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3.6.3 Router administration
This router is managed through a browser interface. In our case, we pointed a Linux Web
browser (connected to one of the local LAN ports) to address 192.168.0.1 and received a
logon page from the Web server that is built into the router. The default logon ID for our router
is
admin and the password is password. (You can change these after you log into the router
the first time.)
A number of screens are available to control DHCP functions, firewall filtering, logging, and so
forth. The firewall and logging functions are interesting but are not discussed here. Controls
are also available to assign
service addresses. This requires some understanding.
Suppose an external host, somewhere on the ...