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Installation & Quick Start Guide
WL450 Wireless Antenna
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WL450
IP Address = 192.168.10.20
Password = wl450
QUICK START WL450-01- VR1.00
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- Page 1 Installation & Quick Start Guide WL450 Wireless Antenna IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WL450 IP Address = 192.168.10.20 Password = wl450 QUICK START WL450-01- VR1.00...
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Page 2: Before You Start
2. Before you start The WL450 is configured and controlled via its built-in web interface. In order to access this, you will need a PC with one RJ45 Ethernet (LAN) connection and a suitable modern web browser such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox. No drivers are required to be installed to make the WL450 work and any Windows, Mac OSX or LINUX powered PC can work with the WL450. - Page 3 The base of the WL450 has a slot cut in it to allow the network cable to side exit the antenna. Some mounts have a hollow center allowing the cable a straight exit through the mount (see Fig.2) but in some cases a side exit is necessary or desirable (see Fig.3).
- Page 4 WL450 Quick Start Guide DIGITAL YACHT Figure 4 With the power to the PoE Injector turned off, connect the WL450 network cable to the POE socket (black cable shown in Fig.4). The LAN connector of the PoE Injector should be connected to;...
- Page 5 If you wish to connect it to a Wireless Router please skip to section 4. The WL450 acts as a DHCP server on its LAN connection and will allocate an IP address to any PC connected to it, so it is important that your PC is set to “Obtain an IP address automatically”...
- Page 6 Party Router If you already have a router that you wish to use or you want to use another make of router, the WL450 can be connected to any cable modem type router (rather than a phone line ADSL type). There are plenty of units available from manufacturers like Netgear, Belkin, Linksys, TP-Link, Cisco, etc.
- Page 7 The WL450 always has an IP address of 192.168.10.20. Whether you are connecting just one PC to the WL450 or multiple PCs via a router, to talk to the WL450, you must enter the IP address 192.168.10.20 in to the address bar of a browser on the PC or mobile device connected to the WL450 or router.
- Page 8 To scan for available networks (hotspots), click on the “SCAN” button. A pop-up window will appear - see Fig.12. Every wireless network that the WL450 could detect is listed and this can often be quite a long list. It is sometimes useful to sort the list by signal strength or by encryption e.g.
- Page 9 Only experienced network technicians should attempt changing any of these advanced menu settings. If you have problems with any of the advanced WL450 settings, it is recommended that you click the “Reset to Defaults” button on the “SYSTEM” screen.
- Page 10 In order for this re-direction to occur, it is important that the DNS settings that your PC or Mobile Device get from the iNavConnect/iNavHub, correctly point to the WL450. To ensure this always happens, we recommend that the following setting are made on the iNavConnect/iNavHub Connect your PC or Mobile Device wirelessly to the iNavConnect/iNavHub Open your browser and type the following IP address depending upon which unit you have;...
- Page 11 WL450 Quick Start Guide DIGITAL YACHT Now scroll down this page and in the lower "DHCP Server" section click on the "Advanced Settings" tab In the very last "DHCP-Options" box type the following text depending upon the unit you have, making sure that you get the commas and full stop characters correct and no spaces;...
- Page 12 WL450 Quick Start Guide DIGITAL YACHT Once you have checked that you have typed this correctly, click on the "Save & Apply" button and your change of setting will be stored. Power off the iNavConnect and then power it on again.
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