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To use the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP

™

)

feature tick this checkbox. UPNP provides

compatibility with networking equipment, software

and peripherals.

Unchecking the box will not allow the DIR-600 to

respond to Pings. Blocking the Ping may provide

some extra security from hackers. Tick this

checkbox to allow the WAN port to be “Pinged”.

You may set the port speed of the WAN port to

10Mbps, 100Mbps, or 10/100Mbps Auto. Some

older cable or DSL modems may require you to

set the port speed to 10Mbps.

le UPnP:

Enable WAN

Ping Respond:

WAN Port

Speed:

Advanced฀Network

This window allows you to change the LAN settings. Please be aware that any changes to the factory default settings

may a²ect the behavior of your network.

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Tick this checkbox to enable or disable fixed

routes to de±ned destinations.

Use the drop-down menu to choose the

WAN or

WAN (Physical Port)

Interface the IP packet must

use to transit out of the Router.

The IP address of the packets that will take this

route.

The subnet of the IP address of the packets that

will take this route.

Speci±es the next hop to be taken if this route is

used.

le:

Interface:

Destination:

Subnet Mask:

Gateway:

Routing

This option allows you to de±ne ±xed routes to de±ned destinations.

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Enter a new Login Name for the Administrator account.

Enter a new password for the Administrator Login Name

and then retype the new password in the Con±rm Password

textbox. The administrator can make changes to the

settings.

Remote management allows the DIR-600 to be con±gured

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

±eld, then any computer will be able to access the Router. Putting an asterisk (*) into this ±eld would present a security risk

and is not recommended.

The port number used to access the DIR-600. For example: http://x.x.x.x:8080 whereas x.x.x.x is the WAN IP address of

the DIR-600 and 8080 is the port used for the Web-Management interface.

Login Name:

Administrator

Password:

Enable Remote

Management:

IP Allowed to

Access:

Port:

Device฀Administration

This window will allow you to change the Administrator password. You can also enable Remote Management.

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Save฀and฀Restore

Use this option to save the current router

con±guration settings to a ±le on the hard disk of the

computer you are using. First, click the

Save

button.

You will then see a ±le dialog, where you can select

a location and ±le name for the settings.

Use this option to load previously saved router

configuration settings. First, use the

Browse

control to ±nd a previously save ±le of con±guration

settings. Then, click the

Upload Settings

button to

transfer those settings to the Router.

This option will restore all configuration settings

back to the settings that were in e²ect 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 con±guration settings, use the

Save

button above.

Click the

Reboots

button on the left side of the

window to restart the Router.

ve฀Settings฀

to Local Hard

Drive:

Load Settings

from Local

Hard฀Drive:

Restore to

Factory฀Default฀

Settings:

Reboots:

This window allows you to save your con±guration ±le to a hard drive, load con±guration settings from a hard drive,

and restore the Router’s factory default settings.

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Firmware Update

Click the

Check Now

button (or the link at the top

of the window) to find out if there is an updated

±rmware; if so, download the new ±rmware to your

hard drive.

After you have downloaded the new firmware,

click

Browse

in this window to locate the ±rmware

update on your hard drive.

Click

Save฀Settings

to

complete the ±rmware upgrade.

Upgrade:

Browse:

You can upgrade the ±rmware of the Router here. Make sure the ±rmware you want to use is on the local hard drive of

the computer. Click on

Browse

to locate the ±rmware ±le to be used for the update. Please check the D-Link support

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

D-Link support site.