D-Link DI-LB604 - Manual

6 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Features and Benefits Features and Benefits  Connects multiple computers to a Broadband (Cable or DSL) modem to share the Internet connection.  Allows you to quickly and easily share an Internet connection with multiple computers and devices.  Supports ...

7 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Hardware Overview Hardware Overview Connections WAN Ports This is for the connection of an Ethernet cable to your Cable or DSL modem. LAN Ports These are the connections for Ethernet cables to Ethernet enabled computers. Reset Button Pressing this button...

8 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Hardware Overview LEDs Power LED A solid light indicates a proper connection to the proper power supply. Status LED This LED will be off to indicate proper operation and it will blink during data transmission. WAN LEDs A solid light indicates a connectio...

9 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Getting Started Getting Started

10 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Using the Configuration Menu Whenever you want to configure your DI-LB604, you can access the Configuration Menu by opening the Web-browser and typing in the IP Address of the DI-LB604. The DI-LB604’s default IP Address is shown...

11 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Wizard The Home>Wizard screen will appear. Please refer to the Quick Installation Guide for more information regarding the Setup Wizard. These buttons appear on most of the configuration screens in this section. Please clic...

12 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Home > WAN WAN Dynamic IP: Select this if you want the WAN port to get its IP address from a DHCP server. PPPoE: Select this if you want the WAN port to get its IP address from a PPPoE server. Connection Mode: There are th...

14 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Port Options Home > WAN > Port Options WAN Port: Select the WAN port that you would like these port options to apply to. MTU: The largest amount of data that can be transferred across a given physical network. Connectio...

16 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu LAN Home > LAN IP Address: This is the LAN IP address for this broadband router unit. Other computers on this LAN will see it as their gateway. Subnet Mask: The subnet mask address must be the same as PCs onyour LAN. The d...

17 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu View DHCP List: This button is linked to the page DHCP client List. Setting Static DHCP: Click here to configure static DHCP. Lease Time: The amount of time for a DHCP server leased a IP address to a client. DNS Server 1 IP fo...

18 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Setting Static DHCP Home > DHCP > Setting Static DHCP Host Name: This should be your computer name. Static DHCP MAC Address: This is your computer’s network adapter address. You can find this address by typing ipconfig /a...

19 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Load Balance: To determine how the traffic is shared among the WAN ports. Load Balance Configuration Enable: This will allow you enable or disable the load balance feature. Load Balance Base on: Select the desired option to mea...

20 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Advanced The Advanced tab provides the following configuration options: Host IP, Static Routing, Virtual Server, Applications, Multi DMZ, Filters, QoS and NAT. Host IP Advanced > Host IP Host Network Identity Host Name: Thi...

24 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Applications Advanced > Applications Special Application: There are many special network applications that normally do not work behind a firewall. Due to network security considerations, only a few ports are open. Traffic us...

26 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu WAN: The WAN port applied for current DMZ entry. Name: To identify current DMZ entry. PPPoE Sess: The PPPoE session that current DMZ entry is bound to. Private IP (LAN): The IP address of the server in DMZ. Access Group: To s...

28 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu QoS Advanced > QoS QoS Setup Enable QoS: Users can choose to Enable QoS (Quality of Service). If set to “enable” QoS, the QoS will allow higher priority packets to pass through the device. Queuing Method: The methods for m...

29 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu QoS Set Policy Advanced > QoS > Set Policy QoS Policy Policy Name: The friendly name of a policy which is used to classify the received packets based on the following rules. Setting the QoS policy can assign received pa...

30 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu NAT Advanced > Nat NAT Configuration: NAT Routing: To enable or disable NAT routing by checking or unchecking the checkbox. If you disable NAT routing, this device will act as a Bridge or Static Router. Most features, inclu...

32 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Tools > Admin Admin Tools The Tools tab provides the following options: Admin, Time, System, Firmware, Email Alert, SNMP, DDNS, UPNP and Misc. Administrator Settings New Password / Confirm Password: This administrator passw...

33 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Time Tools > System NTP Configuration Time Zone: To specify one time zone from the time zone list that lists all time differences between GMT and each local time zone. NTP Servers: Up to 3 NTP servers can be used for the de...

34 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Firmware Tools > Firmware System Setting Save Settings To Local Hard Drive: You can save current system configuration as a text file on a local hard disk, and then use the saved configuration file to upgrade another device lat...

35 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Email Alert Tools > Email Alert Global Settings Notification on Email Alert Enable: To enable or disable the Email Alert in case that one of the WAN ports is disconnected. Excessive Ping: This function is useful to prevent ...

36 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu SNMP Tools >SNMP Recipient Address: The email address of the receiver. SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) SNMP: This page only useful if you an SNMP program which you can use to access the Router and receive the tra...

37 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu DDNS Tools > DDNS Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS: This is a technology that people can use to connect to your router using a domain name, instead of an IP address, even if you have a dynamic IP address from your ISP(instead of a ...

38 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu UPnP Tools >UPnP Enable Backup MX: Enable Backup to allow the use of Mail Exchanger. Mail Exchanger: Define mail exchanger for the domain name. If omitted, the mail exchanger will be set to the domain name. UPnP Option UPnP...

41 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Device Information: This page describes the device’s interfaces (WAN ports and LAN port) settings and status.•Connect/Disconnect: Connect or disconnect PPPoE session immediately. •Force Renew: Renew DHCP lease immediately. De...

42 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Log Status > Log View Log View Log: The device keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the device. The log will display up to 100 recent logs. Newer log activities will overwrite the older logs. When the ...

44 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu Stats Status > Statistics Refresh Refresh: Get the newest statistics data. Restart Counters: Clear all the statistics counters to 0. Restart Counters Check NAT Detail: The link to NAT Status page. NAT Statistics Connection...

47 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Using the Configuration Menu TCP Property: This displays the MSS (Maximum Segment Size) and Maximum Windows size for TCP packets. NAT Traffic: This section displays statistics for both outgoing (LAN to Internet) and Incoming (Internet to Local) traffic. Co...

48 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This Chapter provides solutions to problems that can occur during the installation and operation of the DI-LB604 QoS Router. We cover various aspects of the network setup, including the network adapters. Please read the f...

50 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Technical Specifications VPN Pass Through/ Multi-Sessions  PPTP  IPSec Device Management  Web-Based- Internet Explorer v6 or later; Netscape Navigator v7 or later; or other Java-enabled browsers  DHCP Server and Client Advanced Firewall Features  NA...

52 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions 1 Why can’t I access the Web-based configuration? When entering the IP Address of the DI-LB604 (192.168.0.1), you are not connecting to the Internet or have to be connected to the Internet. The device...

66 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Frequently Asked Questions 4 Can I use my D-Link Broadband Router to share my Internet connection provided by AOL DSL Plus? In most cases yes. AOL DSL+ may use PPPoE for authentication bypassing the client software. If this is the case, then our routers...

68 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Frequently Asked Questions 6 What is DMZ? Demilitarized Zone: In computer networks, a DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a computer host or small network inserted as a neutral zone between a company´s private network and the outside public network. It prevents...

71 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Frequently Asked Questions Because our routers use NAT (Network Address Translation), you can only open a specific port to one computer at a time. For example: If you have 2 web servers on your network, you cannot open port 80 to both computers. You will...

73 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Frequently Asked Questions 1 1 H ow c a n I u s e e D o n k ey b e h i n d my D - L i n k Router? You must open ports on your router to allow incoming traffic while using eDonkey. eDonkey uses three ports (4 if using CLI): 4661 (TCP) To connect with a se...

76 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Frequently Asked Questions 13 How do I configure my router to play Warcraft 3? You must open ports on your router to allow incoming traffic while hosting a game in Warcraft 3. To play a game, you do not have to configure your router. Warcraft 3 (Battlenet)...

77 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Frequently Asked Questions You will need to change the port information within the Warcraft 3 software for computers #2 and up. Configure the Game Port information on each computer: Start Warcraft 3 on each computer, click Options > Gameplay . Scroll ...

78 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Appendix Appendix Securing Your Network 1. Change Admin Password Changing the password to access your new router is the first step in securing your network. This can done through the Wizard or on the Admin Page of the Tools tab. There is no password by d...

79 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Appendix Glossary A Access Control List - ACL. Database of network devices that are allowed to access resources on the network. Access Point - AP. Device that allows wireless clients to connect to it and access the network Ad-hoc network - Peer-to-Peer ...

87 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Contacting 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 and within Canada for the duration of the warranty period on this produ...

88 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Getting Started Warranty Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, D-Link Systems, Inc. (“D-Link”) provides this Limited warranty for its product only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from: · D-Link or its author...

92 DI-LB604 User’s Manual D-Link Systems, Inc. Registration 10/10/2005 Registration Product registration is entirely voluntary and failure to complete or return this form will not diminish your warranty rights.