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DSL-560I ADSL Router User’s Guide
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Configuring the Router for the First Time
The first time you setup the Router, it is recommended that you configure the Router’s WAN connection by
using a single stand-alone computer that only connects to the Router’s Ethernet port. Once the WAN port is
properly setup and its connection is fully functional, you may continue making changes to its other
configurations including the IP settings and/or its DHCP server options. This chapter will focus on how to
properly setup your Router’s WAN connection. The following chapter describes the various menus used to
configure and monitor the Router including how to change IP settings and DHCP server options.
WAN Configuration Summary
1. Connect to the Router To configure the Router’s WAN connection, it is necessary to communicate
with the Router through its management interface, which is HTML-based, and it can be accessed using
a web browser. To access the management software, your computer must be able to “see” the Router.
Your computer can see the Router if it is in the same “neighborhood” or subnet as the Router’s. This is
accomplished by making sure that your computer has the correct IP settings which place it in the same
subnet as the Router’s. The easiest way to make sure your computer has the correct IP settings is to
enable your PC’s DHCP client option, and to automatically get the assigned IP addresses from the
default Router’s DHCP server operation. The next section describes how to change the IP configuration
for a computer running a Windows OS to be a DHCP client.
2. Configure the WAN Connection Once you have successfully logged-in the Router’s Web
configuration menu, you can proceed to change the settings for the ADSL connection and the Service
Provider’s signing-on process. There are different methods used to establish the connection to the
service provider’s network and ultimately to the Internet. You should know what Encapsulation and
connection type you are required to use for your ADSL service. It is also possible that you must change
the PVC settings used for the ADSL connection. Your service provider should provide all the
information you need to configure the WAN connection.
Configuring IP Settings on Your Computer
In order to configure your system to receive IP addresses from the Router, it must first have the TCP/IP protocol
installed. If you have an Ethernet port on your computer, it probably already has TCP/IP protocol installed. If
you are using Windows XP, the TCP/IP is enabled by default for the standard installations. Below is an
illustrated example of how to configure a Windows XP system to automatically obtain the IP addresses from the
Router. Following this example is a step-by-step description of the procedures used with other Windows
operating systems. No matter what OS you have loaded on the PC, you will need to check first to see if its
TCP/IP protocol has been installed. If the TCP/IP protocol is not installed, you will need to go through the PC’s
network protocol installation process (provided in the later session) to properly install the TCP/IP protocol. Once
the protocol has been installed you can configure the PC to receive IP addresses from the Router.
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