Question about D-Link router settings...
I just set up a new D-Link router, as my Netgear router was getting a little temperamental. The settings are nothing like my Netgear settings, which actually had a program to get into them. With th...
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I like Gwalk's break down on this... very detailed! I will bookmark this because I have a lot of trouble too. Personally at home I have the same router as Charles Scott (Netgear Nighthawk) and I had an issue with the router dropping connectivity all the time, which in turn made me have to be very detailed in my device access.
I have it set up as WPA2-PSK where the router is the DHCP but devices connected are limited to manually entered MAC addresses and provided their own IP as well as each MAC and IP are appropriately labeled. Even if the password is known, a device cannot connect to my network unless its MAC address is entered in the router and it is manually assigned a custom local IP. I also had to restrict 5GHz because it was interfering with my wireless headphones. I run a tight ship.
Amanda
I have it set up as WPA2-PSK where the router is the DHCP but devices connected are limited to manually entered MAC addresses and provided their own IP as well as each MAC and IP are appropriately labeled. Even if the password is known, a device cannot connect to my network unless its MAC address is entered in the router and it is manually assigned a custom local IP. I also had to restrict 5GHz because it was interfering with my wireless headphones. I run a tight ship.
Amanda
