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Tools_System
This section allows you to manage the router's configuration settings, reboot the router, and
restore the router to the factory default settings. Restoring the unit to the factory default
settings will erase all settings, including any rules that you've created.
Save Settings To Local Hard Drive
This option allows you to save the router's configuration to a file on your computer.
Be sure to save the configuration before performing a firmware upgrade.
Load Settings From Local Hard Drive
Use this option to restore previously saved router configuration settings.
Restore To Factory Default Settings
This option restores all configuration settings back to the settings that were in effect
at the time the router was shipped from the factory. Any settings that have not been
saved will be lost. If you want to save your router configuration settings, use the
Save Settings option above.
Reboot The Device
This restarts the router. Useful for restarting when you are not near the device.
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Tools_Firmware
The Firmware Upgrade section can be used to update to the latest firmware code to improve
functionality and performance. To check for the latest firmware, click the
Check Online Now
button. If you would like to be notified when new firmware is released, place a checkmark in
the box next to
Email Notification of Newer Firmware Version
.
To upgrade the firmware, follow these steps:
1. Click the
Browse
button to locate the upgrade file on your computer.
2.
Once you have found the file to be used, click the
Upload
button below to start the
firmware upgrade process. This can take a minute or more.
3.
Wait for the router to reboot. This can take another minute or more.
4.
Confirm updated firmware revision on status page.
Firmware Information
Here are displayed the version numbers of the firmware currently installed in your
router and the most recent upgrade that is available.
Check Online
This option will check support site to see if you have the latest version of the
firmware available. If a newer version is available, download instructions will be
displayed.
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Firmware Upgrade
Firmware upgrade cannot be performed from a wireless device. To
perform an upgrade, ensure that you are using a PC that is connected
to
the router by wire.
Some firmware upgrades reset the configuration options to the factory
defaults. Before performing an upgrade, be sure to save the current
configuration from the
Tools -> Admin
screen.
Upload
Once you have a firmware update on your computer, use this option to browse
for the file and then upload the information into the router.
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Tools_Dynamic DNS
The Dynamic DNS feature allows you to host a server (Web, FTP, Game Server, etc.) using
a domain name that you have purchased (www.whateveryournameis.com) with your
dynamically assigned IP address. Most broadband Internet Service Providers assign
dynamic (changing) IP addresses. When you use a Dynamic DNS service provider, your
friends can enter your host name to connect to your server, no matter what your IP address
is.
Enable Dynamic DNS
Enable this option only if you have purchased your own domain name and registered
with a dynamic DNS service provider. The following paramters are displayed when
the option is enabled.
Server Address
Select a dynamic DNS service provider from the pull-down list.
Host Name
Enter your host name, fully qualified; for example:
myhost.mydomain.net
.
Username or Key
Enter the username or key provided by your service provider. If the Dynamic DNS
provider supplies only a key, enter that key in all three fields.
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Password or Key
Enter the password or key provided by your service provider. If the Dynamic DNS
provider supplies only a key, enter that key in all three fields.
Verify Password or Key
Re-type the password or key provided by your service provider. If the Dynamic DNS
provider supplies only a key, enter that key in all three fields.
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.
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.
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 virtual
server.

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