User`s manual

Configuring the DFL-500 from the CLI
To connect to the DFL-500 command line interface (CLI) you require:
• A computer with an available communications port
• A null modem cable with a 9-pin connector to connect to the communications port on the back panel of
the DFL-500
• Terminal emulation software such as HyperTerminal for Windows
The following procedure describes how to connect to the DFL-500 CLI using Windows HyperTerminal software. You
can use any terminal emulation program.
Connecting to the CLI
• Connect the null modem cable to the communications port of your computer and to the communications
port on the back of the DFL-500.
• Make sure the DFL-500 is powered on.
• Start HyperTerminal, enter a name for the connection, and click OK.
• Specify the communications port in the Connect using field and click OK.
• Select the following port settings and click OK:
Bits per second
9600
Data bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Flow control
None
• Press Enter to connect to the DFL-500 CLI.
The following prompt appears:
D-Link login:
• Type admin and press Enter.
The following prompt appears:
Type ? for a list of commands.
Use the procedures that follow to configure the DFL-500 for NAT mode or Transparent mode operation. The
NAT mode and Transparent mode procedures are different. Choose the correct ones for your installation. The
NAT mode configuration procedures start next. The Transparent mode configuration procedures begin at
Configuring the DFL-500 to run in Transparent mode
.
Configuring the DFL-500 to run in NAT mode
The procedures in this section describe how to use the CLI to configure the DFL-500 to run in NAT mode.
Configuring NAT mode IP addresses
• Login to the CLI if you are not already logged in.
• Set the IP address and netmask of the internal interface to the Internal IP Address and Netmask that you
recorded in NAT mode configuration information
. Enter:
set system interface internal ip <IP Address> <Netmask>
Example
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