Router Driver

[sbjfamily]

Hi,

I have a D-link router Model DI-624M but I'm not able to get it working because I don't have a software CD. Is there anyway I can connect without a software or is there a site where I can download the setup driver?

When I tried connecting the router and tried the home office network setup I realized there was a problem with the IP addresses.

I hope you can help me!

Thanks

Sam

[johnwill]

You do not need any software CD for configuring a router. I've never used the CD with any router.

Here's a basic procedure to get it working with a wired connection.

BTW, you can download the manual and any software (which is not required) from www.dlink.com

Reset the router to factory defaults by holding the reset button down for 15 seconds with power on.

• Turn off everything, the modem, router, computer.
• Connect the modem to the router's WAN/Internet port.
• Connect the computer to one of the router's LAN/Network ports.
• Turn on the modem, wait for a steady connect light.
• Turn on the router, wait for two minutes.
• Boot the computer.

When the computer is completely booted, let's see this.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[sbjfamily]

Thanks for the information.

Well I did as you said by switching everything off and it worked and when I ping with 192.168.0.1, I got the reply which means the networking in the host computer works.

Well, I need to tell you that I don't have a ADSL connection to connect the WAN. I use an ISDN connection. But I want my laptop to be connected too. And when I try to run the home or office network I get a message saying, "Windows cannot set up this computer to share its internet connection because the ip address it needs (192.168.0.1) is being used by another computer or device on the network or by software"

Needless to say that our neighbour has a wireless router working too. How can I disable the other device or software? or what is necessary to get the networking done.

Thanks

Sam

[johnwill]

Well, if you're using ICS, you can't really use the router as is, since it's the device that is using the 192.168.0.1 address, the default for D-Link products.

I suggest you configure the router as follows, considering the machine running ICS as the "primary" router.

Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address.

Note: Do this first, as you will have to reboot the computer to connect to the router again for the remaining changes.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router, channels, encryption, etc.

Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!

This procedure bypasses the routing function (NAT layer) and configures the router as a switch (or wireless access point for wireless routers).