D-Link DIR-890 AC3200 Ultra Triple-Band Wi-Fi Router Review

User Interface Continued

We are half way through the user interface, so there are quite a few more features to showcase.

Features

The third menu point is where the more advanced features are placed and it is fittingly named Features. The first thing we find here is the QoS engine used to prioritize internet access by systems. You can limit the up and download speeds at the top and set the client prioritisation below.

All you have to do is drag and drop the systems into the category order that you’d like and press the save button.

The firewall features are very basic but good to have. We have the basic Demilitarized Zone along with AntiSpoof checking, IPv4 and IPv6 rules.

The screenshots are pretty self-explanatory here, so there is no need to explain a lot. View the list.

Add some rules.

Define the setting.

And add some more rules.

Port forwarding is useful for anyone running a server from home, may it be a NAS, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo, or another type of server along with some download apps. Most apps and devices will handle all this themselves thanks to UPnP these days, but the manual options are also available.

The Virtual Server part is the continued version of the port forwarding that gives a few more options. Again, UPnP usually takes care of this these days and most of the times it isn’t something you’ll need to set yourself.

There’s also a website filter where you can set up to 15 sites to deny or allow.

This could be a handy feature if you only want to give users access to specific sites, for example, your kids where you might want to control where they can go until they’ve reached a more mature age and can handle the responsibility of being online.

You can also set static IPv4 routes should need to, again doubtfully a feature that will be used a lot on a device like this, but it is one that has to be there.

Dynamic DNS services make the life of connecting to your home when you’re away a lot easier when you have a dynamic IP address, and most people have. It is also a lot easier to remember a URL than an IP address for most people. The router can naturally keep these services updated with your current internet IP and ensure that you always have a connection home.

VPN has to be included these days and it is. The setup is just as easy as any other setting so far. There isn’t a lot of fuzz in D-Link’s interface, it’s just simple settings that are easy to identify.

Management

The last menu point is for the management and it doesn’t hide anything spectacular. You find what you’ll expect here such as time and date settings.

This is also the place where you’ll find the scheduling option, something I might have moved to the feature section. You can create up to 10 individual schedules that can be used in the other features to set the access rights by time. Again this can be a great way to keep your children in bed at night instead of surfing the web.

There’s also a system log feature with SysLog server and email notification feature.

This is naturally also the place where you can change the admin password, update the firmware as well as backup and restore your settings.

The final page is a simple statistics page where you quickly can see the statistics for the WAN, LAN, and Wireless connections.