Pre-Installation - D-Link DWL-810 User Manual

5.

Pre-Installation

If you are using the DWL-810 in Ad-Hoc mode,
skip this section and proceed to Section 7: Installation.
Read this section if you are using the DWL-810 in Infrastructure Mode or if
Before installing the DWL-810 you must do the following:
A.
Assign an IP Address to the laptop or computer
using to configure the DWL-810, which is within the IP Address
range of the DWL-810. See the Assigning a Static IP Address
section that follows.
B. Configure the DWL-810.
computer using a Cat5 Ethernet cable. Refer to Web Configuration
in this manual for instructions on how to configure the DWL-810.
C. Connect the DWL-810 to a network
configured it. See Installing the DWL-810 in this manual.
Assigning a Static IP Address to configure the DWL-810
To assign a Static IP Address to the laptop you are using to configure the
DWL-810, please do the following:
(Below are illustrations in Windows XP that show the D-Link DWL-650
Wireless Cardbus Adapter.
network adapters will have similar procedures for assigning a Static IP
Address.)
If the computer you are using
for configuration already has a
Static IP Address, be sure to
make a note of it. You will need
to re-input the original Static IP
Address after you configure the
DWL-810.
• Go to Start
• Click on
Control
Panel
you plan to configure the DWL-810.
Connect the DWL-810 to a laptop or
Other operating systems and other wireless
Fig. 5.1
device, after you have
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that you are