 65534)
Check this box to enable remote management
function. When this box is unchecked, no one
can access this broadband router s
management interface from Internet.