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¾ Subnet Mask -  The Subnet Mask determines which portion of an IP address is the network 
portion, and which portion  is the host portion.   
¾ Gateway - This is the IP address of the gateway dev ice that allows for contact between the 
Router and the network or host.   
¾  Interface -  This interface tells you whether t he Destination IP Address is on the  LAN & 
WLAN (internal wired and wireless networks), the  WAN(Internet).  
Click the  Refresh button to refresh the data displayed. 
4.13 Bandwidth Control 
 
Figure 4-59 
There are two submenus under the Bandw idth Control menu as shown in Figure 4-59. Click any 
of them, and you will be able to configure the  corresponding function. The detailed explanations 
for each submenu are provided below. 
4.13.1  Control Settings 
Choose menu “ Bandwidth Control  → Control Settings ”, you can configure the Egress 
Bandwidth and Ingress Bandwidth in the next screen. Their values you c onfigure should be less 
than 1000000Kbps. 
 
Figure 4-60 Bandwidth Control Settings 
)  Note:
 
For optimal control of the bandwi dth, please select the right bandwidth type and ask your ISP for 
the total bandwidth of the egress and ingress. 
4.13.2  Rules List 
Choose menu “ Bandwidth Control  → Rules List ”, you can view and c onfigure the Bandwidth  
						

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Control rules in the screen below. 
 
Figure 4-61 Bandwidth Control Rules List 
¾ Description - This is the information about  the rules such as address range. 
¾ Egress bandwidth -  This field displays the max and  mix upload bandwidth through the WAN 
port, the default is 0. 
¾  Ingress bandwidth -  This field displays the max and mix download bandwidth through the 
WAN port, the default is 0. 
¾  Enable -  This displays the status of the rule. 
¾  Modify -  Click Modify  to edit the rule. Click  Delete to delete the rule. 
To add/modify a Bandwidth Control rule, follow the steps below. 
Step 1:  Click Add New…  shown in Figure 4-61 , you will see a new screen shown in  Figure 4-62. 
Step 2:  Enter the information like  the screen shown below. 
 
Figure 4-62 Bandwidth Control Rule Settings 
Step 3: Click the  Save button.  
						

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4.14 IP& MAC Bing Setting 
 
Figure 4-63 the IP & MAC Binding menu 
There are two submenus under the IP &MAC Binding menu (shown in  Figure 4-63): Binding 
Setting  and ARP List . Click any of them, and you will  be able to scan or configure the 
corresponding function. The detailed explanat ions for each submenu are provided below. 
4.14.1 Binding Settings 
This page displays the  IP & MAC Binding Setting  table; you can operate it in accord with your 
desire as shown in  Figure 4-64.  
 
Figure 4-64 Binding Settings 
¾  
MAC Address  -  The MAC address of the controll ed computer in the LAN.   
¾ IP Address -  The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN.   
¾ Bind  - Check this option to enable ARP  binding for a specific device.   
¾ Modify  -  To modify or delete an existing entry.   
When you want to add or modify an IP  & MAC Binding entry, you can click the  Add New… button 
or  Modify  button, and then you will go to the nex t page. This page is used for adding or 
modifying an IP & MAC Binding entry, shown in  Figure 4-65.  
  
						

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Figure 4-65 IP & MAC Binding Settings 
To add IP & MAC Binding entries, follow the steps below. 
1. Click the  Add New... button as shown in  Figure 4-64.  
2.  Enter the MAC Address and IP Address. 
3.  Select the Bind checkbox.   
4. Click the  Save button to save it. 
To modify or delete an existing entry, follow the steps below.  
1.  Find the desired entry  in the table.   
2. Click  Modify or Delete as desired on the  Modify column.   
To find an existing entry, follow the steps below.  
1. Click the  Find button as shown in  Figure 4-64. 
2.  Enter the MAC Address or IP Address. 
3. Click the  Find button in the page as shown in  Figure 4-66. 
 
Figure 4-66 Find IP & MAC Binding Entry 
Click the Enable All  button to make all entries enabled. 
Click the  Delete All button to delete all entries.  
						

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4.14.2 ARP List 
To manage the computer, you could observe  the computers in the LAN by checking the 
relationship of MAC address and IP address on the  ARP list, and you could configure the items on 
the ARP list also. This page displays the ARP Li st; it shows all the existing IP & MAC Binding 
entries as shown in  Figure 4-67.   
 
Figure 4-67  ARP List 
¾ MAC Address  -  The MAC address of the contro lled computer in the LAN.   
¾  IP Address  -  The assigned IP address of the cont rolled computer in the LAN.   
¾  Status  -  Indicates whether or not the MAC and IP addresses are bound. 
¾  Configure  -  Load or delete an item.   
z  Load  - Load the item to the IP & MAC Binding list.   
z  Delete  - Delete the item.   
Click the  Bind All button to bind all the current items, available after enable. 
Click the  Load All button to load all items to the IP & MAC Binding list. 
Click the  Refresh button to refresh all items. 
) Note: 
An item could not be loaded to  the IP & MAC Binding list if the  IP address of the item has been 
loaded before. Error warning will prompt as well. Likewise, Loa d All only loads the items without 
interference to the IP & MAC Binding list. 
4.15  Dynamic DNS 
Choose menu “ Dynamic DNS”, and you can configure t he Dynamic DNS function.   
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of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (named by yourself) and a 
dynamic IP address, and then your friends can c onnect to your server by entering your domain 
name no matter what your IP address is. Before us ing this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS 
service providers such as  www.comexe.cn
, www.dyndns.org, or  www.no-ip.com. The Dynamic 
DNS client service provider w ill give you a password or key. 
4.15.1 Comexe.cn DDNS 
If the dynamic DNS  Service Provider you select is www.comexe.cn, the page will appear as 
shown in 
Figure 4-68. 
 
Figure 4-68 Comexe.cn DDNS Settings 
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 
1. Type the  Domain Name  received from your dynamic DNS service provider.     
2. Type the  User Name for your DDNS account.   
3. Type the  Password for your DDNS account.   
4. Click the  Login button to log in to the DDNS service. 
Connection Status - The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here.  
						

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Click Logout to log out of the DDNS service.   
4.15.2 Dyndns.org DDNS 
If the dynamic DNS  Service Provider you select is www.dyndns.org, the page will appear as 
shown in  Figure 4-69 . 
 
Figure 4-69    Dyndns.org DDNS Settings 
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 
1. Type the  User Name for your DDNS account.   
2. Type the  Password for your DDNS account.   
3. Type the  Domain Name  you received from dynamic DNS service provider here.   
4. Click the  Login button to log in to the DDNS service. 
Connection Status - The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here. 
Click Logout to logout of the DDNS service.   
4.15.3  No-ip.com DDNS 
If the dynamic DNS  Service Provider you select is www.no-ip.com, the page will appear as 
shown in Figure 4-68. 
 
  
						

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Figure 4-70 No-ip.com DDNS Settings 
To set up for DDNS, follow these instructions: 
1. Type the User Name for your DDNS account.   
2. Type the  Password for your DDNS account.   
3. Type the  Domain Name  you received from dynamic DNS service provider. 
4. Click the  Login button to log in the DDNS service. 
Connection Status -  The status of the DDNS servic e connection is displayed here. 
Click Logout to log out the DDNS service. 
4.16  System Tools 
 
Figure 4-71 The System Tools menu  
						

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Choose menu “System Tools”, you can see the subm enus under the main menu: Time Settings, 
Diagnostic , Firmware Upgrade , Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, 
System Log and  Statistics. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the 
corresponding function. The detailed explanat ions for each submenu are provided below. 
4.16.1 Time Settings 
Choose menu “ System Tools → Time Settings ”, you can configure t he time on the following 
screen. 
 
Figure 4-72  Time settings 
¾  
Time Zone -  Select your local time  zone from this pull down list. 
¾ Date -  Enter your local date in MM/ DD/YY into the right blanks. 
¾ Time -  Enter your local time in HH/MM/SS into the right blanks. 
¾  NTP Server Prior -  Enter the address for the NTP Server,  then the Router will get the time 
from the NTP Server preferentially. In addition,  for some built-in common NTP Servers, the 
Router can get time automatically  once it connects the Internet. 
To configure the system manually: 
1.  Select your local time zone. 
2.  Enter date and time in the right blanks. 
3. Click  Save to save the configuration. 
To configure the system automatically: 
1.  Select your local time zone. 
2.  Enter the IP address for  NTP Server Prior. 
3. Click the  Get GMT button to get system time from In ternet if you have connected to the 
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) Note:
 
1.  This setting will be used for some time-based  functions such as firewall. You must specify 
your time zone once you log in to the Router  successfully, otherwise, these functions will not 
take effect.   
2.  The time will be lost if the Router is turned off.   
3.  The Router will obtain GMT autom atically from Internet if it has already connected to Internet. 
4.16.2 Diagnostic 
Choose menu “ System Tools  → Diagnostic ”, you can transact Ping or Traceroute function to 
check connectivity of your net work in the following screen. 
 
Figure 4-73  Diagnostic Tools 
¾  Diagnostic Tool -  Check the radio button to  select one diagnostic too. 
z Ping -  This diagnostic tool troubles hoots connectivity, reachability, and name resolution 
to a given host or gateway.   
z  Traceroute -  This diagnostic tool tests the performance of a connection.  
) Note:
 
You can use ping/traceroute  to test both numeric IP address or domain name. If 
pinging/tracerouting the IP address is successf ul, but pinging/tracerouting the domain name