Configuration Options; Connecting To The Administrator Web Interface - Manhattan 525695 User Manual

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4. C

ONFIGURATION

In t his s ection, w e e xplain e verything t here i s t o k now a bout t he a dditional c onfiguration o ptions o f t he M anhattan W ireless

AC750 D ual-‐Band R ange E xtender. B ut b efore w e b egin, a w ord o f c aution: T he i nformation p resented i s q uite t echnical a t

times a nd n ot e asily u nderstandable b y u sers w ithout a ny e xperience i n s etting u p c omputers a nd n etworks. I f t erms l ike I P

address, D HCP s erver, W PA, S SID o r W PS a re u nknown t o y ou, s ome o f t he i nformation i n t his s ection w ill l eave y ou

confused. A lso, a sk y ourself i f a ny o f t he s tatements b elow a pply t o y ou. I f n ot, t here i s r eally n o n eed t o c ontinue r eading

this s ection.

You s hould r ead t his s ection i f y ou

want t o c hange t he n ames ( SSIDs) o f t he w ireless n etworks s o t hat y ou c an d ifferentiate t he o riginal w ireless

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home n etwork f rom t he r ange e xtender n etworks.

want t o u se t his p roduct a s a r egular w ireless a ccess p oint r ather t han a r ange e xtender.

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want t o c hange t he I P a ddress o f t he r ange e xtender t o b e i n t he s ame r ange a s t he r est o f y our n etwork.

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are a g eek a nd w ant t o k now e verything.

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4.1

ONNECTING TO THE

The d efault I P a ddress o f t he M anhattan W ireless A C750 D ual-‐Band R ange E xtender i s 1 92.168.2.2. A ny c omputer t hat h as a

matching I P a ddress — i .e., i n t he r ange 1 92.168.2.3 – 1 92.168.2.254 — c an c onnect t o t he r ange e xtender W eb U I w ith a ny

standard W eb b rowser a t h ttp://192.168.2.2. A lternatively, y ou c an o pen h ttp://manhattan.repeater. T he u ser n ame i s

"admin" a nd t he d efault p assword i s " 1234."

Typically, t he c omputer's n etwork a dapter i s s et u p t o a utomatically r eceive I P a ddress i nformation f rom a D HCP s erver,

such a s y our w ireless r outer a t h ome. U nless y ou h ave c hanged t his, t here i s n o n eed t o m ake a c hange t o t he n etwork

adapter c onfiguration i f y ou w ant t o s et u p t he r ange e xtender m anually a s d escribed i n t he p revious s ection. H owever, i f

you d o r un a n etwork a dapter w ith s tatic I P s ettings, y ou w ill n eed t o e ither a djust t hese s ettings o r c hange t he s ettings t o

automatic D HCP. S ee S ection 5 – A ppendix A : " Changing t he I P A ddress o f a N etwork A dapter" f or d etails.

PTIONS

DMINISTRATOR

NTERFACE

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