D-Link DIR-600M Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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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 than WLAN, but in return it doesn’t use

nearly as much power which makes it ideal for personal devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs, headphones, laptops,

speakers, and other devices that operate on batteries.

Who uses wireless?

Wireless technology as become so popular in recent years that almost everyone is using it, whether it’s for home,

o³ce, business, D-Link has a wireless solution for it.

Home

• Gives everyone at home broadband access

• Surf the web, check email, instant message, and etc

• Gets rid of the cables around the house

• Simple and easy to use

Small Ofﬁce and Home Ofﬁce

• Stay on top of everything at home as you would at o²ce

• Remotely access your o²ce network from home

• Share Internet connection and printer with multiple computers

• No need to dedicate o²ce space

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Where is wireless used?

Wireless technology is expanding everywhere not just at home or o³ce. 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. The wireless

connection in public places is usually called “hotspots”.

Using a D-Link Cardbus Adapter with your laptop, you can access the hotspot to connect to Internet from remote

locations like airports, hotels, co²ee shops, libraries, restaurants, and convention centers.

Wireless network is easy to setup, but if you’re installing it for the ±rst time it could be quite a task not knowing where to

start. That’s why we’ve put together a few setup steps and tips to help you through the process of setting up a wireless

network.

Tips

Here are a few things to keep in mind, when you install a wireless network.

Centralize฀your฀router฀or฀Access฀Point

Make sure you place the router/access point in a centralized location within your network for the best performance. Try

to place the router/access point as high as possible in the room, so the signal gets dispersed throughout your home.

If you have a two-story home, you may need a repeater to boost the signal to extend the range.

For the wireless repeater, there are two types of repeater in D-Link for user to select:

°

Universal repeater: It acts as an AP and a wireless STA at the same time. It can support all AP and wireless STA

if they work in the same wireless channel.

°

AP-repeater (AP with WDS): only repeat same model or limited models which base on the same proprietary

protocol.

Please choose a universal repeater to boost the signal to extend the range.

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Eliminate Interference

Place home appliances such as cordless telephones, microwaves, and televisions as far away as possible from the

router/access point. This would signi±cantly reduce any interference that the appliances might cause since they operate

on same frequency.

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 up.

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 network

adapters on each computer, such as two or more WNA-2330 wireless network Cardbus adapters.

An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router. All the wireless devices, or clients, will connect

to the wireless router or access point.

An Ad-Hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with wireless cardbus adapters. All the adapters must be in

Ad-Hoc mode to communicate.

Wireless Modes

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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, please follow the steps below.

Click on

Start

>

Run

. In the run box type

cmd

and click

OK

.

At the prompt, type

ipconﬁg

and press

Enter

.

This will display the IP address, subnet mask, and

the default gateway of your adapter.

If the address is 0.0.0.0, check your adapter

installation, security settings, and the settings

on your router. Some firewall software programs

may block a DHCP request on newly installed

adapters.

If you are connecting to a wireless network at a

hotspot (e.g. hotel, co²ee shop, airport), please contact an employee or administrator to verify their wireless network

settings.

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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

.

Windows

®

2000 - From the desktop, right-click

My Network Places

>

Properties

.

Step 2

Right-click on the

Local Area Connection

which represents your D-Link network adapter and select

Properties

.

Step 3

Highlight

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

and click

Properties

.

Step 4

Click

Use the following IP address

and enter an IP address that is on the same subnet as your network or the LAN

IP address on your router.

Example: If the routerµs LAN IP address is 192.168.0.1, make your IP address

192.168.0.X where X is a number between 2 and 99. Make sure that the number

you choose is not in use on the network. Set Default Gateway the same as the LAN

IP address of your router (192.168.0.1).

Set Primary DNS the same as the LAN IP address of your router (192.168.0.1). The

Secondary DNS is not needed or you may enter a DNS server from your ISP.

Step 5

Click

OK

twice to save your settings.

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