D-link Router Vpn Configuration

[Ogier Dudley]

Inthis article, we are going to setup our D-Link router. Now we are not only focussing on connecting to the internet, but also on some other important settings. Think of securing your WiFi, using the right DNS servers to speed up your internet connection and creating a guest WiFi network.

Before we can connect our D-Link router to the internet we need to figure out how we can connect it. The D-Link router is a router and modem, so it can make the connection to your ISP itself, but we need to know how the internet is provided by your ISP.

The difference between a modem and a modem/router is that a modem only makes the connection to the internet. Where a router connects all the device together so you can print on your network printers, share files between computers and use the internet connection. Most consumer routers also provide WiFi and they have multiple ethernet ports (RJ45). A modem only has one ethernet port that you use to connect a router behind it.

We have done all the prerequisites, so we can now start with actually setting up the D-Link router. I assume your connected the router and put the internet connection in the WAN port and connected your computer with one of the LAN ports.

Our D-Link router is now connected to the internet, but we also want to set up our wireless network. By default, your router will have a wireless network that you can connect to. You will find these details on the bottom of the router.

But leaving things default is never a good idea, so we a going to change our wireless network name, pick a new password, optimize our wifi signal and disable the Wifi protected setup (because these are to easy to hack).

The D-Link router supports a guest wifi network. This way you can give your guests internet access without letting them on your private home network. The guest network is a separate Wifi network with its own wireless network name and password. Enabling it on a D-Link router is pretty easy.

During the internet connection setup, we skipped the DNS part. A DNS server is the dictionary of the internet. Almost everything we do with the internet requires a DNS server to translate a domain like amazon.com to an IP address. And because nearly everything you do requires a DNS server, selecting the fastest one will accelerate pretty much everything you do online. Your ISP also has a DNS server and those are in most of the case, not the fastest servers. So using another one can speed up your internet with more than 30% easily.

To speed up your internet connection we can also prioritize important network traffic. In a household your share your connection with all the members in your household. If somebody is watching Netflix while another is downloading the latest game on Steam you might notice that Netflix will need to buffer or lower the video quality. This happens because the download is consuming almost all the bandwidth that is available.

After you configured your router is it always a good habit to make a backup of the configuration. With a backup, you can easily restore your router if you have to reset the router or when it lost the configuration due to a power outage.

Something you should actually start with, but the most convenient way to update the firmware requires an internet connection. New firmware version contains bug fixes, security updates and may even have performance updates for your router. Before you update the firmware, always make a backup of the configuration.

What is the difference between those 5 holes? if I put the internet cable in the one which says internet, the internet does not work on my lap-top, so I tryed to put the internet cable in no. 4 and now it works. Why?

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Jesper

Thanks, mate, this information was very helpful. Thanks for posting the article..keep posting articles. Being a newbie in d-link, I was finding it difficult to change the password. Thanks to you I can finally change the password.

I tried setting my DNS settings to two different adult blocking sites (ex. 208.67.222.222) and none of them work. This is very frustrating. I must be missing something because this works perfectly fine on my netgear router.

I recently purchased an Orbi RBK50 system to improve the WIFI in my home, I originally set it up in AP mode and everything works well, however in this configuration I cannot use any of the Orbi router settings like disabling connected devices etc.

I would like to setup the Orbi in Router mode and use my DLink DSL2870B as a modem only so as not to get any conflicts, double NAT etc, however I cannot work out how to do this. I have tried setting up the Orbi in Router mode and everything appears to work, but I'm not sure this is the correct way to set up.

I have been through the DLink manual a number of times but I can't work out how to proceed, is it ok to continue with the Orbi in router mode connected to the DLink modem/router without disabling the router part or will this cause issues down the track?

If you bridge the DSL Modem, you need to input your DSLs PPPoE user name and PW for your account into the Orbi routers UI. You need to see if the Orbi supports PPPoE connections first of. I don't see PPPoE in my UI.

If it doesn't, then you can keep the DSL modem/router in router mode and use it's DMZ for the IP address it give the Orbi router on it's WAN port. Then you can use the Orbi router in router mode.

Be sure to check that the DSL modem is using a different IP address for it's LAN port. If it's using 192.168.1.1 then this conflics with the Orbi routers default IP address which is the same. You can change the IP address ON the Orbi router to something different. 192.168.0.1 or .2.1.

Unfortunately this solution did not work, It appeared ok at first, however, the D-Link began rebooting itself over and over every 10 mins or so until I removed the DMZ and placed Orbi back into AP mode.

The D-Link has a couple of options - bridge mode ( I emailed my ISP for help with settings but have yet to receive a reply, I just get a msg stating "no default route" when I attempt to use bridge mode), and also "PPPoE passthrough".

The reboot loop makes it hard to get back into the DLink web interface to change the settings back again (you have to be quick between cycles). Funny thing is - everything else on the DLink works fine, it's just the moment you attempt to put Orbi into a DMZ that things go haywire...

Without the DMZ I get double NAT, so I guess I'm stuck again for now unless I can work out how to bridge the modem, however, my ISP seem to be ignoring my emails and I'm guessing if they do reply they'll tell me they don't support third party routers.

I am trying to use a USB modem 4G from D-Link model DWM-222 with the router TP-Link model TL-3020, but the TP-Link router does not have the file configuration specifically for that USB modem. Thus the router asks to upload the file configuration (we are not talking about the AP and the ISP configuration, but about the 4G modem).

I understand that my modem is not on the compatibility list, I have spent a few days trying to connect without success.....Is it possible a patch is available or coming soon....I believe its a popular modem so a patch would be very useful for more than just me.....Also is it possible for you to recomend the best OPEN USB modem 3/4G to use with this device please sir / madam.??

I get a blank page trying to log in to a new D-Link router DIR882US using either or I can log in using IE. I have FF 57.0.1 64-bit. I just installed the router and latest driver update. I haven't had problems accessing other web sites. I found a statement on the d-link forums that this has been an issue since FF 52 for mydlink users. I don't use mydlink, but I suspect my problem is related. Here's that link: -is-the-d-link-mydlink-portal-not-working-with-firefox-52-and-above.html. I've asked D-Link support about this also.

I appreciate both responses but I'll decline to uninstall/reinstall Firefox in this case. (I've done that before when I had problems accessing almost everything.) I'm pretty certain that the issue for the D-Link login is the javascript. The page source shows javascript is used. After searching further, I also found essentially the same information about the problem on java.com, "Java plug-in does not work in Firefox after installing Java" at _java.xml.A D-Link support rep said he would forward my concern to their engineering team. Perhaps they'll work out a fix. If not, I'll use IE for the rare times I need to access my router's admin site.

This is the best way to uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files(x86) Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved. But you should make a back up before you do : -US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

Firefox doesn't differentiate between (WWW) website HTTP connections and "local" 192.168.0.# HTTP connections; if it has a Login field Firefox expects it to be HTTPS. Overall, it seems silly to me that a "local" 192 connection is treated the same as a WWW connection is treated; but I'm just a Firefox user and not an IT security person.

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