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Home
The current status of the router is displayed on the
Home
page in the form of an interactive diagram. You can click on an icon to
see information about the selected part of the network at the bottom of the screen.
The Home page shows whether or not the router is currently connected to the
Internet. If disconnected, click on
Click to repair
to launch the
Setup Wizard.
(Refer to
"Setup Wizard" on page 12
.)
To view details about your Internet connection, click on the
Internet
icon. Click
Release
IP Address
to disconnect from the Internet. If you do this and wish to reconnect, click
Renew
.
To reconfigure the Internet settings, refer to
"Internet" on page 25
.
Internet
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DIR-859
Click on the
DIR-859
icon to view details about the router and its wireless settings.
Here you can see the router’s current wireless settings, as well as its MAC address.
To reconfigure the router's network settings, either click
Go to settings
(at the bottom
left side of the page), or click
Settings
(at the top of the page) and then
Network
from
the drop-down menu that appears. Refer to page 50.
To reconfigure the router's wireless settings, either click
Go to settings
(at the bottom
right side of the page), or click
Settings
(at the top of the page) and then
Wireless
from the drop-down menu that appears. Refer to page 47.
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Connected Clients
Click on the
Connected Clients
icon to view details about all the clients currently
connected to the router, and their corresponding IP addresses.
To edit a client’s settings, click the
pencil
icon for the client you would like to edit.
Enter a custom name for this client.
Displays the vendor of the device.
Enter a specific IP address for this client.
Enable if you would like to reserve this IP address for this client.
Everytime this device joins the network, it will receive this IP address.
Allow or Block access to your router.
Click
Save
when you are done.
Name:
Vendor:
IP Address:
Reserve IP:
Access:
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Settings
Wizard
Internet
From the
Settings
menu, you can click
Wizard
to open the
Setup Wizard
and connect to the Internet. This is the same wizard that you launched
when you first installed the router.
From the
Settings
menu on the bar on the top of the page, click
Internet
to configure your Internet connection manually.
Choose your
Internet Connection
type from the drop-down menu.
Depending on the connection type that you select, you may also see
additional fields below that require input. For example, when you
select PPPoE, you will see fields for
Username
and
Password
.
My Internet
Connection is:
Click
Advanced Settings...
to expand the list and see all fields for the selected option.
For
Dynamic IP (DHCP)
refer to page 26.
For
Static IP
refer to page 27.
For
PPPoE
refer to page 28.
For
PPTP
refer to page 29.
For
L2TP
refer to page 31.
For
DS-Lite
refer to page 33.
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The
Host Name
is optional but may be required by some ISPs. Leave
it blank if you are not sure.
Enter the
Primary DNS Server
IP address assigned by your ISP. This
address is usually obtained automatically from your ISP.
Enter the
Secondary DNS Server
IP address assigned by your ISP. This
address is usually obtained automatically from your ISP.
Maximum Transmission Unit - by default this field will be set to
Auto
.
Select
Manual
if you need to change the MTU for optimal performance
with your ISP.
The default MAC address is set to the Internet port’s physical interface
MAC address on the router. You can use the drop-down menu to
replace the Internet port’s MAC address with the MAC address of a
connected client.
Click
Save
when you are done.
Host Name:
Primary DNS
Server:
Secondary DNS
Server:
MTU:
MAC Address
Clone:
Dynamic IP (DCHP)
Select
Dynamic IP (DHCP)
to obtain IP address information automatically from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Select this option if your ISP
does not provide you with an IP address to use.
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