DIR-620

Multifunction Wireless Router Supporting WiMAX,

3G GSM/CDMA with Built-in Switch

User Manual

Configuring via Web-based Interface

In the

Mode

drop-down list, leave the

auto

value in order to let the router connect automatically to

an available type of network, or select a needed value from the drop-down list.

For GSM USB

modems only

.

In the

Username

field, enter your login, and in the

Password

and

Password confirmation

fields – the password provided by your 3G operator.

If authorization is not required, select the

Without authorization

checkbox.

In the

APN

field (for GSM USB modems only), enter the access point name, and in the

Dial

number

field, enter the number dialed to connect to the authorization server of the operator.

If needed, specify additional settings for your 3G WAN connection.

Parameter

Description

Authentication

algorithm

Select a required authentication method from the drop-down list or

leave the

AUTO

value.

MTU

The maximum size of units transmitted by the interface.

Optional

.

Keep Alive

Select the checkbox if you want the router to

keep you connected to

the network of your operator even when the connection has been

inactive for a specified period of time. When the checkbox is

selected, the

LCP interval

and

LCP fails

fields are available.

Specify the required values.

Extra options

In the field, you can specify additional data for encryption or

authentication.

Optional

.

Dial on demand

Select the checkbox if you want the router to establish connection to

the Internet on demand. In the

Maximum idle time

field, specify a

period of inactivity (in seconds) after which the connection should

be terminated.

PPP debug

Select the checkbox if you want to log

all data on PPP connection

debugging.

Click the

Next

button to continue.

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If needed, change the connection settings available in the

Miscellaneous

section.

Figure 50. Configuring 3G connection.

Parameter

Description

NAT

Select the checkbox if you want one WAN IP address to be used for

all computers of your LAN.

Firewall

Select the checkbox to enable protection against ARP and DDoS

attacks.

Click the

Next

button to continue.

After that the page displaying all specified settings opens. Click the

Save

button to create the

connection or the

Back

button to specify other settings.

After clicking the

Save

button, the quick settings page opens.

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3G GSM/CDMA with Built-in Switch

User Manual

Configuring via Web-based Interface

Site Setup Wizard

To create a virtual server for redirecting incoming Internet traffic to a specified IP address in the

LAN, click the

Host site

button.

Figure 51. The page for adding a virtual server.

On the opened page, you can specify the following parameters:

Parameter

Description

Name

Enter a name for the virtual server for easier identification. You can

specify any name.

Interface

Select a WAN connection to which this virtual server will be

assigned.

Private IP

Enter the IP address of the server from the local area network. To

choose a device connected to the router's LAN at the moment, select

the relevant value from the drop-down list located to the right of the

Private IP

field (the field will be filled in automatically).

Remote IP

Enter the IP address of the server from the external network.

When needed settings are configured, click the

Save

button. After that you get to the quick settings

page.

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Configuring via Web-based Interface

Wi-Fi Setup Wizard

To specify all needed settings for your wireless network, click the

Configure Wi-Fi

button.

Figure 52. Common and advanced settings of the wireless LAN.

On the opened page, in the

Common settings

section, select the

Enable Wireless

checkbox (if

it was deselected before) to enable Wi-Fi connections.

In the

Advanced settings

section, you can split your network into several parts. To do this, select

the relevant value (

2

,

3

, or

4

) from the

MBSSID

drop-down list.

Click the

Next

button to continue.

In the

Basic settings

section, you can change the basic parameters of your router's WLAN:

“hide” your wireless network (

Hide Access Point

), specify a name for the network (

SSID

),

select your location (

Country

) and the wireless channel number (

Channel

), specify the operating

mode (

Wireless Mode

) and the maximum number of devices connected to the wireless network

(

Max Associated Clients

).

Figure 53. Basic settings of the wireless LAN.

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Click the

Next

button to continue.

On the next page, you can modify security settings of the WLAN. By default, the

Open

network

authentication type with no encryption is specified for the WLAN.

Figure 54. The default security settings.

!

The default security settings do not provide sufficient protection for the WLAN. Please,

specify your own security settings for the WLAN (or each part of the WLAN if the

network was splitted into parts).

Figure 55. Network authentication types supported by the router.

The router supports the following authentication types:

Authentication type

Description

Open

Open authentication (with WEP encryption for wireless network

modes not supporting 802.11n devices).

Shared

Shared key authentication with

WEP encryption

. This authentication

type is not available when on the basic settings page, in the

Wireless mode

drop-down list, a mode supporting 802.11n

devices is selected.

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