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  • Page 1 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version 1.00.70-09.12.2006...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 Contents CONTENTS ....................... 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL ....................4 Notational Conventions .................... 4 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................5 Introduction ......................5 Features ......................6 LANs and WANs ....................7 Static & Dynamic IP Addresses..................8 Firewall –...
  • Page 3 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 WEP Wireless Security....................34 WPA PSK (Wi Fi Protected Access – Pre shared key) ............35 WPA2 PSK (Wi Fi Protected Access version 2 – Pre shared key) ..........35 WPA/WPA2 PSK (Accepts both WPA and WPA2 PSK connections) ..........

  • Page 4: About This Manual

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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:...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    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.

  • Page 6: Features

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 Features Ability to publish content on the Home Network to the Internet, content being photos, videos, music, files and blogs stored on network file shares. An external blog may also be referred.

  • Page 7: Lans And Wans

    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.

  • Page 8: Static & Dynamic Ip Addresses

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Getting To Know The Dir 430

    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.

  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Connecting The Dir 430

    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.

  • Page 11: Chapter 4 Configuring Your Pcs

    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.

  • Page 12: Configuring Windows 95, 98 And Millennium Pcs

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 13 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 14: Configuring Windows 2000 Pcs

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 15 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 As shown in the figure below, select the radio button, obtain an IP address automatically. Then select button, Obtain server address automatically. Click OK button to close the window. Windows may ask you restart your PC. Click the Yes button.

  • Page 16: Configuring Windows Xp Pcs

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 17 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 As shown in the figure below, select the radio button, obtain an IP address automatically. Then select button, Obtain server address automatically. Click OK button to close the window. Windows may ask you restart your PC. Click the Yes button.

  • Page 18: Configuring Windows 2003 Pcs

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 19 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". Page 19 of 103...

  • Page 20: Chapter 5 Configuring The Dir 430

    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>.
  • Page 21 Version : 1 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.

  • Page 22: Saving And Activating The Configuration

    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.

  • Page 23: Top Panel

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 Top Panel The DIR-430 Management UI Top pane shown in the figure below provides the following categories to make configuration changes. Setup Advanced User Portal Tools Status Support Setup From the DIR-430 configuration home page, find the...

  • Page 24: Wan

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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 ding the type and parameters needed for your broadband Internet Connection.

  • Page 25: Prioritization

    MAC address to communicate to ISP. nternet Connection Settings The DIR-430 allows you to access the Internet in four different ways: DHCP, Static IP, PPPoE, PPTP protocols as show n in below. DHCP is the default protocol for the DIR-430 to access the Internet.

  • Page 26: Dhcp Client

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 27: Static Ip

    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"...

  • Page 28: Pptp

    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- establishes the connection. The default period the DIR-430 verifies the Internet connection is 300 seconds. You may configure it to a different value.

  • Page 29: Internet Failure Detection

    Version : 1 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 nectivity, your browser will display the appropriate error page on the screen.

  • Page 30: Local Area Network

    Broadcast Addresses). 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 nd click on LAN to show the DHCP server related configuration as shown below.

  • Page 31: Dhcp Relay

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 You may view the local PCs that are issued dynamic IP addresses by the DIR-430. User may disable DHC P server and manually configure IP addresses for machines n the local network.

  • Page 32: Wireless

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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 ck on Setup hyperlink in the top panel, and then click the Wireless hyperlink.

  • Page 33: Wireless Security Mode

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 34: Wep Wireless Security

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 35: Wpa Psk (Wi Fi Protected Access - Pre Shared Key)

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 36: Wpa/Wpa2 Psk (Accepts Both Wpa And Wpa2 Psk Connections)

    Version : 1 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.

  • Page 37: Advanced

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 38 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).

  • Page 39: Application Rules

    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.
  • Page 40 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 41: Network Filter

    Version : 1 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).
  • Page 42 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.
  • Page 43 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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. Page 43 of 103...

  • Page 44: Blocked Urls

    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.

  • Page 45: Dmz Settings

    Version : 1 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.

  • Page 46: Scheduling

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 47 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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;...

  • Page 48: Universal Plug N Play (Upnp)

    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.

  • Page 49: Uplink Bandwidth

    Version : 1 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.

  • Page 50: User Portal

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.).
  • Page 51 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.

  • Page 52: User Info

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 53: Manage Servers

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 54: 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.

  • Page 55: Add A Category

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 56 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.

  • Page 57: Manage Views Blogs

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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”...
  • Page 58 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 59 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 60: Manage Views - Photos

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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”.
  • Page 61 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 62 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 63: Manage Views - Videos

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 64 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 65: Manage Views - Music

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 66 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 67 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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 listing...
  • Page 68 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 69: Manage Views - Folders

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 70 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 71 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 72: Desktop Links

    Version : 1 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.
  • Page 73 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 74: Copy User Views

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 75 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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 When you are copying references of a user “john” (say) to “guest” user, all the sections except the “Desktop sections”...

  • Page 76: External Blogs

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 77: Updates

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 78: Tools

    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.

  • Page 79: Administration

    Version : 1 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.

  • Page 80: Time

    Version : 1 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.
  • Page 81 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 82: Firmware

    DO NOT perform the upgrade over a wireless connection. Doing so may render the device unusable. 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.

  • Page 83: Save Configuration

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 84: Restore Configuration

    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.

  • Page 85: Factory Defaults

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 86: 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.
  • Page 87 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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...

  • Page 88: Dynamic Dns

    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.
  • Page 89 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 90: Status

    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.

  • Page 91: Logs

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 Logs The Logs section displays firewall attacks and authentication failure logs. Click on Logs of Status tab to view all the logged information Page 91 of 103...

  • Page 92: Logout

    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.

  • Page 93: Support

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.

  • Page 94: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    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.
  • Page 95 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.

  • Page 96: Appendix B: Glossary

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 Appendix B: Glossary 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.
  • Page 97 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 98 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 99 DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 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.
  • Page 100 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.

  • Page 101: Appendix C: Warranty Information

    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.
  • Page 102 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.

  • Page 103: Appendix D: Fcc Interference Statement

    DIR-430 RangeBooster G Wireless Router User’s Guide Version : 1 Appendix D: FCC Interference 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.

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