Mediabridge MWN-WAPR300N User Guide - Manual (Page 10)

MWN-WAPR300N
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or Orig
inal Router (will be referred to as “Original Router” in the remaining steps below)
via an Ethernet cable.
2. Find the Default Gateway of the Original Router. It is typically 192.168.0.1 or
192.168.1.1. Here’s how to find the Default Gateway:
a. XP Users: Click on Start > Control Panel > Network Connections
> Right Click Local Area Connection > Status > Support Tab >
Write down the Default Gateway.
b. Vista: Click on Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center
> Manage Network Connections > Right Click Local Area
Connection > Status > Details > Write down the Default Gateway
c. Windows 7: Click on Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet
> Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Right
Click Local Area Connection > Status > Details > Write down the
Default Gateway
d. Windows 7: Click on Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet
> Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Right
Click Local Area Connection > Status > Details > Write down the
Default Gateway
3. Once you have the Gateway, disconnect the original router from your
computer. Next, connect the Medialink router directly to the computer via an Ethernet
cable (plug one end of the Ethernet cable to one of the Yellow LAN Ports of the
Medialink Router. Plug the other end into the network port of your computer). Then,
connect the AC/DC Adapter to the router’s Power port. Connect the other end into an
electrical outlet. Wait 30 seconds to allow the router to fully start.
4. Login to the Medialink router
a. Launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and
enter the Router’s default IP address, http://192.168.8.1. Press
“Enter”.
b.
Input the “admin” in both User Name and Password.
c.
Click “OK”.
d.
Click any of the “Advanced Settings” links on the Basic Settings
Screen to ente
r into the Router’s settings section.
5. Click on Advanced Settings > LAN Settings and change the IP address to be
the same as the Default Gateway of the Original router except the last number (ie: if the
Default Gateway is 192.168.0.1, make the Medialink 192.168.0.XXX where XXX can be
any number between 2 - 254)