BleepingComputer.com: How To Block Port 80 Of Router

Hi,

I have broadband internet and I use a router to connect to internet. The router provides default settings access using the web interface when you type in http://192.168.1.1 in the web browser. You have to enter username and password to change settings.

Now problem is when I tried to access my computer from internet using a friends computer(I was just playing around) using a simple browser, and typed my IP address, my router web interface showed up. Which means, my router's port 80 is open. Anyone can access my router's settings and even disconnect me from internet. Problem becomes severe as the default password and username is well-known. And I had not bothered to change them until now.

The firewall blocks my computer's port 80, not the router's. So please dont tell me about firewall. I use Outpost 6.0 and I trust it.

I tried to tinker my router settings for blocking port 80, but was unsuccessful. It has firewall but it blocks me to access port 80 of other servers, not the opposite. I use Huawei router MT882 (http://www.huawei.com/products/terminal/pr.../view.do?id=121.

Please help.

This post has been edited by Romeo29: 21 July 2008 - 09:52 PM

You should be able to turn off remote access or remote administration in the router if you don't want that to happen, not port 80.

Shutting off the http port 80 is futile, unless you don't ever want internet connection, in which case what's the point of even having a router. It is a key port for all web browsing. Also, if you block port 80 in the router, you will not be able to use the router's web interface.

Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding something in your message.

UPDATE:

I found a way to block web access to router. I had to add my LAN ip address to the Lan clients list. Then under Port Forwarding section select this added ip address. And only then I could specify rules for the router Firewall and NAT. Now port 80 is blocked when trying to access router from outside.

Thanks tos226 for the general idea