Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto DX-NRUTER del fabbricante Dynex
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USER GUIDE Wi re l e s s N R o u te r DX - N R U T E R.
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Product f eatures 3 • Widesprea d industry acceptance –Choose from a wide range of interoperable networking produc ts. • N wireless technology – Y our r outer uses a new smar t-antenna technology called Multip le Input Mul tiple Outpu t (MIMO).
4 Product fea tures Built-In Dynamic Host C onfiguration Protocol ( DHCP) —Built-In Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on-board m akes for the easiest possibl e c onnec tion of a network. The DHCP ser ver will assign IP addresses to each com puter automatically so there is no need for a complicated networking setup.
Product f eatures 5 Setup Assistan t software sy st em requir ements • A computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP , or W indows Vista or running Mac OS X v10.x • Minimum 1 GHz processor and 128 MB RAM • Internet browser Co m po n e nt s Y o ur router has been designed to be placed on a desktop.
6 Product fea tures 3 P ower/ready LED When you apply power to y our router or r estar t it, a shor t period of time elapses while your router boots up. During this tim e, the P ower/Ready LED blinks. When your router has completely booted up , the P ower/Ready LED becomes a SOLID light, indicating your router is r eady for use.
Product f eatures 7 Back pa nel # Com ponent Descri ption 1 Wir ed computer por ts - Blue Connect your wired (non-wireless) computers to these ports. These por ts are RJ-45, 10/100 auto-neg otiation, auto-up linking po rts for sta ndar d UTP categor y 5 or 6 Ethernet c able.
8 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Setting up your wireless rou ter Modem r equir e ments Y our ca ble or DSL modem must b e eq uipped w ith an RJ-4 5 Et hernet port.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 9 Running the S etup Assis tant T o ru n the Setup Assistant: 1 Shut down any programs that are runni ng on your computer at this time. 2 T urn off a ny fir ewall or Internet-connec tion-sharing software on your computer .
10 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Setup A ssistant w ill ind icate each ti me a step in the setup has been com pleted. When it is time t o name your networ k , the Setup Assistant will open the Naming your network screen.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 11 6 If y our In terne t acc oun t req uire s a login an d pass wor d, y ou wil l be pr ompt ed wi th a screen sim ilar to the il lustration ab ove . Sel ect y our country or ISP from the lists. The Se tup Assi stant wil l now config ure your ro uter by s ending d ata to your router an d restar ting it.
12 Setting u p your wireless rou ter This completes your router i nsta llation. Y ou will see the Congratulations screen when your router can connect to the Internet.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 13 T o use the optional assistance to connect to other computers: 1 This optional step will help you t o connec t additional wired and wireless computers to your network. F ollow the on-screen instructions. At this point, your router is set up and working properly .
14 Setting u p your wireless rou ter W ir eless sec urity set up Make sure th at your complete t he basic setup o f your router be fore setting up sec urity. Make sure that all of your computer s (wired and wireless) can s uccessfully connect to t he Internet through your router .
Setting up y our wireless rout er 15 3 Y o u will b e asked to pi ck a se curit y typ e. W e recommen d WP A2-PSK as the secu rit y mode and then WP A-PSK+ WP A 2-PSK as the Au thentic ation, as it i s the mo st secure and ea siest to u se. Once you have mad e your ch oice, cli ck Apply Changes .
16 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 6 If you do not want to upd ate your comp uter's w ireless ada pter to work with WP A/WP A2, r eturn to Step 4 and choose WEP . Altern ative setu p meth od The W eb-Ba sed Advanced User Interf ace is a Web-based tool that you can us e to set up your router if you do not want to use the S etup Assis tant.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 17 7 Make sure that your modem is connected to your router by checking the lights on the front of your r outer . T he green light labeled Modem should be on if your modem is connected correctly to y our router . If it is not, recheck y our connections.
18 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Quick-Na vigat ion links — Y ou can go d irectly to any of your router ’ s UI pages by clicking direc tly on th ese links. The l inks are d ivided into logical categories and group ed by tab s to make finding a par ticular setting easier to find .
Setting up y our wireless rout er 19 Configure your ro uter for connect ion to your Internet Ser vice Provid er ( ISP) The Internet/WAN tab is where you will set up your router to connec t to your Internet Ser vice Provider (ISP).
20 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Change WAN MAC Address If your ISP requir es a s pecific MA C address to connect to th e ser vice, y ou can enter a spe cific MA C address or clone the current computer's MA C address through t his link.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 21 Setting y our ISP co nnec tion type to P PPoE Most DSL providers us e PPPoE as the connec tion typ e. If y ou use a DSL modem to connec t to the I nt ernet , y our IS P may us e PPP oE t o log you in to the servic e.
22 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Set ting c ustom Do main N ame S er ver (DNS) se tting s A Do main N ame Serve r is a ser ver located on the Internet that translates Universal Resou rce Locators (URLs) like “w w w .d ynex.com” int o IP ad dresses.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 23 T o clone y our MAC A ddress: 1 Mak e sur e that y ou a re usin g th e co mput er t hat was ORIG INALL Y CO NNECTED t o y our mode m before your router was install ed. Click 2 Click Clone , then click Ap ply Changes .
24 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Changing LAN settings All se ttings fo r the internal LAN s etup of your r outer can be vi ewed and ch anged here. IP Address –Th e IP addr ess is the i nternal IP a ddress of your router . The defa ult IP address is 192.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 25 Leas e Time –T he length of time the DH CP ser ver will reser v e the IP address for each computer . W e r ecommend that y ou leave the lease time set to Fo re ve r .
26 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Changing the Wi reless Channel There ar e a number of operating channels from which you can choose. In the United States , there ar e 11 channels. In Australia, the United Kingdom, and m ost of Europe, there are 13 channels.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 27 Using the bandwidth swit ch This switch le t you set your router's wireles s bandwidth modes. There are several mod es ava ila bl e: 20MHz only Sett ing your router to thi s mode all ows only 20 M Hz ope ration.
28 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Using W i-Fi P rotected Set up WPS uses WP A2 for en cryp tion. It does not pr ovide additio nal secur ity , bu t rat her , standardizes the m ethod for sec uring your w ireless net work.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 29 WP A2 Requiremen ts IMPORTANT : In order to use WP A2 s ecurity , all your comput ers and wir eless client adapters must be upgra ded with patches, driv er , and client utilit y software that support WP A2.
30 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 6 Click Ap ply Changes t o finish. Y ou must now set all cli ents to match these settings depending on the t ype of acc ess you want them t o have . Impor ta nt: Make sure that your wireless computers are updated to work with WP A2 and have the co rr ect settings to get prop er connection to y our r outer .
Setting up y our wireless rout er 31 Settin g WEP en crypti on Note to M ac us ers: The Pas sph ra se option will not op er ate with Apple® AirPort®. To configur e encryptio n f or your Mac computer , set the encryption using the manu al method described in the next section.
32 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Using the Acc ess P oint mode Note : This ad vanced fe ature s hould be em ployed by advan ced user s onl y . Y ou r router can be config ured t o work as a wir eless network ac cess p oint. Using this mode will defeat the NA T IP shar ing feature an d DHCP server .
Setting up y our wireless rout er 33 Set ting MAC Address Control The MA C addr ess filte r is a powe r ful secur ity featur e that l ets y ou specify w hich compu ters are allowed on the wireless network. Note: This list applies only t o wireless c omputers.
34 Setting u p your wireless rou ter C onfig uring the firewall Y o ur router is equ ipped w ith a firewall that will protect your network from a wide ar ray of common ha cker a ttacks inclu ding: •.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 35 Configuring Int ernal Forwarding set tings The Virtual Ser vers function lets you route external (Internet) calls for ser vices such as a W eb ser ver (port 80), FTP ser ver (Port 21), or othe r ap plications throug h your router to your internal network.
36 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Setting Client IP filters Y o ur router can be c onfigured to restric t a ccess to the Internet, e-mail, or other network ser vic es at specific days and times. Restri ction can be set for a single comp uter , a range of comp uter s, or mul tiple comput ers .
Setting up y our wireless rout er 37 T o set up a DMZ for a computer: • Enter the last digits of the computer ’ s IP address in the IP field , click Enable , then click App ly Cha ng es for the change to take effect.
38 Setting u p your wireless rou ter W AN ping blocki ng Computer hack ers use what is known as pinging to find potential victims on the Internet . By pinging a specific IP addr ess and rec eiving a resp onse from the IP addr ess, a hacker can determi ne that so mething of interest might be there.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 39 Restar t ing your rou ter Sometimes it may be necessar y to restar t or reboot your router if it begins working improperly . Restar ting or rebooting your r outer will NOT delete any of your c onfiguration setting s.
40 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Restoring factory default se ttings Using this option will restor e all of the s ettings in your r outer to the fac tor y (default) settin gs. It is recom mend ed that you back up your set tings b efore you restore al l of th e defau lts.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 41 4 Selec t a location. Y ou can name the file anything you want, or use the defa ult name “Confi g. ” B e sure to name th e file so you can lo cat e it y ourself later . When you hav e selected the location and name of the file, click Sav e .
42 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 4 Click OK . A 60-second count down will appear on the screen. When the countdown rea ch e s ze ro, you r rou te r ’ s con fi g ura ti on wi l l be res to red . Th e ro ut er ’ s ho m e pa g e sh ou ld ap pe ar au tom at ic all y.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 43 T o update your rout er ’s firmware: 1 On the Firmware U pdate page, c lick Browse . A wi ndow will op en that lets you selec t the location of the firmware upd ate file. 2 Brows e to the firmwar e file you downloaded , then select th e file by double-clicking the file name.
44 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 5 Click OK . A 60-second count down will appear on the screen. When the countdown reaches zero , y our router’ s firmware update will be com plete. Y our router’ s home page sh ou ld ap pe ar au tom at ic all y.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 45 Enabling r emote management Befor e you e nable this advan ced f eat ur e of y our rout er , MAK E SURE Y OU HA VE SET TH E ADMINI STRA T OR P ASS WORD . Remot e manage ment al lows you t o mak e ch anges t o yo ur router’ s settings from an yw here on the Internet.
46 Setting u p your wireless rou ter UPnP -co mpliant, and want to tak e advantage of the UPnP fe atur es, you can enable the UPnP feature . Selec t Enab le in the UPnP Enabling se ction o f the Ut ilities page, th en click Apply Changes to save the c hange.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 47 4 In the Lo cal Ar ea Connection Pr op erties window , click Inte rnet Pro tocol (TCP /IP) , then c lick Prop er ties . The following sc reen opens. 5 If Use the f ollowing IP a ddress (2) i s selec ted, your router will need to be se t up for a static IP connection t ype .
48 Setting u p your wireless rou ter Win d ows 9 8 T o manually confi gure network adapters in Windows 98SE: 1 Righ t-click My Netw ork Neighborho od , then se lect Proper ties from the list. 2 Click TC P /I P , then settings for y our installed network adapter .
Setting up y our wireless rout er 49 3 If Specify an IP addres s is sele cted, your r oute r will need to be s et up f or a st atic IP connection t ype. Wri te down the address information in the tabl e below . Y ou wil l need to enter this informa tion into you r router .
50 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 3 Next to Configure (2 ), if Manu all y is selec ted, your router will need to be set up for a static IP connection type. Writ e the addres s information in the t able below . Y ou will need to enter this information into your router .
Setting up y our wireless rout er 51 Mac OS X Set up the com puter that is connec ted to th e cabl e or DSL modem FI RST using these steps. Y o u can also use these steps to add computers to your r outer af ter y our router has been set up to connect to t he Internet.
52 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 4 Selec t the TCP /IP tab (3). Next to Configure (4), you s hould see Manually or Using DHCP . If you d o not, check th e PPP oE tab (5 ) to make sure that Connec t using PPP oE is NO T selected.
Setting up y our wireless rout er 53 T o change settings in Internet Explor er 4.0 or higher: 1 Star t your W eb b r owser . Open t he T ools menu, then click Interne t Options . T he Int ernet Options page open s. 2 Click the Connections tab. 3 Select Nev er dial a connection .
54 Setting u p your wireless rou ter 4 Click LAN Settings . T he LAN S ettings page o pens. 5 Make sure there are no check marks next to any of the disp lay ed options: Automa tically detect settings , Use automa tic configura tional script , Use a pro x y server .
Troubleshoo ting 55 T roubleshooting Placem ent of your router for optima l per forman ce Y our wireless connec tion will be st ronger the cl o ser your computer is to your router . T ypical indoor oper at ing range for your wireless devices is between 1 00 and 200 feet.
56 Troub leshooting 3. Cordless phone placement If the per formance of your wireless network is imp aired after attending to the above issues, and you have a cordless phone: • T r y moving cordless p hones away fr om your router and your wireless- enabled compu ters.
Troubleshoo ting 57 If you c ontinue to ha ve difficulty with Secur e Connections, VPNs, and A OL, review the items above to be sure y ou hav e addressed thes e issues.
58 Troub leshooting Pr oble m: T he Setu p Assist ant cannot conn ect m y r outer to the Internet. Solu tio n: If the Setup Assistant is not able to c onne c t your router to th e Internet, check the following it ems: T o solv e the problem: 1 Use the troubleshooting suggestions within the Setup Ass istant.
Troubleshoo ting 59 Pr oblem: The Se tup Assist ant comp leted install ation, but m y W eb browser d oes n ’t work. I am unable to connect to the Internet.
60 Troub leshooting Problem: I can’ t connec t to the Internet wirelessly . Solu tio n: If you are unable to connec t to the Internet from a wir eless comp uter , do the following . T o solv e the problem: 1 Look at the lights on your router . They should be as follows: • The “ router” LED sh ould be on.
Troubleshoo ting 61 2 Using a computer that is conne cted to your router thr ough a network cable (as oppo sed to wirele ssly), make sure that Broadc ast SSID is enabled. T his se tting is foun d on y our r out er’ s wir eless Channel and SSID configuration page.
62 Troub leshooting Pr oblem: I am havi ng diff icul ty settin g up W ir ed Equi val ent P riva cy ( WEP) secur ity o n your router . T o solv e the problem: 1 Log into your router . 2 Open your W eb browser and ty pe the IP ad dress of your router . ( Y our router ’ s d efault is 192.
Troubleshoo ting 63 Problem: I am having difficult y setting u p Wired Equivalent Privacy ( WEP) securit y on a Dyn ex client card (wireless net work card or adapter ).
64 Troub leshooting Pr oblem: I am ha ving di fficulty setting up W ir eless P rot ected A cc ess (WP A ) sec urity on m y r outer for a home ne twork. T o solv e the problem: 1 Select WP A-PSK (no ser ver) fr om the Securi ty Mo de dr op -down me nu.
Troubleshoo ting 65 Problem: I am having difficult y setting up Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WP A) secu rity and I am NOT using a Dyn ex client card for a home netw ork.
66 Troub leshooting What 's the diff erenc e betwee n 802.11g and dr aft 802.11n? Currently there are three commonly used w ireless networking st andards, which transmit dat a at very differ ent maxi mum speeds . Each is based on the designation for certifying network stan dards .
Legal notices 67 Leg al no ti ces FC C St at ement Decla ra tion of C onf ormi ty with F cc Rule s for Electr omagn etic Compatibility W e, the Dy nex C orporation, of 7601 P enn Av enue Sout h, Richfield, Minnesota, U.
68 Legal notice s this equipm ent does cau se harmful inter ference to radio or television reception, which can be de termined by turn ing th e equipm ent off an d on, the user is encourag ed to tr y to cor r ect the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the r eceiving antenna.
Legal notices 69 One - Y ear Limited W arranty Dynex Pr oducts ( “Dyne x ”) warr ant s to y o u, the ori ginal pu rchaser of this new DX-NRUTER (“Product”), that the Produ ct shall be fr ee of.
70 Legal notice s This warrant y also does not cover: • Damage due to incorrect operation or maintenance • C onnecti on t o an inc orr ect v olta ge s upply • Attempted r epair by anyone other t.
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