It’s hard to imagine today's Internet withoutusing wireless routers. A good selection of these devices offers the company D-Link. About setting up the router D-Link DIR-620 and will be discussed in this article.
Some information
Маршрутизатор DIR-620 представляет собой A classic wireless router capable of receiving Internet traffic from a provider via cable and transmitting it via Wi-Fi to devices connected to it.
Appearance
Special design delights the device is no different. Standard black box.
The canon has a row on the front panel.indicators. Their purpose is determined by the icons that blink or are constantly lit in the process. This includes power, Internet traffic, wireless and wired network indicators.
Also on the front panel of the router D-Link DIR-620 there is a USB port for connecting to 3G networks using a modem.
The back panel is the same classic. The port for the WAN, that is, the cable from the provider, is four LANs and a connector for the power adapter. And also there is a reset button.
The router is equipped with two antennas for more accurate signal reception and transmission.
What you need to know before setting up
This unit is available in several revisions. Find out which one you can on the bottom panel of the device.
This will help to download the correct firmware fromofficial site. On some devices, version 1.0.6 is installed, which makes sense to upgrade to 1.2.26. Before that, you need to download the software from the site D-Link. The file must be saved somewhere on the PC. Then from the control panel of the router by going to "System" - "Software Update" select the desired archive and update the system. You should carefully look at the revision of the firmware D-Link DIR-620, since they are not interchangeable.
Configuring the router D-Link DIR-620
To go to the administrative panel of the router, you need to connect the computer to the device. For this there is a special cable that is usually supplied in the kit.
As a rule, after the connection, the operating system automatically creates a network connection with the router.
You can get into the administrative panel using any available browser. In the address bar you need to dial 192.168.0.1. The browser displays a login window for the router’s control panel.
By default, a login-password pair with the same value is used - admin. After getting access it is worth changing the standard data to your own.
Configuring an incoming connection
Now you can configure the receipt of traffic from the provider. For this there is a tab "Network". And in it is the “Connections” item, in which you need to click “Add”. A new window will open with fields for parameters.
Enter the name - you can specify any, it does not matterwill be visible only to the user who entered the administrative panel. Next comes the connection type. It all depends on the provider. But most modern ones use PPPoE. In the PPP section you need to enter data received from the provider. You can find your login and password in the service connection agreement.
Sometimes it may be necessary to set the MTU threshold. But this rarely happens, and, as a rule, the provider reports this.
Here you can save the changes.
Setting WI-FI Parameters
In order to be able to use the Internet without connecting wires, you need to slightly configure Wi-Fi.
To do this, there is a Wi-Fi tab in the administrative panel of the router. There are also several fields to fill in:
- SSID. This is the name of the network. You can choose any, but it’s worth remembering that it will be displayed in the list of available connections of the device with Wi-Fi.
- Channel. You can leave in auto mode.If during the operation of the device there will be lags or a decrease in performance, then it is worth trying to manually loop through all the channels until a stable connection is obtained.
- Wireless mode. You can use a mixed type that most devices support.
- Number of clients. The default value is 0, that is, unlimited. You can specify the desired quantity.
Now a little about the security settings.Authentication type means how the connection will occur. The most secure algorithm is WPA2-PSK. The encryption key is the password that you will need to enter when trying to connect to this Wi-Fi network. Encryption type can be chosen TKIP + AES.
Additional Features
When setting up the D-Link DIR-620 router, you canuse the ability to hide the network. This will help further protect the network from unauthorized access. You can login only if you know the network name, that is, the SSID.
You can also increase or decrease power.signal. Set the distribution of the wireless network within the apartment or, on the contrary, maximize the radius of reception. All this is available in the settings of the router D-Link DIR-620.
Conclusion
Setting up the D-Link DIR-620 router is not enoughdifferent from other similar devices. Anyone who has installed any router at least once will easily figure it out with this device. That is why the line of D-Link routers is quite popular among users.
You can also note the excellent support from the company, and timely updates, and the provision of firmware for devices.
