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Configuration
Enter your password. If you previously followed the setup wizard (see
SetupWizard
on page 12), please use the admin password you entered during the wizard. Otherwise,
leave the password blank. Click
Log In
to proceed.
Note:
If you cannot remember your password and cannot log in, press the reset button
(see
Back / Bottom View
on page 6
) to restore the router to its default settings.
To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser such as Internet Explorer
and enter
Windows and Mac users may also connect by typing the IP address of the router (by
default this is
) in the address bar.
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 quickly jump back Home at any time.
Note:
The system will automatically log out after a period of inactivity.
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Home
The Home page displays the current status of the router in the form of an interactive diagram. You can click each 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 will allow you
to quickly navigate to other pages.
The Home page displays whether or not the router is currently connected to the
Internet. If it is disconnected, click
Click to repair
to bring up the setup wizard
(see
Setup Wizard
on page 12).
To bring up more details about your Internet connection, click on the
Internet
icon.
Click
DSL
,
IPv4
,
or
IPv6
to see details of the DSL connection, IPv4 connection, and
IPv6 connection respectively.
Click
Release
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 67.
Internet
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DSL-2900AL
Click on the
DSL-2900AL
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
and IPv4/IPv6 addresses.
To reconfigure the 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 menu that appears.
Refer to
Network
on page 93.
To reconfigure the 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 menu that appears.
Refer to
Wireless
on page 90.
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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
IP addresses.
To edit each client’s settings, click the pencil icon on 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 device.
Enter a specific IP address for this client.
Enable to reserve this IP address for this client.
If enabled, parental control will completely disable all network
activity on the client according to a custom schedule. A drop-down
menu will appear; select the time schedule during which parental
control will take effect. The schedule may be set to
Always OFF
to
indefinitely deny network access to the client, or you can create your
own schedules in the
Schedules
section (refer to
Schedule
on page 110).
Click
Save
when you are done.
Name:
Vendor:
MAC Address:
IP Address:
Reserve IP:
Parental Control:
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USB Device
Click on the
USB Device
icon to view details about the currently connected USB
device, the UPnP 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
and refer to
SharePort
on page 95.
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