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Using the Configuration Menu

Tools > Time

Time Zone:

Select the Time Zone from the pull-down menu.

Manual:

To manually input the time, select this option and enter the values for the Year,

Month, Day, Hour, Minute, and Second. Click the

Computer Clock

button, to

copy your computer’s time.

NTP is short for

Network Time Protocol.

NTP synchronizes computer clock times

in a network of computers.

This field is optional.

Customized NTP:

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Using the Configuration Menu

Tools > System

The current system settings can be saved as a file onto the local hard drive. The saved file or any other

saved setting file can be loaded back on the Broadband Router. To reload a system settings file, click

on

Browse

to browse the local hard drive and locate the system file to be used. You may also reset

the Broadband Router back to factory settings by clicking on

Restore.

Click

Save

to save the current settings to the local Hard Drive.

Click

Browse

to find the settings, then click

Load.

Save Settings to

Local Hard Drive:

Load Settings from

Local Hard Drive:

Restore to Factory

Default Settings:

Click

Restore

to restore the factory default settings.

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Using the Configuration Menu

Tools > Firmware

You can upgrade the firmware of the Router here. Make sure the firmware you want to use is on the

local hard drive of the computer.

You can download firmware upgrades to your hard drive from the D-Link support site.

Browse

Firmware Upgrade:

Browse:

Click on the link in this screen to find out if there is an updated firmware; if so,

download the new firmware to your hard drive.

After you have downloaded the new firmware, click

Browse

in this window to

locate the firmware update on your hard drive.

Click

Apply

to complete the

firmware upgrade.

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Using the Configuration Menu

Tools > DDNS

This is a useful feature since many computers do not use a static IP address.

To use the DDNS update client built into the router, click on

Enabled

.

Server Address:

Host Name:

Choose your DDNS provider from the drop down menu.

Enter the

Host Name

that you registered with your DDNS service provider.

Username:

Password:

Enter the

username

for your DDNS account.

Enter the

password

for your DDNS account.

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Using the Configuration Menu

Tools > Misc

Ping Test:

Restart

Device:

Block WAN

Ping:

Discard

Ping from

WAN side:

VPN Pass

Through:

. Enter the IP

Address that you wish to

Ping, and click

Ping

.

If you choose to block WAN

Ping, the WAN IP Address of

the DI-624S will not respond

to pings. Blocking the Ping

may provide some extra

security from hackers.

Click

Reboot

to restart the

DI-624S.

Click

Enabled

to block the

WAN ping.

UPNP:

with networking equipment, software and peripherals of the over 400 vendors that co-

operate in the Plug and Play forum.

Multicast

Streams:

The DI-624S supports VPN (Virtual Private Network) pass-through for both PPTP

(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) and IPSec (IP Security). Once VPN pass-through

is enabled, there is no need to open up virtual services. Multiple VPN connections can

be made through the DI-624S. This is useful when you have many VPN clients on the

LAN network.

IPSec:

select

Enabled

or

Disabled.

PPTP:

select

Enabled

or

Disabled.