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Status

The Status items are mainly informational.

Device Info

The Device Info page displays your Router settings. Options cannot be modified from this page.

General

Displays the time and date that the router is set to.

Displays the currently loaded firmware version.

WAN

The Internet connection type that is being used.

The MAC address that is seen over the Internet.

The IP address being used on the WAN port.

The subnet mask used on the WAN port.

The default gateway of the WAN port.

The Primary DNS Server address.

The Secondary DNS Server address.

LAN

The MAC address displayed for your local area network.

The IP address of the router on your local area network.

The subnet mask of the router on your local area network.

Indicates if the router is acting as a DHCP server on the local area network.

Time:

Firmware Version:

Connection Type:

MAC Address:

IP Address:

Subnet Mask:

Default Gateway:

Primary DNS Server:

Secondary DNS Server:

MAC Address:

IP Address:

Subnet Mask:

DHCP Server:

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Routing

This page displays the routing details configured for the router.

A gateway value of 0.0.0.0 means there is no next hop. The IP address is directly connected to the

router on the interface specified, LAN or WAN. A value of 0.0.0.0 in both the destination IP and

netmask means that this is the default route.

Logs

The router automatically logs (records) events of possible interest in it’s internal memory. If there isn’t

enough internal memory for all events, logs of older events are deleted but logs of the latest events

are retained. The Logs option allows you to view the router logs. You can define what types of events

you want to view and the level of the events to view. This router also has external Syslog Server

support so you can send the log files to a computer on your network that is running a Syslog utility.

Log Options

You can select the types of messages that you want to display from the log.

Firewall & Security, System, and Router Status messages can be selected.

There are three levels of message importance: Informational, Warning, and

Critical. Select the levels that you want displayed in the log.

Will filter the log results so that only the selected options appear.

Log Details

Updates the log details on the screen so it displays any recent activity.

Clears all of the log contents.

This option will send a copy of the router log to the email address configured

in the Tools > Email screen.

This option will save the router to a log file on your computer.

Refresh:

Clear:

Email Now:

Save Log:

What to View:

View Levels:

Apply Log Settings

Now:

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Statistics

Network Traffic Stats

Updates the screen with the latest router statistics.

Clears all of the values on the screen.

LAN Statistics

The number of packets transmitted to the local area network.

The number of packets received from the local area network.

The number of transmit packets dropped on the local area network.

The number of receive packets dropped on the local area network.

The number of collisions on the local area network.

The number of errors occuring on the local area network.

WAN Statistics

The number of packets transmitted to the Internet.

The number of packets received from the Internet.

The number of transmit packets sent to the WAN port that were dropped.

The number of receive packets sent to the WAN port that were dropped.

The number of collisions involving packets intended for the WAN port.

The number of errors occuring with packets intended for the WAN port.

Active Sessions

The Active Session page displays the full details of active sessions to your router.

Refresh Statistics:

Clear Statistics:

Sent:

Received:

TX Packets Dropped:

RX Packets Dropped:

Collisions:

Errors:

Sent:

Received:

TX Packets Dropped:

RX Packets Dropped:

Collisions:

Errors:

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Appendix

Securing Your Network

1.

Change Admin Password

Changing the password to access your new router is the first step in securing your network.

This can

done through the Wizard or on the Admin Page of the Tools tab.

There is no password by default and

hackers will know this when trying to access your network.

Make sure that the password you choose

is not commonly known or something that is easy to guess such as your last name or your pet’s

name. Try using a combination of letters and numbers to deter intruders from hacking into your

network. Your private information should be kept private.

2.

Disable DHCP and use Static IP addresses or Use Static DHCP and limit scope to the

amount of users on your network.

In the event that an intruder manages to gain access to your network, having DHCP enabled makes

it easier for the intruder to access other computers on your network. There are two methods for

getting around this. One is to disable DHCP and use static IP addressing on all the devices connected

to your network. This would mean that the intruder would have to know what IP network your devices

are on in order to access them. The second way is to change the scope of the DHCP server to only

include enough IP addresses for the devices in your network. You can then use the Static DHCP

feature of the router to assign an IP address to each device on your network. Static DHCP still

dynamically assigns an IP address to your network devices but only allows for those defined devices

to obtain an IP address.

3.

Change the default LAN IP address

Change the default LAN IP address from 192.168.0.1 to an alternate IP address. There are 3 ranges

of IP addresses that have been reserved for use on Private Networks.

10.0.0.0

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10.255.255.255 (10.0.0.0/8)

172.16.0.0

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172.31.255.255 (172.16.0.0/12)

192.168.0.0

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192.168.255.255 (192.168.0.0/16)

D-Link routers use 192.168.0.1 as their default LAN IP address. Choosing an alternate IP address

lessens the probabilty of an intruders knowing what IP network your devices are on.

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4.

Set up MAC Filtering

Each networking device (router, network card, etc) on a network contains a unique hexadecimal

number that identifies that specific product.

This number is referred to as a MAC address.

MAC

filtering allows you to create a list of the MAC address of each device on your network and only

allows these specific devices to associate with your network. With this feature enabled, devices

attempting to connect to your network with a MAC address that is not in the list you created, will be

denied access.

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