D-Link DGL-4500 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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D-Link DGL-4500 User Manual

Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network

Conﬁgure Wireless Security

It is recommended to enable wireless security (WPA/WPA2) 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 security key or passphrase

being used.

2±.

Highlight the wireless network (SSID) you would like to

connect to and click

Connect

.

1±.

Open the Windows Vista

®

Wireless Utility by right-clicking

on the wireless computer icon in your system tray (lower

right corner of screen). Select

Connect.to.a.network

.

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D-Link DGL-4500 User Manual

Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network

3±

Enter the same security key or passphrase 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 security settings are correct.

The key or passphrase must be exactly the same as on the wireless

router.

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D-Link DGL-4500 User Manual

Section 5 - Connecting to a Wireless Network

Connect Using WCN 2.0 in Windows Vista

®

The router supports Wi-Fi protection, referred to as WCN 2.0 in Windows Vista

®

. The following instructions for setting

this up depends on whether you are using Windows Vista

®

to conﬁgure the router or third party software.

When you ﬁrst set up the router, Wi-Fi protection is disabled and unconﬁgured. To enjoy the beneﬁts of Wi-Fi protection,

the router must be both enabled and conﬁgured. There are three basic methods to accomplish this: use Windows Vista’s

built-in support for WCN 2.0, use software provided by a third party, or manually conﬁgure.

If you are running Windows Vista

®

, log into the router and click the

Enable

checkbox in the

Basic

>

Wireless

section.

Use the Current PIN that is displayed on the

Advanced

>

Wi-Fi.Protected.Setup

section or choose to click the

Generate.

New.PIN

button or

Reset.PIN.to.Default

button.

For additional information, please refer to page 50.

If you are using third party software to set up Wi-Fi Protection, carefully follow the directions. When you are ﬁnished,

proceed to the next section to set up the newly-conﬁgured router.

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D-Link DGL-4500 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’s utility or Windows

®

2000, please refer to the user manual

of your wireless adapter for help with connecting to a wireless network. Most utilities will have a “site survey” option

similar to the Windows

®

XP utility as seen below.

Right-click on the wireless computer icon in your system tray

(lower-right corner next to the time). Select

View.Available.

Wireless.Networks

.

If you receive the

Wireless.Networks.Detected

bubble, click

on the center of the bubble to access the utility.

or

The utility will display any available wireless networks in your

area. Click on a network (displayed using the SSID) and click

the

Connect

button.

If you get a good signal but cannot access the Internet, check you

TCP/IP settings for your wireless adapter. Refer to the

Networking.

Basics

section in this manual for more information.

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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 the wireless network (SSID) you would like to

connect to and click

Connect

.

1±.

Open the Windows

®

XP Wireless Utility by right-clicking

on the wireless computer icon in your system tray

(lower-right corner of screen). Select

View.Available.

Wireless.Networks

.

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