Also I believe that upgrading the firmware should get rid of that "Feature". Elsewise if you don't want to upgrade firmware or just want to make sure in case, you can add the line with the following command to your hosts-file when logged in as root via putty:
echo "127.0.0.1 auth.minerlink.com" >> /etc/hosts
Thanks to you both! Both solutions worked. I was able to use WinSCP to verify the changes.