D-Link Performace Series DIR-890L AC3200 Router Review

User Interface – Maintenance

The last tab with settings is the Management tab and we’ll get through this quite fast.

Time Settings

First, we have the time settings. We can change the time zone, set the time and date automatically through NTP servers, and enable daylight saving too.

This is also where we find the scheduling function.

Schedules are easy to create and edit. Simply click the fields you want to enable or disable and hit the Apply button.

Log Settings

The DIR-890L supports logging to a Syslog server as well as sending emails out via a pre-set server. Naturally, if your internet connection goes down, it can’t send emails tho.

Router Administration

The router administration itself also features a few settings. You can enable captcha for the login which is a great feature if you open it up to the internet for remote management and connections. Every bit of security helps. You can also enable forced secure connections, change the password, and change the set admin port.

From within the last page, you get access to the system backup and reboot settings.

Router Firmware Upgrade

Naturally, there’s also a firmware upgrade feature. While it’s one of the last things I’m showing here, it’s the first place you should visit after initializing the router. Depending on the update, it might reset your settings and as such it would be a waste to do all the work only to have to do it again. In my case, there was a new version available and I’m of course going to apply this update.

The router will first download the update. This didn’t take long for me, but I also have an 115Mbps internet connection in both directions.

Once downloaded, the router will apply the new firmware.

Once you have updated the firmware, the router needs to reboot. You might need to clear your cache after the update, at least I needed to or it would show wrong information.

Statistics

The last function is great to keep an eye on the bandwidth usage. You can watch the WAN, LAN, and WLAN individually in graph form and check on the actual throughput of your setup.