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Enabling Hidden Mode is another way

to secure your network. With this option

enabled, no wireless clients will be able to

see your wireless network when they perform

a scan to see what’s available.

In order for

your wireless devices to connect to your

router, you will need to manually enter the

Wireless Network Name on each device.

Refer to

Section 4- Wireless security

for more

information regarding wireless security.

Enable Hidden

Wireless:

Wireless Security:

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This section will allow you to change the local network settings of the router and to configure the DHCP settings.

Network Settings

Enter the IP address of the router. The default IP

address is 192.168.0.1.

If you change the IP address, once you click

Save Settings

, you will need to enter the new

IP address in your browser to get back into the

configuration utility.

Enter the Subnet Mask. The default subnet mask

is 255.255.255.0.

Uncheck the box to transfer the DNS server

information from your ISP to your computers.

If checked, your computers will use the router

for a DNS server.

IP Address:

Subnet Mask:

Enable DNS Relay:

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Check this box to enable the DHCP server on your

router. Uncheck to disable this function.

Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the

DHCP server’s IP assignment.

Note:

If you statically (manually) assign IP

addresses to your computers or devices, make sure

the IP addresses are outside of this range or you

may have an IP conflict.

The length of time for the IP address lease. Enter

the lease time in minutes.

Enable DHCP

Server:

DHCP IP Address

Range:

Lease Time:

DHCP Server Settings

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol. The D-Link GO-RT-N150 has a built-in DHCP server. The DHCP Server will

automatically assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. Be sure to set your computers to be DHCP

clients by setting their TCP/IP settings to

Obtain an IP Address Automatically

. When you turn your computers on, they will

automatically load the proper TCP/IP settings provided by the router. The DHCP Server will automatically allocate an unused

IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer. You must specify the starting and ending address of the IP

address pool.

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DHCP Reservation

If you want a computer or device to always have the same IP address assigned, you can create a DHCP reservation. The router

will assign the IP address only to that computer or device.

Note:

This IP address must be within the DHCP IP Address Range.

Enter the computer name or select from the drop-

down menu and click

<<

.

Enter the IP address you want to assign to the

computer or device. This IP Address must be within

the DHCP IP Address Range.

Enter the MAC address of the computer or device.

Click

Save

to save your entry. You must click

Save

Settings

at the top to activate your reservations.

In this section, you can see what LAN devices are

currently leasing IP addresses.

The Reserve option converts this dynamic IP

allocation into a DHCP Reservation and adds the

corresponding entry to the DHCP Reservations List.

Computer Name:

IP Address:

MAC Address:

Save:

Number of

Dynamic DHCP

Clients:

Reserve:

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The D-Link GO-RT-N150 can be configured as a virtual

server so that remote users accessing Web or FTP services

via the public IP address can be automatically redirected

to local servers in the LAN (Local Area Network).

The D-Link GO-RT-N150 firewall feature filters out

unrecognized packets to protect your LAN so all

computers networked with the router are invisible to

the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of

the LAN computers accessible from the Internet by

enabling Virtual Server. Depending on the requested

service, the router redirects the external service request

to the appropriate server within the LAN.

The D-Link GO-RT-N150 is also capable of port-

redirection meaning incoming traffic to a particular

port may be redirected to a different port on the server

computer.

Each virtual service that is created will be listed at the

bottom of the screen in the Virtual Servers List. Pre-

defined virtual services are already listed in the table.

You may use them by enabling them and assigning the

server IP to use that particular virtual service.

Advanced

Virtual Server