Configure D Link 704 Router

borgward · #1 23rd December 2006, 07:39 PM

Following question could be posted at Instalation Help, Harware, or Networking, as it might fall across all three of them. mia culpa!

Need Help Configuring D Link DL-704 router (D1-704?)

Router has WAN port and serial port on back side. USR external modem is connected to serial port.

Router has 4 Ethernet ports on front. 1st port is connected to eth1 port on my computer. eth1 is active.

Computer is running fresh FC5 installation.

Front of D Link:
4 Ethernet ports
reset button 2 rows of indicator lights:
top row - M2(blinks) - Line/Act 1(lit),2,3,4
Bottom row - M1(not lit) - 10/100 1(lit),2,3,4

FC 5 does not see D Link router as new hardware to install.

I brought up Firefox, but get message that it can't find server.

I could blow the installation and reinstall w/D Link connected to Ethernet port?

I am thinking That I need to type in url for the D Link in the browser.

zeroelixis · #2 23rd December 2006, 08:13 PM

FC5 does not need to know that your router is there, assuming that it is connected with DHCP(in your case most likely as eth1 is active) . To get your PC to get WAN(internet) access you need to configure your router, typing the address into your web browser i.e: 192.168.1.1 consult the manual for the routers specific address.

borgward · #3 23rd December 2006, 09:36 PM

I typed in an address, and got the D configuration page to come up in the browser.

The page has on it:

D-Link cable/DSL Residential Gateway

D-Link

DI-704

Web Configuration

At the bottom is:

System Password _______ Log in

I entered my FC5 user Password, root Password, Dialup Password, and a few others. Just grasping at straws. Got incorrect Password at each attempt. I pushed the reset button on the front of the unit, Got the same results.

I am wondering If I have the correct hardware to act as router, and for access to the internet via my dialup connection.

I don't have a manual for the D-Link.

At this point I think I need to post to Networking, but don,t want to be guilty of cross posting. What to do w/o getting in trouble?

zeroelixis · #4 23rd December 2006, 10:23 PM

If its a second user router, you may need the old users password. Otherwise the default is no username and password "admin". Please see http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=63 for config instructions.

***bob*** · #5 23rd December 2006, 10:43 PM

(moved to Networking)

paul matthijsse · #6 23rd December 2006, 11:12 PM

Hi, I access my d-link router as follows:
type 192.168.0.1 in a browser and give as user name "admin" and as password "", that means an empty or no password. btw: 192.168.1.1 is my separate d-link adsl modem.

borgward · #7 24th December 2006, 01:45 AM

Reply to Zerolixis, Bob and Paul M.

This is a 2nd hand D Link. I finally tried "admin" and got in. I got to the Config page by entering 192.168.0.1 in my browser. I finally found the manual, downloaded and printed it. Will study it now.

Thanks

borgward · #8 24th December 2006, 06:30 PM

Got the D Link 704 I configured. Sort of.

Running Fedora Core 5. D Link connected to eth1 via ethernet cable, and USR external 56K modem connected to D Link serial port.

I can ping the D Link. I can Open its config page from my browser. I can activate and deactivate it the modem from the D Link config page, and the config page reports that I have a connection at 26K. I can bring up Firefox or Thunderbird while the modem is not activated, and the modem activates and dials out, but I get a message that the google server can't be found, or that the mail server cant be found. I can't ping them either. I can connect to them from another computer here, so they are both up.

borgward · #9 25th December 2006, 08:28 PM

Got all the FC5 network configuration, D Link, and MODEM issues resolved.

I used Knoppix and got out to the web. Ithen compared settings.

I was still not able to get on the web until I looked at the DNS settings in FC5.

Primary DNS was 192.168.0.3 (same address as eth1). I changed it to 192.168.0.1(the address for the D Link) Got out on the web from FC5 after that.

Thanks for all the help.

borgward

paul matthijsse · #10 26th December 2006, 10:27 AM

Ha Borgward, good that it works now. Perhaps some of your troubles could have been avoided when I had said earlier: reset the router to it's factory settings (but I forgot that..). There's a little hole on the back of the device for that, just put the top of a pencil in it for a couple of seconds.

Cheers, Paul.

borgward · #11 26th December 2006, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul matthijsse

Ha Borgward, good that it works now. Perhaps some of your troubles could have been avoided when I had said earlier: reset the router to it's factory settings (but I forgot that..). There's a little hole on the back of the device for that, just put the top of a pencil in it for a couple of seconds.

Cheers, Paul.

I found the reset hole after finding a Manual to download for the D Link. That took some surfing to find it at http://support.dlink.com/products/vi...uctid=DI%2D704

Thanks

borgward