Netgear FVS318v2 – Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall with 8-Port Switch Manual De Referencia

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Managing Your Network

From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select the Router 
Diagnostics heading to display the menu shown in 

. 

Using the Remote Management page, you can allow a user or users on the Internet to configure, 
upgrade and check the status of your NETGEAR Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall.

1.

Log in to the firewall at its default LAN address of 

 with its default User 

Name of 

, default password of 

, or using whatever User Name, Password and 

LAN address you have chosen for the firewall.

2.

Select the Allow Remote Management check box.

3.

Specify what external addresses will be allowed to access the firewall’s remote management.

 

Note: For security reasons, restrict access to as few external IP addresses as is practical.

Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password. The 

ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a 
mixture of letters (both upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols. Your password 
can be up to 30 characters.