Page 1 User Manual DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port August 2015...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port User Manual Contents Chapter 1. Introduction..........6 Contents and Audience............6 Conventions..............6 Document Structure............6 Chapter 2. Overview..........7 General Information............7 Specifications*.............8 Product Appearance............14 Top Panel..............14 Side Panel...............16 Back and Bottom Panels...........17 Delivery Package............18...
Page 3 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port User Manual Wireless Network Settings Wizard...........77 Access Point Mode............78 Client Mode..............82 Virtual Server Settings Wizard..........85 IPTV Settings Wizard............87 Status..............88 Network Statistics............88 DHCP..............89 Routing Table............90 Clients..............91 Active Sessions............92...
Page 4 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port User Manual Firewall..............189 IP Filters..............189 Virtual Servers............192 DMZ..............195 MAC Filter..............196 3G/LTE Modem..............198 Information.............199 PIN..............200 USB Storage...............202 Information.............202 Filebrowser.............203 Print Server............204 Samba..............205 FTP..............206 DLNA..............207 Transmission..............209 Transmission Settings...........209 Control..............212...
Page 5 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port User Manual Wi-Fi..............250 Basic Settings............250 2.4GHz Band............250 5GHz Band.............253 Security Settings............256 MAC Filter..............261 List of Wi-Fi Clients...........263 WPS..............264 Using WPS Function via Web-based Interface......266 Using WPS Function without Web-based Interface......266 Additional Settings.............268...
Page 6: Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2 gives an overview of the device's hardware and software features, describes its appearance and the package contents. Chapter 3 explains how to install the DIR-816L device and configure a PC in order to access its web-based interface. Chapter 4 describes all pages of the web-based interface for the device in the router mode.
Page 7: Chapter 2. Overview
WPA/WPA2), MAC address filtering, different operation modes (access point, router, client), WPS, WMM. You are able to connect the wireless router DIR-816L switched to the router mode to a cable or DSL modem or to a private Ethernet line and use a high-speed Internet connection to successfully fulfill a wide range of professional tasks.
Page 8: Specifications
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Specifications Hardware Interfaces · 10/100BASE-TX WAN port · 4 10/100BASE-TX LAN ports · USB 2.0 port · LEDs Power · Internet ·...
Page 9 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Software · Firewall functions Network Address Translation (NAT) · Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) · IP filter · IPv6 filter · MAC filter ·...
Page 10 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Wireless Module Parameters · Transmitter output power 802.11a (typical at room temperature 25 °C) 16dBm (+/-2dB) at 6, 9, 12, 18, 24Mbps...
Page 11 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Wireless Module Parameters · 802.11g (typical at PER = 10% (1000-byte PDUs) at room temperature 25 °C) -82dBm at 6Mbps -81dBm at 9Mbps...
Page 12: Operating Environment
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Physical Parameters · Dimensions 151.6 x 112 x 30.5 mm (6 x 4.4 x 1.2 in) · Weight 204 g (0.5 lb)
Page 13 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Supported USB modems · Huawei E3131 · Huawei E3272 · Huawei E3351 · Huawei E367 · Huawei E392 · Megafon M100-1 ·...
Page 14: Product Appearance
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Product Appearance Top Panel Figure 1. Front panel view. Mode Description The router is powered on. Solid green Power The router is powered off.
Page 15 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Mode Description The 2.4GHz and/or 5GHz bands are on. Solid green The WLAN interface is active (upstream or downstream Fast blinking green traffic).
Page 16: Side Panel
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Side Panel Figure 2. Side panel view. Name Description A button to set up a secure wireless connection (the WPS function) and enable/disable the wireless network.
Page 17: Back And Bottom Panels
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Overview User Manual Back and Bottom Panels Figure 3. Back panel view. Port Description LAN 1-4 4 Ethernet ports to connect computers or network devices.
Page 18: Delivery Package
• “Quick Installation Guide” (brochure). • The “User Manual” and “Quick Installation Guide” documents are available on D-Link website (see www.dlink.ru). Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one included will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
Page 19: Chapter 3. Installation And Connection
Please, read this manual prior to installing the device. Make sure that you have all the necessary information and equipment. Operating System Configuration of the wireless dual band router DIR-816L supporting LTE, 3G GSM and CDMA with Gigabit Ethernet ports (hereinafter referred to as “the router”) is performed via the built-in...
Page 20 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual USB Modem To connect to an LTE, 3G GSM or CDMA network, you should use a USB modem. Connect it to...
Page 21: Connecting To Pc
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Connecting to PC PC with Ethernet Adapter 1. Make sure that your PC is powered off. 2. Connect an Ethernet cable between any of LAN ports located on the back panel of the router and the Ethernet port of your PC.
Page 22 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual 3. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the General tab, select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) line. Click the Properties button.
Page 23 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual 4. Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically radio buttons. Click the OK button.
Page 24: Obtaining Ip Address Automatically In Os Windows 7
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Obtaining IP Address Automatically in OS Windows 7 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window.
Page 25 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual 3. In the menu located on the left part of the window, select the Change adapter settings line. Figure 8. The Network and Sharing Center window.
Page 26 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual 4. In the opened window, right-click the relevant Local Area Connection icon and select the Properties line in the menu displayed.
Page 27 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual 5. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the Networking tab, select the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) line. Click the Properties button.
Page 28 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual 6. Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically radio buttons. Click the OK button.
Page 29: Pc With Wi-Fi Adapter
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual PC with Wi-Fi Adapter 1. To connect via an LTE, 3G GSM or CDMA network: connect your USB modem to the USB port located on the back panel of the router.
Page 30: Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter In Os Windows Xp
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows XP 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections >...
Page 31: Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter In Os Windows 7
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows 7 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window. 2. Select the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Control Panel has the category...
Page 32 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual 6. In the opened Wireless Network Connection window, select the wireless network DIR- 816LA1A (for operating in the 2.4GHz band) or DIR-816LA1A-5G (for operating in the 5GHz band) and click the Connect button.
Page 33: Connecting To Web-Based Interface
IP address of the router (by default, the following IP address is specified: 192.168.0.1). Press the Enter key. Figure 16. Connecting to the web-based interface of the DIR-816L device. If the error “ The page cannot be displayed ” (or “ Unable to display the page ”/“ Could not connect to remote server ”) occurs upon connecting to the web-based interface of the router,...
Page 34: Web-Based Interface Structure
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Web-based Interface Structure General Information Page After successful registration the Home / Information page opens. The selected operating mode defines the view of the page and the components of the web-based interface.
Page 35: Router Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Router Mode The Home / Information page displays general information on the router and its software. Figure 20. The general information page in the router mode.
Page 36 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual To configure the router's WLAN parameters, left-click the SSID of the WLAN (the right column of the 2.4GHz SSID or 5GHz SSID line). After clicking the line, the Wi-Fi / Basic settings page for the relevant band opens (for the detailed description of the page, see the Basic Settings section, page 139).
Page 37 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual The pages of the Transmission section are designed for configuration of the built-in Transmission torrent client and management of downloading process (for the description of the pages, see the Transmission section, page 209).
Page 38: Access Point Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Access Point Mode The Home / Information page displays general information on the router and its software. Figure 21. The general information page in the access point mode.
Page 39 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual To configure the router's WLAN parameters, left-click the SSID of the WLAN (the right column of the 2.4GHz SSID or 5GHz SSID line). After clicking the line, the Wi-Fi / Basic settings page for the relevant band opens (for the detailed description of the page, see the Basic Settings section, page 250).
Page 40: Notifications And System Drop-Down Menu
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Notifications and System Drop-down Menu The router's web-based interface displays the notifications in the top right part of the page.
Page 41 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Control Description Click the icon to save new settings to the non-volatile memory. Also you can save the device's parameters via the Save button on the System / Configuration page.
Page 42 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Control Description Click the icon to safely disconnect the USB storage. Also you can safely disconnect the USB storage on the USB storage / Information page.
Page 43: Device Operation Modes
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Installation and Connection User Manual Device Operation Modes Router Mode In the router mode, the device is used to connect to the Internet. You can connect the device to a cable or DSL modem or to a private Ethernet line and create a WAN connection.
Page 44: Chapter 4. Configuring Device (Router Mode)
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual CHAPTER 4. CONFIGURING DEVICE (ROUTER MODE) Monitoring The page displays an interactive scheme which illustrates the router's settings and the LAN structure.
Page 45 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual The interactive scheme displays the following elements: Control Description The Internet element displays information on the active connection. Place the mouse pointer over the icon to switch to another connection, remove existing connections, or add new ones.
Page 46: Virtual Servers
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Control Description The Virtual Servers element is designed for redirecting incoming traffic to a specific IP address in the LAN. It displays the total number of rules for redirecting traffic and the number of rules active in this specific LAN.
Page 47 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Control Description The Wireless element displays information on Wi-Fi module operation in the 2.4GHz band. To switch to the...
Page 48: Click'n'connect
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Click'n'Connect To configure connection to the Internet, click the Click'n'Connect link in the Home section. Figure 25. Configuring connection to the Internet.
Page 49 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 26. The page for selecting a 3G network operator. On the opened page, from the Provider drop-down list, select your country and operator if you are...
Page 50 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 27. The page for selecting the connection type. On the opened page, select the needed choice of the radio button and click the Next button.
Page 51: Creating Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating WAN Connection PPPoE Connection Figure 28. Configuring PPPoE WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 52: Ipv6 Pppoe Or Pppoe Dual Stack Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual IPv6 PPPoE or PPPoE Dual Stack Connection Figure 29. Configuring IPv6 PPPoE WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 53: Static Ip Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Static IP Connection Figure 30. Configuring Static IP WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 54: Dynamic Ip Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Dynamic IP Connection Figure 31. Configuring Dynamic IP WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 55: Static Ipv6 Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Static IPv6 Connection Figure 32. Configuring Static IPv6 WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 56: Dynamic Ipv6 Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Dynamic IPv6 Connection Figure 33. Configuring Dynamic IPv6 WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 57: Pppoe + Static Ip Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual PPPoE + Static IP Connection Figure 34. Configuring PPPoE + Static IP WAN connection. Fill in the IP Address and Netmask fields.
Page 58 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual If needed, enter the IP addresses of the ISP's local resources. Figure 35. Configuring PPPoE + Static IP WAN connection.
Page 59 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 36. Configuring PPPoE + Static IP WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 60: Pppoe + Dynamic Ip Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual PPPoE + Dynamic IP Connection Figure 37. Configuring PPPoE + Dynamic IP WAN connection. If your ISP has provided the addresses of the DNS servers, deselect the Obtain DNS server addresses automatically checkbox and fill in the Primary DNS server field.
Page 61 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 38. Configuring PPPoE + Dynamic IP WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 62: Pptp + Static Ip Or L2Tp + Static Ip Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual PPTP + Static IP or L2TP + Static IP Connection Figure 39. Configuring PPTP + Static IP WAN connection.
Page 63 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual If needed, enter the IP addresses of the ISP's local resources. Figure 40. Configuring PPTP + Static IP WAN connection.
Page 64 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 41. Configuring PPTP + Static IP WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 65: Pptp + Dynamic Ip Or L2Tp + Dynamic Ip Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual PPTP + Dynamic IP or L2TP + Dynamic IP Connection Figure 42. Configuring PPTP + Dynamic IP WAN connection.
Page 66 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 43. Configuring PPTP + Dynamic IP WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 67: 3G Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual 3G Connection Figure 44. Configuring 3G WAN connection. In the Connection name field, specify a name for the connection for easier identification.
Page 68: Lte Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual LTE Connection For the USB modem Megafon M100-1, please reboot the router after finishing the Wizard. Figure 45. Configuring LTE WAN connection.
Page 69: Checking Internet Availability
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Checking Internet Availability On the page, you can check the WAN connection you have created. Figure 46. Checking the Internet availability.
Page 70: Configuring Yandex.dns Service
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Configuring Yandex.DNS Service On the page, you can enable the Yandex.DNS service and configure its operating mode. Figure 47.
Page 71: Configuring Wireless Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Configuring Wireless Connection Figure 48. Selecting the operating mode for the wireless network. If you are not going to use the wireless connection, select the Turn off choice of the Mode radio button.
Page 72 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the opened page, in the SSID field, specify a new name for the network in the 2.4GHz band (use digits and Latin characters).
Page 73 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the next page, you can modify security settings of the WLAN in the 2.4GHz band. Select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 74 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the opened page, in the SSID field, specify a new name for the network in the 5GHz band (use digits and Latin characters).
Page 75 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the next page, you can modify security settings of the WLAN in the 5GHz band. Select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 76: Configuring Iptv
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Configuring IPTV On the page, you can configure the router to use an IPTV set-top box. Figure 53. Selecting a LAN port to connect an IPTV set-top box.
Page 77: Wireless Network Settings Wizard
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Wireless Network Settings Wizard To specify all needed settings for your wireless network, click the Wireless network settings wizard link in the Home section.
Page 78: Access Point Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Access Point Mode On the opened page, in the SSID field, specify a new name for the network in the 2.4GHz band (use digits and Latin characters).
Page 79 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the next page, you can modify security settings of the WLAN in the 2.4GHz band. Select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 80 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the opened page, in the SSID field, specify a new name for the network in the 5GHz band (use digits and Latin characters).
Page 81 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the next page, you can modify security settings of the WLAN in the 5GHz band. Select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 82: Client Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Client Mode On the opened page, select the band of the network to which you want to connect from the Wireless network range drop-down list and click the Search button.
Page 83 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 60. The page for entering the password for connection to the wireless network. If you need a password to connect to the selected network, enter the password in the Network key field and click the Next button.
Page 84 SSID field (the name of the 5GHz band WLAN will contain the extra _5GHz identifier). Use digits and Latin characters. It is strongly recommended to configure the secure wireless network of DIR-816L. To do this, select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 85: Virtual Server Settings Wizard
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Virtual Server Settings Wizard To create a virtual server for redirecting incoming Internet traffic to a specified IP address in the LAN, click the Virtual server settings wizard link in the Home section.
Page 86 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description A port of the IP address specified in the Private IP field to which traffic is directed from the Public port. Specify the start and the Private port (begin)/ end value for the port range.
Page 87: Iptv Settings Wizard
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual IPTV Settings Wizard To configure the router to use an IPTV set-top box, click the IPTV settings wizard link in the Home section.
Page 88: Status
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Status The pages of this section display data on the current state of the router: network statistics • IP addresses leased by the DHCP server •...
Page 89: Dhcp
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual DHCP The Status / DHCP page displays the information on computers that have been identified by hostnames and MAC addresses and have got IP addresses from the DHCP server of the device, as well as the IP address expiration periods (the lease time).
Page 90: Routing Table
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Routing Table The Status / Routing table page displays the information on routes. The table contains destination IP addresses, gateways, subnet masks, and other data.
Page 91: Clients
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Clients On the Status / Clients page, you can view the list of devices connected to the router and devices accessing its web-based interface.
Page 92: Active Sessions
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Active Sessions On the Status / Active sessions page, you can view information on current sessions in the router's network. For each session the following data are displayed: a protocol for network packet transmission, a source IP address and port, a destination IP address and port.
Page 93: Multicast Groups
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Multicast groups The Status / Multicast groups page displays addresses of active multicast groups (including IPTV channels and groups for transferring service information) to which the device is subscribed, and the interface through which the device is subscribed.
Page 94: Net
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual In this menu you can configure basic parameters of the router's local area network and configure connection to the Internet (a WAN connection).
Page 95: Creating Pppoe Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating PPPoE WAN Connection click the Add button on the Net / WAN page. To create a connection of the PPPoE type,...
Page 96 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 72. The page for creating a new PPPoE connection. The Ethernet section. Parameter Description Ethernet The maximum size of units transmitted by the interface.
Page 97 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 73. The page for creating a new PPPoE connection. The PPP section. Parameter Description Username A username (login) to access the Internet.
Page 98 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description This option is used by some ISPs. Contact your ISP to clarify if this PPP IP extension checkbox needs to be enabled.
Page 99: Creating Ipv6 Pppoe Or Pppoe Dual Stack Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating IPv6 PPPoE or PPPoE Dual Stack WAN Connection To create a connection of the IPv6 PPPoE or PPPoE Dual Stack type, click the Add button on the Net / WAN page.
Page 100 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 76. The page for creating a new IPv6 PPPoE connection. The Ethernet section. Parameter Description Ethernet The maximum size of units transmitted by the interface.
Page 101 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 77. The page for creating a new IPv6 PPPoE connection. The PPP section. Parameter Description Username A username (login) to access the Internet.
Page 102 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description For the PPPoE Dual Stack type only. Static IP Address Fill in the field if you want to use a static IP address to access the Internet.
Page 103 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 80. The page for creating a new Pv6 PPPoE connection. The IPv6 DNS addresses section. Parameter Description IPv6 DNS addresses...
Page 104 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 81. The page for creating a new Pv6 PPPoE connection. The Miscellaneous section. Parameter Description Miscellaneous When the checkbox is selected, the router uses an alternate routing Isolate connection table for this connection.
Page 105: Creating Static Ip Or Dynamic Ip Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating Static IP or Dynamic IP WAN Connection To create a connection of the Static IP or Dynamic IP type, click the Add button on the Net / WAN page.
Page 106 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 83. The page for creating a new Static IP connection. The Ethernet section. Parameter Description Ethernet The maximum size of units transmitted by the interface.
Page 107 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 84. The page for creating a new Static IP connection. The IP section. Parameter Description For Static IP type IP Address Enter an IP address for this WAN connection.
Page 108 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 85. The page for creating a new Static IP connection. The Authorization via 802.1x protocol section. Parameter Description Authorization via 802.1x protocol...
Page 109 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 86. The page for creating a new Static IP connection. The Miscellaneous section. Parameter Description Miscellaneous When the checkbox is selected, the router uses an alternate routing Isolate connection table for this connection.
Page 110: Creating Static Ipv6 Or Dynamic Ipv6 Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating Static IPv6 or Dynamic IPv6 WAN Connection To create a connection of the Static IPv6 or Dynamic IPv6 type, click the Add button on the Net / WAN page.
Page 111 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 88. The page for creating a new Static IPv6 connection. The Ethernet section. Parameter Description Ethernet The maximum size of units transmitted by the interface.
Page 112 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 89. The page for creating a new Static IPv6 connection. The IP section. Parameter Description For Static IPv6 type IPv6 address Enter an IPv6 address for this WAN connection.
Page 113 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 90. The page for creating a new Static IPv6 connection. The Miscellaneous section. Parameter Description Miscellaneous When the checkbox is selected, the router uses an alternate routing Isolate connection table for this connection.
Page 114: Creating Pppoe + Static Ip Or Pppoe + Dynamic Ip Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating PPPoE + Static IP or PPPoE + Dynamic IP WAN Connection To create a connection of the PPPoE + Static IP or PPPoE + Dynamic IP type, click the Add button on the Net / WAN page.
Page 115 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 92. The page for creating a new PPPoE + Static IP connection. The Ethernet section. Parameter Description Ethernet The maximum size of units transmitted by the interface.
Page 116 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 93. The page for creating a new PPPoE + Static IP connection. The IP section. Parameter Description For PPPoE + Static IP type IP Address Enter an IP address for this WAN connection.
Page 117 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 94. The page for creating a new PPPoE + Static IP connection. The Authorization via 802.1x protocol section.
Page 118 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 95. The page for creating a new PPPoE + Static IP connection. The Miscellaneous section. Parameter Description Miscellaneous (for IP section)
Page 119 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 96. The page for creating a new PPPoE + Static IP connection. The PPP section. Parameter Description Username A username (login) to access the Internet.
Page 120 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description This option is used by some ISPs. Contact your ISP to clarify if this PPP IP extension checkbox needs to be enabled.
Page 121: Creating Pptp/L2Tp + Static Ip Or Pptp/L2Tp + Dynamic Ip Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating PPTP/L2TP + Static IP or PPTP/L2TP + Dynamic IP WAN Connection To create a connection of the PPTP + Static IP, L2TP + Static IP, PPTP + Dynamic IP, or L2TP + Dynamic IP type, click the Add button on the Net / WAN page.
Page 122 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 99. The page for creating a new PPTP + Static IP connection. The Ethernet section. Parameter Description Ethernet The maximum size of units transmitted by the interface.
Page 123 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 100. The page for creating a new PPTP + Static IP connection. The IP section. Parameter Description For PPTP + Static IP and L2TP + Static IP types IP Address Enter an IP address for this WAN connection.
Page 124 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 101. The page for creating a new PPTP + Static IP connection. The Authorization via 802.1x protocol section.
Page 125 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 102. The page for creating a new PPTP + Static IP connection. The VPN section. Parameter Description Select the checkbox to enable auto-start of the connection upon the Connect automatically boot-up of the router.
Page 126 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description Select a method of MPPE encryption. No encrypt: MPPE encryption is not applied. • MPPE 40/128 bit: MPPE encryption with a 40-bit or 128-bit •...
Page 127 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description Select the checkbox to enable protection against ARP and DDoS Firewall attacks. Select the checkbox to allow the router to answer ping requests from Ping the external network through this connection.
Page 128: Creating 3G Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating 3G WAN Connection If the PIN code check is enabled for the SIM card inserted into your USB modem, then prior to creating a 3G WAN connection, proceed to the 3G/LTE modem / PIN menu and enter the PIN code on the page displayed (see the 3G/LTE Modem section, page 198).
Page 129 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 104. The page for creating a new 3G connection. The USB modem section. Parameter Description USB modem The value of the field specifies the type of the network to which the router connects.
Page 130 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description A number dialed to connect to the authorization server of the Dial number operator. Authentication Select a required authentication method from the drop-down list or algorithm leave the AUTO value.
Page 131: Creating Lte Wan Connection
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Creating LTE WAN Connection For the USB modem Megafon M100-1, please reboot the router after creating the WAN connection.
Page 132 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 108. The page for creating a new LTE connection. The USB modem section. Parameter Description USB modem The value of the field specifies the type of the network to which the router connects.
Page 133 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 110. The page for creating a new LTE connection. The Miscellaneous section. Parameter Description Miscellaneous Select the checkbox if you want one WAN IP address to be used for all computers of your LAN.
Page 134: Lan
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual To configure the router's local interface, proceed to the Net / LAN page. Figure 111. Basic settings of the local interface.
Page 135 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description Select the checkbox so that the devices connected to the router obtain the address of the router as the DNS server address.
Page 136 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The start IPv6 address of the address pool used by the DHCPv6 Start IP server to distribute addresses to clients.
Page 137: Wan Reservation
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual WAN Reservation On the Net / WAN reservation page, you can enable the WAN backup function, which provides you with uninterrupted access to the Internet. When your main connection breaks down, the router activates the backup connection;...
Page 138 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description A number of requests that will be sent in order to analyze the status Number of inspections...
Page 139: Wi-Fi
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Wi-Fi In this menu you can specify all needed settings for your wireless network. Basic Settings On pages of the Wi-Fi / Basic settings section, you can enable your wireless local area network (WLAN) and configure its basic parameters.
Page 140 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The checkbox enables Wi-Fi connections in the 2.4GHz band. If you Enable Wireless want to disable your WLAN in this band, deselect the checkbox.
Page 141 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The maximum number of devices connected to the wireless network of the router (or to the selected part of the WLAN if the network is...
Page 142: 5Ghz Band
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual 5GHz Band Figure 117. Basic settings of the wireless LAN in the 5GHz band. Parameter Description The checkbox enables Wi-Fi connections in the 5GHz band. If you Enable Wireless want to disable your WLAN in this band, deselect the checkbox.
Page 143 (It is recommended not to select this checkbox in order to simplify initial configuration of your WLAN.) A name for the WLAN. By default, the value DIR-816L-5G is specified. If your network is splitted into parts, each part has the default name (DIR-816LA1A-5G.2,...
Page 144 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The maximum bandwidth (Kbit/s) of your WLAN (or the selected part of the WLAN if the network is splitted into parts). Specify the...
Page 145: Security Settings
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Security Settings On pages of the Wi-Fi / Security settings section, you can modify security settings of the WLAN. To configure the 2.4GHz band or 5GHz band, proceed to the relevant page.
Page 146 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual The router supports the following authentication types: Authentication type Description Open authentication (with WEP encryption for wireless network Open modes not supporting 802.11n devices).
Page 147 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual When the Open or Shared value is selected, the WEP Encryption settings section is displayed (the section is unavailable for the wireless network operating modes which support the standard 802.11n):...
Page 148 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual When the WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK mixed value is selected, the WPA Encryption settings section is displayed: Figure 121. The WPA2-PSK value is selected from the Network Authentication drop-down list.
Page 149 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual When the WPA, WPA2, or WPA/WPA2 mixed value is selected, the RADIUS settings and WPA Encryption settings sections are available: Figure 122.
Page 150: Mac Filter
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual MAC Filter On pages of the Wi-Fi / MAC Filter section, you can define a set of MAC addresses of devices which will be allowed to access the WLAN, or define MAC addresses of devices which will not be allowed to access the WLAN.
Page 151 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 124. The page for adding a MAC address. Click the Add button and enter an address in the field displayed. Also you can enter the MAC address of a device connected to the router's LAN at the moment.
Page 152: List Of Wi-Fi Clients
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual List of Wi-Fi Clients On the Wi-Fi / List of Wi-Fi clients page, you can view the list of wireless clients connected to the router.
Page 153: Wps
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On pages of the Wi-Fi / WPS section, you can enable the function for secure configuration of the WLAN and select a method used to easily add wireless devices to the WLAN.
Page 154 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual To activate the WPS function, select the WPS Enable checkbox on the Wi-Fi / WPS/ 2.4 GHz or Wi-Fi / WPS / 5 GHz page and click the Apply button. When the checkbox is selected, the Information and Connection sections are available on the page.
Page 155: Using Wps Function Via Web-Based Interface
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Using WPS Function via Web-based Interface To add a wireless device via the PIN method of the WPS function, follow the next steps: 1.
Page 156 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Later you will be able to add wireless devices to the WLAN by pressing the WPS button of the router.
Page 157: Additional Settings
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Additional Settings On pages of the Wi-Fi / Additional settings section, you can define additional parameters for the WLAN of the router. To configure the 2.4GHz band or 5GHz band, proceed to the relevant page.
Page 158 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description TX Power The transmit power (in percentage terms) of the router. Select the checkbox to disable multicasting for the router's WLAN.
Page 159: Wmm
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the Wi-Fi / WMM page, you can enable the Wi-Fi Multimedia function. The WMM function implements the QoS features for Wi-Fi networks. It helps to improve the quality of data transfer over Wi-Fi networks by prioritizing different types of traffic.
Page 160 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual For every Access Category the following fields are available: Parameter Description Arbitrary Inter-Frame Space Number. This parameter influences Aifsn time delays for the relevant Access Category.
Page 161: Client
To use the router as a WISP repeater, you need to configure the same channel of the wireless connection for DIR-816L and the WISP access point. Other parameters of the wireless network of DIR-816L do not depend upon the settings of the WISP access point.
Page 162: Wireless Network Settings
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 130. The page for configuring the client mode. To configure the router as a client, select the Enable client checkbox. When the checkbox is...
Page 163 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description SSID The name of the network to which the router connects. BSSID The unique identifier of the network to which the router connects.
Page 164 For the WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK mixed authentication types, fill in the Encryption Key PSK field and click the Apply button. After clicking the Apply button, the wireless channel of DIR-816L will switch to the channel of the wireless access point to which you have connected.
Page 165: Advanced
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Advanced In this menu you can configure advanced settings of the router: create groups of ports for VLANs •...
Page 166: Vlan
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual VLAN On the Advanced / VLAN page, you can create and edit groups of ports for virtual networks (VLANs).
Page 167 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 132. The page for adding a group of ports for VLAN. You can specify the following parameters: Parameter...
Page 168 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description An identifier of the VLAN to which this group of ports will be VLAN ID assigned. A priority tag for the type of traffic transmitted.
Page 169: Upnp Igd
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual UPnP IGD On the Advanced / UPnP IGD page, you can enable the UPnP IGD protocol. The router uses the UPnP IGD protocol for automatic configuration of its parameters for network applications requiring an incoming connection to the router.
Page 170: Speed And Duplex
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Speed and Duplex On the Advanced / Speed and duplex page, you can manually configure speed and duplex mode for each Ethernet port of the router.
Page 171 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 135. The page for changing the settings of the router's port. On the opened page, select the Manual management checkbox and specify the needed...
Page 172: Redirect
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Redirect On the Advanced / Redirect page, you can enable notifications on the reason of the Internet connection failure. Notifications will be displayed in the browser window when a user is attempting to open a web site on the Internet.
Page 173: Ddns
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual DDNS On the Advanced / DDNS page, you can define parameters of the DDNS service, which allows associating a domain name with dynamic IP addresses.
Page 174 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual To edit parameters of the existing DDNS service, select a needed field in the relevant line of the table, change its value, and click the Apply button.
Page 175: Routing
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Routing On the Advanced / Routing page, you can add static routes (routes for networks that are not connected directly to the device but are available through the interfaces of the device) into the system.
Page 176: Ipv6 Routing
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual IPv6 Routing On the Advanced / IPv6 routing page, you can add static routes (routes for networks that are not connected directly to the device but are available through the interfaces of the device) into the system.
Page 177: Remote Access To Device
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Remote Access to Device On the Advanced / Remote access to device page, you can configure access to the web-based interface of the router.
Page 178 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual You can specify the following parameters: Parameter Description Select the checkbox to allow access to the router for any host. When...
Page 179: Miscellaneous
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Miscellaneous On the Advanced / Miscellaneous page, you can enable IGMP, RTSP, the SIP ALG, the PPPoE pass through, PPTP pass through, and L2TP pass through functions for the router.
Page 180 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description Select the checkbox to enable SIP. Such a setting allows using the SIP ALG function. This function allows VoIP traffic to pass through the NAT-enabled router.
Page 181: Tr-069 Client
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual TR-069 Client On the Advanced / TR-069 Client page, you can configure the router for communication with a remote Auto Configuration Server (ACS).
Page 182 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description Inform settings Select the checkbox so the router may send reports (data on the Enable device and network statistics) to the ACS.
Page 183: Flow Control
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Flow Control On the Advanced / Flow Control page, you can enable and disable data flow control for the WAN port of the router.
Page 184: Ipsec
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual IPsec On the Advanced / IPsec page, you can configure VPN tunnels based on IPsec protocol. IPsec is a protocol suite for securing IP communications.
Page 185 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 146. The page for adding an IPsec tunnel. You can specify the following parameters: Parameter Description Select the checkbox to allow a remote host with any public IP address to connect to the router via IPsec protocol.
Page 186 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description Select an identification method of a remote host from the drop-down list: Identifier Address: A remote host is identified by its IP address.
Page 187 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description A number of DPD messages that were sent to check the status of a remote host and left unanswered. By default, the value 3 is specified.
Page 188 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description Select the checkbox to enable the PFS option (Perfect Forward Secrecy). If the checkbox is selected, a new encryption key exchange Enable PFS will be used for Phase 2.
Page 189: Firewall
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Firewall In this menu you can configure the firewall of the router: add rules for IP filtering • create virtual servers •...
Page 190 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 149. The page for adding a rule for IP filtering. You can specify the following parameters: Parameter Description General A protocol for network packet transmission.
Page 191: Destination Port
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The source host/subnet IP address. To choose a device connected to the router's LAN at the moment, select the relevant IP address from the drop-down list (the field will be filled in automatically).
Page 192: Virtual Servers
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Virtual Servers On the Firewall / Virtual servers page, you can create virtual servers for redirecting incoming Internet traffic to a specified IP address in the local area network.
Page 193 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual You can specify the following parameters: Parameter Description Select a virtual server template from the drop-down list, or select...
Page 194 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual In the Remote access configuration section, rules created on the Advanced / Remote access to device page are displayed. If after creating virtual servers you need to edit rules for remote access, you can quickly get to the Advanced / Remote access to device page by clicking the link to the relevant rule.
Page 195: Dmz
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual A DMZ is a host or network segment located “between” internal (local) and external (global) networks. In the router, the DMZ implements the capability to transfer a request coming to a port of the router from the external network to a specified host of the internal network.
Page 196: Mac Filter
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual MAC Filter On the Firewall / MAC filter page, you can configure MAC-address-based filtering for computers of the router's LAN.
Page 197: Mac Address
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 154. The page for adding a rule for the MAC filter. You can specify the following parameters: Parameter Description The MAC address of a device from the router's LAN.
Page 198: 3G/Lte Modem
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual 3G/LTE Modem This menu is designed to operate USB modems. If the PIN code check for the SIM card inserted into your USB modem is not disabled, proceed to the 3G/LTE modem / PIN section.
Page 199: Information
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Information On the 3G/LTE modem / Information page, you can view data on the USB modem connected to the router.
Page 200: Pin
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On pages of the 3G/LTE modem / PIN section, you can change the PIN code of the identification card inserted into your USB modem, disable or enable the check of the PIN code.
Page 201 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 158. The 3G/LTE modem / PIN / Changing PIN code page. Enter the current code in the PIN code field, then enter a new code in the New PIN code and New PIN code confirmation fields and click the Apply button.
Page 202: Usb Storage
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual USB Storage This menu is designed to operate USB storages. Here you can do the following: view data on the connected USB storage •...
Page 203: Filebrowser
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Filebrowser On the USB storage / Filebrowser page, you can view the content of your USB storage connected to the router and remove separate folders and files from the USB storage.
Page 204: Print Server
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Print Server On the USB storage / Print-server page, you can configure the router as a print server. Being configured in this way, the router will allow your LAN users to share the printer connected to the USB port of the router.
Page 205: Samba
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Samba On the USB storage / Samba page, you can enable the built-in Samba server of the router to provide access to the USB storage for users of your LAN.
Page 206: Ftp
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the USB storage / FTP page, you can enable the built-in FTP server of the router to provide access to the USB storage for users of your LAN.
Page 207: Dlna
60 seconds. In the DLNA server name field, specify a new name of the DLNA server for easier identification in your LAN or leave the value specified by default (D-Link DLNA Server). Use digits and/or Latin characters.
Page 208 Apply button. The step-by-step description of how to configure the DLNA server of the router is available on D-Link website. To access it, click the Setting up DLNA server on the router link in the top part of the page.
Page 209: Transmission
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Transmission In this menu you can configure the built-in Transmission torrent client and manage distributing and downloading processes. Transmission Settings On the Transmission / Transmission settings page, you can configure all needed settings for the built-in Transmission client.
Page 210 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The port on which the web-based interface of the Transmission Web-interface port client is available. The maximum number of files which clients can download Open files limit simultaneously.
Page 211 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual (Open Torrent) and select a file stored on your To add a new torrent file, click the button PC. Click the button Upload in the dialog box appeared.
Page 212: Control
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Control This menu is designed to create restrictions on access to certain web sites. URL Filter On the pages of the Control / URL filter section, you can specify restrictions on access to certain web sites.
Page 213 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Figure 168. The Control / URL filter / URL addresses page. Click the Add button and enter an address in the field displayed. Then click the Apply button.
Page 214: Yandex.dns
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Yandex.DNS This menu is designed to configure the Yandex.DNS service. Yandex.DNS is a web content filtering service which provides the DNS server, protect a computer against malicious web sites, and block access to adult web sites.
Page 215 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Also the selected filtering mode will be applied to all devices newly connected to the router's network. If you need to specify a filtering mode for each device separately, create relevant rules. To do this, go to the Yandex.DNS / Internet protection settings / Devices page.
Page 216 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual To create a new filtering rule for a device, click the Add button in the Rules section. In the line...
Page 217: System
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual System In this menu you can do the following: change the password used to access the router's settings •...
Page 218: Administrator Password
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Administrator Password On the System / Administrator password page, you can change the password for the administrator account used to access the web-based interface of the router and to access the device settings via TELNET.
Page 219: Configuration
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Configuration On the System / Configuration page, you can reboot the device, save the changed settings to the non-volatile memory, restore the factory defaults, backup the current configuration, or restore the router's configuration from a previously created file.
Page 220 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Control Description Click the button and follow the dialog box appeared to select a Browse previously saved configuration file (all settings of the router) located on your PC and upload it.
Page 221: System Log
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual System Log On the System / System log / Configuration page, you can set the system log options and configure sending the system log to a remote host.
Page 222 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Control Description A port of the host specified in the Server field. By default, the value Port 514 is specified.
Page 223: Firmware Upgrade
Figure 175. The System / Firmware upgrade page. The current version of the router's firmware is displayed next the D-Link logo in the top left corner of the page. By default, the automatic check for the router's firmware updates is enabled. If a firmware update is available, a notification will be displayed in the top right corner of the page.
Page 224: Local Update
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Local Update Attention! Do not turn off the router before the firmware upgrade is completed. This may cause the device breakdown.
Page 225: Remote Update
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Remote Update Attention! Do not turn off the router before the firmware upgrade is completed. This may cause the device breakdown.
Page 226: System Time
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual System Time On the System / System time page, you can manually set the time and date of the router or configure automatic synchronization of the system time with a time server on the Internet.
Page 227 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual When the router is powered off or rebooted, the system time is reset to the default value. If you have set automatic synchronization for the system time, the internal clock of the device will be configured after connecting to the Inter net.
Page 228: Ping
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Ping On the System / Ping page, you can check availability of a host from the local or global network via the Ping utility.
Page 229: Traceroute
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Traceroute On the System / Traceroute page, you can determine the route of data transfer to a host via the traceroute utility.
Page 230: Telnet
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Telnet On the System / Telnet page, you can enable or disable access to the device settings via TELNET from your LAN.
Page 231: Usb Users
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual USB Users On the System / USB users page, you can create user accounts to provide access to data on the USB storage connected to the router.
Page 232 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual On the opened page, in the Login field, specify a username, and in the Password and Password confirmation fields – the password for the account. You can use letters of the Latin alphabet (uppercase and/or lowercase) and digits.
Page 233: Device Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Router Mode) User Manual Device mode On the System / Device mode page, you can change the operating mode of the device. Figure 182. The page for changing the operating mode of the device.
Page 234: Chapter 5. Configuring Device (Access Point Mode)
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual CHAPTER 5. CONFIGURING DEVICE (ACCESS POINT MODE) Wireless Network Settings Wizard To specify all needed settings for your wireless network, click the Wireless network settings wizard link in the Home section.
Page 235: Access Point Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Access Point Mode On the opened page, in the SSID field, specify a new name for the network in the 2.4GHz band (use digits and Latin characters).
Page 236 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual On the next page, you can modify security settings of the WLAN in the 2.4GHz band. Select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 237 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual On the opened page, in the SSID field, specify a new name for the network in the 5GHz band (use digits and Latin characters).
Page 238 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual On the next page, you can modify security settings of the WLAN in the 5GHz band. Select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 239: Client Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Client Mode On the opened page, select the band of the network to which you want to connect from the Wireless network range drop-down list and click the Search button.
Page 240 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Figure 189. The page for entering the password for connection to the wireless network. If you need a password to connect to the selected network, enter the password in the Network key field and click the Next button.
Page 241 SSID field (the name of the 5GHz band WLAN will contain the extra _5GHz identifier). Use digits and Latin characters. It is strongly recommended to configure the secure wireless network of DIR-816L. To do this, select the Protected value from the Network Authentication drop-down list and enter a key (a password that will be used to access your wireless network) in the Network key field.
Page 242: Status
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Status The pages of this section display data on the current state of the router: network statistics •...
Page 243: Dhcp
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual DHCP The Status / DHCP page displays the information on computers that have been identified by hostnames and MAC addresses and have got IP addresses from the DHCP server of the device, as well as the IP address expiration periods (the lease time).
Page 244: Clients
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Clients On the Status / Clients page, you can view the list of devices connected to the router and devices accessing its web-based interface.
Page 245: Multicast Groups
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Multicast groups The Status / Multicast groups page displays addresses of active multicast groups (including IPTV channels and groups for transferring service information) to which the device is subscribed, and the interface through which the device is subscribed.
Page 246: Net
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual In this menu you can configure basic parameters of the router's local area network. To configure the router's local interface, proceed to the Net / LAN page.
Page 247 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual In the DHCP server section, you can configure the built-in DHCP server of the router. Figure 196. The section for configuring the DHCP server.
Page 248 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual In the IPv6 address assignment section, you can configure the built-in the DHCPv6 server of the router. Figure 197. The section for configuring the DHCPv6 server.
Page 249 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual In the Static DHCP section, you can specify MAC address and IP address pairs (set a fixed IPv4 address in the local area network for a device with a certain MAC address).
Page 250: Wi-Fi
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Wi-Fi In this menu you can specify all needed settings for your wireless network. Basic Settings On pages of the Wi-Fi / Basic settings section, you can enable your wireless local area network (WLAN) and configure its basic parameters.
Page 251 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The checkbox enables Wi-Fi connections in the 2.4GHz band. If you Enable Wireless want to disable your WLAN in this band, deselect the checkbox.
Page 252 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The maximum number of devices connected to the wireless network of the router (or to the selected part of the WLAN if the network is...
Page 253: 5Ghz Band
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual 5GHz Band Figure 200. Basic settings of the wireless LAN in the 5GHz band. Parameter Description The checkbox enables Wi-Fi connections in the 5GHz band. If you Enable Wireless want to disable your WLAN in this band, deselect the checkbox.
Page 254 (It is recommended not to select this checkbox in order to simplify initial configuration of your WLAN.) A name for the WLAN. By default, the value DIR-816L-5G is specified. If your network is splitted into parts, each part has the default name (DIR-816LA1A-5G.2,...
Page 255 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Parameter Description The maximum bandwidth (Kbit/s) of your WLAN (or the selected part of the WLAN if the network is splitted into parts). Specify the...
Page 256: Security Settings
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Security Settings On pages of the Wi-Fi / Security settings section, you can modify security settings of the WLAN.
Page 257 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual The router supports the following authentication types: Authentication type Description Open authentication (with WEP encryption for wireless network Open modes not supporting 802.11n devices).
Page 258 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual When the Open or Shared value is selected, the WEP Encryption settings section is displayed (the section is unavailable for the wireless network operating modes which support the standard 802.11n):...
Page 259 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual When the WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK mixed value is selected, the WPA Encryption settings section is displayed: Figure 204. The WPA2-PSK value is selected from the Network Authentication drop-down list.
Page 260 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual When the WPA, WPA2, or WPA/WPA2 mixed value is selected, the RADIUS settings and WPA Encryption settings sections are available: Figure 205.
Page 261: Mac Filter
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual MAC Filter On pages of the Wi-Fi / MAC Filter section, you can define a set of MAC addresses of devices which will be allowed to access the WLAN, or define MAC addresses of devices which will not be allowed to access the WLAN.
Page 262 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Figure 207. The page for adding a MAC address. Click the Add button and enter an address in the field displayed. Also you can enter the MAC address of a device connected to the router's LAN at the moment.
Page 263: List Of Wi-Fi Clients
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual List of Wi-Fi Clients On the Wi-Fi / List of Wi-Fi clients page, you can view the list of wireless clients connected to the router.
Page 264: Wps
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual On pages of the Wi-Fi / WPS section, you can enable the function for secure configuration of the WLAN and select a method used to easily add wireless devices to the WLAN.
Page 265 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual To activate the WPS function, select the WPS Enable checkbox on the Wi-Fi / WPS/ 2.4 GHz or Wi-Fi / WPS / 5 GHz page and click the Apply button.
Page 266: Using Wps Function Via Web-Based Interface
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Using WPS Function via Web-based Interface To add a wireless device via the PIN method of the WPS function, follow the next steps: 1.
Page 267 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Later you will be able to add wireless devices to the WLAN by pressing the WPS button of the router.
Page 268: Additional Settings
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Additional Settings On pages of the Wi-Fi / Additional settings section, you can define additional parameters for the WLAN of the router.
Page 269 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Parameter Description TX Power The transmit power (in percentage terms) of the router. Select the checkbox to disable multicasting for the router's WLAN.
Page 270: Wmm
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual On the Wi-Fi / WMM page, you can enable the Wi-Fi Multimedia function. The WMM function implements the QoS features for Wi-Fi networks. It helps to improve the quality of data transfer over Wi-Fi networks by prioritizing different types of traffic.
Page 271 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual For every Access Category the following fields are available: Parameter Description Arbitrary Inter-Frame Space Number. This parameter influences Aifsn time delays for the relevant Access Category.
Page 272: Client
Figure 212. Connecting DIR-816L in the access point mode as a client. To allow the devices from the LAN of DIR-816L to obtain the IP addresses from the DHCP server of the remote access point or network, it is necessary to disable the built-in DHCP server of the device.
Page 273 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Figure 213. The page for configuring the client mode. To configure the router as a client, select the Enable client checkbox. When the checkbox is...
Page 274 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual When the Open or Shared authentication type is selected, the following fields are available: Parameter Description The checkbox activating WEP encryption. When the checkbox is...
Page 275 SSID in the table. Proceed to the Wi-Fi / Basic Settings page of the relevant band and make sure that the wireless channel of DIR-816L has switched to the channel of the wireless access point to which you have connected.
Page 276: Usb Storage
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual USB Storage This menu is designed to operate USB storages. Here you can do the following: view data on the connected USB storage •...
Page 277: Filebrowser
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Filebrowser On the USB storage / Filebrowser page, you can view the content of your USB storage connected to the router and remove separate folders and files from the USB storage.
Page 278: Print Server
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Print Server On the USB storage / Print-server page, you can configure the router as a print server. Being configured in this way, the router will allow your LAN users to share the printer connected to the USB port of the router.
Page 279: Samba
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Samba On the USB storage / Samba page, you can enable the built-in Samba server of the router to provide access to the USB storage for users of your LAN.
Page 280: Ftp
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual On the USB storage / FTP page, you can enable the built-in FTP server of the router to provide access to the USB storage for users of your LAN.
Page 281: Dlna
60 seconds. In the DLNA server name field, specify a new name of the DLNA server for easier identification in your LAN or leave the value specified by default (D-Link DLNA Server). Use digits and/or Latin characters.
Page 282 Apply button. The step-by-step description of how to configure the DLNA server of the router is available on D-Link website. To access it, click the Setting up DLNA server on the router link in the top part of the page.
Page 283: System
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual System In this menu you can do the following: change the password used to access the router's settings •...
Page 284: Administrator Password
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Administrator Password On the System / Administrator password page, you can change the password for the administrator account used to access the web-based interface of the router and to access the device settings via TELNET.
Page 285: Configuration
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Configuration On the System / Configuration page, you can reboot the device, save the changed settings to the non-volatile memory, restore the factory defaults, backup the current configuration, or restore the router's configuration from a previously created file.
Page 286 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Control Description Click the button and follow the dialog box appeared to select a Browse previously saved configuration file (all settings of the router) located on your PC and upload it.
Page 287: System Log
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual System Log On the System / System log / Configuration page, you can set the system log options and configure sending the system log to a remote host.
Page 288 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Control Description A port of the host specified in the Server field. By default, the value Port 514 is specified.
Page 289: Firmware Upgrade
Figure 224. The System / Firmware upgrade page. The current version of the router's firmware is displayed next the D-Link logo in the top left corner of the page. By default, the automatic check for the router's firmware updates is enabled. If a firmware update is available, a notification will be displayed in the top right corner of the page.
Page 290: Local Update
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Local Update Attention! Do not turn off the router before the firmware upgrade is completed. This may cause the device breakdown.
Page 291: Remote Update
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Remote Update Attention! Do not turn off the router before the firmware upgrade is completed. This may cause the device breakdown.
Page 292: System Time
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual System Time On the System / System time page, you can manually set the time and date of the router or configure automatic synchronization of the system time with a time server on the Internet.
Page 293: Ping
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual When the router is powered off or rebooted, the system time is reset to the default value. If you have set automatic synchronization for the system time, the internal clock of the device will be configured after connecting to the Inter net.
Page 294: Traceroute
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Traceroute On the System / Traceroute page, you can determine the route of data transfer to a host via the traceroute utility.
Page 295: Telnet
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Telnet On the System / Telnet page, you can enable or disable access to the device settings via TELNET from your LAN.
Page 296: Usb Users
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual USB Users On the System / USB users page, you can create user accounts to provide access to data on the USB storage connected to the router.
Page 297 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual On the opened page, in the Login field, specify a username, and in the Password and Password confirmation fields – the password for the account. You can use letters of the Latin alphabet (uppercase and/or lowercase) and digits.
Page 298: Device Mode
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Configuring Device (Access Point Mode) User Manual Device mode On the System / Device mode page, you can change the operating mode of the device.
Page 299: Chapter 6. Operation Guidelines
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Operation Guidelines User Manual CHAPTER 6. OPERATION GUIDELINES Safety Instructions Place your router on a flat horizontal surface or mount the router on the wall (the mounting holes are located on the bottom panel of the device).
Page 300: Wireless Installation Considerations
RF noise in your home or office. To maximize your wireless range, follow the guidelines below. 1. Keep the number of walls and ceilings between the DIR-816L device and other network devices to a minimum – each wall or ceiling can reduce your wireless network range by 3- 90 feet (1-30 meters).
Page 301: Connecting To Cable Or Dsl Modem
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Operation Guidelines User Manual Connecting to Cable or DSL Modem If you need to connect the router to a cable or DSL modem, do the following.
Page 302: Chapter 7. Abbreviations And Acronyms
DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Abbreviations and Acronyms User Manual CHAPTER 7. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Third Generation Access Category Advanced Encryption Standard Address Resolution Protocol BSSID Basic Service Set Identifier...
Page 303 DIR-816L Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router & Access Point with 3G/CDMA/LTE Support and USB Port Abbreviations and Acronyms User Manual Maximum Transmission Unit Network Address Translation Network Time Protocol OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Push Button Configuration Personal Identification Number...
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D-Link DIR-816L User Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Overview

Chapter 3. Installation and Connection

Chapter 4. Configuring Device (Router Mode)

Chapter 5. Configuring Device (Access Point Mode)

Chapter 6. Operation Guidelines

Chapter 7. Abbreviations and Acronyms

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