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Jan 25, 2016

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HTTP Service: Enable http admin

I'm running OS 6.4.1 (on my legacy RN Ultra 4, but that's probably not relevant). I've configured a share as (default) public_html web directory, as documented here In the Admin interface at [syste...

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BrianL2
Jan 25, 2016
Hi miels,

The Enable HTTP admin feature is an option to access the device admin page via HTTP. If the it is disabled, the admin page default access goes back to HTTPS. With regard to HTTP file browsing, you can disable it under Network Access tab of the said share or folder.

Hope this helps!

Kind regards,

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team

BrianL2

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Jan 25, 2016

Hi miels,

The Enable HTTP admin feature is an option to access the device admin page via HTTP. If the it is disabled, the admin page default access goes back to HTTPS. With regard to HTTP file browsing, you can disable it under Network Access tab of the said share or folder.

Hope this helps!

Kind regards,

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 25, 2016
BrianL2 wrote:

The Enable HTTP admin feature is an option to access the device admin page via HTTP. If the it is disabled, the admin page default access goes back to HTTPS.

The most secure configuration is to leave this setting disabled (requiring https to use the admin web ui).