D-Link AirPlus G Wireless Range Extender DWL-G710 (dwlg710) Repeater - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

hi r_raiche

1. Take a regular ethernet cable and plug it into the ethernet port of your computer

2. Plug the other end into ethernet port of the DWL-710

3. On your computer (assuming you have Windows XP Pro with the NON-classic start menu), go to Start > My Network Places

4. On the top left under "Network Tasks" click on "View Network Connections"

5. Right click on "Local Area Connection" and then down to "Properties"

6. A pop-up window with 3 tabs should come up. Under the "General" tab, there is a list of icons with checkmarks next to them. Highlight the "Internet Protocol TCP/IP" on and click the "Properties" button underneath

7. Tick "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically"

8. Click on "OK" then "OK" again

9. Open up Firefox (or IE) and type 192.168.0.30 into the URL field

10. Type in the default username and password

go on your hotmail and you will scroll down and find your user name and password and there will be your password

Connect a LAN cable from the D-Link to your computer's LANport, open a browser and enter the D-Link's configuration URL. OR open thebrowser on your laptop and enter the D-Link's configuration URL..
http://192.168.0.1
The default login = admin
The default PW = blank (just press Enter)
You can now configure the wireless settings .

This is the correct address to log on to your router. 192.168.0.30 so i dont know why you are having problems.
Try to reset your router (press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds) and then follow the guide i found here, give the page a minute to load, it is fully illustrated with pictures, so is a little slow to load up
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14641796/DLink-DWLG730AP-Quick-Start-Guide

I apologist for that, but i for one didn't see what you wanted.

Let me try to get the info straight:

Your computers IP address (manually configured): 192.168.1.4
D-Link Range Extender IP: 192.168.0.30

If this is correct, you will need to change your IP to something like:

192.168.0.X (make sure it's not in use on your network already)

otherwise you will not be able to connect to it with your comptuer.

Crossover cable :D

Take each thing seperately, in other words connect them directly to your computer first. Normally only 1 thing on a network should be a DHCP Server. But often a router will have a WAN port and and another router will be plugged into that. In that case the "another router" can run DHCP and will assign that to 1st router. 1st router now knows how to get to "another router" (2nd router). Which should allow you to get to it from 2nd router.

You can't talk to another /24 network if your computer is not on that /24 (aka Class C - 255.255.255.0). The 1st three octets have to match. Unless ... there is a router inbetween your computer and "another /24 network" - that is on both /24 networks. In that latter case that router inbetween has the route to the "another /24 network" and can get you there.

To configure router gear where DHCP isn't working plug directly into it on ethernet switch or LAN port. Knowing it's IP Address you have to manually configure your computer (take it off of Automatically) to match the 1st three Octets (1st three of the dotted decimal numbers) and with a 4th octet in the range 1-254, because .255 is the broadcast address. Make sure you pick a 4th octet that is not in use to your best knowledge. Not the ip of the router, or anything else that you are aware of on the network range. I usually pick .10 because normally nothing is on the lower end of a dhcp range.

Anyway hooked up directly and manually IP address set, you should be able to go about changing IP Address of a router or access point. Keep in mind if you change it outside of the /24 subnet you and it WERE IN that you will lose access to it again. And will have to change your manually configured IP Address again. Or go back to automatic - if you have now also enable DHCP on that router device.

Note that for an access point (range extender?) it doesn't usually matter that it is on a seperate /24 network ... as it doesn't operate at Layer 3 (Network, IP Addresses and such) anyway. It just switches Ethernet / Wireless Ethernet frames anyway - all of the IP stuff just transparently passes through it. You probably get DHCP from your 1.1 router ... and talk the local network and Internet just fine. You could use the above MANUAL IP method whenever you want to look in the wireless access point. But unless it's broken / not working, you shouldn't have to. Access Points normally don't do any routing at the IP level and don't run DHCP - so all of that simply doesn't matter. Of course you might like it on the same network range (/24) as your other router for ease of maintenance. Just don't plug into a WAN port, plug into a Switch/LAN port on your main router.

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I did this with Windows 7 but the same solution applies to Vista and XP.
1. Connect the Range Extender (mine happens to be the DWL-G710) by cable to your computer. 2. Open the Network and Sharing Center. 3. Click on the connection, then on "Properties" 4. From the list select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and click properties. 5. Select "Use the following IP address" 6. Use the following settings: IP Address: 192.168.0.130 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.0.30 7. Click OK then Close. Give the computer a few seconds to re-establish the connection. 8. Go back to your browser and type 192.168.0.30 again. It will work. 9. Don't forget to go back once you're finished and change the setting back to "Obtain IP address automatically."
Also, it's a bad idea to use WEP encryption as any password you would use is easily crackable within a few minutes using the Aircrack suite of hacking tools in Linux. Even someone using Windows can use a live Linux distribution such as BackTrack which is bootable from a CD to hack in and get your password. Once they have it they're in and use your internet connection.
Use WPA-PSK encyption or better and choose a password that can't be found in any dictionary or on the web. It can't be hacked as of yet.

Its probably not necessary to use anything higher than standard 64 bit wep encryption, which is usually the defaults for most wireless routers especially a d-link. You just have to access your router and click over to the wireless section and enable or check the enable option. To get there you will need to connect your computer with an ethernet cable directly, next open up a browser and go up to the address bar and blank it out, type in 192.168.1.1, if that does not work change it to 192.168.0.1 and hit enter, at this point it will require username and password, default is usually admin and admin. At this point just read and follow directions.

you are seeing your neighbours wireless as well. hook up to the one that is your router/provider

in your case, you only need to change the range expander's IP address from 192.168.0.30 to 192.168.1.30

to do this, you need to connect a computer's LAN cable directly to the range expander's LAN port. when both devices are powered ON, then access the initial IP address http://192.168.0.30

when you are in the web interface, click the LAN button and enter the suggested ip under the IP text box: 192.168.1.30 see figure below.


when you already set the IP, click on APPLY. then you are good to go. You can then connect the router, then connect the range expander to one of the router's port, then computers.

Here is a link to the manual for your DWL-G710.
D-Link manual on page 13 it lists the url entry should be
"http://192.168.0.30" This is a HTTP link not a HTTPS.
Also the address you typed in might be a typo. The IP address should be 192.168.0.30 not 192.168.0.30.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

There's quite a bit to know about extending / repeating WIFI signals.

Read about extending a WIFI signal with a Sitecom WL-130 repeater here.

same here

Both your neighbor's router and your range extender must be set to use exactly the same SSID, encryption key and FIXED channel assigment.

Both router and range extender must be setup with the same SSID, encryption key and same FIXED channel assignment.

Don't know what you mean by this comment. Both the router and the range extender must be setup to operate on the same FIXED channel, as well as the same SSID and encryption key. Extended Range is a totally separate option which is capable of taking advantage of specific features of specific chips in routers and range extenders. I would advise against using it.

Firstly I would check you have the latest firmware installed. Follow this link and select the correct revision as shown on the base of your unit. http://www.dlink.co.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Product_C&childpagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLTechProduct&cid=1197319539580&p=1197318962147&packedargs=locale%3D1195806691854&pagename=DLinkEurope-GB%2FDLWrapper - the website also provides you with a little help on hardware tested that CAN be repeated. Please note if your hardware is not listed it does not mean it CAN'T be repeated, it just hasn't been tested.

I have this unit. Make sure that the network you are repeating is set to stay on a certain channel. The router I was repeating was set to dynamic channels so that it changed based on what channel had less interference. The dlink repeater does not like that and needs the channel to stay the same.