D-Link DWR-116 manual

W ir eless N300 Multi- W AN Router DWR-116 V ersion 1.0 | 05/24/2013 U ser Manual[...]

i D-Link DWR-116 User Manual D-Link reserves the r ight to revise this publication and to make changes in the content hereof without obligation to notify any person or organization of such r evisions or changes. Manual Revisions T rademarks D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corpora tion or its subsidiar ie[...]

ii D-Link DWR-116 User Manual T able of C ontents Prefac e ................................................................................. i Manual Revisions ........................................................................... i T rademarks ...................................................................................... i Product Ove[...]

iii D-Link DWR-116 User Manual T able of Contents Syst em .................................................................................... 50 F irmw are ................................................................................ 51 Dynamic DNS ....................................................................... 52 Syst em Check ........[...]

1 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view • D-Link DWR-116 W ireless N300 Multi- W AN Router • P ow er A dapter • Manual and W arranty on CD • External W i-F i antenna S y stem Requiremen ts • A compatible 3G/4G L TE USB modem C omputer with the follo wing: • Windo ws®, Macintosh, or Linux -based operating syst em • [...]

2 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Introduction The D-Link Wireless N300 Multi- W AN Router allows users to ac cess mobile br oadband networks worldwide. Onc e connected, users can transf er data and stream media. Simply connect your USB modem to share y our 3G/4G L TE I nternet connection through a secure 802.11n wir eless [...]

3 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Har dwar e O ver view Back P anel P ort Function LAN P or t Connects to wired c omputers or devices . W AN Port Connects to the Internet. P ow er Port Connects to the power adapt er . LAN 4 LAN 3 LAN 2 LAN 1 W AN POWER[...]

4 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Har dwar e O ver view F ront P anel and LEDs 3G/4G L TE W AN W i-F i LAN Ports 1 to 4 WPS BUTTON RESET BUT T ON LED Description C olor Solid Blinking Blinking (F ast) 3G/4G L TE Green 3G/4G L TE connection established Data transmitting - W AN Green W AN connection established Data transmitt[...]

5 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Har dwar e O ver view T op P ort Function USB P ort Connects to 3G/4G L TE M odem Dongle Antennas External WiF i Antennas USB 2.0 P ort External Antennas[...]

6 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 2 - I nstallation Installation This sec tion will guide you through the installa tion process. Placement of the router is v er y impor tant. Do not place the router in an enclosed area such as a closet or cabinet, or in an attic or gar age. C onnec t t o Y our Network Note: Ensure that y our DWR-116 Wir eless N3[...]

7 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 2 - I nstallation W ireless Installation C onsidera tions The DWR-116 can be accessed using a wireless connection from vir tually anywhere within the operating range of your wireless network. Keep in mind, how ev er , that the quantity , thick ness and location of walls , ceilings , or other objects that the wir[...]

8 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration C onfigura tion This section will show you how t o configure y our new D-Link mobile router using the web-based configuration utility . W eb -based C onfigur ation Utility T o access the configuration utility , open a web -brow ser such as Internet Explorer and ent er the IP address of the rou[...]

9 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Setup Internet C onnec tion S etup W izard The setup wizard guides you through the initial setup of your router . Th er e ar e tw o way s to se tu p you r Inte rn et co nn ect io n. Y ou can use th e W eb-bas ed Int er net Con necti on Setu p Wi zar d or you can manua ll y configure using the [...]

10 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Creat e a new password that will be used to access the router and then click Next to continue . Click Prev to go back to the previous page or click C ancel to close the wizard. Select your time zone from the dr op- down bo x and then click Next to continue . Click Prev to go back to the previ[...]

11 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Choose this if your I nternet connec tion automatically provides you with an IP Address . Most cable modems use this type of connection. See page 12 for information about how t o configur e this type of connection. Choose this option if y our Internet connection requires a username and passwo[...]

12 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration The default MAC Address is set to the Internet por t’ s ph ysical inter face MA C address on the bro adban d route r . It is not rec omme nded that you change the default MA C address unless required by your ISP . Y ou can use the Clone b ut t o n to r ep l a c e th e I n t e r n e t p o r [...]

13 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Choose Static IP only if y our ISP assig ns you an IP address. Other wise, please choose Dynamic IP . Enter the inf ormation provided b y your ISP . Enter the inf ormation provided b y your ISP . Enter the inf ormation provided b y your ISP . IP address of PPTP server . Us er /a cc ount nam e[...]

14 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration (Optional) F ill in only if requested by ISP . (Optional) F ill in only if requested by ISP . Enter the number to be dialed . Select P AP , CHAP , or Auto detection. The default authentication method is Aut o . (Optional) Ent er the APN information. User Name: P asswor d: Dialed Number: Authe[...]

15 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Y ou have c ompleted the Setup Wizar d . Click Connect to sav e your settings . A popup will appear , to confirm your settings . Click OK to sav e your settings .[...]

16 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Manual Internet C onnec tion Setup Internet C onnec tion T ype Several differen t I nternet connection types can be selected depending upon the specifications of y our I nternet Ser vice Pr ovider (ISP). Select the I nternet connection type specied by your Inte rn et Ser vice P rovi der (I[...]

17 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Dynamic IP (DHCP) (Optional) Required b y some ISP s. (Optional) F ill in with IP address of primary DNS ser ver . (Optional) F ill in with IP address of secondary DNS ser ver . Y ou may need to change the Maximum T ransmission Unit (MTU) for optimal per formance . The default value is 1500. [...]

18 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration PPP oE Choose this Internet connec tion if your ISP provides you with a PPP oE account . Th e u s er na m e /a c c ou n t n a me t h a t y o u r I S P provides t o you f or PPP oE dial-up . P asswor d that your ISP provides to you for PPP oE dial-up . F ill in wit h the same pas sw or d in P [...]

19 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration PPTP Choose this Internet connection if your ISP provides you PPTP account. Choose Static IP only if your ISP assigns you an IP address. Other wise, please choose Dynamic IP . Enter the information provided by y our ISP . (Only applicable f or Static IP PPTP .) Enter the information provided [...]

20 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration L2TP Choose this Internet connection if your ISP provides you L2TP account. Choose Static IP only if your ISP assigns you an IP addr ess. O ther wise, please choose Dynamic IP . Enter the information provided by y our ISP . (Only applicable f or Static IP L2TP .) Enter the information provide[...]

21 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration 3G / 4G L TE Choose this Internet connection if you already use a SIM card for 3G/4G L TE I nternet ser vice from your mobile ser vice provider compan y. The fields here may not be necessary for your connection. The info rma tion on this page shou ld only be used if requi r ed by yo ur ser vi[...]

22 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Enter the IP address assigned to your net work connection. Enter the subnet mask. Enter the default gatew ay . Enter the primary DNS ser ver . Enter the secondary DNS ser ver . Y ou may need to change the Maximum T ra nsm iss io n Unit (MT U) for opti mal perform anc e. The default value is 1[...]

23 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration F ailov er Setting This option can be set to either Load Sharing or to F ailover . With Load Sharing , the data usage is distributed evenly over the t wo dier ent internet connec tions. With Failo v er , the secondar y Internet connection will be in standby mode, un til the primary Interne[...]

24 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W ireless C onnec tion S etup W izard This section will help you to manually c ongure the wireless settings of your router . Please note that changes made on this section may also need to be duplicat ed on your wirele ss device s and clients . The Wir eless Settings page allows you t o con[...]

25 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration This wizard will guide you through a step-by-step process to congure your D-Link rout er ’ s wir eless . Click Ne xt to continue. Note: While using the wizard, you can click Prev to go back to the previous page or you can click C ancel t o close the wizard Enter a name for your wireless [...]

26 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select a level of wir eless securit y to use, then click Nex t to continue . If y ou chose BEST or BETTER , select whether to use TKIP or AES encr yption, then enter a password t o use for your wir eless network. I t is recommended that you use AES if your wireless computers and devices suppo[...]

27 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration If y ou chose GOOD , selec t whether to use a HEX or ASCII password , then enter a passwor d to use for your wireless network. I f you choose HEX, you will need to ent er a 10 or 26 dig it passw or d usin g only hex char acters (0- 9, A-F ). If you choose ASCII, the passw ord can be between 5[...]

28 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W ireless Settings This section will help y ou to manually configur e the wir eless settings of your router . Please note that changes made on this section may also need to be duplicated on y our Wireless Client. Select this checkbo x to enable wirel ess acc ess . When you set this option, th[...]

29 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Security Mode: T hi s dev ic e sup p orts thr ee wir ele ss se cu ri ty mod es , WEP , WP A-Personal , WP A-Enterprise or None . WEP is the original wir eless encryption standard. WP A pro vides a higher level of security and WP A- P ersonal does not requir e an authentication se rve r . Whe [...]

30 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration WP A Mode: Cipher T ype: Network Key: Select whether to use WP A2 only or WP A only . WP A2 only is the most secure , provided that all of your clients can support it. Select whether to use the TKIP or AES cipher . The AES cipher is the most secure , provided that all of your clients can supp[...]

31 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration WP A Mode: Cipher T ype: RADIUS Ser ver IP Addr ess: RADIUS Ser ver P ort: RADIUS Ser ver Shared Secret: Select whether to use WP A2 only or WP A only . WP A2 only is the most secure , provided that all of your clients can support it. Select whether to use the TKIP or AES cipher . The AES cip[...]

32 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W i-F i Pr otected Setup Wi-F i P rotected Setup ( WPS) System is a simplified method for securing your wireless network during the “Initial setup” as well as the “ Add New D evice ” pr ocesses. The process is just as easy a s pressing a button for the P ush-Button M ethod or correctl[...]

33 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration This section will help you to change the internal network settings of your rout er and to configur e the DHCP Ser ver settings. Network Settings Router Settings Enter the IP addr ess of the r outer . The default IP address is 192.168.0.1 . If you change the IP address , you will need to enter[...]

34 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to enable the DHCP ser ver on your rout er . Enter the star ting and ending IP address for the ser ver’ s IP address pool. The time period for the IP address lease. Enter the lease time in minutes. Assign a primary DNS S er ver to DHCP clien ts. Assign a DNS Server to DHCP c[...]

35 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration A dvanced V ir tual Ser v er The device can be configured as a vir tual ser ver so that users can access ser vices such as W eb or FTP via the public ( W AN) IP address of the router . This contains a list of pr e -dened ser vices. Copies the rule to the line of the specied ID . Y ou ma[...]

36 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Applica tion Rules Some applications requir e multiple connec tions, such as Internet gaming, video confer encing , Internet telephony and others. These app lic at io ns ha v e diff ic ult ie s wor king thr ough NA T (Netw ork Add re ss T ranslation). Application Rules allow some of these app[...]

37 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration QoS Engine Select this box to enable the QoS P acket F ilter . Specify the maximum upstr eam bandwidth here (e.g . 400 kbps). Identies the rule. Specify the local IP address and then specify the por t after the colon. Specify the remote IP address and then the por t after the colon. Select[...]

38 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration MA C A ddr ess F ilter Select this box to enable MA C ltering . Wir eless and wir ed clients with C s e l e c t e d can connec t to this device and allow/deny connections from unspecied MA C addresses . Wir eless clients with A selected can associat e to the wireless LAN; and allow/den [...]

39 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to enable URL F iltering . Identies the rule. Enter URL that y ou would like to block. Click to enable the specic URL lter . Click Save S ettings to save your changes, or click Don ’ t Sav e Settings to discard y our changes. URL Filter allows you to set up a list o[...]

40 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to Enable the lter . Y ou may selec t A l w ay s O n or choose the number of a schedule rule that you have dened. Copies the predened lter to the specied ID Identies the lter . Specify the local IP address and then specify the por t after the colon. Specif[...]

41 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to Enable the lter . Y ou may selec t A l w ay s O n or choose the number of a schedule rule that you have dened. Copies the predened lter to the specied ID Identies the lter . Specify the local IP address Specify the local por t after the colon. Specify t[...]

42 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select Enabled to allow local SNMP administration. Selec t Disabled to disallow local SNMP administration. Select Enabled to allow local SNMP administration. Selec t Disabled to disallow local SNMP administration. Enter the passw ord in this eld to allow “Read only ” access to network [...]

43 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to enable routing . RIPv1: P rotocol in which the IP addr ess is routed thr ough the Internet. RIPv2: Enhanced version of RIPv1 with added featur es such as authentication, routing domain, nex t hop f orwarding, and subnet- mask exchange . Identies the rule. Enter the IP of[...]

44 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Beacons are packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a wireless network. Specify a value. 100 is the default setting and is recommended . Set the transmit power of the ant ennas. This value should remain at its default setting of 2347. If inconsisten t data ow is a problem, only a mi[...]

45 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Click Enable UPnP to use the Univ ersal Plug and Play (UPnP™) feature . UPnP provides compatibility with networking equipmen t, software and peripherals. Select the box to allow the W AN port t o be “ pinged. ” Blocking the P ing option ma y provide some extra security from hackers. Cli[...]

46 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Enter a password that the admin account will use to access the router ’ s management interface. Conrm the chosen passwor d. Remote management allo ws the DWR-116 to be c ongured from the I nternet using a web browser . A username and passw ord is still requir ed t o acc ess the web-ma[...]

47 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration T ime Displays the current time and date of the DWR-116. Select the appropriate Time Zone from the drop- down bo x. Select this check box to automatically synchronize the DWR-116 with an I nternet time ser ver . Choose the NTP Ser ver used for synchr onizi ng time and date . Shows the r esult[...]

48 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration S y slog Select this box to send the router logs to a Syslog server . Enter the address of the Syslog ser ver that will be used to send the logs. Click S ave Se t ti n gs t o save your changes, or click Don’ t S av e Settings to discard your changes. The DWR-116 keeps a running log of event[...]

49 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Email Settings When this option is enabled, router ac tivity logs are e -mailed to a desig nated e -mail address . Enter the SMTP server IP addr ess followed by a colon and the por t number (e.g. 123.123.123.1:25). Enter the SMTP username . Enter the SMTP passw ord . Ente r the e -mail addres[...]

50 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration S y stem Use this option to save your current router conguration settings to a le and onto your computer . Click S ave to open a le dialog , and then select a location and le name for the settings. Use this option to load the pr eviously saved router conguration settings. Brows[...]

51 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration F irm war e Displays y our current rm ware v ersion. Displays y our current rm ware dat e. Aft er yo u hav e dow nlo ade d the new rmw ar e , click Bro wse to locate the rmwar e on your computer . Tick Acce pt uno c ial rmware if you want t o update the DWR-116 with unoci[...]

52 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration D ynamic DNS DDNS is a method of keeping a domain name lin ke d to a chan gi ng IP Ad dr es s . Sel ect thi s bo x to enable DDNS. Select your DDNS provider from the dr op- down bo x. Enter the Host Name that you regist ered with your DDNS service provider . Enter the U sername for y our DDNS[...]

53 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration S y stem C heck Enter a host name or the IP address that you want to ping and click P ing . The status of your P ing attempt will be displayed in the P ing R esult box. This useful diagnostic utility can be used to check if a computer is connected to the net work. It sends ping packets and li[...]

54 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Schedules Tick this check bo x to enable schedules . Click on this button to create a new rule. The following options will be a vailable . Edit the rule ’ s star t and end time. Delete the rule. Enter a name f or your new schedule . Enter the time at which you would like the schedule to bec[...]

55 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Sta tus Devic e Informa tion All of your Internet and network connection details are displayed on this page. The firmw are version is also displa yed her e. Displays the curren t time and rmwar e version. Displays the MAC address and the private (local) IP settings for the r outer . Displa[...]

56 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration L ogs Here you can view logs and define events that you want to view . This router also has an internal syslog ser ver , so you can send the log files to a computer tha t is running a syslog utility .[...]

57 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Statistics He re y ou ca n vi e w th e pa c k et s tr an s m i t t e d an d r e c e i v ed pa s s i n g thr ough your rout er o n bo t h W A N and LA N p or ts. The tra f fi c counter will r eset if the device is r ebooted.[...]

58 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W ireless This table display s a list of wir eless clients that ar e connected to your wireless router . It also displays the connection time and MA C address of the connected wir eless clients.[...]

59 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Suppor t The SUPPORT pages provide help information for each sec tion of the device ’ s int er face. T o view the Support pages, click on SUPPORT at the top of the screen.[...]

60 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity W ireless Securit y This section will show you the diff erent lev els of security you can use to prot ect your data from intruders . The DWR-116 offers the f ollowing types of security : • WP A2 ( Wi-F i Prot ected Acc ess 2) • WP A2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) • WP A ( Wi-F i Prot ected Acc ess) ?[...]

61 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity C onfigure WEP It is rec ommended to enable encryption on your wireless router befor e your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity befor e enabling encr yption. Y our wireless signal may deg rade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead. 1. Log int o the web-ba[...]

62 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity Wha t is WP A? WP A, or W i-Fi P rot ected Access , is a Wi-F i standard that was designed to impr ove the security fea tures of WEP ( W ired Equivalen t Privacy). The 2 major impro vements o ver WEP: • Improved data encryption thr ough the T emporal Key Integrity P rot ocol ( TKIP). TKIP scramb[...]

63 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity C onfigure WP A-PSK It is rec ommended to enable encryption on your wireless router befor e your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity befor e enabling encr yption. Y our wireless signal may deg rade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead. 1. Log into the we[...]

64 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity C onfigure WP A (RADIUS) It is rec ommended to enable encryption on your wireless router befor e your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity befor e enabling encr yption. Y our wireless signal may deg rade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead. 1. Log into t[...]

65 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity W indow s® 8 WP A/WP A2 It is recommended to enable wireless security ( WP A/WP A2) on your wireless r outer or access point before configuring your wireless adapter . I f you are joining an existing netw ork, you will need to k now the security key ( Wi-F i password) being used . T o join an exi[...]

66 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity Y ou will then be prompted to ent er the network secur ity key ( Wi-F i passwor d) for the wireless network. Enter the passwor d into the bo x and click Next . If you wish to use Wi-F i P rotected S etup ( WPS) to connect to the router , you can also press the WPS button on y our router a t this p[...]

67 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity W indow s® 7 It is recommended to enable wireless security ( WP A/WP A2) on your wireless r outer or access point before configuring your wireless adapter . I f you are joining an existing netw ork, you will need to k now the security key or passphrase being used. 1. Click on the wireless icon in[...]

68 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 3. High li gh t the wir ele ss co nn ecti on wit h W i-F i nam e (SSI D) y ou wo ul d like to connect to and click the C onnect button. If y ou get a good signal but cannot access the Internet, check y our T CP/IP settings for your wireless adapter . Refer to the Network ing Basics section in this[...]

69 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity WPS The WPS featur e of the DWR-116 can be configured using Window s® 7. Carr y out the follo wing steps to use Window s® 7 to configure the WPS feature: 1. Click the Start button and selec t Comput er from the Start menu. 2. Click Network on the left side.[...]

70 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 3. Double - click the DWR-116 4. Input the WPS PIN number (display ed in the WPS windo w on the Router ’ s L CD screen or in the S etup > W ireless Setup menu in the Router ’ s W eb UI) and click Ne xt .[...]

71 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 5. T ype a name to identify the network. 6. T o configure advanced settings , click the icon. Click Next to con tinue.[...]

72 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 7 . The follo wing window appears while the Router is being configured . W ait for the configuration t o complete . 8. The follo wing window informs you that WPS on the router has been setup successfully . Make a note of the security key as you may need to provide this security key if adding an ol[...]

73 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork W indow s V ista® Windo ws V ista® users may use the built-in wireless utility . If you are using another compan y ’ s utility , please ref er to the user manual of your wireless adapter for help with connecting to a wireless net work. M ost utilities will have a “ s[...]

74 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork WP A/WP A2 It is recommended to enable wireless security ( WP A/WP A2) on your wireless r outer or access point before configuring your wireless adapter . I f you are joining an existing netw ork, you will need to k now the security key or passphrase being used. 2. Highlig[...]

75 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork 3. Enter the same security key or passphrase ( Wi-F i password) that is on your r outer and click C onnec t . It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please verify that the security settings are corr ect. The key or passphrase[...]

76 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork WPS/WCN 2.0 The router suppor ts W i-F i protection, referr ed to as WCN 2.0 in W indows Vista®. The following instruc tions for setting this up depends on whether you ar e using Window s Vista® t o configure the r outer or third par ty sof tware. When you first set up t[...]

77 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork W indow s® XP Windo ws® XP users may use the built-in wireless utility (Zer o Configuration Utility). The follo wing instruc tions are for Ser vic e P ack 2 users. If you ar e using another compan y ’ s utility , please refer to the user manual of y our wireless adapte[...]

78 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork It is recommended to enable WP A on your wir eless r outer or acc ess point bef ore c onfiguring your wir eless adapter . If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the WP A key being used. 2. Highlight the Wi-F i network (SSID) y ou w ould like to conne[...]

79 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork 3. Th e Wi r ele ss Netw or k Con nectio n box wil l appea r . En te r the WP A-PS K Wi-F i passwor d and click C onnect . It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please v erify that the WP A-PSK settings ar e correct. The Wi-[...]

80 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 6 - T roubleshooting T roubleshooting This chapter pro vides solutions to problems that can occur during the installa tion and oper ation of the DWR-116. Read the follo wing descriptions if y ou ar e ha ving problems . ( The examples below are illustrated in Windows ® XP . If y ou ha ve a diff erent operating [...]

81 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 6 - T roubleshooting • Configur e your Internet settings: • Go to Star t > Settings > Control Panel . Double - click the Internet Options Icon. Fr om the S ecurity tab, click the button to restore the settings to their defaults. • Click the C onnection tab and set the dial-up option t o Never Dial a[...]

82 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics There ar e basically two modes of networking: • Infrastructure – All wireless clients will c onnect to an access point or wir eless router . • Ad-Hoc – Directly connec ting to another computer , for peer-to-peer communica tion, using wireless net work adapters on each computer , suc[...]

83 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Networking B asics Check y our IP address After you install your new D -Link adapter , by default, the T CP/IP settings should be set to obtain an IP addr ess from a DHCP server (i.e. wireless router) aut omatically . T o verify your IP addr ess, please f ollow the steps below . Click on [...]

84 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Statically A ssign an IP addr ess If you are not using a DHCP capable gatew ay/r outer , or you need to assign a static IP address , please follow the steps below: Step 1 Windo ws ® Vista ™ - Click on Start > Con trol P ane l > Netw or k and Int ern et > Netw ork and Shar ing [...]

85 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix C - T echnical Specications T echnical Specifications Data Rates ** 300,150,135,120,90,60,45,30,15 Mbps in 802.11n mode 6/9/11/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps in 802.11g mode 1/2/5.5/11Mbps in 802.11b mode Standards IEEE 802.11n compliant (2T x2R) IEEE 802.11b/g IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3u F requency 2.4 - 2.4835 GHz W ir[...]