Products Network Router User Manual

Setting up your wireless router

WAN ping blocking

Computer hackers use what is known as pinging to find potential victims on the Internet. By

pinging a specific IP address and receiving a response from the IP address, a hacker can

determine that something of interest might be there. Your router can be set up so it will not

respond to an ICMP ping from the outside. This heightens the level of security of your router.

To turn off the ping response

•Open the Firewall > WAN Ping Blocking page and select Block ICMP Ping, then click

Apply Changes. Your router will not respond to an ICMP ping.

Utilities tab

This screen lets you manage different parameters of your router and perform certain

administrative functions.