D-Link DAP-1150 User manual

Quick Installation Guide
DAP-1150
Wireless Access Point Supporting Router Mode

DAP-1150 Quick Installation Guide
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Delivery Package
•Access point DAP-1150
•Power adapter DC 5V/1.2А
•Straight-through Ethernet ca le (CAT 5E)
•CD-ROM with “User Manual” and “Quick Installation Guide”
•“Quick Installation Guide” ( rochure).
If any of the items are missing, please contact your reseller.
!Using a power supply with a different voltage rating than the one
included will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
Default Settings
IP add ess of access point 192.168.0.50
Use name (login) admin
Passwo d admin
Name of wi eless netwo k (SSID) DAP-1150
System Requirements and Equipment
•A computer with any operating system that supports a we rowser.
•A we rowser to access the we - ased interface of the access point:
Windows Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera.
•A NIC (Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter) to connect to the access point.
•An 802.11 , g or n Wi-Fi adapter to create a wireless network.
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CONNECTING TO PC
PC with Ethernet Adapter
1. Make sure that your PC is powered off.
2. Connect an Ethernet ca le etween the LAN port located on the ack
panel of the access point and the Ethernet port of your PC.
3. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the ack panel of
the access point, then plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet or
power strip.
4. Turn on your PC and wait until your operating system is completely
loaded.
Now you should configure your PC to o tain an IP address automatically (as
DHCP client).
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Obtaining P Address Automatically
in OS Windows XP
1. Click the Sta t utton and proceed to the Cont ol Panel > Netwo k
and Inte net Connections > Netwo k Connections window.
2. In the Netwo k Connections window, right-click the relevant Local
A ea Connection icon and select the P ope ties line in the menu
displayed.
3. In the Local A ea Connection P ope ties window, on the Gene al
ta , select the Inte net P otocol (TCP/IP) line. Click the P ope ties
utton.
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4. Select the Obtain an IP add ess automatically and Obtain DNS
se ve add ess automatically radio uttons. Click the OK utton.
5. Click the ОК utton in the connection properties window.
Now your computer is configured to o tain an IP address automatically.
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Obtaining P Address Automatically
in OS Windows 7
1. Click the Sta t utton and proceed to the Cont ol Panel window.
2. Select the Netwo k and Sha ing Cente section. (If the Control Panel
has the category view (the Catego y value is selected from the View by
drop-down list in the top right corner of the window), choose the View
netwo k status and tasks line under the Netwo k and Inte net
section.)
3. In the menu located on the left part of the window, select the Change
adapte settings line.
4. In the opened window, right-click the relevant Local A ea Connection
icon and select the P ope ties line in the menu displayed.
5. In the Local A ea Connection P ope ties window, on the
Netwo king ta , select the Inte net P otocol Ve sion 4 (TCP/IPv4)
line. Click the P ope ties utton.
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6. Select the Obtain an IP add ess automatically and Obtain DNS
se ve add ess automatically radio uttons. Click the OK utton.
7. Click the OK utton in the connection properties window.
Now your computer is configured to o tain an IP address automatically.
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PC with Wi-Fi Adapter
1. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the ack panel of
the access point, then plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet or
power strip.
2. Turn on your PC and wait until your operating system is completely
loaded.
3. Turn on your Wi-Fi adapter. As a rule, modern note ooks with uilt-in
wireless NICs are equipped with a utton or switch that turns on/off the
wireless adapter (refer to your PC documents). If your PC is equipped
with a plugga le wireless NIC, install the software provided with your
Wi-Fi adapter.
Now you should configure your Wi-Fi adapter.
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Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows XP
1. Click the Sta t utton and proceed to the Cont ol Panel > Netwo k
and Inte net Connections > Netwo k Connections window.
2. Select the icon of the wireless network connection and make sure that
your Wi-Fi adapter is on.
3. Search for availa le wireless networks.
4. In the opened Wi eless Netwo k Connection window, select the
wireless network DAP-1150 and click the Connect utton.
After that the Wi eless Netwo k Connection Status window appears.
!
If you perform initial configuration of the access point via Wi-Fi
connection, note that immediately after changing the wireless default
settings of the access point you will need to reconfigure the wireless
connection using the newly specified settings.
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Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows 7
1. Click the Sta t utton and proceed to the Cont ol Panel window.
2. Select the Netwo k and Sha ing Cente section. (If the Control Panel
has the category view (the Catego y value is selected from the View by
drop-down list in the top right corner of the window), choose the View
netwo k status and tasks line under the Netwo k and Inte net
section.)
3. In the menu located on the left part of the window, select the Change
adapte settings line.
4. In the opened window, select the icon of the wireless network connection
and make sure that your Wi-Fi adapter is on.
5. To open the list of availa le wireless networks, select the icon of the
wireless network connection and click the Connect To utton or left-
click the network icon in the notification area located on the right side of
the task ar.
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6. In the opened window, in the list of availa le wireless networks, select the
wireless network DAP-1150 and click the Connect utton.
7. Wait for a out 20-30 seconds. After the connection is esta lished, the
network icon will e displayed as the signal level scale.
!
If you perform initial configuration of the access point via Wi-Fi
connection, note that immediately after changing the wireless default
settings of the access point you will need to reconfigure the wireless
connection using the newly specified settings.
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CONFIGURING ACCESS POINT
Connecting to Web-based nterface
1. Start a we rowser.
2. In the address ar of the we rowser, enter the IP address of the access
point ( y default, the following IP address is specified:
192.168.0.50). Press the Ente key.
3. On the opened page, enter the username (login) and password for the
administrator account ( y default, the following username and password
are specified: admin, admin). Then click the Ente link.
!
If the error “ The page cannot be displayed ” (or “ Unable to display the
page ”/“ Could not connect to remote server ”) occurs upon connecting to
the we - ased interface of the access point, make sure that you have
properly connected the device to your computer.
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Right after the first access to the we - ased interface you are forwarded to the
page for changing the administrator password specified y default.
Enter the new password in the Passwo d and Confi mation fields. Then
click the Save utton.
!
Remem er or write down the new password for the administrator
account. In case of losing the new password, you can access the settings
of the access point only after restoring the factory default settings via
the hardware RESET utton. This procedure wipes out all settings that
you have configured for your device.
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After successful registration the access point's quick settings page opens.
On the page, you can proceed to the Wi-Fi Setup Wizard (use the Configu e
Wi-Fi utton) or switch to the standard we - ased interface of the access point
y clicking the Configu e manually utton. After clicking the utton, the
system statistics page opens. The page displays general information on the
access point and its software.
To get ack to the quick settings page from the Wi-Fi Setup Wizard or any
we - ased interface menu section, left-click the D-Link logo in the top left
corner of the page.
The we - ased interface of the access point is multilingual. Select a needed
language from the menu displayed when the mouse pointer is over the
Language caption. You can change the language of the we - ased interface
in any menu item.
After selecting the language, the notification on unsaved changes will e
displayed. Click the Save utton to save the current language of the we -
ased interface as the default language.
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Selecting Operating Mode
By default, the access point mode is specified for the device. If you need to use
the device as a router, proceed to the Advanced / Device mode page, select
the Route value from the Wo k mode list, and click the Change utton.
Then select the Save&Reboot value from the top-page menu displayed when
the mouse pointer is over the System caption and wait until the device is
re ooted.
!When the device is switched to the router mode, you cannot connect to
it via a wired connection.
After the device has re ooted, the quick settings page in the router mode
opens.
On the opened page, you can proceed to the Wizards (use the Connect to
inte net, Host site, and Configu e Wi-Fi uttons) or switch to the standard
we - ased interface of the access point y clicking the Configu e manually
utton.
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Configuring Wireless Network
By default, the wireless network of the access point is open (it requires no
password to access it). To avoid unauthorized access to your wireless local
area network, change the default settings of the access point.
Example of Wireless Settings
1. Go to the Wi-Fi / Secu ity settings page.
2. Select the WPA2-PSK value from the Netwo k Authentication drop-
down list.
3. Enter a key (a password that will e used to access your wireless
network) in the Enc yption Key PSK field. Use digits and Latin
characters.
4. Select the AES value from the WPA Enc yption drop-down list.
5. Click the Change utton.
!
If you perform initial configuration of the access point via Wi-Fi
connection, note that immediately after changing the wireless default
settings you will need to reconfigure the wireless connection using the
newly specified settings.
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Configuring Local Area Network
1. Go to the Net / LAN page. If needed, change the IP address of the access
point's LAN interface and the mask of the local su net in the IP
Add ess and Netmask fields. Then click the Save utton.
2. By default, the DHCP server of the device is ena led. In the DHCP
se ve section, you can change the parameters of the DHCP server. As a
rule, the DHCP server should e disa led when the device is used in the
access point mode (select the Disable value from the Mode drop-down
list).
3. After specifying the DHCP server settings, click the Save utton.
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Configuring Connection to the nternet
(Router Mode Only)
!
You should configure your WAN connection in accordance with data
provided y your Internet service provider (ISP). Make sure that you
have o tained all necessary information prior to configuring your
connection. Otherwise contact your ISP.
1. Go to the Net / WAN page and click the Add utton.
2. In the Gene al settings section, select a needed value from the
Connection Type drop-down list.
3. From the Po t drop-down list, select the WAN value.
4. Specify a name for your connection (any name for easier identification) in
the Name field.
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5. If your ISP uses MAC address inding, in the Ethe net section, in the
MAC field, enter the MAC address registered y your ISP upon
concluding the agreement. To set the MAC address of the network
interface card (of the computer that is eing used to configure the access
point at the moment) as the MAC address of the WAN interface, click the
Clone MAC utton. To set the address of a device connected to the
access point's LAN at the moment, select the relevant value from the
drop-down list located to the right of the field.
6. For connection of PPPoE type: in the PPP section, enter authorization
data provided y your ISP (the username (login) in the Use name field
and the password in the Passwo d and Passwo d confi mation
fields), or select the Without autho ization check ox if authorization
is not required.
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7. For connection of Static IP type: in the IP section, fill in the IP
Add ess, Netmask, Gateway IP Add ess, and P ima y DNS
se ve fields.
8. For connection of Dynamic IP type: if your ISP has provided the address
of the DNS server, in the IP section, deselect the Obtain DNS se ve
add esses automatically check ox and fill in the P ima y DNS
se ve field.
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