How to Enable and Access Linksys Remote Management?
Linksys smart WiFi router provides various features that you can easily enable by accessing the interface. One of the most used features is Linksys remote management.
With the help of Linksys remote management, you can easily manage or control the Linksys WiFi smart router from a different or remote location.
Here in this blog post, you will learn steps about how to activate the remote management to access of the Linksys dual-band WiFi router, even if you are out of station.
After the enabling the Remote management feature, you will get to know how to access Linksys router from a remote location.
Enable Remote Management on Linksys Router
To enable the Linksys remote management, you have to log in to the Linksys interface using below given steps.
Access Web Interface
You can easily reach to the interface with the help of your computer or laptop. Just connect a computer with the router using the LAN cable. Then, apply some simple steps to log in to Linksys router web utility.
- Use updated web browser in your computer and search login URL address linksyssmartwifi.com.
- Interface admin login page will appear on the screen.
- Here you have to enter the login credentials.
- If you have not changed the admin username and password, then you can use the user manual of the router to login.
- After reaching the interface, you have to just follow some more steps that help you to enable Linksys remote management.
Note: Make sure that the router is receiving internet signals. Also, check that the computer is connected to the same Linksys router while accessing the interface.
Enable Remote Management
To activate the feature of the remote management of Linksys router, you have to apply some of easy instructions.
- Find and click on the CONFIGURATION tab in the side bar.
- A drop down menu will open, where you have to select ADMINISTRATION.
- Here, you need to click to MANAGEMANT option to reach Remote management feature tab.
- To enable, just the check (tick) box of the Linksys Remote Management.
- You have to select the one of the option of HTTP or HTTPS.
- Then, enter the IP address like 192.168.1.1 or you can select option of ‘Any IP Address’.
- Fill the Remote management port in numbers (8080), but you can change it if needed.
After making enabling feature and finalizing the changes, you need to click on SAVE button. Now, you will learn how to access the Linksys router from a remote location.
Access Linksys Router Remotely
You need router IP address that is located on the System Status page to access router remotely. Also you can use DDNS name that you have configured on the Configuration> DDNS page of the interface.
- Open web browser in computer on remote location.
- Then, enter IP address and Remote Management Port number.
- You can also use the DDNS like http://customname.dyndns.org:8080.
- Now, you will able to control and access the router’s web interface.
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Here in this blog post, you have seen simple steps to the activate Linksys Remote Management so that you can easily access interface of the router. We also shared steps about how to access the Linksys WiFi router from a remote location. Hope, you’ve read the blog and enabled Linksys WiFi router remote management feature.