D-Link DIR-890L Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Appendix A - Wireless Basics

Security

Don’t let your 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 the 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 DIR-890L 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

button in the lower left corner of the screen, or press the

Windows

button on your keyboard. In the

Search

ﬁeld,

type

cmd

and press

Enter

.

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.

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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® 7 -

Click on

Start

>

Control Panel

>

Network and Internet

>

Network and Sharing Center

.

Windows Vista® -

Click on

Start

>

Control Panel

>

Network and Internet

>

Network and Sharing Center

>

Manage Network

Connections.

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 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 router´s 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 the Default Gateway the same as the LAN IP address of your

router (I.E. 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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Appendix B - Networking Basics

Wireless Security

This section will show you the diﬀerent levels of security you can use to protect your data from intruders. The DIR-890L oﬀers the

following types of security:

• WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

• WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

• WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)

• WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

What is WPA?

WPA (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 Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using a hashing

algorithm and by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered with. WPA2 is based

on 802.11i and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instead of TKIP.

• User authentication, which is generally missing in WEP, through the extensible authentication protocol (EAP). WEP

regulates access to a wireless network based on a computer’s hardware-speciﬁc MAC address, which is relatively simple

to be sniﬀed out and stolen. EAP is built on a more secure public-key encryption system to ensure that only authorized

network users can access the network.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a passphrase or key to authenticate your wireless connection. The key is an alpha-numeric password between

8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. This key must be the exact same key entered on your

wireless router or access point.

WPA/WPA2 incorporates user authentication through the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). EAP is built on a more secure public

key encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

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Appendix C - Technical Speciﬁcations

Technical Speciﬁcations

Device Interfaces

• 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless LAN

• Four 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN ports

• 10/100/1000 Gigabit WAN port

• Two USB ports (one USB 3.0, one USB 2.0)

Standards

• IEEE 802.11ac

• IEEE 802.11n

• IEEE 802.11g

• IEEE 802.11b

• IEEE 802.11a

• IEEE 802.3

• IEEE 802.3u

Security

• WPA - Personal/Enterprise

• WPA2

- Personal/Enterprise

• Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN/PBC

Power

• Input: 100 to 240V AC, 50/60Hz

• Output: 12V DC, 5A

Temperature

• Operating:

32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

• Storage: -4 to 149 °F (-20 to 65 °C)

Humidity

• 90% maximum (non-condensing)

Certiﬁcations

• FCC

• CE

• IC

• Wi-Fi Certiﬁed

Dimensions

• L = 15.23 in (387.0 mm)

• W = 9.73 in (247.3 mm)

• H = 4.70 in (119.5 mm)

Weight

• 2.20 lbs (1 kg)

1 Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n speciﬁcations. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including

volume of network traﬃc, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. Environmental factors will adversely aﬀect wireless signal range.

2 Frequency Range varies depending on country’s regulation.

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