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admin-access [2025/08/21 17:43] – [Telnet Daemon] -Move Telnet Daemon screenshot hogwildadmin-access [2025/08/23 05:43] (current) – [Telnet Daemon] -Resize screenshot to 332 hogwild
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 Settings here control who can access the web interface, how, and from where. You can choose which menus stay nested or shown and settings for the interface's color scheme. Settings here control who can access the web interface, how, and from where. You can choose which menus stay nested or shown and settings for the interface's color scheme.
  
-  \\ **Local Access:  **here, choose the web protocols allowed for communication with the web interface via LAN. \\ Port and Wireless access options appear, depending on your selection. \\  \\  {{::administration-admin_access-web_admin-local_access_to_allow_wireless_access-2025.3.png?380}}+ \\ 
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 +**Local Access:** here, choose the web protocols allowed for communication with the web interface via LAN. \\ Port and Wireless access options appear, depending on your selection. \\  \\  {{::administration-admin_access-web_admin-local_access_to_allow_wireless_access-2025.3.png?351}}
  
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 These options appear only if "HTTPS" or "HTTP and HTTPS" is selected in //Local Access//. These options appear only if "HTTPS" or "HTTP and HTTPS" is selected in //Local Access//.
  
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 The (Terminal EmuLation over the NEtwork) protocol allows LAN and remote connections via a command-line interface. Unlike SSH, Telnet is not secure. The (Terminal EmuLation over the NEtwork) protocol allows LAN and remote connections via a command-line interface. Unlike SSH, Telnet is not secure.
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 **Enable at Startup:** enables the Telnet Daemon, allowing Telnet connections to FreshTomato. **Enable at Startup:** enables the Telnet Daemon, allowing Telnet connections to FreshTomato.
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 **Port:** the port number on which Telnet connections will be made to the router. (Default: 23). **Port:** the port number on which Telnet connections will be made to the router. (Default: 23).
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 **Stop Now / Start Now. **clicking Stop Now immediately stops the Telnet Daemon. **Stop Now / Start Now. **clicking Stop Now immediately stops the Telnet Daemon.
  
-When Telnet has stopped, the button reads: "Start Now". Clicking "Start Now" immediately starts Telnet again. The Telnet daemon will restart at next reboot (if Enable at Startup is checked). +When Telnet has stopped, the button reads: "Start Now". Clicking "Start Now" immediately starts Telnet again. The Telnet daemon will restart at next reboot (if Enable at Startup is checked).\\
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-**Remote Web Port Protection:**  enables a firewall rule to prevent brute force attacks on port(s) used for remote administration. +{{::administration-admin_access-admin_restrictions-2025.3.png?569}}
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-This option is available only when Remote Access is set to HTTP or HTTPS. Come users have reported that enabling this feature slowed their remote web access connection.+
  
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-**Limit Connection Attempts: **specifies whether the number of SSH/Telnet connection attempts will be limited to number (n) at certain frequency (f).+**Remote Web Port Protection:**  sets firewall rule to prevent brute force attacks on ports used for remote administration.
  
-(Default: 3 connection attempts every 60 seconds)Checking SSH limits the number of SSH connection attempts to number n at frequency f (in seconds). Checking Telnet works similarly.+This option is available only when Remote Access is set to HTTP/HTTPSSome users report that enabling this feature slowed their remote web access connection.
  
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-{{::administration-admin_access-admin_restrictions-2025.3.png?669}}+**Limit Connection Attempts**Specifies whether SSH/Telnet connection attempts are limited to (//n)// attempts per frequency (//f)//. 
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 +Checking SSH limits the number of SSH connection attempts to number n at frequency f (in seconds). Checking Telnet works similarly. 
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 +(Default: connection attempts every 60 seconds).
  
  
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 You are strongly urged to change these from the default settings to keep the router and network secure. You are strongly urged to change these from the default settings to keep the router and network secure.
  
- \\+ \\ **Username:** the FreshTomato logon Username to set. An empty field sets the username: "root". (Default: "root").
  
-**Username:** the FreshTomato logon Username to set. An empty field sets the username"root"(Default: "root").+ \\  \\ {{::administration-admin_access-username_password-2025.3.png?534}}
  
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 **Re-enter to confirm:** enter the password again to confirm it's correct. It will change only when this text and text in the //Password// field match. **Re-enter to confirm:** enter the password again to confirm it's correct. It will change only when this text and text in the //Password// field match.
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