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DSL-2740E User Manual i FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against h...
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DSL-2740E User Manual ii this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Caution! Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual iii Users should ensure for their own protection that the electrical ground connections of the power utility, telephone lines and internal metallic water pipe system, if present, are connected together. This precaution may ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual i Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Safety Precautions ...............................................................
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DSL-2740E User Manual ii 3.4.6 Logout ....................................................................................... 98 3.5 Status ....................................................................................................
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DSL-2740E User Manual 1 1 Introduction The DSL-2740E supports multiple line modes. With one 10/100 base-T Ethernet interfaces at the user end, the device provides high-speed ADSL broadband connection to the Internet or Intranet for high-end us...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 2 1.2 LEDs and Interfaces Note: The figures in this document are for reference only. Front Panel Figure 1 Front panel The following table describes the LEDs of the device. LED Color Status Description Power ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 3 LED Color Status Description WPS and the client, the LED would light steady for 5 seconds. Blinking WPS is successfully triggered. Off Device is ready for new WPS setup. DSL Green Off No signal is being det...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 4 LAN4/3/2/1 For a PC or other Ethernet-abled device to join the LAN of 2740E by being connected to this interface with RJ-45 cable. WPS Press and hold the button for 3 seconds start WPS negotiation. WIRELESS ON/OFF P...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 5 802.1Q and 802.1P protocol DHCP server NAT and NAPT Static route Firmware upgrade: Web, TFTP, FTP Reset to the factory defaults DNS relay Virtual server DMZ Two-level passwords and user name...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 6 2 Hardware Installation Step 1 Connect the DSL port of the device and the Modem port of the splitter with a telephone cable. Connect the phone to the Phone port of the splitter through a telephone cable. Connect the in...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 7 3 Web Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the device by using the Web-based configuration utility. Note: This user manual is applied for DSL-2740U& DSL-2740E. 3.1 Accessing the Device The foll...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 8 If you log in as the super user successfully, the page shown in the following figure divided into two parts appears. This page displays a summary overview of the router, including the system information, DSL information, L...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 9 Figure 5 Device information – 2 ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 10 3.2 Setup In the main interface, click Setup tab to enter the Setup menu as shown in the following figure. The submenus are Wizard, Local Network, Internet Setup, Wireless Setup and Time and Date. 3.2.1 Wizard Wiz...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 11 There are 5 steps to configure the device. Click Next to continue. Step 1 Change the device login password. Step 2 Set the time and date. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 12 Step 3 Configure the Internet connection. If the internet service you subscribed is PPPoE or PPPoA, you can choose the Protocol to be PPPoE or PPPoA. Set the VPI and VCI. Enter the user name and password provided by...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 13 If the internet service you subscribed is Dynamic IP, you can choose Protocol to be Dynamic IP. The page shown in the following figure appears. If the Protocol is Static IP, you can choose Protocol to be Static IP. Th...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 14 If the Protocol is Bridge, the page shown in the following figure appears. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 15 Step 4 Configure the wireless network. Step 5 Complete and apply the settings. Click Apply to save the settings. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 16 Note: In each step of the Wizard page, you can click Back to review or modify the previous settings. Click Cancel to exit the wizard page. 3.2.2 Local Network You can configure the LAN IP address according to th...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 17 3.2.2.1 LAN Interface Choose Setup > Local Network > LAN Interface. The LAN Setting page shown in the following figure appears. You may configure the LAN interface, for example, the IP address and subnet mask. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 18 The following table describes the parameters in this page. Field Description IP Address Enter the IP address of LAN interface. It is recommended to use an address from a block reserved for private use. This address b...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 20 The following table describes the parameters of this page. Field Description Global Address Specify the LAN global ipv6 address. It can be assigned by ISP. Enable Enable or disable the Router Advertisement feature. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 21 The following table describes the parameters of this page. Field Description DHCP Mode If set to DHCP Server, the router can assign IP addresses, IP default gateway and DNS servers to the host in Windows95, Windows ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 22 Field Description retains the assigned IP addresses before the IP addresses change. Domain Name Enter the domain name if you know. If you leave this blank, the domain name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. You m...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 23 Field Description example, 00-A0-C5-00-02-12. Expiry It displays the lease time. The lease time determines the period that the host retains the assigned IP addresses before the IP addresses change. Refresh Click it ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 24 In the DHCP Mode field, choose DHCP Relay. The page shown in the following figure appears. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 25 The following table describes the parameters and buttons of this page: Field Description DHCP Mode If set to DHCP Relay, the router acts a surrogate DHCP Server and relays the DHCP requests and responses between the r...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 26 Field Description Table. Delete Selected Select a row in the DHCP Static IP Table, then click it, this row is deleted. Undo Click it to refresh this page. DHCP Static IP Table It shows the assigned IP address base...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 28 The following table describes the parameters of this page. Field Description WAN Physical Type ADSL WAN: ADSL uplink via telephone cable. Ethernet WAN: Ethernet uplink via Ethernet cable. Default Route Select...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 29 Field Description Idle Time (min) If the type is set to Connect on Demand, you need to enter the idle timeout time. Within the preset minutes, if the router does not detect the flow of the user continuously, the route...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 30 The following table describes the parameters and buttons of this page: Field Description Protocol It displays the protocol type used for this WAN connection. ATM VCC The ATM virtual circuit connection assigned fo...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 31 Field Description minutes, if the router does not detect the flow of the user continuously, the router automatically disconnects the PPPoE connection. Bridge You can select Bridged Ethernet, Bridged PPPoE, or Disabl...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 32 The following table describes the parameters of this page. Field Description VPI The virtual path identifier of the ATM PVC. VCI The virtual channel identifier of the ATM PVC. QoS The QoS category of the PVC. You ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 33 3.2.3.3 ADSL Settings Choose Setup > Internet Setup > ADSL Settings. The ADSL Settings page appears. This page contains a modulation and capability section to be specified by your ISP. Consult with your ISP to sel...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 34 3.2.4 Wireless Setup 3.2.4.1 Wireless Basics Choose Setup > Wireless Setup > Wireless Basics. The Wireless Basic Settings page appears. You may configure the parameters for wireless LAN clients, which may con...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 35 The following table describes the parameters in this page. Field Description Band Choose the working mode of the modem. You can choose from the drop-down list. Mode Choose the network model of the modem, which is...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 36 Field Description SSID. Enter a descriptive name that is used when the wireless client connecting to the modem. Channel Number Choose a channel from the drop-down list box. A channel is the radio frequency used by 80...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 37 Click Apply Changes to save the settings. 3.2.4.2 Wireless Security Choose Setup > Wireless Setup > Wireless Security. The Wireless Security Settings page appears. Turn on WEP or WPA using encryption keys could pre...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 38 Field Description WPA2 encryption modes. The wireless client establishes the connection between the modem through WPA or WPA2. Key differences between WPA and WEP are in user authentication and improved data encryptio...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 39 The following describes the parameters of this page: Field Description Key Length Choose the WEP key length. You can Choose 64-bit or 128-bit. Key Format If you choose 64-bit, you can choose ASCII (5 character...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 40 Field Description characters), enter any 13 ASCII characters. If you choose 128-bit and Hex (26 characters), enter any 26 hexadecimal characters. Apply Changes Click it to apply the settings temporarily. If you wan...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 41 The following table describes the parameters in this page. Field Description System Time Displays the time currently maintained by the router. If this is incorrect, use the following options to configure the time corr...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 42 3.3 Advanced This section includes advanced features for network management, security and administrative tools to manage the device. You can view status and other information used to examine performance and for trouble...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 43 The following table describes the parameters in this page. Field Description Fragment Threshold Used to fragment packets which help improve performance in the presence of radio frequency (RF) interference. RTS T...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 44 Field Description availability and readiness. A beacon interval is a period of time (sent with the beacon) before sending the beacon again. The beacon interval may be adjusted in milliseconds (ms). DTIM Interval Se...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 45 Set the Wireless Access Control Mode to Allow Listed to enable white list function. Only the devices whose MAC addresses are listed in the Current Access Control List can access the modem. Set the Wireless Access Con...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 46 There are two methods for the wireless client to establish connection with the modem through WPS. For one method, click Regenerate PIN to generate a new PIN, and then click Start PBC. In the wireless client tool, e...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 47 3.3.1.4 MBSSID Choose Advanced > Advanced Wireless > MBSSID. The page shown in the following figure appears. In this page, you can set virtual access points (VAP), its SSID and authentication type. The devic...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 48 modem must have the same name. Enter a descriptive name that is used when the wireless client is connecting to the modem. 3.3.2 Access Control List Multiple connections are required by some applications, for example,...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 50 The following table describes the parameters and buttons of this page: Field Description Direction Select Select the router interface. You can select LAN or WAN. In this example, LAN is selected. LAN ACL Switch Selec...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 51 The following table describes the parameters and buttons of this page: Field Description Direction Select Select the router interface. You can select LAN or WAN. In this example, WAN is selected. WAN Setting You ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 52 Field Description Add After setting the parameters, click it to add an entry to the Current ACL Table. Reset Click it to refresh this page. 3.3.2.2 Access Control List IPv6 Choose Advanced > Access Control Lis...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 54 Click the Usual Application Name drop-down menu to choose the application you want to set up for port triggering. When you have chosen an application the default Trigger settings will populate the table below. If the app...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 55 Click the Usual Service Name drop-down menu to choose the service you want to set up for port forwarding. When you have chosen a service, the default settings will populate the table below. If the service you want to s...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 56 the DMZ is exposed to various types of security risks. If you use the DMZ, take measures (such as client-based virus protection) to protect the remaining client PCs on your LAN from possible contamination through DMZ. Ch...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 57 3.3.6.1 URL Block Choose Advanced > Parental Control > URL Block. The URL Block page shown in the following figure appears. You may deny certain websites from being accessed during the "schedule" you spec...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 58 In the field Schedule Mode, you may select an existing schedule schedule for when the rule will be enabled, or manually set a schedule. After setting, click Add Filter to add the URL into the URL Blocking Table. To ad...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 59 3.3.6.2 Online Time Limit Choose Advanced > Parental Control > Online Time Limit. The ONLINE TIME LIMIT page shown in the following figure appears. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 60 3.3.6.3 Schedules Choose Advanced > Parental Control > Schedules. The Schedules page shown in the following figure appears. You may add or delete scheduling rules to be applied for URL block. In the field Rule...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 61 to cyber attacks from the Internet. In these cases, you can limit that exposure by specifying the IP addresses of Internet hosts that you trust to access your LAN through the ports that you have opened. Choose Advanced ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 62 action, and specify at least one of the following criteria: protocol, source/destination IP address, subnet mask and source/destination port. Click the Apply Changes to save a finished rule in the Rules List. The Current ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 63 For detailed configuration, you may refer to 3.3.7.1IP/Port Filter. 3.3.7.3 MAC Filter Choose Advanced > Filtering Options > MAC Filter. The MAC Filtering page shown in the following figure appears. You may c...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 64 3.3.8 DoS Settings Denial-of-Service Attack (DoS attack) is a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Choose Advanced > DoS Settings. ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 65 3.3.9 DNS Domain Name System (DNS) is an Internet service that translates the URL/domain name into the corresponding IP address. Since URL/Domain Names are ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 66 alphabetical, they are easier to remember. But the Internet is based on IP address. For example, the URL/Domain Name www.dlink.com is actually 192.168.0.123. 3.3.9.1 DNS Choose Advanced > DNS > DNS. The DNS Conf...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 67 3.3.9.2 IPv6 DNS Choose Advanced > DNS > IPv6 DNS. The IPv6 DNS Configuration page shown in the following figure appears. You may configure the ipv6 addresses of DNS servers. The following table describes the ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 68 name in any of the many domains, and allows access to a specified host from various locations on the Internet. Click a hyperlinked URL in the form of hostname.dyndns.org and allow remote access to a host. Many ISPs assign...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 69 The following table describes the parameters and buttons of this page. Field Description DDNS provider Select a dynamic DNS service provider from the pull-down list. Hostname Enter the host name that you registered w...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 71 Follow the steps to manipulate a mapping group. Step 1 Select a group from the table. Step 2 Select interfaces from the available WAN and LAN interface groups and add it to the interface group list using the arrow butt...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 72 The following table describes the parameters and buttons of this page. Field Description Multicast allowed Enable multicast proxy, only for route mode. Robust Count Allows tuning for the expected packet loss on a li...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 73 3.3.11.3 IP QoS Quality of Service is a feature that allows you to allocate or guarantee the throughput or speed of Internet for certain computers. This is a very useful feature for sensitive applications such as VoIP wh...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 74 Step 2 Click Add Rule to add a new IP QoS rule. The page shown in the following figure appears. 3.3.11.4 UPnP UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 75 3.3.11.5 SNMP SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides a means to monitor status and performance and set configuration parameters. It enables a management station to configure, monitor and receive trap messag...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 76 The following table describes the parameters of this page: Field Description Enable SNMP Select it to enable SNMP function. You need to enable SNMP, and then you can configure the parameters of this page. Trap IP Add...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 78 The following table describes the parameters of this page: Field Description ACS Configuration URL The URL of the auto-configuration server to connect to. User Name The user name for logging in to the ACS. Password...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 79 Field Description for the router. 3.3.11.7 Software Forbidden Choose Advanced > Network Tools > Software Forbidden. The Software Forbidden page shown in the following figure appears. You may configure som...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 80 3.3.11.8 ARP Binding This function realizes the binding of IP addresses and MAC addresses to avoid ARP address cheats. Choose Advanced > Network Tools > ARP Binding. The ARP Binding Configuration page shown in the ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 81 3.3.12 Routing 3.3.12.1 Static Route Choose Advanced > Routing > Static Route. The Routing Configuration page shown in the following figure appears. This page is used to configure the routing information. You...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 82 The following table describes the parameters and buttons of this page: Field Description Enable Select it to use static IP routes. Destination Enter the IP address of the destination device. Subnet Mask Enter the su...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 83 3.3.12.2 IPv6 Static Route Choose Advanced > Routing > IPv6 Static Route. The IPv6 Routing Configuration page shown in the following figure appears. This page is used to configure the routing information. You c...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 84 3.3.12.3 RIP Enable this function if you are using this device as a RIP-enabled router to communicate with others using Routing Information Protocol (RIP). This page is used to select the interfaces on your devices that ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 85 Field Description Choose RIP2 indicates the router receives RIP v2 messages. Choose Both indicates the router receives RIP v1 and RIP v2 messages. Send Version The working mode for sending RIP messages. You can ...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 86 3.3.13.2 NAT Exclude IP Choose Advanced > NAT > NAT Exclude IP. The NAT EXCLUDE IP page shown in the following figure appears. In the page, you can configure some source IP addresses which use the purge route m...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 87 3.3.13.3 NAT Forwarding Choose Advanced > NAT > NAT Forwarding. The NAT Forwarding page shown in the following figure appears. Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common network services to...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 88 Field Description Current NAT Port Forwarding Table Current configuration rule list. 3.3.13.4 FTP ALG Configuration The common port for FTP connection is port 21, and a common ALG monitors the TCP port 21 to ensur...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 89 3.3.13.5 NAT IP Mapping Choose Advanced > NAT > NAT IP Mapping. The NAT IP Mapping page shown in the following figure appears. Entries in the Current NAT IP Mapping Table allow you to configure one IP pool for a s...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 90 can restore your router settings from a previously saved configuration file. You may also reset your router to factory default settings. Resetting your router to factory default settings will delete your current configura...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 91 Note: Do not turn off your device or press the Reset button while an operation in this page is in progress. 3.4.2 Firmware Update Choose Maintenance > Firmware Update. The page shown in the following figure appe...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 92 3.4.3 Password Choose Maintenance > Password. The page shown in the following figure appears. You may modify your router password needed to access this Web management interface. For security reasons, it is recommen...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 93 Field Description view configuration settings and statistics and update the router's firmware. 3.4.4 Diagnostics 3.4.4.1 Ping Diagnostic Choose Maintenance > Diagnostics > Ping. The page shown in the f...
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DSL-2740E User Manual 94 The following table describes the parameter and button of this page: Field Description Target Address Enter an IP address for Ping6 diagnosis. Interface Select an interface through which the Ping6 diagnosis is perf...
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