If any of the items are missing, please contact your reseller. The “User Manual” and “Quick Installation Guide” documents are available on D-Link website (see www.dlink.ru). Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one included will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
Router DIR-825 with default settings cannot connect to the Internet. To get started, please set your own password for access to the web-based interface and change the WLAN name (SSID); then, if needed,...
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide System Requirements and Equipment An Android or iPhone mobile device (smartphone or tablet) or a computer • with any operating system that supports a web browser. A PC web browser to access the web-based interface: •...
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide CONNECTING TO PC PC with Ethernet Adapter 1. Connect an Ethernet cable between any of LAN ports located on the back panel of the router and the Ethernet port of your PC. 2. To connect via USB modem: connect your USB modem to the USB port located on the back panel of the router.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Obtaining Address Automatically (OS Windows 7) 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window. 2. Select the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Control Panel has the category view (the Category value is selected from the View by...
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 6. Make sure that the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically choices of the radio buttons are selected. Click the OK button. 7. Click the OK button in the connection properties window.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Obtaining Address Automatically (OS Windows 10) 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Settings window. 2. Select the Network & Internet section. 3. In the Change your network settings section, select the Change adapter options line.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 6. Make sure that the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically choices of the radio buttons are selected. Click the OK button. 7. Click the Close button in the connection properties window.
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide PC with Wi-Fi Adapter 1. To connect via USB modem: connect your USB modem to the USB port located on the back panel of the router. In some cases you will need to reboot the router after connection of the USB modem.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Obtaining Address Automatically Connecting to Wireless Network (OS Windows 7) 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window. 2. Select the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Control Panel has the category view (the Category value is selected from the View by...
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 6. Make sure that the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically choices of the radio buttons are selected. Click the OK button. 7. Click the OK button in the connection properties window.
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9. In the opened window, in the list of available wireless networks, select the wireless network DIR-825 (for operating in the 2.4GHz band) or DIR-825-5G (for operating in the 5GHz band) and click the Connect button. 10. In the opened window, enter the network key (see WPS PIN on the barcode label on the bottom panel of the device) in the Security key field and click the OK button.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Obtaining Address Automatically Connecting to Wireless Network (OS Windows 10) 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Settings window. 2. Select the Network & Internet section. 3. In the Change your network settings section, select the Change adapter options line.
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9. In the opened window, in the list of available wireless networks, select the wireless network DIR-825 (for operating in the 2.4GHz band) or DIR- 825-5G (for operating in the 5GHz band) and click the Connect button. 10. In the opened window, enter the network key (see WPS PIN on the barcode label on the bottom panel of the device) in the Security key field and click the Next button.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide If you perform initial configuration of the router via Wi-Fi connection, note that immediately after changing the wireless default settings of the router you will need to reconfigure the wireless connection using the newly specified settings.
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide CONFIGURING ROUTER Connecting to Web-based Interface Start a web browser. In the address bar of the web browser, enter the domain name of the router (by default, dlinkrouter.local) with a dot at the end and press the Enter key. Also you can enter the IP address of the device (by default, 192.168.0.1).
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide If you configured the device previously, after access to the web-based interface the login page opens. Enter the username (admin) in the Username field and the password you specified in the Password field, then click the LOGIN button.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide The Home page displays the current status of the router in the form of an interactive diagram. You can click each icon to display information about each part of the network. The web-based interface of the router is multilingual. You can select the needed language upon the initial configuration of the web-based interface of the router or in the Management / Administration section of the menu.
Click the OK button and wait until the factory default settings are restored. If you perform initial configuration of the router via Wi-Fi connection, please make sure that you are connected to the wireless network of DIR-825 (see the WLAN name (SSID) in the Default Settings section, page 3) and click the NEXT button.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 1. Click YES in order to leave the current language of the web-based interface or click NO to select another language. 2. On the next page, click the CONTINUE button.
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Selecting Operation Mode Select the needed operation mode and click the NEXT button. Router In order to connect your device to a wired ISP, on the Device mode page, from the Connection method list, select the Autonomous value. Then from the Work mode list, select the Router value.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide In order to connect your device to the network of a 3G or LTE operator, on the Device mode page, from the Connection method list, select the Autonomous value. Then from the Work mode list, select the Mobile Internet value.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Access Point or Repeater In order to connect your device to a wired router for adding a wireless network to the existing local network, on the Device mode page, from the Connection method list, select the Autonomous value. Then from the Work mode list, select the Access point value.
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Quick Installation Guide Mesh Network Main Device (Controller) In order to configure DIR-825 as a main device of your mesh network, from the Connection method list, select the EasyMesh value. Then from the Device Role list, select the Controller value.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide In order to connect your main device to the network of a 3G or LTE operator, from the Work mode list, select the Mobile Internet value. In this mode you can configure a 3G/LTE WAN connection, set your own settings for the wireless network in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, and set your own password...
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Quick Installation Guide Mesh Network Subordinate Device (Agent) In order to configure DIR-825 as a subordinate device of your mesh network, from the Connection method list, select the EasyMesh value. Then from the Device Role list, select the Agent value.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Creating 3G/LTE WAN Connection This configuration step is available for the Mobile Internet mode. 1. If the PIN code check is enabled for the SIM card inserted into your USB modem, enter the PIN code in the PIN field and click the APPLY button.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide If the router failed to create a WAN connection automatically, click the CONFIGURE MANUALLY button. On the Modem settings page, configure all needed settings and click the NEXT button.
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This configuration step is available for the Access point, Repeater, and Client modes. 1. Select the Automatic obtainment of IPv4 address to let DIR-825 automatically obtain the LAN IPv4 address. 2. In the Hostname field, you should specify a domain name of the router using which you can access the web-based interface after finishing the Wizard.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide If you want to manually assign the LAN IPv4 address for DIR-825, do not select the Automatic obtainment of IPv4 address checkbox and fill in the IP address, Subnet mask, DNS IP address, Hostname fields and, if needed, the Gateway IP address field.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Wi-Fi Client This configuration step is available for the WISP Repeater, Repeater, and Client modes. 1. On the Wi-Fi Сlient page, click the WIRELESS NETWORKS button and select the network to which you want to connect in the opened window.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide If you connect to a hidden network, select the band where the hidden network operates from the Frequency band list and enter the network name in the Network name (SSID) field. Then select a needed value from the Network authentication list and then, if needed, enter the password in the relevant field.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Configuring Wired WAN Connection This configuration step is available for the Router and WISP Repeater modes. You should configure your WAN connection in accordance with data provided by your Internet service provider (ISP). Make sure that you have obtained all necessary information prior to configuring your connection.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide PPPoE, IPv6 PPPoE, PPPoE Dual Stack, PPPoE + Dynamic IP (PPPoE Dual Access): Enter authorization data provided by your ISP (the username (login) in the Username field and the password in the Password field). Click the Show icon ( ) to display the entered password.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide PPTP + Dynamic IP or L2TP + Dynamic IP: Enter authorization data provided by your ISP (the username (login) in the Username field and the password in the Password field). Click the Show icon ( ) to display the entered password.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 2. If your ISP uses MAC address binding, select the Clone MAC address of your device checkbox (available only for the Router mode). 3. If the Internet access is provided via a VLAN channel, select the Use VLAN checkbox and fill in the VLAN ID field (available only for the Router mode).
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Configuring Wireless Network This configuration step is available for the Mobile Internet, Router, Access point, WISP Repeater, and Repeater modes. 1. On the Wireless Network 2.4 GHz page, in the Network name field, specify your own name for the wireless network in the 2.4GHz band or leave the value suggested by the router.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 5. If you want to create an additional wireless network isolated from your LAN in the 2.4GHz band, select the Enable guest network checkbox (available for the Mobile Internet, Router, and WISP Repeater modes only). 6. In the Network name field, specify your own name for the guest wireless network or leave the value suggested by the router.
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Configuring LAN Ports for IPTV/VoIP This configuration step is available for the Router mode. 1. On the IPTV page, select the Is an STB connected to the device checkbox. 2. Select a free LAN port for connecting your set-top box.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 5. On the VoIP page, select the Is an IP phone connected to the device checkbox. 6. Select a free LAN port for connecting your IP phone. 7. If the VoIP service is provided via a VLAN channel, select the Use VLAN ID checkbox and fill in the VLAN ID field.
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Changing Web-based Interface Password On this page you should change the default administrator password. To do this, enter a new password in the User’s interface password and Password confirmation fields. You may set any password except admin. Use digits, Latin letters (uppercase and/or lowercase), and other characters available in the US keyboard layout.
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Configuring Local Area Network 1. Go to the Settings / Network page. 2. If needed, change the IPv4 address of the router's LAN interface and the mask of the local subnet. To do this, click the IPv4 tab and specify needed values in the IP address and Mask fields in the Local IP Address section.
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 4. IPv4 address assignment. By default, the built-in DHCP server of the router assigns IPv4 addresses to the devices of the LAN. If you want to manually assign IPv4 addresses, disable the DHCP server (click the...
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide 5. IPv6 address assignment. By default, the devices of the LAN automatically assign IPv6 addresses to themselves (the Stateless value is selected from the Mode of dynamic IPv6 address assignment drop-down list in the Dynamic IPv6 Addresses section on the IPv6 tab).
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide SPECIFICATIONS Hardware · Processor RTL8197FH-VG (1GHz) · 128MB, DDR2, built in processor · Flash 128MB, SPI NAND · 10/100/1000BASE-T WAN port Interfaces · 4 10/100/1000BASE-T LAN ports · USB 2.0 port · Power LEDs · Internet ·...
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Management and monitoring SSH/TELNET/WEB (HTTP/HTTPS) · Multilingual web-based interface for configuration and management · Support of D-Link Assistant application for Android and iPhone smartphones · Notification on connection problems and auto redirect to settings · Firmware update via web-based interface ·...
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Wireless Module Parameters · IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2 Standards · IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n · IEEE 802.11k/v · IEEE 802.11w Frequency range · 2400 ~ 2483.5MHz · 5150 ~ 5350MHz The frequency range depends · upon radio frequency...
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Wireless Module Parameters · 802.11a (typical at room temperature 25 °C) Transmitter output power 15dBm at 6, 54Mbps · The maximum value of the 802.11g (typical at room temperature 25 °C) transmitter output power 15dBm at 6, 54Mbps...
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Wireless Module Parameters · 802.11n (typical at PER = 10% (1000-byte PDUs) at room temperature 25 °C) 2.4GHz, HT20 -95dBm at MCS0 -91dBm at MCS1 -88dBm at MCS2 -86dBm at MCS3 -82dBm at MCS4 -79dBm at MCS5...
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DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide Wireless Module Parameters VHT40 -92dBm at MCS0 -89dBm at MCS1 -87dBm at MCS2 -84dBm at MCS3 -80dBm at MCS4 -76dBm at MCS5 -74dBm at MCS6 -72dBm at MCS7 -68dBm at MCS8 -66dBm at MCS9 VHT80 -89dBm at MCS0...
DIR-825 Quick Installation Guide SAFETY RULES AND CONDITIONS Please carefully read this section before installation and connection of the device. Make sure that the power adapter and cables are not damaged. The device should be used only as intended in accordance with the documents.
Quick Installation Guide TECHNICAL SUPPORT You can find software updates and user documentation on our website. D-Link provides its customers with free support within the product's warranty period. Customers can contact the technical support group by phone or by e- mail/Internet.