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ADMINISTRATOR

Enter and confirm the password that the admin account

will use to access the router’s management interface.

REMOTE MANAGEMENT

Tick this check box to enable remote management.

Remote management allows the DWR-512 to be

configured over the Internet through a web browser.

A username and password will still be required

to access the Web-Management interface.

Enter the Internet IP address of the PC that has access

to the Broadband Router. If you enter an asterisk (*)

in this field, then anyone will be able to access the

Router. Adding an asterisk (*) into this field could

present a security risk and is not recommended.

This is the port number used to access the router. 8080 is

the port usually used for the Web-Management interface.

Admin

The

Admin

page allows you to change the Administrator password and enable Remote Management.

The admin has read/write access

while users only have read-only access. Only the admin has the ability to change both admin and user account passwords. After modifying

any settings, click

Save Settings

to save your changes.

Admin Password:

Remote Management:

IP Allowed to Access:

Port:

Tools

The

TOOLS

pages allow you to adjust various system setting for your router, such as

the system time, firmware, and custom schedules. To view the Tools pages, click on

TOOLS

at the top of the screen.

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Time

TIME AND DATE CONFIGURATION

Select the appropriate

Time Zone

from the drop-down box.

Tick this checkbox to allow for daylight saving

adjustments. Use the dropdown boxes to specify a start

date and end date for daylight saving time adjustments.

AUTOMATIC TIME AND DATE CONFIGURATION

Tick the

Automatically synchronize with Internet

time server

checkbox to allow the router to use an

NTP server to update the router’s internal clock.

Enter an NTP server to use for time synchronization, or

use the dropdown box to select one. Click the

Update

Now

button to synchronize the time with the NTP server.

This section will help you set the time zone that you are in and an NTP (Network Time Protocol) server to use. Daylight Saving can also

be configured to adjust the time when needed. After modifying any settings, click

Save Settings

to save your changes.

Time Zone:

Enable Daylight

Saving:

NTP Server Used:

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Syslog

Tick this checkbox to send the router

logs to a syslog server.

Enter the IP address of the syslog server

that the router will send the logs to.

The DWR-512 keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the router. You may send these logs to a syslog server on your

network. After modifying any settings, click

Save Settings

to save your changes.

Enable Logging to

Syslog Server:

Syslog Server IP

Address:

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E-mail Settings

When this option is enabled, router activity logs will

be e-mailed to the specified e-mail address.

Enter the SMTP server IP address the router will use to

send e-mails. Enter the complete IP address followed by

a colon(:) and the port number. (e.g. 123.123.123.1:25).

Enter the username for the SMTP account.

Enter the password for the SMTP account.

Enter the e-mail address where you would

like the router to send e-mails to.

Enter a subject for the e-mail.

Click this button to send the current logs

to the specified e-mail address.

Enable E-mail

Notification:

SMTP Sever IP and

Port:

SMTP Username:

SMTP Password:

Send E-mail Alert to:

E-mail Subject:

E-mail Log Now:

E-mail Settings

allow you to send the system log files, router alert messages, and firmware update notifications to an e-mail address.

After

modifying any settings, click

Save Settings

to save your changes.

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System

Use this option to save your current router configuration

settings to a file. Click

Save

to open a file dialog, and

then select a location and file name for the settings.

Use this option to load previously saved router

configuration settings.

Click

Browse...

and select

the saved file and then click the

Upload Settings

button to upload the settings to the router.

This option will restore all settings back to their defaults.

Any settings that have not been backed up will be

lost, including any rules that you have created.

Save Settings To Local

Hard Drive

Load Settings From

Local Hard Drive:

Restore To Factory

Default Settings:

Here, you can save the current system settings to a local hard drive. After modifying any settings, click

Save Settings

to save your changes.