bebox question

[Deleted member 61728]

Hi i have a SpeedTouch 585 and am wondering what can i do to make it more secure, which settings do i change ?

 

[Frank_Rizzo]

Set a secure password for the Administrator account : like 10+chars mix of numbers and letters

Delete the other guest / test accounts

Turn on the firewall

Turn on the Intrusion Detection

If you are not using games / networking turn off game & app settings, PnP

Turn off remote assistance

That's the basics which you can do from the bebox config screen. I seem to remember there are a few more things to do via telnet. Need to check the Be forums. I think there was a sticky there on how to lock down the router further.

 

[philjohn]

You need to turn the telnet access from the internet off as well, there's a brilliant post on the BETHERE forums that detail exactly what you need to do.

 

[wellibob]

If im being honest, replace the SpeedTouch 585, with a Netgear GT or N based 834 modem router if you can afford to do so.