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D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless Router Review
April 06, 2005   Paul Clarity Jastrzebski > [View My Other Articles]
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Advanced Settings: Virtual Server


Although the installation wizards are very nice, the most impressive part of the DGL-4300’s web-interface is definitely it’s large assortment of advanced settings. The first under the Advanced tab in the interface is the Virtual Server page, which allows you to redirect a public port on your router to an internal network IP address, allowing you to host an FTP, Game Server, or Web Server through your router.

The next setting in the Advanced section is the Special Applications page, allowing you to open up specific ports on the router when data is sent to them. The Special Applications page is commonly used by applications such as Bit Torrent and AIM talk.

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Advanced Settings: Games


The DGL-4300’s gaming section is very unique because it features an assortment of popular games and the TCP and UDP ports required to open in order for the data going through these ports to be re-directed to a single PC in your network. There are over 50 games in this section, with the list being constantly updated through new router firmware upgrades.

GameFuel

And now we get to the DGL-4300’s flagship technology, GameFuel. Essentially, GameFuel is a packet prioritizing technology that sifts through all the incoming and outgoing packets going through your router, and prioritizes their importance according to what kind of packet they are. Gaming packets will have priority over other packets such as those commonly associated with FTP and web traffic, allowing you to maintain consistent latencies while playing online games.

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Advanced Settings: Game Fuel


GameFuel has automatic settings that let the technology work on it’s own, but is also fully customizable allowing you to add your own GameFuel rules, each with their own priority.

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Advanced Settings: Web Filter

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Advanced Settings: Inbound Filter


Other advanced settings are primarily tailored for allowing and excluding access to your router, allowing you to block specific websites through the Web Filter, control access in and out of your network through the Access Control section, control access based on MAC addresses through the MAC Address Filter, and limiting access to a server on your network to a specific IP or IP range through the Inbound Filters section. A firewall is also included to help protect against unwanted intruders.

Tools Section


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Tools: E-Mail

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Tools: Dynamic DNS


The tools section of the DGL-4300’s web interface allows for you to change the router password and router name. Here you’re also able to set the router’s time, e-mail alerts, reset system settings, upgrade the firmware, and even host a web server with a domain name that you’ve purchased.

Status Section


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Status Page

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Status: Wireless Connections


The status section gives you you’re device info settings, with all your WAN, LAN, and WLAN settings in plain sight. The Wireless Client section allows for you to see the MAC and IP address of the wireless clients using your 802.11b/g connection.

Also included in the Status Section are a routing table, displaying the routing details configured on the DGL-4300, System Logs, Network Traffic Statistics, and Active TCP and UDP Sessions.


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