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Network Name:

Public Network

Name:

Private Network

Name:

Add Member:

Scan:

Device Name:

MAC Address:

Password:

You can set the name of your network and to make

it either public or private. Make sure the Network

Name of all of the devices within your Powerline

network is the same.

Select this option if you would like to make your

powerline network public with the default Network

Name of “HomePlugAV”. Since this is a commonly

used Network Name, it is less secure than a private

Network Name.

Select this option if you wish to make your powerline

network more secure by using a private Network

Name. Type the name of your private Powerline

network in the field.

This section lets you add new Powerline AV devices

to your Powerline network. To add a new device, give

it a

Device Name

and enter its

Password

, then click

Add

. When you add a device it is given the current

Network Name.

Scan for new Powerline devices.

Type a name you wish to use to identify a specific

Powerline AV device. For example, “Jack’s room”.

You can find the MAC address printed on the back

of your device.

The

Password

is used to verify that you are

authorized to perform changes on a device. You can

find the

Password

printed on the back of your device.

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Member

List:

Link Rate:

Status:

QoS Setting:

This section provides information on the Powerline

AV devices in your Powerline network, or any devices

that were previously connected but it are currently

disconnected.

Displays the device’s current data rate in Mbps.

This field shows the status of the device. If the

field displays the word

Connect

, then the device

is connected to your Powerline network. If the field

displays the word

Disconnect,

then the device has

been added to the network but it is not ready. Please

check its password and make sure the device is

powered on.

You can configure your Powerline AV devices to give

priority to powerline network traffic according to its

unique

MAC Address

.

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Wireless

If you wish to change the default settings or optimize

the performance of the DHP-W306AV, you may use

the web-based configuration utility.

To access the configuration utility, open a web browser

such as Internet Explorer and enter either

http://dlinkap

or

in the address field.

Type

Admin

as the User Name and then enter your

password. Leave the password blank by default.

If you receive a “Page Cannot be Displayed” error,

please refer to the

Troubleshooting

section on page

64 for assistance.

Connect an Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on the DHP-W306AV to a computer for configuration.

http://dlinkap

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Click

Launch Wireless Setup Wizard

to configure

your access point and skip to the next page.

To set up your wireless network, click

Add Wireless

Device

With WPS

and skip to page 24.

If you would like to enter your settings without running

the wizard, click

Wireless Setup

on the left side and

skip to page 26.

Wireless Setup Wizard

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Enter the Device Name of the AP and click

Next

to continue. This is the NetBIOS name for the AP.

Changing the Device Name is recommended if there

is more than one D-Link device within the same

wireless network.

This Wizard is designed to assist you in configuring your DHP-W306AV as an access point.

If you would like to change the admin account

password, enter a new password and click

Next

.

Changing the password is strongly recommended.