D-Link DIR-655 - Manuals

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction TOTAL PERFORMANCE Combines award winning router features and Draft 802.11n wireless technology to provide the best wireless performance TOTAL SECURITY The most complete set of security features including Active Firewall and WPA2 ...

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview • Faster Wireless Networking - The DIR-655 provides up to 300Mbps* wireless connection with other 802.11n wireless clients. This capability allows users to participate in real-time activities online, such as video streaming, online gaming, an...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Overview Connections USB Connect a USB 1.1 or 2.0 flash drive to configure the wireless settings using WCN. Reset Pressing the Reset button restores the router to its original factory default settings. LAN Ports (1-4) Connect Ethernet ...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Overview LEDs WLAN LED A solid light indicates that the wireless segment is ready. This LED blinks during wireless data transmission. Status LED A blinking light indicates that the DIR-655 is ready. Internet LED A solid light indicates...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Installation Before you Begin Installation This section will walk you through the installation process. Placement of the router is very important. Do not place the router in an enclosed area such as a closet, cabinet, or in the attic or garage. Please configure t...

10 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Installation Wireless Installation Considerations The D-Link wireless router lets you access your network using a wireless connection from virtually anywhere within the operating range of your wireless network. Keep in mind, however, that the number, thickness...

11 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Installation The EBR-2310 includes a Quick Router Setup Wizard CD. Follow the simple steps below to run the Setup Wizard to guide you quickly through the installation process. Insert the Quick Router Setup Wizard CD in the CD-ROM drive. The step-by-step instru...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Configuration This section will show you how to configure your new D-Link wireless router using the web-based configuration utility. Web-based Configuration Utility To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser such as Internet Explorer ...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Setup Wizard You may click Setup Wizard to quickly configure your router. If you want to enter your settings without running the wizard, click Manual Configuration and skip to page 19. Click Launch Internet Connection Setup Wizard to begin. If you...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Click Next to continue. Create a new password and then click Next to continue. Select your time zone from the drop-down menu and then click Next to continue. Select the type of Internet connection you use and then click Next to continue.

15 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration If you selected Dynamic, you may need to enter the MAC address of the computer that was last connected directly to your modem. If you are currently using that computer, click Clone Your PC’s MAC Address and then click Next to continue. The Host N...

16 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration If you selected L2TP, enter your L2TP username and password. Click Next to continue. If you selected Static, enter your network settings supplied by your Internet provider. Click Next to continue. Click Connect to save your settings. Once the rou...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Select PPPoE (Username/Password) from the drop-down menu. Select Static if your ISP assigned you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. In most cases, select Dynamic . Enter the IP address (Static PPPoE only). Enter your P...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Select Static if your ISP assigned you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. In most cases, select Dynamic . Enter the IP address (Static PPTP only). Enter the Primary and Secondary DNS Server Addresses (Static PPTP only)...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Enter the IP address of the login server. Enter your BigPond username. Enter your BigPond password and then retype the password in the next box. The DNS server information will be supplied by your ISP (Internet Service Provider.) Maximum Transmissio...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Check the box to enable the wireless function. If you do not want to use wireless, uncheck the box to disable all the wireless functions. Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the name of your wireless network. Create a name using up to 32 characters. ...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration This section will allow you to change the local network settings of the router and to configure the DHCP settings. Network Settings Enter the IP address of the router. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1. If you change the IP address, once you cli...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Check this box to enable the DHCP server on your router. Uncheck to disable this function. Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the DHCP server’s IP assignment. Note: If you statically (manually) assign IP addresses to your computers or de...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration DHCP Reservation If you want a computer or device to always have the same IP address assigned, you can create a DHCP reservation. The router will assign the IP address only to that computer or device. Note: This IP address must be within the DHCP IP...

0 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration The DIR-655 can be configured as a virtual server so that remote users accessing Web or FTP services via the public IP address can be automatically redirected to local servers in the LAN (Local Area Network). The DIR-655 firewall feature filters o...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration This will allow you to open a single port or a range of ports. Port Forwarding Enter a name for the rule or select an application from the drop-down menu. Select an application and click << to populate the fields. Enter the IP address of the c...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Enter a name for the rule. You may select a pre-defined application from the drop-down menu and click << . This is the port used to trigger the application. It can be either a single port or a range of ports. Select the protocol of the trigger...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration QoS Engine This option is disabled by default. Enable this option for better performance and experience with online games and other interactive applications, such as VoIP. This option should be enabled when you have a slow Internet uplink. It helps ...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Network Filters Select Turn MAC Filtering Off, allow MAC addresses listed below, or deny MAC addresses listed below from the drop-down menu. Enter the MAC address you would like to filter. To find the MAC address on a computer, please refer to the...

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Access Control Click the Add Policy button to start the Access Control Wizard. Add Policy: The Access Control section allows you to control access in and out of your network. Use this feature as Parental Controls to only grant access to approved s...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Enter the keywords or URLs that you want to block (or allow). Any URL with the keyword in it will be blocked. Website URL/ Domain: Website Filters are used to deny LAN computers from accessing specific web sites by the URL or domain. A URL is a spec...

0 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Enter a name for the inbound filter rule. Select Allow or Deny . Check to enable rule. Enter the starting IP address. Enter 0.0.0.0 if you do not want to specify an IP range. E n t e r t h e e n d i n g I P a d d r e s s . E n t e r 255.255.255.25...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) helps to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state per session. It validates that the traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. Select one of the follo...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration VPN Passthrough RTSP H.323 SIP (VoIP) MMS Application Level Gateway (ALG) Configuration Here you can enable or disable ALG’s. Some protocols and applications require special handling of the IP payload to make them work with network address translati...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Transmit Power 802.11d Mode Set the transmit power of the antennas. Beacons are packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a wireless network. Specify a value. 100 is the default setting and is recommended. This value should remain at its defaul...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration WISH Settings WISH is short for Wireless Intelligent Stream Handling, a technology developed to enhance your experience of using a wireless network by prioritizing the traffic of different applications. Enable this option if you want to allow WISH t...

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration UPnP Internet Ping Block Internet Port Speed Multicast Streams To use the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP ™ ) feature click on Enabled . UPNP provides compatibility with networking equipment, software and peripherals. Unchecking the box will not all...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Change Password Remote Management Enter a new password for the Administrator Login Name. The administrator can make changes to the settings. Enter the new password for the User login. If you login as the User, you can only see the settings, but cann...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Time Settings Select the Time Zone from the drop-down menu. To select Daylight Saving time manually, select enabled or disabled, and enter a start date and an end date for daylight saving time. NTP is short for Network Time Protocol. NTP synchronize...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration SysLog The Broadband Router keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the Router. You may send these logs to a SysLog server on your network. Enable Logging to SysLog Server: SysLog Server IP Address: Check this box to send the route...

50 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Email Settings The Email feature can be used to send the system log files, router alert messages, and firmware update notification to your email address. Enable Email Notification: From Email Address: To Email Address: SMTP Server Address: Enable...

51 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Use this option to save the current router configuration settings to a file on the hard disk of the computer you are using. First, click the Save button. You will then see a file dialog, where you can select a location and file name for the setti...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Click on Check Online Now for Latest Firmware Version to find out if there is an updated firmware; if so, download the new firmware to your hard drive. After you have downloaded the new firmware, click Browse to locate the firmware update on your ...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Dynamic Domain Name System is a method of keeping a domain name linked to a changing IP Address. Check the box to enable DDNS. Choose your DDNS provider from the drop down menu. Enter the Host Name that you registered with your DDNS service provid...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration The Ping Test is used to send Ping packets to test if a computer is on the Internet. Enter the IP Address that you wish to Ping, and click Ping . The results of your ping attempts will be displayed here. System Check Ping Test: Ping Results:

55 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Enter a name for your new schedule. Select a day, a range of days, or All Week to include every day. Check All Day - 24hrs or enter a start and end time for your schedule. Click Save to save your schedule. You must click Save Settings at the top ...

56 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration This page displays the current information for the DIR-655. It will display the LAN, WAN (Internet), and Wireless information. If your Internet connection is set up for a Dynamic IP address then a Release button and a Renew button will be display...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Log What to View: View Levels: Apply Log Settings: Refresh: Clear: Email Now: Save Log: You can select the types of messages that you want to display from the log. Firewall & Security, System, and Router Status messages can be selected. There ...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration Stats The screen below displays the Traffic Statistics. Here you can view the amount of packets that pass through the DIR-655 on both the Internet and the LAN ports. The traffic counter will reset if the device is rebooted. Active Sessions

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Configuration The wireless client table displays a list of current connected wireless clients. This table also displays the connection time and MAC address of the connected wireless clients. Wireless The WISH details page displays full details of wireless clien...

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61 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Security Wireless Security This section will show you the different levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The DIR-655 offers the following types of security: • WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) • WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) • WPA (Wi-...

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Security What is WPA? WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). The 2 major improvements over WEP: • Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Prot...

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Security Wireless Security Setup Wizard To run the security wizard, click on Setup at the top and then click Launch Wireless Security Setup Wizard . Click Next to continue.

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Security Enter the SSID (Service Set Identifier). The SSID is the name of your wireless network. Create a name using up to 32 characters. The SSID is case-sensitive. Select the level of security for your wireless network: • Best - WPA2 Authentication • Better -...

66 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Security Configure WEP It is recommended to enable encryption on your wireless router before your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity before enabling encryption. Your wireless signal may degrade when enabling encryption due to the...

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section - Security 9. If the MAC Address Authentication box is selected then the user will need to connect from the same computer whenever logging into the wireless network. 10. Click Advanced to enter settings for a secondary RADIUS Server. 11. Click Apply Settings to s...

0 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network Connect to a Wireless Network Using Windows ® XP Windows ® XP users may use the built-in wireless utility (Zero Configuration Utility). The following instructions are for Service Pack 2 users. If you are using another company’...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network Configure WEP It is recommended to enable WEP on your wireless router or access point before configuring your wireless adapter. If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the WEP key being used. 2. Highlight...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network 3. The Wireless Network Connection box will appear. Enter the same WEP key that is on your router and click Connect . It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please verify that the ...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 6 - Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems that can occur during the installation and operation of the DIR-655. Read the following descriptions if you are having problems. (The examples below are illustrated in Windows ® XP. I...

6 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 6 - Troubleshooting • Configure your Internet settings: • Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel . Double-click the Internet Options Icon. From the Security tab, click the button to restore the settings to their defaults. • Click the Connection tab and set ...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 6 - Troubleshooting 3. Why can’t I connect to certain sites or send and receive emails when connecting through my router? If you are having a problem sending or receiving email, or connecting to secure sites such as eBay, banking sites, and Hotmail, we suggest lowe...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Section 6 - Troubleshooting You should start at 1472 and work your way down by 10 each time. Once you get a reply, go up by 2 until you get a fragmented packet. Take that value and add 28 to the value to account for the various TCP/IP headers. For example, lets say that 14...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics 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. Strictly adhering to the IEEE standard, the D-Link wi...

0 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics What is Wireless? Wireless or Wi-Fi technology is another way of connecting your computer to the network without using wires. Wi-Fi uses radio frequency to connect wirelessly, so you have the freedom to connect computers anywhere in your home...

1 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) Bluetooth is the industry standard wireless technology used for WPAN. Bluetooth devices in WPAN operate in a range up to 30 feet away. Compared to WLAN the speed and wireless operation range are both less...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics Where is wireless used? Wireless technology is expanding everywhere not just at home or office. People like the freedom of mobility and it’s becoming so popular that more and more public facilities now provide wireless access to attract people....

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics Security Don’t let you next-door neighbors or intruders connect to your wireless network. Secure your wireless network by turning on the WPA or WEP security feature on the router. Refer to product manual for detail information on how to set it ...

D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Networking Basics Check your IP address After you install your new D-Link adapter, by default, the TCP/IP settings should be set to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server (i.e. wireless router) automatically. To verify your IP address, pleas...

5 D-Link DIR-655 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Statically Assign an IP address If you are not using a DHCP capable gateway/router, or you need to assign a static IP address, please follow the steps below: Step 1 Windows ® XP - Click on Start > Control Panel > Network Connections ....

8 7 D-Link D IR-655 User Manual Appendix D - Technical S upport Technical Support You can find software updates and user documentation on the D-Link websites. If you require product support, we encourage you to browse our FAQ section on the Web Site before contacting the Support line. We have many FA...