D-Link DIR-601 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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D-Link DIR-601 User Manual

Section 3 - Conﬁguration

This will allow you to open a single port. If you would like to open a range of ports, refer to the next page.

Enter a name for the rule or select an application from

the drop-down menu. Select an application and click

<<

to populate the ﬁelds.

Enter the IP address of the computer on your local

network that you want to allow the incoming service

to. If your computer is receiving an IP address

automatically from the router (DHCP), you computer

will be listed in the “Computer Name” drop-down menu. Select your computer and click

<<

.

Enter the port that you want to open next to Private Port and Public Port. The private and public ports are usually the same. The

public port is the port seen from the Internet side, and the private port is the port being used by the application on the computer

within your local network.

Select

TCP

,

UDP

, or

Both

from the drop-down menu.

Select

Allow All

(most common) or a created Inbound ﬁlter. You may create your own inbound ﬁlters in the

Advanced > Inbound

Filter

page.

The schedule of time when the Virtual Server Rule will be enabled. The schedule may be set to Always, which will allow the particular

service to always be enabled. You can create your own times in the

Tools

>

Schedules

section.

Name:

IP Address:

Private Port/

Public Port:

Protocol Type:

Inbound Filter:

Schedule:

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D-Link DIR-601 User Manual

Section 3 - Conﬁguration

This will allow you to open a single port or a range of ports.

Port Forwarding

Enter a name for the rule or select an application from

the drop-down menu. Select an application and click

<<

to populate the ﬁelds.

Enter the IP address of the computer on your local

network that you want to allow the incoming

service to. If your computer is receiving an IP address

automatically from the router (DHCP), you computer

will be listed in the “Computer Name” drop-down

menu. Select your computer and click

<<

.

Enter the TCP and/or UDP port or ports that you want

to open. You can enter a single port or a range of ports.

Separate ports with a common.

Example: 24,1009,3000-4000

Select

Allow All

(most common) or a created Inbound

ﬁlter. You may create your own inbound ﬁlters in the

Advanced > Inbound Filter

page.

The schedule of time when the Virtual Server Rule

will be enabled. The schedule may be set to Always,

which will allow the particular service to always

be enabled. You can create your own times in the

Tools

>

Schedules

section.

Name:

IP Address:

TCP/UDP:

Inbound Filter:

Schedule:

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D-Link DIR-601 User Manual

Section 3 - Conﬁguration

Enter a name for the rule. You may select a pre-deﬁned

application from the drop-down menu and click

<<

.

This is the port used to trigger the application. It can

be either a single port or a range of ports.

Select the protocol of the trigger port (TCP, UDP, or

Both).

This is the port number on the Internet side that will

be used to access the application. You may deﬁne a

single port or a range of ports. You can use a comma

to add multiple ports or port ranges.

Select the protocol of the ﬁrewall port (TCP, UDP, or

Both).

The schedule of time when the Application Rule

will be enabled. The schedule may be set to Always,

which will allow the particular service to always be

enabled. You can create your own times in the

Tools

>

Schedules

section.

Name:

Trigger:

Traﬃc Type:

Firewall:

Traﬃc Type:

Schedule:

Application Rules

Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. These applications

have diﬃculties working through NAT (Network Address Translation). Special Applications makes some of these applications work with the DIR-601.

If you need to run applications that require multiple connections, specify the port normally associated with an application in the “Trigger Port” ﬁeld,

select the protocol type as TCP or UDP, then enter the ﬁrewall (public) ports associated with the trigger port to open them for inbound traﬃc.

The DIR-601 provides some predeﬁned applications in the table on the bottom of the web page. Select the application you want to use and enable

it.

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D-Link DIR-601 User Manual

Section 3 - Conﬁguration

QoS Engine

This option is disabled by default. Enable this

option for better performance and experience

with online games and other interactive

applications, such as VoIP.

This option is enabled by default when the QoS

Engine option is enabled. This option will allow

your router to automatically determine the uplink

speed of your Internet connection.

This displays the detected uplink speed.

The speed at which data can be transferred from

the router to your ISP. This is determined by

your ISP. ISP’s oﬀer speed as a download/upload

pair. For example, 1.5Mbits/284Kbits. Using this

example, you would enter 284. Alternatively you

can test your uplink speed with a service such as

www.dslreports.com.

Enable QoS

Engine:

Automatic

Uplink Speed:

Measured Uplink

Speed:

Manual Uplink

Speed:

The QoS Engine option helps improve your network gaming performance by prioritizing applications. By default the QoS Engine settings are

disabled and application priority is not classiﬁed automatically.

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Section 3 - Conﬁguration

Network Filters

Select Turn MAC Filtering Oﬀ, allow MAC addresses

listed below, or deny MAC addresses listed below from

the drop-down menu.

Enter the MAC address you would like to ﬁlter.

To ﬁnd the MAC address on a computer, please refer to

the Networking Basics section in this manual.

Select a DHCP client from the drop-down menu and

click

<<

to copy that MAC Address.

Conﬁgure MAC

Filtering:

MAC Address:

DHCP Client:

Use MAC (Media Access Control) Filters to allow or deny LAN (Local Area Network) computers by their MAC addresses from accessing the Network. You

can either manually add a MAC address or select the MAC address from the list of clients that are currently connected to the Broadband Router.

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