D-Link DIR-455 - Manual

2 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction The D-Link HSDPA 3.5G Mobile Communication Router allows users to access worldwide mobile broadband networks. Once connected, users can transfer data, stream media, send SMS messages, and make mobile phone calls. Simply insert yo...

3 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Overview Rear Panel LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN SIM Power Phone Port Function LAN 1-4 (RJ-45) Insert an Ethernet cable connected to a network device such as a desktop or notebook computer. WAN (RJ-45) Insert a standard CAT5 Ethernet cabl...

4 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Overview Front Panel WPS 2.5G 3.5G SMS WLAN WAN LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 LAN4 Signal Strength Reset WPS Button Name Function Reset Hold this button down to reset the device. WPS Press this button to initiate a new WPS connection.

5 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview LED Name Function WAN Solid Green: Ethernet connection has been established Blinking Green: Data is being transferred LAN 1-4 Solid Green: Ethernet connection has been established Blinking Green: Data is being transferred Signal Strength Blin...

6 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Connect to Your Network Installation This section will guide 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 an attic or garage. Note: E...

7 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Connect a Telephone A standard RJ-11 jack on the back of the router allows you to connect a standard analog telephone for voice calls. Simply plug the phone cable into the jack labeled PHONE. You can then use your handset to dial out as you typic...

8 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Wireless Installation Considerations The DIR-455 can be accessed using a wireless connection from virtually anywhere within the operating range of your wireless network. Keep in mind, however, that the quantity, thickness and location of walls, c...

9 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Configuration This section will show you how to configure your new D-Link mobile router using the web-based configuration utility. Web-based Configuration Utility To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser such as Internet Explorer ...

10 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Setup Wizard The setup wizard guides you through the initial setup of your router. There are two ways to setup your Internet connection. You can use the Web-based Internet Connection Setup Wizard or you can manually configure using the Manual I...

14 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Manual Internet Connection Setup Click Manual Internet Connection Setup to begin. If you want to configure your router to connect to the Internet using the wizard, click Internet Connection Setup Wizard and refer to page 9.

15 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Several different Internet Connection types can be selected depending upon the specifications of your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Select the Internet Connection type specified by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). The corresponding sett...

17 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration PPPoE Choose this Internet connection if your ISP provides you PPPoE account. The username/account name that your ISP provides to you for PPPoE dial-up. Password that your ISP provides to you for PPPoE dial-up. Fill in with the same password in...

18 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration PPTP Choose this Internet connection if your ISP provides you PPTP account. Choose Static IP only if your ISP assigns you an IP address. Otherwise, please choose Dynamic IP. Enter the information provided by your ISP. (Only applicable for Stati...

21 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Enter the IP address assigned to your network connection. Enter the subnet mask. Enter the default gateway. Enter the primary DNS server. Enter the secondary DNS server. You may need to change the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for optimal per...

22 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration GRE Settings GRE TUNNEL Enter a name for the GRE tunnel. Specify the IP address of the tunnel. Enter the target Peer IP. Enter a Key. The key can be a maximum of 7 characters long. Time to Live (TTL) specifies how long the tunnel will remain al...

24 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Select this checkbox to enable wireless access. When you set this option, the following parameters take effect. A l s o k n o w n a s t h e S S I D ( S e r v i c e Set Identifier), this is the name of your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). En...

26 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration This section will help you to change the internal network settings of your router and to configure the DHCP Server settings. Network Settings Router Settings Enter the IP address of the router. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1. If you chan...

27 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Select this box to enable the DHCP server on your router. E n t e r t h e s t a r t i n g a n d e n d i n g I P a d d r e s s f o r t h e s e r v e r ’ s I P assignment. The time period for the IP address lease. Enter the Lease time in minutes....

28 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Select it to enable IPSec VPN function. Choosing “Embedded” to allow this device establishing V P N t u n n e l w i t h r e m o t e V P N gateways. You can also choose “Passthrough” to let local PCs establish VPN tunnel with remote VPN gateways...

34 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Indicate a tunnel name for this VPN configuration. The subnet of the VPN gateway’s local network. It can be a host, a partial subnet or a whole subnet. Local netmask combined with local subnet to form a subnet domain. The subnet of the remote V...

39 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration SMS INBOX Click this button to view any SMS m e s s a g e t h a t y o u m a y h a v e received. CREATE MESSAGE C l i c k t h i s b u t t o n t o c r e a t e a message. Message Service SMS Inbox: Create Message: If your ISP provide SMS service, ...

41 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Virtual Server The device can be configured as a virtual server so that users can access services such as Web or FTP via the public (WAN) IP address of the router. This contains a list of pre-defined services. Copies the rule to the line of the...

42 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Application Rules Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others. These applications have difficulties working through NAT (Network Address Translation). Applications R...

43 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration QoS Engine QoS ENGINE SETUP Select this box to enable the QoS Packet Filter. Specify the maximum upstream bandwidth here (e.g. 400 kbps). Specify the maximum downstream bandwidth here (e.g. 400 kbps). QoS RULES Identifies the rule. Specify the ...

44 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration MAC Address Filter MAC FILTERING SETTINGS Select this box to enable Mac Filtering. Wireless and wired clients with C selected can connect to this device and allow/ deny connections from unspecified MAC addresses. Wireless clients with A selecte...

45 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Select this box to enable URL Filtering. URL FILTERING RULES Identifies the rule. Enter URL that you would like to block. Click to enable the specific URL filter. URL Filter allows you to set up a list of Web-sites that will be blocked from use...

46 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration OUTBOUND FILTER SETTING Select this box to Enable the filter. You may select Always On or choose the number of a schedule rule that you have defined. Copies the predefined filter to the specified ID OUTBOUND FILTER RULES LIST Identifies the fil...

47 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration INTBOUND FILTER SETTING Select this box to Enable the filter. Y o u m a y s e l e c t Always On or choose the number of a schedule rule that you have defined. Copies the predefined filter to the specified ID INBOUND FILTER RULES LIST Identifies...

48 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration SNMP Select Enabled to allow local S N M P a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . S e l e c t Disabled to disallow local SNMP administration. Select Enabled to allow local S N M P a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . S e l e c t Disabled to disallow local SNMP...

49 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration RIP SETTING Select this box to enable routing. Ripv1: Protocol in which the IP address is routed through the internet. RIPv2: Enhanced version of RIPv1 with added features such as Authentication, Routing Domain, Next Hop Forwarding, and Subnet-...

50 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Beacons are packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a wireless network. Specify a value. 100 is the default setting and is recommended. Set the transmit power of the antennas. This value should remain at its default setting of 2347. If i...

51 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration UPNP C l i c k E n a b l e U P N P t o u s e t h e U n i v e r s a l P l u g a n d P l a y (UPnP™) feature. UPNP provides compatibility with networking e q u i p m e n t , s o f t w a r e a n d peripherals. WAN PING Select the box to allow the ...

52 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration ADMINISTRATOR Enter and confirm the password that the admin account will use to access the router’s management interface. REMOTE MANAGEMENT Remote management allows the DIR- 455 to be configured from the Internet using a web browser. A username...

53 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Time Select the appropriate Time Zone from the drop-down box. Select this checkbox to enter a start date and an end date for daylight saving time. The Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronizes the computer’s clock over a network. Manually enter ...

54 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Syslog Select this box to send the router logs to a Syslog Server. Enter the address of the Syslog server that will be used to send the logs. You may also select your computer from the drop- down box (only if you want to receive an IP address f...

56 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration System Use this option to save your current router configuration settings to a file and onto your computer. Click Save to open a file dialog, and then select a location and file name for the settings. Use this option to load the previously save...

57 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Firmware Displays your current firmware version. After you have downloaded the new firmware, click Browse to locate the firmware on your computer. Click Upload to start the firmware upgrade. Here, you can upgrade the firmware of your Router. Ma...

58 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Dynamic DNS Dynamic Domain Name System is a method of keeping a domain name linked to a changing IP Address. Select this box to enable DDNS. Select your DDNS provider from the drop-down box. Enter the Host Name that you r e g i s t e r e d w i ...

59 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration System Check Enter a host name or the IP address that you want to ping (Packet Internet Groper) and click Ping. The status of your Ping attempt will be displayed in the Ping Result box. This useful diagnostic utility can be used to check if a c...

60 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Schedules Click this button to specify the start time, end time, and name of the rule. Edit the rule’s start and end time. Delete the rule. E n t e r a n a m e f o r y o u r n e w schedule. Enter the time at which you would like the schedule to...

61 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Device Information All of your Internet and network connection details are displayed on this page. The firmware version is also displayed here. D i s p l a y s t h e c u r r e n t t i m e a n d firmware version. Displays the MAC address and the...

62 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Logs Here, you can view logs and define events that you want to view. This router also has an internal syslog server, so you can send the log files to a computer that is running a syslog utility.

63 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Statistics Here you can view the packets transmitted and received passing through your router on both WAN and LAN ports. The traffic counter will reset if the device is rebooted.

64 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Wireless This table displays a list of wireless clients that are connected to your wireless router. It also displays the connection time and MAC address of the connected wireless clients.

65 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Support

66 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 4 - Security Wireless Security This section will show you the different levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The DIR-455 offers the following types of security: • WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) • WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) • WPA (W...

67 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 4 - 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 t...

71 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network Connect to a Wireless Network Using Windows Vista ™ Windows ® Vista ™ users may use the built-in wireless utility. If you are using another company’s utility or Windows ® 2000, please refer to the user manual of your wireless...

72 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network Configure Wireless Security It is recommended to enable wireless security (WEP/WPA/WPA2) on your wireless router or access point before configuring your wireless adapter. If you are joining an existing network, you will need ...

74 D-Link DIR-455 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...

79 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Section 6 - Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems that can occur during the installation and operation of the DIR-455. Read the following descriptions if you are having problems. (The examples below are illustrated in Windows ® XP. ...

81 D-Link DIR-455 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...

82 D-Link DIR-455 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 hom...

84 D-Link DIR-455 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 peop...

85 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics There are basically two modes of networking: • Infrastructure – All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router. • Ad-Hoc – Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication, using wireless netwo...

86 D-Link DIR-455 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, pl...

87 D-Link DIR-455 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 ® Vista ™ - Click on Start > Control Panel > Network and Int...

88 D-Link DIR-455 User Manual Appendix C - Technical Specifications Technical Specifications GSM Band (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz ƒ Power Class 4 (850 / 900 MHz) ƒ Power Class 1 (1800 / 1900 MHz) ƒ UMTS/HSDPA Band * 850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz ƒ Power Class 3 ƒ Data Rates ** 6/9/11/12/18/2...