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Step 6

Firstly, enter a network name (SSID) of your choice, or leave it unchanged

to accept the default SSID.

Secondly, choose a Wi-Fi password of at least 8 characters. Any device

trying to connect to the router wirelessly will need to enter this password

the first time it connects.

Finally, tap

Next

to proceed.

You will be asked to enter a SSID and password for your 5 GHz network.

Repeat step 6 and tap

Next

to proceed.

Step 7

Enter the administrator password of your choice. Unlike the Wi-Fi

password, this password is only required when you need to configure

the router. See

Configuration on page 19

for details of when this

password is used. Tap

Next

to proceed.

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Step 8

You will be presented with a summary of your chosen settings.

Tap

Save

to complete the setup and wait for your device to reboot.

Congratulations, your device has been successfully configured! You can

share this information by tapping

Share By E-mail

, or tap

Finish

to exit

the app.

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Configuration

Enter your password. If you previously followed the setup wizard (see

Setup Wizard

on page 12, please use the admin password you entered

during the wizard. Otherwise, leave the password blank. Click

Log In

to

proceed.

Note:

If you cannot remember your password and cannot log in, press and

hold the reset button for 10 seconds (see

Connections

on page 5) to

restore the router to its default settings.

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

Explorer and enter

http://dlinkrouter.local./

Windows and Mac users may also connect by typing the IP address of

the router (by default this is

) in the address bar.

The router’s home page will open displaying its current connection status.

The bar at the top of the page has quick access to Settings and

Management functions. You may quickly jump back Home at any time.

Note:

The system will automatically log out after a period of inactivity.

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Home

The Home page displays the current status of the router in the form of an interactive diagram. You can click each icon to display

information about each part of the network at the bottom of the screen. The menu bar at the top of the page will allow you

to quickly navigate to other pages.

The Home page displays whether or not the router is currently connected

to the Internet. If it is disconnected, click Click to repair to bring up the

setup wizard (see

Setup Wizard

on page 12).

To bring up more details about your Internet connection, click on the

Internet

icon. Click

IPv4

or

IPv6

to see details of the IPv4 connection

and IPv6 connection respectively.

Click

Release

to disconnect from the Internet. If you do this and wish to

reconnect, click

Renew

.

To reconfigure the Internet settings, refer to

Internet

on page 23.

Internet

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DIR-842

Click on the

DIR-842

icon to view details about the router and its wireless

settings.

Here you can see the router’s current wireless settings, as well as its MAC

address and IPv4/IPv6 addresses.

To reconfigure the network settings, either click

Go to settings

on the

lower left, or click

Settings

(at the top of the page) and then

Network

on the menu that appears. Refer to

Network

on page 50.

To reconfigure the wireless settings, either click

Go to settings

, on the

lower right, or click

Settings

(at the top of the page) and then

Wireless

on the menu that appears. Refer to

Wireless

on page 47.