I am trying to allow access (to me) remotely for this new Router. I do know the IP address but I think I need to know the default port to use. How can I find out the default port for this? Right now, I am not at the location of the router so do I have to wait until I am actually sitting in fron of the router to enable this feature?? If not, how do I do this? Thanks so much for the help.
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You'll probably have to enable remote access from wan (outside). |
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As Nifle said, you'll have to enable remote access. Also, people have a misconception that you can access your router by using the internal IP address (typically 192.168.0.1) over the WAN which is incorrect. You'll have to find your external IP address. A simple method is to go to www.whatismyip.com |
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You need a port to remotely manage your router. To setup remote management of the router, log on to the router while you are inside the network of the router. The router's IP address is probably 192.168.1.1. The credentials are probably admin (user name) and password (for the password). Once your are there, look around for remote management, and check the box (most likely), then you may need to select a port to use for remote management. You also need to set up a port to manage computers under your router. for instance, if you would like to access a computer at 192.168.1.2, you would go into your router settings and set up a port forward for 192.168.1.2 with port :555 (random number). Now, if you go to your public IP address 172.155.26.73:555 (random IP address with random port number) you will go to the machine with the private IP address of 192.168.1.2. If you just go to 172.155.26.73:### (Public IP address with remote router management port), you will access the router. If you need any more help, let me know! |
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