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2 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual T able of Contents T able of Contents General Inf ormation .................................................... 4 P ackage Contents .................................................... 4 Impor tant Saf ety Instructions ................................... 4 F ront P anel Vie w ...................[...]

3 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual T able of Contents Status .......................................................................... 54 De vice Info ............................................................. 54 DHCP Clients......................................................... 54 W AN Info ...............................[...]

4 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 1 - General Inf or mation General Information The D-Link DSL-2540B is an ADSL2+ router off er ing the con venience of 4 LAN por ts f or additional computers. This user manual pro vides you with a simple and easy-to-understand f or mat to install and configure y our router . Package Cont[...]

5 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 1 - General Inf or mation Front Panel View Status LED A blinking light indicates traffic is passing through. P ower LED A solid green light indicates the unit is powered up . A red light indicates a malfunction. Local Network LEDs A solid light indicates a connection to an Ether net-ena[...]

6 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 1 - General Inf or mation Rear Panel View LAN P or ts (1-4) Connect Ether net de vices such as computers, s witches, and hubs . ON/OFF Press this button to tur n the unit on or off . Reset Pressing the Reset button restores the router to its original factory default settings . P ower Rec[...]

7 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 2 - Installing The Router Installing the Router Connect the ADSL and T elephone Lines • Connect an RJ-11 cable between the wall phone jack and the line-end of the splitter (see diagram below). • Attach another RJ-11 phone cab le to the router-end of the splitter and the ADSL por t on[...]

8 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 2 - Installing The Router Connect the Power Adapter • Complete the process b y connecting the supplied 12V AC , 1A pow er adapter to the PO WER connector on the bac k of the de vice and plug the adapter into a wall outlet or power strip . Then tur n on and boot up y our PC and any LAN [...]

9 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 3 - Installation Diagram Installation Diagram[...]

10 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 4 - Configuring Y our Computer Prior to accessing the router through the LAN por t, note the f ollowing necessar y configurations: • Y our PC’ s TCP/IP address: 192.168.1.x (where “x” is any number betw een 2 and 254) • The router’ s default IP address: 192.168.1.1 • Sub[...]

11 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 4 - Configuring Y our Computer 7. If prompted to restar t your computer with the ne w settings, clic k OK. 8. After y our computer restar ts, clic k on the Network and Dial-up Connections icon again, and right click on the Local Area Connection icon and then select Proper ties. 9. In t[...]

12 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 5 - Log In T o The Router Log in to the Router This section will e xplain how to log in to y our router using the f ollowing steps: 1. Launch your w eb bro wser . 2. Enter the URL http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar and press Enter . A login screen lik e the one below will be displa y[...]

13 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home Home The home section provides configurations f or general use, including a Quick Setup Wizard with steps to quic kly set up y our router f or Internet connection. Also included in this section are LAN/W AN setup and DNS configur ation. The below sections e xplains the setup [...]

14 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home If you uncheck the DSL A uto-connect bo x, the resulting screen is seen below . Enter the VPI/VCI as indicated by your ISP . There is also an option to enab le Quality of Ser vice . When you are ready , clic k Next to continue .[...]

15 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home Ne xt is the Connection T ype screen where you can select the type of network protocol and encapsulation mode o v er the A TM PVC that your ISP has instructed you to use . The follo wing is a PPP oA e xample . Click Ne xt to continue.[...]

16 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home Enter the PPP username and passw ord given by your ISP . Then decide if you will be using an y features such as dial on demand, PPP IP e xtension, keep aliv e and then click on Ne xt .[...]

17 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home The ne xt step is to configure the Network Address T ranslation (NA T) settings. F or the e xample, NA T will be enabled. Lea v e the remaining fields at their def aults and click Ne xt to continue.[...]

18 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home In this section, y ou can configure the DSL Router IP address and Subnet Mask to make the LAN interf ace correspond to y our LAN’ s IP Subnet. If y ou want the DHCP ser v er to automatically assign IP addresses, then enab le the DHCP ser v er and enter the range of IP addres[...]

19 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home After all W AN configur ations are complete, the W AN Setup Summar y screen displa ys all W AN settings that you ha v e made. Check that the settings are correct bef ore clicking on the Save/Reboot button. Clicking on Save/Reboot will sa v e y our settings and restar t y our r[...]

20 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home W AN Configure the W AN settings as pro vided b y y our ISP . Clic k on the Add button if you want to add a ne w connection f or the W AN interf ace and to proceed to the A TM PVC Configuration screen as seen on page 21. The A TM PVC Co nfig ur ati on scr ee n al lo ws y o u[...]

21 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home Note: The F ollowing settings are ISP dependant. F or inf or mation regarding proper configuration, contact y our ISP . VPI: Vir tual P ath Identifier . The v alid range is 0 to 255. VCI: Vir tual Channel Identifier . The valid range is 32 to 65535. Service Category: Fiv e c[...]

22 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home This screen shows the types of networ k protocols and encapsulation modes that can be configured: • PPP ov er A TM (PPP oA) • PPP ov er Ether net (PPP oE) • MA C Encapsulation Routing (MER) • IP ov er A TM (IpoA) • Bridging If y ou will be using VLAN tagging, clic k [...]

23 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home The f ollowing screen allo ws y ou to enter PPP user name and pass word as w ell as mak e an y selections regarding your connection. Dial on demand: All o ws you to man ual ly con ne ct to the Inter net so y ou are not per manently connected. Idle timeout timer is included. PPP[...]

24 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home When finished, clic k the Ne xt b utton and the f ollowing W AN summar y screen will be displa yed. This screen will outline all W AN settings f or re view . When satisfied with the settings clic k on the Apply b utton. Enable NA T: Select enable if you wish to share one W AN[...]

25 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home After you apply the configuration, it will retur n to the W AN Setup screen sho wing the ne w configu rat ion. Select the Finish button to sav e the changes and reboot the router . When the router restar ts the DSL Router Reboot screen will appear during the reboot process.[...]

26 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home LAN Y ou can configure the DSL Router IP address and Subnet Mask f or the LAN interface . If yo u wi ll be mu lt ic ast in g (e .g. vi de o st re am ing ) y o u ca n e n a b l e IG MP s no op in g. I GM P sn oo pi ng al lo ws th e rout er to effic ie ntl y dete rmine whe re t[...]

27 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home DNS DNS Ser ver Configuration Use the DNS Ser v er screen to request automatic assignment of a DNS or to specify a pr imar y and secondar y DNS . If you unchec k the Enable Automatic Assigned DNS chec kbox, two additional fields will appear : primary and secondary DNS ser ver[...]

28 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS is a ser vice f or allo wing an Inter net domain name to be assigned to a changing IP address. This mak es it possible f or other sites on the Inter net to establish connections to you without needing to trac k the IP address themselv es . This screen al[...]

29 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 6 - Home Logout T o log out of the router’ s user interf ace at any time during the setup , click on the Logout button. A confirmation screen will appear confir ming that y ou really want to log out.[...]

30 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup Advanced Setup This section of the setup is an adv anced v ersion of the quic k setup . If you want to mak e specific configurations to y our router such as creating a vir tual ser v er , DMZ, RIP , Quality of Ser vice (QoS), etc., consider going through this adv a[...]

31 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup ADSL Settings The test mode can be selected from the ADSL Adv anced Settings page. T est modes include nor mal, re v erb , medley , no retrain, and L3. After y ou mak e y our selection, click on Apply to sav e these settings first bef ore y ou go to T one Selection [...]

32 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup ADSL T one Settings The frequenc y band of ADSL is split into 256 separ ate tones , each spaced 4.3125 kHz apar t. Each tone carries sepa ra te data, so the router operates as if 256 separate routers were running in parallel. The tone range is from 0 to 31 f or upstr[...]

33 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup Virtual Ser ver NA T—Virtual Ser vers Setup If y ou enab le N A T ( Netw ork A ddre ss T ra ns la ti on ), y ou c an c on fig ur e th e Vir t ua l Se r v er , P or t T rig gerin g, a nd D MZ H os t. A vir tual ser v er allo ws y ou to direct incoming traffic from[...]

34 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup Select a vir tual server from the drop-down list and then enter the ser ver IP address. The Ser v er IP Address would normally be the IP address of the computer on your network which is using the application or game. See Netw orking Basics in the Appendix section of [...]

35 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup The f ollowing screen appears after y ou sav e your selection. T o add additional vir tual ser v ers, clic k on the Ad d button. If you need to remo v e an y of the server names , select the check bo x in the remov e column and clic k on the Remo ve b utton.[...]

36 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup DMZ Y ou can define the IP address of the DMZ Host on this screen. The DMZ is used to f orward all IP pac k ets coming into the router to a specified IP address. Enter the IP address and clic k Apply . SNMP SN MP (S imp le Ne tw ork M ana ge me nt Pr oto co l ) i s[...]

37 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup Filter Outbound Outgoing IP Filtering Setup The outgoing filter will bloc k the LAN traffic from entering the W AN side . Click on the Add button to create filters. This ne xt screen will appear when y ou clic k Ad d . Enter the filter name, source information (f[...]

38 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup Filter Inbound The f ollowing screen will appear when you create an IP filter . This screen lists the IP filters that w ere added from the pre vious screen. T o change y our settings, clic k on the Add or Remo ve b uttons. Incoming IP Filtering Setup Incoming IP ?[...]

39 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup The Add IP Filter screen will appear when y ou clic k Add . Enter a filter name, protocol, source address inf or mation (from the W AN side) and destination address inf or mation (to the LAN side). Select the W AN interface and when ready , click Apply to add the ?[...]

40 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup MA C filter ing can f orward or b loc k traffic by MA C address. Y ou can change the policy or add settings to the MAC filter ing tab le using the MA C Filter ing Setup screen. Bridge Filters MAC Filtering Setup[...]

41 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup If you clic k Chang e P olicy , a confir mation dialog allows y ou to v er ify your change. Select Y e s t o continue , or No to cancel. If you want to add an entr y to the MAC filter ing table , Sel ec t Add from the MA C Filte ring Set up scre en. Th e Add MA C F[...]

42 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup The Static Route page can be used to add a routin g tab le (a maximum of 32 entr ies can be configured). T o proceed, click Add . Routing Routing - Static Route On th e Sta ti c R ou te A dd pa ge , ent er t he de sti nat ion ne tw ork add res s, sub net mas k, ga t[...]

43 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup RIP If RIP is enabled, the router oper ation can be configured as activ e or passiv e . Clic k Apply to sa v e an y changes. RIP (Routing Information Protocol) is a process of moving a pac k et from one node to another by f orwarding the pack et to the ne xt router [...]

44 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup Y ou can configure the Quality of Ser vice to apply diff erent prior ities to tr affic on the router . Clic k Add to view the Add Network T raffic Class Rule screen. Quality of Ser vice QoS (Quality of Ser vice) is a method of identifying, classifying and assignin[...]

45 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 7 - Adv anced Setup This screen allows you to add a network traffic class rule. A rule consists of a traffic class name and at least one condition. All configured conditions must first be met bef ore the rule takes eff ect. Click Apply to sav e any changes .[...]

46 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools T ools The tools section contains v ar ious administrator functions to maintain y our router . Sections include the f ollowing: Admin, Time, Remote Log, System, Fir mw are , and T est. • Admin: Allows y ou to change the pass word f or the various user names av ailable • T[...]

47 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools T ime The Time Settings page allows y ou to automatically synchronize y our time with a time ser v er on the Inter net. T o set the router’ s time, click on the automatically synchr oniz e with Internet time ser ver s chec kbo x. Addional time settings will appear below the[...]

48 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools Remote Log The System Log screen allows y ou to view the system log and configure the system log options . T o vie w the system log, click on the View System Log b utton. The System Log screen shows the date/time of the log, the f acil ity that w as logged, the se v erity le[...]

49 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools F rom the configuration screen, set the log to Enab le, select the Log Le vel, Displa y Le v el and Mo de . If th e sel ec te d mod e is “Re mo te ” or “Bo th ”, e vents will be sent to a specified IP address and UDP por t of a remote system log ser v er . If the se[...]

50 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools System The system section includes se ver al tools on one page, including sa v e and reboot, bac kup settings, update settings , and restore def ault settings. The Bac kup Settings button allows y ou to sa ve your router configuration to a file on your computer so that it m[...]

51 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools Update Settings T o load a pre viously sa ved configur ation file onto y our router , click Br owse , select the file on your computer and then clic k on Update Settings. The router will restore settings and reboot to activate the restored settings. Restore Default Setting[...]

52 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools Firmware If y our ISP releases ne w software f or this router , follo w these steps to perf or m an upg rade . 1. Obtain an updated software image file (firmware) from y our ISP . 2. Enter the path of the image file location or click the Br owse b utton to locate the image[...]

53 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 8 - T ools T est The diagnostics screen allows y ou to run diagnostic tests to chec k your DSL connection. The results will show test results of three connections: • Connection to y our local network • Connection to y our DSL ser vice pro vider • Connection to your Inter net ser v[...]

54 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 9 - Status Status The status section allows y ou to view gener al and status inf or mation f or your router’ s connection. Device Info The De vice Inf o page shows details of the router such as the v ersion of the software, bootloader , LAN IP address, etc. It also displa ys the curre[...]

55 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 9 - Status W AN Info The W AN Inf o screen displa ys W AN connections pre viously set up in the Home section. There is an e xtra “Status” column used f or connection status inf or mation, displa ying either ADSL Link Down or ADSL Link Up . Route Info The Route Inf o section displa y[...]

56 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 9 - Status Log This is the same screen as seen in the Remotelog section under tools. LAN The LAN sectio n sho ws receiv ed and transm itte d pac ke t inf ormation f or the Ethernet interf ace. Clic k on Reset Statist ics to rene w the inf or mation.[...]

57 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 9 - Status W AN The W AN section shows receiv ed and tr ansmitted pac ket inf or mation for the W AN connections that you ha ve set up . Clic k on Reset Statistics to rene w the inf or mation.[...]

58 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 9 - Status Inf or mation contained in the ADSL screen is useful f or troubleshooting and diagnosing connection prob lems . ADSL[...]

59 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 9 - Status A Bit Error Rate T est (BER T est) is a test that reflects the ratio of error bits to the total n umber transmitted. ADSL BER T est If you click on the ADSL BER T est b utton at the bottom of th e ADS L Sta ti st ics pag e, th e f oll o wi ng pop- up scre en will appear allo[...]

60 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Section 9 - Status When the test is complete, the f ollowing window will displa y the test results showing the test time, total tran sf erred bits, total error bits and error ratio . Clic k Exit to close the window .[...]

61 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual T roubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to prob lems that can occur during the installation and operation of the DSL-2540B. Read the f ollowing descriptions if you are having problems . (The examples below are illustrated in Windows ® XP . If you ha v e a diff erent operating system, [...]

62 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual • Configure y our Inter net settings: • Go to Star t > Settings > Control P anel . Double-clic k the Internet Options Icon. F rom the Security tab , clic k the b utton to restore the settings to their def aults. • Clic k the Connection tab and set the dial-up option to Ne ver Dial [...]

63 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Appendix A - Networking Basics Networking Basics Chec k y our IP address After y ou install your ne w D-Link adapter , b y def ault, the TCP/IP settings should be set to obtain an IP address from a DHCP ser v er (i.e. wireless router) automatically . T o v er ify y our IP address, please f ollo[...]

64 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Appendix A - Networking Basics Staticall y Assign an IP address If y ou are not using a DHCP capab le gate wa y/router , or you need to assign a static IP address , please f ollow the steps below: Step 1 Windows ® XP - Clic k on Star t > Contr ol Panel > Netw ork Connections . Windows ®[...]

65 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Appendix B - Contacting T echnical Suppor t Contacting T echnical Support U .S. and Canadian customers can contact D-Link technical suppor t through our web site or by phone . Bef ore you contact technical suppor t, please ha v e the follo wing ready: • Model number of the product (e .g. DSL-[...]

66 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Appendix C - W arranty Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, D-Link Systems, Inc. (“D-Link”) provides this Limited W arranty: • Only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from D-Link or its authorized reseller or distributor , and • Only for[...]

67 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Appendix C - W arranty D-Link may reject or return any product that is not packaged and shipped in strict compliance with the foregoing requirements, or for which an RMA number is not visible from the outside of the package. The product owner agrees to pay D-Link’s reasonable handling and ret[...]

68 D-Link DSL-2540B ADSL2+ 4-P or t Router User Manual Appendix D - Registration V ersion 1.0 September 26, 2006 Product registration is entirely v oluntar y and f ailure to complete or retur n this f or m will not diminish y our warranty rights. Registration[...]