D-Link Router DIR-615 User Manual

61D-Link DIR-615 User Manual
Section 3 - Configuration
This  page  displays  the  current  information  for  the  DIR-615.  It  will  display  the  LAN,  WAN  (Internet),  and  Wireless 
information.
If  your  Internet  connection  is  set  up  for  a  Dynamic  IP  address  then  a Release  button  and  a Renew  button  will  be 
displayed. Use Release to disconnect from your ISP and use Renew to connect to your ISP. 
If  your  Internet  connection  is  set  up  for  PPPoE,  a 
Connect  button  and  a...

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Section 3 - Configuration
Displays the router’s time and firmware version.
Displays  the  MAC  address  and  the  public  IP 
settings for the router.
Displays the MAC address and the private (local) 
IP settings for the router.
Displays  the  wireless  MAC  address  and  your 
wireless settings such as SSID and Channel.
Displays computers and devices that are connected 
to the router via Ethernet and that are receiving an 
IP address assigned by the router (DHCP)....

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Section 3 - Configuration
Log
What to View:
View Levels:
Apply Log 
Settings:
Refresh:
Clear:
Email Now:
Save Log:
You can select the types of messages that you want 
to display from the log. Firewall & Security, System, 
and Router Status messages can be selected.
There  are  three  levels  of  message  importance: 
Informational, Warning, and Critical. Select the levels 
that you want displayed in the log.
Will  filter  the  log  results  so  that  only  the  selected...

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Section 3 - Configuration
Stats
The screen below displays the Traffic Statistics. Here you can view the amount of packets that pass through the DIR-615 
on both the Internet and the LAN ports. The traffic counter will reset if the device is rebooted. 

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Section 3 - Configuration
Internet Sessions
The Internet Sessions page displays full details of active Internet sessions through your router. An Internet session is 
a conversation between a program or application on a LAN-side computer and a program or application on a WAN-
side computer. 
Local:
NAT:
Internet:
Protocol:
State:
The  IP  address  and,  where  appropriate,  port 
number of the local application. 
The port number of the LAN-side application as 
viewed by the...

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Section 3 - Configuration
Dir:
Priority:
Time Out:
The preference given to outbound packets of this conversation by the QoS Engine logic. Smaller numbers represent higher 
priority. 
The number of seconds of idle time until the router considers the session terminated. The initial value of Time Out depends 
on the type and state of the connection.
 300 seconds - UDP connections.
240 seconds - Reset or closed TCP connections. The connection does not close instantly so that...

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Section 3 - Configuration
The wireless client table displays a list of current connected wireless clients. This table also displays the connection 
time and MAC address of the connected wireless clients.
Wireless 

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Support 

69D-Link DIR-615 User Manual
Section 4 - Security
Wireless Security
This section will show you the different levels of security you can use \
to protect your data from intruders. The 
DIR-615 offers the following types of security:• WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)     • WPA2-PSK(Pre-Shared Key)
• WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)      • WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)
• WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
What is WEP?
WEP  stands  for  Wired  Equivalent  Privacy.  It  is  based  on  the  IEEE  80.11  standard  and...

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What is WPA?
WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired 
Equivalent Privacy).  
The  major improvements over WEP: 
• Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys 
using  a  hashing  algorithm  and,  by  adding  an  integrity-checking  feature,  ensures  that  the  keys  haven’t 
been tampered with. WPA is based on...