Dynex DX-NRUTER manual

USER GUIDE Wi re l e s s N R o u te r DX - N R U T E R[...]

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Product f eatures 3 • Widesprea d industry acceptance –Choose from a wide range of interoperable networking produc ts. • N wireless technology – Y our r outer uses a new smar t-antenna technology called Multip le Input Mul tiple Outpu t (MIMO). N wir ele ss compl ies with the IEEE dr aft 802.11n specification. It incr eases speed, range , r[...]

4 Product fea tures Built-In Dynamic Host C onfiguration Protocol ( DHCP) —Built-In Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on-board m akes for the easiest possibl e c onnec tion of a network. The DHCP ser ver will assign IP addresses to each com puter automatically so there is no need for a complicated networking setup. Set up A ssi stant —[...]

Product f eatures 5 Setup Assistan t software sy st em requir ements • A computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP , or W indows Vista or running Mac OS X v10.x • Minimum 1 GHz processor and 128 MB RAM • Internet browser Co m po n e nt s Y o ur router has been designed to be placed on a desktop. Al l of the c ables exit from the rear of your [...]

6 Product fea tures 3 P ower/ready LED When you apply power to y our router or r estar t it, a shor t period of time elapses while your router boots up. During this tim e, the P ower/Ready LED blinks. When your router has completely booted up , the P ower/Ready LED becomes a SOLID light, indicating your router is r eady for use. Off—Router is off[...]

Product f eatures 7 Back pa nel # Com ponent Descri ption 1 Wir ed computer por ts - Blue Connect your wired (non-wireless) computers to these ports. These por ts are RJ-45, 10/100 auto-neg otiation, auto-up linking po rts for sta ndar d UTP categor y 5 or 6 Ethernet c able. T he por ts are labeled 1 through 4. These por ts correspond to the number[...]

8 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Setting up your wireless rou ter Modem r equir e ments Y our ca ble or DSL modem must b e eq uipped w ith an RJ-4 5 Et hernet port. Many modems have both an RJ- 45 Ethernet por t and a USB c onnect ion. If you ha ve a modem with both Ethernet and USB, and are using th e USB connect ion at this time, you will be i[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 9 Running the S etup Assis tant T o ru n the Setup Assistant: 1 Shut down any programs that are runni ng on your computer at this time. 2 T urn off a ny fir ewall or Internet-connec tion-sharing software on your computer . 3 Inser t the includ ed CD into y our computer . T he Setu p Assistant will au tomatically ap[...]

10 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Setup A ssistant w ill ind icate each ti me a step in the setup has been com pleted. When it is time t o name your networ k , the Setup Assistant will open the Naming your network screen. The default wir eless network name or Ser vice Set Identifier (SSID) is the name of your wireless network that your computers[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 11 6 If y our In terne t acc oun t req uire s a login an d pass wor d, y ou wil l be pr ompt ed wi th a screen sim ilar to the il lustration ab ove . Sel ect y our country or ISP from the lists. The Se tup Assi stant wil l now config ure your ro uter by s ending d ata to your router an d restar ting it. W a it for [...]

12 Setting u p your wireless rou ter This completes your router i nsta llation. Y ou will see the Congratulations screen when your router can connect to the Internet. Y ou can beg in sur fing by ope ning your browser and goi ng to any Web site. 7 Y ou can use the Setu p Assis tan t to s et up y our ot her wi red and wir eless comp ute rs to connect[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 13 T o use the optional assistance to connect to other computers: 1 This optional step will help you t o connec t additional wired and wireless computers to your network. F ollow the on-screen instructions. At this point, your router is set up and working properly . It is now ti me to connect your ot her compu ters[...]

14 Setting u p your wireless rou ter W ir eless sec urity set up Make sure th at your complete t he basic setup o f your router be fore setting up sec urity. Make sure that all of your computer s (wired and wireless) can s uccessfully connect to t he Internet through your router . T o set up security: 1 On a computer that ha s a wired (cable) conne[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 15 3 Y o u will b e asked to pi ck a se curit y typ e. W e recommen d WP A2-PSK as the secu rit y mode and then WP A-PSK+ WP A 2-PSK as the Au thentic ation, as it i s the mo st secure and ea siest to u se. Once you have mad e your ch oice, cli ck Apply Changes . 4 In the Pre -shared key field, type a sec urity key[...]

16 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 6 If you do not want to upd ate your comp uter's w ireless ada pter to work with WP A/WP A2, r eturn to Step 4 and choose WEP . Altern ative setu p meth od The W eb-Ba sed Advanced User Interf ace is a Web-based tool that you can us e to set up your router if you do not want to use the S etup Assis tant. Y [...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 17 7 Make sure that your modem is connected to your router by checking the lights on the front of your r outer . T he green light labeled Modem should be on if your modem is connected correctly to y our router . If it is not, recheck y our connections. 8 Make sure that your computer is connec ted proper ly to your [...]

18 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Quick-Na vigat ion links — Y ou can go d irectly to any of your router ’ s UI pages by clicking direc tly on th ese links. The l inks are d ivided into logical categories and group ed by tab s to make finding a par ticular setting easier to find . Clicking the p urple head er of each t ab will show you a sho[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 19 Configure your ro uter for connect ion to your Internet Ser vice Provid er ( ISP) The Internet/WAN tab is where you will set up your router to connec t to your Internet Ser vice Provider (ISP). Y our router is capabl e of connecting to vir tually any ISP’ s system provided y ou have corr ectly configured your [...]

20 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Change WAN MAC Address If your ISP requir es a s pecific MA C address to connect to th e ser vice, y ou can enter a spe cific MA C address or clone the current computer's MA C address through t his link. Setting y our Int ernet Service Pro vider (ISP ) co nnec tio n type to st atic IP A static IP address co[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 21 Setting y our ISP co nnec tion type to P PPoE Most DSL providers us e PPPoE as the connec tion typ e. If y ou use a DSL modem to connec t to the I nt ernet , y our IS P may us e PPP oE t o log you in to the servic e. If yo u hav e an In te rnet connection in y our home or small office that d oesn't requir e[...]

22 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Set ting c ustom Do main N ame S er ver (DNS) se tting s A Do main N ame Serve r is a ser ver located on the Internet that translates Universal Resou rce Locators (URLs) like “w w w .d ynex.com” int o IP ad dresses. Many Internet S er vice Providers (ISPs) do not requir e you t o enter this information int o[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 23 T o clone y our MAC A ddress: 1 Mak e sur e that y ou a re usin g th e co mput er t hat was ORIG INALL Y CO NNECTED t o y our mode m before your router was install ed. Click 2 Click Clone , then click Ap ply Changes . Y our MA C address is now cloned to your rou t er. T o enter a specifi c MAC Address: • T ype[...]

24 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Changing LAN settings All se ttings fo r the internal LAN s etup of your r outer can be vi ewed and ch anged here. IP Address –Th e IP addr ess is the i nternal IP a ddress of your router . The defa ult IP address is 192.168.2.1 . T o access t he W eb -Based Advanced Use r Inter face, t ype t his IP address in[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 25 Leas e Time –T he length of time the DH CP ser ver will reser v e the IP address for each computer . W e r ecommend that y ou leave the lease time set to Fo re ve r . T he default setting is For e ver , meaning that any time a computer is assign ed an IP address by the DHCP se r v er , the IP address wil l not[...]

26 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Changing the Wi reless Channel There ar e a number of operating channels from which you can choose. In the United States , there ar e 11 channels. In Australia, the United Kingdom, and m ost of Europe, there are 13 channels. In a smal l number of other countries, there are other channel requirements. Y our rout [...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 27 Using the bandwidth swit ch This switch le t you set your router's wireles s bandwidth modes. There are several mod es ava ila bl e: 20MHz only Sett ing your router to thi s mode all ows only 20 M Hz ope ration. This mo de is compatible with N, dr aft 8 02.11n-, 802.11g -, and 802.11b- co m pliant devices, [...]

28 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Using W i-Fi P rotected Set up WPS uses WP A2 for en cryp tion. It does not pr ovide additio nal secur ity , bu t rat her , standardizes the m ethod for sec uring your w ireless net work. Y ou can us e either th e Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or Personal Ide ntifica tion N umber (PIN) me thod to let a [...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 29 WP A2 Requiremen ts IMPORTANT : In order to use WP A2 s ecurity , all your comput ers and wir eless client adapters must be upgra ded with patches, driv er , and client utilit y software that support WP A2. At the time of this User Man ual’ s publication, a c ouple security patches ar e available , for fr ee d[...]

30 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 6 Click Ap ply Changes t o finish. Y ou must now set all cli ents to match these settings depending on the t ype of acc ess you want them t o have . Impor ta nt: Make sure that your wireless computers are updated to work with WP A2 and have the co rr ect settings to get prop er connection to y our r outer . Sett[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 31 Settin g WEP en crypti on Note to M ac us ers: The Pas sph ra se option will not op er ate with Apple® AirPort®. To configur e encryptio n f or your Mac computer , set the encryption using the manu al method described in the next section. T o set WEP encryption: 1 From the Security Mode dr op- down menu, selec[...]

32 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Using the Acc ess P oint mode Note : This ad vanced fe ature s hould be em ployed by advan ced user s onl y . Y ou r router can be config ured t o work as a wir eless network ac cess p oint. Using this mode will defeat the NA T IP shar ing feature an d DHCP server . In Access Point (AP) mode, your router will ne[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 33 Set ting MAC Address Control The MA C addr ess filte r is a powe r ful secur ity featur e that l ets y ou specify w hich compu ters are allowed on the wireless network. Note: This list applies only t o wireless c omputers. This list can be configur ed so a ny computer attempting to access the wireless net work t[...]

34 Setting u p your wireless rou ter C onfig uring the firewall Y o ur router is equ ipped w ith a firewall that will protect your network from a wide ar ray of common ha cker a ttacks inclu ding: • IP Spoofing • Land Attack Ping of Death (P oD) • Denial of S er vice (DoS) •I P w i t h z e r o l e n g t h •S m u r f A t t a c k •T C P N[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 35 Configuring Int ernal Forwarding set tings The Virtual Ser vers function lets you route external (Internet) calls for ser vices such as a W eb ser ver (port 80), FTP ser ver (Port 21), or othe r ap plications throug h your router to your internal network. Since your internal comp uters are protec ted by a firewa[...]

36 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Setting Client IP filters Y o ur router can be c onfigured to restric t a ccess to the Internet, e-mail, or other network ser vic es at specific days and times. Restri ction can be set for a single comp uter , a range of comp uter s, or mul tiple comput ers . T o restrict Internet access to a single computer : 1[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 37 T o set up a DMZ for a computer: • Enter the last digits of the computer ’ s IP address in the IP field , click Enable , then click App ly Cha ng es for the change to take effect. Usi ng Dynamic DNS The Dynamic DNS service lets you alias a dynamic IP addr ess to a static host name in a ny of the many domains[...]

38 Setting u p your wireless rou ter W AN ping blocki ng Computer hack ers use what is known as pinging to find potential victims on the Internet . By pinging a specific IP addr ess and rec eiving a resp onse from the IP addr ess, a hacker can determi ne that so mething of interest might be there. Y our router can be set u p so it w ill not respond[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 39 Restar t ing your rou ter Sometimes it may be necessar y to restar t or reboot your router if it begins working improperly . Restar ting or rebooting your r outer will NOT delete any of your c onfiguration setting s. T o restart your rout er to restore nor mal operation: 1 Under the Utilit ies heading on the lef[...]

40 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Restoring factory default se ttings Using this option will restor e all of the s ettings in your r outer to the fac tor y (default) settin gs. It is recom mend ed that you back up your set tings b efore you restore al l of th e defau lts. T o rest ore factor y default settings: 1 Under the Utilitie s heading on [...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 41 4 Selec t a location. Y ou can name the file anything you want, or use the defa ult name “Confi g. ” B e sure to name th e file so you can lo cat e it y ourself later . When you hav e selected the location and name of the file, click Sav e . 5 When the save is complete, you w ill see the followin g window . [...]

42 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 4 Click OK . A 60-second count down will appear on the screen. When the countdown rea ch e s ze ro, you r rou te r ’ s con fi g ura ti on wi l l be res to red . Th e ro ut er ’ s ho m e pa g e sh ou ld ap pe ar au tom at ic all y. If n o t, t yp e yo ur rou te r ’ s add re ss (de fa ult = 192 .1 68 .2 .1 )[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 43 T o update your rout er ’s firmware: 1 On the Firmware U pdate page, c lick Browse . A wi ndow will op en that lets you selec t the location of the firmware upd ate file. 2 Brows e to the firmwar e file you downloaded , then select th e file by double-clicking the file name. 3 The Update Firm ware box will now[...]

44 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 5 Click OK . A 60-second count down will appear on the screen. When the countdown reaches zero , y our router’ s firmware update will be com plete. Y our router’ s home page sh ou ld ap pe ar au tom at ic all y. If n o t, t yp e yo ur rou te r ’ s add re ss (de fa ult = 192 .1 68 .2 .1 ) into the navigatio[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 45 Enabling r emote management Befor e you e nable this advan ced f eat ur e of y our rout er , MAK E SURE Y OU HA VE SET TH E ADMINI STRA T OR P ASS WORD . Remot e manage ment al lows you t o mak e ch anges t o yo ur router’ s settings from an yw here on the Internet. Ther e are two methods of remotely managing [...]

46 Setting u p your wireless rou ter UPnP -co mpliant, and want to tak e advantage of the UPnP fe atur es, you can enable the UPnP feature . Selec t Enab le in the UPnP Enabling se ction o f the Ut ilities page, th en click Apply Changes to save the c hange. Enabling/Disa bling Auto Firmw are Upda te This innovation pr ovides your ro uter with t he[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 47 4 In the Lo cal Ar ea Connection Pr op erties window , click Inte rnet Pro tocol (TCP /IP) , then c lick Prop er ties . The following sc reen opens. 5 If Use the f ollowing IP a ddress (2) i s selec ted, your router will need to be se t up for a static IP connection t ype . Writ e the address informa tion down i[...]

48 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Win d ows 9 8 T o manually confi gure network adapters in Windows 98SE: 1 Righ t-click My Netw ork Neighborho od , then se lect Proper ties from the list. 2 Click TC P /I P , then settings for y our installed network adapter . Y ou will see the following wi ndow .[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 49 3 If Specify an IP addres s is sele cted, your r oute r will need to be s et up f or a st atic IP connection t ype. Wri te down the address information in the tabl e below . Y ou wil l need to enter this informa tion into you r router . • Write in the IP ad dress and sub net mask from the IP Address tab (3). ?[...]

50 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 3 Next to Configure (2 ), if Manu all y is selec ted, your router will need to be set up for a static IP connection type. Writ e the addres s information in the t able below . Y ou will need to enter this information into your router . 4 If not already set, at Co nfig u re , selec t U sing DHCP Ser ver . T his w[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 51 Mac OS X Set up the com puter that is connec ted to th e cabl e or DSL modem FI RST using these steps. Y o u can also use these steps to add computers to your r outer af ter y our router has been set up to connect to t he Internet. T o manually confi gure network adapters in Mac OS X: 1 Click the Syst em Prefere[...]

52 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 4 Selec t the TCP /IP tab (3). Next to Configure (4), you s hould see Manually or Using DHCP . If you d o not, check th e PPP oE tab (5 ) to make sure that Connec t using PPP oE is NO T selected. If it is, y ou will need to configur e your r outer for a PPPoE connection t ype using your us er name and pas swor d[...]

Setting up y our wireless rout er 53 T o change settings in Internet Explor er 4.0 or higher: 1 Star t your W eb b r owser . Open t he T ools menu, then click Interne t Options . T he Int ernet Options page open s. 2 Click the Connections tab. 3 Select Nev er dial a connection . If you cannot make a selec tion, go to the next step.[...]

54 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 4 Click LAN Settings . T he LAN S ettings page o pens. 5 Make sure there are no check marks next to any of the disp lay ed options: Automa tically detect settings , Use automa tic configura tional script , Use a pro x y server . Click OK t o clos e the pa ge, then click OK again in the Internet Options page to e[...]

Troubleshoo ting 55 T roubleshooting Placem ent of your router for optima l per forman ce Y our wireless connec tion will be st ronger the cl o ser your computer is to your router . T ypical indoor oper at ing range for your wireless devices is between 1 00 and 200 feet. In the same way , your wireless connec tion and per formance will degrade some[...]

56 Troub leshooting 3. Cordless phone placement If the per formance of your wireless network is imp aired after attending to the above issues, and you have a cordless phone: • T r y moving cordless p hones away fr om your router and your wireless- enabled compu ters. • Unplug and remove the batter y from any cor dless phone t hat operat es on t[...]

Troubleshoo ting 57 If you c ontinue to ha ve difficulty with Secur e Connections, VPNs, and A OL, review the items above to be sure y ou hav e addressed thes e issues. Problem: Setup Assist ant CD d oes n ot auto matically s tar t. Solu tion: If the CD does not start the Setup As sistan t aut omat ical ly , it co uld be tha t t he computer is runn[...]

58 Troub leshooting Pr oble m: T he Setu p Assist ant cannot conn ect m y r outer to the Internet. Solu tio n: If the Setup Assistant is not able to c onne c t your router to th e Internet, check the following it ems: T o solv e the problem: 1 Use the troubleshooting suggestions within the Setup Ass istant. 2 If your I SP requires a u ser name and [...]

Troubleshoo ting 59 Pr oblem: The Se tup Assist ant comp leted install ation, but m y W eb browser d oes n ’t work. I am unable to connect to the Internet. The router ’ s modem led is on and the inte rnet LED is blinki ng. Solu tio n: If you cannot connect to t he Internet, the modem LED is on, and t he internet LED is blinking, the problem may[...]

60 Troub leshooting Problem: I can’ t connec t to the Internet wirelessly . Solu tio n: If you are unable to connec t to the Internet from a wir eless comp uter , do the following . T o solv e the problem: 1 Look at the lights on your router . They should be as follows: • The “ router” LED sh ould be on. • The “ modem” l ight should b[...]

Troubleshoo ting 61 2 Using a computer that is conne cted to your router thr ough a network cable (as oppo sed to wirele ssly), make sure that Broadc ast SSID is enabled. T his se tting is foun d on y our r out er’ s wir eless Channel and SSID configuration page. If you are still unab le to access the Internet afte r disabl ing any firewall so ft[...]

62 Troub leshooting Pr oblem: I am havi ng diff icul ty settin g up W ir ed Equi val ent P riva cy ( WEP) secur ity o n your router . T o solv e the problem: 1 Log into your router . 2 Open your W eb browser and ty pe the IP ad dress of your router . ( Y our router ’ s d efault is 192.168.2.1.) Log int o your router by clicking the Login button i[...]

Troubleshoo ting 63 Problem: I am having difficult y setting u p Wired Equivalent Privacy ( WEP) securit y on a Dyn ex client card (wireless net work card or adapter ). Solu tion: The client card must use the same k ey as your router . Fo r instance, if y our rout er uses the key 001122334 45566778899AABBCC, then th e client card mus t be set to th[...]

64 Troub leshooting Pr oblem: I am ha ving di fficulty setting up W ir eless P rot ected A cc ess (WP A ) sec urity on m y r outer for a home ne twork. T o solv e the problem: 1 Select WP A-PSK (no ser ver) fr om the Securi ty Mo de dr op -down me nu. 2 For Encryption T echnique , selec t TKIP or AES . This settin g will h ave to be identica l on t[...]

Troubleshoo ting 65 Problem: I am having difficult y setting up Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WP A) secu rity and I am NOT using a Dyn ex client card for a home netw ork. Solu tion: If you are NOT using a D ynex wir eless N USB or wireless N notebook network card and it is not equipped with WP A-enabled soft war e, a file from Microsoft called “Windo [...]

66 Troub leshooting What 's the diff erenc e betwee n 802.11g and dr aft 802.11n? Currently there are three commonly used w ireless networking st andards, which transmit dat a at very differ ent maxi mum speeds . Each is based on the designation for certifying network stan dards . The most common wireless networking stan dard , 802.11g, can tr[...]

Legal notices 67 Leg al no ti ces FC C St at ement Decla ra tion of C onf ormi ty with F cc Rule s for Electr omagn etic Compatibility W e, the Dy nex C orporation, of 7601 P enn Av enue Sout h, Richfield, Minnesota, U. S.A., declare under our sole responsibility that the product, DX -WGRTR, t o which this declaration relat es, complies with Par t [...]

68 Legal notice s this equipm ent does cau se harmful inter ference to radio or television reception, which can be de termined by turn ing th e equipm ent off an d on, the user is encourag ed to tr y to cor r ect the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the r eceiving antenna. • Increase the separation b[...]

Legal notices 69 One - Y ear Limited W arranty Dynex Pr oducts ( “Dyne x ”) warr ant s to y o u, the ori ginal pu rchaser of this new DX-NRUTER (“Product”), that the Produ ct shall be fr ee of defects in th e original m anufacture of t he ma terial or w orkm anship for a peri od of on e (1) year fr om the date of you r purchase of the Pro d[...]

70 Legal notice s This warrant y also does not cover: • Damage due to incorrect operation or maintenance • C onnecti on t o an inc orr ect v olta ge s upply • Attempted r epair by anyone other than a facilit y authorized by Dynex t o ser vice the Product • Pr oducts sold a s is or w ith all f aults • C onsumables , su ch as fus es or ba t[...]

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