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Enter a password that the admin account will use to access the

router’s management interface.

Confirm the chosen password.

Remote management allows the router to be configured from the

Internet using a web browser. A username and password is still

required to access the web-management interface. Usually only

a member of your network can browse the built-in web pages to

perform Administrator tasks. This feature enables you to perform

Administrator tasks from the remote (Internet) host.

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. Example: 8080 is

the port used for the web-management interface.

This enables you to connect to DWR-953 via Telnet.

Allow access via the Internet.

Specify the port that you wish to connect to.

New Password:

Confirm

Password:

Remote

Management:

IP Allowed to

Access:

Port:

Enable Telnet:

Allow WAN:

Port:

Administration

The

Administration

page allows you to change the Administrator password and enable Remote Management. The Administrator has read/write

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

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Reboot & Reset

Use this option to save your current router configuration settings

to a file and onto your computer. Click

Save

to open a file dialog,

and then select a location and file name for the settings.

Use this option to load the previously saved router configuration

settings.

Browse

to find the saved file and then click

Upload Settings

to transfer those 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.

Click

Reboot

to save your settings and reboot the device.

Save Settings To

Local Hard Drive:

Load Settings

From Local Hard

Drive:

Restore To

Factory Default

Settings:

Save and Reboot

the Device:

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Firmware Upgrade

Displays your router’s current firmware version and build date.

To upgrade your router’s firmware, click

Browse...

and navigate

to the firmware file on your computer’s hard drive. If you are

installing unofficial firmware, check the

Accept unofficial

firmware

box (not recommended). Click

Upgrade

to start the

upgrade process or

Cancel

to cancel the upgrade.

Firmware

Information:

Firmware

Update:

This page displays your router’s current firmware version, and allows you to upgrade your router’s firmware.

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System Logs

Select this box to send the router logs to a syslog server.

Enter the address of the syslog server that will be used to send the

logs.

Enable Logging

to Syslog Server:

Syslog Server IP

Address:

The DWR-953 keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the router. You may send these logs to a system log (syslog) server on

your network.

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Schedules

Tick this check box to enable schedules.

Click on this button to create a new rule. The following options will

be available.

Enable

Schedule:

Add New Rule...:

This section allows you to manage schedule rules for various firewall and parental control features.

Schedule Rule Setting

Enter a name for your new schedule.

Select whether the schedule is

Active

or

Inactive

except for the

schedule rules configured below.

Displays the ID number of the rule.

Select the day of the week on which you would like the schedule

to become active.

Enter the time at which you would like the schedule to become

active.

Select the time at which you would like the schedule to become

inactive.

Name of Rule 1:

Policy:

ID:

Week Day:

Start Time

(hh:mm):

End Time

(hh:mm):