Router Configuration, Accessing the Web Manager

DSL-604+ ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide

Web-based Management Guide

The DSL-604+ offers a web-based (HTML) graphical user interface allowing users to manage the Router from anywhere on the LAN 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.

Accessing the Web Manager

In order to use the web-based management software it will be necessary to use a computer that occupies the same subnet as the Router. The simplest way to do this for many users will be to use DHCP server that is enabled by default on the Router. Chapter 3 provides instructions on how to configure a system running Windows operating systems to be DHCP client. You may also specify IP settings for your computer. The Router has a default IP address of 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Once you have accessed the configuration software you can configure the Router’s IP settings and DHCP server configuration to suit your preferences.

To use the web-based management software run the browser you have installed on your computer and direct it to the Router’s HTML interface using its LAN IP address. If this is the first time you are accessing the web-based manager you must type its default IP address, 192.168.0.1 in the address bar 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.

In the page that opens, click on the Login to web-based management module button.

A new window will appear and you will be prompted for a user name and password. Use default user name admin and password admin for first time set up.

Be sure that the web browser on your computer 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:

Note

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.

Alternatively you can access this Internet Options menu using the Tools pull down menu in Internet Explorer.

Folders and Menus

The web manager interface (GUI) displays two fields that can scrolled with your mouse to view areas of the field that may be hidden from view. The field located on the left side of the GUI contains three folders that can be opened with a double left click of the mouse. Open the Configuration folder, the Maintenance folder and the Summary folder and you will see that they each contain a number of labeled buttons. You can click the button or the hyperlinked title of these buttons to view the menu associated with it. These are the menus you will use to configure, manage and monitor the Router.

Router Configuration

All the settings that define Router operations on both the LAN and WAN can be configured with the menus located in the Configuration folder. These menus are described in the first part of this chapter presented in the same order that they appear in your browser.