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RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide

Version 1.00.70-09.12.2006

Summary of Contents for DIR-430

Page 1: ...ȱ ȱ ȱ RangeBooster G Wireless Router User s Guide Version 1 00 70 09 12 2006 ȱ ...

Page 2: ...tingȱup 10 CHAPTERȱ4ȱȱCONFIGURINGȱYOURȱPCS 11 ConfiguringȱWindowsȱ95 ȱ98ȱandȱMillenniumȱPCs 12 ConfiguringȱWindowsȱ2000ȱPCs 14 ConfiguringȱWindowsȱXPȱPCs 16 ConfiguringȱWindowsȱ2003ȱPCs 18 CHAPTERȱ5ȱȱCONFIGURINGȱTHEȱDIRȬ430 20 AccessingȱtheȱDIRȬ430ȱconfiguration 20 SavingȱandȱActivatingȱtheȱConfiguration 22 TopȱPanel 23 Setup 23 QuickȱSetupȱWizard 23 WAN 24 Prioritization 25 MACȱcloningȱsettings 2...

Page 3: ...nageȱServers 53 ManageȱViews 54 AddȱaȱCategory 55 RemoveȱaȱCategory 55 Addȱnewȱreference 55 ManageȱViewsȱȬȱBlogs 57 ManageȱViewsȱ ȱPhotos 60 ManageȱViewsȱ ȱVideos 63 ManageȱViewsȱ ȱMusic 65 ManageȱViewsȱ ȱFolders 69 DesktopȱLinks 72 CopyȱUserȱViews 74 ExternalȱBlogs 76 Updates 77 Tools 78 Admin 78 UserȱNameȱ ȱPassword 78 Administration 79 Time 80 Firmware 82 SaveȱConfiguration 83 RestoreȱConfigura...

Page 4: ...al Conventions This guide uses the following notational conventions Notationȱ Meaningȱ Menuȱ optionsȱ Bold ȱ Example ȱSelectȱtheȱSettingsȱoptionȱonȱtheȱscreen ȱ Allowedȱ URLsȱ Hyperlinksȱareȱunderlined ȱ Example ȱhttp www dlink com Italicsȱ Textȱinȱitalicsȱisȱusedȱforȱemphasis ȱ ȱ Warning ȱFollowȱtheȱinstructionsȱprovidedȱtoȱavoidȱthisȱsituation ȱ ȱ Importantȱnoteȱorȱinstructionȱtoȱread ȱ ȱ ȱ Page...

Page 5: ...or HTTPS connection The DIR 430 also features an ICSA certified advanced Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall In addition the DIR 430 is a perfect solution for connecting a PC or small group of PCs through a switch hub or Wi Fi to a high speed broadband Internet connection With the performance and security features of the DIR 430 your network will take advantage of the Internet while keeping privat...

Page 6: ...erviceȱ DDNS ȱusingȱdyndnsȱprotocol ȱ ȡ PortȱTriggering ȱPortȱforwardingȱandȱdefaultȱhostȱconfigurationȱsecurityȱfeature ȱ ȱ characters ȱ ȡ FacilitatesȱwebȬhostingȱorȱanyȱsuch ȡ SupportsȱUniversalȱPlugȬnȬPlay ȱ ȡ EasyȱconfigurationȱthroughȱaȱWebȱBrowserȱfromȱanyȱPCȱconnected ȱ ȡ AdministerȱandȱUpgradeȱyourȱGatewayȱFirmwareȱremotelyȱoverȱtheȱInternet ȱ ProvideȱvariousȱDiagnosticȱtoolsȱsuchȱasȱpingȱ...

Page 7: ... area network of PCs so that users on the Internet cannot hack into your PCs hence keeps your local PCs secure The DIR 430 protects your network by inspecting the first packet coming in through the WAN connection before delivery to the final destination on Local PCs The DIR 430 inspects Internet port services like the web server ftp server or other Internet applications and if allowed it will forw...

Page 8: ... This is used in the cases where there is a constraint on the number of IP addresses or to reduce the configuration on the network devices and keeping the IP addressing configuration centrally located For DSL connections many ISPs may require you to log on with a user name and password to have access to the Internet The technology used is Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet PPPoE which is simila...

Page 9: ...ther network element you want to put on your network USB Port The USB port is reserved for future usage Power The port to which you will connect the power adapter Reset Explain the Reset button activity The DIR 430 Front Panel Power The Power LED will be solid when the DIR 430 is powered on Status The Status LED will blink to indicate readiness Internet The Internet LED will illuminate when connec...

Page 10: ...ts labeled 1 2 3 4 on the back of the Gateway and the other end to a standard port on a network device e g a PC Laptop hub or switch Figureȱ3Ȭ1ȱ Repeat the above step to connect more PCs or Network devices to the Gateway 3 Connect the Internet Cable from your cable or DSL modem to the DIR 430 WAN port on the back panel as shown in the figure 3 2 This is the only port that will work for your cable ...

Page 11: ...m 2000 XP and 2003 If you are running Windows 95 98 Millennium 2000 XP or 2003 then you can Click on the Start button and then go to Settings option does not exist for Windows XP 2003 Then click on Control Panel button to open a window with all the tools You may need to do this for each computer you are connecting the DIR 430 through the switch or a hub If a single PC is connected directly to the ...

Page 12: ... a line select it Click on Properties button If no TCP IP line is listed click on Windows Start button click on Help button to open help pages In the Index tab type TCP IP in the edit box Press Enter key to show you the list of options Select a topic that is related to installation of TCP IP and follow the guidelines Click on IP Address tab and select Obtain an IP address automatically as shown in...

Page 13: ...lation disk or CD ROM Supply them Supply them the correct file location such as c windows options cabs D win9x where x is 5 or 8 and D may be your CD ROM drive 6 Windows may ask you restart your PC Click the Yes button Even if Windows does not ask you to restart restart your computer anyway Move on to Next Chapter Configuring your Gateway Pageȱ13ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 14: ...the Network and Dial up Connections icon Double click Local Area Connection icon to show Local Area Connection Status Window Click on the Properties button as shown in the figure below Click on Internet Protocol TCP IP tab and click on Properties button This opens up Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window as shown in the figure below Pageȱ14ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 15: ...e below select the radio button obtain an IP address automatically Then select the button Obtain DNS server address automatically Click OK button to close the window Windows may ask you restart your PC Click the Yes button Move on to Next Chapter Configuring your Gateway Pageȱ15ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 16: ...details in this section are exclusive to Windows XP with default Interface From the control panel window double click Network connections icon to open different window where you have to double click Local Area Connection icon This opens up the Local Area Connection Status window as shown in the following figure ȱ Click on the Internet Protocol TCP IP option then on the Properties Button as shown i...

Page 17: ...e below select the radio button obtain an IP address automatically Then select the button Obtain DNS server address automatically Click OK button to close the window Windows may ask you restart your PC Click the Yes button Move on to Next Chapter Configuring your Gateway Pageȱ17ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 18: ...names DUN PPPoE Dialup Adapter VPN or AOL If the word TCP IP alone appears on a line select it Click on Properties button If no TCP IP line is listed click on Windows Start button click on Help button to open help pages In the Index tab type TCP IP in the edit box Press Enter key to show you the list of options Select a topic that is related to installation of TCP IP and follow the guidelines Clic...

Page 19: ...tallation disk or CD ROM Supply them Supply them the correct file location such as c windows options cabs D win9x where x is 5 or 8 and D may be your CD ROM drive Windows may ask you restart your PC Click the Yes button If Windows does not ask you to restart restart your computer anyway Move on to Next Chapter Configuring the DIR 430 Pageȱ19ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 20: ... at the address specified The user is prompted for the username and password for the DIR 430 as shown in the figure below The default user name is admin The factory setting for the password is blank The user is expected to change password optionally username to protect the DIR 430 configuration from an unauthorized manipulation Enter the changed password if it was already modified If the username ...

Page 21: ...s of the DIR 430 The Top pane shown in the figure provides the sections of the DIR 430 configuration The left pane shown in the figure provides the relevant sub sections of DIR 430 configuration Each section gets expanded when clicked to show few hyperlinks Each hyperlink allows you to configure certain parameters of the Gateway Pageȱ21ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 22: ...IR 430 it should be saved to the non volatile memory Click on Tools on the top panel and then click on Save Configuration on the left hand menu In the resulting page as shown above you will be prompted to press Save or Cancel buttons for saving the configuration By pressing save button the configuration will be saved onto the DIR 430 for next reboot overriding the configuration saved earlier Press...

Page 23: ...ons pertaining to the Network Interfaces WAN LAN and Wi Fi as well as a nk to the Quick Setup Wizard Q UI you will see the portion You can always revisit the setup or go the selected portion any time li uick Setup Wizard If this is the first time logging in to the DIR 430 Management Wizard Page which allows the Quick Setup Wizard to be run The Quick Setup Wizard will allow you to configure the adm...

Page 24: ...e WAN section allows the configuration of Internet Connection Settings Internet Connection types supported are Static IP Dynamic IP PPPoE and PPTP Contact your ISP for specific information regar needed for your broadband WAN Page configurations Prioritization Enable or Disable Mac Cloning Enable or Disable Internet Connection Enable or Disable C Pageȱ24ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 25: ...rdware address to be registered with their network Typically they provide with an installation CD with software to be installed on your PC ISP once registers the MAC address allows the Internet access only to the computer with the hardware address MAC it registered To make ISP transparent about your DIR 430 you have to clone your PC s MAC address on to your DIR to use cloned MAC address to communi...

Page 26: ...k setup is complete You are ready to use the Gateway Proceed to Advanc over the Gateway Once DHCP client successfully receives the IP address from the ISP the HT configuration dis Insert pic here In case the Gateway fails to get an IP address it shows an error on the screen You may press Previo Internet access setting ȱ ng is disabled by default Please see Section on MAC cloning if required MAC cl...

Page 27: ...ISP P ser name password given by your ay disconnects the Internet is 10 seconds You may PPoE Some DSL service providers use PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet for Internet access for their end users Please check with your ISP whether PPPoE is used for your Internet access Provide PPPoE u ISP in the configuration page as shown below Once configured the DIR 430 is always connected to the In...

Page 28: ...se check with your ISP whether they are supporting PPTP connections As shown in the figure below provide the PPTP user name and password provided by your ISP Once configured the DIR 430 is always connected to the Internet If you would like to have Internet access to be available only on Demand you can select the option No for the question Do you want the Internet connection to be always value The ...

Page 29: ... DIR 430 finds any problem with Internet con appropriate error page on the screen For example if Internet cable is physically disconnected while you brows Internet an error message is displayed on your HTML browser as shown izard after the logging into the Gateway configuration page as Also if your Gateway is not configured for Internet address it redirects your browser to Gateway configuration th...

Page 30: ...If you would like to change the configuration of Gateway for DHCP server click on Setup on the top pane a show the DHCP server related configuration as shown below page for the first ecified same as the internal IP address of the rosoft PCs Lease duration is the time of the IP address to e offered for a PC The default configuration is shown above when you open this time User may restrict the range...

Page 31: ... addresses from a DHCP server on your WAN connection may be Internet To do so you should enable DHCP relay feature so that the DIR 430 Provides bridging between your LAN and WAN fo DHCP adio button nable Relay and enter the DHCP server IP address running on WAN To configure the DHCP relay click on Setup hyperlink on the DIR 430 configuration pane and then click on Local Area Network hyperlink This...

Page 32: ...ange SSID periodically ȱ Wireless mode Describes the wireless mode of operation and their capabilities that used at Access Point which will be one of 802 11b or 802 11 g based on the card that is attached internally on your board Channel Select channel to be used for the wireless network to communicate The available channels supported by the wireless products in various countries are different For...

Page 33: ...eless networks need to provide an extra level of security compared to wired networks This is because wireless radio signals propagate through the air and are naturally easier to intercept ȱȱ You may wish to leave your wireless connectivity without any security settings but this is not advised Select Disable Wireless Security from the drop down menu if you do not wish to have security between clien...

Page 34: ...s predicated on the fact that both stations taking part in the authentication process have the same shared key It is assumed that the secret key has been distributed to both the transmitting and receiving stations by some secure means If you wish to allow access to the wireless PCs laptops PDAs based on their type you may choose automatic entry from the drop down list Keys specified on the configu...

Page 35: ...s must have the network key configured so as to associate to your access point WPA2 PSK Wi Fi Protected Access version 2 Pre shared key WPA2 is the third generation wireless security also known as IEEE 802 11i WPA2 s wireless security provides far greater protection than WEP or WPA It avoids most of WEP s vulnerabilities It is also backward compatible with WPA clients The figure above shows the co...

Page 36: ...ltaneously allowing the use of the more advanced WPA2 without forcing client upgrades of legacy devices supporting only WPA PSK The figure above shows the configuration for WPA under pre shared key mode Submit the pass phrase which can have 8 to 64 characters All the valid wireless clients must have the network key configured so as to associate to your access point Pageȱ36ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 37: ...icy click on Advanced on the top panel and click on Port Forwarding to open up the page as shown below To create a new rule for inbound traffic click on Add New Port Forwarding Policy button on the page shown above that will lead to the configuration page as shown in below The Port Forwarding configuration requires you to provide Connections from Remote Systems Specify the remote host IP address d...

Page 38: ... the policy Click Add button to add the new Port Forwarding Policy The Port Forwarding Policy is applied by the DIR 430 to the Internet traffic If the rule matches the traffic is directed to the specified internal pc otherwise traffic is received by the DMZ host if enabled ȱ A PC on a private network with an IP address such as 10 X X X 172 16 X X 192 168 X X cannot be accessed directly by a user o...

Page 39: ...configuration follows To list port triggering entries configured in the DIR 430 click on Advanced on the top panel then click on Application Rules on the left hand menu to see the configuration page as shown above Each entry can be either edited by clicking the icon or deleted by clicking the icon on the same line To add a new entry click on Add New Trigger hyperlink which opens a configuration pa...

Page 40: ...computer select the Any radio button Incoming ports are the data ports for the application that will be used during the data exchange Incoming ports are the port numbers on which the data is received by your Gateway Instead of deleting a record when unnecessary you may preserve the entry with enable disable options If you select the option Yes to enable the record for the question Enable this Reco...

Page 41: ... applications that use the following protocols They are ping DNS RIP DHCP client and server SMTP e mail protocol POP3 FTP File Transfer Protocol Telnet HTTP HTTPS for web browsing instant messengers like AOL MSN and Yahoo IKE for VPN You may choose to deny some protocol traffic by selecting Deny radio button for that service or uncheck Enable to disable the policy Pageȱ41ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 42: ...ork Filter configuration requires you to provide Remote Network The remote host domain name IP address or subnet or IP address range select Any radio button if required for all machines to which connections will be made Local Network Local host IP address or subnet or range of IP addresses or select a radio button for ALL machines from which the connections will be made For Services A pre determin...

Page 43: ...Booster G Wireless Router User s Guide Version 1 0ȱ The added entry is then displayed as in the figure below The firewall policy can then be changed to Allow Deny disabled enabled modified or deleted Pageȱ43ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 44: ...ocked This is specifically useful in parental control To access this feature from the top panel click on Advanced then click on Blocked URLs from the left hand menu Enter the known URL keyword in URL that you may like to block in the edit box as shown Click on Add button to add to the URL keyword filter list The entry can be deleted by clicking on the delete icon Once http request is made by local...

Page 45: ... where dynamic transport TCP UDP port numbers are used by the applications To access this feature click on the Advanced item on the top panel then click on the DMZ item on the left hand menu You may choose from drop down list against DMZ Host field that shows the list of all local networked PC names that received dynamic IP addresses from Gateway If any local PC is configured to a static IP addres...

Page 46: ...This opens up a time window page where you can view the existing entries and add a new time window These time windows can be made use of in the firewall access policies Each entry can be either edited by clicking the icon or deleted by clicking the icon on the same line As the following figure shows every schedule profile can allot three different time slots on different days of the week More expl...

Page 47: ... window entry into three different time periods Add Monday to Friday 7 00 AM 8 00 PM in Time period 1 and the rest as shown in the figure above The entries are not considered whose periods are conflicting in a time window ȱ Time period from Monday to Friday 7 00 AM 8 00 PM does not mean period from Monday 7 00 AM till Friday 8 00 PM It means the time period between 7 00 AM 8 00 PM on all Mondays t...

Page 48: ...our friends family or colleagues It s faster than e mail a great choice for conversations and the perfect alternative when you can t be there in person To configure the UPnP capabilities offered by the DIR 430 click on the Advanced item on the top panel Click the UPnP item located on the left hand menu to access the configuration page The default setting for UPnP is disabled Click on Enabled or Di...

Page 49: ... traffic sent on the Internet to the value selected Check with your ISP for the type of connection you purchased Based on the type of connection selected outgoing data bandwidth will be limited to the value shown in the bracket of each connection If you want to select different value from the standard uplink bandwidths shown select other option that facilitate to enter any value you wish You can e...

Page 50: ...rator s details by clicking on User Portal and then on the Admin Info link to open up the page as shown below Family Name The name to be displayed on the top left corner of the User Portal Mail Server Enter the Domain name IP Address of the SMTP server where e mail will be sent Mailing Address Enter the E mail address of the administrator Any feedback sent from the user portal will be sent to this...

Page 51: ...ges back to default Choose the desired color from the color grid at the top of the configuration window This color can be applied to the Title Bar and or the Category Bar You will see a preview of the selected color to the right of the respective selection To add the D Link logo to the top right corner of the Title Bar choose the Yes radio button The default page layout may be re instated by choos...

Page 52: ...ministrator While creating the user one can enter the inactivity timeout which is the idle time after which the user will be logged out You need to login again to access the user specific content ȱ For a guest user there is no timeout You can modify user information by clicking on the modify button and to delete you can use the delete button You cannot delete a user if the user has any references ...

Page 53: ...the File Servers list while navigating Manage Views User Add New Reference File Server then he she has to add the server entry first in this table and use the Click here to add the reference manually link provided in the File Servers page to add a new reference To create a manual reference click on Add New Entry hyper link Enter the Host name IP Address for the server name and username password to...

Page 54: ...on the Manage View button to configure the views for that user A view created for a user will be solely applicable for that particular user although the administrator has the provision to copy the same view to another user You can delete all references and albums of the user by clicking on the delete link associated with the username This operation will also delete the desktop references of that u...

Page 55: ... Add a Category button and providing a suitable name to the respective category as shown in above Remove a Category You can remove the category by clicking on the Remove this category button This action removes all the references in the selected category You can also remove a reference by clicking on the delete button present in the same row of the reference Add new reference Within each category ...

Page 56: ... all the servers which support File Sharing for every 1 minute There could be a possibility that when the query happened the PC was not connected to the LAN or must have been shutdown Correct the problem in such cases and please wait for sometime so that the system will be displayed in the File Servers 2 It could be a Linux PC running samba which is a member of some workgroup in which there is no ...

Page 57: ...you need to enter album s Category Name and then press Create button to add the category to the Blogs section Add New Reference Within each category you can add new references by clicking on Add new reference as shown previously You will then be shown a list of available file servers If the server to which you want to create references is listed click on the server name to select it You are then r...

Page 58: ... than 50 references in one instance References already selected in the same category are shown as checked disabled and therefore cannot be selected again While using the File Browser feature to add a reference to a category selection of Folders is disabled An administrator is expected to add only static HTML pages to the category created under Blogs ȱ If the server is not listed in the File Shares...

Page 59: ...om the shared folder and you should also include the file extension when creating references manually Ex If the server VAIOWIDE has a shared folder MyBlogs and inside the folder Blogs if you have a file hobby htm then enter the reference path as follows MyBlogs hobby htm A Blog is a static HTML page You can create a HTML page using any editor including MSWord that provides Save As HTML option ȱ Sa...

Page 60: ...ls by using the default windows paintbrush application Open paintbrush click stretch skew option under Image menu to reduce the image size Alternatively you can create thumbnails using Easy Thumbnails Copyright 2001 2004 Fookes software Download this software from www fookes com ȱ Add a Photo Category Click on Add a Photo Category to create an album As shown below you need to enter album s Categor...

Page 61: ...word of the selected server on the Network as shown below After a successful login browse to the image file and select the checkbox associated with the file to add it to the category The figure below provides an example for the listing of files and directories from a file server Pageȱ61ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 62: ...the Create New reference page as shown below Provide a valid Reference Name select the Server and enter the complete Path to the reference on the server Click Create button to add the reference to a category under Photos While using the File Browser feature selection of Thumbnails is disabled An administrator is expected to add reference to jpg bmp gif png or any other graphic image files to the c...

Page 63: ...s created in this section should point to video files like mpg avi et all Add a Video Category Click on Add a Video Category to create an album As shown previously you need to enter album s Category Name and then press Create button to add the category to the Videos section Add New Reference Click on Add new reference as shown below to add references to the newly created category Pageȱ63ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 64: ...the list Provide the Username and Password of the selected server on the Network as shown below After a successful login browse to the video file and select the checkbox associated with the file to add it to the category The image below provides an example for the listing of files and directories from a file server Pageȱ64ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 65: ...g from the shared folder and you should also include the file extension when creating references manually ȱ Any kind of video file can be added as a reference Please make sure that suitable Video Player application is available on the Client PC to play the files Manage Views Music This section provides you an interface to add references to your Music files on Secure Home Portal The references crea...

Page 66: ...reference as shown below to add references to the newly created category You will be directed to the File Servers list as shown below If the server is listed in the File Servers then select it and provide the Username and Password of the selected server on the Network as shown in below Pageȱ66ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 67: ...e Version 1 0ȱ After a successful login browse to the video file and select the checkbox associated with the file to add it to the category The figure below provides an example for the listing of files and directories from a file server Pageȱ67ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 68: ... Click here to add a reference manually hyperlink on the File servers page You will be directed to the Create New reference page as shown below Provide a valid Reference Name select the Server and enter the complete Path to the reference on the server Click Create button to add the reference to a category under Photos Pageȱ68ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 69: ...ayed After the contents are displayed you have an option to download view the files in that folder Add a Folder Category Click on Add a Folder Category to create an album As shown in the figure below you need to enter album s Category Name and then press Create button to add the category to the Music section Add New Reference Click on Add new reference as shown in the following figure to add refer...

Page 70: ...Guide Version 1 0ȱ You will be directed to the File Servers List If the server is listed in the File Servers list as shown in then select it and provide the Username and Password of the selected server on the Network as shown below Pageȱ70ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 71: ...xample for the listing of files and directories from a file server If the server is not listed in the list of file servers then use the Click here to add a reference manually hyperlink on the File servers page as shown previously You are then directed to the Create New reference page as shown below ȱ While using the File Browser feature to add a reference to a Folder category selection of Files is...

Page 72: ...figured for the user as shown in the following figure Select the user and click on Manage View button to configure desktop links for the user The following figure shows current desktop links configured for the selected user Here you can create references that allow a user to remotely access your machine To use this feature you need to host a VNC RDP server on the machine to which you are creating ...

Page 73: ...igure you need to enter Reference Name Desktop Protocol type and Host IP Address of the LAN machine on which the VNC RDP Server is running The Protocol can be VNC if you are configuring a Desktop link for a system on which VNC server is running and RDP if RDP server is running on that system Desktop links cannot be created for the guest user this is done for security reasons ȱ Pageȱ73ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 74: ...n the From and the To sections and click on interested section to copy the views of one user to another If you select the All radio button while copying complete information of the user will be copied Alternatively you can select the section that you want to copy If you are copying a specific section then you will be presented with are the albums in that section Here you can either copy the comple...

Page 75: ...at information will not be overwritten Only references that does not exist for that user will be copied ȱ When you are copying references of a user john say to guest user all the sections except the Desktop sections will be copied This is because for a guest user we do not allow desktop policies for security reasons ȱ Pageȱ75ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 76: ...d new external blog Here you need to provide the External Blog Name and URI of External Blog Link and finally press Apply Changes button You can modify delete the external blogs created using the modify delete links The difference between Blogs under Manage Views and External Blogs is that incase of the first one the blog will be static html pages which are stored locally on some local server and ...

Page 77: ...user portal Update messages will be visible to all the users and are not user specific Click on Updates of User Portal tab to view currently created messages You can add a new update message by clicking on the Add New Update Message hyperlink You have an option to modify delete the update messages at any time You can add maximum of five Update messages at a time Pageȱ77ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 78: ...ecified below The User s password can be set using this overriding the old password ȱ To change the password enter the default or current password in the Old Password field The user name can be changed from admin to any name you like This is optional field There is only one administrator user account for the DIR 430 Your new password should be entered in New password field Re type the new password...

Page 79: ...sallow this traffic from the Internet you need to configure Administration settings as shown below Box Access settings can be changed by clicking Tools item on the top pane then clicking Admin on the left hand menu The policies created cannot be deleted or modified They may be disabled in case you know the respective feature is to be turned off on the DIR 430 by Disable hyperlink against the entry...

Page 80: ...ings is shown below The current time is set in the Gateway in the form of MM DD YYYY HH MM SS where MM is month 01 12 DD is date 01 31 YYYY is year represented in four digits HH is hours in 24 hour format 00 23 MM represents minutes 00 59 and SS represents seconds 00 59 You can select the appropriate Time zone information from the drop down list Also you can enable Daylight Saving Time DST support...

Page 81: ...button and choose one from the list of available Standard time servers by using drop down list To select your own timeserver click on Custom radio button and enter IP Address Domain Name of the timeserver in the edit box provided You may set system time manually by clicking Customize time hyperlink and enter date and time in the edit box provided The manually entered time information persists till...

Page 82: ...e and click on Upgrade button The DIR 430 will be rebooted automatically in order to reflect your new image A pop up window will be displayed to notify of the reboot Clicking the Ok button will continue the upgrade process cancel button will stop it Once user enters the Ok button you would observe the progress of the firmware upgrade as shown below Please note that the operation takes a few minute...

Page 83: ...r After making different configuration changes once stable configuration exists on the Gateway click on Save Configuration shown on the top frame of the HTML configuration page as in In the resulting page as shown in you will be prompted to press Save or Cancel buttons for saving the configuration By pressing save button the configuration will be saved onto the Gateway for next reboot overriding t...

Page 84: ...ackup Configuration hyperlink to open configuration page as shown below To export current Gateway settings to a file click on Export Current Settings hyperlink in the page This opens a window for you to select the filename in the location you choose Once you select OK button on the window it shows the status of the operation To import previously stored Gateway settings in a file type in the file n...

Page 85: ...ory default settings onto the Gateway ȱ The entire manual configuration done by you earlier will be erased when factory defaults are set including the user s password Reboot To reboot the Gateway for any reason click on Tools on the top panel and click on Reboot on the left hand menu You will be asked for confirmation of the reboot with Yes or No buttons Press Yes button to reboot the box Though t...

Page 86: ...nostic tools click on Tools hyperlink on the top panel and then click on Diagnostic Tools on the left hand menu to open the configuration page Ping can be used to check whether the host on the Internet can be reached from the DIR 430 Type an IP address like 202 56 89 78 domain name like www yahoo com in the edit box provided Click on Ping button and wait to see the responses as shown below When Pa...

Page 87: ... address or domain name The following figure shows the output format for Trace Route to domain www yahoo com DNS resolve option helps you find the IP address of a valid domain name Select DNS resolve radio button type in the domain name in the entry box provided and click the Commit button The following figure shows the output format for Trace Route to domain www yahoo com Pageȱ87ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 88: ...ynDNS org Create an account using URL https www dyndns org account create html after providing user name password and domain name you require for hosting your server Using the just created account you can now create the five free domain names like xxxxx dyndns org when connected to http members dyndns org Now this information is to be used in the DIR 430 configuration in order to make your local P...

Page 89: ...t of the domain names that you registered earlier Update information using Currently only dyndns protocol is supported on this product Provide the User Name and Password with which the domain name accounts are created Choose Service provider field based on the website you used to create the DNS names From the drop down list against this field choose members dyndns org Click on Apply Changes to add...

Page 90: ...eir current status as well as internal Logs that may help to debug troubleshoot network issues Device Info The Device Info section provides information pertaining to your DIR 430 and its network Interfaces To access the Device Info section click on Status on the top panel The Device Info page will display as shown in the following figure Pageȱ90ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 91: ...geBooster G Wireless Router User s Guide Version 1 0ȱ Logs The Logs section displays firewall attacks and authentication failure logs Click on Logs of Status tab to view all the logged information Pageȱ91ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 92: ...n the Logout prompts you with a question on how it should be logged out This case is shown below You should click on the Save and Logout if you require the current configuration on the DIR 430 to be used upon rebooting Else you may click on Logout without Saving if you need this configuration for the time the DIR 430 is running but not for next reboot Cancel button cancels the logout operation and...

Page 93: ...contains information pertaining to the DIR 430 features and configurations To access the main index of all information contained within the DIR 430 click on the Support tab For context relevant information click the Help Icon in the upper right corner of each configuration page Pageȱ93ȱofȱ103ȱ ...

Page 94: ...work Address Translation IP Address is translated for two purposes by a Gateway that connects two networks One reason is to save number of IP addresses on one side the other to hide the internal IP addresses of the hosts Which Microsoft Windows platforms does the DIR 430 support The DIR 430 supports Windows 2000 XP and 2003 versions Others may work but there is no support from D Link for anything ...

Page 95: ...k bar In Start button menu click on Run In the window opened enter cmd to get the console window On the console run ipconfig all command This will display the IP address of your PC If there are multiple interfaces you may have more than one How do I know whether I can reach a machine from my PC Use Diagnostic tools from the configuration What applications does the Firewall have knowledge of Please...

Page 96: ...of 36 Mbps downstream from the Internet to the computer and from 200 Kbps to 2 Mbps upstream from the computer to the Internet CAT 5 cable ANSI EIA American National Standards Institute Electronic Industries Association Standard 568 is one of standards that specify CATegories of twisted pair cabling systems wires junctions and connectors in terms of the data rates that they can sustain CAT 5 cable...

Page 97: ... dialed every time you are trying to connect to Internet Daylight saving time DST time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day The amount of daylight on a given day of the year at given latitude is fixed but over the year the hours of sunrise and sunset vary from day to day During the summer months the sun rises earlier and sets la...

Page 98: ... hosting to individuals and companies LAN Local Area Network A group of computers gateways routers connected that can communicate each other in a small geographic area MAC Media Access Control Every Ethernet networking device such as network adapter will be assigned with a unique number so that they can communicate MD5 A type of one way authentication scheme that uses passwords The password is has...

Page 99: ...evices that holds up to eight wires Reverse Network Address Translation When an Internet user tries to access a service at your Router Gateway the request made by the Internet user will be forwarded to an internal machine that serves the request This is achieved by translating the destination IP address of the packet to private Local IP address of the PC where service is offered This operation is ...

Page 100: ...p delay Upgrade To replace the firmware version of the DIR 430 with a newer version URL Universal Resource Locator It is the address that defines the route to a file on the Web or any other Internet resource These can be accessed through typing the URLs in to the browser or by clicking the hyperlinks on the existing web pages on the browser VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP is a technology th...

Page 101: ...n of the actual purchase price paid that is attributable to the Software Except as otherwise agreed by D Link in writing the replacement Software is provided only to the original licensee and is subject to the terms and conditions of the license granted by D Link for the Software Replacement Software will be warranted for the remainder of the original Warranty Period and is subject to the same lim...

Page 102: ...ER EQUIPMENT OR COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO WHICH D LINK S PRODUCT IS CONNECTED WITH LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA CONTAINED IN STORED ON OR INTEGRATED WITH ANY PRODUCT RETURNED TO D LINK FOR WARRANTY SERVICE RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT RELATING TO WARRANTY SERVICE OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS LIMITED WARRANTY EVEN IF D LINK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES THE SOLE REM...

Page 103: ...idȱtheȱuserȇsȱauthorityȱtoȱoperateȱthisȱequipment ȱ IMPORTANT NOTE FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator your body ThisȱtransmitterȱmustȱnotȱbeȱcoȬlocatedȱorȱoperatingȱinȱconjunctionȱwithȱanyȱotherȱantennaȱor...

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