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Configuring Local Computer to
Access the Wireless Router
This chapter describes how to configure a computer for initial
connection to the device.
3.1 Overview
To access the Wireless Broadband Router’ s Web-based
Configuration Utility, at least one properly configured PC must be
connected to the device and reside on the same subnet with the
Wireless Broadband Router. The easiest way to make the
connection is attaching your host computer’ s network card directly to
the LAN port of the device.
Whatever your connection method is, the computer’ s Ethernet
/wireless interface must be on the same subnet as the router. As the
Wireless Broadband Router is configured with these default values:
•
IP address: 192.168.1.1
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Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
•
DHCP server: Enabled with the IP address pool from
192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.150.
So you should set up your NIC or wireless adapter’ s TCP/IP settings
as one of the following:
1. To use dynamic IP: Set your PC to be DHCP client to accept the
dynamic IP from the router’ s DHCP server.
2. To use static IP: Set the IP address as 192.168.1.x (x is
between 2 and 254), subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and the
gateway as 192.168.1.1
The default TCP/IP setting for Windows is acting as a DHCP client.
Please proceed to the next section to verify or, if necessary, to
configure the TCP/IP settings.