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Wireless Range Extender N300
DAP-1320

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Version 1.00 User Manual Wireless Range Extender N300 DAP-1320...

  • Page 2: Preface

    Preface D-Link reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes in the content hereof without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revisions or changes. Manual Revisions Revision Date Description October 19, 2012 • Initial release...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Using the WPS method ..........18 What is Wireless? .................51 Using the manual method ..........21 Tips ....................53 Wi-Fi Setup ................23 Extended Wi-Fi Setup ............25 Technical Speciications ..........54 Maintenance ................29 GPL Code Statement............55 Admin ..................29 System ..................30 Safety Statements ............70 Firmware ................31 D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    Section 1 - Product Overview Package Contents DAP-1320 Wireless Range Extender N300 Wi-Fi Coniguration Card Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items are missing from your package, please contact your reseller. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 5: System Requirements

    • Firefox 12.0 or later • Safari 4 or later • Google Chrome 20.0 or later ® Windows Users: Make sure you have the latest version of Java installed. Visit ww.java.com to download the latest version. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Provides greater wireless signal rates even at farther distances for best-in-class whole home coverage. ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE The D-Link Wireless N300 Range Extender (DAP-1320) lets you extend a secure wireless network throughout your home. Connect the DAP-1320 to a router and share your high-speed Internet access with everyone on the network.

  • Page 7: Features

    * Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11n and 802.11g speciications. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traic, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. Environmental conditions will adversely afect wireless signal range. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 8: Hardware Overview

    The device is under Recovery Mode or the device has malfunctioned Light of The device is powered of Blinking Orange Cannot connect or provision an IP address from the uplink router Orange Light Of The device is powered of D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 9: Side And Bottom

    1. Pressing the WPS button for 5 seconds allows you to set up the DAP-1320 through One-Touch AP Conigutation. WPS Button 2. Pressing the WPS button for 1 second allows you to connect with Wi-Fi clients. Reset Button Pressing the Reset Button allows you to reset the DAP-1320 to factory default settings. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 10 The DAP-1320 acts as a repeater to extend the range of an existing wireless network to provide better signal for parts of your home or oice that may have poor reception. Wireless Router Wireless Devices Internet D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Wireless Installation Factors

    1. Keep the number of walls and ceilings between the D-Link repeater and other network devices to a minimum - each wall or ceiling can reduce your adapter’s range from 3-90 feet (1-30 meters.) Position your devices so that the number of walls or ceilings is minimized.

  • Page 12: Setting Up Your Dap-1320

    For detailed information on the three methods for coniguring your DAP-1320, refer to the following sections of the manual: • One-Touch AP Coniguration on page 10 • Web-based Coniguration on page 11 • QRS Mobile App Coniguration on page 12 D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 13: One-Touch Ap Coniguration

    Note: To connect devices to the DAP-1320, you just push the WPS button on the DAP-1320 for 1 second, then repeat the process on the device. If the connection fails (amber LED still lashes), move your DAP-1320 closer to your wireless router and repeat steps 1 and 2. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 14: Web-Based Coniguration

    The coniguration interface will open, and you can conigure the diferent settings of the DAP-1320. For detailed information on setting up your DAP-1320 to extend a network, refer to Wireless Connection Settings on page 15. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 15: Qrs Mobile App Setup

    For iOS For Android Connect to the Wi-Fi network that is displayed on the Wi-Fi Coniguration Card included in your package (ex: dlink- a8fa). Then, enter the Wi-Fi password also printed on the Wi-Fi Coniguration Card (akbdj1936). D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 16 Once your mobile device is connected, tap on the QRS Mobile icon. Click Start to continue. QRS Mobile will irst detect your DAP-1320, then scan for available Wi-Fi networks. Select the network you wish to extend and enter the password if required. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 17 Enter a network name (SSID) and password for the extended Wi-Fi network. You may keep the existing SSID and password if you wish. Click Next to continue. Create an admin password for the DAP-1320’s Web-based coniguration utility. Click Next to continue. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 18 After the Setup Wizard is complete, the following screen will appear. You can now change your mobile device and laptop Wi-Fi settings to the wireless network name and password you just created. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 19: Web-Based Coniguration

    Extended Wi-Fi Setup and refer to “Extended Wi-Fi Setup” on page 23 for more details. This wizard is designed to guide you through a step-by-step process to conigure your new D-Link wireless range extender to extend your wireless network and connect to the Internet. Click Next to continue.
  • Page 20 Select whether you want to use the WPS (Wireless Protected Setup) method or the Manual method to set up an extended wireless network using your DAP-1320 and click Next. These two methods are described in the following sections in the following pages. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 21: Using The Wps Method

    AP (access point) or router you want to connect to. You have 120 seconds to press the button on your AP or router. If a connection has been successfully made, you will see a notice on the screen. Click Next to continue. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 22 If you would like the same Wi-Fi network name for the extended network, click on the Use the same Wi-Fi Network Name for the Extended Network box. Click Next to continue. Click Prev to return to the previous step. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 23 Setup is complete, and your wireless network name and password will be displayed. It is recommended that you write this information down for future reference. Click Next to save your settings and reboot the repeater for your settings to take efect. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 24: Using The Manual Method

    If you would like the same Wi-Fi network name for the extended network, click on the Use the same Wi-Fi Network Name for the Extended Network box. Click Next to continue. Click Prev to return to the previous step. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 25 Section 3 - Web-based Coniguration Setup is complete, and your wireless network name and password will be displayed. It is recommended that you write this information down for future reference. Click Save to save your settings and reboot the repeater. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 26: Wi-Fi Setup

    Wireless Select the security method that is being used by the wireless Security network that you have selected: WEP, WPA/WPA2, or none. Mode: Refer to the next page for details on coniguring the diferent security modes. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 27 Select the length of the password for your wireless network. Password: Enter the password for your wireless network. It will need to meet the length requirement that you selected above. Authentication: Choose what authentication type to use. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 28: Extended Wi-Fi Setup

    HT20/40 Coexistence: Enable or disable this feature. Wireless Security Select the security method to use for your wireless network: Mode: WEP, WPA/WPA2. Refer to the next page for details on coniguring the diferent security modes. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 29 Select the length of the password for your wireless network. Password: Enter the password for your wireless network. It will need to meet the length requirement that you selected above. Authentication: Choose what authentication type to use. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 30 If you selected Link-Local only, you will see the following settings: The IPv6 Link-Local Address is the IPv6 Address that you use LAN IPv6 Link-Local tto access the Web-based management interface. Address: D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 31 You can either choose to obtain IPv6 DNS Servers automatically, or enter the servers you wish to use. Primary DNS Enter the primary DNS Server address. Server: Secondary Enter the secondary DNS Server address. DNS Server: D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 32: Maintenance

    Verify Enter the new password again. Password: Enable Check this to enable graphical authentication, or CAPTCHAs. Graphical This provides an extra layer of security by requiring you to Authentication: enter a code that is displayed onscreen. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 33: System

    Restore the system settings to factory default settings. Default Settings: Reboot the Click Reboot to reboot the DAP-1320. Device: Clear If you have previously installed a Language Pack, you can Language remove it by clicking Remove. Pack: D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 34: Firmware

    Firmware and language upgrades might be provided for the DAP-1320 in future. You can check and upgrade your irmware and language pack on this page. Please check the D-Link support website for irmware updates at http://support.dlink.com. You can download irmware upgrades to your hard drive from this site.

  • Page 35: Time

    NTP Server Used: Select the NTP Server you wish to use. Date and Time: Set the date and time manually. Copy your Computer’s Time Settings: Click to use your computer’s time settings. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 36: Status

    This page displays details about your wireless and network connection, and the irmware version. General: Displays the time and irmware version. Wi-Fi Network: Displays information about the Wi-Fi network. Extended Wi- Fi Network: Displays information about the extended Wi-Fi network. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 37: Logs

    This directs you to the next page of the log. Clear: This clears all current log content. Save Log: This opens dialog where you can save the current log to your hard drive. Refresh: This refreshes the log. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 38: Statistics

    The DAP-1320 keeps statistics of the traic that passes through it. You can view the amount of packets that pass through the LAN and wireless portions of the network. Click Refresh Statistics to update the information, or click Clear Statistics to reset all statistics. The traic counter will reset if the DAP-1320 is rebooted. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 39: Ipv6

    Section 3 - Web-based Coniguration IPv6 This page displays all the IPv6 Internet and network connection information. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 40: Help

    Section 3 - Web-based Coniguration Help Menu This page provides helpful information on the Setup, Maintenance, and Status sections in this Web GUI. Click on a link to learn more about that topic. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 41: Connecting A Wireless Client

    Step 2 - Within 2 minutes, press the WPS button on your wireless client. Step 3 - Allow up to 1 minute to conigure. Once the WPS light stops blinking, you will be connected and your wireless connection will be secure with WPA2. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 42: Windows® 7

    If you are joining an existing network, you will need to know the security key or passphrase being used. 1. Click on the wireless icon in your system tray (lower-right corner). Wireless Icon 2. The utility will display any available wireless networks in your area. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 43 If you get a good signal but cannot access the Internet, check your TCP/IP settings for your wireless adapter. Refer to the Networking Basics section in this manual for more information. 4. The following window appears while your computer tries to connect to the router. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 44 It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please verify that the security settings are correct. The key or passphrase must be exactly the same as on the wireless router. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 45: Windows Vista

    (displayed using the SSID) and click Connect. If you get a good signal but cannot access the Internet, check you TCP/ IP settings for your wireless adapter. Refer to the Networking Basics section in this manual for more information. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 46: Wpa/Wpa2

    1. Open the Windows Vista® Wireless Utility by right-clicking on the wireless computer icon in your system tray (lower right corner of screen). Select Connect to a network. 2. Highlight the wireless network (SSID) you would like to connect to and click Connect. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 47 It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please verify that the security settings are correct. The key or passphrase must be exactly the same as on the wireless router. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 48: Windows® Xp

    (displayed using the SSID) and click the Connect button. If you get a good signal but cannot access the Internet, check you TCP/ IP settings for your wireless adapter. Refer to the Networking Basics section in this manual for more information. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 49: Wpa/Wpa2

    1. Open the Windows® XP Wireless Utility by right-clicking on the wireless computer icon in your system tray (lower-right corner of screen). Select View Available Wireless Networks. 2. Highlight the wireless network (SSID) you would like to connect to and click Connect. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 50 It may take 20-30 seconds to connect to the wireless network. If the connection fails, please verify that the WPA-PSK settings are correct. The WPA-PSK passphrase must be exactly the same as on the wireless router. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 51: Troubleshooting

    1. Why can’t I access the web-based coniguration utility? When entering the IP address of the D-Link repeater (dlinkap.local for example), you are not connecting to a website nor do you have to be connected to the Internet. The device has the utility built-in to a ROM chip in the device itself. Your computer must be on the same IP subnet to connect to the web-based utility.
  • Page 52 • Close your web browser (if open) and open it. • Access the web management. Open your web browser and enter the IP address of your D-Link repeater in the address bar. This should open the login page for your web management.

  • Page 53: Wireless Basics

    D-Link wireless products are based on industry standards to provide easy-to-use and compatible high-speed wireless connectivity within your home, business or public access wireless networks. Strictly adhering to the IEEE standard, the D-Link wireless family of products will allow you to securely access the data you want, when and where you want it. You will be able to enjoy the freedom that wireless networking delivers.

  • Page 54: What Is Wireless

    D-Link is the worldwide leader and award winning designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking products. D-Link delivers the performance you need at a price you can aford. D-Link has all the products you need to build your network. How does wireless work? Wireless works similar to how cordless phone work, through radio signals to transmit data from one point A to point B.
  • Page 55 Who uses wireless? Wireless technology as become so popular in recent years that almost everyone is using it, whether it’s for home, oice, business, D-Link has a wireless solution for it. Home • Gives everyone at home broadband access •...

  • Page 56: Tips

    The wireless connection in public places is usually called “hotspots”. Using a D-Link Cardbus Adapter with your laptop, you can access the hotspot to connect to Internet from remote locations like: Airports, Hotels, Cofee Shops, Libraries, Restaurants, and Convention Centers.

  • Page 57: Technical Speciications

    Device Management • Web UI Weight • 69 grams (0.152 lb) Diagnostic LEDs • Status/WPS Warranty • 2 Years Operating Temperature • 0 to 40 ˚C (32 to 104 ˚F) Frequency range varies depending on local regulations D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 58: Gpl Code Statement

    WRITTEN OFFER FOR GPL AND LGPL SOURCE CODE Where such speciic license terms entitle you to the source code of such software, D-Link will provide upon written request via email and/or traditional paper mail the applicable GPL and LGPLsource code iles via CD-ROM for a nominal cost to cover shipping and media charges as allowed under the GPL and LGPL.
  • Page 59 Therefore, we have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the practice for those products. If such problems arise substantially in other domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect the freedom of users. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 60 (except to the extent that warranties are provided), that licensees may convey the work under this License, and how to view a copy of this License. If the interface presents a list of user commands or options, such as a menu, a prominent item in the list meets this criterion. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 61 The Corresponding Source need not include anything that users can regenerate automatically from other parts of the Corresponding Source. The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same work. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 62 License with respect to the covered work, and you disclaim any intention to limit operation or modiication of the work as a means of enforcing, against the work’s users, your or third parties’ legal rights to forbid circumvention of technological measures. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 63 “aggregate” if the compilation and its resulting copyright are not used to limit the access or legal rights of the compilation’s users beyond what the individual works permit. Inclusion of a covered work in an aggregate does not cause this License to apply to the other parts of the aggregate. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 64 Corresponding Source of the work are being ofered to the general public at no charge under subsection 6d. A separable portion of the object code, whose source code is excluded from the Corresponding Source as a System Library, need not be included in conveying the object code work. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 65 Corresponding Source conveyed, and Installation Information provided, in accord with this section must be in a format that is publicly documented (and with an implementation available to the public in source code form), and must require no special password or key for unpacking, reading or copying. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 66 ) Requiring indemniication of licensors and authors of that material by anyone who conveys the material (or modiied versions of it) with contractual assumptions of liability to the recipient, for any liability that these contractual assumptions directly impose on those licensors and authors. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 67 30 days after your receipt of the notice. Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the licenses of parties who have received copies or rights D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 68 License, and you may not initiate litigation (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that any patent claim is infringed by making, using, selling, ofering for sale, or importing the Program or any portion of it. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 69 D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 70 The terms of this License will continue to apply to the part which is the covered work, but the special requirements of the GNU Afero General Public License, section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the combination as such. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 71 USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 72 Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in return for a fee. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

  • Page 73: Safety Statements

    This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, please avoid direct contact to the transmitting antenna during transmitting. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...
  • Page 74 Les conditions de fonctionnement sont sujettes à deux conditions: (1) Ce périphérique ne doit pas causer d’interférence et. (2) Ce périphérique doit accepter toute interférence, y compris les interférences pouvant perturber le bon fonctionnement de ce périphérique. D-Link DAP-1320 User Manual...

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