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Timeout

The time between periodic updates to the Dynamic DNS, if your dynamic IP address has

not changed. The timeout period is entered in hours.

Note:

If a dynamic DNS update fails for any reason (for example, when incorrect parameters are

entered), the router automatically disables the Dynamic DNS feature and records the failure in the

log.

Note:

After configuring the router for dynamic DNS, you can open a browser and navigate to the

URL for your domain (for example

) and the router will attempt to

forward the request to port 80 on your LAN. If, however, you do this from a LAN-side computer

and there is no virtual server defined for port 80, the router will return the router's configuration

home page. Refer to the

Advanced

→

Virtual Server

configuration page to set up a a virtual

server.

SYSTEM CHECK

Ping Test

"Ping" is an Internet utility function that sends a series of short messages to a target

computer and reports the results. You can use it to test whether a computer is running,

and to get an idea of the quality of the connection to that computer, based on the speed

of the responses.

Host Name or IP Address

Enter either the IP address of the target computer or enter its fully qualified domain

name.

Ping

Start pinging the specified host.

Stop

The host is pinged repeatedly until you press this button.

Example:

Host Name or IP Address

www.whitehouse.gov

Ping Result

Please wait, resolving www.whitehouse.gov

....

Resolved to 205.161.7.102.

Response from 205.161.7.102 received in 7 milliseconds.

Response from 205.161.7.102 received in 6 milliseconds.

Response from 205.161.7.102 received in 7 milliseconds.

User stopped ping.

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SCHEDULES

Schedules can be created for use with enforcing rules. For example, if you want to restrict web

access to Mon-Fri from 3pm to 8pm, you could create a schedule selecting Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu,

and Fri and enter a Start Time of 3pm and End Time of 8pm.

Add/Edit Schedule Rule

In this section you can add entries to the Schedule Rules List below or edit existing

entries.

Name

Give the schedule a name that is meaningful to you, such as "Weekday rule".

Day(s)

Place a checkmark in the boxes for the desired days or select the All Week radio button

to select all seven days of the week.

All Day - 24 hrs

Select this option if you want this schedule in effect all day for the selected day(s).

Start Time

If you don't use the All Day option, then you enter the time here. The start time is entered

in two fields. The first box is for the hour and the second box is for the minute. Email

events are normally triggered only by the start time.

End Time

The end time is entered in the same format as the start time. The hour in the first box and

the minutes in the second box. The end time is used for most other rules, but is not

normally used for email events.

Save/Update

Record the changes you have made into the following list.

Clear

Re-initialize this area of the screen, discarding any changes you have made.

Schedule Rules List

This section shows the currently defined Schedule Rules. An entry can be changed by

clicking the Edit icon or can be deleted by clicking the Delete icon. When you click the

Edit icon, the item is highlighted, and the "Edit Schedule Rule" section is activated for

editing.

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STATUS HELP

•

Device Info

•

Wireless (Wi-Fi)

•

Routing

•

Logs

•

Statistics

•

Active Sessions

•

WISH Sessions

DEVICE INFO

All of your Internet and network connection details are displayed on the Device Info page. The

firmware version is also displayed here.

Note: Some browsers have limitations that make it impossible to update the WAN status

display when the status changes. Some browsers require that you refresh the display to

obtain updated status. Some browsers report an error condition when trying to obtain

WAN status.

WAN

The information displayed will be for the currently active WAN connection. To change the

failover priorities of the various WAN connections or to manually connect or disconnect a

WAN connection go to the

Advanced

→

Failover

page. If the connection is DHCP,

clicking the

DHCP Release

button unassigns the router's IP address. The router will not

respond to IP messages from the WAN side until you click the

DHCP Renew

button or

power-up the router again. Clicking the

DHCP Renew

button causes the router to

request a new IP address from the ISP's server.

LAN

This area of the screen reflects configuration settings from the

Basic

→

Network

page.

The

MAC Address

is the factory-assigned identifier of the LAN ports.

Wireless (Wi-Fi) LAN

This area of the screen reflects configuration settings from the

Basic

→

Wireless

page,

the

Advanced

→

WISH

page and the

Advanced

→

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

page. The

MAC Address

is the factory-assigned identifier of the wireless card.

LAN Computers

This area of the screen continually updates to show all DHCP enabled computers and

devices connected to the LAN side of your router. The detection "range" is limited to the

address range as configured in DHCP Server. Computers that have an address outside

of this range will not show. If the DHCP Client (i.e. a computer configured to

"Automatically obtain an address") supplies a Host Name then that will also be shown.

Any computer or device that has a static IP address that lies within the detection "range"

may show, however its host name will not.

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IGMP Multicast memberships

If IGMP is enabled, this area of the screen shows all multicast groups of which any LAN

devices are members.

WIRELESS (WI-FI)

The wireless section allows you to view the wireless clients that are connected to your wireless

router.

MAC Address

The Ethernet ID (MAC address) of the wireless client.

IP Address

The LAN-side IP address of the client.

Mode

The transmission standard being used by the client. Values are 11a, 11b, 11g, or 11n for

802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n respectively.

Rate

The actual transmission rate of the client in megabits per second.

Signal

This is a relative measure of signal quality. The value is expressed as a percentage of

theoretical best quality. Signal quality can be reduced by distance, by interference from

other radio-frequency sources (such as cordless telephones or neighboring wireless

networks), and by obstacles between the router and the wireless device.

If

Require User Login

is enabled then you can also control internet access privileges for the

attached wireless clients.

ROUTING

The routing section displays all of the routing details configured for your router.

A value of 0.0.0.0 for gateway means there is no next hop, and the IP address is directly

connected to the router on the interface specified: LAN or WAN. A value of 0.0.0.0 in both the

destination IP and netmask means that this is the default route.

LOGS

The router automatically logs (records) events of possible interest in its internal memory. If there

is not enough internal memory for all events, logs of older events are deleted, but logs of the

latest events are retained. The Logs option allows you to view the router logs. You can define

what types of events you want to view and the level of events to view. This router also has

external Syslog Server support so you can send the log files to a computer on your network that

is running a Syslog utility.

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What to View

Select the kinds of events that you want to view.

•

Firewall and Security

•

System

•

Router Status

View Levels

Select the level of events that you want to view.

•

Critical

•

Warning

•

Informational

Apply Log Settings Now

Click this button after changing Log Options to make them effective and permanent.

Refresh

Clicking this button refreshes the display of log entries. There may be new events since

the last time you accessed the log.

Clear

Clicking this button erases all log entries.

Email Now

If you provided email information with the

Tools

→

Email Settings

screen, clicking the

Email Now

button sends the router log to the configured email address.

Save Log

Select this option to save the router log to a file on your computer.

STATISTICS

The Statistics page displays all of the LAN, WAN, and Wireless packet transmit and receive

statistics.

KBytes Sent

The number of packets sent from the router.

KBytes Received

The number of packets received by the router.

TX Packets Dropped

The number of packets that were dropped while being sent, due to errors, collisions, or

router resource limitations.