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Your connection to the Access Point should be established and you are ready
to access to the unit’s control panel.
Accessing & Using The Control Panel
Making Sure Your Computer Can Talk To The Access Point .
The Access Point’s control panel has an internal IP address of 192.168.0.240 which
enables any standard web browser to view and adjust its settings. If you are con-
nected to your access point via an Actiontec brand router, it has an address that is
within the same subnet address range. This means that you are ready to “talk” to
the control panel and don’t need to read this section and should proceed directly
to the next section “
Viewing The Control Panel
” a bit further down on this page.
If, however, you are using another brand of router (Linksys and some other prod-
ucts), the you may need to configure your computer’s NIC card with a static IP
address that is within the range of the access point’s control panel.
This is true
whether you are making a wired or wireless connection to the unit.
If you are unsure of your router’s subnet address range, you can try talking to the
control using the procedures in the next section “
Viewing The Control Panel
” a bit
further down on this page. If this does not work, follow the procedures outlined in
Appendix A - “
Setting Up A Static IP Address
” on page 28 before attempting to
access the control panel again.
NOTE:
If you are making a “direct” connection to your computer without going
through a router, you will also need to adjust your NIC card’s IP address using this
procedure.
Viewing The Control Panel
Simply plug one end of a “cross-over” type Ethernet cable (
purchased separately
) in
the LAN port on the back of the Access Point, and plug the other end into the hub
or switch. Details may be found in sub-section 2 of “Connecting The Access Point”
in the previous chapter.
1.
Open your Web browser.
2.
In the address bar enter
http://192.168.0.240
then press <enter>.
NOTE: The
Username/Password
setting is disabled when the Access Point is shipped
from the factory to allow for easy first-time access to the control panel. If you
receive the Access Point after it has had a password set but do not know what it is,
you will not be able to access the control panel. You can disable the password
mode by physically resetting the access point. This is done by by holding the
“
Reset
” button on the back of the Access Point for 15 seconds and releasing it.
