Setting Your Nbg-418N V2 To Router Mode - ZyXEL Communications NBG-418N v2 User Manual

Unive rsa l Re pe a te r
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the same time. Use this mode if there is an existing wireless router or access point in your network and
you want the NBG-418N v2 (N) to wirelessly relay communications from its wireless clients to the
access point.
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Universal Repeater
C lie nt Bridg e
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existing wireless router or access point in the network to which you want to connect your local
network wirelessly. In this mode, you should know the SSID and wireless security details of the access
point to which you want to connect.
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Client Bridge
4.2 Se tting yo ur NBG - 418N v2 to Ro ute r Mo de
The NBG-418N v2 is set to wireless router mode by default. If it was changed and now you want to set it
back, do the following procedure.
Connect your computer to the LAN port of the NBG-418N v2.
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The default LAN IP address of the NBG-418N v2 is 192.168.1.1 in router mode and 192.168.1.2 by default in
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non-router mode. In router mode, the NBG-418N v2 can assign your computer an IP address, so you
must set your computer to get an IP address automatically (computer factory default) or give it a fixed
IP address in the range between 192.168.1.3 and 192.168.1.254.
After you've set your computer's IP address, open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and type the
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IP address of the NBG-418N v2 as the web address in your web browser.
Log into the Web Configurator. See the
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Go to Ma inte na nc e > Sys O P Mo de > G e ne ra l
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Chapter 4 Modes
: In this mode, the NBG-418N v2 (N) can be an access point and a wireless client at
WLAN
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: Use this mode to have the NBG-418N v2 work only as a wireless client if there is an
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NBG-418N v2 User's Guide
AP
AP
Chapter 2 on page 16 for instructions on how to do this.
and select Ro ute r .
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