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ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP210 Reference Manual

Logging In to the Access Point

The access pointis set by default with the IP address of 192.168.0.236 with DHCP disabled.
Note: If you log in using the default IP address, the computer you are using to connect to
the access point should be configured with an IP address in the range 192.168.0.0
to 192.168.0.255 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
If DHCP is enabled, there are two methods you can use to connect to the WNAP210 after the
DHCP server on your network assigns it a new IP address.
• If your wireless access point is to be deployed on a local network, you can enter the NetBIOS
name in your Web browser. The default wireless access point name is netgearxxxxxx, where
xxxxxx represents the last 6 bytes of the MAC address. The MAC address is printed on the
rear label of the WNAP210. (Using the NetBIOS naming convention to access your router
across several network segments is known to be unreliable.)
• Reserve an IP address (based on the access point's MAC address) on the DHCP server. That
way, if your router is deployed across several segments, you can configure the wireless access
point with a static IP address, which you can always use to log in to make future configuration
changes.
To log in using the default IP aAddress:
1. Open a Web browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Netscape Navigator.
2. Connect to the access point by entering the default address of http://192.168.0.236 into your
browser.
http://192.168.0.233
Figure 2-8
3. The login screen displays. Enter admin for the user name and password for the password,
both in lower case letters.
4. Click Login.
Your Web browser should automatically find the access point and display the home screen as
shown in Figure 2-3.
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