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Username:

Password:

Reconnect

Mode:

Maximum Idle

Time:

DNS Servers:

MTU:

Clone MAC

Address:

Enter your L2TP username.

Enter your L2TP password and then retype the password in the next box.

Select either

Always-on

,

On-Demand

, or

Manual

.

Enter a maximum idle time during which the Internet connection is maintained during inactivity. To disable this feature, enable

Auto-reconnect.

Enter the Primary and Secondary DNS Server Addresses (Static L2TP only).

Maximum Transmission Unit - you may need to change the MTU for optimal performance with your specific ISP. 1400 is the default

MTU.

The default MAC Address is set to the Internet port’s physical interface MAC address on the Broadband Router. It is not recommended

that you change the default MAC address unless required by your ISP.

You can use the

Clone.Your.PC’s.MAC.Address

button to

replace the Internet port’s MAC address with the MAC address of your Ethernet card.

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Internet Setup

DS-Lite

Another Internet Connection type is DS-Lite.

DS-Lite

Configuration:

Select the DS-Lite DHCPv6 option to let the router allocate the

AFTR IPv6 address automatically. Select the Manual Configuration

to enter the AFTR IPv6 address in manually.

AFTR IPv6

Address:

After selecting the Manual Configuration option above, enter the

AFTR IPv6 address used here.

B4 IPv4 Address:

Enter the B4 IPv4 address value used here.

WAN IPv6

Address:

Once connected, the WAN IPv6 address will be displayed here.

IPv6 WAN

Default Gateway

Once connected, the IPv6 WAN Default Gateway address will be

displayed here.

DS-Lite is an IPv6 connection type. After selecting DS-Lite, the following parameters will be available for configuration:

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Wireless Settings

If you want to configure the wireless settings on your router using

the wizard, click

Wireless.Security.Setup.Wizard.

and refer to

page 38.

Click

Add.Wireless.Device.with.WPS

if you want to add a wireless

device using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) and refer to page 41.

If you want to manually configure the wireless settings on your

router click

Manual

Wireless.Network.Setup.

and refer to the

next page.

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Check the box to enable the wireless function. If you do

not want to use wireless, uncheck the box to disable all the

wireless functions.

Select the time frame that you would like your wireless

network enabled. The schedule may be set to

Always

. Any

schedule you create will be available in the drop-down menu.

Click

New.Schedule

to create a schedule.

Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the name of your wireless

network. Create a name for your wireless network using up to 32 characters. The SSID is case-sensitive.

Select one of the following:

802±11b.Only

- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11b.

802±11g.Only

- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11g.

802±11n.Only

- Select only if all of your wireless clients are 802.11n.

Mixed.802±11g.and.802±11b

- Select if you are using both 802.11g and 802.11b wireless clients.

Mixed.802±11n.and.802±11g

- Select if you are using both 802.11n and 802.11g wireless clients.

Mixed.802±11n,.11g,.and.11b

- Select if you are using a mix of 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b wireless clients.

The

Auto.Channel.Scan

setting can be selected to allow the DIR-825 to choose the channel with the least amount of interference.

Indicates the channel setting for the DIR-825. By default the channel is set to 6. The Channel can be changed to fit the channel

setting for an existing wireless network or to customize the wireless network. If you enable

Auto.Channel.Scan

, this option will

be greyed out.

Select the transmit rate. It is strongly suggested to select

Best.(Auto)

for best performance.

Enable Wireless:

Schedule:

Wireless Network

Name:

802.11 Mode:

Enable Auto

Channel Scan:

Wireless Channel:

Transmission Rate:

Manual Wireless Settings

802.11n/g (2.4GHz)

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Select the Channel Width:

Auto.20/40

- This is the default setting. Select if you are using both 802.11n and non-802.11n wireless devices.

20MHz

- Select if you are not using any 802.11n wireless clients.

Select

Invisible

if you do not want the SSID of your wireless network to be broadcasted by the DIR-825. If Invisible is selected, the

SSID of the DIR-825 will not be seen by Site Survey utilities so your wireless clients will have to know the SSID of your DIR-825 in

order to connect to it.

Refer to page 38 for more information regarding wireless security.

Channel Width:

Visibility Status:

Wireless Security: