Special Configuration for a Web Server
or Telnet Server on Your LAN:

The Netopia router has an internal web server that allows you to browse into the router's configuration screens. There is also a built-in telnet server to allow you to telnet into the Command Line configuration menus.
If you are configuring Custom Services in the Netopia router to forward HTTP traffic to a web server on your network, you will need to modify the port assignment for this internal server. The same applies to telnet. These values should be logical and easily remembered. You will need to make these changes in the Command Line Interface (CLI). This will guide you through those steps.
  1. Open a DOS prompt (Windows), or a terminal screen (Unix; OS X).
  2. Telnet into the CLI. By default this is 192.168.1.254
    If you are unfamiliar with the telnet application, see IEQG_100.
  3. At the prompt, type in Config and enter.
  4. Type in view server and enter.
  5. The web-http (80) and the telnet-tcp (23) port values will be displayed. These are the standard default settings for web and telnet services.


  6. Type in set server and enter.
  7. Change the value for Web-HTTP Port from 80 to 8080, for example. This value should be logical and easily remembered.
  8. Hit enter and change the telnet port if you so desire. In this example it has been reassigned to port 2323.
  9. If you forget these changes it will be necessary to reset the router to factory default, at which time they will be reset to the original default settings.
  10. Enter save, then enter quit.
  11. Enter restart. This will reboot the Netopia and retain the new setting(s).

After this change has taken effect, you would browse back into the router by using http://192.168.1.254:8080, assuming the ethernet IP address of the router is set to the factory default. If you have a different LAN addressing scheme, modify accordingly.
Similarly, if you have a server on the network that must be accessed from the Wide Area Network (WAN) via telnet, you would change the telnet port assignment for the router in this same screen. Change the Telnet Server Port value to 2323, for example. You would then access the router by going to telnet 192.168.1.254 2323.