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Wizard

Navigate to the wizard by clicking on the Internet icon in the navigation bar on the

top section of the screen; you will be brought to a WAN Service Configuration screen.

Click on the Wizard icon on the left-hand side of the screen to begin the setup wizard.

Navigate between the steps 1-5 by press the

Next

and

Prev

buttons.

Select your Internet connection. By default DHCP will be selected, if this option

does not work and you are not sure which settings to use, please contact your

Internet Service Provider (ISP).

If you selected DHCP connection this option will be displayed. Follow the on-

screen instructions and click

Next

to continue.

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Type your desired network name (SSID) in the field available. When devices are

connecting via Wi-Fi this will be the name of the network that they connect to.

To protect your network from unwanted users select one of the security options

listed.

Set your wireless security password in the box provided. This is the password that

devices will need to use when connecting to your wireless network.

Set the DWR-953’s password in the box provided. This is the password you will use

to log in to the configuration interface in your web browser.

Set the your current time zone.

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When you have finished the Internet connection setup wizard, click

Connect

to

save your changes. To restore your settings to the most recent save, click

Cancel.

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Failover

This connection can serve as a backup for your default connection.

The

Failover type

can be set to either

Disable

,

Load Sharing

or

Failover

. With

Load Sharing

, the data usage is distributed evenly over the two different Internet

connections. With

Failover

, the secondary Internet connection will be in standby

mode, until the primary Internet connection fails.

If you selected

Load Sharing

or

Failover

, the

Remote Host for Keep Alive

box

will appear, and should be set to an external IP address that can be used to ensure

that the 3G/4G LTE connection will be kept from going offline due to inactivity. An

example would be Google’s public DNS servers (

8.8.8.8

or

8.8.4.4

) or your ISP’s

DNS servers.

The

Primary WAN

will display your current Internet configuration type.

The

Secondary WAN

can be set by clicking

Add

, and the available options will be

shown in the drop down box that appears. Select

4G LTE/3G

to use your mobile

connection as a backup.

When you have finished configuring your failover settings, click

Apply

to save

your changes. To restore your settings to the most recent save, click

Reset

.

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IPv6

To enable an IPv6 Internet connection, click

Enable

.

Select your IPv6 connection type.

For Static IPv6 refer to

Static IPv6

on page 22.

For Autoconfiguration (SLAAC/DHCPv6) refer to

Autoconfiguration (SLAAC/DHCPv6)

on page 23.

For PPPoE refer to

PPPoE

on page 24.

When you have finished configuring your Internet settings, click

Apply

to save your changes. To restore your settings to the most

recent save, click

Reset

.

IPv6:

IPv6

Connection:

On this page you can configure your IPv6 Internet connection. If you are not sure which settings to use, please contact your Internet Service

Provider (ISP).

Link-local Only

Displays the router’s LAN link-local address.

LAN IP

Link-Local

Address: