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Schedules

Enter a name for your new schedule.

Select a day, a range of days, or All Week to include

every day of the week.

Uncheck this box to enter a start and end time for your

schedule or check it to select 24 hours.

Select

12-hour

or

24-hour

format.

The list of schedules will be listed here. Click the

Edit icon to make changes or click the Delete icon to

remove the schedule.

Once you create a schedule, click

Save Settings

.

Name:

Days:

All Day - 24 Hrs:

Time Format:

Schedule Rules

List:

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Admin

This page will allow you to change the Administrator password, system name, remote management, and time settings.

Maintenance

Enter a new password for the Admin login name. Enter again to

verify password.

Enter a name for your router.

Enables a challenge-response test to require users to type letters

or numbers from a distorted image displayed on the screen to

prevent online hackers and unauthorized users from gaining

access to your router’s network settings.

Check to enable HTTPS to connect to the router securely. This

means to connect to the router, you must enter

https

://192.168.0.1

(for example) instead of

http

://192.168.0.1

.

Remote management allows the DGL-5500 to be configured

from the Internet by a web browser. A username/password is still

required to access the Web Management interface.

The port number used to access the DGL-5500 is used in the URL. Example:

whereas x.x.x.x is the Internet IP address

of the DGL-5500 and 8080 is the port used for the Web Management interface.

If you have enabled

HTTPS Server,

you must enter

https://

as part of the URL to access the router remotely.

This section will list any rules that are created. You may click the

Edit

icon to change the settings or enable/disable the rule, or click the

Delete

icon to remove the rule.

Details

will display the current remote admin filter.

Admin

Password:

Gateway Name:

Enable Graphical

Authentication:

Enable HTTPS

Server:

Enable Remote

Management:

Remote Admin

Port:

Remote Admin

Inbound Filter:

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Time

Displays the current date and time of the router.

Select your time zone from the drop-down menu.

Check to enable manual entry of daylight saving time.

Enter a start date, an end date, including day of the week, and

time for daylight saving time.

Time:

Time Zone:

Enable Daylight

Saving:

Daylight Saving

Dates:

The Time Configuration option allows you to configure, update, and maintain the correct time on the internal system clock.

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This option will restore all configuration settings back to the

settings that were in effect at the time the router was shipped

from the factory. Any settings that have not been saved will be lost,

including any rules that you have created. If you want to save the

current router configuration settings, use the

Save Configuration

button above.

Click to reboot the router.

Use this option to save the current router configuration settings to

a file on the hard disk of the computer you are using. First, click the

Save

Configuration

button. A file dialog will appear, allowing you

to select a location and file name for the settings.

Use this option to load previously saved router configuration

settings. First, use the

Choose File

option to find a previously saved

file of configuration settings. Then, click the

Restore Configuration

from File

button to transfer those settings to the router.

Restore to Factory

Default Settings:

Restart the Device:

Save

Configuration:

Upload

Configuration:

System

This section allows you to manage the router’s configuration settings, reboot the router, and restore the router to the factory

default settings. Restoring the unit to the factory default settings will erase all settings, including any rules that you’ve created.

Check Now:

Browse:

Upload:

Click to see if there is an update available. If there is you must

download the firmware file to your computer.

After you have downloaded the new firmware, click

Browse

to

locate the firmware update on your hard drive. Click

Upload

to

complete the firmware upgrade.

Once you have a firmware update on your computer, use this

option to browse for the file and then upload the information

into the access point.

Firmware Upgrade

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This page displays the current information for the DGL-5500. It will display the LAN, WAN (Internet), and Wireless information.

If your Internet connection is set up for a Dynamic IP address then a

Release

button and a

Renew

button will be displayed.

Use

Release

to disconnect from your ISP and use

Renew

to connect to your ISP.

If your Internet connection is set up for PPPoE, a

Connect

button and a

Disconnect

button will be displayed. Use

Disconnect

to drop the PPPoE connection and use

Connect

to establish the PPPoE connection.

Displays the router’s time and firmware version.

Displays the MAC address and the public IP settings.

Displays the MAC address and the private (local) IP settings for the

router.

Displays the 2.4GHz wireless MAC address and your wireless settings

such as SSID, channel, and security settings.

Displays the 5GHz wireless MAC address and your wireless settings

such as SSID, channel, and security settings.

General:

WAN:

LAN:

Wi-Fi Network

(2.4GHz):

Wi-Fi Network

(5GHz):

Device Info

Status