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D-Link Air

DI-514

2.4GHz Wireless Router

Manual

Building Networks for People

Summary of Contents for AIR DI-514

Page 1: ...D Link Air DI 514 2 4GHz Wireless Router Manual Building Networks for People ...

Page 2: ...nts 3 2 Introduction 4 3 Wireless Basics 8 4 Getting Started 11 5 Using the Configuration Menu 13 6 Troubleshooting 35 7 Networking Basics 40 8 Technical Specifications 55 9 Technical Support 57 10 Warranty 58 11 Registration 62 ...

Page 3: ...rating than the one included with the DI 514 will cause damage and void the warranty for this product If any of the above items are missing please contact your reseller System Requirements for Configuration Computer with a Windows Macintosh or Linux based operating system with an installed Ethernet adapter Internet Explorer Version 6 0 or Netscape Navigator version 6 0 and above with JavaScript en...

Page 4: ...also securely connect to the network using 64 or 128 bit WEP encryption Additional advanced features include pass through of multiple concurrent IPSec and PPTP VPN sessions for telecommuters or for anyone who needs to transmit sensitive information more securely The D Link Air DI 514 is the ideal networking solution for small offices home offices schools coffee shops and other small businesses tha...

Page 5: ...ts original factory default settings Auto MDI MDIX LAN ports automatically sense the cable type when connecting to Ethernet enabled computers The Auto MDI MDIX WAN port is the connection for the Ethernet cable to the Cable or DSL modem Receptor for the Power Adapter ...

Page 6: ... active on certain days or for a duration of hours or minutes Network Address Translation NAT allows you to share a single IP address and protects you from outside intruders gaining access to your private network Multiple Concurrent VPN Sessions Supports multiple and concurrent IPSEC and PPTP sessions so multiple users behind the DI 514 can access corporate networks through various VPN clients mor...

Page 7: ...n to the power supply LAN LED A solid light indicates a connection to an Ethernet enabled computer on ports 1 4 This LED blinks during data transmission STATUS LED Blinks constantly to indicate device is functioning properly WAN LED A solid light indicates connection on the WAN port This LED blinks during data transmission ...

Page 8: ...tructure have proven to be beneficial for many users Wireless users can use the same applications they use on a wired network Wireless adapter cards used on laptop and desktop systems support the same protocols as Ethernet adapter cards People use WLAN technology for many different purposes Mobility Productivity increases when people have access to data in any location within the operating range o...

Page 9: ...ith laptop computers D Link Air DWL 520 D Link AirPlus DWL 520 D Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL G520 Wireless PCI cards used with desktop computers D Link Air DWL 700AP DWL AirPlus DWL 900AP DWL 2000AP Enhanced 2 4GHz Wireless Access Points D Link AirPlus DWL 800AP Enhanced 2 4GHz Wireless Range Extender D Link AirPlus DWL 810 Enhanced 2 4GHz Ethernet to Wireless Bridge Standards Based Technology The I...

Page 10: ...s product s range from 3 to 90 feet 1 to 30 meters Position your receiving devices so that the number of walls or ceilings is minimized 2 Be aware of the direct line between routers and computers A wall that is 1 5 feet thick 5 meters at a 45 degree angle appears to be almost 3 feet 1 meter thick At a 2 degree angle it looks over 42 feet 14 meters thick Position devices so that the signal will tra...

Page 11: ...dapters On the following page we will show you an example of an Infrastructure Network using the DI 514 The Infrastructure Network example shown on the following page contains the following D Link network devices your existing network may be comprised of other devices A wireless Router D Link Air DI 514 A laptop computer with a wireless adapter D Link Air DWL 650 A desktop computer with a wireless...

Page 12: ...llation Guide included with the router If you are including a desktop computer Computer 1 in your network you can install the D Link DFE 530TX Ethernet NIC adapter into the desktop computer See the Quick Installation Guide included with the DFE 530TX Install the drivers for the wireless network adapter such as the D Link Air DWL 650 into the laptop computer See the Quick Installation Guide include...

Page 13: ... the web browser instead of the default IP Address shown Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard page is the first page that appears when logging into the web based management interface The Setup Wizard is a utility used to quickly configure the DI 514 It will guide you through four quick and basic steps to help you connect to your ISP You will be connected to your ISP Internet Service Provider and have Int...

Page 14: ...reless Wireless Settings are settings for the Access Point Portion of the Wireless Router Here you can change the wireless settings to fit an existing wireless network or to customize your wireless network Home Wireless ...

Page 15: ...Wireless Local Area Networks WLAN WEP provides security by encrypting the data that is sent over the WLAN The DI 514 supports 2 levels of WEP Encryption 64 bit encryption and 128 bit encryption WEP is disabled by default The WEP setting can be changed to fit an existing wireless network or to customize your wireless network Key Type The Key Types that are supported by the DI 514 are HEX Hexadecima...

Page 16: ... Select this option if your ISP does not give you any IP numbers to use This option is commonly used for Cable modem services Host Name The Host Name field is optional but may be required by some ISPs The host name is the device name of the Router MAC Address The default MAC address is set to the WAN s physical interface MAC address on the Broadband Router You can use the Clone MAC Address button ...

Page 17: ... the fields must be in the appropriate IP form which are four IP octets separated by a dot x x x x The Router will not accept the IP address if it is not in this format IP Address Public IP address provided by your ISP Subnet Mask Subnet mask provided by your ISP ISP Gateway Address Public IP address of your ISP that you are connecting to Primary DNS Address Primary DNS Domain Name Server IP provi...

Page 18: ...ord Your PPPoE password provided by your ISP Retype Password Re enter PPPoE password Service Name Enter the service name provided by your ISP optional IP Address This option is only available for Static PPPoE Enter in the static IP address for the PPPoE connection Primary DNS Address Primary DNS IP provided by your ISP Secondary DNS Address optional Maximum Idle time The amount of time of inactivi...

Page 19: ...of the LAN interface for the DI 514 These settings may be referred to as Private settings You may change the LAN IP address if needed The LAN IP address is private to your internal network and cannot be seen on the Internet IP Address The IP address of the LAN interface The default IP address is 192 168 0 1 Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the LAN interface The default subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 L...

Page 20: ...omatically When you turn your computers on they will automatically load the proper TCP IP settings provided by the DI 514 The DHCP Server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer You must specify the starting and ending address of the IP address pool Starting IP address The starting IP address for the DHCP server s IP assignment Ending IP...

Page 21: ...4 are invisible to the outside world If you wish you can make some of the LAN computers accessible from the Internet by enabling Virtual Server Depending on the requested service the DI 514 redirects the external service request to the appropriate server within the LAN network The DI 514 is also capable of port redirection meaning incoming traffic to a particular port may be redirected to a differ...

Page 22: ...articular service to always be enabled If it is set to Time select the time frame for the service to be enabled If the system time is outside of the scheduled time the service will be disabled Example 1 If you have a Web server that you wanted Internet users to access at all times you would need to enable it Web HTTP server is on LAN Local Area Network computer 192 168 0 25 HTTP uses port 80 TCP N...

Page 23: ...ome applications require multiple connections such as Internet gaming video conferencing Internet telephony and others These applications have difficulties working through NAT Network Address Translation Special Applications makes some of these applications work with the DI 514 If you need to run applications that require multiple connections specify the port normally associated with an applicatio...

Page 24: ...ultiple ports or port ranges Public Type This is the protocol used for the special application Schedule This is the schedule of time when the special application will be enabled Filters Filters are used to deny or allow LAN Local Area Network computers from accessing the Internet The DI 514 can be setup to deny internal computers by their IP or MAC addresses The DI 514 can also block users from ac...

Page 25: ...select the MAC address from the list of clients that are currently connected to the Broadband Router URL Blocking URL Blocking is used to deny LAN computers from accessing specific web sites by its URL A URL is a specially formatted text string that defines a location on the Internet If any part of the URL contains the blocked word the site will not be accessible and the web page will not display ...

Page 26: ...the Internet Domain blocking will deny all requests to a specific domain such as http and ftp It can also allow computers to access specific sites and deny all other sites Advanced Firewall Firewall Rules is an advance feature used to deny or allow traffic from passing through the Broadband Router It works in the same way as IP ...

Page 27: ...om lowest priority Note The DI 514 MAC Address filtering rules have precedence over the Firewall Rules Advanced DMZ If you have a client PC that cannot run Internet applications properly from behind the DI 514 then you can set the client up to unrestricted Internet access It allows a computer to be exposed to the Internet This feature is useful for gaming purposes Enter the IP address of the inter...

Page 28: ... made Fragmentation This value should also remain at its default setting of 2346 If you experience a high packet error rate you may slightly increase your Fragmentation Threshold within the value range of 256 to 2 346 Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor performance DTIM Delivery Traffic Indication Message 3 is the default setting A DTIM is a countdown informing clients o...

Page 29: ...his mode all devices on the network can access the DI 514 SSID Broadcast Enable is the default setting Choose Enable to broadcast the SSID across the network All devices on a network must share the same SSID Service Set Identifier to establish communication Choose Disable if you do not wish to broadcast the SSID over the network Admin At this page the DI 514 administrator can change the system pas...

Page 30: ...the Broadband Router and 8080 is the port used for the Web Management interface Time The system time is the time used by the DI 514 for scheduling services You can manually set the time or connect to a NTP Network Time Protocol server If an NTP server is set you will only need to set the time zone If you manually set the time you may also set Daylight Saving dates and the system time will automati...

Page 31: ...heck the D Link support site for firmware updates at http support dlink com Miscellaneous Items These are additional tools and features of the Broadband Router Ping Test This useful diagnostic utility can be used to check if a computer is on the Internet It sends ping packets and listens for replies from the specific host Reboot Device If for any reason the Broadband Router is not responding corre...

Page 32: ...e made through the Broadband Router This is useful when you have many VPN clients on the LAN network Dynamic DNS Fill in the required fields to use the Dynamic Domain Server feature Status Device Info Device Information This page in the Configuration Utility displays the current information for the Broadband Router It will display the LAN and WAN Wireless information If your WAN connection is set ...

Page 33: ... Status Log The Broadband Router keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the Router If the device is rebooted the logs are automatically cleared You may save the log files under Log Settings First Page The first page of the log Last Page The last page of the log Previous Moves back one log page Next Moves forward one log page Clear Clears the logs completely Log Settings Brings u...

Page 34: ...es through it You are able to view the amount of packets that passes through the Router on both the WAN port and the LAN port The traffic counter will reset if the device is rebooted Status Wireless Connected Wireless Clients List The wireless client table displays a list of current connected wireless clients This table also displays the time and MAC address of the wireless client connected ...

Page 35: ... Check that the Ethernet Adapter is working properly Please see item 6 Check that the drivers for the network adapters are installed properly in this Troubleshooting section to check that the drivers are loaded properly Check that the IP Address is in the same range and subnet as the DI 514 Please see Checking the IP Address in Windows XP in the Networking Basics section of this manual Note The IP...

Page 36: ...P Address in the same range e g 192 168 0 x Each device must have a unique IP Address no two devices may have the same IP Address The subnet mask must be the same for all the computers on the network To check the IP Address assigned to the wireless adapter double click on the Local Area Connection icon in the taskbar select the Support tab and the IP Address will be displayed Please refer to Check...

Page 37: ...n those illustrated here but this procedure will remain the same regardless of the type of network adapters you are using Go to Start Right click on My Computer Click Properties Select the Hardware Tab Click Device Manager NOTE Screen shots taken using Windows XP If you are using a different Operating System your screen may look different ...

Page 38: ...Cardbus Adapter Select Properties to check that the drivers are installed properly Look under Device Status to check that the device is working properly Click OK D Link Air DWL 650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter D Link AirPlus DWL 650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter D Link AirPlus DWL 650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter ...

Page 39: ...gs Remember that D Link Plus products network together out of the box at the factory default settings To hard reset the D Link Plus DI 514 to Factory Default Settings please do the following Leave the device powered on do not disconnect the power Press the reset button and hold use a paper clip Keep the button pressed about 10 seconds Release the button The DI 514 will then automatically reboot it...

Page 40: ... or work using Microsoft Windows XP Note Please refer to websites such as http www homenethelp com and http www microsoft com windows2000 for information about networking computers using Windows 2000 ME or 98 Go to Start Control Panel Network Connections Select Set up a home or small office network When this screen appears Click Next ...

Page 41: ...llow all the instructions in this window Click Next In the following window select the best description of your computer If your computer connects to the internet through a gateway router select the second option as shown Click Next ...

Page 42: ...42 Networking Basics Enter a Computer description and a Computer name optional Click Next Enter a Workgroup name All computers on your network should have the same Workgroup name Click Next ...

Page 43: ...king Basics Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard applies the changes When the changes are complete click Next Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard configures the computer This may take a few minutes ...

Page 44: ...best option In this example Create a Network Setup Disk has been selected You will run this disk on each of the computers on your network Click Next Insert a disk into the Floppy Disk Drive in this case drive A Format the disk if you wish and click Next ...

Page 45: ...d copies the files Please read the information under Here s how in the screen below After you complete the Network Setup Wizard you will use the Network Setup Disk to run the Network Setup Wizard once on each of the computers on your network To continue click Next ...

Page 46: ...ttings will take effect when you restart the computer Click Yes to restart the computer You have completed configuring this computer Next you will need to run the Network Setup Disk on all the other computers on your network After running the Network Setup Disk on all your computers your new wireless network will be ready to use ...

Page 47: ...ndows XP Click Start in the lower left corner of the screen Right click on My Computer Select Properties and click Select the Computer Name Tab in the System Properties window You may enter a Computer description if you wish this field is optional To rename the computer and join a domain Click Change ...

Page 48: ... Getting Started in this manual for a definition of IP Address Range To check on the IP Address of the adapter please do the following Right click on the Local Area Connection icon in the task bar Click on Status In this window enter the Computer name Select Workgroup and enter the name of the Workgroup All computers on your network must have the same Workgroup name Click OK ...

Page 49: ...mputers on the network using DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol technology If you are using a DHCP capable Gateway Router you will not need to assign Static IP Addresses If you are not using a DHCP capable Gateway Router or you need to assign a Static IP Address please follow these instructions Go to Start Double click on Control Panel This window will appear Click the Support Tab Click Clos...

Page 50: ...50 Networking Basics Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP 2000 Double click on Network Connections Right click on Local Area Connections Double click Properties ...

Page 51: ...et mask The IP Addresses on your network must be within the same range For example if one computer has an IP Address of 192 168 0 2 the other computers should have IP Addresses that are sequential like 192 168 0 3 and 192 168 0 4 The subnet mask must be the same for all the computers on the network IP Address e g 192 168 0 2 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Enter the LAN IP Address of the...

Page 52: ...to the Apple Menu and select System Preferences Click on Network Select Built in Ethernet in the Show pull down menu Select Manually in the Configure pull down menu Input the Static IP Address the Subnet Mask and the Router IP Address in the appropriate fields Click Apply Now ...

Page 53: ...X Go to the Apple Menu and select System Preferences Click on Network Select Built in Ethernet in the Show pull down menu Select Using DHCP in the Configure pull down menu Click Apply Now The IP Address Subnet mask and the Router s IP Address will appear in a few seconds ...

Page 54: ...Router or Access Point A good wireless connection will show four replies from the wireless router or access point as shown For Windows ME and 98SE Go to Start Run type command A window similar to Fig 9 26 will appear Type ping xxx xxx xxx xxx where xxx is the IP address of the Wireless Router or Access Point A good wireless connection will show four replies from the wireless router or access point...

Page 55: ...abled browsers Wireless Data Rates With Automatic Fallback 11Mbps 5 5Mbps 2Mbps 1Mbps Encryption 64 128 bit RC4 Media Access Control CSMA CA with ACK Wireless Frequency Range 2 4GHz to 2 462GHz Wireless Operating Range Indoors Up to 328 feet 100 meters Outdoors Up to 984 feet 300 meters Wireless Modulation Technology Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS 11 chip Barker sequence Modulation Technique...

Page 56: ...non condensing Power Input Power Supply DC 5V 2 5A Safety Emissions FCC UL Dimensions L 5 6 inches 142mm W 4 3 inches 109mm H 1 2 inches 31mm Weight 2 0 lbs 907g Warranty 1 year Maximum Wireless signal rate based on IEEE Standard 802 11b specifications Actual data throughput will vary Network conditions and environmental factors including volume of traffic building materials and construction and n...

Page 57: ...Link Technical Support through our website or by phone Tech Support for customers within the United States D Link Technical Support over the Telephone 877 453 5465 24 hours a day seven days a week D Link Technical Support over the Internet http support dlink com email support dlink com Tech Support for customers within Canada D Link Technical Support over the Telephone 800 361 5265 Monday to Frida...

Page 58: ...the purchase price is refunded shall become the property of D Link upon replacement or refund Limited Software Warranty D Link warrants that the software portion of the product Software will substantially conform to D Link s then current functional specifications for the Software as set forth in the applicable documentation from the date of original retail purchase of the Software for a period of ...

Page 59: ...or that is determined by D Link not to be defective or non conforming What Is Not Covered This limited warranty provided by D Link does not cover Products if in D Link s judgment have been subjected to abuse accident alteration modification tampering negligence misuse faulty installation lack of reasonable care repair or service in any way that is not contemplated in the documentation for the prod...

Page 60: ... been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference t...

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Page 62: ...62 11 Registration 10 11 04 Register your D Link product online at http support dlink com register ...

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