D-Link DP-601M User Manual - Minimum Configuration

Internet Server User’s Guide

System Setup

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internet server as proxy settings may interfere with browser access

to local devices.

If you use a non-frames browser, when you receive the initial inter-

net server screen, you should see the main navigation menu rather

than the navigation menu and the system status screen.  The func-

tions are the same, only the appearance will be different.

After you have access to the browser interface, use the menu options

in the left-hand frame to choose the settings you want to view, set or

modify. Some settings can be entered manually while others must be

selected from pull-down menus.

Minimum Configuration

Regardless of how you intend to use the internet server, you will need

to consider and set some basic system settings.  This section is con-

cerned with describing only those settings that are critical to the

proper functioning of the internet server.

The following settings need to be configured for the internet server to

operate correctly (the first is a System setting, the others are WAN

port settings):

DNS IP Address

Domain Name Service (DNS) servers are used on the internet to

maintain information about which Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

name relates to which internet IP address.  For example, the URL:

WWW.NETSCAPE.COM, is a pseudonym for the IP address:

203.89.225.67.  DNS entries allow users to access resources using

URLs instead of IP addresses.

Options:

  Any internet DNS server IP address available

through the WAN connection.  This address should be pro-