Connection And Configuration - D-Link DIR-815 Quick Installation Manual

CONNECTION AND CONFIGURATION

1. Connect the power cord to the power connector port on the back panel of the router, then
plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet or power strip.
2. Connect the router to your PC.
PC with Ethernet adapter: connect an Ethernet cable between an available Ethernet
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port of the router and the Ethernet port of your PC. Turn on the router by pressing the
ON/OFF button on its back panel. Turn on your PC and wait until your operating
system is completely loaded.
PC with Wi-Fi adapter: turn on the router by pressing the ON/OFF button on its
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back panel. Turn on your PC and wait until your operating system is completely
loaded. Then turn on your Wi-Fi adapter and connect to the network DIR-815 (for
operating in the 2.4GHz band) or DIR-815-5G (for operating in the 5GHz band).
3. Start a web browser. In the address bar of the web browser, enter the IP address of the
router (by default, 192.168.0.1). Press the Enter key.
4. 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). Then click the Enter link.
After the first access to the web-based interface you are forwarded to the page for changing the
administrator password specified by default. Enter the new password in the Password and
Confirmation fields. Then click the Save link. Remember or write down the new password
for the administrator account.
After successful registration the router's quick settings page opens.
The web-based interface of the router is multilingual. Select a needed language from the menu
displayed when the mouse pointer is over the Language caption.
On the quick settings page, you can run a needed Wizard (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 advanced settings section (click the Advanced settings link in the bottom right
corner of the page).
To configure connection to the Internet, click the Click'n'Connect link in the Net section on
the quick settings page or go to the advanced settings page and click the WAN link in the Net
section.
To change settings of the LAN, left-click the IP address of the local interface (right column of
the LAN IP line on the Network information section on the quick settings page) or go to the
advanced settings page and click the LAN link in the Net section.
To configure the wireless network, click the Wireless network settings wizard link in the
Wi-Fi section on the quick settings page or go to the advanced settings page and click the Basic
settings link in the Wi-Fi section.
For detailed description of every page of the web-based interface, see the "User Manual"
document on D-Link website (ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Router/DIR-815/Description/RevC/).