D-Link DIR-855 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Change Pa

sword

Remote Management

Enter a new password for the Administrator Login Name.

The administrator can make changes to the settings.

Enter the new password for the User login. If you login as

the User, you can only see the settings, but cannot change

them.

Enter a name for the DIR-855 router.

Remote management allows the DIR-855 to be conﬁgured

from the Internet by a web browser. A username and

password is still required to access the Web-Management

interface. In general, only a member of your network can

browse the built-in web pages to perform Administrator

tasks. This feature enables you to perform Administrator

tasks from the remote (Internet) host.

The port number used to access the DIR-855.

Example: http://x.x.x.x:8080 whereas x.x.x.x is the Internet

IP address of the DIR-855 and 8080 is the port used for

the Web Management interface.

This section will list any rules that are created. You may

click the

Edit

icon to change the settings or enable/disable

the rule, or click the

Delete

icon to remove the rule.

Admin Password:

User Password:

System Name:

Remote

Management:

Remote Admin Port:

Inbound Filter:

Administrator Settings

This page will allow you to change the Administrator and User passwords. You can also enable Remote Management.

There are two accounts that can access the management interface through the web browser. The accounts are admin

and user. Admin has read/write access while user has read-only access. User can only view the settings but cannot

make any changes. Only the admin account has the ability to change both admin and user account passwords.

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Time Settings

Select the Time Zone from the drop-down

menu.

To select Daylight Saving time manually, select

enabled or disabled, and enter a start date and

an end date for daylight saving time.

NTP is short for Network Time Protocol.

NTP synchronizes computer clock times in a

network of computers. Check this box to use a

NTP server. This will only connect to a server

on the Internet, not a local server.

Enter the NTP server or select one from the

drop-down menu.

To manually input the time, enter the values

in these ﬁelds for the Year, Month, Day, Hour,

Minute, and Second and then click

Set Time

.

You can also click

Copy Your Computer’s

Time Settings

.

Time Zone:

Daylight Saving:

Enable NTP Server:

NTP Server Used:

Manual:

The Time Conﬁguration option allows you to conﬁgure, update, and maintain the correct time on the internal system

clock. From this section you can set the time zone that you are in and set the Time Server. Daylight Saving can also

be conﬁgured to automatically adjust the time when needed.

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SysLog

The Broadband Router keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the Router. You may send these logs

to a SysLog server on your network.

Enable Logging to

SysLog Server:

SysLog Server IP

Address:

Check this box to send the router logs to a

SysLog Server.

The address of the SysLog server that will be

used to send the logs. You may also select

your computer from the drop-down menu (only

if receiving an IP address from the router via

DHCP).

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Email Settings

The Email feature can be used to send the system log ﬁles, router alert messages, and ﬁrmware update notiﬁcation

to your email address.

Enable Email

Notiﬁcation:

From Email

Address:

To Email Address:

SMTP Server

Address:

Enable

Authentication:

Account Name:

Password:

On Log Full:

On Schedule:

Schedule:

When this option is enabled, router activity logs

are e-mailed to a designated email address.

This email address will appear as the sender

when you receive a log ﬁle or ﬁrmware upgrade

notiﬁcation via email.

Enter the email address where you want the

email sent.

Enter the SMTP server address for sending email.

If your SMTP server requires authentication,

select this option.

Check this box if your SMTP server requires

authentication.

Enter your account for sending email.

Enter the password associated with the

account. Re-type the password associated with

the account.

When this option is selected, logs will be sent

via email when the log is full.

Selecting this option will send the logs via email

according to schedule.

This option is enabled when On Schedule is selected. You can select a schedule from the list of deﬁned schedules. To

create a schedule, go to

Tools > Schedules

.

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Use this option to save the current router

conﬁguration settings to a ﬁle on the hard disk

of the computer you are using. First, click the

Save

button. You will then see a ﬁle dialog,

where you can select a location and ﬁle name

for the settings.

Use this option to load previously saved

router conﬁguration settings. First, use the

Browse control to find a previously save

ﬁle of conﬁguration settings. Then, click the

Load

button to transfer those settings to the

router.

This option will restore all configuration

settings back to the settings that were in effect

at the time the router was shipped from the

factory. Any settings that have not been saved

will be lost, including any rules that you have

created. If you want to save the current router

conﬁguration settings, use the

Save

button

above.

Click to reboot the router.

Save Settings to

Local Hard Drive:

Load Settings from

Local Hard Drive:

Restore to Factory

Default Settings:

Reboot Device:

System Settings

This section allows you to manage the router’s conﬁguration settings, reboot the router, and restore the router to the

factory default settings. Restoring the unit to the factory default settings will erase all settings, including any rules that

you’ve created.

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