Hey guys,
I hope this is in the right forum, I've been researching about the above topic and having trouble locating the most appropriate info for my questions.
So the situation is I have a new router (Netcomm NF18ACV - I'm on Australian NBN HFC now) and I've been setting up my router with security in mind.
I ran Shield's UP tests and it showed ports 80 and 443 were closed. I understand that this is ok, but a stealth port would be better. How do I configure these ports to stealth? Is it critical for these ports to be stealth over closed?
I also want to change my local LAN address from the stock one, to a custom one. For example, if I change it from 192.168.20.1 to 192.168.25.4, would I have to change the subnet mask? Stock one is 255.255.255.0.
If you have any other suggestions to improve security that would be appreciated also. I've been using https://routersecurity.org/#StartHere and https://routersecurity.org/testrouter.php as resources to change my settings and run tests.
I use a VPN to bypass the port closures, and other stuff like DNS/ Ping.
Thanks everyone
I hope this is in the right forum, I've been researching about the above topic and having trouble locating the most appropriate info for my questions.
So the situation is I have a new router (Netcomm NF18ACV - I'm on Australian NBN HFC now) and I've been setting up my router with security in mind.
I ran Shield's UP tests and it showed ports 80 and 443 were closed. I understand that this is ok, but a stealth port would be better. How do I configure these ports to stealth? Is it critical for these ports to be stealth over closed?
I also want to change my local LAN address from the stock one, to a custom one. For example, if I change it from 192.168.20.1 to 192.168.25.4, would I have to change the subnet mask? Stock one is 255.255.255.0.
If you have any other suggestions to improve security that would be appreciated also. I've been using https://routersecurity.org/#StartHere and https://routersecurity.org/testrouter.php as resources to change my settings and run tests.
I use a VPN to bypass the port closures, and other stuff like DNS/ Ping.
Thanks everyone