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D-Link DSL-2500U User Manual
Summary of DSL-2500U
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D-link dsl-2500u adsl2/2+ ethernet router user manual building networks for people recyclable 2006/08/30 ver. 1.00
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1 table of contents g eneral i nformation .......................................................................... 3 package contents ........................................................................ 3 important safety instructions.......................................................... 3...
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2 restore default settings ........................................................54 firmware .................................................................................55 test........................................................................................55 s tatus .....................
Page 4: General Information
3 general information the d-link dsl-2500u is an adsl2+ router for the main purpose of connecting to the internet. This user manual provides you with a simple and easy-to-understand format to install and configure your router. Package contents included in the package is one of each of the following—...
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4 front panel view led mode indication solid green the router is powered on. (ready) no light the power is off. Power solid red failure or device malfunction. (not ready) status blinking green traffic is passing through the device. (internet traffic) solid green dsl is synchronized. No light no carr...
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5 back panel view port description on/ off press to turn the router on and off. Ac 15v-d.7a connects to the power adapter. Lan rj-45 connects the unit to an ethernet device such as a pc or a switch. Reset resets the router to its default settings. Dsl rj-11 telephone port connects telephone cable to...
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6 connecting the router to your computer connect the adsl line and telephone • connect one end of the telephone cable to the dsl port on the router and the other end of the cable into the wall socket. Connect the pc to the router • connect one end of the ethernet cable to the lan port on the back of...
Page 8: Configuring Your Router
7 configuring your router to use your web browser to access the web pages used to set up the router, your computer must be configured to “obtain an ip address automatically”, that is, you must change the ip network settings of your computer so that it is a dhcp client. If you are using windows xp an...
Page 9: Home
8 home the home section provides configurations for general use, including a quick setup wizard with steps to quickly set up your router for internet connection. Also included in this section are lan / wan setup and dns configuration. The below sections explains the setup for each. Wizard this secti...
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9 if you uncheck the dsl auto-connect box, the resulting screen is seen below. Enter the vpi / vci as indicated by your isp. Also shown will be the quality of service..
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10 connection type following is the connection type screen where you select the type of network protocol and encapsulation mode over the atm pvc that your isp has instructed you to use. The following is a pppoa example. Click on next to continue..
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11 ppp username and password enter the ppp username and password as given by your isp. Then decide if you will be using any features such as dial on demand, ppp ip extension, keep alive and then click on next..
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12 network address translation settings the next step is to configure the network address translation (nat) settings. For the example, nat will be enabled. The remaining fields are left as default and then click on next to continue..
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13 device setup you can configure the dsl router ip address and subnet mask for the lan interface to correspond to your lan’s ip subnet. If you want the dhcp server to automatically assign ip addresses, then enable the dhcp server and enter the range of ip addresses that the dhcp server can assign t...
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14 setup - summary after all of the wan configurations are done, the wan setup summary screen displays all wan settings that you have made. Check that the settings are correct before clicking on the save / reboot button. Clicking on save / reboot will save your settings and restart your router..
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15 wan configure the wan settings as provided by your isp. Click on the add button if you want to add a new connection for the wan interface and to proceed to the atm pvc configuration screen as seen below. The atm pvc configuration screen allows you to configure an atm pvc identifier (vpi and vci) ...
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16 monitoring. O realtime vbr (real-time variable bit rate)—used by time-sensitive applications such as real-time video. Rt-vbr service allows the network more flexibility than cbr. • quality of service: can be enabled only for ubr without pcr, ubr with pcr, and non realtime vpr..
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17 the following screen shows the below types of network protocols and encapsulation modes— • ppp over atm (pppoa) • ppp over ethernet (pppoe) • mac encapsulation routing (mer) • ip over atm (ipoa) • bridging if you will be using vlan tagging, then click on the enable 802.1q checkbox and then enter ...
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19 when finished, click on next to proceed to the nat settings screen. • enable nat: select enable if you wish to share one wan ip address for multiple computers on your lan. • enable firewall: select if you wish to enable the router’s firewall for security. • enable igmp multicast: select enable if...
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20 click next when finished with your configurations and the below screen will follow displaying the wan settings that you made. When satisfied with the settings click on the apply button. After you apply the configurations, it will return to the wan setup screen showing the new configurations. Sele...
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21 below is the dsl router reboot screen that will appear during the rebooting process. Lan you can configure the dsl router ip address and subnet mask for the lan interface. An available option if you will be multicasting is igmp snooping, for which you can also select standard or blocking mode. If...
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22 the save button only saves the lan configuration data, but does not apply the configurations. Select the save/reboot button to save the lan configuration data and reboot the router and apply the new configurations..
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23 dns dns server configuration use the dns server screen to request automatic assignment of a dns or to specify a primary and secondary dns. If you uncheck the enable automatic assigned dns checkbox, there will appear two additional fields—primary and secondary dns server—to enter as seen below. Cl...
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24 dynamic dns dynamic dns is a service for allowing an internet domain name to be assigned to a varying ip address. This makes it possible for other sites on the internet to establish connections to you without needing to track the ip address themselves. Click on add to set up a dynamic dns configu...
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25 logout to log out of the router’s user interface at any time during the setup, click on the logout button. A confirmation screen will appear confirming that you really want to log out..
Page 27: Advanced Setup
26 advanced setup this section of the setup is an advanced version of the quick setup. If you want to make specific configurations to your router such as creating a virtual server, dmz, rip, quality of service (qos), etc., consider going through this advanced setup for a more comprehensive configura...
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27 adsl settings the test mode can be selected from the dsl advanced settings page. Test modes include—normal, reverb, medley, no retrain, and l3. After you make your selections of the test mode, click on apply to save these settings first before you go to tone selection. Adsl tone settings the freq...
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28 virtual server if you enable nat (network address translation), you can configure the virtual server, port triggering, and dmz host. Nat—virtual servers setup a virtual server allows you to direct incoming traffic from the wan side to a specific ip address on the lan side. The following figure sh...
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29 select the virtual server from the drop-down list and complete the server ip address, then click on apply once..
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31 the following screen appears after you save your selection. To add additional virtual servers, click on the add button. If you need to remove any of the server names, select the check box and click on the remove button. Dmz you can define the ip address of the dmz host on this screen. Enter the i...
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32 snmp snmp—configuration snmp is simple network management protocol that provides a means to monitor status and performance as well as set configuration parameters. It enables a management station to configure, monitor and receive trap messages from network devices. Ip filter ip filters can be con...
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33 incoming ip filtering setup incoming ip filter allows specified the wan traffic to pass through the firewall. Click on the add button to add incoming filter settings..
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34 enter a filter name, information about the source address (from the wan side), and information about the destination address (to the lan side). Select the protocol and wan interface, then click on apply to add the setting. The following screen appears when you apply the ip filter. The screen list...
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35 outgoing ip filtering setup the outgoing filter will block the lan traffic from entering the wan side. Click on the add buttonto create filters. The below screen will appear when you click on add. Input the filter name, source information (from the lan side), and destination information (from the...
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36 the following screen appears when you apply the ip filter. The screen lists the ip filters that were added from the previous screen. To change your settings, click on the add or remove buttons. Bridge filters mac filtering setup.
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37 mac filtering can forward or block traffic by mac address. You can change the policy or add settings to the mac filtering table using the mac filtering setup screen. If you click on change policy, a confirmation dialog allows you to verify your change..
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38 if you want to add a setting to the mac filtering table, select protocol type, enter the destination and source mac address, the necessary frame direction, and wan interface (bridge mode only). Then click on apply to save. After you save the settings, a screen showing the settings will appear. On...
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40 routing routing--static route the static route page can be used to add a routing table (a maximum of 32 entries can be configured). To proceed, click on add..
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41 enter the route information and then apply your configurations. Routing—default gateway.
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42 routing—rip configuration if rip is enabled, the router operation can be configured as active or passive. Quality of service you can configure the quality of service to apply different priorities to traffic on the router. Click on add to view the add network traffic class rulescreen..
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43 this screen allows you to add a network traffic class rule..
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44 port mapping port mapping is a feature that allows you to open ports to allow certain internet applications on the wan side to pass through the firewall and enter your lan. To use this feature, mapping groups should be created. Click on the add button as displayed below. If you need to remove an ...
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Page 47: Tools
46 tools the tools section contains various administrator functions to maintain your router. Sections include the following—admin, time, remote log, system, firmware, and test. • admin: allows you to change the password for the various user names available • time: allows you to set the router’s time...
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47 access control—admin three user names and passwords—admin, support, and user—can be used to control your router. The passwords for these user names can be changed on the following screen. Enter the user name followed by the old password and the new password that you wish to change to..
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48 access control—services services that can be enabled / disabled on the lan / wan are ftp, http, icmp, snmp, telnet, and tftp. Access control—ip address web access to the router can be limited when access control mode is enabled. The ip addresses of allowed hosts can be added using access control ...
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49 to assign the ip address of the management station that is permitted to access the local management services, enter the ip address in the box and click on the apply button..
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50 time the time settings page allows you to automatically synchronize your time with a time server on the internet. If you choose to set the router’s time, click on the “automatically synchronize with internet time servers” checkbox and the below fields appear..
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51 select from the list of ntp (network time protocol) time servers. Then select the time zone that you are in and click on apply to save. Remote log the log dialog allows you to view and configure the log. To view the log,click on the view system log button. Below is the system log screen which sho...
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52 if the log is enabled, the system will log selected events including emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice, informational, and debugging. All events above or equal to the selected log level will be logged and displayed. If the selected mode is “remote” or “both”, events will be sent ...
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54 update settings to load a previously saved configuration file onto your router, click browse and select the file on your computer and then click on update settings. The router will restore settings and reboot to activate the restored settings. Restore default settings restore default will delete ...
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55 firmware if your isp releases new software for this router, follow these steps to perform an upgrade. 1. Obtain an updated software image file from your isp. 2. Enter the path to the image file location or click on the browse button to locate the image file. 3. Click the update software button on...
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56 there are three buttons at the bottom of the page—next connection (appears only if you have created more than one connection), test and test with oam f4—which will allow you to retest if necessary..
Page 58: Status
57 status the status section allows you to view general and status information for your router’s connection. Device info it shows details of the router such as the version of the software, bootloader, lan ip address, etc. It also displays the current status of your dsl connection as shown below—.
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58 dhcp clients access the dhcp leases screen by clicking “dhcp” under “statistics”. This shows the computers, identified by the hostname and mac address that have acquired ip addresses by the dhcp server with the time that the lease for the ip address is up. Wan info the wan info screen displays wa...
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59 log this is the same screen as seen in the remotelog section under tools. Lan the lan section shows received and transmitted packet information for the ethernet interfaces. Click on reset statistics to renew the information..
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60 wan the wan section shows received and transmitted packet information for the wan connections that you have set up. Click on reset statistics to renew the information..
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61 atm the atm section displays statistical values for your atm interface as well as for aal5 and aal5 vcc. Click on reset statistics to renew the values..
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62 adsl information contained in the adsl screen is useful for troubleshooting and diagnostics of connection problems..
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63 adsl ber test a bit error rate test (ber test) is a test that reflects the ratio of error bits to the total number transmitted. If you click on the adsl ber test button at the bottom of the adsl statistics page, the following pop-up screen will appear allowing you to set the tested time and to be...
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64 when the test is complete, the following window will display the test results showing the test time, total transferred bits, total error bits and error ratio..