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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.