D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual
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Testing the LAN path from your PC to a remote device:
• On the PC’s Windows toolbar, click Start, and then click Run.
• Type ping -n 10 <IP_address> where -n 10 specifies a maximum of 10 tries and <IP address> is the IP address
of a remote device such as your ISP’s DNS server. Example: ping -n 10 10.1.1.1.
• Click OK, and then observe the display (see the previous procedure).
• If the path is not working, do the following:
• Check that the PC has the IP address of your firewall listed as the default gateway. (If the IP configuration
of your PC is assigned by DHCP, this information is not visible in your PC’s Network Control Panel.)
• Verify that the network (subnet) address of your PC is different from the network address of the remote
device.
• Verify that the cable or DSL modem is connected and functioning.
• Ask your ISP if it has assigned a hostname to your PC.
• If yes, select Network > Internet (IPv4) > Option1 Settings and enter that hostname as the ISP account name.
• Ask your ISP if it rejects the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your PCs.
Many broadband ISPs restrict access by allowing traffic from the MAC address of only your broadband modem;
but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of just a single PC connected to that modem. If this
is the case, configure your firewall to clone or spoof the MAC address from the authorized PC.
Network Performance and Rogue Access Point
Detection
When rogue access point detection is enabled, access points intermittently go off channel for short periods,
which can affect network performance. If security concerns are more important than network performance, you
can enable rogue access point detection. If network performance is more important than security concerns, you
can temporarily disable rogue access point detection.
