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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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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-655.

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-655 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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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 should be enabled when you have a slow

Internet uplink. It helps to reduce the impact that

large low priority network packets can have on more

urgent ones.

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

often 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.

By default, the router automatically determines whether the underlying connection is an xDSL/Frame-relay network or some other

connection type (such as cable modem or Ethernet), and it displays the result as Detected xDSL or Frame Relay Network. If you have

an unusual network connection in which you are actually connected via xDSL but for which you configure either “Static” or “DHCP”

in the Internet settings, setting this option to xDSL or Other Frame Relay Network ensures that the router will recognize that it needs

to shape traffic slightly differently in order to give the best performance. Choosing xDSL or Other Frame Relay Network causes the

measured uplink speed to be reported slightly lower than before on such connections, but gives much better results.

When Connection Type is set to automatic, the automatically detected connection type is displayed here.

Enable Traffic

Shaping:

Dynamic

Fragmentation:

Automatic Uplink

Speed:

Measured Uplink

Speed:

Manual Uplink

Speed:

Connection Type:

Detected xDSL:

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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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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Access Control

Click the

Add Policy

button to start the Access

Control Wizard.

Add Policy:

The Access Control section allows you to control access in and out of your network. Use this feature as Parental Controls to only grant access to

approved sites, limit web access based on time or dates, and/or block access from applications like P2P utilities or games.

Click

Next

to continue with the wizard.

Access Control Wizard