Buffalo Technology WHR-G300N Network Router User Manual


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Connecting to a Preexisting Network
ToaddanAirStationwithoutchangingyourexistingLANconguration,justconnectall
thecablesandpowerontheAirStation.WiththemodeswitchsettoAUTO,AirStation
canbeaddedtotheexistingnetworkautomatically,withoutchanginganysettingsin
otherpartsofthenetwork.YoucannowbereleasedfromcomplicatedLANsettings!
TospecifytheAirStation’sIPaddress,proceedinsteadasfollows:
1.SettheAirStationtoAPmodebymovingtheswitchfrom
AUTO to OFF.
2.ConnectoneoftheAirStation’sLANportstoanexistingrouterorswitchonyour
network.
3.Temporarilychangeyourcomputer’sIPaddresstoanunusedaddressonthe
192.168.11.xsubnet,withsubnetmask255.255.255.0.
4.Type“192.168.11.100”intoabrowserwindowtoopentheAirStation’sConguration
Tool.
5.In
LAN Cong,congurethefollowingsettings:
IPAddress=[192.168.11.137](Specifyanunusednetworkaddressfromtheexisting
LAN.)
SubnetMask=[255.255.255.0](UsethesameSubnetMaskastheexistingLAN.)
6.RestoreyourPC’sIPaddresssettingstotheiroriginalvalues.
Note:WhilethemodeswitchisintheOFFposition,theAirStation’sWANportmayalso
beusedasafthLANport.
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