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    D-Link DI-704 User Manual[...]

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    II LIMITED WARRANTY D-Link Systems, Inc. ( “ D-Link ” ) provides this limited warranty for its product only to the person or entity who originally purchased the product from D-Link or its authorized reseller or distributor. Limited Hardware Warranty: D-Link warrants that the hardware portion of the D-Link products described below ( “ Hardware[...]

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    III Spare parts and spare kits Ninety (90) days D-Link ’ s sole obligation shall be to repair or replace the defective Hardware at no charge to the original owner. Such repair or replacement will be rendered by D-Link at an Authorized D-Link Service Office. The replacement Hardware need not be new or of an identical make, model or part; D-Link ma[...]

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    IV product shall be insured and shipped to D-Link, 53 Discovery Drive, Irvine CA 92618, with all shipping costs prepaid. D-Link may reject or return any product that is not packaged and shipped in strict compliance with the foregoing requirements, or for which an RMA number is not visible from the outside of the package. The product owner agrees to[...]

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    V 1. Bitte lesen Sie sich diese Hinweise sorgfältig durch. 2. Heben Sie diese Anleitung für den spätern Gebrauch auf. 3. Vor jedem Reinigen ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen. Vervenden Sie keine Flüssig- oder Aerosolreiniger. Am besten dient ein angefeuchtetes Tuch zur Reinigung. 4. Um eine Beschädigung des Gerätes zu vermeiden sollten [...]

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    VI D-Link is a registered trademark of D-Link Corporation/D-Link Systems, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective proprietors. Copyright Statement No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from D-Link Cor[...]

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    VII television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: -Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. -Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. -Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit differ[...]

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    VIII Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 1 1.1 Functions and Features .................................................................... 1 1.2 Packing List ..................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 Hardwar[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the DI-704 Broadband Router. The DI-704 is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete solution for Internet surfing and office resource sharing, and is easy for non-technical users to configure and operate. Instructions for installing and configur[...]

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    2 Internet Explorer. l Access Control supported Allows you to assign different access rights for different users. l Virtual Server supported Enables you to expose WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to Internet users outside of your LAN. l User-Definable Application Sensing Tunnel User can define the attributes to support the s[...]

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    3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 . Panel Layout 2.1 .1. Front Panel Figure 2-1 Front Panel RESET When RESET is pushed, system settings will be set to factory defaults. M1&M2 System status indicators, Orange . M1 is flashed once per second to indicate system is alive. When system is busy, M2 is lighted. WAN & LAN Ethernet port indicator[...]

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    4 Power Power inlet. This is where you connect the included power adapter. Note that, the included power adapter is DC 5V/1A. Using the wrong type of power adapter may cause damage to the DI-704 . 2.2. Installation Requirements The DI-704 can be positioned at any convenient place in your office or house. No special wiring or cooling requirements is[...]

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    5 Figure 2-5 Setup of LAN connections for DI-704. 2. Setup WAN connection: prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting the DI-704 to your cable/ xDSL modem or Ethernet backbone. Figure 2-5 illustrates the WAN connection. 3. Power o n : Connect the power cord to power inlet and turn the power switch on. The DI-704 will automatically enter the self-test[...]

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    6 Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation To use the DI-704 correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform ( Windows 95/98/ Me/ NT /2000). 3.1 Make correct network settings to the computer The default IP address of the DI-704 is 192.1[...]

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    7 there must be something wrong with the installation. Follow the steps again to make sure the network settings are correct. You should check the following items in sequence: 1. Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between the DI-704 and your computer? Tip : The LAN LED of the DI-704 and the link LED of network card on your computer must be li[...]

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    8 Chapter 4 Configuring The DI-704 The DI-704 provides a Web based configuration scheme, that is, configuring by Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platform. 4. 1 Start-up and Log in Activate your browser, open settings, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of t[...]

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    9 the System Password field and click on the Log in button. If the password is correct, the web appearance will be changed into administrator configure mode. As listed in its main menu, there are several options for system administration. 4. 2 Status This option provides the function for observing the DI-704 ’ s working status: A. WAN Port Status[...]

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    10 4. 3 Tools This option enables you to change the administrator password, view the log, and clone the MAC address. You can also reboot the DI-704 by clicking the Reboot button. Note: We strongly recommend that the system password be changed for security reasons. If you forget the system password, please refer to Appendix A to reset a new one.[...]

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    11 4. 4 Setup This option is crucial to enable the DI-704 to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start. 1. LAN IP Address : the DI-704 ’ s IP address. The default address is 192.168.123.254. You can change it to your need. 2. WAN Type : WAN connection type of your ISP.[...]

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    12 4.4.1 Static IP Address WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS : enter the proper setting value provided by your ISP . 4.4.2 Dynamic IP Address 1. Host Name : optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. 2. Renew IP Forever : this feature enables the DI-704 to renew its IP address automatically when the lease tim[...]

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    13 4. 5 DHCP Server The settings of TCP/IP environment include Host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not a simple task to correctly configure all the computers in your LAN environment. Fortunately, DHCP provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. The DI-704 supports the function of DHCP server. If you enab[...]

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    14 4. 6 Virtual Server The DI-704 ’ s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your I ntranet, so all hosts behind the DI-704 are invisible to the outside world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping . A v irtual server is defined as a Serv ice Port , and all request s to this por[...]

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    15 4. 7 Special AP Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on. Due to the firewall function, these applications can not work with a pure NAT router. Special Applications enables some of these applications to work with a NAT router. If Special Applications is still insufficie[...]

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    16 4. 8 Access Control Access Control allows you to assign different access rights for different users. First, you have to divide users into different groups. Users are identified by their IP addresses. You can assign the members of Group 1, 2 and 3. The others are all members of the Default Group. Second, you have to assign the access rights of ea[...]

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    17 4. 9 Misc Items 1. IP Address of DMZ Host : DMZ ( DeMilitarized Zone) Host is a host without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-way communication. Note that, this feature should be used only when needed. 2. Remote Administrator Host : In general, only Intranet users can browse the built-in web pages [...]

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    18 Appendix A Console Mode When you forget the system password or the IP address of the DI-704, you need to enter console mode to reset them. Before invoking the console program, be sure to find a null modem cable and use it to connect from the DI-704 ’ s COM port to your computer ’ s COM port. Then, execute a terminal program, such as the Hype[...]

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    19 Appendix B TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 This section describes installing the TCP/IP protocol into your personal computer. Supposing you have successfully installed one network card on your personal computer. If not, please refer to your network card manual. Moreover, the Section B.2 tells you how to set TCP/IP values for working with [...]

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    20 6. The TCP/IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window. Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP/IP protocol. B.2 Set TCP/IP protocol for working with the DI-704 1. Click Start button and choose Settings , then click Control Panel . 2. Double click Network icon. Select the TCP/IP line that has been a[...]

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    21 A. Get IP via DHCP server a. Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab. b. Don ’ t input any value in the Gateway tab. c. Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab.[...]

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    22 B. Configure IP manually a. Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address of the DI-704 is 192.168.123.254. So please use 192.168.123.xxx ( xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field. b. In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of the DI-704 (default IP is[...]

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    23 192.168.123.254) in the New gateway field and click Add button. c. In the DNS Configuration tab, add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button.[...]

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    24 Appendix C Technical Specifications Standards: • IEEE 802.3 10BASET-T Ethernet • IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet • IEEE 802.3x Flow Control • IEEE 802.1p Priority Queue • ANSI/IEEE 802.3 NWay auto-negotiation Management: • Web-Based Ports: • 4 x NWay 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet LAN • 1 x 10BASE-T WAN • 1 x RS-232 (DB[...]

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    25 Offices AUSTRALIA D-LINK AUSTRALASIA Unit 16, 390 Eastern Valley Way, Roseville, NSW 2069, Australia TEL: 61-2-9417- 7100 FAX: 61-2-9417-1077 TOLL FREE: 1800-177-100 (Australia), 0800-900900 (New Zealand) URL: www.dlink.com.au E-MAIL: support@dlink.com.au , info@dlink.com.au CANADA D-LINK CANADA 218 0 Winston Park Drive, Oakville, Ontario L6H 5W[...]

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    26 Registration Card Print, type or use block letters. Your name: Mr./Ms _______________________________ ______________________________________________ Organization: ________________________________________________ Dept. ____________________________ Your title at organization: ________________________________________________________________________[...]

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