- Apr 15, 2004
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I'm going to get a D-Link DI-604 Router and I know I need to do the setup via browser or online, something like that.
It doens't make sense to me. I mean, when I setup other hardware, say a webcam, then I go to install a webcam driver and setup the webcam, all done on my computer. Similarly, I was thinking to setup a router I would install a driver, then adjust the setting, then I can use it.
I also went to D-Link website's Emulator. At there I can adjust firewall setting, admin password, all those stuff but I'm NOT using their router yet; I'm still using my phoneline connection. Then it tells me "your setting is reset" or something. I was thinking: "what the heck? how can it be set? I dont' even have a router."
It gives me a feeling that it's like Asus provides you a website to adjust your cpu voltage there.
I don't see how DLink know I'm using their router. It doesn't seem that I need to register and setup my own account so I don't see how they can change my router setting. And even if I'm using their router, how can my router setting get changed when I adjust some numbers on a (seemingly unrelated) DLink website. It makes more sense that there is a software CD that I can install and adjust the router on my computer.
Can someone please explain to me how the setup works, how does my router got setup? Is it something like I tell the website what to do and it sends signal to adjust my router?
Thanks.
It doens't make sense to me. I mean, when I setup other hardware, say a webcam, then I go to install a webcam driver and setup the webcam, all done on my computer. Similarly, I was thinking to setup a router I would install a driver, then adjust the setting, then I can use it.
I also went to D-Link website's Emulator. At there I can adjust firewall setting, admin password, all those stuff but I'm NOT using their router yet; I'm still using my phoneline connection. Then it tells me "your setting is reset" or something. I was thinking: "what the heck? how can it be set? I dont' even have a router."
It gives me a feeling that it's like Asus provides you a website to adjust your cpu voltage there.
I don't see how DLink know I'm using their router. It doesn't seem that I need to register and setup my own account so I don't see how they can change my router setting. And even if I'm using their router, how can my router setting get changed when I adjust some numbers on a (seemingly unrelated) DLink website. It makes more sense that there is a software CD that I can install and adjust the router on my computer.
Can someone please explain to me how the setup works, how does my router got setup? Is it something like I tell the website what to do and it sends signal to adjust my router?
Thanks.