ZyXEL Communications NBG-417N User Manual

Chapter 5 AP Mode

NBG-417N User’s Guide

The configuration of wireless and maintenance settings in AP Mode is the same as for Router 
Mode.

• See 

 for information on the configuring your wireless network.

• See 

 and 

 for 

information on configuring your maintenance settings. 

Connect your computer to the LAN port of the NBG-417N. 

The default IP address of the NBG-417N is “192.168.1.2”. In this case, your computer must have an 
IP address in the range between “192.168.1.3” and “192.168.1.254”.

Click Start > Run on your computer in Windows. 

Type “cmd” in the dialog box.

Type “ipconfig” to show your computer’s IP address. If your computer’s IP address is not in the 
correct range then see 

 for information on changing your computer’s IP 

address.

After you’ve set your computer’s IP address, open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and 
type “192.168.1.2” as the web address in your web browser.

See 

 for a tutorial on setting up a network with an AP.

IP Subnet 
Mask

The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. Your NBG-
417N will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that you 
assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask computed 
by the NBG-417N.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the NBG-417N.

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.