DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide
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Chapter 5 Configuring the DIR-430
This chapter guides you through the configuration of your DIR-430 to make it
function in your network and gain access to the Internet through your ISP.
Accessing the DIR-430 configuration
Once connections are made as shown in Section 3 "Connecting the DIR-430", the
DIR-430 can be configured using an HTML browser, Internet Explorer 6.0 on your
PC. At the address line, enter HTTP URL, http://192.168.0.1/ as shown in the
figure below, where 192.168.0.1 is the DIR-430 Internal IP address (You may
give different IP address if configured differently, refer to Local Area Network
configuration). Subnet mask for all the machines on the local network is
255.255.255.0. All the PCs connected to the Local Network ports can reach the
Gateway device 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
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. 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, password combination is entered incorrectly three times, the
login session will be locked for a minute. This is for security reasons.
In rest of the document, the term
user
is used for the person who configures the
DIR-430.
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The
Reset
button on this page clears off the password field for the user to re-
enter it. Clicking on
Login
button leads to the DIR-430 configuration welcome
page as shown in the following figure.
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If you enter an incorrect password 3 times consecutively, the DIR-430
configuration pages will be locked for one minute. It is strongly advised to wait
for one minute before re-attempting login.
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