D-Link DAP-1155 User manual

Quick Installation Guide
DAP-1155
Wireless N 150 Access Point & Router

DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Delivery Package
•Access point DAP-1155
•Power adapter DC 12V
•Ethernet cable (CAT 5E)
•“Quick Installation Guide” (broch re).
If any of the items are missing, please contact yo r reseller.
The “User Manual” and “Quick Installation Guide” doc ments in R ssian
and English are available on D-Link website (see
ftp.dlink.r /p b/Wireless/DAP-1155/Description/Rev.B/).
!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 address o access point 192.168.0.50
Username (login) admin
Password admin
Name o wireless network (SSID) DAP-1155
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System Requirements and Equipment
•A comp ter with any operating system that s pports a web browser.
•A web browser to access the web-based 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 802.11b, g or n Wi-Fi adapter to create a wireless network.
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CONNECTING TO PC
PC with Ethernet Adapter
1. Make s re that yo r PC is powered off.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable between the LAN port located on the back
panel of the access point and the Ethernet port of yo r PC.
3. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the back panel of
the access point, then pl g the power adapter into an electrical o tlet or
power strip.
4. T rn on yo r PC and wait ntil yo r operating system is completely
loaded.
Now yo need to config re an IP address for the Ethernet adapter of yo r PC.
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Configuring IP Address in S Windows XP
1. Click the Start b tton and proceed to the Control Panel > Network
and Internet Connections > Network Connections window.
2. In the Network Connections window, right-click the relevant Local
Area Connection icon and select the Properties line in the men
displayed.
3. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the General
tab, select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) line. Click the Properties
b tton.
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4. Select the Use the ollowing IP address radio b tton and enter the
val e 198.168.0.51 in the IP address field. The Subnet mask
field will be filled in a tomatically. Click the OK b tton.
5. Click the ОК b tton in the connection properties window.
Now yo can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for config ring
all needed parameters. To gain access to an external network (to the Internet),
yo also need to specify the defa lt gateway and the addresses of DNS servers.
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Configuring IP Address in S Windows 7
1. Click the Start b tton and proceed to the Control Panel window.
2. Select the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Control Panel
has the category view (the Category val e is selected from the View by
drop-down list in the top right corner of the window), choose the View
network status and tasks line nder the Network and Internet
section.)
3. In the men located on the left part of the window, select the Change
adapter settings line.
4. In the opened window, right-click the relevant Local Area Connection
icon and select the Properties line in the men displayed.
5. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the
Networking tab, select the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
line. Click the Properties b tton.
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6. Select the Use the ollowing IP address radio b tton and enter the
val e 198.168.0.51 in the IP address field. The Subnet mask
field will be filled in a tomatically. Click the OK b tton.
7. Click the OK b tton in the connection properties window.
Now yo can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for config ring
all needed parameters. To gain access to an external network (to the Internet),
yo also need to specify the defa lt gateway and the addresses of DNS servers.
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PC with Wi-Fi Adapter
1. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the back panel of
the access point, then pl g the power adapter into an electrical o tlet or
power strip.
2. T rn on yo r PC and wait ntil yo r operating system is completely
loaded.
3. T rn on yo r Wi-Fi adapter. As a r le, modern notebooks with b ilt-in
wireless NICs are eq ipped with a b tton or switch that t rns on/off the
wireless adapter (refer to yo r PC doc ments). If yo r PC is eq ipped
with a pl ggable wireless NIC, install the software provided with yo r
Wi-Fi adapter.
Now yo sho ld config re yo r Wi-Fi adapter.
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Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in S Windows XP
1. Click the Start b tton and proceed to the Control Panel > Network
and Internet Connections > Network Connections window.
2. In the Network Connections window, right-click the relevant
Wireless Network Connection icon. Make s re that yo r Wi-Fi
adapter is on, then select the Properties line in the men displayed.
3. In the Wireless Network Connection Properties window, on the
General tab, select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) line. Click the
Properties b tton.
4. Select the Use the ollowing IP address radio b tton and enter the
val e 198.168.0.51 in the IP address field. The Subnet mask
field will be filled in a tomatically. Click the OK b tton.
5. Click the ОК b tton in the connection properties window.
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6. Search for available wireless networks.
7. In the opened Wireless Network Connection window, select the
wireless network DAP-1155 and click the Connect b tton.
After that the Wireless Network Connection Status window appears.
Now yo can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for config ring
all needed parameters. To gain access to an external network (to the Internet),
yo also need to specify the defa lt gateway and the addresses of DNS servers.
!
If yo perform initial config ration of the access point via Wi-Fi
connection, note that immediately after changing the wireless defa lt
settings of the access point yo will need to reconfig re the wireless
connection sing the newly specified settings.
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Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in S Windows 7
1. Click the Start b tton and proceed to the Control Panel window.
2. Select the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Control Panel
has the category view (the Category val e is selected from the View by
drop-down list in the top right corner of the window), choose the View
network status and tasks line nder the Network and Internet
section.)
3. In the men located on the left part of the window, select the Change
adapter settings line.
4. In the opened window, right-click the relevant Wireless Network
Connection icon. Make s re that yo r Wi-Fi adapter is on, then select
the Properties line in the men displayed.
5. In the Wireless Network Connection Properties window, on the
Networking tab, select the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
line. Click the Properties b tton.
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6. Select the Use the ollowing IP address radio b tton and enter the
val e 198.168.0.51 in the IP address field. The Subnet mask
field will be filled in a tomatically. Click the OK b tton.
7. Click the OK b tton in the connection properties window.
8. To open the list of available wireless networks, select the icon of the
wireless network connection and click the Connect To b tton or left-
click the network icon in the notification area located on the right side of
the taskbar.
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9. In the opened window, in the list of available wireless networks, select the
wireless network DAP-1155 and click the Connect b tton.
10. Wait for abo t 20-30 seconds. After the connection is established, the
network icon will be displayed as the signal level scale.
Now yo can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for config ring all
needed parameters. To gain access to an external network (to the Internet), yo
also need to specify the defa lt gateway and the addresses of DNS servers.
!
If yo perform initial config ration of the access point via Wi-Fi
connection, note that immediately after changing the wireless defa lt
settings of the access point yo will need to reconfig re the wireless
connection sing the newly specified settings.
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CONFIGURING ACCESS POINT
Connecting to Web-based Interface
1. Start a web browser.
2. In the address bar of the web browser, enter http://dlinkap/ or
http://192.168.0.50/ (the defa lt IP address of the access point).
Press the Enter key.
3. On the opened page, enter the sername and password for the
administrator acco nt in the Login and Password fields
correspondingly (by defa lt, the following sername and password are
specified: admin, admin). Then click the Enter link.
!
If the error “ The page cannot be displayed ” (or “ Unable to display the
page ”/“ Could not connect to remote server ”) occ rs pon connecting to
the web-based interface of the access point, make s re that yo have
properly connected the device to yo r comp ter.
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Right after the first access to the web-based interface yo are forwarded to the
page for changing the administrator password specified by defa lt.
Enter a new password in the Password and Con irmation fields (yo may
se digits, Latin letters ( ppercase and/or lowercase), and characters available
on the keyboard), then click the Save link.
!
Remember or write down the new password for the administrator
acco nt. In case of losing the new password, yo can access the settings
of the access point only after restoring the factory defa lt settings via
the hardware WPS/RESET b tton. This proced re wipes o t all
settings that yo have config red for yo r device.
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After s ccessf l registration the access point's q ick settings page opens.
The web-based interface of the access point is m ltiling al. Select a needed
lang age from the men displayed when the mo se pointer is over the
Language caption. Yo can change the lang age of the web-based interface
in any men item.
After selecting the lang age, the notification on nsaved changes will be
displayed. Click the Save icon ( ) to save the c rrent lang age of the
web-based interface as the defa lt lang age.
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The page displays general information on the access point and its software (the
version and the date of the firmware, the IP address of the device, the name of
the WLAN, etc.).
On the q ick settings page, yo can q ickly get to some pages of the web-
based interface or r n the Wi-Fi Set p Wizard ( se the link on the left side of
the page).
From the q ick settings page yo can switch to the advanced settings section.
To do this, click the Advanced settings link in the bottom right corner of
the page.
Also yo can find a specific page via search. To do this, enter the name of the
page, wholly or partly, in the search bar in the top part of the web-based
interface page, and then select a needed link in the search res lts.
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Selecting peration Mode
By defa lt, the access point mode is specified for the device. If yo need to se
the device as a ro ter, on the advanced settings page, select the Router
position ( ) of the Switch device mode switch. In the
opened dialog box, click the OK b tton to save new settings and immediately
reboot the access point.
Also yo can change the operating mode of the device on the System /
Device mode page. To do this, on the page, select the Router val e from the
Work mode list, and click the Change b tton. In the opened dialog box,
click the OK b tton and wait ntil the device is rebooted.
After the device has rebooted, the q ick settings page in the ro ter mode
opens.
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On the opened page, yo can proceed to the Wizards ( se the links on the left
side of the page), q ickly get to some pages of the web-based interface, find a
specific page via search, or switch to the standard web-based interface of the
access point by clicking the Advanced settings link in the bottom right
corner of the page.
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