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RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide
Version 1.00.70-09.12.2006
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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
ConnectingȱHardwareȱtogetherȱandȱbootingȱup ................................................................. 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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WEPȱWirelessȱSecurity................................................................................................ 34
WPAȱPSKȱ(WiȬFiȱProtectedȱAccessȱ–ȱPreȱsharedȱkey) ............................................................ 35
WPA2ȱPSKȱ(WiȬFiȱProtectedȱAccessȱversionȱ2ȱ–ȱPreȱsharedȱkey) ............................................... 35
WPA/WPA2ȱPSKȱ(AcceptsȱbothȱWPAȱandȱWPA2ȱPSKȱconnections) .......................................... 36
Advanced .......................................................................................................... 37
PortȱForwarding........................................................................................................... 37
ApplicationȱRules ......................................................................................................... 39
NetworkȱFilter ............................................................................................................. 41
BlockedȱURLs.............................................................................................................. 44
DMZȱSettings .............................................................................................................. 45
Scheduling ................................................................................................................. 46
UniversalȱPlugȬnȬPlayȱ(UPnP)........................................................................................... 48
UplinkȱBandwidth ........................................................................................................ 49
UserȱPortal ........................................................................................................ 50
AdminȱInfo................................................................................................................. 50
UserȱInfo.................................................................................................................... 52
ManageȱServers ........................................................................................................... 53
ManageȱViews ............................................................................................................. 54
AddȱaȱCategory ........................................................................................................ 55
RemoveȱaȱCategory ................................................................................................... 55
Addȱnewȱreference .................................................................................................... 55
ManageȱViewsȱȬȱBlogs ................................................................................................ 57
ManageȱViewsȱ–ȱPhotos .............................................................................................. 60
ManageȱViewsȱ–ȱVideos .............................................................................................. 63
ManageȱViewsȱ–ȱMusic ............................................................................................... 65
ManageȱViewsȱ–ȱFolders.............................................................................................. 69
DesktopȱLinks ............................................................................................................. 72
CopyȱUserȱViews.......................................................................................................... 74
ExternalȱBlogs ............................................................................................................. 76
Updates..................................................................................................................... 77
Tools ............................................................................................................... 78
Admin ...................................................................................................................... 78
UserȱNameȱ/ȱPassword ............................................................................................... 78
Administration......................................................................................................... 79
Time......................................................................................................................... 80
Firmware ................................................................................................................... 82
SaveȱConfiguration ....................................................................................................... 83
RestoreȱConfiguration .................................................................................................... 84
FactoryȱDefaults ........................................................................................................... 85
Reboot ...................................................................................................................... 85
DiagnosticȱTools........................................................................................................... 86
DynamicȱDNS ............................................................................................................. 88
Status .............................................................................................................. 90
DeviceȱInfo ................................................................................................................. 90
Logs ......................................................................................................................... 91
Logout ...................................................................................................................... 92
Support ............................................................................................................ 93
APPENDIXȱA:ȱTROUBLESHOOTING............................................................................. 94
APPENDIXȱB:ȱGLOSSARY ........................................................................................... 96
APPENDIXȱC:ȱWARRANTYȱINFORMATION ................................................................. 101
APPENDIXȱD:ȱFCCȱINTERFERENCEȱSTATEMENT.......................................................... 103
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About This Manual
This manual describes the setup and usage steps you should perform to use the
DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router.
Notational Conventions
This guide uses the following notational conventions:
NotationȱMeaningȱ
Menuȱ
optionsȱ
Bold.ȱ
Example,ȱSelectȱtheȱSettingsȱoptionȱonȱtheȱscreen.ȱ
Allowedȱ
URLsȱ
Hyperlinksȱareȱunderlined.ȱ
Example,ȱhttp://www.dlink.com/
ItalicsȱTextȱinȱitalicsȱisȱusedȱforȱemphasis.ȱ
ȱWarning.ȱFollowȱtheȱinstructionsȱprovidedȱtoȱavoidȱthisȱsituation.ȱ
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Importantȱnoteȱorȱinstructionȱtoȱread.ȱ
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1. Chapter 1 Introduction
Introduction
The DIR-430 RangeBooster G Router provides access of your home network
contents through a web-based portal on a secured SSL or HTTPS connection. The
DIR-430 also features an ICSA certified, advanced Stateful Packet Inspection
Firewall.
In addition the DIR-430 is a perfect solution for connecting a PC (or small group
of PCs) through a switch, hub or Wi-Fi to a high-speed broadband Internet
connection. With the performance and security features of the DIR-430, your
network will take advantage of the Internet while keeping private data secure.
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Features
ȡAbilityȱtoȱpublishȱcontentȱonȱtheȱHomeȱNetworkȱtoȱtheȱInternet,ȱcontentȱbeingȱphotos,ȱ
videos,ȱmusic,ȱfilesȱandȱblogsȱstoredȱonȱnetworkȱfileȱshares.ȱAnȱexternalȱblogȱmayȱalsoȱbeȱ
referred.ȱ
ȡAbilityȱtoȱcontrolȱwhoȱmayȱviewȱwhatȱcontent.ȱAdministratorȱcanȱprovideȱaccessȱ
facilities.ȱ
ȡAbilityȱtoȱprovideȱsecureȱremoteȱaccessȱtoȱPCȱdesktopsȱinȱtheȱhomeȱnetworkȱ(RDPȱ&ȱ
VNC).ȱ
ȡProtectsȱyourȱPCsȱfromȱ50ȱkindsȱofȱattacksȱknownȱinȱtheȱInternetȱworldȱlikeȱPingȱofȱ
Death,ȱSYNȱFlood,ȱLandȱAttacks,ȱIPȱspoofing,ȱandȱotherȱDenialȱofȱServiceȱAttacks.ȱ
SupportsȱUR
ȡLȱkeywordȱFiltering.ȱMaximumȱofȱ10ȱkeywordsȱwithȱeachȱofȱsizeȱupȱtoȱ32ȱ
ȱserviceȱonȱyourȱLANȱPCȱforȱaccessȱfromȱtheȱInternet.ȱ
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dȱ
ȱInternetȱandȱNameȱResolutionȱ–ȱFindȱtheȱIPȱ
twork.ȱ
thȱInternetȱrealȬtimeȱservers.ȱ
ȱandȱPPTPȱInternetȱconnections.ȱ
tȱthatȱguaranteesȱqualityȱforȱhighȱpriorityȱtrafficȱlikeȱvoice.ȱ
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ȡAllowsȱstingȱofȱWebȱandȱotherȱserver’sȱandȱsupportsȱDynamicȱDomainȱNameȱServiceȱ
(DDNS)ȱusingȱdyndnsȱprotocol.ȱ
ȡPortȱTriggering,ȱPortȱforwardingȱandȱdefaultȱhostȱconfigurationȱsecurityȱfeature.ȱ
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characters.ȱ
ȡFacilitatesȱwebȬhostingȱorȱanyȱsuch
ȡSupportsȱUniversalȱPlugȬnȬPlay.ȱ
ȡEasyȱconfigurationȱthroughȱaȱWebȱBrowserȱfromȱanyȱPCȱconnected.ȱ
ȡAdministerȱandȱUpgradeȱyourȱGatewayȱFirmwareȱremotelyȱoverȱtheȱInternet.ȱ
ProvideȱvariousȱDiagnosticȱtoolsȱsuchȱasȱpingȱ–ȱtoȱfindȱconnectivityȱtoȱparticularȱ
computerȱonȱtheȱInternet,ȱTraceȱRouteȱ–ȱutilityȱtoȱrecordȱrouteȱbetweenȱGatewayȱan
specifiedȱdestinationȱcomputerȱonȱthe
addressȱofȱtheȱgivenȱdomainȱname.ȱ
ȡConfigureȱyourȱGatewayȱasȱDHCPȱserverȱtoȱserveȱyourȱinternalȱne
ȡSupportsȱsynchronizationȱofȱtimeȱwi
ȡSupportsȱeventȱLogging,ȱstatistics.ȱ
ȡGatewayȱUserȱcanȱblockȱspecificȱinternalȱuserȇsȱInternetȱaccessȱwithȱfiltering.ȱ
ȡSupportsȱDHCP,ȱPPPoE
ȡFacilitatesȱQoSȱsuppor
ȡSupportsȱmulticasting.ȱ
ȡSupportsȱsoftȬreboot.ȱ
ȱusedȱapplications.ȱFactoryȬsetȱfirewallȱpoliciesȱtoȱallowȱcommonly
ȡProvidesȱcomprehensiveȱsecurityȱwirelessȱaccessȱpointȱbasedȱonȱIEEEȱ802.11iȱstandard.ȱIt
providesȱrobustȱwirelessȱsecurityȱbyȱprotectingȱwirelessȱusersȱagainstȱrogueȱaccessȱpoints
ȡActsȱasȱDNSȱserverȱtoȱtheȱinternalȱnetwork.ȱ
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LANs and WANs
Your DIR-430 is a network device that connects two networks; Local Area
Network (LAN) (the group of PCs in your home or office) and the Wide Area
Network (WAN), that is, the Internet. The Gateway processes and regulates the
data that travels between these two networks.
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Your DIR-430 is "equipped" with firewall software that protects your local area
network of PCs so that users on the Internet cannot hack into your PCs, hence
keeps your local PCs secure. The DIR-430 protects your network by inspecting
the first packet coming in through the WAN connection before delivery to the final
destination on Local PCs. The DIR-430 inspects Internet port services like the web
server, ftp server, or other Internet applications, and, if allowed, it will forward
the packet to the appropriate PC on the LAN side.
DIR-430 ports connect to two sides: your 10/100 LAN ports and the Internet WAN
port. The WAN and LAN ports can transmit data at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps.
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Static & Dynamic IP Addresses
IP stands for Internet Protocol. All IP based network devices like PCs, print
servers, Gateways, and routers have IP addresses that are independent of the
type of network interface. The IP address denotes the identity of the device on
the IP networks, both LAN and WAN. IP addresses can be assigned manually to a
device, or dynamically through a central server.
Static IP address is a fixed, and manually assigned to a PC or any other device
on the network. They retain their address until you change it. This type of
addressing is useful especially for the hosts/routers/Gateways that offer services
(Web, FTP, printer), and you may want to access them using their known static IP
address. If your ISP provides with static IP address, please use the static IP
settings for the Internet Access Connection Mode.
Dynamic IP address is assigned for temporary usage, issued by a server (DHCP
Server can be PC, Gateway or any other network service) in the network. The IP
address obtained this way is not guaranteed to be constant. After a certain time
period, they expire and may change. The DHCP server is notified of the expiry,
and may assign the same or different IP address to a network device. This is used
in the cases; where there is a constraint on the number of IP addresses, or to
reduce the configuration on the network devices and keeping the IP addressing
configuration centrally located.
For DSL connections, many ISPs may require you to log on with a user name and
password to have access to the Internet. The technology used is Point-to-Point
Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), which is similar to (PPP) dial-up connection, with
no telephone number dialling involved, provides dynamic IP address.
Firewall – Its need
With a rapid growth in the Internet around the world, and because of its open
nature of the Internet Protocol standard, network security has become a major
concern to the companies around the world. Once you are connected to the
Internet, you are physically connecting your network to few thousands of
unknown networks and their users. This enables all the Internet users around the
world to share the information. But the idea opens up the possibility of
confidential information being leaked out to Internet users who are involved in
unlawful activities.
There are various types of attacks on the Internet; few for example, Denial-of-
service attacks, SMURF, SYN flooding, ping of death attacks, Application layer
attacks. To protect a private network from all these type of attacks, firewall came
into existence. Your RGS Pro Gateway has firewall that provides a single point of
defence between two networks and can secure your Local Network.
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Chapter 2 Getting to know the DIR-430
The DIR-430 Back Panel
WAN Port: The WAN (Wide Area Network) port is where you connect your
cable or DSL modem through an Ethernet Cable.
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Your DSL/Cable modem connection must be connected only to this port.
LAN Port: The Local Area Network port is where you will connect
networked device such as PC, Laptop, switch, hub and anything other network
element you want to put on your network.
USB Port: The USB port is reserved for future usage.
Power: The port to which you will connect the power adapter.
Reset: Explain the Reset button activity.
The DIR-430 Front Panel
Power: The Power LED will be solid when the DIR-430 is powered on.
Status: The Status LED will blink to indicate readiness.
Internet: The Internet LED will illuminate when connected to the Internet.
WLAN: The WLAN LED will blink to indicate WLAN function.
USB: The USB LED will illuminate to indicate a good USB connection.
LAN 1-4: The LAN1 LED will illuminate when connected and blink with
activity
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Chapter 3 Connecting the DIR-430
Overview
DIR-430 setup requires little more than Hub or Switch setup. PCs on your local
network should be configured to obtain an IP address (or TCP/IP address) from
the DIR-430 (the DIR-430 also needs to get an IP address). Please consult your
Internet Service provider (ISP) for the method used in getting IP address for the
DIR-430.
Connecting Hardware together and booting up
1. Make sure you power down all of your hardware including the DIR-430, PCs,
hubs, switches and cable or DSL modem.
2. As in figure 3-1, Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to one
of the LAN ports (labeled 1, 2, 3, 4) on the back of the
Gateway, and the other end to a standard port on a network
device, e.g., a PC, Laptop, hub or switch.
Figureȱ3Ȭ1ȱ
Repeat the above step to connect more PCs or Network devices to the Gateway.
3. Connect the Internet Cable from your cable or DSL modem to
the DIR-430 WAN port on the back panel, as shown in the figure
3-2. This is the only port that will work for your cable/DSL
modem connection.
4. Connect the power adapter to the Power port on the back
panel of the DIR-430, and then plug the power adapter into a
power outlet as shown in the figure 3-3.
Figureȱ3Ȭ2ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ
The Power LED should illuminate indicating a proper connection
to power. If the Power LED fails to illuminate check the
connection. Figureȱ3Ȭ3ȱȱȱȱȱ
5. Turn on the cable or DSL modem and PC or switch.
The DIR-430 hardware installation is now complete.
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Chapter 4 Configuring your PCs
This chapter helps you configure commonly used Microsoft Windows computer to
be able to communicate with the DIR-430. Users with computers running other
operating systems can look through respective user manuals.
Before you try making your PC obtain an IP Address automatically, you need to
know the operating system of your PC. This section covers configuration for PCs
running Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000, XP, and 2003.
If you are running Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000, XP, or 2003 then you can
Click on the Start button and then go to Settings option (does not exist for
Windows XP, 2003). Then click on Control Panel button to open a window with
all the tools.
You may need to do this for each computer you are connecting the DIR-430
through the switch or a hub. If a single PC is connected directly to the DIR-430,
then doing it on the PC is sufficient.
The next few pages take you through step-by-step procedure to configure your
network settings based on the type of operating system. Make sure that Ethernet
card or adapter has been successfully installed in each PC you will configure.
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Configuring Windows 95, 98 and Millennium PCs
From the Control Panel window you just opened, double-click Network icon.
On the configuration Tab, as shown in Error! Reference source not found.,
select the TCP/IP for the applicable Ethernet adapter. Do not choose the entries
with names DUN, PPPoE, Dialup Adapter, VPN, or AOL. If the word TCP/IP alone
appears on a line, select it. Click on Properties button. If no TCP/IP line is
listed, click on Windows Start button, click on Help button to open help pages. In
the Index tab, type TCP/IP in the edit box. Press Enter key to show you the list of
options. Select a topic that is related to installation of TCP/IP and follow the
guidelines.
Click on IP Address tab and select Obtain an IP address automatically, as
shown in the figure below.
Click on Gateway tab to ensure that the installed gateway field is left blank. Click
on OK button as shown in the figure on the following page. This closes the
TCP/IP Properties window.
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5. Click OK on Network window to be closed. Windows may ask you the original
Windows installation disk or CD-ROM. Supply them. Supply them the correct file
location, such as c:\windows\options\cabs, D:\win9x (where x is 5 or 8, and D
may be your CD-ROM drive)
6. Windows may ask you restart your PC. Click the Yes button. Even if Windows
does not ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.
Move on to Next Chapter, "Configuring your Gateway".
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Configuring Windows 2000 PCs
From the Control Panel window you just opened, double-click the Network and
Dial-up Connections icon.
Double-click Local Area Connection icon to show Local Area Connection Status
Window. Click on the Properties button as shown in the figure below.
Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) tab and click on Properties button. This
opens up Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window as shown in the figure
below.
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As shown in the figure below, select the radio button, obtain an IP address
automatically. Then select the button, Obtain DNS server address
automatically. Click OK button to close the window.
Windows may ask you restart your PC. Click the Yes button.
Move on to Next Chapter, "Configuring your Gateway".
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Configuring Windows XP PCs
If the Windows XP has a classic Interface (This has similar user interface as
Windows 2000), then follow "Configuring Windows 2000 PCs". The following
details in this section are exclusive to Windows XP with default Interface.
From the control panel window, double-click Network connections icon to open
different window, where you have to double-click Local Area Connection icon.
This opens up the Local Area Connection Status window as shown in the following
figure.
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Click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) option, then on the Properties Button
as shown in the following figure.
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As shown in the figure below, select the radio button, obtain an IP address
automatically. Then select the button, Obtain DNS server address
automatically. Click OK button to close the window.
Windows may ask you restart your PC. Click the Yes button.
Move on to Next Chapter, "Configuring your Gateway".
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Configuring Windows 2003 PCs
Click on Windows Start button would open up a menu, click on Control Panel
menu to open up another menu, where Network Connections is found. Click on
Local Area Connection to open Local Area Connection properties window.
On the configuration Tab, as shown in the figure above, select the TCP/IP for
the applicable Ethernet adapter. Do not choose the entries with names DUN,
PPPoE, Dialup Adapter, VPN, or AOL. If the word TCP/IP alone appears on a line,
select it. Click on Properties button. If no TCP/IP line is listed, click on Windows
Start button, click on Help button to open help pages. In the Index tab, type
TCP/IP in the edit box. Press Enter key to show you the list of options. Select a
topic that is related to installation of TCP/IP and follow the guidelines.
Click on IP Address tab and select Obtain an IP address automatically, as
shown in the following figure.
Click on Gateway tab to ensure that the installed gateway field is left blank. Click
on OK button. This closes the TCP/IP Properties window.
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Click OK on Network window to be closed. Windows may ask you the original
Windows installation disk or CD-ROM. Supply them. Supply them the correct file
location, such as c:\windows\options\cabs, D:\win9x (where x is 5 or 8, and D
may be your CD-ROM drive)
Windows may ask you restart your PC. Click the Yes button. If Windows does not
ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.
Move on to Next Chapter, "Configuring the DIR-430".
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Chapter 5 Configuring the DIR-430
This chapter guides you through the configuration of your DIR-430 to make it
function in your network and gain access to the Internet through your ISP.
Accessing the DIR-430 configuration
Once connections are made as shown in Section 3 "Connecting the DIR-430", the
DIR-430 can be configured using an HTML browser, Internet Explorer 6.0 on your
PC. At the address line, enter HTTP URL, http://192.168.0.1/ as shown in the
figure below, where 192.168.0.1 is the DIR-430 Internal IP address (You may
give different IP address if configured differently, refer to Local Area Network
configuration). Subnet mask for all the machines on the local network is
255.255.255.0. All the PCs connected to the Local Network ports can reach the
Gateway device at the address specified.
The user is prompted for the username and password for the DIR-430 as shown
in the figure below. The default user name is admin. The factory setting for the
password is <blank>. The user is expected to change password (optionally
username) to protect the DIR-430 configuration from an unauthorized
manipulation. Enter the changed password if it was already modified.
If the username, password combination is entered incorrectly three times, the
login session will be locked for a minute. This is for security reasons.
In rest of the document, the term user is used for the person who configures the
DIR-430.
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The Reset button on this page clears off the password field for the user to re-
enter it. Clicking on Login button leads to the DIR-430 configuration welcome
page as shown in the following figure.
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If you enter an incorrect password 3 times consecutively, the DIR-430
configuration pages will be locked for one minute. It is strongly advised to wait
for one minute before re-attempting login.ȱ
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As shown above, the welcome page represents the status of the various
parameters of the DIR-430. The Top pane shown in the figure provides the
sections of the DIR-430 configuration. The left pane shown in the figure provides
the relevant sub-sections of DIR-430 configuration. Each section gets expanded
when clicked to show few hyperlinks. Each hyperlink allows you to configure
certain parameters of the Gateway.
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Saving and Activating the Configuration
The user can save the current configuration to exist after the next reboot
irrespective of any configuration changes done to the Gateway. This allows the
user to configure the Gateway for customized behavior.
Changes made to the configuration of the DIR-430 will be effective immediately.
Once a stable configuration exists on the DIR-430 it should be saved to the non-
volatile memory. Click on Tools on the top panel and then click on Save
Configuration on the left hand menu. In the resulting page as shown above,
you will be prompted to press Save or Cancel buttons for saving the
configuration.
By pressing save button, the configuration will be saved onto the DIR-430 for
next reboot overriding the configuration saved earlier. Press Cancel button to
cancel the operation.
If the DIR-430 is rebooted and the changes that were made prior to reboot were
not saved, the DIR-430 will revert to the state of configuration that existed prior
to the changes made.
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Top Panel
The DIR-430 Management UI Top pane shown in the figure below provides the
following categories to make configuration changes.
ȡSetup
ȡAdvanced
ȡUser Portal
ȡTools
ȡStatus
ȡSupport
Setup
From the DIR-430 configuration home page, find the Setup hyperlink on the Top
Panel of the DIR-430 Management UI. The Setup section contains configuration
options pertaining to the Network Interfaces (WAN, LAN and Wi-Fi) as well as a
nk to the Quick Setup Wizard.
Q
UI you will see the
portion. You can always revisit the setup or go
the selected portion any time.
li
uick Setup Wizard
If this is the first time logging in to the DIR-430 Management
Wizard Page, which allows the Quick Setup Wizard to be run.
The Quick Setup Wizard will allow you to configure the administrator login and
password, the Time and Date Settings, MAC Cloning, and Internet Connection
Settings. You may skip certain parts of the configuration if you are unsure or do
not wish to make changes to that
to
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ding the type and parameters
Internet Connection.
onnection Type – Static, DHCP, PPPoE, or PPTP
AN
The WAN section allows the configuration of Internet Connection Settings.
Internet Connection types supported are: Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE, and PPTP.
Contact your ISP for specific information regar
needed for your broadband
WAN Page configurations:
Prioritization – Enable or Disable
Mac Cloning – Enable or Disable
Internet Connection – Enable or Disable
C
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our ISP connection. Prioritization may be enabled or disabled on the WAN page.
M
-430. This allows the DIR-430
rioritization
Prioritization will streamline traffic bound for the Internet based on configurations
made in the Network Filter Section (within the Advanced Configuration Menu). In
order for Prioritization to work properly you must know the Uplink Bandwidth of
y
AC cloning settings
Some times, the Internet Service provider requires your PC and its hardware
address to be registered with their network. Typically, they provide with an
installation CD with software to be installed on your PC. ISP once registers the
MAC address, allows the Internet access only to the computer with the hardware
address (MAC) it registered. To make ISP transparent about your DIR-430, you
have to clone your PC's MAC address on to your DIR
to use cloned MAC address to communicate to ISP.
I
n in below. DHCP is the default protocol
nternet Connection Settings
The DIR-430 allows you to access the Internet in four different ways: DHCP,
Static IP, PPPoE, PPTP protocols as show
for the DIR-430 to access the Internet.
Connectivity to the Internet may be disabled on the WAN page (if connected).
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t disturb the
HCP client
If the option selected is DHCP client, the DIR-430 tries to get the IP address
automatically from the Internet. This requires a DHCP Server running on the
network connected to your Internet Port. You should no
configuration while the progress bar is displayed on your browser.
ed Configuration section in this document for custom control
ML
plays IP address information as shown in the following image.
us button and try again, or change the mode of the
Once successful, your quick setup is complete. You are ready to use the Gateway.
Proceed to Advanc
over the Gateway.
Once DHCP client successfully receives the IP address from the ISP, the HT
configuration dis
Insert pic here
In case the Gateway fails to get an IP address, it shows an error on the screen.
You may press <Previo
Internet access setting.
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ng is disabled by default. Please see Section on MAC cloning if
required.
MAC cloni
After the DIR-430 gets the new IP information, you are allowed to change ISP
served DNS server IP addresses at any time by clicking here hyper-link. Once you
click on the hyper-link, it is prompted to enter new DNS server IP address as
shown below.
u add custom DNS servers, or if ISP doesn’t not provide DNS
ormation.
This facility helps yo
server inf
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n the details, IP
tatic IP
User can choose to set the External Network address to be static IP address,
when the ISP offers you static/permanent IP address through a cable modem,
DSL or a dial-up connection. The IP address does not have to change upon the
rebooting of the device. As shown in the figure below, fill i
address, subnet mask and Gateway IP address as given by ISP.
P
ser name, password given by your
ay disconnects the Internet is 10 seconds. You may
PPoE
Some DSL service providers use PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) for
Internet access for their end-users. Please check with your ISP whether PPPoE is
used for your Internet access. Provide PPPoE u
ISP in the configuration page as shown below.
Once configured, the DIR-430 is always connected to the Internet. If you would
like to have Internet access to be available only on Demand, you can select the
option "Connect on Demand" on this page. By default, the Maximum idle time
allowed before the Gatew
configure your own value.
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Your Gateway periodically checks for the Internet connection, for every Keep
Alive Time. If your Gateway finds the Internet connection does not exist, it re-
stablishes the connection. The default period the Gateway verifies the Internet
onnection is 30 seconds. You may configure it to a different value.
P
twork. Some ISPs use this protocol for a secured
on? on this page. By default, the Maximum idle timeout allowed before
the Gateway disconnects the Internet is 10 seconds. You may configure your own
e
c
PTP
As the name indicates PPTP does tunnel the PPP (protocol used for dialup Internet
connection) packets over IP ne
connection establishment. Please check with your ISP whether they are
supporting PPTP connections.
As shown in the figure below, provide the PPTP user name and password provided
by your ISP.
Once configured, the DIR-430 is always connected to the Internet. If you would
like to have Internet access to be available only on Demand, you can select the
option No for the question, Do you want the Internet connection to be
always
value.
The DIR-430 periodically checks for the Internet connection, for every Keep
Alive Time. If the DIR-430 finds the Internet connection does not exist, it re-
PTP server IP address information from
P, and place it in the field. WAN IP and WAN subnet mask information can be
btained from Internet Service provider.
establishes the connection. The default period the DIR-430 verifies the Internet
connection is 300 seconds. You may configure it to a different value.
User account info is also required get P
IS
o
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nectivity, your browser will display the
e
below.
nternet Failure Detection
Your Gateway is intelligent enough to detect Internet connection failure
automatically. While browsing the Internet using Internet Explorer, if the DIR-430
finds any problem with Internet con
appropriate error page on the screen.
For example, if Internet cable is physically disconnected while you brows
Internet, an error message is displayed on your HTML browser as shown
izard after the logging into the Gateway configuration page as
Also, if your Gateway is not configured for Internet address, it redirects your
browser to Gateway configuration that allows you to set Internet address through
Quick setup w
shown below.
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ss C Network (except the Network or
cal Area Networ
Router Settings
The DIR-430 by default has a LAN IP address of 192.168.0.1. This may be
changed to any address within a Cla
Broadcast Addresses).
nd click on LAN to
DHCP Server
By default, the DIR-430 is already set to offer IP addresses for machines on the
local network automatically. If you would like to change the configuration of
Gateway for DHCP server, click on Setup on the top pane, a
show the DHCP server related configuration as shown below.
page for the first
ecified same as the internal IP address of the
rosoft PCs. Lease duration, is the time of the IP address to
e offered for a PC.
The default configuration is shown above when you open this
time. User may restrict the range of the IP addresses offered.
Gateway IP address should be sp
DIR-430 (192.168.0.1 by default).
You may specify WINS server IP address, which handles DNS requests on the
Local network for Mic
b
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You may view the local PCs that are issued dynamic IP addresses by the DIR-430.
P server and manually configure IP addresses for machines
n the local network.
r
User may disable DHC
o
DHCP Relay
Sometimes, you may require getting IP addresses from a DHCP server on your
WAN connection (may be Internet). To do so, you should enable DHCP relay
feature so that the DIR-430 Provides bridging between your LAN and WAN fo
DHCP.
adio button,
nable Relay and enter the DHCP server IP address running on WAN.
To configure the DHCP relay, click on Setup hyperlink on the DIR-430
configuration pane, and then click on Local Area Network hyperlink. This opens up
the configuration for DHCP relay as shown in the above. Select the r
E
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ck on Setup hyperlink in the top panel, and then
ireless
The DIR-430 can act as a wireless access point for wireless clients (PCs or laptops
with wireless network cards). The image below shows the wireless network
settings page. To access it, cli
click the Wireless hyperlink.
Server Set Identifier (SSID): This is a string that will identify the service set
started by this Gateway or other way called as wireless Access Point. All wireless
client stations that wish to associate with this Access Point have to use the SSID
that is configured here. The SSID will be a unique identifier for the wireless
network.
ȱique-not something easily guessed. Also
be displayed the channels allowed in
channel with the least amount of interference every time
8G wireless
clients to maximize their Wi-Fi link when extra bandwidth is needed.
It is advised to change the SSID name from the default to any other SSID to
avoid security problems. Attackers can use this default SSID to attempt to
penetrate. Use SSID something un
advised to change SSID periodically.ȱ
Wireless mode: Describes the wireless mode of operation, and their capabilities
that used at Access Point, which will be one of 802.11b or 802.11 g based on the
card that is attached internally on your board.
Channel: Select channel to be used for the wireless network to communicate.
The available channels supported by the wireless products in various countries are
different. For example, Channels 1 to 11 are supported in the U.S. and Canada,
and Channels 1 to 13 are supported in Europe and Australia. Based on the region
in which the DIR-430 was purchased you will
that area in the drop-down menu.
Enable Auto Channel Scan: The DIR-430 can be configured to automatically
select the best wireless channel on start-up. The DIR-430 will scan all available
channels and choose the
the router is rebooted.
Super G Mode: The DIR-430 supports D-Link’s 108G Wireless mode for High-
speed wireless client connections. To fully realize the performance potential of
the included Super G modes it is necessary to have a D-Link 108G wireless client
on the laptop or PC connecting to the DIR-430. Super G without Turbo will
enable non-108G wireless clients to connect to the DIR-430 and see performance
improvements. Super G with Dynamic Turbo will enable D-Link 10
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Suppress SSID: By default the DIR-430 broadcasts the SSID of the Wireless
Network (wireless access point) at a regular interval; this is useful for mobile
hotspots. Any wireless station wishing to connect to your Gateway can use this
SSID for connection establishment. However it increases the likelihood of an
unwelcome neighbour or hacker who can try to log in to your home network.
It is better advised to turn on the suppression of the SSID, by checking on
Suppress SSID check box.
Wireless Security Mode
Wireless networks need to provide an extra level of security compared to wired
networks. This is because wireless radio signals propagate through the air and are
naturally easier to intercept.ȱȱ
You may wish to leave your wireless connectivity without any security settings,
but this is not advised. Select “Disable Wireless Security” from the drop down
menu if you do not wish to have security between clients and this access point.
The DIR-430 supports the following types of wireless security to encrypt your
data so that only the intended recipient will be able to read it.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
WPA PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access – Pre-Shared Key)
WPA2 PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 – Pre-Shared Key)
WPA/WPA2 PSK (Accepts both WPA and WPA2 PSK connections)
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WEP Wireless Security
WEP is the first generation wireless security. The figure below shows the WEP
configuration information. You should choose the encryption bit length from the
drop-down menu from one of the 64, 128 bit lengths. The more the bit length,
the higher the security offered.
Authentication Type: Select “open system” or “shared key”.
Open system authentication is a very basic form of authentication that consists of
a simple authentication request containing the station ID and an authentication
response containing success or failure. Upon success both stations are considered
mutually authenticated.
Shared key authentication is predicated on the fact that both stations taking part
in the authentication process have the same "shared" key. It is assumed that the
secret key has been distributed to both the transmitting and receiving stations by
some secure means.
If you wish to allow access to the wireless PCs/laptops/PDAs based on their type,
you may choose “automatic” entry from the drop-down list.
Keys specified on the configuration are useful in encrypting between your
gateway and its wireless clients. You may specify 10 hex digits (0-9, A-F or a-f) if
you selected 64-bit encryption key length, or 26 hex digits if selected 128-bit
encryption key length. If the authentication type is shared, the keys are also used
for the authentication. You can have four keys that can be configured between
your access point and its wireless clients. Select a key to be used for
encrypting/authenticating the wireless traffic.
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WPA PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access – Pre shared key)
WPA is the second-generation wireless security. WPA's wireless security provides
far greater protection than WEP. It avoids most of WEP's vulnerabilities.
The figure above shows the configuration for WPA under pre-shared key mode.
Submit the pass phrase, which can have 8 to 64 characters. All the valid wireless
clients must have the network key configured so as to associate to your access
point.
WPA2 PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2 – Pre shared key)
WPA2 is the third-generation wireless security also known as IEEE 802.11i.
WPA2's wireless security provides far greater protection than WEP or WPA. It
avoids most of WEP's vulnerabilities. It is also backward compatible with WPA
clients.
The figure above shows the configuration for WPA under pre-shared key mode.
Submit the pass phrase, which can have 8 to 64 characters. All the valid wireless
clients must have the network key configured so as to associate to your access
point.
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WPA/WPA2 PSK (Accepts both WPA and WPA2 PSK connections)
The DIR-430 can accept both WPA and WPA2 PSK connections simultaneously
allowing the use of the more advanced WPA2 without forcing client upgrades of
legacy devices supporting only WPA PSK.
The figure above shows the configuration for WPA under pre-shared key mode.
Submit the pass phrase, which can have 8 to 64 characters. All the valid wireless
clients must have the network key configured so as to associate to your access
point.
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Advanced
The Advanced Section of the DIR-430 management UI allows administrators to
configure various Networking parameters relating to LAN based Servers and
Access Control. Refer to each section for more information.
Port Forwarding
With this feature, you can setup services like web servers, file servers, e-mail
servers, and any other customized applications to the Internet on internal PCs. To
give access from the Internet, add a policy to allow the traffic initiated from
Internet to internal network (inbound traffic). This uses Reverse Network Address
Translation (RNAT) to forward specified ports from the WAN to the LAN.
To add a policy, click on Advanced on the top panel, and click on Port
Forwarding to open up the page as shown below.
To create a new rule for inbound traffic, click on Add New Port Forwarding Policy
button on the page shown above that will lead to the configuration page as shown
in below.
The Port Forwarding configuration requires you to provide:
Connections from Remote Systems: Specify the remote host IP address,
domain name, or IP range (select Any radio button if required for all machines)
from which the Internet traffic is generated.
For Service: A pre-determined service from the drop-down list or specify port
range (if only one port exists, provide duplicate entry) with transport protocol
(TCP/UDP).
Redirect to Local System: The local host IP address to which traffic is destined
from the Internet. Select the PC from the drop down box or choose the Custom
radio button and specify its IP address.
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Local Service: The local service allows for Port Translation for incoming
services. If the local PC is running the desired service on a port that is different
from the WAN port being forwarded choose Custom.
Should be: Select Allowed to allow traffic matching this policy or Denied to block
traffic matching the policy.
Click Add button, to add the new Port Forwarding Policy.
The Port Forwarding Policy is applied by the DIR-430 to the Internet traffic. If the
rule matches, the traffic is directed to the specified internal pc, otherwise traffic is
received by the DMZ host (if enabled).
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A PC on a private network with an IP address such as 10.X.X.X, 172.16.X.X, 192,
168.X.X cannot be accessed directly by a user on the Internet. To access any PC
on the private network, Internet user should use public IP address of the DIR-
430 assigned by the ISP on the specified port.
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Application Rules
Some complex applications exchange the control information on well-known ports
and the control messages may specify some port numbers to be used for the data
exchange. For example, FTP uses TCP port 21 for its control information and uses
different ports for the actual data transfer. There is increase in number of
applications that use one control connection and multiple data connections, where
the end user is asked to provide the TCP/UDP port information. To allow all such
traffic, your Gateway must be configured to work with all the connections that will
be used. More detailed explanation of the configuration follows.
To list port-triggering entries configured in the DIR-430, click on Advanced on
the top panel, then click on Application Rules on the left hand menu to see the
configuration page as shown above. Each entry can be either edited by clicking
the icon or deleted by clicking the icon on the same line.
To add a new entry, click on Add New Trigger hyperlink, which opens a
configuration page as shown in below.
Trigger Port is the standard port for the protocol/application at which the service
is offered. You may select the radio button against drop-down list provided and
select one from it. Or you may choose a custom port number for your custom
application.
Trigger Protocol can be TCP, UDP, or both.
Source IP specifies for what host(s) on the local network, the port-trigger has to
be applied. To choose IP address of a single host, select the radio button IP
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Address, and enter the IP address in the edit box. If you don't know the IP
address of a host or if it changes dynamically, you may select Local Computers
radio button to select a host name on the local network. If you want the port-
trigger to be activated for any local computer, select the Any radio button.
Incoming ports are the data ports for the application that will be used during
the data exchange. Incoming ports are the port numbers on which the data is
received by your Gateway.
Instead of deleting a record when unnecessary, you may preserve the entry with
enable/disable options. If you select the option Yes to enable the record for the
question, Enable this Record? Choosing No would disable the record.
Once done, you may choose to click on Apply Changes to add a port-trigger
entry.
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Network Filter
As a factory setting, the DIR-430 Firewall allows Internet traffic related to certain
commonly used PC applications that use the following protocols. They are ping,
DNS, RIP, DHCP (client and server), SMTP (e-mail protocol), POP3, FTP (File
Transfer Protocol), Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS (for web browsing), instant messengers
like AOL, MSN and Yahoo, IKE (for VPN). You may choose to deny some protocol
traffic by selecting "Deny" radio button for that service, or uncheck "Enable" to
disable the policy.
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Traffic not related to any of the above applications would be allowed to pass
through the Gateway by default.
To add a firewall policy for your own application, click on Add New User Defined
Policy hyperlink close to the top of the page shown on the previous page, to
access the configuration page as shown below. The configuration makes the
firewall allow/deny the traffic requested from the internal network to the Internet
(outbound traffic). This uses concept of Network Address Translation (NAT),
hence the DIR-430 allows all Local PCs to use same public IP address. All pre-
defined policies shown in the figure on the previous page use the same concept.
Network Filter configuration requires you to provide:
Remote Network: The remote host domain name/IP address or subnet or IP
address range (select "Any" radio button if required for all machines) to which
connections will be made.
Local Network: Local host IP address or subnet or range of IP addresses (or
select a radio button for "ALL" machines) from which the connections will be
made.
For Services: A pre-determined service from the drop-down list or specify port
range (if only one port exists, provide duplicate entry) with transport protocol
(TCP/UDP).
Priority: Choose a priority level if Uplink Bandwidth and QoS are enabled.
Should be: Select whether this policy should allow or deny traffic.
Access Schedule: Select the access schedule policy to be used (always by
default). All the added time windows will appear in the drop-down list.
Once the configuration is complete, click the Add button to add the policy into the
list.
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The added entry is then displayed as in the figure below.
The firewall policy can then be changed to Allow/Deny, disabled/enabled,
modified, or deleted.
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Blocked URLs
You may wish to block your local network PCs access to some websites. If you are
aware of such websites, you can add those to the URL keyword filter list so that
when an http request is made to a particular website, the Gateway drops the http
requests and the page is blocked.
This is specifically useful in parental control.
To access this feature, from the top panel click on Advanced, then click on
Blocked URLs from the left hand menu.
Enter the known URL keyword in URL that you may like to block in the edit box as
shown. Click on Add button to add to the URL keyword filter list. The entry can be
deleted by clicking on the delete icon.
Once http request is made by local network PCs, the DIR-430 tries to match the
keywords in the URL. If a match is found, the http request will be dropped by the
DIR-430.
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DMZ Settings
The DIR-430 provides the ability to specify a DMZ host for any traffic initiated on
the Internet so that if none of the port forwarding policies match, the traffic
reaches that DMZ host. This is useful for some applications like games where
dynamic transport (TCP/UDP) port numbers are used by the applications.
To access this feature, click on the Advanced item on the top panel, then click on
the DMZ item on the left hand menu.
You may choose from drop-down list against DMZ Host: field that shows the list
of all local networked PC names (that received dynamic IP addresses from
Gateway). If any local PC is configured to a static IP address, select "Custom"
radio button and enter the IP address in the edit box.
Click Apply Changes button.
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Scheduling
Scheduling allows the firewall to enable policies for specific time windows. For
example, you might want the local network users to access the Internet only
during certain hours of the day/week; Access can be restricted using Scheduling.
Time windows are independent configuration from Firewall, though firewall makes
use of time window configuration.
For Scheduling, click on the Advanced item on the top panel, then click on
Scheduling in the left hand menu. This opens up a time window page, where you
can view the existing entries and add a new time window. These time windows
can be made use of in the firewall access policies.
Each entry can be either edited by clicking the icon or deleted by clicking the
icon on the same line. As the following figure shows, every schedule profile can
allot three different time slots on different days of the week. More explanation
follows on adding the schedule profiles.
Click on Add new Access Schedule Policy to open the Add Schedule Rules
configuration as shown below. You may like to give a meaningful name to the
entry, since these names will be used while adding a firewall policy. The Time
window name field accepts single words only.
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The entries are explained with an example as follows: You may like to give
Internet access to the PCs connected to Local network at the following times;
7:00 AM - 8:00 PM on all Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays;
access is allowed on Saturdays and Sundays at different time periods; 8:00 AM -
10:00 PM on Saturday and 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM on Sunday. Hence there is a
continuity loss (Saturday and Sunday have different time periods). You should
split the time window entry into three different time periods. Add Monday to
Friday - 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM in Time period 1, and the rest as shown in the figure
above. The entries are not considered whose periods are conflicting in a time
window.
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Time period from "Monday to Friday - 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM" does not mean period
from Monday 7:00 AM till Friday 8:00 PM. It means the time period between
7:00 AM - 8:00 PM on all Mondays through Fridays.
If you would like to have an overnight schedule like 10:30 PM to 6:00 AM
everyday, the time schedule needs to be broken into two pieces. You may add
Sunday-Saturday schedule from 10:30 PM- 11:59 PM as time period 1, and
Sunday-Saturday schedule from 12:00 Midnight – 6:00 AM in the time period 2.
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Universal Plug-n-Play (UPnP)
Universal Plug-n-Play (UPnP) architecture allows Windows XP computers to
automatically configure the DIR-430 for some applications, such as the MSN
messenger service. UPnP will also allow the DIR-430 management Interface to
be saved as a link in the Network Neighborhood of a Windows XP PC.
MSN Instant Messenger: With Microsoft’s MSN Messenger you can chat online
via text, voice or even video conversation - in real time - with your friends, family
or colleagues. It's faster than e-mail, a great choice for conversations and the
perfect alternative when you can't be there in person
To configure the UPnP capabilities offered by the DIR-430, click on the Advanced
item on the top panel. Click the UPnP item located on the left hand menu to
access the configuration page.
The default setting for UPnP is disabled.
Click on Enabled or Disabled radio buttons to enable/disable the UPnP
capabilities for the Gateway.
You can select the appropriate checkboxes that correspond to specific applications
that you might want the Windows XP PC to configure in the Gateway, once the
UPnP service is enabled.
Click Submit button to save the changes.
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Uplink Bandwidth
If the DIR-430 is connected to a typical Broadband Internet Connection (such as
Cable or DSL), you may wish to limit the rate at which traffic is sent on the
Internet. Without doing so there are chances of the Cable/DSL Modem dropping
packets making an unpleasant Internet Experience. You can limit the Uplink
Bandwidth by setting correct Uplink Bandwidth value (Check with your ISP for
more information on your connection speed).
Click on the Advanced item on the top panel, then click on the Uplink
Bandwidth item on the left hand menu.
Setting the uplink bandwidth value limits the speed of the traffic sent on the
Internet to the value selected. Check with your ISP for the type of connection you
purchased. Based on the type of connection selected, outgoing data bandwidth
will be limited to the value shown in the bracket of each connection.
If you want to select different value from the standard uplink bandwidths shown,
select other option that facilitate to enter any value you wish. You can enter any
value between 26 Kbps and 102400 Kbps depending on the bandwidth you
purchased from the ISP.
If you don't know to enter the exact uplink bandwidth value of your Internet
connection, you may obtain the information using different standard bandwidth
meters available on the Internet. You may test your connection bandwidth and
speed from the website, http://reviews.cnet.com/7004Ȭ7254_7Ȭ0.htmlȱ
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Default uplink bandwidth is set to 256Kbps on the DIR-430.
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User Portal
The User portal is a web-based secure access portal, which can be configured to
give access to collections of blogs, photos, videos, music and desktop links
located on local PCs or on Network Attached Storage devices. This portal can be
access from within the LAN or from the Internet via an SSL capable web browser
(Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Netscape, etc.).
Admin Info
Configure the Administrator’s details by clicking on User Portal and then on the
Admin Info link to open up the page as shown below.
Family Name: The name to be displayed on the top left corner of the User
Portal.
Mail Server: Enter the Domain name/IP Address of the SMTP server where e-
mail will be sent.
Mailing Address: Enter the E-mail address of the administrator. Any feedback
sent from the user portal will be sent to this email address.
Password: Login password to the admin mail account.
Authentication: Authentication type to login to the SMTP server. Here you have
two options to login, one with the plain password and the other by encrypting
the password with MD5 encryption.
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To modify the appearance of the user portal, use the Click Here to Customize
Portal Page link. This will allow you to change the top and bottom header color,
the category bar color, remove the D-Link Logo, and reset the changes back to
default.
Choose the desired color from the color grid at the top of the configuration
window. This color can be applied to the Title Bar and/or the Category Bar. You
will see a preview of the selected color to the right of the respective selection.
To add the D-Link logo to the top-right corner of the Title Bar, choose the Yes
radio button.
The default page layout may be re-instated by choosing the Yes radio button next
to Reset to Default D-Link Branded page.
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User Info
Click on User Info under User Portal tab on the top pane to access user details
as shown below. Here you can manage users that may access the user portal. A
list of all the users will be displayed here. You have options to add/modify/delete
a user.
Click on Add New User hyperlink to add a new user. Each user has his own view
of User Portal; this view has to be configured by the administrator.
While creating the user, one can enter the inactivity timeout, which is the idle
time after which the user will be logged out. You need to login again to access the
user specific content.
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For a guest user there is no timeout.
You can modify user information by clicking on the modify button and to delete
you can use the delete button. You cannot delete a user if the user has any
references.
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Before you delete a user, you have to delete all references which are currently
associated to that user.
The list of currently logged in users can be viewed by clicking the List of
Currently Logged In Users link on the main User Info page.
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Manage Servers
Click on Manage Servers under User Portal tab to view current servers
configured. This list will be automatically populated when the administrator
creates some references by browsing and selecting the server. As soon as the
administrator logs into a server when creating the references, the server entry
will be added to this table.
This server information will be useful to the administrator for two main reasons.
1. After creating some references to a server, if the administrator modifies the
login details on the server (Windows/Linux PC’s for which references were
created), he/she can edit the entry in this table and enter the new login
details. This way the references created earlier will work normally.
2. If the administrator cannot find the server listed in the “File Servers” list while
navigating “Manage Views->User->Add New Reference->File Server”, then
he/she has to add the server entry first in this table and use the “Click here to
add the reference manually” link provided in the “File Servers” page to add a
new reference.
To create a manual reference, click on “Add New Entry” hyper link. Enter the Host
name/IP Address for the server name and username/password to login to the
server while creating a new entry. For servers, which do not require any
username/password to login, those fields can be left empty, a default
username/password as anonymous will be used in such cases.
You can modify the username/password information of a server at any point of
time by clicking on modify button, and it will be effective immediately.
You can delete the server by clicking on the delete button.
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Before deleting the server, you have to delete all references which are created
based on this server. Selecting a server from the list of File servers under
Manage Views adds the server to the server list.
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Manage Views
A User’s View represents the collection of all resources presented or accessible to
a single user of the portal. In the DIR-430, a default user exists with the name
“guest”. The Administrator is allowed to configure access for the guest user which
can be accessed by anyone connecting to the DIR-430.
Administrator can configure the views for any user by clicking on the Manage
Views under the User Portal tab. Here a list of all the users will be displayed as
shown below, we have to select a user first and then click on the Manage View
button to configure the views for that user. A view created for a user will be solely
applicable for that particular user (although the administrator has the provision to
copy the same view to another user).
You can delete all references and albums of the user by clicking on the delete
link, associated with the username. This operation will also delete the desktop
references of that user.
There are five sections in Manage Views page - Blogs, Photos, Videos, Music and
folders. In any section, one has to create a category first and then references
under the category. These categories are like Albums and references within that
category are like photos in an album. You can create any number of Categories
and within each category you can have any number of references.
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Click on to see user views of corresponding section. Refer to the example on
the following page relating to views of the blogs & Photos section.
Add a Category
You can add a category to the sections by clicking on the corresponding Add a
Category button and providing a suitable name to the respective category as
shown in above.
Remove a Category
You can remove the category by clicking on the Remove this category button.
This action removes all the references in the selected category. You can also
remove a reference by clicking on the delete button present in the same row of
the reference.
Add new reference
Within each category, you can add new references by clicking on Add new
reference as shown in above.
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If the server you are looking for is listed in the list of File Servers you can simply
select the server and navigate to the respective folder to create the reference. If
the server is not listed in the File Servers then click on,
”Click here to add a reference manually” hyperlink on the File servers page,
shown previously.
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Some of the possible reasons why the server, which is connected to the
network, is not listed in the list of File Servers are
1. The DIR-430, enumerates/queries for the list of all the servers, which
support File Sharing for every 1-minute. There could be a possibility that
when the query happened the PC was not connected to the LAN or must
have been shutdown. Correct the problem in such cases and please wait for
sometime, so that the system will be displayed in the File Servers.
2. It could be a Linux PC running samba, which is a member of some
workgroup, in which there is no other windows machine belonging to the
same workgroup.
3. “Client for Microsoft Networks” should be installed for the Network interface
in the Windows PC.
4. If any Firewall software is running on the Windows/Linux PC’s you have to
make sure that port numbers 137/138/139 are allowed. Otherwise the
server will not be displayed in the File Servers page.
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Manage Views - Blogs
A Blog can be static html page (saved locally), which has a description about a
persons experience/ views / hobbies /useful information.
Add a Blog Category
Click on “Add a Blog Category” to create an album. As shown in the following
image, you need to enter album’s Category Name and then press Create button
to add the category to the Blogs section.
Add New Reference
Within each category, you can add new references by clicking on Add new
reference as shown previously. You will then be shown a list of available file
servers. If the server to which you want to create references is listed, click on the
server name to select it.
You are then requested to provide the Username and Password of the selected
server on the Network as shown below.
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After a successful login, browse to the respective file and select the checkbox
associated with the file to add it to the category. The figure on the following page
provides an example for the listing of files and directories from a file server.
You cannot add more than 50 references in one instance. References already
selected in the same category are shown as checked & disabled and therefore
cannot be selected again. While using the File Browser feature, to add a
reference to a category, selection of Folders is disabled. An administrator is
expected to add only static HTML pages to the category created under Blogs.
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If the server is not listed in the File Shares, use “Click here to add a reference
manually”. You are then directed to the Create New reference page as shown
below.
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Provide a valid Reference Name, select the Server and enter the complete Path
to the reference on the server. Click Create button to add the reference to a
category under Blogs. Reference path will be the path starting from the shared
folder and you should also include the file extension when creating references
manually.
Ex. If the server “VAIOWIDE” has a shared folder “MyBlogs” and inside the folder
“Blogs” if you have a file “hobby.htm” then enter the reference path as follows.
MyBlogs/hobby.htm
A Blog is a static HTML page. You can create a HTML page using any editor
(including MSWord) that provides Save-As HTML option.
ȱSave the document in a shared folder and create references to this file.
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Manage Views – Photos
The references, which are created under photos, will also be displayed as
thumbnails in the user portal. For this, the administrator has to create the
thumbnails for all the photos, which are created as references. These thumbnails
should be created in the same folder where the actual image exists but with a
suffix of “.thumb.jpg”.
Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures - 64/64 pixels. You can create
thumbnails by using the default windows paintbrush application. Open paintbrush,
click “stretch/skew” option under “Image” menu to reduce the image size.
Alternatively, you can create thumbnails using “Easy Thumbnails™ Copyright ©
2001–2004 Fookes software”. Download this software from www.fookes.com.
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Add a Photo Category
Click on “Add a Photo Category” to create an album. As shown below, you need
to enter album’s Category Name and then press Create button to add the
category to the Photos section.
Add New Reference
Click on Add new reference, as shown above to add references to the newly
created category.
Select a server from a list of File Servers on the Network you are connected to,
as shown below.
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Provide the Username and Password of the selected server on the Network as
shown below.
After a successful login, browse to the image file and select the checkbox
associated with the file to add it to the category. The figure below provides an
example for the listing of files and directories from a file server.
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If the server is not listed in the file server list, use the Click here to add a
reference manually hyperlink on the File servers page, as shown previously.
You are then directed to the Create New reference page as shown below.
Provide a valid Reference Name, select the Server and enter the complete Path
to the reference on the server. Click Create button to add the reference to a
category under Photos.
While using the File Browser feature, selection of Thumbnails is disabled. An
administrator is expected to add reference to jpg/bmp/gif/png or any other
graphic/image files to the category created under Photos.
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Manage Views – Videos
This section provides you an interface to add references to your video files on
Secure Home Portal. The references created in this section should point to video
files like mpg, avi, et all.
Add a Video Category
Click on “Add a Video Category” to create an album. As shown previously, you
need to enter album’s Category Name and then press Create button to add the
category to the Videos section.
Add New Reference
Click on Add new reference, as shown below, to add references to the newly
created category.
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If the server is listed in the “File Servers”, select a server from the list.
Provide the Username and Password of the selected server on the Network as
shown below.
After a successful login, browse to the video file and select the checkbox
associated with the file to add it to the category. The image below provides an
example for the listing of files and directories from a file server.
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If the server is not listed in the File Servers then click on,” Click here to add a
reference manually” hyperlink on the File servers page. You are then directed
to the Create New reference page as shown below.
Provide a valid Reference Name, select the Server and enter the complete Path
to the reference on the server. Click Create button to add the reference to a
category under Photos. Reference path will be the path starting from the shared
folder and you should also include the file extension when creating references
manually.
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Any kind of video file can be added as a reference. Please make sure that
suitable Video Player application is available on the Client PC to play the files.
Manage Views – Music
This section provides you an interface to add references to your Music files on
Secure Home Portal. The references created in this section should point to audio
files like mp3, mid, wav, et all.
Add a Music Category
Click on “Add a Music Category” to create an album. As shown previously, you
need to enter album’s Category Name and then press Create button to add the
category to the Music section.
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Add New Reference
Click on Add new reference, as shown below to add references to the newly
created category.
You will be directed to the File Servers list as shown below.
If the server is listed in the File Servers, then select it and provide the Username
and Password of the selected server on the Network as shown in below.
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After a successful login, browse to the video file and select the checkbox
associated with the file to add it to the category. The figure below provides an
example for the listing of files and directories from a file
server.
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If the server is not listed in the list of file servers, then use the Click here to add
a reference manually hyperlink on the File servers page. You will be directed to
the Create New reference page as shown below.
Provide a valid Reference Name, select the Server and enter the complete Path
to the reference on the server. Click Create button to add the reference to a
category under Photos.
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Manage Views – Folders
This section helps you create references to shared folders. When you click on
these references in User Portal, the shared folder along with its contents will be
displayed. After the contents are displayed, you have an option to download/view
the files in that folder.
Add a Folder Category
Click on “Add a Folder Category” to create an album. As shown in the figure
below, you need to enter album’s Category Name and then press Create button
to add the category to the Music section.
Add New Reference
Click on Add new reference, as shown in the following figure, to add references
to the newly created category.
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You will be directed to the File Servers List.
If the server is listed in the File Servers list, as shown in, then select it and
provide the Username and Password of the selected server on the Network as
shown below.
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After a successful login, browse to the video file and select the checkbox
associated with the file to add it to the category. The following figure provides an
example for the listing of files and directories from a file server.
If the server is not listed in the list of file servers, then use the Click here to add
a reference manually hyperlink on the File servers page, as shown previously.
You are then directed to the Create New reference page as shown below.
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While using the File Browser feature, to add a reference to a Folder category,
selection of Files is disabled.
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Desktop Links
The DIR-430 will support secured port-forwarded access to PC desktops in the
home network. This is provided using VNC/RDP (Remote Desktop) running on
those machines. Click on Desktop Links under User Portal tab on the top panel
to manage Desktop links configured for the user as shown in the following figure.
Select the user and click on Manage View button to configure desktop links for
the user,
The following figure shows current desktop links configured for the selected user.
Here you can create references that allow a user to remotely access your
machine. To use this feature you need to host a VNC/RDP server on the machine
to which you are creating the reference, and you need to have a VNC/RDP Client
installed on the machine from which the User Portal is accessed.
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You can add the new policies for a user by selecting the user and clicking on the
manage view button. As shown in the following figure, you need to enter
Reference Name, Desktop Protocol type and Host IP Address of the LAN
machine on which the VNC/RDP Server is running. The Protocol can be VNC if
you are configuring a Desktop link for a system on which VNC server is running
and RDP if RDP server is running on that system.
Desktop links cannot be created for the guest user (this is done for security
reasons).
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Copy User Views
You can copy views of one user to another. Click on Copy User Views of User
Portal tab to copy the views (albums & references in all the sections) of one user
to another user.
Select the users in the From and the To sections and click on interested section
to copy the views of one user to another.
If you select the “All” radio button while copying, complete information of the user
will be copied.
Alternatively, you can select the section that you want to copy. If you are copying
a specific section, then you will be presented with are the albums in that section.
Here you can either copy the complete information in that section or copy a
selected album.
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If the destination user has the same reference name/category, then that
information will not be overwritten. Only references that does not exist for
that user will be copied
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When you are copying references of a user “john” (say) to “guest” user, all
the sections except the “Desktop sections” will be copied. This is because,
for a guest user, we do not allow desktop policies for security reasons.
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External Blogs
You can create references to External blogs. Click on External Blogs of User
Portal tab to view currently created external blogs references as shown in the
following figure. These references will be displayed in the User Portal. These
external blogs will be visible to all the portal users and are not user specific.
To add new external blog, click on the hyperlink Add new external blog. Here
you need to provide the External Blog Name and URI of External Blog Link
and finally press Apply Changes button. You can modify/delete the external
blogs created using the modify/delete links.
The difference between Blogs under “Manage Views” and “External Blogs” is that
incase of the first one, the blog will be static html pages, which are stored locally
on some local server, and in case of external blogs, they actually point to some
external web server that is hosting the blogs.
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You can create a maximum of 5 external blogs at a time.
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The length of the external blog name is restricted to sixty characters.
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Updates
Update messages are small messages, which contain some information. These
messages will be displayed on the user portal. Update messages will be visible to
all the users and are not user specific. Click on Updates of User Portal tab to
view currently created messages.
You can add a new update message by clicking on the Add New Update
Message hyperlink. You have an option to modify/delete the update messages at
any time. You can add maximum of five Update messages at a time.
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Tools
The Tools configuration pages in the DIR-430 provide the administrator access to
system specific items.
Admin
Admin configurations allow the administrator account to be modified as well as
enabling/disabling box access from the Internet.
User Name / Password
The default username/password of the Gateway can be overridden with your own
for the security reasons. To change the user’s password, click on Tools item in
the top panel, then on Admin on the left hand menu to show the configuration as
specified below. The User's password can be set using this, overriding the old
password.
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To change the password, enter the default or current password in the "Old
Password:" field.
The user name can be changed from admin to any name you like. This is optional
field. There is only one administrator user account for the DIR-430.
Your new password should be entered in "New password:" field. Re-type the new
password in "Confirm new password:" field for confirmation. Press Apply
Changes button to reflect your password changes.
User must remember the password or note it down in a safe place to access the
DIR430 configuration further. In case, you forget the password to access the
DIR-430, reset to factory defaults by holding in the reset button for 8 to 10
seconds.
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Administration
By default, you will be able to ‘ping’ the DIR-430 as well as configure it from your
local area network and the Internet. If you wish to disallow this traffic from the
Internet, you need to configure Administration settings as shown below.
Box Access settings can be changed by clicking Tools item on the top pane, then
clicking Admin on the left hand menu. The policies created cannot be deleted or
modified. They may be disabled in case you know the respective feature is to be
turned off on the DIR-430, by Disable hyperlink against the entry.
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Time
Date and Time settings for the DIR-430 will be utilized by time-sensitive
configurations such as Scheduling. The DIR-430 will synchronize the system time
automatically from a standard timer server or any other configured time server so
that you need not update the DIR-430 time settings manually. The configuration
of date and time settings is shown below.
The current time is set in the Gateway in the form of MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS,
where MM is month (01-12), DD is date (01-31), YYYY is year represented in four
digits, HH is hours in 24-hour format (00-23), MM represents minutes (00-59),
and SS represents seconds (00-59).
You can select the appropriate Time zone information from the drop-down list.
Also you can enable Daylight Saving Time (DST) support for particular time zone.
By default DST support will be disabled.
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Currently DST support is available for only US and UK time zones. For all other
time zones enabling of DST isn’t applicable.
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The timeserver can be selected from available Standard timeservers or you can
choose your own Custom timeserver.
To select Standard timeserver, click on Standard timeserver radio button and
choose one from the list of available Standard time servers by using drop-down
list.
To select your own timeserver click on Custom radio button and enter IP
Address/ Domain Name of the timeserver in the edit box provided.
You may set system time manually by clicking Customize time hyperlink and
enter date and time in the edit box provided. The manually entered time
information persists till the Gateway is power cycled.
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Firmware
Before you can upgrade firmware, you must download the latest firmware version
from the D-Link Support Website http://support.dlink.com.
It is highly recommended to store the current image on your PC before you
perform firmware upgrade operation. DO NOT perform the upgrade over a
wireless connection. Doing so may render the device unusable.
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To upgrade firmware on the DIR-430, click on Tools on the top panel, and then
click on Firmware on the left hand menu to show the configuration as outlined
below.
Click on Browse... button, select the downloaded image and click on Upgrade
button. The DIR-430 will be rebooted automatically in order to reflect your new
image. A pop up window will be displayed to notify of the reboot. Clicking the Ok
button will continue the upgrade process, cancel button will stop it.
Once user enters the Ok button, you would observe the progress of the firmware
upgrade as shown below. Please note that the operation takes a few minutes.
Once firmware upgrade is successful, you will see that the DIR-430 gets rebooted
automatically. If it does not reboot and give you the web configuration login
page, power cycle the DIR-430.
In case the DIR-430 is powered down, or disconnected from the network during
firmware upgrade, the firmware may be corrupted. Please contact D-Link
Technical Support for a resolution if within the factory warranty period.
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Save Configuration
The user can save the current configuration to exist for the next reboots
irrespective of any configuration changes done to the Gateway. This allows the
user to configure the Gateway for customized behavior.
After making different configuration changes, once stable configuration exists on
the Gateway, click on Save Configuration shown on the top frame of the HTML
configuration page as in. In the resulting page as shown in, you will be prompted
to press Save or Cancel buttons for saving the configuration.
By pressing save button, the configuration will be saved onto the Gateway for
next reboot overriding the configuration saved earlier. Press Cancel button to
cancel the operation.
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Restore Configuration
As a user you may like to take backup of configuration in cases like firmware
upgrade, experimenting with configuration to customize Gateway's behavior.
Before you do such an operation, it is strongly advised to take a backup using
Backup configuration facility. To take a backup of configuration, click on
System Settings link, and then click on Backup Configuration hyperlink to
open configuration page as shown below. To export current Gateway settings to
a file, click on Export Current Settings hyperlink in the page. This opens a window
for you to select the filename in the location you choose. Once you select OK
button on the window, it shows the status of the operation.
To import previously stored Gateway settings in a file, type in the file name in the
edit box provided on this page, or click on Browse... button next to it, to choose
the file name. Click on the Import button to import settings to the DIR-430. The
operation shows the final status as shown below.
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Factory Defaults
This option is useful in a situation when, you are unable to revert back the
configuration changes, or if you find the configuration saved onto the Gateway is
not good to be used.
As shown in below, to set the factory defaults click on the Tools item on the top
panel, and click on Factory Defaults on the left hand menu. You will be asked to
respond to a question on whether to restore the factory defaults. Clicking on Yes
button restores the factory default settings onto the Gateway.
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The entire manual configuration done by you earlier will be erased when factory
defaults are set including the user’s password.
Reboot
To reboot the Gateway for any reason, click on Tools on the top panel, and click
on Reboot on the left hand menu. You will be asked for confirmation of the
reboot with Yes or No buttons.
Press Yes button to reboot the box. Though there is a physical reset button on
the Gateway, rebooting the box using HTML configuration is lot easier.
It is recommended to use this operation after firmware upgrade. This operation is
specifically useful when the Gateway is not easily reachable physically.
Press No button if you do not want to reboot the box.
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Diagnostic Tools
You may like to check whether there is connectivity to a particular website or a
computer on the Internet from the DIR-430, or to evaluate whether there is
certain delay in the network to reach your target host. There are two important
diagnostic tools that help you identify and realize the behavior of the network.
To use these diagnostic tools, click on Tools hyperlink on the top panel, and then
click on Diagnostic Tools on the left hand menu to open the configuration page.
Ping can be used to check whether the host on the Internet can be reached from
the DIR-430. Type an IP address (like 202.56.89.78) / domain name (like
www.yahoo.com) in the edit box provided. Click on Ping button, and wait, to see
the responses as shown below.
When Packets sent/received fields are greater than zero, then the connectivity
exists.
The data in the figure also shows the packet loss percentage in addition to
minimum, maximum and average round trip times.
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Trace Route option shows you the number of hops your data goes through for
the specified remote host. You may input either IP address or domain name. The
following figure shows the output format for Trace Route to domain
www.yahoo.com.
DNS resolve option helps you find the IP address of a valid domain name.
Select DNS resolve radio button, type in the domain name in the entry box
provided, and click the Commit button. The following figure shows the output
format for Trace Route to domain www.yahoo.com.
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Dynamic DNS
The DIR-430 features Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) support. This
feature lets you assign a fixed host with a fixed domain name though IP address
of the host changes dynamically. It is useful when you are hosting a website,
running FTP service or any other service in your internal private network
connected to the DIR-430, and make any useful information accessible anywhere
on the Internet.
You must have Internet connectivity and you need to register with DDNS service
provider using website http://DynDNS.org/. Create an account using URL
https://www.dyndns.org/account/create.html after providing user name,
password and domain name you require for hosting your server. Using the just
created account, you can now create the five free domain names like
xxxxx.dyndns.org when connected to http://members.dyndns.org.
Now, this information is to be used in the DIR-430 configuration in order to make
your local PCs accessible from the Internet using the domain names you created.
To configure, click on Network Settings hyperlink and then Dynamic DNS
hyperlink on the left pane, to open up the configuration page as shown below. It
shows the list of dynamic DNS entries, and their status. To modify an existing
record, click on icon. To delete one, click the icon on the same line.
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To create a new Dynamic DNS record, click on the Add New Dynamic DNS Record,
to open a configuration page as shown below.
Domain Name 1, 2, 3 are the three domain names you registered with the
dyndns.org website. You may like to specify the three domain names out of the
domain names that you registered earlier.
Update information using: Currently only dyndns protocol is supported on this
product.
Provide the User Name and Password with which the domain name accounts
are created.
Choose Service provider field based on the website you used to create the DNS
names. From the drop-down list against this field, choose members.dyndns.org.
Click on Apply Changes to add a DDNS service record.
To modify the existing record, click on the icon on the entry from the previous
page.
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Status
The Status section displays information relating to the Network interfaces and
their current status as well as internal Logs that may help to debug/troubleshoot
network issues.
Device Info
The Device Info section provides information pertaining to your DIR-430 and its
network Interfaces.
To access the Device Info section, click on Status on the top panel. The Device
Info page will display as shown in the following figure.
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Logs
The Logs section displays firewall attacks and authentication failure logs. Click on
Logs of Status tab to view all the logged information
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Logout
You may like to logout once your configuration is complete. You will find the
Logout section by clicking the Status tab, then clicking Logout on the left hand
menu. Clicking on the Logout prompts you with a question on how it should be
logged out. This case is shown below.
You should click on the Save and Logout if you require the current configuration
on the DIR-430 to be used upon rebooting.
Else, you may click on Logout without Saving if you need this configuration for
the time the DIR-430 is running, but not for next reboot.
Cancel button cancels the logout operation and allows you to configure more.
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Support
The Support section contains information pertaining to the DIR-430 features and
configurations. To access the main index of all information contained within the
DIR-430 click on the Support tab.
For context relevant information, click the Help Icon in the upper right corner of
each configuration page.
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Appendix A: Troubleshooting
6.
I forgot my administrator password, what do I do?
Reset the DIR-430 to factory default settings by holding down the reset button for
8 seconds. Please note that all configurations will be lost. It is advised to keep a
backup file of the configuration settings on a local PC in the event the DIR-430
needs to be reset.
Can my DIR-430 be a DSL modem as well?
No. Your DIR-430 provides firewall and VPN security to the internal network. Your
DIR-430 should be connected behind your DSL or Cable modem. Your DIR-430
acts as a simple host towards the Internet.
Does the DIR-430 support protocols other than IP?
No. Your DIR-430 supports only Internet Protocol.
What is the Network Address Translation?
IP Address is translated for two purposes by a Gateway that connects two
networks. One reason is to save number of IP addresses on one side, the other,
to hide the internal IP addresses of the hosts.
Which Microsoft Windows platforms does the DIR-430 support?
The DIR-430 supports Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 versions. Others may work,
but there is no support from D-Link for anything but the aforementioned.
Do I have DHCP address or static IP address?
By default, the DIR-430 uses DHCP client to connect to the Internet. Please ask
your ISP if it is offering static IP. If static IP is offered, configure static IP using
WAN hyperlink in the Web configuration pages.
What is the URL to configure my DIR-430?
Open browser, and type in http://192.168.0.1/ as URL.
What browsers may be used to configure the DIR-430?
Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape Navigator 7.x, Mozilla Firefox 1.5, and Safari.
Other browsers may work, but are not supported.
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Any reasons why I don’t get the DIR-430 configuration screens in my browser?
Check the connections and validate the connectivity using “ping” tool. You may
like to run “ping 192.168.0.1” from your PC. If successful, check your browser
settings; remove proxy settings if they are set.
For Internet Explorer 6.0, click Tools menu, and Internet Options. Click on
connection tab. Make sure it is set to Never Dial a connection. Also, click on
LAN settings button to open a window, and uncheck “Use a proxy server for
your LAN ….”
Which modems work with my DIR-430?
Your DIR-430 can work with virtually all standard DSL and Cable modem available
in the market.
What is the maximum Secure Portal connections supported?
5.
How do I know what IP address my PC has?
Click on Start button on the Windows task bar. In Start button menu, click on
Run…. In the window opened, enter cmd to get the console window. On the
console, run ipconfig /all command. This will display the IP address of your PC. If
there are multiple interfaces, you may have more than one.
How do I know whether I can reach a machine from my PC?
Use Diagnostic tools from the configuration.
What applications does the Firewall have knowledge of?
Please refer to the section on configuring Port forwarding for the list of
applications that the firewall is aware of.
How can I know what protocol is used currently for Internet?
The Device Info page in the Status section of the DIR-430 web configuration has
information about the WAN connection status and type.
How will I be notified of new DIR-430 Firmware upgrades?
You may visit the D-Link Technical Support website periodically to check for
updates.
What applications are supported by UPnP?
At present, MSN Instant Messenger is the only application that may use UPnP.
Please visit http://support.dlink.com for unanswered questions.
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Appendix B: Glossary
7.
Adapter – Electronic circuitry that converts one form of input to a different form
of output so that it fits for your PC or Gateway. Examples are Power Adapter,
Ethernet Adapter, and DSL Adapter.
Backbone – The part of a network that connects many systems and networks
and handles high volume of data.
Bit – binary digit with values 0 or 1 in the binary numbering system.
Boot – When your Gateway or PC is powered on, the built-in instructions in a
ROM chip that are automatically executed to search and load operating system
and pass control to it.
Bridge – A device that provides connectivity between different networks.
Broadband Connection – Media that offers higher bandwidth that has capability
to allow voice, video and data transmission. Now a days, Cable television network
and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) do offer residential broadband connections.
Browser - A browser is an application program that allows the user to browse
through the web pages on your PC. For example, the browser can be used to look
at web (html, shtml, xml) pages and download files that are available using FTP.
Cable Modem – A device that connects a computer to its Ethernet port and then
to Internet through the Cable TV network. Once connected, cable modem users
have a continuous connection to the Internet. Cable modems support bandwidth
of 36 Mbps downstream (from the Internet to the computer), and from 200 Kbps
to 2 Mbps upstream (from the computer to the Internet).
CAT 5 cable – ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic
Industries Association) Standard 568 is one of standards that specify
"CATegories" of twisted pair cabling systems (wires, junctions, and connectors) in
terms of the data rates that they can sustain. CAT 5 cable has a maximum
throughput of 100 Mbps and is usually utilized for 100BaseTX networks.
Data Packet – It is a collection of bits sent over a network at once. For example,
an Ethernet packet can be from 64 to 1518 bytes in length.
DDNS – Dynamic Domain Name System allows a network device with a dynamic
Internet IP address to have a fixed host and domain name, such as
abcd.mydomain.com. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP
server, or other server behind a router, so people can find your site no matter
how often the Internet IP address changes. Using DDNS requires registering with
a DDNS service provider on the Internet.
Default Gateway – The routing device used to forward all traffic that is not
addressed to a station within the local subnet.
Denial of Service – When an attacker floods packets continuously to occupy the
network bandwidth, your PC will not be able to respond to any other service
requests. This leads to Denial of Service. The attack is called Denial of Service
attack.
DES – Data Encryption Standard, a standard by which sender and receiver use a
shared secret key to encrypt or decrypt the data. The key length used is 56-bits
in this standard.
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DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. All hosts/gateways that are in the
network need to have an IP address to communicate. Without this protocol, you
have to manually specify the IP address in a host/gateway. This protocol allows
all IP address assignments to be centralized and automate the assignment of
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization’s network. The User of a
DHCP server can configure the lease time of an IP address to be used by a DHCP
client. It also supports static IP address assignment for fixed hosts/gateways if
they run application servers.
DMZ (De Militarized Zone) - Allows one IP address (or computer) to be
exposed to the Internet. Some applications require multiple TCP/IP ports to be
open. It is recommended that you set your computer with a static IP address if
you want to use DMZ Hosting.
DNS – Domain Name System maps the domain name against an IP address.
People remember meaningful domain names easily than the IP address that is in
the form of numbers.
Domain – A sub network comprised of a group of clients and servers under the
control of one security database. Dividing LANs into domains improves
performance and security.
Download – Receive the file from the network.
DSL – Digital Subscriber Line, Your telephone line is used as a digital carrier that
can allow both data and your normal telephone. DSL can be always be powered
on. It need not be dialed every time you are trying to connect to Internet.
Daylight saving time (DST) - time observed when clocks and other timepieces
are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day. The amount of
daylight on a given day of the year at given latitude is fixed, but over the year the
hours of sunrise and sunset vary from day to day. During the summer months,
the sun rises earlier and sets later and there are more hours of daylight. If clocks
and other timepieces are set ahead in the spring by some amount (usually one
hour), the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by those clocks.
Dynamic IP Address - An IP address that is automatically assigned to a client
station in a TCP/IP network, typically by a DHCP server. Network devices that
offer services like web, printer do not generally use DHCP. They are assigned with
static IP addresses.
Encryption – A security method that applies a specific algorithm to data in order
to alter the data's appearance and prevent other devices from reading the
information.
Ethernet - Supports 10 Mbps speed, this IEEE standard network protocol
specifies how data is placed on and retrieved from a common transmission
medium. This is the physical carrier for all TCP/IP protocol and its application
messages.
Fast Ethernet – Same as Ethernet but supports 100 Mbps speed. Fast Ethernet
uses CSMA/CD network access method.
Firewall – A firewall can be a software/hardware device that is located as
network gateway to protect your private network from the attacks that can
happen in the public Internet. It examines each packet to determine whether to
forward it towards its destination.
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Firmware – Binary code that is written onto read-only memory (ROM) or
programmable read-only memory (PROM). Once firmware has been written onto
the ROM or PROM, it is retained even when the device is turned off.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) – Protocol used to transfer the files across the
TCP/IP network. For example, placing the files on to a web server uses FTP
protocol.
Full Duplex – A device is capable of full duplex when it can send data
simultaneously in both directions.
FQDN - A fully qualified domain name consists of a host and domain name,
including top-level domain. For example, www.yahoo.com is a fully qualified
domain name. www is the host, yahoo is the second-level domain, and.com is the
top level domain.
Gateway – Device that can connect two different networks supporting two
different communication protocols.
Half Duplex – A device is capable of half duplex when it can send data in both
directions, but not simultaneously.
Hardware – All electronic component that are visible physically. Example,
Electronic circuit boards in PCs, Gateway.
Hop - The link between two network elements.
HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) – Protocol that allows web pages to be
transferred over the Internet.
ISP (Internet Service provider) - A company that offers internet access,
services such as web site building, virtual hosting to individuals and companies.
LAN (Local Area Network) – A group of computers/gateways/routers
connected that can communicate each other in a small geographic area.
MAC (Media Access Control) – Every Ethernet networking device such as
network adapter will be assigned with a unique number so that they can
communicate.
MD5 – A type of one-way authentication scheme that uses passwords. The
password is hashed and sent over the network so that only the sender and
authenticator know about it. It is not very secure authentication mechanism when
compared to others like EAP-TLS or EAP/TTLS.
NAT (Network Address Translation) – IP Address is translated for two
purposes by a Gateway that connects two networks. One reason is to save
number of IP addresses on one side, the other, to hide the internal IP addresses
of the hosts. In the case of NAT, when the traffic is generated from your private
network to public Internet, the source IP address of the packet generated will be
transformed to the public address of your Gateway. The end user receiving the
traffic perceives the packet to be generated by your Gateway.
Network Mask – Look at Subnet Mask.
Packet – A unit of data routed from an origin to its destination in a network.
Packet Filtering – Discarding unwanted network traffic based on its originating
address or range of addresses or its type (e-mail, file transfer, etc.).
Ping (Packet INternet Groper) – Utility used at the network elements (PCs,
routers) to determine whether a particular IP address is reachable and its delay to
reach that network element.
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Plug-n-Play – When a device or an expansion board is attached to a computer
system they should be running without rebooting your computer system.
Port – A physical male or female sockets that can be hooked for plugging in
communication lines, modems and printers.
PPP (Point to Point Protocol) - Protocol that is used by your dial-up modem
for your PC to connect to the Internet. PPP protocol runs between dial-up modem
and ISP. Once PPP connection is established, your PC gets Internet connectivity.
PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) – It is a method that
encapsulates PPP packets over Ethernet frames from the user to the ISP over the
Internet. PPPoE is preferable by ISPs because it provides authentication
(username and password) in addition to data transport. A PPPoE session can be
initiated by either a client application residing on a PC, or by client firmware
residing on a modem or router.
PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol) – The protocol defines the tunneling
service in IP network to carry PPP protocol messages. One example of a tunneling
service is secure access from a remote small office network to a headquarters
corporate intranet via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) that traverses the Internet.
They can also be used for residential purposes.
RJ – 45 (Registered Jack – 45) - A connector used for connecting Ethernet
devices that holds up to eight wires.
Reverse Network Address Translation – When an Internet user tries to
access a service at your Router/Gateway, the request made by the Internet user
will be forwarded to an internal machine that serves the request. This is achieved
by translating the destination IP address of the packet to private Local IP address
of the PC where service is offered. This operation is exactly reverse of the NAT
operation.
Router – Device that routes the packets across various sub networks that are
attached to. It helps in managing the large networks in to smaller ones. They
operate at IP layer of TCP/IP protocol suite.
Security Association – These are the parameters to be set for having a VPN
tunnel.
Server – A computer that services the users on a network, may be to access
files, web pages, printing.
Software – It is a series of instructions that control the behavior of the computer
and its hardware.
Stateful Packet Inspection – Firewall that monitors the state of the transaction
for the internal hosts. It looks at the internals of the packet and adjusts the
firewall policies automatically based on the state but specific to the port
requested/required. Hence this is more secured than the static packet filters
which are not intelligent of states of transactions.
Static IP Address – Permanent IP address that is assigned to a host/router in
an IP or TCP/IP network.
Switch – Device that connects host computers, large number of devices to share
a limited number of ports. 2. It helps users to make, break, and change the
connections physically on an electric circuit.
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Subnet Mask – The method used for dividing IP networks into small networks
called subnets. The division is determined by a binary pattern (called mask).
Based on this mask (subnet mask), IP addresses of the hosts in that subnet can
be assigned.
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) - A setup of rules used to transmit data
along with the IP (Internet Protocol) to split the data to be transmitted into small
pieces. TCP creates connections with its peer to send the data. The protocol
offers reliability of the packet transmission and adds delay in the network.
Applications that assume unreliable networks generally use TCP.
TCP/IP – (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) Set of protocols for
communications over a network developed specifically for the Internet. TCP/IP
defines a suite or group of protocols that involves many protocols like ICMP, RIP,
DHCP, etc.
Throughput – The data sent successfully through the Internet in a given time
period.
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) - A setup of rules used to transmit data
along with the IP (Internet Protocol) to split the data to be transmitted into small
pieces (called datagrams). UDP does not create a connection with its peer to
send the data. Hence it is “connection-less”, unreliable, but faster because there
is no connection setup delay.
Upgrade – To replace the firmware version of the DIR-430 with a newer version.
URL (Universal Resource Locator) - It is the address that defines the route to
a file on the Web or any other Internet resource. These can be accessed through
typing the URLs in to the browser, or by clicking the hyperlinks on the existing
web pages on the browser.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) – VoIP is a technology that makes use of
your existing Internet connection instead of normal PSTN. When you connect your
telephone on your RGS Gateway, the voice gets converted into digital
information, which will be transmitted on the Internet. At the receiver’s end, the
reverse operation is performed.
VPN (Virtual Private Network) - A technology with which hosts communicate
over public communication networks by creating private communication channels
called tunnels. This is mostly achieved through encrypting the traffic at the
originating point and decrypting the traffic at the destination point. Examples of
VPN technology are, PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol), L2TP (Layer 2
Tunneling Protocol), IPSec (Internet Protocol Security).
VPN end point – A host connected to a router (or the router itself for the router
related data traffic) has the ability to establish a VPN tunnel to some other host
supporting VPN.
WAN (Wide Area Network) - Networks that cover communication over a large
geographic area. These are through public networks like telephone (DSL) or cable
Networks, through leased lines or satellites. Internet is a Wide Area Network.
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Appendix C: Warranty Information
8.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, D-Link Systems, Inc. (“D-Link”) provides this Limited Warranty:
x Only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from D-Link or its authorized reseller or distributor, and
x Only for products purchased and delivered within the fifty states of the United States, the District of Columbia, U.S. Possessions
or Protectorates, U.S. Military Installations, or addresses with an APO or FPO.
Limited Warranty: D-Link warrants that the hardware portion of the D-Link product described below (“Hardware”) will be free from
material defects in workmanship and materials under normal use from the date of original retail purchase of the product, for the
eriod set forth below (“Warranty Period”), except as otherwise stated herein.
p
x Hardware (excluding power supplies and fans): One (1) year
x Power supplies and fans: One (1) year
x Spare parts and spare kits: Ninety (90) days
The customer's sole and exclusive remedy and the entire liability of D-Link and its suppliers under this Limited Warranty will be, at D-
Link’s option, to repair or replace the defective Hardware during the Warranty Period at no charge to the original owner or to refund
the actual purchase price paid. Any repair or replacement will be rendered by D-Link at an Authorized D-Link Service Office. The
replacement hardware need not be new or have an identical make, model or part. D-Link may, at its option, replace the defective
Hardware or any part thereof with any reconditioned product that D-Link reasonably determines is substantially equivalent (or
superior) in all material respects to the defective Hardware. Repaired or replacement hardware will be warranted for the remainder
of the original Warranty Period or ninety (90) days, whichever is longer, and is subject to the same limitations and exclusions. If a
material defect is incapable of correction, or if D-Link determines that it is not practical to repair or replace the defective Hardware,
the actual price paid by the original purchaser for the defective Hardware will be refunded by D-Link upon return to D-Link of the
defective Hardware. All Hardware or part thereof that is replaced by D-Link, or for which the purchase price is refunded, shall
ecome the property of D-Link upon replacement or refund.
b
Limited Software Warranty: D-Link warrants that the software portion of the product (“Software”) will substantially conform to D-
Link’s then current functional specifications for the Software, as set forth in the applicable documentation, from the date of original
retail purchase of the Software for a period of ninety (90) days (“Software Warranty Period”), provided that the Software is properly
installed on approved hardware and operated as contemplated in its documentation. D-Link further warrants that, during the
Software Warranty Period, the magnetic media on which D-Link delivers the Software will be free of physical defects. The
customer's sole and exclusive remedy and the entire liability of D-Link and its suppliers under this Limited Warranty will be, at D-
Link’s option, to replace the non-conforming Software (or defective media) with software that substantially conforms to D-Link’s
functional specifications for the Software or to refund the portion of the actual purchase price paid that is attributable to the Software.
Except as otherwise agreed by D-Link in writing, the replacement Software is provided only to the original licensee, and is subject to
the terms and conditions of the license granted by D-Link for the Software. Replacement Software will be warranted for the
remainder of the original Warranty Period and is subject to the same limitations and exclusions. If a material non-conformance is
incapable of correction, or if D-Link determines in its sole discretion that it is not practical to replace the non-conforming Software,
the price paid by the original licensee for the non-conforming Software will be refunded by D-Link; provided that the non-conforming
Software (and all copies thereof) is first returned to D-Link. The license granted respecting any Software for which a refund is given
utomatically terminates.
a
Non-Applicability of Warranty: The Limited Warranty provided hereunder for Hardware and Software portions of D-Link's products
will not be applied to and does not cover any refurbished product and any product purchased through the inventory clearance or
liquidation sale or other sales in which D-Link, the sellers, or the liquidators expressly disclaim their warranty obligation pertaining to
the product and in that case, the product is being sold "As-Is" without any warranty whatsoever including, without limitation, the
Limited Warranty as described herein, notwithstanding anything stated herein to the contrary.
Submitting A Claim: The customer shall return the product to the original purchase point based on its return policy. In case the
return policy period has expired and the product is within warranty, the customer shall submit a claim to D-Link as outlined below:
x The customer must submit with the product as part of the claim a written description of the Hardware defect or Software
nonconformance in sufficient detail to allow D-Link to confirm the same, along with proof of purchase of the product (such as a
copy of the dated purchase invoice for the product) if the product is not registered.
x The customer must obtain a Case ID Number from D-Link Technical Support at 1-877-453-5465, who will attempt to assist the
customer in resolving any suspected defects with the product. If the product is considered defective, the customer must obtain
a Return Material Authorization (“RMA”) number by completing the RMA form and entering the assigned Case ID Number at
https://rma.dlink.com/.
x After an RMA number is issued, the defective product must be packaged securely in the original or other suitable shipping
package to ensure that it will not be damaged in transit, and the RMA number must be prominently marked on the outside of the
package. Do not include any manuals or accessories in the shipping package. D-Link will only replace the defective portion of
the product and will not ship back any accessories.
x The customer is responsible for all in-bound shipping charges to D-Link. No Cash on Delivery (“COD”) is allowed. Products
sent COD will either be rejected by D-Link or become the property of D-Link. Products shall be fully insured by the customer
and shipped to D-Link Systems, Inc., 17595 Mt. Herrmann, Fountain Valley, CA 92708. D-Link will not be held responsible
for any packages that are lost in transit to D-Link. The repaired or replaced packages will be shipped to the customer via UPS
Ground or any common carrier selected by D-Link. Return shipping charges shall be prepaid by D-Link if you use an address in
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the United States, otherwise we will ship the product to you freight collect. Expedited shipping is available upon request and
provided shipping charges are prepaid by the customer.
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 return shipping charges for any product that is not packaged and shipped in accordance with the foregoing requirements, or that
determined by D-Link not to be defective or non-conforming.
is
What Is Not Covered: The Limited Warranty provided herein by D-Link does not cover: Products that, in D-Link’s judgment, have
been subjected to abuse, accident, alteration, modification, tampering, negligence, misuse, faulty installation, lack of reasonable
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CE Mark Warning: This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case
the user may be required to take adequate measures.
FCC Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one
or more of the following measures:
x Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
x Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
x Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
x Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
For detailed warranty information applicable to products purchased outside the United States, please contact the
corresponding local D-Link office.
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DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1.0ȱ
Appendix D: FCC Interference Statement
ThisȱequipmentȱhasȱbeenȱtestedȱandȱfoundȱtoȱcomplyȱwithȱtheȱlimitsȱforȱaȱClassȱBȱdigitalȱdevice,ȱ
pursuantȱtoȱPartȱ15ȱofȱtheȱFCCȱRules.ȱȱTheseȱlimitsȱareȱdesignedȱtoȱprovideȱreasonableȱprotectionȱagainstȱ
harmfulȱinterferenceȱinȱaȱresidentialȱinstallation.ȱȱThisȱequipmentȱgenerates,ȱusesȱandȱcanȱradiateȱradioȱ
frequencyȱenergyȱand,ȱifȱnotȱinstalledȱandȱusedȱinȱaccordanceȱwithȱtheȱinstructions,ȱmayȱcauseȱharmfulȱ
interferenceȱtoȱradioȱcommunications.ȱȱHowever,ȱthereȱisȱnoȱguaranteeȱthatȱinterferenceȱwillȱnotȱoccurȱinȱaȱ
particularȱinstallation.ȱȱIfȱthisȱequipmentȱdoesȱcauseȱharmfulȱinterferenceȱtoȱradioȱorȱtelevisionȱreception,ȱ
whichȱcanȱbeȱdeterminedȱbyȱturningȱtheȱequipmentȱoffȱandȱon,ȱtheȱuserȱisȱencouragedȱtoȱtryȱtoȱcorrectȱtheȱ
interferenceȱbyȱoneȱofȱtheȱfollowingȱmeasures:ȱ
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
ThisȱdeviceȱcompliesȱwithȱPartȱ15ȱofȱtheȱFCCȱRules.ȱOperationȱisȱsubjectȱtoȱtheȱfollowingȱtwoȱ
conditions:ȱ(1)ȱThisȱdeviceȱmayȱnotȱcauseȱharmfulȱinterference,ȱandȱ(2)ȱthisȱdeviceȱmustȱacceptȱanyȱ
interferenceȱreceived,ȱincludingȱinterferenceȱthatȱmayȱcauseȱundesiredȱoperation.ȱ
FCCȱCaution:ȱAnyȱchangesȱorȱmodificationsȱnotȱexpresslyȱapprovedȱbyȱtheȱpartyȱresponsibleȱforȱ
complianceȱcouldȱvoidȱtheȱuserȇsȱauthorityȱtoȱoperateȱthisȱequipment.ȱ
IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled
environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the
radiator & your body.
ThisȱtransmitterȱmustȱnotȱbeȱcoȬlocatedȱorȱoperatingȱinȱconjunctionȱwithȱanyȱotherȱantennaȱorȱ
transmitter.ȱ
WeȱdeclareȱthatȱtheȱproductȱisȱlimitedȱinȱCH1ȬCH11ȱforȱ2.4Gȱbandȱbyȱspecificȱfirmwareȱcontrolledȱ
byȱtheȱmanufacturerȱandȱisȱnotȱuserȱchangeable.
ȱIC statement
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1) This device may not cause interference and
2) This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
This device has been designed to operate with an antenna having a maximum gain of 2 dBi. Antenna having
a higher gain is strictly prohibited per regulations of Industry Canada. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
IC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must
follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This equipment should be installed
and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located
or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Reglement d'Industry Canada
Les conditions de fonctionnement sont sujettes a deux conditions:
1) Ce peripherique ne doit pas causer d'interference et.
2) Ce peripherique doit accepter toute interference, y compris les interferences pouvant perturber le bon
fonctionnement de ce peripherique.
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