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Enter a new Login Name for the Administrator

account.

Enter a new password for the Administrator Login

Name. The administrator can make changes to the

settings.

Remote management allows the DIR-451 to be

configured from the Internet by a web browser. A

username and password is still required to access

the Web-Management interface. In general, only a

member of your network can browse the built-in web

pages to perform Administrator tasks. This feature

enables you to perform Administrator tasks from

the remote (Internet) host.

The Internet IP address of the computer that has

access to the Broadband Router. If you input an asterisk (*) into this field, then any computer will be able to access the Router.

Putting an asterisk (*) into this field would present a security risk and is not recommended.

The port number used to access the DIR-451.

Example: http://x.x.x.x:8080 whereas x.x.x.x is the WAN IP address of the DIR-451 and 8080 is the port used for the

Web-Management interface.

Administrator

Login Name:

Administrator

Password:

Remote

Management:

IP Address:

Port:

Administrator Settings

This page will allow you to change the Administrator and User passwords. You can also enable Remote Management.

There are two accounts that can access the management interface through the web browser. The accounts are admin

and user. Admin has read/write access while user has read-only access. User can only view the settings but cannot

make any changes. Only the admin account has the ability to change both admin and user account passwords.

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Time Settings

Select the Time Zone from the drop-down

menu.

To select Daylight Saving time manually, select

enabled or disabled, and enter a start date and

an end date for daylight saving time.

NTP is short for Network Time Protocol. NTP

synchronizes computer clock times in a network

of computers. This field is optional.

To manually input the time, enter the values

in these fields for the Year, Month, Day, Hour,

Minute, and Second. Click

Set.Time

. You

can also click

Copy.Your.Computer’s.Time.

Settings

.

Time Zone:

Daylight Saving:

Automatic:

Manual:

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System Settings

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

button. You will then see a file dialog,

where you can select a location and file name

for the settings.

Use this option to load previously saved

router configuration settings. First, use the

Browse control to find a previously save file

of configuration settings. Then, click the

Load

button to transfer those settings to the router.

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

button above.

Click to reboot the router.

Save Settings to

Local Hard Drive:

Load Settings

from Local Hard

Drive:

Restore to Factory

Default Settings:

Reboot:

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Firmware Upgrade

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

Save.

Settings

to complete the firmware upgrade.

Firmware

Upgrade:

Browse:

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. Click on

Browse

to locate the firmware file to be used for the update. Please check the D-Link support

site for firmware updates at http://support.dlink.com. You can download firmware upgrades to your hard drive from the

D-Link support site.

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DDNS

Dynamic Domain Name System is a method of

keeping a domain name linked to a changing IP

Address. Check the box to enable DDNS.

Select your DDNS provider from the drop-down

menu.

Enter the Host Name that you registered with

your DDNS service provider.

Enter the Username for your DDNS account.

Enter the Password for your DDNS account.

DDNS:

Server Address:

Host Name:

Username:

Password: