User's Manual

DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1.0ȱ
Contents
CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... 2
ABOUTȱTHISȱMANUAL ............................................................................................... 4
NotationalȱConventions ............................................................................................ 4
CHAPTERȱ1ȱȱINTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 5
Introduction......................................................................................................... 5
Features ............................................................................................................. 6
LANsȱandȱWANs ................................................................................................... 7
Staticȱ&ȱDynamicȱIPȱAddresses.................................................................................... 8
Firewallȱ–ȱItsȱneed .................................................................................................. 8
CHAPTERȱ2ȱȱGETTINGȱTOȱKNOWȱTHEȱDIRȬ430................................................................ 9
TheȱDIRȬ430ȱBackȱPanel ........................................................................................... 9
TheȱDIRȬ430ȱFrontȱPanel .......................................................................................... 9
CHAPTERȱ3ȱȱCONNECTINGȱTHEȱDIRȬ430 ...................................................................... 10
Overview .......................................................................................................... 10
ConnectingȱHardwareȱtogether
ȱandȱbootingȱup ................................................................. 10
CHAPTERȱ4ȱȱCONFIGURINGȱYOURȱPCS ....................................................................... 11
ConfiguringȱWindowsȱ95,ȱ98ȱandȱMillenniumȱPCs ............................................................ 12
ConfiguringȱWindowsȱ2000ȱPCs................................................................................. 14
ConfiguringȱWindowsȱXPȱPCs .................................................................................. 16
ConfiguringȱWindowsȱ2003ȱPCs................................................................................. 18
CHAPTERȱ5ȱȱCONFIGURINGȱTHEȱDIRȬ430..................................................................... 20
AccessingȱtheȱDIRȬ430ȱconfiguration............................................................................ 20
SavingȱandȱActivatingȱtheȱConfiguration ....................................................................... 22
TopȱPanel.......................................................................................................... 23
Setup .............................................................................................................. 23
QuickȱSetupȱWizard .......................................................................................................23
WAN ........................................................................................................................24
Prioritization ...............................................................................................................25
MACȱcloningȱsettings .....................................................................................................25
InternetȱConnectionȱSettings .............................................................................................25
DHCPȱclient ................................................................................................................26
StaticȱIP......................................................................................................................27
PPPoE .......................................................................................................................27
PPTP.........................................................................................................................28
InternetȱFailureȱDetection ................................................................................................29
LocalȱAreaȱNetwork.......................................................................................................30
RouterȱSettings .........................................................................................................30
DHCPȱServer ...........................................................................................................30
DHCPȱRelay ............................................................................................................31
Wireless .....................................................................................................................32
WirelessȱSecurityȱMode ...............................................................................................33
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