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D-Link DIR-826L User Manual
Section 2 - Installation
Note:
It is strongly recommended to replace your existing router with the DIR-826L instead of using both. If your modem is a combo 
router, you may want to contact your ISP or manufacturer’s user guide to put the router into Bridge mode, which will ‘turn off’ the 
router (NAT) functions. 
If you are connecting the DIR-826L router to an existing router to use as a wireless access point and/or switch, you will have 
to do the following to the DIR-826L before connecting it 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. 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, enter 
http://192±168±0±1
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.
Connect to an Existing Router