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Check the box on the left side to enable the Application

Rule.

Enter a name for the rule. You may select a

pre-defined application from the

Application

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 All).

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 All).

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.

Enable Checkbox:

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-815. 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.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save any changes made.

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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 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 define 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 auto-detect, the automatically detected connection type is displayed here.

Enable QoS

Engine:

Automatic Uplink

Speed:

Measured Uplink

Speed:

Manual Uplink

Speed:

Connection Type:

Detected xDSL or

Other Frame Relay

Network:

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.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save any changes made.

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Network Filter

Select

Turn MAC Filtering OFF

,

Turn MAC Filtering ON

and ALLOW computers listed to access the network

, or

Turn MAC Filtering ON and DENY computers listed to

access the network

from the drop-down menu.

Check the box on the left side to enable the Network

Filter.

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

Computer Name

drop

down menu and click

<<

to copy that MAC Address.

The schedule of time when the Network Filter will be

enabled. The schedule may be set to Always, which will

allow the particular service to always be enabled. Click

the

New Schedule

button to create your own times in

the

Tools

>

Schedules

section.

Configure MAC

Filtering:

Enable Checkbox:

MAC Address:

DHCP Client List:

Schedule:

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.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save any changes made.

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Configure Web

Filtering:

Enable Checkbox:

Website URL:

Schedule:

Website Filter

Select

Turn OFF WEBSITE FILTERING

,

ALLOW computers

access to ONLY these sites

, or

DENY computers access to

ONLY these sites

from the drop-down menu.

Check the box on the left side to enable the Website Filter.

Enter the keywords or URLs that you want to allow or block.

The schedule of time when the Website Filter will be

enabled. The schedule may be set to Always, which will

allow the particular service to always be enabled. Click

the

New Schedule

button to create your own times in the

Tools

>

Schedules

section.

Website Filters are used to allow you to set up a list of Web sites that can be viewed by multiple users through the network. To

use this feature select the appropriate Web Filtering option, enter the domain or website, and click

Save Settings

.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save any changes made.

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Check the

Enable SPI

box to enable the SPI (Stateful

Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering)

feature. Enabling SPI helps to prevent cyber attacks by

tracking more state per session. It validates that the traffic

passing through the session conforms to the protocol.

If an application has trouble working from behind the

router, you can expose one computer to the Internet and

run the application on that computer.

Carry out the following to create a DMZ host:

Note:

Placing a computer in the DMZ may expose that computer to a variety of security risks. Use of this option is only recommended as

a last resort.

Firewall Settings:

DMZ Host:

Firewall Settings

A firewall protects your network from the outside world. The DIR-815 offers a firewall type functionality. The SPI feature helps

prevent cyber attacks. Sometimes you may want a computer exposed to the outside world for certain types of applications.

If you choose to expose a computer, you can enable DMZ. DMZ is short for Demilitarized Zone. This option will expose the

chosen computer completely to the outside world.

1. Check the

Enable DMZ

box.

2. Specify the IP address of the computer on the

LAN that you want to have unrestricted Internet

communication in the DMZ IP address field. To

specify an existing DHCP client, use the

Computer

Name

drop-down

to select the

computer that

you want to make a DMZ host. If selecting a

computer that is a DHCP client, be sure to make

a static reservation in the

Setup > Network

Settings

page so that the IP address of the DMZ

machine does not change.

3. Click the

Save Settings

button to add the new

DMZ host.