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Section 3 - Configuration
MAC Address Filter
Click Enable to allow MAC filtering.
When this option is selected, only PCs and devices with 
MAC addresses listed below with the ‘C’ option checked 
can connect to the router. The drop-down menu will allow 
you to choose whether all other MAC addresses that are 
not in the list will be blocked or allowed to connect.
When this option is selected, only PCs and devices with 
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URL Filtering:URL Filtering  Rules:
URL Filters
Check the Enable box to allow website filter rules.
Enter the websites you want to block or allow in the text 
boxes. Any website address that contains the text entered 
will be blocked once you click  Enable and then save your 
settings..
Website Filters are used to allow you to set up a list of websites to either allow or block access to. After making your changes, 
click the Save Settings button.  

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Outbound Filter:
Use schedule  rule:
Outbound Filter  Rules List:
Allow/Deny all  to pass:
Source IP and  Ports:
Destination IP  and Ports:
Enable:
Schedule Rule #: Add New Rule:
Outbound Filters
Check the Enable box to allow outbound filtering rules.
Select from the drop-down menu how you want the rule  
to be scheduled and apply this schedule to existing rules.
This  section  will  list  any  rules  that  are  created. You  may 
click  the  Edit...

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Check the Enable box to allow inbound filtering rules.
Select from the drop-down menu how you want the rule  
to be scheduled and apply this schedule to existing rules.
This  section  will  list  any  rules  that  are  created. You  may 
click  the Edit  icon  to  change  the  settings  or  enable/
disable  the  rule,  or  click  the  Delete  icon  to  remove  the 
rule.
Here  you  decide  whether  to  use  the  inbound  filters  to 
allow or deny...

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SNMP Local:
SNMP Remote:
Get Community: Set Community:
IP 1:
IP 2:
IP 3:
IP 4:
SNMP Version: WAN Access IP  Address:
SNMP
Enable this option to allow local SNMP management.
Enable this option to allow remote SNMP management.
Enter a name for the read community of your SNMP server.
Enter  a  name  for  the  write  community  of  your  SNMP 
server.
Set the first IP address to be managed here.
Set a second IP address to be managed here.
Set a third...

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Select Enable to turn on routing and auto-select the RIP 
version, or select RIPv1 or RIPv2.
Enter the IP address of packets that will take this route.
Enter the netmask of the route, please note that the octets 
must match your destination IP address.
Enter your next hop gateway to be taken if this route is 
used.
Enter a number to represent the hop value of this route.
Check to enable this route or leave unchecked to ignore it.
RIP:
Destination...

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Guest Zone
Tick this checkbox to enable the Guest Zone feature. 
Select when the Guest Zone will be active. The schedule 
may be set to  Always, which will allow the Guest Zone to 
be on at all times. You can select a schedule you created, 
or you can click the  Add New Schedule button to create 
a schedule.
Enter a wireless network name (SSID) for your guest zone. 
It should be different than the network name of your main 
wireless network.
Check...

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Advanced Wireless
This  value  determines  the  frequency  in  which  packets 
broadcast  by  the  router  will  synchronize  the  wireless 
network. Choose a value here.
Use the dropdown box to set the transmit power of the 
antennas.
Enter the size of each Request to Send frame.
Enter a value of the maximum size for a packet before the 
data is fragmented into multiple packets.
Set your Delivery Traffic Indication Message rate here.
WMM  is  Q...

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To use the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP
™) feature click on 
Enabled. UPnP provides compatibility with networking 
equipment, software and peripherals.
Checking  the  box  will  allow  the  DIR-506L  to  respond 
to  pings.  Unchecking  the  box  may  provide  some  extra 
security from hackers.
Checking this box will allow the router to minimize the 
power  usage  when  disconnected  from  a  power  source 
and using the battery, while still...

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Section 4 - Tools
New Password: Confirm 
Password:
Enable Remote  Management:
IP Allowed to  Access:
Port: Enter a new password for the Administrator Login Name. 
The administrator can make changes to the settings.
Enter the same password that you entered in the previous 
textbox in order to confirm its accuracy.
Remote management allows the DIR-506L to be configured 
over  the  Internet  through  a  web  browser.  A  username/
password  is...