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Check the box to enable the DHCP server on your router.

Enter the range of IPs for the DHCP server to use to assign IP

addresses to devices on your network.

Enter the lease time for DHCP assignments. The default is 86400.

Enter the IP address of the DHCP server (the default is the router’s

IP address).

Enter the IP address of a secondary DNS server, if applicable.

Enable DHCP

Server:

DHCP IP Address

Range:

DHCP Lease

Time:

Primary DNS IP

Address:

Secondary DNS

IP Address:

DHCP

On this page you can configure the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) settings.

To permanently set the IP address of devices connected to the DWR-953,

click on the

Fixed Mapping

button.

DHCP Clients:

MAC Address:

IP Address:

Select from the drop down list of clients connected to your

network, choose an ID number and press the

Copy to

button to

assign an ID number.

The MAC address of the device connected to your network.

The IP address you wish to assign to the connected device.

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Advanced

DDNS is a method of keeping a domain name linked to a changing

IP Address. Select this box to enable DDNS.

Select your DDNS provider from the dropdown

box.

Enter the Host Name that you registered with

your DDNS service provider.

Enter the Username for your DDNS account.

Enter the Password for your DDNS account.

Enable DDNS:

Provider:

Host Name:

Username /

E-mail:

Password / Key:

DNS

On this page you can configure the Domain Name System (DNS) server, which manages the resolution of host/domain names to IP addresses.

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To speed up configuration, you can select a popular application

from the drop-down menu, an

ID

, and click

Copy to

, to copy the

application’s rules to the specified ID.

Displays a numeric ID for the rule.

Enter the port or range of ports to listen to in order to trigger the

rule.

Enter the port or range of ports that will be used to access the

application.

Check the box to enable the rule.

Popular

applications:

ID:

Trigger Protocol:

Incoming Ports:

Enable:

Applications

On this page you can configure special application rules, to open ports on your firewall and allow certain applications access to your network.

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Check the box to enable Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI).

Check the box to enable DMZ.

Enter the IP address of the client you wish to expose, or select

the

Computer Name

from the drop-down menu and click

<<

to

automatically enter the IP information.

Enable SPI:

Enable DMZ:

DMZ IP Address:

DMZ

On this page you can enable or disable Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). This completely exposes the client to threats over the Internet, and is not

recommended in ordinary situations.

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To speed up configuration, you can select a service from the drop-

down menu, an

ID

, and click

Copy to

, to copy the service rules to

the specified ID.

Enter the ports used by the service.

Enter the IP address of the computer on your local network that

you want to allow the incoming service. In the next box, enter the

port number that you would like to open.

Select this box to enable the rule.

Specify the schedule rule number or click

Add New Rule...

to add

a new schedule rule.

Well-known

Services:

Service Ports:

Server IP: Port:

Enable:

Schedule Rule #:

Virtual Server

The device can be configured as a virtual server so that users can access services such as web or FTP via the public (WAN) IP address of the router.