A friend of mine got me a D-Link DIR-655 Wireless N Router. I wanted to hook it up on my home network and use it to replace the current wireless gateway that is built-in to the Telus ADSL modem. To do that, you need to disable UPnP and DHCP functions on the D-Link router and change its Router IP Address to have the same network ID as your existing network. So make sure you have connected your computer to your new router using a network cable. Then follow the steps below.

Disabling UPnP

1. Login to D-Link DIR-655 router.
2. Click on “Advanced” on the top menu
3. Click on “Advanced Network” on the left menu
4. Uncheck the “Enable UPnP” option
5. Click “Save Settings” and let your router reboot.

If you just got your new router and have not configured it before, then I recommend you to configure its wireless settings at this stage. You can do this by clicking on “Setup” at the top, then click on “Wireless Settings” on the left. Then you can choose to use either the wizard or the manual method. You should also change the Admin password as well.

Disabling DHCP and Changing Router IP Address

Before going any further, you should login to your Telus Gateway Modem and configure its network settings so that it will play well with your new router.

1. Connect your computer to your Telus gateway with a cable
2. Go to your Telus gateway IP address in a browser (e.g. 192.168.1.254)
3. Click on “Home Network” at the top
4. Click on “Advanced Settings”
5. Enter your password to login
6. Under Private Network, choose “configure manually”
7. Enter 192.168.1.254 for the “Router Address” and 255.255.255.0 for the “Subnet Mask”
8. Check the option “Enable DHCP” and enter 192.168.1.111 and 192.168.1.120 for the First and Last DHCP address (10 dynamic IPs to use).
9. Click “Save”

Then reconnect your computer to the D-Link Router and login to it.

1. Click on “Network Settings” on the left
2. Uncheck the “Enable DHCP Server” option
3. Change the “Router IP Address” to 192.168.1.1
4. Enter 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask
5. Click “Save Settings”

At this point, you will probably not able to login to your D-Link router because your computer is not getting an IP address from it since DHCP is disabled. All you need to do now is to connect your D-Link router to your Telus gateway modem using a network cable. Make sure you are plugging the cable into one of the LAN ports on both sides, not the WAN or Internet ports. For wired connections, you can connect your computers to either of them using a cable. For wireless, you can have two wireless network running at the same time, one on each router. However, I strongly recommend you to disable the wireless function on your Telus gateway so that there is less radio frequency interference in your area.