Make and model router?
If you have the necessary admin rights all you need to do is slide the Remote Management button to "OFF". I do not know what the default value is but I would expect it to be configured as "OFF". Just to avoid some immediate vulnerability.
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Also I need to make sure that I am not confusing two things: 1) Remote Access/Management to control router settings, and 2) Allowing remote access to a network computer or other network device via the router.
What is required for someone to access the network through remote access:
1) whoever manages the router and/or network enables the necessary features.
2) sets up the necessary access methods (login, password).
3) grants those who truly need access to have actual access.
4) provides the necessary login and password information to those remote users who need access.
On my router I must access the applicable administrative windows by providing the correct router login name and password. Then I can enable or disable remote management as need.
One danger is that if someone factory resets a router then some of those protections are lost. The router, for example will return to its' default IP address (192.168.1.1 is common but there are close variations). The router will also default to a login name such as "admin" and a password such as "admin', "password", or just be blank.
Those default values are widely available and easily found online. That is why router login names and passwords should be changed immediately when the router is first installed. Otherwise someone could take control of the router.
Much the same for any given computer to which you wish to grant access rights. Perhaps some select folder for either remote access or internal network access. That folder must be shared and set with the necessary permissions for those who need to access folder data. Permissions can be set at a number of levels via Group Policies.
Takes forethought, planning, plus the necessary administrative rights to set it all up.
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Make a model router? What does that mean?
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Admin rights? Do you mean if I am logged into my Router?
I have looked all the settings through several times. The only mentioning of Remote Access in the Router settings it the one presented in the screenshot. There is no button that say ON / OFF.
"Also I need to make sure that I am not confusing two things: 1) Remote Access/Management to control router settings, and 2) Allowing remote access to a network computer or other network device via the router."
I don't know, which of the two, that Remote access on my router is about. (The setting presented on the screenshot)
But according to other answers and more research, I am quite sure, that is it Remote acccess to the Router settings and not the network.
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"1) whoever manages the router and/or network enables the necessary features."
"2) sets up the necessary access methods (login, password)."
What features are required for someone to be able to Remote access?
Login password are those the same required to access the Router?
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"One danger is that if someone factory resets a router then some of those protections are lost. The router, for example will return to its' default IP address (192.168.1.1 is common but there are close variations). The router will also default to a login name such as "admin" and a password such as "admin', "password", or just be blank."
But that would require someone to find the Router IP online somehow?
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"Much the same for any given computer to which you wish to grant access rights. Perhaps some select folder for either remote access or internal network access. That folder must be shared and set with the necessary permissions for those who need to access folder data. Permissions can be set at a number of levels via Group Policies."
When Network Discovery is turned off, is it then impossible for a hacker, who has access to my network, to see and locate my PC system?
Thanks for your help!
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