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Web-based Configuration Utility

Enter your password. If you did not create a password with the

Setup Wizard

, leave the

Admin Password

field blank by default. Click

Log In

to proceed.

Note:

If you cannot remember your password and cannot log in, press the reset button (see

page 5) to restore the router to its factory default settings.

Open a web-browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari) and enter

http://

dlinkrouter.local./

or the IP address of the router

(http://192.168.0.1)

.

The router’s

Home

page will open, displaying its current connection status.

The bar at the top of the page has quick access to

Settings

and

Management

functions.

You may easily navigate back

Home

at any time.

Note:

The system will automatically time-out after a period of inactivity. (You will have to

log back in as described above.)

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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 display information about each part of the network at the bottom of the screen. The menu bar at the top of the page allows

you to easily navigate to other pages.

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 14

.)

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 31

.

Internet

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DIR-890L

Click on the

DIR-890L

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

on the lower

left, or click

Settings

(at the top of the page) and then

Network

on the drop-down

menu that appears. Refer to page 55.

To reconfigure the router's wireless settings, either click

Go to settings

, on the lower

right, or click

Settings

(at the top of the page) and then

Wireless

on the drop-down

menu that appears. Refer to page 51.

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Connected Clients

Click on the

Connected Clients

icon to view details about the router and its wireless

settings.

On this page you can see 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 want to edit.

Enter a custom name for this client.

Displays the vendor of the device.

Displays the MAC address of the client.

Enter a specific IP address you want to reserve for this client. This IP

address must be within the DHCP IP range.

Enable to reserve the IP address for this client.

Enable to assign a specific schedule for this client.

Select a schedule from the drop-down or click Schedule to create a

new time range.

Click

Save

when you are done.

Name:

Vendor:

MAC Address:

IP Address:

Reserve IP:

Parental Control:

Schedule:

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USB Device

Click on the

USB Device

icon to view details about the currently connected USB

device,

DLNA Media Server

,

SharePort

, and

Windows File Sharing

.

If you have a USB device connected, you can see its name and how much free space

it has.

To configure your SharePort settings, click

Go to settings

or click

Settings

(at the

top of the page) and then

SharePort

on the drop-down menu that appears and

refer to page 57.