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5 Access Point Mode 5.1 Overview Use your MWR102 as an access point (AP) if you already have a router or gateway on your network. In this mode your MWR102 bridges a wired network (LAN) and wireless LAN (WLAN) in the same subnet. 5.2 What You Can Do • Use the Status screen to view read-only information about your MWR102. • Use the LAN screen to set the IP address for your MWR102 acting as an access point. 5.2.1 Setting your MWR102 to AP Mode 1 Flip the switch on the side of the device from "Router" to "AP." 5.2.2 Accessing the Web-Based Management Interface in Access Point Mode Log in to the Web-Based Management Interface in Access Point mode, do the following: 1 Connect your computer to the LAN port of the MWR102. 2 The default IP address of the MWR102 is "192.168.100.1". In this case, your computer must have an IP address in the range between "192.168.100.2" and "192.168.100.254". 3 Click Start > Run on your computer in Windows. Type "cmd" in the dialog box. Enter "ipconfig" to show your computer's IP address. If your computer's IP address is not in the correct range then see Appendix C for information on changing your computer's IP address. 4 After you've set your computer's IP address, open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and type "192.168.100.1" as the web address in your web browser. 23

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5 Access Point Mode
5.1 Overview
Use your MWR102 as an access point (AP) if you already have a router or gateway on your
network. In this mode your MWR102 bridges a wired network (LAN) and wireless LAN (WLAN) in
the same subnet.
5.2 What You Can Do
•
Use the
Status
screen to view read-only information about your MWR102.
•
Use the
LAN
screen to set the IP address for your MWR102 acting as an access point.
5.2.1
Setting your MWR102 to AP Mode
1
Flip the switch on the side of the device from “Router” to “AP.”
5.2.2
Accessing the Web-Based Management Interface
in Access Point Mode
Log in to the Web-Based Management Interface in Access Point mode, do the following:
1
Connect your computer to the LAN port of the MWR102.
2
The default IP address of the MWR102 is “192.168.100.1”. In this case, your computer
must have an IP address in the range between “192.168.100.2” and “192.168.100.254”.
3
Click
Start > Run
on your computer in Windows. Type “cmd” in the dialog box. Enter
“ipconfig” to show your computer’s IP address. If your computer’s IP address is not in the
correct range then see
Appendix C
for information on changing your computer’s IP
address.
4
After you’ve set your computer’s IP address, open a web browser such as Internet
Explorer and type “192.168.100.1” as the web address in your web browser.