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Preparing a D-Link DI-624 router for your SBS network - Part 2
The D-Link DI-624 is a wireless router. It has no adsl modem so you won't be using one of these as your internet connection, but you may want to use one as an extra layer of defense between your sbs external NIC and the Internet.
Universal Plug and Play allows some software on computers to automatically configure settings in the router, while this is very convenient, it is also a security risk which you can find more information about on many sites on the internet.
Here is how you disable UPnP in this router.
- Connect a laptop to one of the routers LAN ports.
- With a web browser, browse to the IP address of the router, this is 192.168.0.1 usually.
- You will be prompted to log in, the default username is 'admin' and the default password is blank (although I have set one).
- Click on the Tools tab, then click on the Misc button.
- By the UPNP Settings, click the radio button for Disabled.
- Then click the green tick to Apply your setting.
- After the router restarts, click the Continue button.
- The UPnP service is now disabled.
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