D-Link DI-624S manual

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    D-Link DI-624S High-S peed 2. 4 GHz Wir eless Stor age Ro uter Manual Bu il di ng N etw orks fo r Pe opl e Ver 1.00[...]

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    Contents Pa ckage Con t en ts .... ..... ........ ...... ........ ....... ........ ...... .......... ........ ...... ........ ...... ........ ...... ... 3 Introdu ction ..... .......... ........ ...... ...... ........ ....... ...... ........ ...... .......... ........ ...... ...... ........ ...... . .. 4 Conn ections .. ...... .......... ........ .[...]

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    2 Adva nced > Firewa ll .... ...... .......... ......... ...... ........ ...... ........ ...... ........ ...... .......... ........ ... 44 Advan c ed > D MZ ....... ........ ...... ...... ......... ...... ........ ...... .......... ........ ...... ........ ...... ......... 45 Advan c ed > DDNS....... .......... ........ ...... ........... [...]

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    3 Package Contents Contents of Package: • D-Link DI-624 S 2.4G H z W ireless St orage Router • Power Ad apter- DC 5V, 3A • Manual and Warrant y on CD • Quick Ins tallation Gui de • Ether net Cable ( All the DI- 624 S’s Etherne t ports are Auto- MDIX) Note: Using a power sup ply with a diff erent voltage ra ting th an the one inc luded w[...]

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    4 Introductio n The D-Link DI-624S Wi rele ss Storage Rout er is an 80 2 .11b /g high-performance, w i rele ss router that supports hig h- speed w ireless networking at ho me, at work or in p u blic pla c es. Unlike most routers, the DI- 6 2 4S provides data tr ansfers at u p to 8X (com pared to the standard 11 Mb ps) when us ed with othe r D- Lin [...]

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    5 Connections USB 2.0 C onnections . Use thes e ports to connect your USB pri nt er o r me mor y media for fil e sharing. All Ethernet Ports (W AN and LA N) are auto MDI/ MDIX, meaning you can use ei ther a straight-through or a crossover E thernet cable. A uto MD I/MD IX LAN P orts Connect the E thernet cable from computers on your LAN to these po[...]

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    6 LEDs Pow er LED A solid light indicates a valid connection to the power supply. Status LED A blinking LED indicates the DI-624S is functioning properly. WAN LED An active LED indica te s a li nk has been established. A bli n ki ng LED indicates activity on the WAN port. WL A N L ED A n acti ve LED in dic ates a lin k has been establish ed. A blin[...]

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    7 Features • Fully com patible wit h the 8 02.11g standar d to pro vide a wirel ess data rate of up to 54Mbps • Backwards com patible with the 802.11b st andard t o provide a wireless data rat e of up to 11 M bps • WPA author izes an d identifi es users based on a s ecret ke y that changes automat icall y at a regular inter val, for e xample:[...]

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    8 various de vices to be shar ed over a net work, such as USB stora ge devices and printers • VPN Pass Through • DMZ an d DDNS fu nctions • Statefu l Packet Insp ection for protec tion against un wanted packet s • Qualit y of Service (Qo S) for priori tizing ports and IP address es • UPnP AV funct ion for s haring audio an d vid eo file s[...]

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    9 Wireless Basics D- Link wire les s pr odu cts are base d on in dus tr y st an dar ds to pro vi de eas y-t o- us e an d compatible h igh-speed wireless connect ivity within your home, bus iness or public access wire l ess networks. D-Link wireless products will allo w you acc ess to the data you want, whe n an d w her e y o u want it. You will be [...]

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    10 Wireless B asics (c ontinued) S ta nda rds -Bas ed Tec hn ol ogy The DI-6 24S Wirel ess Broadband Router u tilizes the n ew 802.1 1g standard. The IEEE 802.11 g standar d is an e xtens ion of the 802.1 1b standar d. It i ncreas es the data rate u p to 54 Mb ps within the 2.4G Hz band, ut ilizing OFDM techn ology. This means that in most enviro n[...]

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    11 Getting Started Setting up a Wirel ess Infrastructure Netw ork Please r emember that D-L ink Air Plus G wire less devi ces ar e pre-conf igured to c onnect together , right out of the b ox, with th eir defa ult settin gs. For a ty pical wir eless s etup at home (as sho wn abov e), please do th e follo w i ng: 1. You wi ll need broadba nd Interne[...]

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    12 5. (See the printed Quick Installation Gu ide inc luded with the net work adapter .) 6. Instal l the D-Link DWL- G650 wireless Cardbus adapter i nto a lapto p comput er. (Se e the pri nted Quick Inst allation Guide i ncluded with the DWL- G650.) 7. Instal l t he D- Link DFE-530 T X+ ad apter into a de sktop computer. The four Ethernet LA N ports[...]

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    13 Using the Configuration Wizard Whene ver y ou w ant to conf igure y our netw ork or the D I- 624 S, y o u can access the Configuration Menu by opening the w e b-browser and ty p ing in the IP Addre s s of the DI -624 S. The DI-62 4S defa ult IP Addre ss i s sh ow n to the right: • Open the web brow ser • Ty pe in the IP A ddress of the Rout [...]

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    14 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > Wirel ess WCN WCN or Window s Conn ect N ow T echno logy is used to au t omat ically configure the wireless settin gs for this device. The WCN must be previously configured o n compu ter runni n g a Windows XP operating sy stem , w hic h has Service Pack 2 installed. Once t he configuration h[...]

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    15 Wireless Q oS (WMM) Clicking the Ena bled ra d io b u tton in this section will enabl e Q oS for WiFi MultiMed ia (WMM). T his function w ill give priority to audio and video information travelling over the wirless netw ork. This function is especially important in sharing file s over y o ur LAN using a media server, such a s the D-Lin k Me dia [...]

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    16 Open S y st em/S hared Ke y The Op en System/Share d Key choice for Authen ticati on will pr o duce th e same screen for the user’s configuration. The O pen System choice is for general use and ut ilizes the basic WEP encryption. The Shared Key choice is used be tw een c oo perating devices that share a common encryption key . W EP (Wireless E[...]

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    17 WPA WPA or Wireless Prote ction Access is a new an improved sta ndard of wireless securit y . WPA offers encryption key s of up to 256-bits that automatically chan ge fr equently. On this router, the WPA utiliz e s t he RADIUS protocol, which utilizes a server to authorize t h e user by matching a Shared Secret passw o rd listed in it s RADIUS d[...]

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    18 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > WAN Static IP Addr ess Choose Stat ic IP Address if al l WAN IP i nformation is pro vided to y o u by y our ISP. You will need to enter in the IP address, s u bnet mask, gatew a y address, and DNS address(es) prov ided to you b y your ISP. Each IP address ente r ed in the fields must be in th[...]

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    19 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Dynamic IP Addre ss Dyn amic Choose Dy namic IP A ddress to obtain IP addre ss informa tion automati c ally from y our ISP. T his option sho uld be selecte d if y our ISP has not su pplied you with an IP addr ess. This o pt i on is commonly used for Cable mode m services. Host Nam e Th e Host Name is o[...]

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    20 Using the Configura tion Me nu (continu ed) Home > WA N > PPPoE PP Po E Choose th is option if your I SP uses PPPoE. (M o st DS L users wi ll sele ct this option .) Dy namic PPPoE Choose this op t ion to rece iv e an I P A ddr ess automa tically from y our ISP . Sta tic PP PoE Cho os e th is op ti on to y ou have an as signed (stat ic) IP [...]

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    21 Clone M AC Address The d ef ault MAC ad dres s is set to t he W AN’s ph ysic al interf ac e MAC address on the Broadband Router. You can use t he “Clone MAC Add res s” bu tton to copy the MA C ad dr ess o f the E the rnet C ard installed by y o ur ISP and repl ac e the WAN M A C addr ess with th e MAC address of the router. It i s not reco[...]

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    22 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Hom e > W AN > Oth ers > PPT P PP TP Ch oos e betw een Dy na mic an d St atic IP . IP Address Enter the IP ad dr ess of th e route r for a static IP entry . Dy namic IP re quir es no inpu t here . Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask address of the router for a stati c IP e n try. Dyn am ic IP re[...]

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    23 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > W A N > Oth ers > L2TP L2PT Ch oose b etw een Dy nam ic an d Stati c IP. U sing Dynamic IP, th e router w ill set your ba s ic IP parameters, such as the IP Address , Subnet Mask and Gateway . For Static IP, this information must be set manu ally by the us er. IP Address The IP address [...]

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    24 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > WAN > Oth ers > BigPond C able This selection is for user s having Big Pond Cable as their ISP. En ter th e foll owing infor mation, as pro vided to you by your ISP. Use r Na me Enter the user name as provided to y ou by your ISP. Pas sw or d Enter The PPPoE user name provided to you by[...]

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    25 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > LAN IP Address The IP ad dress of th e LAN interface. T he default IP a ddress i s 192.16 8.0.1. Subnet Mask The subnet ma s k o f the LAN interface. The default subne t m ask is 255.255.255.0. Local Domain Name This entry is for the lo cal Domain set on y our n etw ork, if you have gi ven it[...]

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    26 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > DHC P To setup DHCP for your L AN, first enable th e Router as a DHCP se rver by cl icking t h e co rres pon ding Enabled radio button in the w indow above. Th e next st ep is to set a range of IP addresses that y ou wish to all o t to the devices on y our LA N by entering a Startin g IP A dd[...]

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    27 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > File Sharing To set up the DI-624S as a fi le ser ver, the user needs to configure four parts asso ciated with t his window. Each pa rt has a c orrespon ding ra dio button an d when clicked, will open up to a new window t o configure. 1. The S erver Setu p window is used to config ure the set[...]

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    28 Advance d > File Shar ing > Ser ver Set up S erv er Se tu p Click the co rresponding r ad i o button if you w ish to enable or disable the File Ser ver function on the R outer. Gr oup Ente r the name o f the s ha re gr ou p on th e int ernal netw ork wi th wh om yo u wis h t o sha r e fi le s . Name Enter the name of th e device to be used[...]

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    29 Use r Na me Ent er th e name of the user t o be add ed to t he u ser g rou p. T his name must b e identi c al to the one the u s er will input when asked for authorization by the router. User Description Enter a description o f the us er to identify that person to the administrator. This is an optio nal field. Pas sw or d / Con fi rm Pas s wor d[...]

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    30 Select Direct or y Pop- Up Window This windo w will appear when the Sel ect Direct or y button is clicked in the pr evious windo w. Using t his windo w, the adm inistr ator can cr eate d irectories for sharing on the network. To create a d irec tory, enter a name of your choice in the Create Dire ctor y field and click Ad d . Once entered, it w [...]

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    31 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > FT P WAN Side Setting Click the Ena bl ed radi o butt on to o pen the file sh aring system on the WAN. The user may also enter a virtual port numbe r for which to use th is protocol. T he common port number for FTP is 21. LAN Side Settin g Clic k the Enabl ed radio button to open the file sha[...]

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    32 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > Per sonal Web Personal Web Server Click the Enabl ed radio button to enable the DI-624S a s a Personal Web server. Inte rface Choose the inter f ace on w hich to set up y our Personal we b server. LAN only will allow users on the LAN (i nternal) to access this HT ML interface. L AN and WAN w [...]

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    33 Use r Name Enter t he User Na me y o u w i sh to a llot this Personal W eb page. Th is is the User Name , along w i th th e Password in t he next fiel d, t hat w ill be r equir ed to acces s th e Pers onal We b page on a USB storage device connect e d to th e Router. Password Enter the Password y o u wish t o allot this Personal We b page. Th is[...]

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    34 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Home > UPnP AV UPn P AV Ser ver Click Enable d to enab le the DI-624S a s a UPnP ser ver. Interface Choose an interface on w hich to m a ke AV files accessible. Choosing LAN only w ill restrict v iew ing and liste ning to client s on the local netw ork. Ch oosing LAN and WAN w ill ope n th e AV file[...]

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    35 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Advan ced > Virtual Ser ver To view the follow ing window, click on the A dvanced tab at the top of the w indow and th en cli ck the Vi rtual Server b utt on to the le ft . Th e Virtual S erver will allow remote users ac cess to various services outside of the ir L AN t h rough a public IP address ,[...]

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    36 • SMTP – S imple M ai l T rans fer P rotocol, used to tra nsmit e-mail messages between parties • POP3 – P ost O ffice P rotocol v ersion 3, us e d t o retri eve e-ma il from a ma il server • Telnet – A t e rmina l emulation program used for remot e confi guration • IPSec – IP S ec urity , us ed fo r a secure tran s fer of inform[...]

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    37 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Ad v a nced > App licati ons Applications Click th e approp r ia te c o rrespondi ng radio button to enable or d i sable the Applications fea t ure. Trigger Port Enter th e p ort associated w ith the Name entered above. This is the port that will “trigger” this appl ication to accept multiple co[...]

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    38 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Advanc ed > F ilters Pac ket filt erin g is a ba sic s ecu rity measur e tha t sho u ld be us ed on any netw ork th at is ex po sed to a security risk. A pa cket filter system examines d ata pa cket s an d s c ruti niz es them in ord er to control network access. Filteri n g rule s dete r mine w het[...]

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    39 Advance d > Fi lters > IP Filt ers IP Filters Choose whether to enable or disable this configuration for IP filtering . IP Address An IP address or range of IP addre sses that will be denied access to the In ternet. Por t A port or ra ng e of po r ts that w ill be de nied access to the Internet. If no port is entered , all port s in thi s [...]

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    40 Advance d > Filt ers > M AC Filters Disabled MA C Filters Click this radio button t o disable MAC filtering on the Router. Only Allow Click this radio bu tton if y ou wish to allow specific c o mputer s access to the network, based on MA C address. On ly Den y Click this radio bu tton if y ou wish to deny s pecif ic computers access to the[...]

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    41 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Advanced > Par ental Contr ol Parental Control i s used to deny a ccess to certain websites a nd domain s on the In ternet. T his is beneficial for users w ho want to d eny computers o n the LAN entry to webs ites, e speci ally for parents who want to guard against questionable conte nt for their ch[...]

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    42 Advance d > Parental Con trol > URL Blocki ng URL or Uniform Resource Lo c ator is a s peci ally formatted text string that uniquely define s an Internet w ebsite. This w indow will al lo w u sers to b l o ck c omput ers on the L AN f rom ac c es sing certain URLs. T his may be accompli shed by simply e nterin g the URL to be bl o cked in [...]

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    43 Advanced > Parental Contr ol > Domain Blocking Domain blocking is a method of denying or allowing computers on the LAN access to spec ifi c domains on the Internet. T here are two available methods a vailable to the us e r to insti tute Domain blocking on the router. Under the Domain Bloc k ing h eade r i n the scr een pict ured ab ove , t[...]

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    44 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Ad vanc ed > F irew all Fir e wa ll Click th e correspon ding radio button if y ou wish to enable or disable the firewall function o n the Router. Name Enter a name t ha t w ill define the f irewall rule to be config ur ed. T h i s entry is dependant on how the user wish es to c lassify this rul e. [...]

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    45 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Advanc ed > DMZ Firewalls may conf li ct with ce r tain interactive appl ications such as video conferencing or p l ay ing Internet video games. Fo r these applicatio ns, a firewall by pass ca n be set up u sin g a DMZ IP address. The DMZ IP address is a “visibl e” address and does not benefit f[...]

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    46 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Advanced > D DNS Note: DDNS requires th at an account be setup with one of the sup ported DDNS ser vers prior to engag ing i t on the r outer. This f unction will not work with out an accepte d account with a DDNS server. DDNS Clic k the Enab l ed bu tton t o enable th e DDNS f eatur e on the router[...]

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    47 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Ad v a nced > Prin ter The DI-624S ha s a special ability to s er v e as a print server w hen using a USB prin ter. After connected to the pri nte r through one of the USB ports at the rear of the route r, the user must enable the router to a c t as a print server by clicking the Ena bled radio butt[...]

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    48 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Advanc ed > QoS QoS or Qual ity of Service is us ed to al lot band width and pr iority fr om t he rou ter. To allot bandwidth per p ort on the rout er, click the QoS Bandwidth radi o button and c onfigur e the paramet ers. QoS m ay be configure d per Phy sical P ort , MA C a d d re ss , I P address [...]

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    49 Advan ced > Qo S > MAC WA N Uplink Ban dwidt h Use t he pu ll down menu to set th e WA N Upli nk Band width . T he u ser may choose a speed fro m 64kbps to Full (100Mbps). En sure that the Bandwidth does not exceed th e incoming bandwidth from th e ISP or it will cause other device s on th e LAN to s low dow n due to decreased bandwidth. C[...]

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    50 Advan ced > Qo S > IP WA N Uplink Ban dwidt h Use t he pu ll down menu to set th e WA N Upli nk Band width . T he u ser may choose a speed from 64 kbps to Ful l (100Mbps). En sure th at the bandwidth do es not exceed th e in coming ban dwidth from the ISP or it will cause other device s on th e LAN to s low dow n due to decreased bandwidth[...]

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    51 A dvanced > QoS > A pplicati on Qo S Co nt ro l b y I P Click the Enabled radio butto n to enable QoS priority b y a pplication. Informati on coming from t his appl ication w ill have the highest priority on the LAN. T h is mea ns that information or iginating from this device will be sent to o ther dev ices on the LAN requesting it, f irs[...]

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    52 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Advance d > Performance T X Ra te Use the pull d ow n menu to sele ct the tr ansfer data rat e, in Mbps. The default s e tting of Au t o w ill au t omatically adjust the trans f er rate to the highest p os sib le rate allowed. Transmit Po wer All ow s the user t o adj ust th e tr ansmit pow er of t [...]

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    53 DT IM Interval DTIM (Deli very Tr affic Indi cat ion Mes sage) is a co untd own informing c lients of the ne xt window for lis tening to bro a d ca st and multic ast messa ges. The default sett ing is 3. Preambl e Type Se lect Short or Long Pre a m ble. The Pr eam ble de fi nes the length of th e CRC bl ock (C yclic Redundancy Chec k is a com mo[...]

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    54 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Tools > Admin Administrator admin is the A dministrator logi n name. Pas sw or d Enter th e p assword here an d the same password in the Confirm Pass word field. This w ill b e the passwo rd that the administrator will use to gain access to the c onfigurati on menu of the device. T h ere is no defau[...]

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    55 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Tools > Time The s ystem time is t he time used b y the DI-624S for s chedulin g ser vices. You can manuall y set the ti me, con nect to a NTP (Net w ork Ti me Protoc ol) server or s ynchr onize the tim e on the r outer with your P C. If a n NTP ser ver i s set, you will o nly ne ed to set th e time[...]

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    56 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Tools > System Th e Sy s te m windo w has three basic fu nctions for the DI-624S ad min istrator. Configurat ion settin gs can be sa ve d to a local har d drive on your compu ter by c licking the Save button. This w i ll produce a ne w wi ndow from y o ur opera ti n g system inquiring you abou t the[...]

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    57 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Tools > Firmw a re You can upgrade the firm ware of th e Router here. Make sur e the fir mware you want t o use is on t he local har d driv e of the co mp uter. Click on Brow se to bro wse th e loc al hard drive an d locate th e fir mware to b e used for the upda te. Please check the D-L ink Support[...]

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    58 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Tools > Misc. Pin g Test The Ping Test is used t o send Ping packets to test if a computer is on the Internet. Enter the IP Addre ss that you wis h to Ping, and cli ck Ping . Block WAN P ing Discard Ping from WAN side- If y ou choose to blo ck WAN Ping, the W AN IP Addre s s of the DI-624S w ill not[...]

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    59 VPN P ass Thro ugh The DI-624S supports VP N (Virtual Private Network) pass-through for both PPT P (Po int-to-Point Tunnelin g Pro toco l) an d IP Sec (I P Security). Once VPN pass-through is enabled, there is no need to op en up vi rtu al ser vic es. Mul tiple VPN c onne c tions ca n be m ade th rou gh the DI -624S. This is useful w hen you hav[...]

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    60 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Tools > Cable Test The ab ove wind ow is a Vitr ual Cabl e Tester and it s hows the user the current st atus of the ports o f the Rout er. In this windo w, we can see that LAN4 por t is connected at a speed of 100M bps Fu ll (du plex) a nd all the ot her c onnectio ns do not have a valid l ink. Clic[...]

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    61 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Stat us > Devi ce Inf o LAN MAC Address : MAC address of the DI-624S IP A ddress : LAN/Private IP Address of the DI-624S Subnet Mask : LAN / Private Subnet Mask of the DI -624 S DHCP Se rver : DHCP Server Status WAN MAC Address : MAC address of the DI-624S Connection : Dis plays the c urren t con ne[...]

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    62 Subnet Mask : WAN/Publi c Subnet Ma s k Defaul t Gateway : WAN /Public Gateway IP Ad dress Domain Name Server : WAN/Public DNS IP Address Wireless 80 2.11g MAC Address : MAC address of the DI-624S SSI D : Dis pla ys the cu rre nt SSID Channel : D isplay s the curre nt w i reless channel in use Enc ry pt ion : ind ica tes w h ether wireless encry[...]

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    63 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Status > Log The Rout er keeps a runnin g log of events and activi ties occurr ing on the Ro uter. If the de vi ce is reb ooted , the l og s are a utom aticall y clea red. Y ou may s av e the log files under Log Settings . Vi ew Log First Page - T he fir st page of the lo g Last Page - The last pag [...]

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    64 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Status > Statistics Th e screen above displ ays th e Traf f i c Sta tist ics. He r e you ca n view th e amou nt of packets that p ass throug h the DI-624S on both the W A N and the L AN por ts. The t raffic count er will reset if the de vice is r eboo ted or c an be r eset b y c lick ing the Reset b[...]

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    65 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Status > Wi rele ss The wireless client t able displa ys a lis t of c urrent conne cted wireless clients. This table also displa y s t he MAC addr ess and mode of t he connec ted wireless client. Clic k on Hel p at any time, for more in format i on.[...]

  • Page 67

    66 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Status > Prin ter Info Th e Printer Info w i ndow dis plays a list of Pri nters tha t are using the DI-624S as a print server. These pr inters are defined b y their Queue Name and Pr inter Name . Th e s tatus of these pri nters is located t o the right un der the head ing Pr inter Ser ver St atus .[...]

  • Page 68

    67 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Act ive S essi on Th e Active Sessi on wind ow allows users to view the packets pas sing throu gh the router, w he ther from t he sour ce or to the des tination . This windo w displays th e total TCP and UDP packets in the N A PT Session secti on. This is a total of the Active Session sect ion on the b[...]

  • Page 69

    68 Sub-di vided aga in, this window displays mor e det ailed inform ation on the TCP/ UDP actions taken by the specific IP addr ess, as stated bel ow. Protoco l Displ ays the prot ocol used b y the corres pond ing IP ad dress, whether i t be TCP or UDP. Source IP Displa y s the IP a ddress of the d evice sendin g informa tion. Source Port Displa y [...]

  • Page 70

    69 Using the Configura tion Me nu (cont inued) Help Th e He l p tab will give basic informat ion referrin g to various screens locted in th e Router. To view a specific sec tion, click on its hyperlinked na me. A new windo w of i nformati on will appe ar.[...]

  • Page 71

    70 Technical Specifications Standards • IEEE 8 02.11g • IEEE 8 02.11b • IEEE 8 02.3 • IEEE 8 02.3u VPN P ass Through/ Multi-Ses s i ons • PPTP • L2TP • IPSec Device Management • Web- Based- Intern et Explorer v 6 or later; N e tscape Na vigator v6 or lat er • DHCP Server and Client Ad v a nced Firewall Features • NAT with VPN Pa[...]

  • Page 72

    71 Technical S pecificat ions (cont inued) Safety and Emissio n s: • EMI: FCC Cl as s B , CE Class B, C- Tick , IC • Safety : CSA I nternation al Wireless Frequency Ran ge: • 2.4G Hz to 2.4 62G Hz LEDs : • Power • WAN • LAN (1 0/100) • WLAN (Wirele ss Connecti on) Status Physical Di mens ions: • L = 7.56 i nches ( 192mm) • W = 4.6[...]

  • Page 73

    72 Technical S pecificat ions (cont inued) Warranty: • 3 year (depen ds on D - Link glo bal warrant y policy) Wireless Data R ates w i th Automatic Fall back: • 54 Mbps • 48 Mbps • 36 Mbps • 24 Mbps • 22 Mbps • 18 Mbps • 12 Mbps • 11 Mbps • 9 Mbps • 6 Mbps • 5.5 Mbps • 2 Mbps • 1 Mbps Re ce iver Sen sit iv ity : • 54Mb[...]

  • Page 74

    73 Appendi x WCN and t he Wireless Set up Wizard WCN or W in do ws C onn ect N ow tec hnology has been r ecently incorp orated b y D-Link to quickly aid the user in sett ing up a sec ure wir eless envir onment. Combinin g the ne w WCN techno logy incorp orated b y Windo ws an d only available t hrough a PC tha t has a wireles s NIC c ard and is r u[...]

  • Page 75

    74 Choose “ Set up a new wirele ss network ”. Click Next . Enter a network name of up to 32 char act e r s to ident ify your wir eles s network. T h is name w ill be c ommon to all user s on the w irel ess LA N. Choose “ Manually ass ign a network key ” which w ill be configured i n the next window . Click Next . Choose a k ey that will be [...]

  • Page 76

    75 The settings will the autom atically be up loaded to yo ur USB flash dri ve. Once sav ed the user is t o u nplug the de vice, in the proper met hod, a nd then plug that USB f lash dri ve into a ll devices that will b e access ing the wireless LAN. Each d evice will upload th e configurat ions a utomat icall y and be instant ly accessibl e on the[...]

  • Page 77

    76 Installing a Printer on your DI-624S The Di-6 24S can be use d as a print ser ver for devic es on y o ur LA N. Once you have installed t he USB printer t hr ough the r outer, the us er must set up t he co mputer on the LAN for th e print er as well . The follo wing e xplanation will guide you thro ugh the steps needed to do this. Remem ber to e [...]

  • Page 78

    77 In the Local or Netw ork Printer windo w , ch oose “ Loca l p r in t er attache d to this c omput er ”. Clic k Ne xt . Then th e user mus t choo se the type of inst allation for the wizard. Choose “ Cre ate a new port ” and use the pull-do wn menu to select “ St andar d TCP /IP Po rt ”. Clic k Ne xt . The next s creen t o appear is t[...]

  • Page 79

    78 Enter th e IP addr ess (default: 192.168. 0.1) of th e DI-6 24S to t he “ Printer Name or IP A ddr ess ” field . In the Port Na me field, be sure add a name to the r outer IP a ddress t o differ entiate it fr om other devices .(ex: IP_192. 168.0. 1dlink) Click Ne xt . After clicking Next , the Wizar d requires addit ional i nformatio n to co[...]

  • Page 80

    79 The final windo w wi ll be t he “ Comple ting the A dd Standard TCP /IP P rin ter Po rt W izard ” window, as sho wn to th e left. Here you can vie w the pro perties of t he added pr inter, inclu ding the IP address, pr otocol and qu eue na me. Click Finis h to complete the wizard.[...]

  • Page 81

    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, D-Link Systems, Inc. (“D-Link”) provides this Limited warranty for its product only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from: • D-Link or its authorized reseller or distributor and • Products purchased and delivered within the fifty states of the United States,[...]

  • Page 82

    Limitation of Liability: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW , D-LINK IS NOT LIABLE UNDER ANY CONTRACT , NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUIT ABLE THEORY FOR ANY LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT , INCONVENIENCE OR DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER, WHETHER DIRECT , SPECIAL, INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FO[...]