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D-Link DIR-815 User Manual
Section 2 - Installation
If you are connecting the D-Link router to another router to use as a wireless access point and/or switch, you will have to do 
the following before connecting the router to your network:
• Disable UPnP
™
• Disable DHCP
• Change the LAN IP address to an available address on your network. The LAN ports on the router cannot accept 
a DHCP address from your other router.
To connect to another router, please follow the steps below:
1. Plug the power into the router and use the power switch to power up the router. Connect one of your computers to the 
router (LAN port) using an Ethernet cable. Make sure your IP address on the computer is 192.168.0.xxx (where xxx is between 
2 and 254). Please see the 
Networking Basics
section for more information. If you need to change the settings, write down 
your existing settings before making any changes. In most cases, your computer should be set to receive an IP address 
automatically in which case you will not have to do anything to your computer.
2. Open a web browser and enter 
and press 
Enter
. When the login window appears, set the user name to 
Admin
and leave the password box empty. Click 
Log In
to continue.
3. Click on 
Advanced
and then click 
Advanced Network
. Uncheck the 
Enable UPnP
checkbox. Click 
Save Settings
to continue. 
4. Click 
Setup
and then click 
Network Settings
. Uncheck the 
Enable DHCP Server
checkbox. Click 
Save Settings
to continue.
5. 
Under Router Settings, enter an available IP address and the subnet mask of your network. Click 
Save Settings
to save your 
settings. Use this new IP address to access the configuration utility of the router in the future. Close the browser and change 
your computer’s IP settings back to the original values as in Step 1.
Connect to Another Router