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Time and Date

The system time is the time used by the DIR-100 for scheduling services. You can configure, update, and

maintain the time on the internal system clock.

Time and Date settings menu

To configure system time on the Router, select the method used to maintain time. The options available

include the default

Automatically synchronize with D-Link’s Internet time server using

Simple Network

Time Protocol (SNTP), to use your computer’s system clock, deselect the Automatic option and click the

Sync. your computer’s time settings

button. Time can be sett manually using the manual pull-down menus

at the bottom of the menu. Click on the

Save Settings

button to save and apply the new time configuration.

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Parental Control

Use this menu to deny access to specified websites and to set Internet access time periods.

Parental Control rules setting menu

URL or Uniform Resource Locator is a specially formatted text string that uniquely defines an Internet

website. This menu will allow users to block computers on the LAN from accessing certain URLs.

To configure this menu for URL blocking, enter the website’s address into the

Website URL

field, select the

desired

Schedule

and click the

Add New

button for that entry. Schedules can be created using the Schedules

menu in the Maintentance directory. Click on the

Save Settings

button to save and apply the new web access

control configuration.

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Advanced

The

Advanced

directory tab offers seven configuration menus,

Port Forwarding

,

Application Rules

,

Access Control

,

Firewall & DMZ

,

Advanced Network,

and

Routing

. Click the corresponding link in the

left panel of the window. Port Forwarding is the first menu listed and the first to appear when accessing the

Advanced directory.

Advanced menu links – Port Forwarding menu

Click on the menu link in the Advanced directory to view the configuration menu. The table below

summarizes the function of the menus located in the Advanced directory.

Configuration of single port forwarding rules to the LAN.

Configuration of multiple port and outgoing “trigger“ port forwarding

rules for the LAN.

Allow or deny access to specific MAC addresses.

Firewall rules are used to block specific ports, DMZ is used to assign an

IP address that is not protected by the firewall and thus visible on the

outside public network.

Enable or disable UpnP and incoming Ping requests on the WAN port,

configure WAN port line speed.

Setup static routing.

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Port Forwarding

The Advanced Port Forwarding menu allows configuration for remote users access to various services

outside of their LAN through a public IP address, such as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or HTTPS (Secure

Web). After configuring the Router for these features, the Router will redirect these external services to an

appropriate server on the users LAN. The Router has 13 pre-configured external services already set, or

manually set the port or prt range used for the rules.

Advanced Port Forwarding menu

To enable an already existing Port Forwarding Rule, click on its corresponding checkbox and configure the

appropriate fields listed below. To configure other Port Forwarding Rules for the Router, use the pull-down

menus to select the computer or specify an IP address, type the port or port range or select an application

form the pull-down menu, select the traffic type and click the

Save Settings

button at the top of the window.

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The preset Port Forwarding Rules listed in the Application pull-down menu are:

•

FTP – File Transfer Protocol, used to transfer large files over the Internet

•

HTTP – HyperText Transfer Protocol, the basic protocol of the World Wide Web

•

HTTPS – HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure, the basic protocol of the World Wide Web with

added security provided by the Secure Shell feature (SSH)

•

DNS – Domain Name Server, a server that translates website addresses into IP addresses

•

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, used to transmit e-mail messages between parties

•

POP3 – Post Office Protocol version 3, used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server

•

Telnet – A terminal emulation program used for remote configuration

•

IP Sec – IP Security, used for a secure transfer of information over the network. If one end of the

transmission is using IPSec, so must the other end

•

PPTP – Point to Point Tunneling Protocol, used to transfer information securely between VPNs

(Virtual Private Routers)

•

NetMeeting – An application that allows teleconferences over the Internet

•

DCS–1000 – A D-Link internet camera used for security monitoring

•

DCS–2000/DCS–5300 – A D-Link internet camera used for security monitoring

•

2eye – A D-Link Broadband VideoPhone used for video conferencing

These external services may be modified by clicking the corresponding checkbox. Though there are seven

fields available to configure the Port Forwarding Rules, in most cases, only the IP address will be needed for

implementation. For more information on configuring Port Forwarding Rules, also known as Virtual Servers,

see the window below, along with a brief explanation of the fields to be configured.

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