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Hardware Overview

Front View

Touch Pad

Use the Touch Pad to navigate

through the options on the LCD

Screen. See the “Using the LCD

Screen” section (page 8) for

instructions on how to use the

Touch Pad to navigate through

the different LCD Screens.

WPS LED

If WPS is enabled, this

LED will blink while the

router is broadcasting.

LCD Screen

The LCD Screen displays

pictures, as well as router

statistics and features.

Power LED

A solid light indicates a

proper connection to the

power supply.

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Side View

HDD Bay

Accepts a 2.5” SATA hard drive.

Unmount Button

Press the Unmount button

before ejecting an installed

hard drive.

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Using the LCD Screen

The DIR-685 features an LCD Screen that can be used to display router statistics and change some basic settings.

Use the touch pad buttons to control the LCD Screen as indicated below:

Return Button/Up Button

Use this button to return to the

previous LCD menu.

This button also acts as an

UP

button on some LCD menus.

HDD Bay

Insert a 2.5” SATA hard drive.

HDD Bay

Insert a 2.5” SATA hard drive.

Left Button

Use this button to scroll the

menu items on the LCD

Screen to the left.

Right Button

Use this button to scroll the

menu items on the LCD Screen

to the right.

Center Button

Use this button to open the

selected menu.

Return Button

Use the.

Slide Show Button / Down Button

This button can be pressed when viewing photos on the LCD

Screen to display all the pictures saved on the internal hard drive

as a slideshow on the LCD Screen.

This button also acts as an

DOWN

button on some LCD menus.

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The following screens can be viewed on the LCD Screen using the Touch Pad buttons:

Time / Date

y

- The router displays the date and time when the device has been left idle for the amount of time

specified in the

Setup > LCD Setup

configuration screen.

Router Statistics

y

- The Router Statistics screen displays the send/receive rates of the different router

interfaces.

Status

y

- The following screens can be viewed after selecting the Status screen:

General Router Info

{

-

Displays the Model Name, Hardware Version, Firmware Version, and System Up

Time of the Router. The

New Firmware

field informs the user if there is a new firmware version available

from the D-Link website.

Internet Status

{

-

Displays the Internet Connection Type, Cable Status, Network Status, Connection Time,

MAC Address, IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway of the Internet Connection.

Wired Status

{

-

Displays the MAC Address, IP Address, Subnet Mask, DHCP Server, and the status of

each Ethernet connection on the Router.

Wireless Status

{

-

Displays the Wireless Radio status, Wireless Channel, SSID of the Host network,

SSID of the Guest network, the enabled 802.11 modes, the Security mode enabled for the Host Zone,

the Security mode enabled for the Guest Zone, MAC Address of the Wireless Radio and the WPS PIN

number.

Hard Disk Status

{

- Displays information about the Hard Drive installed in the 2.5” Hard Drive bay including

the amount of available space, the make and model, disk format, total capacity, used disk space, available

disk space, disk health, and disk temperature.

WPS

y

- The WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) screen allows you to add your router into an existing network via a

PIN number, or allows you to add a new wireless device to the router via Push Button Configuration (PBC). Use

the touch pad buttons to select the desired option.

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Photos

y

- The Photos screen allows you to view photos that are stored on the internal hard drive or on a USB

Storage device connected to the Router.

FrameChannel

y

- Use the FrameChannel window to obtain an activation code so that you can register the DIR-

685 on the FrameChannel website and view the pictures associated with your FrameChannel account on the

LCD Screen.