D-Link DSL-2642B Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Section 3 – Configuration

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Quick Setup

This chapter is concerned with using your computer to configure the WAN connection. The following chapter describes the various windows used to

configure and monitor the Router including how to change IP settings and DHCP server setup.

QUICK SETUP

Click the

Setup Wizard

button in the middle of the main window of the

Router’s opening page to launch a series of setup windows.

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QUICK SETUP – WELCOME TO D-LINK SETUP WIZARD

The first window of the Setup Wizard lists the basic steps in the process.

These steps are as follows:

1. Change the Router password.

2. Configure time and date of the Router.

3. Configure the connection to the Internet.

4. Configure the connection to Wireless Network.

5. Save the new configuration settings and reboot the system.

QUICK SETUP – CHANGE DEVICE LOGIN PASSWORD

This window of the Setup Wizard is used to change the Router

password. D-Link recommends to help secure your network, the user

change the Current Password from the factory default “admin.” The New

Password should be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters. Once

you have filled out the fields in this window, including re-typing the new

password in the Confirm Password field, click the

continue.

If you do not want to change the password, click the

Skip

button to

proceed to the next step.

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QUICK SETUP – SET TIME AND DATE

This page allows you to configure the time and date of the Router.

Select a time zone in which you are located from the

Time Zone

list.

Select

Enable Daylight Saving

and configure the daylight saving

information, if the area you are located has daylight saving.

Select

Automatically synchronize with Internet time servers

to

select first and second NTP (Network Time Protocol) server.

Click

Copy Your computer’s Time Settings

to synchronize the

Router’s time with your computer.

Click the

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QUICK SETUP – SETUP INTERNET CONNECTION

Now use the drop-down menus to select the Country, Internet Service

Provider (ISP), Protocol, and Connection Type used for the Internet

connection, and enter VPI and VCI values if applicable. Your ISP has

given this information to you—any information that is not required for

your provider will automatically be grayed out in this window and

subsequent Quick Setup windows.

The available Protocol modes are:

PPPoE

,

PPPoA

,

Dynamic IP

,

Static

IP

and

Bridge

.

Select

PPPoE

or

PPPoA

in the

Protocol

drop-down list to see the

following items.

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QUICK SETUP – PPPOE/PPPOA CONFIGURATION

Type in the User Name and Password used to identify and verify your

account to the ISP. If you are instructed to change the VPI or VCI

number, type in the correct setting in the available entry fields. Most

users will not need to change these settings. The Internet connection

cannot function if these values are incorrect.

Some users may have to adjust the

Connection Type

from the

drop-down menu at the bottom of this Setup Wizard window. For

PPPoE/PPPoA protocol, the available connection and encapsulation

types are

VC-Mux

and

LLC

.

Tick the

Enable Firewall

check box to enable the firewall function of this

connection.

Select

Dynamic IP

in the

Protocol

drop-down list to see the following

items.

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