D-Link DAP-1610 User manual

Quick Installation Guide
DAP-1610
AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender

DAP-1610 Quick Installation Guide
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Delivery Package
•Extender DAP-1610
•“Quick Installation Guide” (brochure).
If any of the item are mi ing, plea e contact your re eller.
The “User Manual” and “Quick Installation Guide” document are available
on D-Link web ite ( ee www.dlink.ru).
!
Using a power supply with different parameters than those
indicated on the device will cause damage and void the
warranty for this product.
Default Settings
Do ain na e of device dlinkap.local.
IP address of device 192.168.0.50
Userna e (login) admin
Password admin
Na e of wireless network
(SSID)
2.4GHz DAP-1610
5GHz DAP-1610-5G
Network key (PSK password)
ee WPS PIN on the
barcode label on the
back panel of the
device
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System Requirements and Equipment
•A router enabled to acce the Internet.
•A computer with any operating y tem that upport a web brow er.
•A web brow er to acce the web-ba ed interface of the device:
◦Apple Safari 8 and later
◦Google Chrome 48 and later
◦Micro oft Internet Explorer 10 and later
◦Micro oft Edge 20.10240 and later
◦Mozilla Firefox 44 and later
◦Opera 35 and later.
•A NIC (Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter) to connect to the extender.
•An 802.11a, b, g, n, or ac Wi-Fi adapter to create a wirele network.
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CONNECTING TO PC
PC with Ethernet Adapter
1. Connect an Ethernet cable between the Ethernet port of the extender and
the Ethernet port of your PC.
2. Plug the device into an electrical outlet or power trip.
Now you need to configure an IP addre for the Ethernet adapter of your PC.
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Obtaining P Address Automatically
in OS Windows 7
1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window.
2. Select the Network and Sharing Center ection. (If the Control Panel
ha the category view (the Category value i elected from the View by
drop-down li t in the top right corner of the window), choo e the View
network status and tasks line under the Network and Internet
ection.)
3. In the menu located on the left part of the window, elect the Change
adapter settings line.
4. In the opened window, right-click the relevant Local Area Connection
icon and elect the Properties line in the menu di played.
5. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the
Networking tab, elect the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
line. Click the Properties button.
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6. Select the Obtain an IP address auto atically and Obtain DNS
server address auto atically radio button . Click the OK button.
7. Click the OK button in the connection propertie window.
Now your computer i configured to obtain an IP addre automatically.
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PC with Wi-Fi Adapter
1. Plug the device into an electrical outlet or power trip.
2. Turn on your Wi-Fi adapter. A a rule, modern notebook with built-in
wirele NIC are equipped with a button or witch that turn on/off the
wirele adapter (refer to your PC document ). If your PC i equipped
with a pluggable wirele NIC, in tall the oftware provided with your
Wi-Fi adapter.
Now you hould configure your Wi-Fi adapter.
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Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows 7
1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window.
2. Select the Network and Sharing Center ection. (If the Control Panel
ha the category view (the Category value i elected from the View by
drop-down li t in the top right corner of the window), choo e the View
network status and tasks line under the Network and Internet
ection.)
3. In the menu located on the left part of the window, elect the Change
adapter settings line.
4. In the opened window, elect the icon of the wirele network connection
and make ure that your Wi-Fi adapter i on.
5. To open the li t of available wirele network , elect the icon of the
wirele network connection and click the Connect To button or left-
click the network icon in the notification area located on the right ide of
the ta kbar.
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6. In the opened window, in the li t of available wirele network , elect the
wirele network DAP-1610 (for operating in the 2.4GHz band) or
DAP-1610-5G (for operating in the 5GHz band) and click the Connect
button.
7. In the opened window, enter the network key ( ee WPS PIN on the
barcode label on the back panel of the device) in the Security key field
and click the OK button.
8. Wait for about 20-30 econd . After the connection i e tabli hed, the
network icon will be di played a the ignal level cale.
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If you perform initial configuration of the acce point via Wi-Fi
connection, note that immediately after changing the wirele default
etting of the acce point you will need to reconfigure the wirele
connection u ing the newly pecified etting .
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CONFIGURING EXTENDER
Connecting to Web-based nterface
Start a web brow er. In the addre bar of the web brow er, enter the domain
name of the extender (by default, dlinkap.local) with a dot at the end
and pre the Enter key. Al o you can enter the IP addre of the device (by
default, 192.168.0.50).
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If the error “ The page cannot be displayed ” (or “ Unable to display the
page ”/“ Could not connect to remote server ”) occur upon connecting to
the web-ba ed interface of the extender, make ure that you have
properly connected the device to your computer.
If the device ha not been configured previou ly or the default etting have
been re tored, after acce to the web-ba ed interface the Initial Configuration
Wizard open ( ee the Initial Configuration Wizard ection, page 13).
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If you configured the device previou ly, after acce to the web-ba ed interface
the login page open . Enter the u ername (admin) in the Userna e field
and the pa word you pecified in the Password field, then click the LOGIN
button.
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The Su ary page di play general information on the extender and it
oftware.
The web-ba ed interface of the extender i bilingual (Engli h/Ru ian). You
can elect the needed language upon the initial configuration of the web-ba ed
interface of the device or in the Syste / Configuration ection of the
menu.
Other etting of the extender are available in the menu in the left part of the
page. Go to the relevant ection and elect the needed page or run the wizard
in the Initial Configuration ection.
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nitial Configuration Wizard
In order to tart the Initial Configuration Wizard manually, go to the Initial
Configuration ection.
Click the OK button and wait until the factory default etting are re tored.
Then click the START button.
If the device ha not been configured previou ly or the default etting have
been re tored, the Initial Configuration Wizard tart automatically upon
acce to the web-ba ed interface or upon opening a web ite on the Internet.
1. Click YES in order to leave the current language of the web-ba ed
interface or click NO to elect the other language.
2. On the next page, click the CONTINUE button.
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Selecting Operation Mode
In order to connect your device to a wired router for adding a wirele network
to the exi ting local network, on the Device ode page, from the
Connection ethod li t, elect the Wired connection value. In thi mode
you can change the LAN IP addre , et your own etting for the wirele
network and et your own pa word for acce to the web-ba ed interface of
the device.
In order to connect your device to a wirele router for extending the range of
the exi ting wirele network, on the Device ode page, from the
Connection ethod li t, elect the Wi-Fi value. Then from the Work
ode li t elect the Repeater value. In thi mode you can change the LAN
IP addre , connect your device to another acce point, et your own etting
for the wirele network, and et your own pa word for acce to the web-
ba ed interface of the device.
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In order to let a wired PC connected to your device acce the network of a
wirele router, on the Device ode page, from the Connection ethod
li t, elect the Wi-Fi value. Then from the Work ode li t elect the Client
value. In thi mode you can change the LAN IP addre , connect your device
to another acce point and et your own pa word for acce to the web-ba ed
interface of the device.
When the operation mode i elected, click the NEXT button.
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Changing LAN IPv4 Address
Thi configuration tep i available for the Access point, Repeater, and
Client mode .
1. Select the Auto atic obtain ent of IPv4 address to let DAP-1610
automatically obtain the LAN IPv4 addre .
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If the extender obtain the LAN IPv4 addre automatically, then after
fini hing the Wizard you can acce the web-ba ed interface u ing the
domain name (by default, dlinkap.local ) with a dot at the end.
If you want to manually a ign the LAN IPv4 addre for DAP-1610, do not
elect the Auto atic obtain ent of IPv4 address checkbox and fill in
the IP address and Net ask field and, if needed, the Gateway IP
address field. Make ure that the a igned addre doe not coincide with the
LAN IPv4 addre of the router to which your device connect .
2. Click the NEXT button.
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Wi-Fi Client
Thi configuration tep i available for the Repeater and Client mode .
1. On the Wi-Fi client page, in the Wireless Networks ection, elect the
network to which you want to connect. When you elect a network, the
Network na e (SSID) and BSSID field are filled in automatically.
If you cannot find the needed network in the li t, click the UPDATE LIST
button.
2. If a pa word i needed to connect to the elected network, fill in the
relevant field.
If you connect to a hidden network, from the Connecting to network li t
elect the Connect to hidden network value. Then elect the band where
the hidden network operate from the Frequency band li t and enter the
network name in the Network na e (SSID) field. Then elect a needed
value from the Network authentication li t and then, if needed, enter the
pa word in the relevant field.
3. Click the NEXT button.
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Conguring Wireless Net ork
Thi configuration tep i available for the Access point and Repeater
mode .
1. On the Wireless Network 2.4 GHz page, in the Network na e field,
pecify your own name for the wirele network in the 2.4GHz band or
leave the value ugge ted by the extender.
2. In the Password field, pecify your own pa word for acce to the
wirele network or leave the value ugge ted by the extender (WPS PIN
of the device, ee the barcode label).
3. You can re tore the parameter of the wirele network pecified before
re etting to factory default . To do thi , click the RESTORE button.
4. Click the NEXT button.
5. On the Wireless Network 5 GHz page, pecify needed etting for the
wirele network in the 5GHz band and click the NEXT button.
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Changing Web-based Interface Pass ord
On thi page you hould change the default admini trator pa word. You may
et any pa word except admin. U e digit , Latin letter (upperca e and/or
lowerca e), and other character available in the US keyboard layout.1
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Remember or write down the new pa word for the admini trator
account. In ca e of lo ing the new pa word, you can acce the etting
of the extender only after re toring the factory default etting via the
hardware RESET button. Thi procedure wipe out all etting that you
have configured for your extender.
Click the NEXT button.
On the next page, check all the etting you have ju t pecified.
Al o you can ave a text file with parameter et by the Wizard to your PC. To
do thi , click the SAVE CONFIGURATION FILE button and follow the
dialog box appeared.
To fini h the Wizard, click the APPLY button.
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SPECIFICATIONS*
Hardware
Processor ·MT7628NN (575/580MHz)
RAM ·64MB, DDR2
Flash ·8MB, SPI
Interfaces ·10/100BASE-TX LAN po t
LEDs ·POWER/WPS
·Wi-Fi Signal St ength
Buttons ·WPS button to set up wi eless connection
·RESET button to esto e facto y default settings
Antenna ·Two exte nal non-detachable antennas (3dBi gain fo
2.4GHz and 2dBi gain fo 5GHz)
MIMO ·2 x 2
Power connector ·CEE 7/16 plug fo AC powe supply
* The device feature are ubject to change without notice. For the late t ver ion of the
firmware and relevant documentation, vi it www.dlink.ru.
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