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Setting
SSID
Authentication Type
Passphrase
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved and you are disconnected from the access point.
If you changed the default country, the access point restarts.
9. After a few minutes, if the login window does not open automatically, enter 192.168.0.100 in the address
bar of your browser.
If you changed the IP address (that is, you specified a static IP address), enter the new IP address.
A login window opens.
10. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The password is the one that you just defined on the Day Zero Easy
Setup page. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays. You can now customize the access point settings for your network
environment.
11. After you complete the setup process, or both the setup and customization process, you can change
the computer back to its original IP address settings.
Install the Access Point in Your Network and Access It for Initial Configuration
Description
You cannot use the default SSID for regular operation (the default SSID is for
setup only). Enter a new name with a maximum of 32 characters. You can use a
combination of alphanumeric and special characters, except for quotation marks
(") and a backslash (\).
From the menu, select one of the following authentication types for the WiFi
network:
• Open. Authentication is not required and data encryption is not supported.
This setting does not provide any security and is not appropriate for most
situations.
• WPA2-PSK. This option allows only WiFi clients that support WPA2 to connect
to the SSID. Select this option if all WiFi clients are capable of supporting
WPA2. This option uses AES encryption.
• WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK. This option allows both WPA and WPA2 WiFi clients
to connect to the SSID. This option uses TKIP and AES encryption. Broadcast
packets use TKIP. For unicast (that is, point-to-point) transmissions, WPA
clients use TKIP and WPA2 clients use AES.
Note For information about setting up WPA2 Enterprise security, see
Set Up an Open or Secure WiFi Network
Unless you select Open from the Authentication Type menu, enter a new
passphrase (network key or WiFi password) for the WiFi network.
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