D-Link DIR-300S User manual

Quick Installation Guide
DIR-300S
Wireless N150 Router

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Delivery Package
•Router DIR-300S
•Power adapter DC 12V/0.5A
•Ethernet cab e (CAT 5)
•“Quick Installation Guide” (brochure).
If any of the items are missing, p ease contact your rese er.
The “User Manual” and “Quick Installation Guide” documents are avai ab e
on D-Link website (see www.d ink.ru).
!Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one
included will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
Default Settings
IP address o wireless router 192.168.0.1
Username (login) admin
Password admin
Name o wireless network (SSID) DIR-300
Network key (PSK)
see WPS PIN on the
barcode abe on the
bottom pane of the
device
2

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
System Requirements and Equipment
•A computer with any operating system that supports a web browser.
•A web browser to access the web-based interface of the router:
◦App e Safari 5 and ater
◦Goog e Chrome 5 and ater
◦Microsoft Internet Exp orer 8 and ater
◦Mozi a Firefox 5 and ater
◦Opera 10 and ater.
•A NIC (Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter) to connect to the router.
•An 802.11b, g, or n Wi-Fi adapter to create a wire ess network.
3

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
CONNECTING TO PC
PC with Ethernet Adapter
1. Make sure that your PC is powered off.
2. Connect an Ethernet cab e between any of LAN ports ocated on the back
pane of the router and the Ethernet port of your PC.
3. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the back pane of
the router, then p ug the power adapter into an e ectrica out et or power
strip.
4. Turn on the router by pressing the ON/OFF button on its back pane .
5. Turn on your PC and wait unti your operating system is comp ete y
oaded.
Now you shou d configure your PC to obtain an IP address automatica y (as
DHCP c ient).
4

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
Obtaining P Address Automatically
in OS Windows XP
1. C ick the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel > Network
and Internet Connections > Network Connections window.
2. In the Network Connections window, right-c ick the re evant Local
Area Connection icon and se ect the Properties ine in the menu
disp ayed.
3. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the General
tab, se ect the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ine. C ick the Properties
button.
5

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
4. Se ect the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS
server address automatically radio buttons. C ick the OK button.
5. C ick the ОК button in the connection properties window.
Now your computer is configured to obtain an IP address automatica y.
6

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
Obtaining P Address Automatically
in OS Windows 7
1. C ick the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window.
2. Se ect the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Contro Pane
has the category view (the Category va ue is se ected from the View by
drop-down ist in the top right corner of the window), choose the View
network status and tasks ine under the Network and Internet
section.)
3. In the menu ocated on the eft part of the window, se ect the Change
adapter settings ine.
4. In the opened window, right-c ick the re evant Local Area Connection
icon and se ect the Properties ine in the menu disp ayed.
5. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the
Networking tab, se ect the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
ine. C ick the Properties button.
7

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
6. Se ect the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS
server address automatically radio buttons. C ick the OK button.
7. C ick the OK button in the connection properties window.
Now your computer is configured to obtain an IP address automatica y.
8

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
PC with Wi-Fi Adapter
1. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the back pane of
the router, then p ug the power adapter into an e ectrica out et or power
strip.
2. Turn on the router by pressing the ON/OFF button on its back pane .
3. Turn on your PC and wait unti your operating system is comp ete y
oaded.
4. Turn on your Wi-Fi adapter. As a ru e, modern notebooks with bui t-in
wire ess NICs are equipped with a button or switch that turns on/off the
wire ess adapter (refer to your PC documents). If your PC is equipped
with a p uggab e wire ess NIC, insta the software provided with your
Wi-Fi adapter.
Now you shou d configure your Wi-Fi adapter.
9

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows XP
1. C ick the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel > Network
and Internet Connections > Network Connections window.
2. Se ect the icon of the wire ess network connection and make sure that
your Wi-Fi adapter is on.
3. Search for avai ab e wire ess networks.
4. In the opened Wireless Network Connection window, se ect the
wire ess network DIR-300 and c ick the Connect button.
5. In the opened window, enter the network key (see WPS PIN on the
barcode abe on the bottom pane of the device) in the Network key and
Con irm network key fie ds and c ick the Connect button.
After that the Wireless Network Connection Status window appears.
!
If you perform initia configuration of the router via Wi-Fi connection,
note that immediate y after changing the wire ess defau t settings of the
router you wi need to reconfigure the wire ess connection using the
new y specified settings.
10

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows 7
1. C ick the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window.
2. Se ect the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Contro Pane
has the category view (the Category va ue is se ected from the View by
drop-down ist in the top right corner of the window), choose the View
network status and tasks ine under the Network and Internet
section.)
3. In the menu ocated on the eft part of the window, se ect the Change
adapter settings ine.
4. In the opened window, se ect the icon of the wire ess network connection
and make sure that your Wi-Fi adapter is on.
5. To open the ist of avai ab e wire ess networks, se ect the icon of the
wire ess network connection and c ick the Connect To button or eft-
c ick the network icon in the notification area ocated on the right side of
the taskbar.
11

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
6. In the opened window, in the ist of avai ab e wire ess networks, se ect the
wire ess network DIR-300 and c ick the Connect button.
7. In the opened window, enter the network key (see WPS PIN on the
barcode abe on the bottom pane of the device) in the Security key
fie d and c ick the OK button.
8. Wait for about 20-30 seconds. After the connection is estab ished, the
network icon wi be disp ayed as the signa eve sca e.
!
If you perform initia configuration of the router via Wi-Fi connection,
note that immediate y after changing the wire ess defau t settings of the
router you wi need to reconfigure the wire ess connection using the
new y specified settings.
12

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
CONFIGURING ROUTER
Connecting to Web-based nterface
Start a web browser. In the address bar of the web browser, enter the IP
address of the router (by defau t, the fo owing IP address is specified:
192.168.0.1). Press the Enter key.
!
If the error “ The page cannot be displayed ” (or “ Unable to display the
page ”/“ Could not connect to remote server ”) occurs upon connecting to
the web-based interface of the router, make sure that you have proper y
connected the router to your computer.
After the first access to the web-based interface you need to change the defau t
administrator password. Enter the new password in the Password and
Con irmation fie ds. You may set any password except admin. Use digits,
Latin etters (uppercase and/or owercase), and characters avai ab e on the
keyboard. Then c ick the Apply button.
!
Remember or write down the new password for the administrator
account. In case of osing the new password, you can access the settings
of the router on y after restoring the factory defau t settings via the
hardware RESET button. This procedure wipes out a settings that you
have configured for your router.
13

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
When the web-based interface is accessed the next time and after, the ogin
page opens. Enter the username (admin) in the Login fie d and the password
you specified in the Password fie d, then c ick the Enter button.
14

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
After successfu registration the Home / In ormation page opens. The page
disp ays genera information on the router and its software.
15

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
The web-based interface of the router is mu ti ingua . If you need to se ect
another anguage for the web-based interface, p ace the mouse pointer over the
English caption in the top part of the page and se ect a anguage from the
menu disp ayed.
To configure the router use the menu in the eft part of the page. Go to the
re evant section and se ect the needed page or run the needed Wizard in the
Home section.
A so you can find a specific page via search. To do this, enter the name of the
page, who y or part y, in the search bar in the top part of the web-based
interface page, and then se ect a needed ink in the search resu ts.
16

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
Configuring Connection to the nternet
!
You shou d configure your WAN connection in accordance with data
provided by your Internet service provider (ISP). Make sure that you
have obtained a necessary information prior to configuring your
connection. Otherwise contact your ISP.
Configuring WAN Connection
1. Go to the Net / WAN page, se ect the WAN connection and c ick the
Delete button.
2. C ick the Add button.
3. From the Connection Type drop-down ist, se ect the needed va ue.
4. Se ect the Internet va ue from the Inter ace drop-down ist in the
General settings section.
5. Specify a name for your connection (any name for easier identification) in
the Name fie d.
17

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
6. If your ISP uses MAC address binding, in the Ethernet section, in the
MAC fie d, enter the MAC address registered by your ISP upon
conc uding the agreement. To set the MAC address of the network
interface card (of the computer that is being used to configure the router
at the moment) as the MAC address of the WAN interface, c ick the
Clone MAC address o your computer icon ( ). To set the
address of a device connected to the router's LAN at the moment, se ect
the re evant va ue from the drop-down ist (the fie d wi be fi ed in
automatica y). To set the router's MAC address as the MAC address of
the WAN interface, c ick the Restore de ault MAC address
icon ( ).
18

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
7. For connection of PPPoE type: in the PPP section, enter authorization
data provided by your ISP (the username ( ogin) in the Username fie d
and the password in the Password and Password con irmation
fie ds), or se ect the Without authorization checkbox if authorization
is not required.
8. For connection of IPv6 PPPoE or PPPoE Dual Stack type: in the PPP
section, enter authorization data provided by your ISP (the username
( ogin) in the Username fie d and the password in the Password and
Password con irmation fie ds), or se ect the Without authorization
checkbox if authorization is not required. If you need to specify the
gateway address manua y, in the IPv6 gateway section, dese ect the
SLAAC checkbox and fi in the Static IPv6 gateway address fie d.
19

DIR-300S Quick Installation Guide
9. For connection of Static IP type: in the IP section, fi in the IP
Address, Netmask, Gateway IP address, and Primary DNS
server fie ds.
10. For connection of Dynamic IP type: if your ISP has provided the address
of the DNS server, in the IP section, dese ect the Obtain DNS server
addresses automatically checkbox and fi in the Primary DNS
server fie d.
20