D-Link air pro d-754 - Manuals

5 Expansion Slot foroptional DWL-650+ Cardbus Adapter* Pressing the Reset Button restores therouter to itsoriginal factorydefault settings. Receptorfor the PowerAdapter The WAN port is the connection for theEthernet cable to theCable or DSL modem LAN ports automatically sense cable type whenconnecti...

6 LEDS LED stands for L ight- E mitting D iode. The DI-754 has 5 Green LEDs as shown below: LED LED Activity D-Link wireless products are based on industry standards to provide easy- to-use and compatible high-speed wireless connectivity within your home,business or public access wireless networks. ...

7 Wireless Basics (continued) more efficiently. Increased mobility and the absence of cabling and otherfixed infrastructure 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 ...

8 Wireless Basics (continued) The DI-754 is compatible with other D-Link AirPro 802.11a products, whichinclude : ♦ 5GHz Wireless Cardbus Adapters used with laptop computers(DWL-A650) ♦ 5GHz Wireless PCI Adapters used with desktop computers(DWL-A520) The DI-754 is also compatible with the D-Link AirP...

9 Wireless Basics (continued) Installation Considerations The D-Link Air Pro DI-754 lets you access your network, using a wireless connection, from virtually anywhere. Keep in mind, however, that thenumber, thickness and location of walls, ceilings, or other objects that thewireless signals must pas...

10 With a single IP Address from your Broadband Internet Service provider youcan share the Internet with all the computers on your local network, withoutsacrificing speed or security, using D-Link DI-754 Wireless Router. Getting Started An Infrastructure wireless network contains an Access Point. (N...

11 Please remember that D-Link AirPro wireless devices are pre-configured to connect together, right out of the box, with the default settings. You will need broadband Internet access (Cable/DSL) Consult with your Cable/DSL provider for proper installation of the modem Connect the Cable or DSL modem...

12 Using the Configuration Menu Home > Wizard The Home>Wizard screen will appear.Please refer to the Q u i c k I n s t a l l a t i o nGuide for more infor- mation regarding theSetup Wizard. Note: if you have changed the default IP Address assigned to the DI-754, make sure toenter the correct I...

13 Home > Wireless > 802.11a Using the Configuration Menu Wireless Settings- choose 802.11a or 802.11b+. Here, 802.11a is selected. Hexadecimal digits consist of the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-FASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a code forrepresenting English lett...

14 Using the Configuration Menu Home > Wireless > 802.11b+ Apply- click Apply to save the changes. Keys 1-4- input up to 4 WEP keys; select the one you wish to use. Passphrase- when you select Key Type: ASCII , you can enter a Passphrase for any or all of Keys 1-4 Key Type- select HEX or ASCII...

15 Using the Configuration Menu Home > WAN > Dynamic IP Address DI-754 DynamicIP Address- most Cable modem users will select this option to obtain an IPAddress automatically from their ISP (Internet Service Pro-vider). Host Name- this is optional, but may be required by some ISPs. The defaulth...

17 Using the Configuration Menu Home > WAN > PPPoE Please besure toremove anyexistingPPPoE clientsoftwareinstalledon yourcomputers. PPPoE- Static PPPoE- you have an assigned (static) IP Address. Choose this option if your ISP uses PPPoE. (Most DSL userswill select this option.) Dynamic PPPoE- ...

18 Using the Configuration Menu Home > WAN > PPPoE continued Home > LAN LAN is short for Local Area Network. This is considered your internal network. Theseare the IP settings of the LAN interface for the DI-754. These settings may be referredto as Private settings. You may change the LAN I...

19 Using the Configuration Menu Home > DHCP DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol . The DI-754 has a built-in DHCP server. The DHCP Server will automatically assign an IP address to the computers onthe LAN/private network. Be sure to set your computers to be DHCP clients by settingtheir T...

20 Advanced > Virtual Server Using the Configuration Menu The DI-754 can be configured as a virtual server so that remote users accessingWeb or FTP services via the public IP address can be automatically redirected tolocal servers in the LAN (Local Area Network). The DI-754 firewall feature filte...

21 Advanced > Virtual Server continued Using the Configuration Menu The DI-754 is also capable of port-redirection meaning incoming traffic to a particularport may be redirected to a different port on the server computer. Each virtual service that is created will be listed at the bottom of the sc...

22 Example #2:If you have an FTP server that you wanted Internet users to access by WAN port2100 and only during the weekends, you would need to enable it as such. FTPserver is on LAN computer 192.168.0.30. FTP uses port 21, TCP. Name: FTP ServerPrivate IP: 192.168.0.30Protocol Type: TCPPrivate Port...

23 Using the Configuration Menu Advanced > Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, videoconferencing, Internet telephony and others. These applications have difficultiesworking through NAT (Network Address Translation). Special Applications makessome ...

24 Using the Configuration Menu Advanced > Filters > IP Filters Filters are used to deny or allow LAN (Local Area Network) computers from accessingthe Internet. The DI-754 can be setup to deny internal computers by their IP or MACaddresses. The DI-754 can also block users from accessing restri...

25 Using the Configuration Menu Advanced > Filters > URL Blocking Filters- URL Blocking is used to deny LAN computers from accessing specific web sites byits 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 wor...

31 Using the Configuration Menu Advanced > Performance > 802.11b+ WirelessPerformance- Beacon Interval- RTS Threshold- Basic Rates- Select 802.11a or 802.11b+. 802.11b+ is selected here. Dis- played in this window are the Wireless Performance featuresfor the Access Point portion of the DI-754....

32 Using the Configuration Menu Tools> Admin User- Password- Remote Management: Apply- admin is the User name leave this field blank Select Enabled or Disabled Input the IP Address Input the Port number click Apply to save the changes

33 Using the Configuration Menu Tools > Time Time settings- in this window you can choose the time zone ; set the time ; and enable or disable Daylight Savings Time . DI-754 DefaultNTP Server- NTP is short for Network Time Protocol. NTP synchronizes com- puter clock times in a network of computer...

34 Using the Configuration Menu Tools > System System Settings click Save to save the current settings to the local Hard Drive click Browse to find the settings, then click Load Save Settings toLocal Hard Drive- Load Settings fromLocal Hard Drive- Restore to FactoryDefault Settings- click Restore...

35 Using the Configuration Menu Tools > Firmware Firmware Upgrade- Browse- click on the link in this screen to find out if there is an updatedfirmware; if so, download the new firmware to your hard drive. after you have downloaded the new firmware, click Browse in this window to locate the firmwa...

37 Using the Configuration Menu Status > Device Info Device Information- This screen displays information about the DI-754

38 Using the Configuration Menu Status > Log View Log- Log Settings- this screen displays the activity on the DI-754 for advanced features, click on Log Settings DI-754

39 Status > Wireless ConnectedWirelessClient List- Using the Configuration Menu Status > Stats Traffic Statistics- displays the receive and transmit packets that are passingthrough the DI-754. Click on Refresh or Reset , for the most recent information. displays the wireless clients that are c...

40 Using the Configuration Menu Help Help- displays the complete Help menu. For help at anytime, click the Help tab in the Configuration menu.

41 Using the Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP In this section you will learn how to establish a network at home 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 ...

42 Please follow all the instructions in this window: Networking Basics Click Next In the following window, select the best description of your computer. If yourcomputer connects to the internet through a gateway/router, select thesecond option as shown. Click Next

44 Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard applies the changes. Networking Basics When the changes are complete, click Next . Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard configures the computer. This may take a few minutes.

45 Networking Basics In the window below, select the option that fits your needs. 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.

46 Networking Basics Please read the information under Here’s how in the screen below. After you com- plete 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.

47 Networking Basics Please read the information on this screen, then click Finish to complete the Network Setup Wizard . The new settings 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 N...

48 Networking Basics Naming your Computer To name your computer, please follow these directions:In Windows 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 Co...

50 Networking Basics Checking the IP Address in Windows XP This window will appear. Click the Support tab Click Close Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP/2000 Note: Residential Gateways/Broadband Routers will automatically assign IP Ad-dresses to the computers on the network, using DHCP (Dyn...

51 Networking Basics Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP/2000 Double-click on NetworkConnections Double-click on Properties Right-click on Local Area Connections

52 Networking Basics Assigning a Static IP Addressin Windows XP/2000 Input your IP address and subnet mask. (The IP Addresses on your networkmust be within the samerange. For example, if onecomputer has an IP Address of 192.168.0.2, the othercomputers should have IPAddresses that aresequential, like...

53 Networking Basics Assigning a Static IP Address with Macintosh OSX Go to the Apple Menu and se- lect System Preferences c Click on Network Select Built-in Ethernet in the Show pull-down menu S e l e c t M a n u a l l y i n t h e Configure pull-down menu Input the Static IP Address , the Subnet Ma...

54 Networking Basics Selecting a Dynamic IP Address with Macintosh OSX 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 Route...

56 Networking Basics Adding and Sharing Printers in Windows XP After you have run the Network Setup Wizard on all the computers in your network (please see the Network Setup Wizard section at the beginning of Networking Basics ,) you can use the Add Printer Wizard to add or share a printer on your n...

57 Networking Basics Adding a local printer (a printer connected directly to a computer) A printer that is not shared on the network and is connected directly to one computeris called a local printer . If you do not need to share your printer on a network, follow these directions to add the printer ...

58 Networking Basics Adding a local printer Click Next Select Local printer attached to thiscomputer (Deselect Automati-cally detect and installmy Plug and Playprinter if it has beenselected.) Click Next Select Use the following port: From the pull-downmenu select the correct port for your printer (...

59 Networking Basics Adding a local printer Select and highlightthe correct driver for your printer. Click Next (If the correct driver isnot displayed, insert theCD or floppy disk thatcame with your printerand click Have Disk.) At this screen, you canchange the name ofthe printer (optional.) Click N...

60 Networking Basics Adding a local printer This screen gives you information about your printer. Click Finish When the test page has printed, Click OK

62 Networking Basics Sharing a network printer Click on Add a printer Click Next Select Network Printer Click Next

65 Networking Basics Sharing an LPR printer To share an LPR printer (using a print server,) you will need a Print Server such as the DP-101P+ . Please make sure that you have run the Network Setup Wizard on all the computers on your network. To share an LPR printer , please follow these directions: ...

70 1.The computer used to configure the DI-754 cannot access the Configuration menu. Check that the Ethernet LED on the DI-754 is ON . If the LED is not ON , check that the cable for the Ethernet connection is securely inserted. Check that the Ethernet Adapter is working properly. Pleasesee item 3 (...

72 Troubleshooting 3. Check that the drivers for the network adapters are installed properly. You may be using different network adapters than those illustrated here, but thisprocedure will remain the same, regardless of the type of network adapters you areusing. Click Device Manager Select the Hard...

74 Troubleshooting 4. What variables may cause my wireless products to lose reception? D-Link products let you access your network from virtually anywhere you want.However, the positioning of the products within your environment will affect thewireless range. Please refer to Installation Considerati...

75 7. Resetting the DI-754 to Factory Default Settings After you have tried other methods for troubleshooting your network, youmay choose to Reset the DI-754 to the factory default settings. Remember that D-Link Air Pro products network together, out of the box, at the factory default settings. To h...

76 PowerM1M2WAN 802.11aWLAN 802.11b IEEE 802.11b (optional with DWL-650+)IEEE 802.11aIEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3uIEEE 802.3x Technical Specifications (1) Power – 5V DC, 3.0A Standards Ports (1) 10/100Base-T Ethernet, RJ-45 (UTP) Network Management Web-Based Interface Network Architecture Supports Infr...

77 Emissions: FCC part 15b UL1950-3 Physical Dimensions: Technical Specifications L = 9.25 inchesW = 6.25 inchesH = 1.50 inches 802.11a Specifications Data Rates:* 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 72 Mbps (with auto-Fallback) Data Security: 64, 128, 152 bit with Dynamic KeyingAccess Control List Antenn...

80 Contacting Technical Support Technical Support You can find software updates and user documentation on the D-Link website. D-Link provides free technical support for customers within the United States andwithin Canada for the duration of the warranty period on this product. U.S. and Canadian cust...

83 Limitation of Liability: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, D-LINK IS NOT LIABLE UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORYFOR ANY LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE OR DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER,WHETHER DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTI...

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