Setting Your Nbg To Ap Mode; Accessing The Web Configurator In Access Point Mode; Configuring Your Wlan, Bandwidth Management And Maintenance Settings; Ap Mode Status Screen - ZyXEL Communications NBG6515 User Manual

8.3.1 Setting your NBG to AP Mode

Log into the Web Configurator if you haven't already. See the Quick start Guide for instructions on
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how to do this.
To use your NBG as an access point, switch the physical button which placed at the bottom of the
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NBG to the middle place.
Note: You have to log in to the Web Configurator again when you change modes. As soon
as you do, your NBG is already in Access Point mode.
The Web Configurator refreshes once the change to Access Point mode is successful.
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8.3.2 Accessing the Web Configurator in Access Point Mode

Log in to the Web Configurator in Access Point mode, do the following:
Connect your computer to the LAN port of the NBG.
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The default IP address of the NBG is "192.168.1.2". In this case, your computer must have an IP
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address in the range between "192.168.1.3" and "192.168.1.254".
Click Start > Run on your computer in Windows. Type "cmd" in the dialog box. Enter "ipconfig" to
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show your computer's IP address. If your computer's IP address is not in the correct range then see
Appendix C on page 191
After you've set your computer's IP address, open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and
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type "192.168.1.2" as the web address in your web browser.
Note: After clicking Login, the Easy mode appears. Refer to
screens. Change to Expert mode to see the screens described in the sections
following this.
8.3.3 Configuring your WLAN, Bandwidth Management and Maintenance
Settings
The configuration of wireless, bandwidth management and maintenance settings in Access Point
mode is the same as for Router Mode.
• See Chapter 11 on page 80
• See Chapter 21 on page 136
• See Chapter 25 on page 160
Maintenance settings.

8.4 AP Mode Status Screen

Click
Chapter 8 Access Point Mode
for information on changing your computer's IP address.
for information on the configuring your wireless network.
for information on configuring your Bandwidth Management screen.
to Chapter 25 on page 160
to open the Status screen.
NBG6515 User's Guide
for information on configuring your
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page 38 for the Easy mode