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Select

Invisible

if you do not want the SSID of your wireless network to be broadcasted by the DIR-601. If Invisible is selected, the

SSID of the DIR-601 will not be seen by Site Survey utilities so your wireless clients will have to know the SSID of your DIR-601 in

order to connect to it.

Refer to page 75 for more information regarding wireless security.

Wireless

Security:

Visibility

Status:

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This section will allow you to change the local network settings of the router and to configure the DHCP settings.

Network Settings

Enter the IP address of the router. The default IP address

is 192.168.0.1.

If you change the IP address, once you click

Apply

, you

will need to enter the new IP address in your browser to

get back into the configuration utility.

Enter the Subnet Mask. The default subnet mask is

255.255.255.0.

Enter the Domain name (Optional).

Uncheck the box to transfer the DNS server information

from your ISP to your computers. If checked, your

computers will use the router for a DNS server.

IP Address:

Subnet Mask:

Local Domain:

Enable DNS

Relay:

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Check this box to enable the DHCP server on your

router. Uncheck to disable this function.

Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the

DHCP server’s IP assignment.

Note:

If you statically (manually) assign IP addresses to

your computers or devices, make sure the IP addresses

are outside of this range or you may have an IP conflict.

The length of time for the IP address lease. Enter the

Lease time in minutes.

Enable this feature to broadcast your LAN/WLAN network.

Enable DHCP

Server:

DHCP IP

Address

Range:

Lease Time:

Always

Broadcast:

DHCP Server Settings

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol. The DIR-601 has a built-in DHCP server. The DHCP Server will automatically assign an IP address

to the computers on the LAN/private network. Be sure to set your computers to be DHCP clients by setting their TCP/IP settings to “Obtain an IP

Address Automatically.” When you turn your computers on, they will automatically load the proper TCP/IP settings provided by the DIR-601. The

DHCP Server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer. You must specify the starting

and ending address of the IP address pool.

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DHCP Reservation

If you want a computer or device to always have the same IP address assigned, you can create a DHCP reservation. The router will assign the IP

address only to that computer or device.

Note:

This IP address must be within the DHCP IP Address Range.

Check this box to enable the reservation.

Enter the computer name or select from the drop-down

menu and click

<<

.

Enter the IP address you want to assign to the computer

or device. This IP Address must be within the DHCP IP

Address Range.

Enter the MAC address of the computer or device.

If you want to assign an IP address to the computer you

are currently on, click this button to populate the fields.

Click

Save

to save your entry. You must click

Save

Settings

at the top to activate your reservations.

In this section you can see what LAN devices are currently

leasing IP addresses.

Click

Revoke

to cancel the lease for a specific LAN device and free an entry in the lease table. Do this only if the device no longer

needs the leased IP address, because, for example, it has been removed from the network.

Note:

The Revoke option will not disconnect a PC with a current network session from the network; you would need to use MAC Address

Filter to do that. Revoke will only free up a DHCP Address for the very next requester. If the previous owner is still available, those two devices

may both receive an IP Address Conflict error, or the second device may still not receive an IP Address; in that case, you may still need to

extend the “DHCP IP Address Range” to address the issue, it is located in the DHCP Server section.

Enable:

Computer

Name:

IP Address:

MAC Address:

Copy Your PC’s

MAC Address:

Save:

Number of

Dynamic DHCP

Clients:

Revoke:

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The DIR-601 can be configured as a virtual server so that remote users accessing Web or FTP services via the public IP address can be automatically

redirected to local servers in the LAN (Local Area Network).

The DIR-601 firewall feature filters out unrecognized packets to protect your LAN network

so all computers networked with the DIR-601 are invisible to the outside world. If you wish,

you can make some of the LAN computers accessible from the Internet by enabling Virtual

Server. Depending on the requested service, the DIR-601 redirects the external service

request to the appropriate server within the LAN network.

The DIR-601 is also capable of port-redirection meaning incoming traffic to a particular port

may be redirected to a different port on the server computer.

Each virtual service that is created will be listed at the bottom of the screen in the Virtual

Servers List. There are pre-defined virtual services already in the table. You may use them

by enabling them and assigning the server IP to use that particular virtual service.

For a list of ports for common applications, please visit

view.asp?prod_id=1191

.

Virtual Server