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W ir eless N300 Multi- W AN Router DWR-116 V ersion 1.0 | 05/24/2013 U ser Manual.
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1 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view • D-Link DWR-116 W ireless N300 Multi- W AN Router • P ow er A dapter • Manual and W arranty on CD • External W i-F i antenna S y ste.
2 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Introduction The D-Link Wireless N300 Multi- W AN Router allows users to ac cess mobile br oadband networks worldwide. Onc e connected, users can transf er data and stream media. Simply connect your USB modem to share y our 3G/4G L TE I nternet connection through a secure 802.
3 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Har dwar e O ver view Back P anel P ort Function LAN P or t Connects to wired c omputers or devices .
4 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Har dwar e O ver view F ront P anel and LEDs 3G/4G L TE W AN W i-F i LAN Ports 1 to 4 WPS BUTTON RESET BUT T ON LED Description C olor Solid .
5 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 1 - Product Over view Har dwar e O ver view T op P ort Function USB P ort Connects to 3G/4G L TE M odem Dongle Antennas External WiF i Antennas USB 2.
6 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 2 - I nstallation Installation This sec tion will guide you through the installa tion process. Placement of the router is v er y impor tant. Do not place the router in an enclosed area such as a closet or cabinet, or in an attic or gar age.
7 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 2 - I nstallation W ireless Installation C onsidera tions The DWR-116 can be accessed using a wireless connection from vir tually anywhere within the operating range of your wireless network.
8 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration C onfigura tion This section will show you how t o configure y our new D-Link mobile router using the web-based configuration utility .
9 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Setup Internet C onnec tion S etup W izard The setup wizard guides you through the initial setup of your router .
10 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Creat e a new password that will be used to access the router and then click Next to continue . Click Prev to go back to the previous page or click C ancel to close the wizard. Select your time zone from the dr op- down bo x and then click Next to continue .
11 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Choose this if your I nternet connec tion automatically provides you with an IP Address . Most cable modems use this type of connection. See page 12 for information about how t o configur e this type of connection.
12 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration The default MAC Address is set to the Internet por t’ s ph ysical inter face MA C address on the bro adban d route r . It is not rec omme nded that you change the default MA C address unless required by your ISP .
13 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Choose Static IP only if y our ISP assig ns you an IP address. Other wise, please choose Dynamic IP . Enter the inf ormation provided b y your ISP . Enter the inf ormation provided b y your ISP .
14 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration (Optional) F ill in only if requested by ISP . (Optional) F ill in only if requested by ISP . Enter the number to be dialed . Select P AP , CHAP , or Auto detection. The default authentication method is Aut o .
15 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Y ou have c ompleted the Setup Wizar d . Click Connect to sav e your settings . A popup will appear , to confirm your settings .
16 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Manual Internet C onnec tion Setup Internet C onnec tion T ype Several differen t I nternet connection types can be selected depending upon the specifications of y our I nternet Ser vice Pr ovider (ISP).
17 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Dynamic IP (DHCP) (Optional) Required b y some ISP s. (Optional) F ill in with IP address of primary DNS ser ver . (Optional) F ill in with IP address of secondary DNS ser ver . Y ou may need to change the Maximum T ransmission Unit (MTU) for optimal per formance .
18 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration PPP oE Choose this Internet connec tion if your ISP provides you with a PPP oE account . Th e u s er na m e /a c c ou n t n a me t h a t y o u r I S P provides t o you f or PPP oE dial-up . P asswor d that your ISP provides to you for PPP oE dial-up .
19 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration PPTP Choose this Internet connection if your ISP provides you PPTP account. Choose Static IP only if your ISP assigns you an IP address. Other wise, please choose Dynamic IP . Enter the information provided by y our ISP .
20 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration L2TP Choose this Internet connection if your ISP provides you L2TP account. Choose Static IP only if your ISP assigns you an IP addr ess. O ther wise, please choose Dynamic IP . Enter the information provided by y our ISP .
21 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration 3G / 4G L TE Choose this Internet connection if you already use a SIM card for 3G/4G L TE I nternet ser vice from your mobile ser vice provider compan y. The fields here may not be necessary for your connection.
22 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Enter the IP address assigned to your net work connection. Enter the subnet mask. Enter the default gatew ay . Enter the primary DNS ser ver . Enter the secondary DNS ser ver . Y ou may need to change the Maximum T ra nsm iss io n Unit (MT U) for opti mal perform anc e.
23 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration F ailov er Setting This option can be set to either Load Sharing or to F ailover . With Load Sharing , the data usage is distributed evenly over the t wo dier ent internet connec tions.
24 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W ireless C onnec tion S etup W izard This section will help you to manually c ongure the wireless settings of your router . Please note that changes made on this section may also need to be duplicat ed on your wirele ss device s and clients .
25 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration This wizard will guide you through a step-by-step process to congure your D-Link rout er ’ s wir eless .
26 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select a level of wir eless securit y to use, then click Nex t to continue . If y ou chose BEST or BETTER , select whether to use TKIP or AES encr yption, then enter a password t o use for your wir eless network.
27 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration If y ou chose GOOD , selec t whether to use a HEX or ASCII password , then enter a passwor d to use for your wireless network. I f you choose HEX, you will need to ent er a 10 or 26 dig it passw or d usin g only hex char acters (0- 9, A-F ).
28 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W ireless Settings This section will help y ou to manually configur e the wir eless settings of your router . Please note that changes made on this section may also need to be duplicated on y our Wireless Client.
29 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Security Mode: T hi s dev ic e sup p orts thr ee wir ele ss se cu ri ty mod es , WEP , WP A-Personal , WP A-Enterprise or None . WEP is the original wir eless encryption standard. WP A pro vides a higher level of security and WP A- P ersonal does not requir e an authentication se rve r .
30 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration WP A Mode: Cipher T ype: Network Key: Select whether to use WP A2 only or WP A only . WP A2 only is the most secure , provided that all of your clients can support it. Select whether to use the TKIP or AES cipher .
31 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration WP A Mode: Cipher T ype: RADIUS Ser ver IP Addr ess: RADIUS Ser ver P ort: RADIUS Ser ver Shared Secret: Select whether to use WP A2 only or WP A only . WP A2 only is the most secure , provided that all of your clients can support it.
32 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W i-F i Pr otected Setup Wi-F i P rotected Setup ( WPS) System is a simplified method for securing your wireless network during the “Initial setup” as well as the “ Add New D evice ” pr ocesses.
33 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration This section will help you to change the internal network settings of your rout er and to configur e the DHCP Ser ver settings. Network Settings Router Settings Enter the IP addr ess of the r outer .
34 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to enable the DHCP ser ver on your rout er . Enter the star ting and ending IP address for the ser ver’ s IP address pool. The time period for the IP address lease. Enter the lease time in minutes.
35 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration A dvanced V ir tual Ser v er The device can be configured as a vir tual ser ver so that users can access ser vices such as W eb or FTP via the public ( W AN) IP address of the router . This contains a list of pr e -dened ser vices.
36 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Applica tion Rules Some applications requir e multiple connec tions, such as Internet gaming, video confer encing , Internet telephony and others. These app lic at io ns ha v e diff ic ult ie s wor king thr ough NA T (Netw ork Add re ss T ranslation).
37 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration QoS Engine Select this box to enable the QoS P acket F ilter . Specify the maximum upstr eam bandwidth here (e.g . 400 kbps). Identies the rule. Specify the local IP address and then specify the por t after the colon.
38 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration MA C A ddr ess F ilter Select this box to enable MA C ltering . Wir eless and wir ed clients with C s e l e c t e d can connec t to this device and allow/deny connections from unspecied MA C addresses .
39 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to enable URL F iltering . Identies the rule. Enter URL that y ou would like to block. Click to enable the specic URL lter . Click Save S ettings to save your changes, or click Don ’ t Sav e Settings to discard y our changes.
40 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to Enable the lter . Y ou may selec t A l w ay s O n or choose the number of a schedule rule that you have dened. Copies the predened lter to the specied ID Identies the lter .
41 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to Enable the lter . Y ou may selec t A l w ay s O n or choose the number of a schedule rule that you have dened. Copies the predened lter to the specied ID Identies the lter .
42 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select Enabled to allow local SNMP administration. Selec t Disabled to disallow local SNMP administration. Select Enabled to allow local SNMP administration. Selec t Disabled to disallow local SNMP administration.
43 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Select this box to enable routing . RIPv1: P rotocol in which the IP addr ess is routed thr ough the Internet. RIPv2: Enhanced version of RIPv1 with added featur es such as authentication, routing domain, nex t hop f orwarding, and subnet- mask exchange .
44 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Beacons are packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a wireless network. Specify a value. 100 is the default setting and is recommended . Set the transmit power of the ant ennas. This value should remain at its default setting of 2347.
45 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Click Enable UPnP to use the Univ ersal Plug and Play (UPnP™) feature . UPnP provides compatibility with networking equipmen t, software and peripherals. Select the box to allow the W AN port t o be “ pinged.
46 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Enter a password that the admin account will use to access the router ’ s management interface. Conrm the chosen passwor d. Remote management allo ws the DWR-116 to be c ongured from the I nternet using a web browser .
47 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration T ime Displays the current time and date of the DWR-116. Select the appropriate Time Zone from the drop- down bo x. Select this check box to automatically synchronize the DWR-116 with an I nternet time ser ver .
48 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration S y slog Select this box to send the router logs to a Syslog server . Enter the address of the Syslog ser ver that will be used to send the logs. Click S ave Se t ti n gs t o save your changes, or click Don’ t S av e Settings to discard your changes.
49 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Email Settings When this option is enabled, router ac tivity logs are e -mailed to a desig nated e -mail address . Enter the SMTP server IP addr ess followed by a colon and the por t number (e.g.
50 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration S y stem Use this option to save your current router conguration settings to a le and onto your computer . Click S ave to open a le dialog , and then select a location and le name for the settings.
51 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration F irm war e Displays y our current rm ware v ersion. Displays y our current rm ware dat e. Aft er yo u hav e dow nlo ade d the new rmw ar e , click Bro wse to locate the rmwar e on your computer .
52 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration D ynamic DNS DDNS is a method of keeping a domain name lin ke d to a chan gi ng IP Ad dr es s . Sel ect thi s bo x to enable DDNS. Select your DDNS provider from the dr op- down bo x. Enter the Host Name that you regist ered with your DDNS service provider .
53 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration S y stem C heck Enter a host name or the IP address that you want to ping and click P ing . The status of your P ing attempt will be displayed in the P ing R esult box. This useful diagnostic utility can be used to check if a computer is connected to the net work.
54 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Schedules Tick this check bo x to enable schedules . Click on this button to create a new rule. The following options will be a vailable . Edit the rule ’ s star t and end time. Delete the rule.
55 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Sta tus Devic e Informa tion All of your Internet and network connection details are displayed on this page. The firmw are version is also displa yed her e. Displays the curren t time and rmwar e version.
56 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration L ogs Here you can view logs and define events that you want to view . This router also has an internal syslog ser ver , so you can send the log files to a computer tha t is running a syslog utility .
57 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Statistics He re y ou ca n vi e w th e pa c k et s tr an s m i t t e d an d r e c e i v ed pa s s i n g thr ough your rout er o n bo t h W A N and LA N p or ts. The tra f fi c counter will r eset if the device is r ebooted.
58 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration W ireless This table display s a list of wir eless clients that ar e connected to your wireless router . It also displays the connection time and MA C address of the connected wir eless clients.
59 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 3 - Conguration Suppor t The SUPPORT pages provide help information for each sec tion of the device ’ s int er face.
60 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity W ireless Securit y This section will show you the diff erent lev els of security you can use to prot ect your data from intruders .
61 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity C onfigure WEP It is rec ommended to enable encryption on your wireless router befor e your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity befor e enabling encr yption. Y our wireless signal may deg rade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead.
62 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity Wha t is WP A? WP A, or W i-Fi P rot ected Access , is a Wi-F i standard that was designed to impr ove the security fea tures of WEP ( W ired Equivalen t Privacy). The 2 major impro vements o ver WEP: • Improved data encryption thr ough the T emporal Key Integrity P rot ocol ( TKIP).
63 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity C onfigure WP A-PSK It is rec ommended to enable encryption on your wireless router befor e your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity befor e enabling encr yption. Y our wireless signal may deg rade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead.
64 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity C onfigure WP A (RADIUS) It is rec ommended to enable encryption on your wireless router befor e your wireless network adapters. Please establish wireless connectivity befor e enabling encr yption. Y our wireless signal may deg rade when enabling encryption due to the added overhead.
65 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity W indow s® 8 WP A/WP A2 It is recommended to enable wireless security ( WP A/WP A2) on your wireless r outer or access point before configuring your wireless adapter . I f you are joining an existing netw ork, you will need to k now the security key ( Wi-F i password) being used .
66 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity Y ou will then be prompted to ent er the network secur ity key ( Wi-F i passwor d) for the wireless network.
67 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity W indow s® 7 It is recommended to enable wireless security ( WP A/WP A2) on your wireless r outer or access point before configuring your wireless adapter . I f you are joining an existing netw ork, you will need to k now the security key or passphrase being used.
68 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 3. High li gh t the wir ele ss co nn ecti on wit h W i-F i nam e (SSI D) y ou wo ul d like to connect to and click the C onnect button. If y ou get a good signal but cannot access the Internet, check y our T CP/IP settings for your wireless adapter .
69 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity WPS The WPS featur e of the DWR-116 can be configured using Window s® 7. Carr y out the follo wing steps to use Window s® 7 to configure the WPS feature: 1. Click the Start button and selec t Comput er from the Start menu.
70 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 3. Double - click the DWR-116 4. Input the WPS PIN number (display ed in the WPS windo w on the Router ’ s L CD screen or in the S etup > W ireless Setup menu in the Router ’ s W eb UI) and click Ne xt .
71 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 5. T ype a name to identify the network. 6. T o configure advanced settings , click the icon. Click Next to con tinue.
72 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 4 - S ecurity 7 . The follo wing window appears while the Router is being configured . W ait for the configuration t o complete . 8. The follo wing window informs you that WPS on the router has been setup successfully .
73 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork W indow s V ista® Windo ws V ista® users may use the built-in wireless utility . If you are using another compan y ’ s utility , please ref er to the user manual of your wireless adapter for help with connecting to a wireless net work.
74 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork WP A/WP A2 It is recommended to enable wireless security ( WP A/WP A2) on your wireless r outer or access point before configuring your wireless adapter . I f you are joining an existing netw ork, you will need to k now the security key or passphrase being used.
75 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork 3. Enter the same security key or passphrase ( Wi-F i password) that is on your r outer and click C onnec t . It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please verify that the security settings are corr ect.
76 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork WPS/WCN 2.0 The router suppor ts W i-F i protection, referr ed to as WCN 2.0 in W indows Vista®. The following instruc tions for setting this up depends on whether you ar e using Window s Vista® t o configure the r outer or third par ty sof tware.
77 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork W indow s® XP Windo ws® XP users may use the built-in wireless utility (Zer o Configuration Utility).
78 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork It is recommended to enable WP A on your wir eless r outer or acc ess point bef ore c onfiguring your wir eless adapter . If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the WP A key being used.
79 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 5 - Connec ting to a Wireless Netw ork 3. Th e Wi r ele ss Netw or k Con nectio n box wil l appea r . En te r the WP A-PS K Wi-F i passwor d and click C onnect . It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network.
80 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 6 - T roubleshooting T roubleshooting This chapter pro vides solutions to problems that can occur during the installa tion and oper ation of the DWR-116. Read the follo wing descriptions if y ou ar e ha ving problems .
81 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Section 6 - T roubleshooting • Configur e your Internet settings: • Go to Star t > Settings > Control Panel . Double - click the Internet Options Icon. Fr om the S ecurity tab, click the button to restore the settings to their defaults.
82 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix A - Wireless Basics There ar e basically two modes of networking: • Infrastructure – All wireless clients will c onnect to an access point or wir eless router .
83 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Networking B asics Check y our IP address After you install your new D -Link adapter , by default, the T CP/IP settings should be set to obtain an IP addr ess from a DHCP server (i.e. wireless router) aut omatically .
84 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix B - Networking Basics Statically A ssign an IP addr ess If you are not using a DHCP capable gatew ay/r outer , or you need to assign a static IP address , please.
85 D-Link DWR-116 User Manual Appendix C - T echnical Specications T echnical Specifications Data Rates ** 300,150,135,120,90,60,45,30,15 Mbps in 802.11n mode 6/9/11/12/18/24/36/48/54Mbps in 802.11g mode 1/2/5.5/11Mbps in 802.11b mode Standards IEEE 802.
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If you already are a holder of D-Link DWR-116, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime D-Link DWR-116.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with D-Link DWR-116. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device D-Link DWR-116 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
