Follow these simple steps to set-up your brand new D-Link Wireless Router
For users who are new to a wireless router, it is a device with the same functions as that of a router but apart from these it also includes the functions of a wireless access point. Some of the common features in the latest wireless routers are as follows:
- They consist of LAN ports which work in the same manner as that of network switch.
- They also have WAN ports to connect to Internet networks in the area around them. Many functions will be evaded in case this port isn’t used.
- A wireless antenna is available to connect to other networks from other wireless devices. They use the Wi-Fi standards to do the same.
If you are a Windows user then setting up your wireless router becomes a tedious job and more often we make mistakes in its set-up. While installing wireless routers there are many measures to be taken and various preferences to be set. However D-Link offers excellent set-up for your system and we help you put together your D-Link wireless router.
The basic things you’ll require while setting up your router are:
- Your D-link router
- Internet connection
- Ethernet cables
Steps to set-up your D-Link Wireless Router:
- i. Connect the DSL Modem to one end of the Ethernet cable.
- ii. The other end of your cable should be attached to the back of your D-Link Router into the WAN port.
- iii. Use one more Ethernet cable to connect the router with any of the wired computers via an Ethernet port.
To enter the basic configuration screen of D-Link Router follow these steps:
i.
Go into your web browser and type in the following address into the address bar and press enter"http://192.168.0.1".
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When the login screen appears enter “Admin” as the username and do not fill up the password block.
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After entering the username click “OK” and the D-Link configuration screen will be visible to you.
Steps to have general security for your Router:
- i. Click on the “Tools” option and you will see “Admin” button. Click on it.
- ii. Under the heading of “Administrator” click on new password, then add a new password, confirm it and hit on “Apply” button to activate it.
- iii. If you won’t be using wireless facilities on your router and don’t want others to misuse it as well then stop the LAN functions on it.
- iv. Go in the “Home” options then select “Wireless” and hit the off button to turn it off.
Steps to facilitate Wireless Encryption Protocol or WEP:
- i. In the configuration screen look for “Home” button and click on “Wireless”
- ii. Select the option for “Open System”
- iii. Next to the “WEP” button select the “Enabled” option.
- iv. The encryption has to be set to “128 bit”
- v. Change the “Key Type” to “ASCII” format and put in a 13 digit code for “key 1” field.
- vi. Note down the password for future reference at a safe location and hit on “Apply”.
Steps to altering the SSID and to sort MAC addresses:
- i. SSID has to be changed for making it more complicated for others to find your network. Select the “Home” button and then the “Wireless” option.
- ii. Change the SSID from default to one with your preference.
- iii. Go the “Advanced” option and then into the “Performance” option. Put a tick in the “Disabled” box and click “Apply”.
- iv. Go into the “Advanced” option again and into “Filters” button.
- v. In the “MAC Filters” and select the option “Only Allow Computers with MAC Address Listed Below to Connect to the Network.”
- vi. Enter the names of computers allowed to access the network including your own and hit “Apply”.