User's Manual

Altai A8n (ac) Series Super WiFi Base Station

Configuration Guide

2. Getting Started

This chapter covers the procedures for logging into / out A8n (ac)

Series Products Web Administration Interface (Web UI) via Ethernet, and

restarting the device via Web UI.

2.1. Preparing the Administrator Computer

1. On your Windows XP or Windows 7 computer, open the Network

Connections (or Change adapter settings) control panel according

to how the Start menu is set up:

On Windows XP, click Start > Control Panel > Network Connections.

On Windows 7, click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet >

Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings.

2. Right-click the icon for Local Area Connection, and then click

Properties.

3. When the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears,

select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (or Internet Protocol Version 4

(TCP/IPv4)) from the scrolling list, and then click Properties. The

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box appears.

4. Write down all of the currently active network settings. You will need

this information later when you restore your computer to its current

network configuration.

5. Configure the IP address settings with the values listed in Table 2.

IP Address

Any address in the 192.168.1.x, except

192.168.1.222 and 192.168.1.255

Example: 192.168.1.2

Subnet Mask

255.255.255.0

Default Gateway

Blank

DNS

Blank

Table 2 - Configure administrative computer’s IP address settings

6. Click OK to save the changes and close the TCP/IP Properties dialog

box.

7. Click OK again to close the Local Area Connection Properties

dialog box.