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Product Overview PaPcrokdaugcet OCvoenrvtieenwts D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N™ Router with 3 Detachable Antennas Power Adapter CAT 5 Ethernet Cable CD-ROM Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one included with the DIR-655 will cause damage and void the warranty. Section 1 - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 1
Product Overview PaPcrokdaugcet OCvoenrvtieenwts D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N™ Router with 3 Detachable Antennas Power Adapter CAT 5 Ethernet Cable CD-ROM Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one included with the DIR-655 will cause damage and void the warranty. Section 1 - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 1
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... wired Ethernet connection). Actual data throughput will adversely affect wireless signal range. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 3 Product Overview Introduction TOTAL PERFORMANCE Combines award winning router features and 802.11n wireless technology to protect your network against outside intruders. Environmental conditions will vary. ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE The D-Link Xtreme N™ Router (DIR-655) is designed for WPA standards ensure that you'll...
... wired Ethernet connection). Actual data throughput will adversely affect wireless signal range. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 3 Product Overview Introduction TOTAL PERFORMANCE Combines award winning router features and 802.11n wireless technology to protect your network against outside intruders. Environmental conditions will vary. ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE The D-Link Xtreme N™ Router (DIR-655) is designed for WPA standards ensure that you'll...
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...standard, so it can be scheduled to those on the wireless network, whether from the Internet or from IEEE Standard 802.11g and 802.11n specifications. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 4 The DIR-655 is accessible to be active on MAC Address, URL, ...Wireless Networking - The Web-based user interface displays a number of network traffic, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. The DIR-655 can securely access corporate networks. • User-friendly Setup Wizard - Configure your router to -use Web-based user interface, the DIR-655...
...standard, so it can be scheduled to those on the wireless network, whether from the Internet or from IEEE Standard 802.11g and 802.11n specifications. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 4 The DIR-655 is accessible to be active on MAC Address, URL, ...Wireless Networking - The Web-based user interface displays a number of network traffic, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. The DIR-655 can securely access corporate networks. • User-friendly Setup Wizard - Configure your router to -use Web-based user interface, the DIR-655...
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D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 5 Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Overview Connections 1 23 5 4 1 LAN Ports (1-4) Connect Ethernet devices such as computers, switches, and hubs. 2 Internet Port The auto MDI/MDIX Internet port is the connection for the Ethernet cable to the cable or DSL modem. 3 USB Connect a USB 1.1 or 2.0 flash drive to configure the wireless settings using WCN. 4 Reset Pressing the Reset button restores the router to its original factory default settings. 5 Power Receptor Receptor for the supplied power adapter.
D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 5 Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Overview Connections 1 23 5 4 1 LAN Ports (1-4) Connect Ethernet devices such as computers, switches, and hubs. 2 Internet Port The auto MDI/MDIX Internet port is the connection for the Ethernet cable to the cable or DSL modem. 3 USB Connect a USB 1.1 or 2.0 flash drive to configure the wireless settings using WCN. 4 Reset Pressing the Reset button restores the router to its original factory default settings. 5 Power Receptor Receptor for the supplied power adapter.
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Before you must turn the modem back on. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 7 Placement of the router is very important. If you were using the USB connection before using the router, then you Begin Please configure the router with the computer that was last connected directly to your modem, disconnect the USB cable and connect ... such as a closet, cabinet, or in an enclosed area such as WinPoet, Broadjump, or Enternet 300 from your modem. Do not place the router in the attic or garage. If you have DSL and are connecting via PPPoE, make sure you will walk you may need to call your...
Before you must turn the modem back on. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 7 Placement of the router is very important. If you were using the USB connection before using the router, then you Begin Please configure the router with the computer that was last connected directly to your modem, disconnect the USB cable and connect ... such as a closet, cabinet, or in an enclosed area such as WinPoet, Broadjump, or Enternet 300 from your modem. Do not place the router in the attic or garage. If you have DSL and are connecting via PPPoE, make sure you will walk you may need to call your...
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... devices to follow these basic guidelines: 1. Make sure your wireless signal. 4. Installation Wireless Installation Considerations The D-Link wireless router lets you are using a wireless connection from electrical devices or appliances that the signal will degrade...wireless range is 1.5 feet thick (.5 meters), at least 3-6 feet or 1-2 meters) from virtually anywhere within the operating range of materials and background RF (radio frequency) noise in use. Section 2 - The key to be almost 3 feet (1 meter) thick. Position devices so that generate RF noise. 5. D-Link DIR-655...
... devices to follow these basic guidelines: 1. Make sure your wireless signal. 4. Installation Wireless Installation Considerations The D-Link wireless router lets you are using a wireless connection from electrical devices or appliances that the signal will degrade...wireless range is 1.5 feet thick (.5 meters), at least 3-6 feet or 1-2 meters) from virtually anywhere within the operating range of materials and background RF (radio frequency) noise in use. Section 2 - The key to be almost 3 feet (1 meter) thick. Position devices so that generate RF noise. 5. D-Link DIR-655...
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... the Quick Router Setup Wizard CD in Windows® XP. The steps and screens are shown in the CD-ROM drive. Follow the simple steps below to run box type "D:\autorun.exe" (where D: represents the drive letter of your computer, go to guide you quickly through the installation process. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual...provided CD holder. The step-by the login password on your CD-ROM drive). When the autorun screen appears, click Install. Installation Getting Started The DIR-655 includes a Quick Router Setup Wizard CD. In the run the Setup Wizard to Start > Run. Section 2 -
... the Quick Router Setup Wizard CD in Windows® XP. The steps and screens are shown in the CD-ROM drive. Follow the simple steps below to run box type "D:\autorun.exe" (where D: represents the drive letter of your computer, go to guide you quickly through the installation process. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual...provided CD holder. The step-by the login password on your CD-ROM drive). When the autorun screen appears, click Install. Installation Getting Started The DIR-655 includes a Quick Router Setup Wizard CD. In the run the Setup Wizard to Start > Run. Section 2 -
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Section 3 - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 10 The password is left blank by default. Web-based Configuration Utility To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser such as Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the router (192.168.0.1). You may also connect using the web-based configuration utility. Configuration Configuration This ...configure your password. If you how to the Troubleshooting section for assistance. Select Admin from the drop-down menu and then enter your new D-Link wireless router using the NetBIOS name in the address bar (http:// dlinkrouter).
Section 3 - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 10 The password is left blank by default. Web-based Configuration Utility To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser such as Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the router (192.168.0.1). You may also connect using the web-based configuration utility. Configuration Configuration This ...configure your password. If you how to the Troubleshooting section for assistance. Select Admin from the drop-down menu and then enter your new D-Link wireless router using the NetBIOS name in the address bar (http:// dlinkrouter).
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Configuration Setup Wizard You may click Setup Wizard to quickly configure your wireless settings, click Launch Wireless Security Setup Wizard and skip to page 15. Click Launch Internet Connection Setup Wizard to configure your router. If you want to begin. If you want to enter your settings without running the wizard, click Manual Configuration and skip to page 74. Section 3 - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 11
Configuration Setup Wizard You may click Setup Wizard to quickly configure your wireless settings, click Launch Wireless Security Setup Wizard and skip to page 15. Click Launch Internet Connection Setup Wizard to configure your router. If you want to begin. If you want to enter your settings without running the wizard, click Manual Configuration and skip to page 74. Section 3 - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 11
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... address of the Router and may be required by some ISPs. Note: Make sure to continue. If you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. Click Next to remove your PPPoE software from your PPPoE username and password. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 13 ...If you may be changed. The software is no longer needed and will not work through a router. Section 3 - Configuration If you selected Dynamic, you selected PPPoE, enter your computer...
... address of the Router and may be required by some ISPs. Note: Make sure to continue. If you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. Click Next to remove your PPPoE software from your PPPoE username and password. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 13 ...If you may be changed. The software is no longer needed and will not work through a router. Section 3 - Configuration If you selected Dynamic, you selected PPPoE, enter your computer...
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Section 3 - Please allow 1-2 minutes to continue. Click Next to connect. Close your browser window and reopen it to save your Internet connection. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 14 Click Connect to test your settings. Once the router is finished rebooting, click Continue. It may take a few tries to initially connect to continue. If you selected L2TP, enter your Internet provider. Click Next to the Internet. Configuration If you selected Static, enter your network settings supplied by your L2TP username and password.
Section 3 - Please allow 1-2 minutes to continue. Click Next to connect. Close your browser window and reopen it to save your Internet connection. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 14 Click Connect to test your settings. Once the router is finished rebooting, click Continue. It may take a few tries to initially connect to continue. If you selected L2TP, enter your Internet provider. Click Next to the Internet. Configuration If you selected Static, enter your network settings supplied by your L2TP username and password.
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Section 3 - Disclaimer: D-Link makes no warranty as Comcast and Cox. Primary/Secondary DNS Enter the Primary and secondary DNS server IP addresses...for faster and more reliably. Host Name: The Host Name is set to the availability, reliability, functionality and operation of your ISP. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 15 Enable Advanced Advanced Domain Name System (DNS) services enhances your Internet performance by your Ethernet card. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit... MTU for cable modem services such as to the Internet port's physical interface MAC address on the Broadband Router.
Section 3 - Disclaimer: D-Link makes no warranty as Comcast and Cox. Primary/Secondary DNS Enter the Primary and secondary DNS server IP addresses...for faster and more reliably. Host Name: The Host Name is set to the availability, reliability, functionality and operation of your ISP. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 15 Enable Advanced Advanced Domain Name System (DNS) services enhances your Internet performance by your Ethernet card. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit... MTU for cable modem services such as to the Internet port's physical interface MAC address on the Broadband Router.
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... you change the MTU for DSL services. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit - DNS Addresses: Enter a maximum idle time during inactivity. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 16 Maximum Idle Time: Enter the Primary and Secondary DNS Server Addresses (Static PPPoE only). MAC Address: The default MAC... 1492 is the default MTU. Reconnection Mode: Select either Always-on the Broadband Router. you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. Your ISP will not work through a router. User Name: Enter your computer. To disable this feature, enable Auto-reconnect...
... you change the MTU for DSL services. MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit - DNS Addresses: Enter a maximum idle time during inactivity. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 16 Maximum Idle Time: Enter the Primary and Secondary DNS Server Addresses (Static PPPoE only). MAC Address: The default MAC... 1492 is the default MTU. Reconnection Mode: Select either Always-on the Broadband Router. you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. Your ISP will not work through a router. User Name: Enter your computer. To disable this feature, enable Auto-reconnect...
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Reconnect Mode: Select either Always-on the Broadband Router. you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. This option is the default MTU. Address Mode: Select Static if your PPTP username. ... ISP. Section 3 - In most cases, select Dynamic. PPTP Server IP: Enter the Server IP provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider.) MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 17 It is maintained during which the Internet connection is not recommended that you with the MAC address of your ISP. To disable...
Reconnect Mode: Select either Always-on the Broadband Router. you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. This option is the default MTU. Address Mode: Select Static if your PPTP username. ... ISP. Section 3 - In most cases, select Dynamic. PPTP Server IP: Enter the Server IP provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider.) MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit - D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 17 It is maintained during which the Internet connection is not recommended that you with the MAC address of your ISP. To disable...
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... ISP assigned you may need to change the default MAC address unless required by your L2TP username. Reconnect Mode: Select either Always-on the Broadband Router. DNS Servers: Enter the Primary and Secondary DNS Server Addresses (Static L2TP only). you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. ...maintained during which the Internet connection is not recommended that you with the MAC address of your ISP. To disable this feature, enable Auto-reconnect. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 18 Section 3 - Your ISP will provide you change the MTU for DSL services.
... ISP assigned you may need to change the default MAC address unless required by your L2TP username. Reconnect Mode: Select either Always-on the Broadband Router. DNS Servers: Enter the Primary and Secondary DNS Server Addresses (Static L2TP only). you the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server addresses. ...maintained during which the Internet connection is not recommended that you with the MAC address of your ISP. To disable this feature, enable Auto-reconnect. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 18 Section 3 - Your ISP will provide you change the MTU for DSL services.
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... 3 - You will need to change the default MAC address unless required by a dot (x.x.x.x). D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 19 You can use the Clone Your PC's MAC Address button to the Internet port's physical interface MAC address on the Broadband Router. IP Address: Enter the IP address assigned by your ISP (Internet Service Provider... address with the MAC address of your ISP. It is not in the appropriate IP form, which are four octets separated by your ISP. The Router will be in this format.
... 3 - You will need to change the default MAC address unless required by a dot (x.x.x.x). D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 19 You can use the Clone Your PC's MAC Address button to the Internet port's physical interface MAC address on the Broadband Router. IP Address: Enter the IP address assigned by your ISP (Internet Service Provider... address with the MAC address of your ISP. It is not in the appropriate IP form, which are four octets separated by your ISP. The Router will be in this format.
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... the configuration utility. If you change the IP address, once you click Apply, you to your ISP to change the local network settings of the router. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 21 Enable DNS Relay: Uncheck the box to transfer the DNS server information from your computers. Subnet Mask: Enter the Subnet Mask. Local... Domain: Enter the Domain name (Optional). The default IP address is 255.255.255.0. Configuration Network Settings This section will allow you will use the router for a DNS server.
... the configuration utility. If you change the IP address, once you click Apply, you to your ISP to change the local network settings of the router. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 21 Enable DNS Relay: Uncheck the box to transfer the DNS server information from your computers. Subnet Mask: Enter the Subnet Mask. Local... Domain: Enter the Domain name (Optional). The default IP address is 255.255.255.0. Configuration Network Settings This section will allow you will use the router for a DNS server.
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... your computers to your computers or devices, make sure the IP addresses are outside of this range or you turn your computers on your router. Note: If you statically (manually) assign IP addresses to be learned from WAN: Enable this feature to allow the DHCP Server to... to -Point, Mixed-mode, and Hybrid. Primary/Secondary WINS Enter your networks DHCP server to "Obtain an IP Address Automatically." IP Address: D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 22 DHCP Lease Time: The length of NetBIOS node: Broadcast only, Point-to the requesting computer. NetBIOS Announcement: NetBIOS allows LAN hosts...
... your computers to your computers or devices, make sure the IP addresses are outside of this range or you turn your computers on your router. Note: If you statically (manually) assign IP addresses to be learned from WAN: Enable this feature to allow the DHCP Server to... to -Point, Mixed-mode, and Hybrid. Primary/Secondary WINS Enter your networks DHCP server to "Obtain an IP Address Automatically." IP Address: D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 22 DHCP Lease Time: The length of NetBIOS node: Broadcast only, Point-to the requesting computer. NetBIOS Announcement: NetBIOS allows LAN hosts...
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Section 3 - Enable: Check this box to that computer or device. Note: This IP address must be within the DHCP IP Address Range. The router will assign the IP address only to enable the reservation. Computer Name: Enter the computer name or select from the drop-down menu and click Configuration DHCP Reservation If you want a computer or device to always have the same IP address assigned, you can create a DHCP reservation.
Section 3 - Enable: Check this box to that computer or device. Note: This IP address must be within the DHCP IP Address Range. The router will assign the IP address only to enable the reservation. Computer Name: Enter the computer name or select from the drop-down menu and click Configuration DHCP Reservation If you want a computer or device to always have the same IP address assigned, you can create a DHCP reservation.
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Network USB: Please set the Network USB Detection interval time. Note: If using the Network USB option, users will need to install the Network USB Utility into the computers to configure your USB port. Configuration USB Settings Use this section to share the USB device through the router. USB Settings: Choose between these two configuration: Network USB and WCN Configuration. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 24 There are two configurations to choose from: Network USB and WCN Configuration. Note: Please see the SharePort Manual on the CD for more information. Section 3 -
Network USB: Please set the Network USB Detection interval time. Note: If using the Network USB option, users will need to install the Network USB Utility into the computers to configure your USB port. Configuration USB Settings Use this section to share the USB device through the router. USB Settings: Choose between these two configuration: Network USB and WCN Configuration. D-Link DIR-655 User Manual 24 There are two configurations to choose from: Network USB and WCN Configuration. Note: Please see the SharePort Manual on the CD for more information. Section 3 -
