Setup Globe Broadband with D-Link DIR-300 Wireless G Router
I’ve been getting a lot of queries on how I setup my Globe Broadband connection to power my simple home wireless network.
Well, I’ll share how I did it today.
First off, some reminders and warnings of sorts. I’m not a computer networking professional nor have I received any formal training in setting up computer networks. What I’m going to share here is based on my first-hand experiences in working with computers and routers backed by trial-and-error methods, research from the web and self-teachings.
Now that’s clear, I’ll go right into the meat of this post by using this photo I’ve prepared for this occasion.
GlobeWiFiSetup
It’s that simple. Here are the steps:
- Place the router in an open and central location. Do not plug the power adapter into the router.
- Turn the power off on your modem. If there is no on/off switch, then unplug the modem’s power adapter. Shut down your computer.
- Unplug the Ethernet cable (that connects your computer to your modem) from your computer and place it into the WAN port on the router.
- Plug an Ethernet cable into one of the four LAN ports on the router. Plug the other end into the Ethernet port on your computer.
- Turn on or plug in your modem. Wait for the modem to boot (about 30 seconds).
- Plug the power adapter to the router and connect to an outlet or power strip. Wait about 30 seconds for the router to boot.
- Turn on your computer.
- Verify the link lights on the router. The power light, WAN light, and the LAN light (the port that your computer is plugged into) should be lit. If not, make sure your computer, modem, and router are powered on and verify the cable connections are correct.
Now here’s how I configured my home Wi-Fi:
- Open a web browser, I used Firefox when I first configured the home Wi-Fi.
- Type in 192.168.0.1 into the address bar.
- Type in admin as username and leave the password field blank. (I’ve changed these default settings to my own so as to increase my network’s security.)
- Used the Internet Connection Setup Wizard and after all the steps, my home Wi-Fi is up, secured and providing internet access throughout our entire house and compound.
The D-Link DIR-300 Wireless G router has been in service in my house for almost a year now and so far, it has been performing superbly well. It may not be the leading model in its line but it sure provides a solid value for the money I spent on it, which is not that much as compared to other wireless routers.
It’s ease of use, setup and configuration has made setting up a home Wi-Fi network as easy as plugging in a flash drive to your pc or laptop. The only problems I have with it is when my internet connection becomes intermittent every once in a while, but then that’s Globe’s fault!
Anyone else using the D-Link DIR-300 wireless router? How about similar routers? How was your experience in setting up your home Wi-Fi network?
Hi guys! stumbled upon this year old posts… need help sana for the DIR300…
My boss gave me this DIR-300 router and asked me to set up wifi on our office… problem is our current connection which has a static IP address streams audio to our web hosting team which picks it up via the static IP and streams it as live audio… (sort of an internet radio).
when i have the modem connected straight to the PC with the Static IP and all other things (DG, DNS, etc.) configured correctly… it works fine.
My problem is when i connect the D-Link DIR300, It takes on the Static IP that i use for the Broadcasting PC. The Broadcasting PC now gets it’s IP automatically (192.168.0.xxx). this is where my problem starts… our hosting team cannot pick up the audio stream that i’m broadcasting since it looks at the static IP address, which is now used by the DIR-300.
I’m guessing the problem would be somewhere in the NAT part… which i’m not really familiar with. Tried port forwarding… but wasn’t successful. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
how about pldt dsl?
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my ubuntu laptop cannot connect to dir-300 wireless accesspoint. but it can connect using the wired setup. anyone who knows how to make the wireless setup working? pls help.
Hi all,
I am using DIR 300. it is gud but its coverage is less. also i use 2 PCs and my cell with wifi. when i use WPA security or WEP, my cell phone disconnects very frequently. Anyone of u can tell what might be problem or settings???? directly mail me at muz_15 (at) hotmail. com.
Also, DIR 300 has 4 ports for LAN, I want to fix 250 kbps (out of 1mbps link) for a single port. Is it possible???? Kindly reply for any solution that might work.
Thanks
Regards
Muzammil
I’ve had the same problem when I try to connect my mobile phones with the DIR-300 Wifi router: I get disconnected all the time.
Any fix on this issue?
hi guys. i have the dir-300 model as well but i find some problems with my connection from time to time. it’s quite intermittent. im sure it’s not the isp because when i connect directly to the modem i dont have the same problem. im using pldt for my dsl btw. no uid/pwd required for their connection
i tried to play with the settings but cant seem to turn off the nat without having problems with lan connections -getting limited or no connectivity. so my only option is to leave the nat on, setup for dynamic dhcp, and play with port forwarding and firewall access rules
tried to force open http and other ports but internet still is intermittent surf; i noticed seoulbox changed the firmware; were you experiencing the same problem as mine? if so, does changing the firmware to that one you used fix it?
as a side note, when playing online games i dont seem to get disconnected but when surfing i often get page cant be displayed errors; had to refresh the page a number of times to successfully get the page loaded. sometimes parts of the webpage shows pcbd as well
windows firewall off; avg 8.0 free for my antivirus
Seems like we’re having the same problems with the dir-300. As of now, I really don’t know what’s the cause of this problem because on my observation, this problem started to show up last December 2008, almost a year after I bought the dir-300. I was thinking perhaps the router was nearing its optimal operating lifespan, albeit, a little too early?
I’ll try to browse around user forums in order to get more info and a possible fix to this problem.
i just do the admin but it always say your username & password is incorrect. .i guess i just ask the store where i buy the router i use?
That’s the best thing to do at this point. Good luck!
pls.. help me how can i known my username and password it always incorrect all the time can i known the site of d link 300 to know my username & password? so i can change the name & password.
Did you change the admin username and password on the router? The default username is admin and just leave the password field blank.
If you need more help, just contact the store where you bought your router and they would be the best to help you.
I’m currently using DIR-615 as our main router and DIR-300 as the 2nd one.
so far okay ang 615. but the 300, I had flashed its firmware to ddwrt because of the frequent disconnections esp. when using BitTorrent.
Nice tutorial. Unfortunately, I’m not using a NetGear router right now not D-Link. But anyways, I’ll keep this bookmarked in case I might need it one of these days.
Btw, my NetGear router is similar to what you have, its also a wireless G router. Setting it up was very easy, took me less than 10 minutes.
Hi!
I’ve set it up and it’s working but i wanted to make this a secure connection i.e. outsiders can’t use this with a password. Right now, it’s free for all! LOL
Please help me ASAP.
Thanks
First, do you also use the D-Link DIR-300 Wireless G router? Follow the second set of instructions and use the Internet Connection Setup Wizard, this would let you setup a secure password for limiting access to your Wi-Fi network.
Hope that helps!
Hi! Su,
Try to use MAC authentication in your router.
i used to have dlink dir-300 and I find it very simple to configure than any other wireless router but unfortunately I experience a few lag time within the router and so I changed it to Linksys wrh-54g.
Mine was with a linksys wrt54gc wireless router connected to smartbro. It was also my first time setting up wireless network then (though I had some experience with wired, but using hubs). It was a breeze, just connected the smartbro to WAN port and desktop to one of the LAN ports, set the router to received DHCP,, alas! I’m connected, same with Globe wireless Broadband.
As I can see on your setup, the modem provided by Globe is already a router, you could also just connect the Dlink on one of the LAN port from the modem to a LAN port on the Dlink and just set it up as an access point. And the desktop on the LAN port of the modem. But that might complicate things.
Nice how to btw.
Yeah, I tried that setup a month or two ago, but it complicated things with port forwarding and sharing a printer and network drive between my laptop and the desktop.
Though I might try again and really spend a day or two to set it that way and iron out all the bugs. Then again, finding a free day or two in my schedule has been next to impossible nowadays.