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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

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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.

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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There are several different ways you can configure your router to connect to the Internet and connect to your clients:

•

QRS.Mobile.App.

- Use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to configure your router. Refer to page 21

•

D-Link.Setup.Wizard

- This wizard will launch when you log into the router for the first time. Refer to page 14.

•

Manual.Setup

- Log into the router and manually configure your router (advanced users only). Refer to page 26.

Configuration

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If this is your first time logging into the router, this wizard will

start automatically.

This wizard is designed to guide you through a step-by-step

process to configure your new D-Link router and connect to the

Internet.

Click

Next

to continue.

Quick Setup Wizard

If this is your first time installing the router, open your web

browser. You will automatically be directed to the

Wizard Setup

Screen

.

If you have already configured your settings and you would like

to access the configuration utility, please refer to page 26.

Please wait while your router detects your internet connection type.

If the router detects your Internet connection, you may need to enter

your ISP information such as username and password.

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If the router does not detect a valid Ethernet connection from the

Internet port, this screen will appear. Connect your broadband modem

to the Internet port and then click

Try.Again

.

If the router detects an Ethernet connection but does not detect the type

of Internet connection you have, this screen will appear. Click

Guide.me.

through.the.Internet.Connection.Settings

to display a list of connection

types to choose from.

Select your Internet connection type and click

Next

to continue.