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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

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6. Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the router and reconnect your computer to your network.

7. Connect an Ethernet cable in one of the

LAN

ports of the router and connect it to your other router. Do not plug anything

into the Internet (WAN) port of the D-Link router.

8. You may now use the other 3 LAN ports to connect other Ethernet devices and computers. To configure your wireless

network, open a web browser and enter the IP address you assigned to the router. Refer to the

Configuration

and

Wireless

Security

sections for more information on setting up your wireless network.

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The DIR-815 includes a Quick Router Setup Wizard CD. Follow the simple steps below to run the Setup Wizard to guide you

quickly through the installation process.

Insert the

Quick Router Setup Wizard CD

in the CD-ROM drive. The step-by-step instructions that follow are shown in

Windows

®

XP. The steps and screens are similar for the other Windows operating systems.

If the CD Autorun function does not automatically start on your computer, go to

Start

>

Run

. In the run box type

“

D:\autorun.exe

” (where

D:

represents the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive).

When the autorun screen appears, click

Install.

Getting Started

Note:

It is recommended to write down the SSID and Security Key, followed by the login password on the provided CD holder.

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Configuration

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

Web-based Configuration Utility

To access the configuration utility, open a web-browser such

as Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the router

(192.168.0.1).

Enter

Admin

in the User Name field. Leave the password blank

by default.

If you get a

Page Cannot be Displayed

error, please refer to the

Troubleshooting

section for assistance.

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After logging into the router for the first time, the D-Link Easy Setup window will appear:

Click this radio button to configure your router settings

using a step-by-step wizard. Refer to the following page for

more information on how to use the Easy Setup method

to configure your Router.

Click this radio button if you prefer to setup your router

manually. Refer to “Setup” on page 20 for more information

on how to configure your router manually.

Check this box if you want the Easy Setup window to

appear as the initial window every time you log on the

Router.

Easy Setup:

Manual Setup:

Always start up

with easy setup

after login:

After choosing the appropriate option, click

Next

.