Configuring Your Router as an Access Point for an Existing Network
If you have an existing network, you may want to use your new router as an Access Point to extend the range of your network by
allowing connection of more wireless and wired computers. You MUST turn off the DHCP server on the router if there is a DHCP server
already in your network running to
avoid IP address conflicts. To disable the DHCP server functions, follow the
steps below:
Open your web browser and go to
http://my.router, or the default IP address
http://192.168.2.1. The
Enter Network Password login prompt appears.
Type the following text in the user name and password
fields:
admin
Click the OK button.
Go
to the Basic Settings
menu option tab on the top navigation bar and wait for the menu to appear.
Click the Router
Mode menu option in the drop down menu.
Click to select Access Point Mode.
Click the Next button.
Go
to the Advanced
Settings
menu option tab on the top navigation bar and wait for the menu to appear.
Click the DHCP Server Settings menu option in the drop down menu.
Uncheck the box Enable DHCP Server Functions.
Click the Submit button.
You will also need to allocate and setup a static IP address on
your Dell Wireless 2350 Broadband Router. Perform the following steps to configure
a static IP address:
NOTE:
The IP address that you use should be reserved by the DHCP server in
your existing network. The router cannot act as a DHCP client and therefore, it needs a static IP address for its LAN interface.
Go
to the Advanced Settings
menu option tab on the top navigation bar and wait for the menu to appear.
Click the Advanced IP Settings menu option in the drop down
menu.
Make sure that the box Automatically obtain an IP address from a
DHCP server is unchecked.
Assign an IP address to the router.
Click the Submit
button.
A pop-up Warning window will appear. Click the OK button.
A NOTE page will appear with the instructions on how to refresh the IP
address of your computer.
Click the Continue button.
When your web browser returns to the home page of the Dell Wireless
2350 Broadband Router, the device has successfully restarted with the new
settings.
Plug an Ethernet cable from the existing local
network into any LAN
port on the router.
