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You can connect the DIR-320 router to the Internet using an external modem or a regular Internet cable provided by your provider. All parameters are specified in the web interface; setting up the router does not require installing a separate application. D-Link devices have a large number of settings that allow you to achieve optimal home network performance.

Connecting the DIR-320 router and logging into the web interface

You can configure the router with a wired or Wi-Fi connection. Insert into the router the Internet cable that was installed into the premises by your provider. To do this, use the last port, indicated in gray. Connect your home computers using the LAN ports highlighted in blue on the back panel.

Insert the power supply plug into the “5V-2A” connector. If the Internet is connected via an external 2G/3G modem, insert it into the “USB” connector. Plug the DIR-320 into a power outlet only after connecting all cables and external devices. Otherwise, the router may malfunction or be damaged.

Connect the network on the computer from which you will change the parameters of the D-Link DIR-320 router. If using Wi-Fi, select "D-Link" from the list of wireless connections. By default, there is no encryption, so you can complete the operation without entering a password. If you are using a cable connection, insert the plug into the Ethernet port of your computer or laptop.

On your chosen device, open a web browser such as Google Chrome. In the address bar of the program, enter the IP through which you will access the settings of the DIR-320 router. The address in the router's standard firmware is: 192.168.0.1. On the page that opens, you will need to enter data to access the control panel. Standard login and password: “admin”. Fill out the text fields and click “Login.”

Note! If the account on the D-Link DIR-320 was changed earlier, reset the router settings. To do this, press and hold the “Reset” button on the rear panel for 10 seconds. When the factory settings are restored, log in again using the default data.

If you enter your account information correctly, you will be redirected to the statistics page. Among other data, it displays the total amount of RAM on the DIR-320 router and the amount of available memory. Below is the time since the D-Link router was last turned on.

Internet connection via 2G/3G modem

To establish a connection through an external device, go to the “Internet Settings” menu and in the first field, check the “USB Adapter” value. Select your carrier name from the following drop-down list. If the system does not have data for your 2G or 3G provider, set the value to " " and write the operator's name in the next text box.

In the “Username” and “Password” sections, enter the information provided by your provider. If necessary, enter the dial-up number in the appropriate field and the name of the access point in the “APN” line. You can find out the necessary information in technical support or on the official website of your Internet provider. It is recommended to leave the remaining points unchanged.

Open the “USB modem -> Information” section. In the first list, specify the modem type depending on the wireless generation you are using. Allow access to mobile Internet in the second drop-down list. The remaining rows of the table will contain information about the connected device. Click the "Connect" button in the lower right corner of the page.

Important! If the modem is not recognized, unplug it, then plug it back into the USB port and click the "Update" button below the table.

Some operators require you to enter a PIN code to connect to the mobile Internet. You can specify this information in the same menu, through the “PIN” section. Enter the current digital password provided by your operator in the PIN field. To prevent the system from prompting you for a code each time you connect, check the box and click “Apply.”

Cable connection of DIR-320 to the Internet

Open the "Network" menu and go to the "P-t-p interfaces" tab. By default, their list will be empty. To create a new interface for D-Link, click the Add link in the connection table. In this section, you can create a network connection using the L2TP, PPTP and PPPoE protocols.

Select the connection type from the first list. It can be specified in the agreement concluded with the Internet provider. Account details are also indicated there if they are required to establish a connection. If there is no contract, you can clarify the data by calling or writing to the support of the company that provides Internet connection services. Fill in the required fields and click “Edit”.

Connecting with a static IP is done in a similar way. When you select “Static” in the “Interface Type” section, new text fields appear: IP address, network mask, MAC address. All this data is also provided by the provider.

The “Status -> Network Statistics” section contains information about the operation of different interfaces, including:

Assigned addresses;
Reception and return speed;
Number of received and sent packets;
Dropped packets;
Packets received with errors.

Setting network parameters

You can manage running interfaces in the “Network -> Network Interfaces” section. The current connection status is displayed next to each entry. Each of them can be temporarily stopped or disabled. Available interfaces include connected LAN devices (laptops, computers and other home network devices), Wi-Fi and WiMAX wireless technologies.

To add DNS servers, go to the “Name Servers” section. The default “Configuration method” field is set to automatically receive values from the Internet provider. Selecting “Manual” will allow you to specify other DNS servers. You will be able to enter their IP addresses in the second text box. To save addresses, click “Edit”.

The assignment of IP addresses within the local network is performed by the DHCP server. Open the “DHCP Settings” tab to change its operating mode. In the “Static DHCP” table you can bind permanent addresses for individual devices. The match is determined by the MAC address.

You can find out the MAC address of the device for further binding in its settings. For computers running the Windows operating system, the MAC is determined on the command line. To do this, use the command: “ipconfig /all”.

The settings of the current server can be changed by clicking on its name. The most important parameters in this table are the start and end addresses of the range. The system will automatically assign IP addresses from this numerical range to new clients. If you need to change it, make sure that the new values are within the range allocated for local networks.

Training video: Step-by-step setup of D-link DIR-320 for dummies

Wi-Fi setup

Open the “Network -> Wireless Connection” tab. The first checkbox is responsible for the operation of the Wi-Fi module. If you remove it, the router's wireless broadcasting will be stopped. Other options:

Hide access point—makes the network invisible in the general list.
SSID is the Wi-Fi name that will be displayed when searching for networks.
Country—allows you to select the territory in which the device is used. The parameter affects the list of allowed channels.
Channel—band number within the Wi-Fi frequency. Standard value: 6.
To select the encryption type and specify the Wi-Fi access key, click “Security Settings.”

In the first list, select the network authentication method. By default, the connection to D-Link is unencrypted and no password is required to connect to Wi-Fi. It is recommended not to leave the value “Open” to avoid interception of network traffic. Select a different authentication type and set a PSK key (the password that will be used for Wi-Fi).

Important video: D LINK dir 320 router settings

Changing router system parameters

On the “System” tab, you can reboot the D-Link router or go to any subsection. If a reboot is performed by clicking a button in the Actions table, the changes made in the previous steps will not be applied. To save them, use another button: “Save and reload”. It is located in the upper right corner.

The “Administrator Password” section allows you to change the standard account information. To do this, select the “admin” user and check the “Change system password” checkbox. Enter the new password and its confirmation in the next two text fields. To ensure the best security for your home network, use complex passwords that contain special characters, numbers, lowercase and uppercase letters.

When all the necessary settings of the D-Link DIR-320 Wi-Fi router have been changed, it is recommended to save the configuration to a file. Go to the menu item “System -> Configuration”, click “Backup” and select the directory in which the backup will be written. If the router malfunctions or another user accidentally restores the factory configuration, you can return the settings from the saved file.

Advice! To restore factory settings, use the corresponding item in the same menu.

D-Link recommends updating your router software regularly. Each new firmware contains not only expanded functionality, but also network security updates. Using the latest version of the software will protect your device from hacker attacks. The current version can be downloaded from the manufacturer’s website, in the “Support -> FTP” section.

The downloaded file is installed on the DIR-320 through the “System -> Software Update” menu. Click the “Browse” button and specify the path in the system where the new firmware is saved. Then click "Update" in the lower right corner. The update installation process will take several minutes. After the router automatically reboots, you will be able to use the new version of the software.

In this tutorial we will configure the popular D-Link DIR-300A router. This is an inexpensive router for home use. Unlike the D-Link DIR-300/A/D1, which has already been discontinued, the new model is available in a new, very unusual cylinder-shaped case. It’s nice that for such a price you can buy a router in such an unusual case.

I plan to soon prepare an article with tips on choosing a budget router for your home. Actually for this reason I purchased the D-Link DIR-300A. Since it is suitable in all respects for home use, and belongs to budget models. I liked the router itself. An unusual case, good build quality, a clear control panel, and even rubber feet, which is very rare in budget models.

As for setting up this model, the process itself is practically no different from setting up other D-Link routers. But I decided to prepare a separate instruction in which I will show and talk about all the nuances. I’ll show you how to connect the DIR-300A, how to go into the settings, configure the router to connect to the Internet, set up a Wi-Fi network, change the password, etc. I think this information will be useful to many. Moreover, the instructions that come with the kit are not very informative.

You can configure the router from almost any device, even from a phone or tablet, connecting via a network cable or Wi-Fi. But, if you have a desktop computer or laptop, then I recommend setting up the router from these devices. And it is best to connect to the DIR-300A via a network cable at the time of setup.

Connecting and entering settings D-Link DIR-300A

Connect the power adapter to the router, plug it into a power outlet, and turn on the power with the button on the router itself.

If you are setting up the router from a PC or laptop, then take the network cable that came with the kit and connect the computer to the router. We connect the cable to one of the 4 LAN ports.

In the "Internet" port (it's yellow), connect the Internet. Cable from your Internet provider. By the way, it was in vain that they made a yellow WAN port and included a yellow network cable in the kit. Many will be confused.

If you want to configure by connecting via Wi-Fi networks, then connect your device to the wireless network that the router will distribute immediately after turning it on. The network will have the factory name. Most likely it will be "DIR-300A".

The connection password is indicated on the bottom of the router, on a sticker. Signed as "WPS PIN".

The computer must be connected to the router. The connection may be without access to the Internet, this is normal.

If the router asks for a username and password, then enter admin and admin. The address for entering settings and factory settings are also indicated on the sticker on the bottom of the router. My router immediately asked me to change the factory password, which in the future will be used by the login share in the settings instead of admin. Create and write down a new password twice. Try not to forget him.

Immediately change the control panel language to Russian or Ukrainian.

Before setting up, I advise you to update the router firmware. If there is a new version. I have prepared a separate one.

Setting up an Internet connection

It is very important to correctly configure our D-Link DIR-300A to connect to the Internet. If the router cannot connect to the Internet provider, then it will not be able to distribute the Internet. Without this there is no point in continuing the setup.

You need to know exactly what type of internet connection your ISP uses. And all the necessary parameters that must be specified to connect to the Internet. It would also be good to clarify whether the provider uses MAC address binding. Otherwise you can struggle with the settings for a very long time.

If you have connection type Dynamic IP (without binding by MAC address), and you have already connected the cable from the provider to the router, as I showed in the photo above, then the Internet through the router should already work. In the settings, right on the main page you can see the connection status. If it is already green, then everything is OK. We skip this section and move on to setting up the Wi-Fi network.

The green icon indicates that the router is already connected to the Internet.

If there binding by MAC address, then there are two options: change the MAC address of the router to the MAC of the computer to which the Internet was linked, or call the provider’s support and ask to bind the new MAC address of the router, which is indicated on the device itself, on the bottom of the sticker (MAC ID).

You can clone a MAC on the WAN tab by selecting the desired connection.

If you have a Beeline provider that uses the connection type - L2TP, or TTK, Dom.ru, Rostelecom whose connection type is PPPoE, then here you already need to set some parameters.

The most popular among Ukrainian providers are: Home Internet Kyivstar – connection type Dynamic IP. Provider Volya, there is also a Dynamic IP, but we will use it with binding by MAC address.

D-Link DIR-300A: setting up an L2TP connection using the example of the Beeline provider

Go to the “Network” – “WAN” tab in the settings. Check the boxes next to the connections that are there and click the "Delete" button. Then, click on the "Add" button.

Enter the login and password twice that you received when connecting to the Internet. Also write down “VPN server address”. For Beeline this is tp.internet.beeline.ru. Check if the box next to “Connect automatically” is checked. Click on the "Apply" button.

If you specified everything correctly, the router should connect to the Internet. The connection will have a green icon and the status "Connected".

PPPoE connection on DIR-300A (TTK, Dom.ru, Rostelecom)

Just as I showed above, create a new connection and select the PPPoE connection type.

Enter the login and password specified in the Internet connection agreement and click the "Apply" button.

If the router does not want to connect to the Internet, then call your provider’s support and clarify the settings. Most likely, you are specifying some parameters incorrectly.

See connection stats on the WAN tab:

Only after the Internet connection has been established does it make sense to continue setting up the router.

Setting up a Wi-Fi network, setting a password

Go to the "Wi-Fi" - "Basic Settings" tab. Here we can change the name of our Wi-Fi network. Enter a new name in the SSID field and click the "Apply" button.

That's it, the Wi-Fi network is configured.

Since we have completed the basic settings, we need to save the settings and reboot the router. Hover over the "System" menu and select "Save". Then move the cursor over “System” again and select “Restart”.

After the reboot, a Wi-Fi network will appear with the name you specified during the setup process. To connect to the network, use the password you set.

Let's look at a few more settings. I'll show you how you can save all the router parameters to a file and restore them if necessary.

Create a backup copy of your router settings

If everything works well, then I advise you to make a backup copy of the settings.

When you try to enter the router settings again, it will ask you for your username and password. We changed the password at the beginning of the setup. Factory admin and admin.

Hover over "System" and select "Get a copy of settings."

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Glazkov Andrey

- May 15, 2013

I bought this router because... Gigabit ports were needed. I bought it despite negative reviews on the Internet. I bought it because... Before this, I used the excellent D-link 400 router for 4 years and was completely satisfied with it.
In the end, I really regretted it.

Compared to the D-Link 400 router, the D-Link 651 has worse functionality. It is clear that the developers tried to simplify the setup, so they removed 80% of the settings that could have been set before. We left only the most important things. At the same time, the firmware is put together so crookedly that even the remaining functionality is inconvenient to use: flaws are visible in every section.

As a result, the router allows you to make only the most basic settings, but even with them it does not provide the declared speed! There is no Gigabit, the maximum that was achieved was 300 Mbit, and even then on a LAN-LAN connection, the LAN-WAN connection produces less.

On the D-link website, in the D-Link 651 section, there are no alternative firmwares, but they are there! To find them, you need to go to the D-Link forum. There you can also get acquainted with the whole range of problems of this piece of hardware.

I must say that people from D-Link technical support are very active in answering the forum, but they don’t even hide the fact that the firmware is VERY crude. In fact, buyers act as firmware testers, and the forum is used as a public bug tracker.

Unfortunately, there is no DD WRT firmware for this model and there is no sign of it yet.

Despite the relatively low price, I do not recommend buying this router. He's not even worth that money.

After a day of various tests and flashing, I took this router back to the store.

Advantages:

Flaws:

Crude software, extremely limited functionality

Period of use:

less than a month

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Hook Bob

- May 18, 2013

I bought it, immediately flashed 1.0.8 and it works.

Advantages:

Simple, inexpensive and normal!

Flaws:

I hope it won't.

Period of use:

less than a month

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italianskiy.perevodchik

- March 13, 2013

The characteristics are good, but...
It started with the jokes of our town: they brought a new router, with shaking hands I open it in order to connect it faster, and I see: the ports are covered with a bright, eye-catching sticker with the inscription “STOP!!! Before connecting, insert a CD.” I look in the box - there is no disk. Okay, I’m a little upset, I connect it, install the new firmware from the site, everything works great.
The next day I’m happy again, I turn on 10 downloads and... the router starts to glitch and reboot once a minute. I'm sitting here thinking.
After 2 days I found out the following: the new firmware is buggy. I returned the old one - and oh happiness! Everything worked.

Advantages:

1)Gigabit ports
2) wi-fi b/g/n
3) Price

Flaws:

Buggy (new firmware 1.0.1)

Period of use:

less than a month

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Egorkin Victor

- April 12, 2014

I've been using it for more than six months now, the advantages are the price and 1Gbit ports, ease of setup, easy port forwarding.

P.S. For the money the router is amazing!

Advantages:

Gigabit ports

Flaws:

WiFi
non-removable antennas
Once every couple of months you have to reboot the router, this is due to the fact that instead of 100 Mbps of the Internet, it steadily cuts the speed to 30 Mbps, as soon as you reboot everything is fine.

Period of use:

a few months

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Anonymously

- June 23, 2013

The box kept freezing and rebooting. A month later, new firmware was released. Now everything is fine, but as they say, a sediment remains.

Advantages:

1)Gigabit ports
2) wi-fi b/g/n

Period of use:

a few months

5 2

ssfera57

- March 11, 2013

Immediately after the purchase, I updated it with firmware 1.0.1 from the official Russian-language website. When flashing the firmware, I received the message “incorrect firmware” (or something similar, I don’t remember the exact wording). However, after rebooting, the firmware version is 1.0.1
Over a gigabit local area I was delivering 260-280 megabits, which may have been due to the limitation of the network card or hard drive on the laptop. Over the air it gave about 30 megabits (with a connection of 150 megabits), perhaps due to the limitation of the netbook’s network card. The most disturbing thing is spontaneous reboots when downloading torrents, I hope they will fix it with new firmware. IPTV is missing, haven't checked. The signal strength is average; with the old router, the phone received wifi more consistently at the same distance.

Simple, inexpensive and normal!

Recently, one of my friends brought me a new D-link router and asked me to review it.

Thus, I found myself in the hands of one of the latest routers produced by D-Link - the dual-band router DIR-815/AC.

On the D-link website it is positioned as a “new product”, although it seemed to me that it looks more like the “younger brother” of the Dir-825/AC/G1

Let's see what they eat it with.

Device Description:

This router is a fairly cheap dual-band D-link 802.11ac (AC1200) router

Its cost is currently about 2500 rubles.

The router is based on the Realtec RTL8197DL chip.

Wi-fi is based on Realtec RTL8192ER, RTL8812AR chips.

The device has 64 MB of DDR2 RAM and 8 MB of Flash memory.

The router has on board a dual-band wi-fi access point (2.5 GHz and 5 GHz) of the 802.11ac standard, 4 non-removable antennas with omnidirectional radiation and a gain of 5 dbi, 100 Mbit/s WAN port, 4 LAN ports 100 Mbit/s and a web interface D-link “AIR”, adapted for Russian users.

In addition, the router has 1 USB 2.0 port, which seriously adds functionality to it (via USB you can use 3G and LTE modems, USB drives and external drives via USB, and also use the router as a print server).

True, the situation with printers is standard: only printing via a network port is supported.

In my opinion, if you do not have “gigabit Internet connections” (that is, your Internet connection speed does not exceed 100Mbps), such a router seems to be an interesting choice for the average apartment.

Gigabit wan and lan ports increase the cost of the device at least a little (and sometimes a lot) and are sometimes simply “no use” for many users.

Appearance and equipment

So, let's start our inspection with appearance and equipment.

The device is sold in a box made in the standard range of D-Link..

The router kit consists of:

Router DIR-815/AC;

Power adapter 12V 1A;

Ethernet cable;

Quick Setup Guides (QIG);

Warranty card;

The router has a black flat plastic body with a characteristic glossy “stripe” across it and is relatively light in weight (360 g).

In appearance, due to 4 antennas, it looks a little like a “hedgehog”.

Overall dimensions of the device: 202x132x28.

On the back side there are:

LAN and WAN connectors,

Power switch

w-fi on/off button,

WPS button

Reset button

USB 2.0 port.

The router design also includes wall mounts (located at the bottom of the case).

Software part of the device

The device comes with factory firmware 2.5.0, which is “equipped” with the “Air” web interface (in blue and white colors).

There is no need to “flash” the device (unfortunately, I have not yet found newer firmware than the factory one).

The WEB interface is “located” at IP address 192.168.0.1.

I open it and see an offer to immediately change the factory password for administrative access to the device.

You CANNOT set the “default password” admin.

You must definitely change the password to another one, and, please note, log in using it (the new password) again. Also, if you enter the password incorrectly several times in a row, the router will be blocked for several minutes. Here is such a feature. Be careful!

So, we changed the password and logged in.

All “summary” information on the device immediately appears to our eyes.

Internet connection status, IP addresses of device ports, names (SSID) of wireless networks in both ranges and other statistics.

The interface also has an interesting function for reviewing the general status of the router (in the menu it is called monitoring)

The next four menu items in the “Getting Started” section are dedicated to 4 setup wizards (wireless network, virtual, server, IP-TV wizard and connection wizard with the Click'n'Connect application). We will not dwell on them in detail, everything in them is intuitive .

Let's go through the menu sections and supported functions of the router.

We will not list all of them, we will focus only on the most basic (necessary for configuration) and the most interesting (from my point of view).

The main sections of the device’s Web interface menu:

In the “Network-LAN” section” you can configure the router’s local address and internal DHCP server parameters.

Moreover, both for the IPV4 protocol and for the IPV6 protocol.

Section “network -WAN”.

This section is perhaps the most important for the user, since it is in this section that you can configure and view the status of the “Internet connection”.

The device provides many connection types: IPoE (dynamic IP), static IP, PPTP, L2TP, 802.1X connections.

It is possible to change fine WAN settings (cloning the MAC address, adjusting the MTU, etc.).

What type of connection to choose for setup is “dictated” by your Internet provider. It is advisable to find out the type of connection and WAN settings when connecting to the Internet or concluding a contract.

The factory settings have already created a connection that is typical for many providers, receiving parameters from the provider's DHCP server (also known as IPoE or dynamic IP).

Otherwise (if your connection type is different from IPoE), you can select “configure WAN manually” in the router menu or use your provider’s standard instructions for setting up the connection.

I tested the operation of this router in various WAN port modes (in PPTP and L2TP connections with the provider, as well as standard IPoE).

I did not detect any drop in speed at “Internet speed” of 100 Mbit/s on PPTP and L2TP for several days.

“Wi-fi” section.

Wi-Fi settings are divided into “basic”, “security settings” and “advanced settings”.

Since the DIR-815/AC is a dual-band device, the number of settings sections is doubled (each of the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands has its own “main”, “additional” and “security settings”).

The “basic” settings indicate the name of the wi-fi network (SSID), channel (frequency), wi-fi standard and the maximum number of clients (devices) connected to wi-fi.

Try to choose “802.11ac” or “802.11n/ac mixed” or for both frequency bands to improve Wi-Fi quality (unless you have old Wi-Fi devices more than 3-5 years old).

Otherwise, select compatibility mode 802.11b/g/n for 2.4GHz and 802.11a/n for 5GHz.

In the “security settings” you specify the type of encryption of wi-fi traffic (algorithm and its settings), the wi-fi encryption key.

The “additional” wi-fi settings focus on, for example, settings such as adjusting the power of the wi-fi transmitter (from 0 to 100% in 25% increments), the width of the wifi frequency channel, turning on and off the formation of the “antenna beam” (beamforming) and much more.

Also, in this section you can prohibit the transmission of multicast traffic (usually used in IPTV) to the wi-fi part of the device (for one or both bands).

Section “Wi-fi – list of Wi-fi clients”

This section of the menu allows you to see the MAC addresses of clients connected via wireless, indicating their actual connection speed, signal strength, as well as the amount of information transmitted and received by each client.

Section – “3G/LTE Modem”

A list of compatible USB modems can be found on the D-link website here

When the connection is configured on a USB 3G modem, automatic WAN backup is also supported (switching to a 3G modem when the main wired channel is “physically” disconnected).

This function is configured in the menu item "Network - WAN redundancy"

Section “System”

The system settings section contains menu sections for changing the administrator password, working with the configuration, rebooting, updating the firmware (from a file or via the Internet), setting the system time and uploading the log from the device (including to a connected USB drive).

There are ping and tracing utilities (tracert), as well as the ability to enable access to telnet and set a port number for it.

Wi-fi section – Intelligent distribution of clients

This menu item is relatively new and quite interesting.

The parameters of this section are described in detail in the document on the manufacturer’s website,

I will limit myself to describing the essence of this function.

The smart distribution feature is necessary if you have more than one wi-fi device (router or access point) at home or office and you need to provide seamless wi-fi between them.

This function will be in demand for large or “elongated” rooms that cannot be “covered” with one w-fi device.

In a standard situation with two Wi-Fi devices, clients connected via Wi-Fi evaluate the signal level themselves and decide when to switch to another device (access point or router).

This reduces the speed characteristics of wi-fi clients of such an access point (or router), so sometimes it is necessary to support a low-speed client in an area of uncertain signal reception (despite the fact that in the coverage area of another point it would receive better reception conditions.)

This also harms the wi-fi client itself. He may experience a short-term connection loss, or a significant slowdown in wi-fi work due to his desire to “cling to one of the access points for too long.”

The intelligent distribution function eliminates the need for Wi-Fi clients to monitor their “switching” themselves. Wi-Fi access points (or routers) do this for him.

Section - “USB storage”.

This section is very interesting for the average user as it allows you to turn a router with a USB flash drive or external USB HDD inserted into it into an FTP server, torrent downloader, file server or playback server for modern smart-TV (DLNA).

If you need to operate several USB devices at the same time, you can use a USB hub. However, please note that in this case it is worth taking care of the necessary nutrition for each of them.

However, you should not use more than two USB devices (probably there is a software limitation in the firmware, since in practice I was not able to use more than two devices).

The router supports NTFS, FAT32 and EXT2/3 file systems.

USB drives can have several partitions.

“USB storage/Information”.

In this section you can view the status and file structure of connected USB drives. However, no actions can be taken to work with data in this menu item.

You can also safely disconnect USB devices through this menu section.

“USB drive/Samba”.

This menu item allows the router to work as a file server using the SMB (Samba) protocol.

In the settings, you can change the network name, workgroup and server descriptions, as well as enable login mode without an account.

“USB storage/FTP”.

This menu item allows the router to work as a file server using the FTP protocol.

In this case, FTP user logins and passwords (and when anonymous access is disabled, via samba) are set in the menu section “ System - USB Users" Users are common for both protocols (FTP and Samba).

“USB storage/DLNA”.

This menu item allows you to enable and configure the built-in DLNA server, which is necessary for broadcasting multimedia files to modern smart-TVs.

For example, on my smart TV from LG, the DLNA client is available through the smartshare menu item (on TVs from other manufacturers, of course, it is called differently).

The built-in DNLA server allows you to specify several directories for files with a choice of their category (music, video, photo or all at once).

The router supports many modern file types (jpeg, mp3, wma, flac, m4a, avi, ts, mkv, mp4, mpg, wmv).

Section “Transmission/Transmission Settings”

Perhaps the most useful section for the modern router user.

Who would refuse a p2p network client (torrent downloader)?

Transmission is the internal built-in torrent client.

In the settings of this menu item you can select:

The name of the folder where torrent files and content will be downloaded;

Transmission control web interface port (yes, yes, it has its own separate web interface, which is located on a separate web page);

Maximum number of open (“downloaded”) files;

Maximum number of peers.

It should also be noted that there are no formal restrictions on download speed. However, in reality I was not able to get the download speed when using a USB drive with an NTFS file system of 0.9-1 MB/s.

Most likely, this is due to a software limitation of the hardware resources of the router serving the transmission client.

After all, the router is primarily designed to perform its main functions - providing access to the Internet, and should “download” in the background.

Therefore, I advise you not to rely too much on “fast downloading of torrents,” but to try to set such downloading tasks “at night.”

The Transmission web interface (the address to go to it is on the main client configuration page) is quite laconic, but it allows you to get an idea of the progress of the “download” and its approximate time, as well as a list of peers and their IP addresses, etc.

Section - “Additional”

Section - “Additional - Miscellaneous”. In this section, you can allow the forwarding of various types of connections through the router (the so-called Application Layers Gateway (ALG)) as well as RTSP and SIP protocols (used in voice telephony and video streaming).

In the same menu item you can enable the UDP-to-HTTP proxy service ( UDPXY), necessary for broadcasting IPTV streams to devices that do not support multicast (Multicast).

The service proxy data streams and send them to each recipient separately (unicast) as opposed to one stream to everyone (multicast).

Since this service is quite resource-intensive (it is required to send one copy of the stream to each proxy subscriber), the router honestly warns that when UDPXY is enabled, IGMP-proxy will be disabled (that is, “multicast” receiving data through the router).

Therefore, if you need “classic multicast” IPTV broadcasting and a UDP-to-HTTP proxy at the same time, then use the menu item settings for “multicast” receiving data streams Additional /VLAN“directly” (configure the bridge port for multicast).

Section - “Additional /VLAN”. This section can duplicate the “IPTV” wizard and, in fact, allows you to implement several services in the router, separating one or more ports into a separate connection that does not fall under the general “address translation” (NAT).

This allows, for example, to make a direct connection from the provider to your IPTV set-top box (or several set-top boxes), as if you just had a “switch” in front of the router.

Section - “Advanced/Port Settings”

This menu item allows the user: firstly, to visually see which lan and wan ports are in use, and secondly, to “set” their settings (speed, flow control, etc.) if necessary.

Section - “Advanced / Band Management”

This menu item allows you to set speed limits on each of the router’s LAN ports (with an accuracy of 1 Mbit/s).

Unfortunately, there is no fine-tuning of the speed by flow (in combination with QoS), you can only set a speed limit for the entire port at once.

However, even in this form, this function can be useful in terms of limiting “too active” home users (for example, a child) who download everything.

Statistics for each LAN port can be viewed in the menu item "Status - port statistics"

Section - “Advanced/Routing” and “Advanced/IPv6 Routing”

Allows you to “register” routes to individual networks and subnets for IPv4 and IPv6 protocols.

These settings are sometimes necessary in order to use internal resources and provider portals (without sending traffic to the Internet).

Section - “Advanced / IPsec”.

This protocol (IPSEC) allows you to establish transparent encrypted VPN connections between two points (if more, then in pairs).

For example, you have two stores, or two offices. This feature allows you to connect your networks (and your routers) over the Internet into a common local network.

Whether to use this function or not is a personal matter for everyone.

Other:

Among other things, the router supports Yandex DNS, Dyndns, URL filtering, Firewall rules and other additional functions that have been repeatedly discussed in other reviews, and which there is no point in dwelling on.

Pros:

Rich functionality (sometimes almost not inferior to the “flagships of the lines”);

Stable operation in any type of WAN connection (without any drops in speed);

Good reliable reception of Wi-fi signal;

Affordable price.

Minuses:

They are more from the nitpicking section:

Lack of QoS to set port speeds;

Inability to influence the priority of the Tranmission process (for example, by increasing its speed “overnight”);

Lack of schedules (necessary to turn on and off some useful) functions.

Conclusions:

The router made a very good impression on me.

The router’s wide capabilities, advanced settings, and low price make it possible to recommend it as a “workhorse” - a home multifunctional router.

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Connecting the DIR-320 router and logging into the web interface

Internet connection via 2G/3G modem

Cable connection of DIR-320 to the Internet

Setting network parameters

Training video: Step-by-step setup of D-link DIR-320 for dummies

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Connecting and entering settings D-Link DIR-300A

Setting up an Internet connection

D-Link DIR-300A: setting up an L2TP connection using the example of the Beeline provider

PPPoE connection on DIR-300A (TTK, Dom.ru, Rostelecom)

Setting up a Wi-Fi network, setting a password

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