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LED

Color

Status

Description

Power

Green

Solid Green

The device is ready.

Light Off

The device is powering off.

Red

Blinking Red

The device is booting up.

LAN

Green

Solid Green

The link is up.

Blinking

Green

Data is being transmitted.

Light Off

The link is down.

Hardware Overview

Connections

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To configure the DAP-3520, use a computer which is connected to the DAP-3520 with an Ethernet cable (see the

Network Layout diagram).

First, disable the option of accessing the Internet using a proxy server function. To disable this function, go to

Control

Panel

>

Internet Options

>

Connections

>

LAN Settings

and uncheck the enable box. Click

OK

.

Configuration

This section will show you how to configure your D-Link wireless access point using the web-based configuration utility.

If you would like to use the AP Manager II software, please refer to the documentation located on the D-Link CD.

Web-based Configuration Utility

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Start your web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox).

Type the IP address of the DAP-3520 in the address field (

) and

press

Enter

. Make sure that the IP addresses of the DAP-3520 and your computer are

in the same subnet.

After the connection is established, you will see the user identification window as shown.

Note:

If you have changed the default IP address assigned to the DAP-3520, make sure to enter the correct IP address.







Type “

admin”

in the

User Name

field.

Leave the

Password

field blank.

Click the

Login

button.

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After successfully logging into the DAP-3520, the following screen will appear:

When making changes on most of the configuration screens in this section, use the

Apply

button at the bottom of each screen to save

your configuration changes.

Click the

Apply

button to configure changes.

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Wireless Settings

Wireless Band:

Select either 2.4GHz or 5.0GHz from the drop-down

menu.

Mode:

Select

Access Point

from the drop-down menu.

The other four choices are

WDS with AP

,

WDS

and

Wireless Client

.

Network Name (SSID):

Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the name designated

for a specific wireless local area network (WLAN). The

SSID’s factory default setting is

dlink

. The SSID can be

easily changed to establish a new wireless network. The

SSID can be up to 32 characters and is case sensitive.

SSID Visibility:

Select

Enable

to broadcast the SSID across the network,

thus making it visible to all network users. Select

Disable

to hide the SSID from wireless users.

Auto Channel Selection:

Enabling this feature automatically selects the channel

that provides the best wireless performance.

Enable

is set by default. The channel selection process only

occurs when the AP is booting up.

Channel:

All devices on the network must share the same channel.

To change the channel, first toggle the

Auto Channel

Selection

setting to

Disable

, and then use the drop-down

menu to make the desired selection.

Note:

Wireless clients will automatically scan and match

the wireless channel of the DAP-3520.