Quick Installation Guide DAP-1155 Wireless N 150 Access Point & Router
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide BEFORE YOU BEGIN Delivery Package • Access point DAP-1155 • Power adapter DC 12V • Ethernet cable (CAT 5E) • “Quick Installation Guide” (brochure). If any of the items are missing, please contact your reseller. The “User Manual” and “Quick Installation Guide” documents in Russian and English are available on D-Link website (see ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Wireless/DAP-1155/Description/Rev.B/).
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide System Requirements and Equipment • A computer with any operating system that supports a web browser. • A web browser to access the web-based interface of the access point: Windows Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera. • A NIC (Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter) to connect to the access point. • An 802.11b, g or n Wi-Fi adapter to create a wireless network.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide CONNECTING TO PC PC with Ethernet Adapter 1. Make sure that your PC is powered off. 2. Connect an Ethernet cable between the LAN port located on the back panel of the access point and the Ethernet port of your PC. 3. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the back panel of the access point, then plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet or power strip. 4. Turn on your PC and wait until your operating system is completely loaded.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Configuring IP Address in OS Windows XP 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network Connections window. 2. In the Network Connections window, right-click the relevant Local Area Connection icon and select the Properties line in the menu displayed. 3. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, on the General tab, select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) line. Click the Properties button.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 4. Select the Use the following IP address radio button and enter the value 198.168.0.51 in the IP address field. The Subnet mask field will be filled in automatically. Click the OK button. 5. Click the ОК button in the connection properties window. Now you can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for configuring all needed parameters.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Configuring IP Address in OS Windows 7 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window. 2. Select the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Control Panel has the category view (the Category value is selected from the View by drop-down list in the top right corner of the window), choose the View network status and tasks line under the Network and Internet section.) 3.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 6. Select the Use the following IP address radio button and enter the value 198.168.0.51 in the IP address field. The Subnet mask field will be filled in automatically. Click the OK button. 7. Click the OK button in the connection properties window. Now you can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for configuring all needed parameters.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide PC with Wi-Fi Adapter 1. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the back panel of the access point, then plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet or power strip. 2. Turn on your PC and wait until your operating system is completely loaded. 3. Turn on your Wi-Fi adapter. As a rule, modern notebooks with built-in wireless NICs are equipped with a button or switch that turns on/off the wireless adapter (refer to your PC documents).
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows XP 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network Connections window. 2. In the Network Connections window, right-click the relevant Wireless Network Connection icon. Make sure that your Wi-Fi adapter is on, then select the Properties line in the menu displayed. 3.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 6. Search for available wireless networks. 7. In the opened Wireless Network Connection window, select the wireless network DAP-1155 and click the Connect button. After that the Wireless Network Connection Status window appears. Now you can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for configuring all needed parameters. To gain access to an external network (to the Internet), you also need to specify the default gateway and the addresses of DNS servers.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Configuring Wi-Fi Adapter in OS Windows 7 1. Click the Start button and proceed to the Control Panel window. 2. Select the Network and Sharing Center section. (If the Control Panel has the category view (the Category value is selected from the View by drop-down list in the top right corner of the window), choose the View network status and tasks line under the Network and Internet section.) 3.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 6. Select the Use the following IP address radio button and enter the value 198.168.0.51 in the IP address field. The Subnet mask field will be filled in automatically. Click the OK button. 7. Click the OK button in the connection properties window. 8.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 9. In the opened window, in the list of available wireless networks, select the wireless network DAP-1155 and click the Connect button. 10. Wait for about 20-30 seconds. After the connection is established, the network icon will be displayed as the signal level scale. Now you can connect to the web-based interface of DAP-1155 for configuring all needed parameters.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide CONFIGURING ACCESS POINT Connecting to Web-based Interface 1. Start a web browser. 2. In the address bar of the web browser, enter http://dlinkap/ or http://192.168.0.50/ (the default IP address of the access point). Press the Enter key. 3. On the opened page, enter the username and password for the administrator account in the Login and Password fields correspondingly (by default, the following username and password are specified: admin, admin).
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Right after the first access to the web-based interface you are forwarded to the page for changing the administrator password specified by default. Enter a new password in the Password and Confirmation fields (you may use digits, Latin letters (uppercase and/or lowercase), and characters available on the keyboard), then click the Save link. ! Remember or write down the new password for the administrator account.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide After successful registration the access point's quick settings page opens. The web-based interface of the access point is multilingual. Select a needed language from the menu displayed when the mouse pointer is over the Language caption. You can change the language of the web-based interface in any menu item. After selecting the language, the notification on unsaved changes will be displayed.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide The page displays general information on the access point and its software (the version and the date of the firmware, the IP address of the device, the name of the WLAN, etc.). On the quick settings page, you can quickly get to some pages of the webbased interface or run the Wi-Fi Setup Wizard (use the link on the left side of the page). From the quick settings page you can switch to the advanced settings section.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Selecting Operation Mode By default, the access point mode is specified for the device. If you need to use the device as a router, on the advanced settings page, select the Router position ( ) of the Switch device mode switch. In the opened dialog box, click the OK button to save new settings and immediately reboot the access point. Also you can change the operating mode of the device on the System / Device mode page.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide On the opened page, you can proceed to the Wizards (use the links on the left side of the page), quickly get to some pages of the web-based interface, find a specific page via search, or switch to the standard web-based interface of the access point by clicking the Advanced settings link in the bottom right corner of the page.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Configuring Wireless Network By default, the wireless network of the access point is open (it requires no password to access it). To avoid unauthorized access to your wireless local area network, change the default settings of the access point. Example of Wireless Settings 1. Go to the Wi-Fi / Security settings page. 2. Select the WPA2-PSK value from the Network Authentication dropdown list. 3.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Configuring Local Area Network 1. Go to the Net / LAN page. If needed, change the IP address of the access point's LAN interface and the mask of the local subnet in the IP Address and Netmask fields. Then click the Save button. 2. By default, the DHCP server of the device in the access point mode is disabled (the Disable value is selected from the Mode drop-down list). As a rule, the DHCP server should be disabled when the device is used in the access point mode.
DAP-1155 Configuring Connection (Router Mode Only) ! Quick Installation Guide to the Internet You should configure your WAN connection in accordance with data provided by your Internet service provider (ISP). Make sure that you have obtained all necessary information prior to configuring your connection. Otherwise contact your ISP. 1. Go to the Net / WAN page and click the Add button. 2. In the General settings section, select a needed value from the Connection Type drop-down list. 3.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 5. If your ISP uses MAC address binding, in the Ethernet section, in the MAC field, enter the MAC address registered by your ISP upon concluding the agreement. To set the MAC address of the network interface card (of the computer that is being used to configure the access point at the moment) as the MAC address of the WAN interface, click the Clone MAC Address button ( ).
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 7. For connection of Static IP type: in the IP section, fill in the IP Address, Netmask, Gateway IP address, and Primary DNS server fields. 8. For connection of Dynamic IP type: if your ISP has provided the address of the DNS server, in the IP section, deselect the Obtain DNS server addresses automatically checkbox and fill in the Primary DNS server field.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 9. For connection of PPTP + Static IP or L2TP + Static IP type: in the IP section, fill in the IP Address, Netmask, Gateway IP address, and Primary DNS server fields. Then in the VPN section, enter authorization data provided by your ISP (the username (login) in the Username field and the password in the Password and Password confirmation fields), or select the Without authorization checkbox if authorization is not required.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide 10. For connection of PPTP + Dynamic IP or L2TP + Dynamic IP type: if your ISP has provided the address of the DNS server, in the IP section, deselect the Obtain DNS server addresses automatically checkbox and fill in the Primary DNS server field.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide Saving Settings to Non-volatile Memory In order to avoid losing the new settings upon hardware reboot (accidental or intentional power-off of the device), it is recommended to save the settings to the non-volatile memory of the access point. Click the Save&Reboot line in the top-page menu displayed when the mouse pointer is over the System caption. Wait until the access point is rebooted.
DAP-1155 Quick Installation Guide TECHNICAL SUPPORT You can find software updates and user documentation on our website. D-Link provides its customers with free support within the product's warranty period. Customers can contact the technical support group by phone or by email/Internet. FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES OF D-LINK OFFICES WORLDWIDE VISIT http://www.dlink.
