This page displays the current information for the DIR-657. It will display the LAN, WAN (Internet), and Wireless information.
If your Internet connection is set up for a Dynamic IP address then a
Release
button and a
Renew
button will be displayed. Use
Release
to disconnect
from your ISP and use
Renew
to connect to your ISP.
If your Internet connection is set up for PPPoE, a
Connect
button and a
Disconnect
button will be displayed. Use
Disconnect
to drop the PPPoE
connection and use
Connect
to establish the PPPoE connection.
Displays the router’s time and firmware version.
Displays the MAC address and the public IP settings for the router.
Displays the MAC address and the private (local) IP settings for the router.
Displays the wireless MAC address and your wireless settings such as SSID and
Channel.
Displays computers and devices that are connected to the router via Ethernet and
that are receiving an IP address assigned by the router (DHCP).
Displays the Multicast Group IP Address.
General:
WAN:
LAN:
Wireless LAN:
LAN Computers:
IGMP Multicast
Memberships:
Device Information
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Log
What to View:
View Levels:
Apply Log Settings:
Refresh:
Clear:
Email Now:
Save Log:
You can select the types of messages that you want to display from
the log. Firewall & Security, System, and Router Status messages
can be selected.
There are three levels of message importance:
Informational
,
Warning
, and
Critical
. Select the levels that you want displayed
in the log.
Will filter the log results so that only the selected options appear.
Updates the log details on the screen so it displays any recent
activity.
Clears all of the log contents.
This option will send a copy of the router log to the email address
configured in the Tools > Email screen.
This option will save the router to a log file on your computer.
The router automatically logs (records) events of possible interest in it’s internal memory. If there isn’t enough internal memory for all events, logs
of older events are deleted but logs of the latest events are retained. The Logs option allows you to view the router logs. You can define what types
of events you want to view and the level of the events to view. This router also has external Syslog Server support so you can send the log files to
a computer on your network that is running a Syslog utility.
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Stats
The screen below displays the Traffic Statistics. Here you can view the amount of packets that pass through the DIR-657 on both the Internet and the LAN
ports. The traffic counter will reset if the device is rebooted.
Active Sessions
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The wireless client table displays a list of current connected wireless clients. This table also displays the connection time and MAC address of the
connected wireless clients.
Wireless
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The IPv6 table displays a list of current IPv6 connections.