D-Link DSL-500 User Manual - Web-Based Management

DSL-500 ADSL Router User’s Guide

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Web-based Management

The DSL-500 offers a web-based (HTML) graphical user interface allowing users

to manage the Router from anywhere on the network using a standard browser,

software such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. The web

browser is used for direct communication with the Router using HTTP protocol.

Your browser window may not appear exactly with the screen captures (pictures)

in this guide.

Note: Be sure that the Manager PC is not configured to use a proxy server in the Internet

settings. In Windows Internet Explorer, you can check if a proxy server is enabled using the

following procedure:

1.  In Windows, click on the START button, go to Settings and choose Control

Panel.

2.  In the Control Panel window, double-click on the Internet Options icon.

3.  Click the Connections tab and click on the LAN Settings button.

4.  Verify that the “Use proxy server” option is NOT checked. If it is checked,

click in the checked box to deselect the option and click OK.

Accessing the Web Manager

In order to access the web-based management interface it will be necessary to

have both the manager’s PC and the Router on the same IP subnet. If the

manager PC is configured as a DHCP client, the Router will automatically assign

IP settings. If you choose to disable the DHCP function, it will be necessary to

either change the IP settings of the PC or change the IP address of the Router.

See Chapter 6 for information about assigning IP addresses on the network and

changing the IP address of the device.

To use the web-based management software simply run the browser you have

installed on your computer and point it to the IP address defined for the device.

The first time you access the web-based manager you will need to type the

default IP address, 192.168.0.1 in the addressbar of the browser. The URL in the

address bar should read: http://192.168.0.1. If you change the IP address you will

use the new IP address to access the web-based manager.