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Some pepole using a D-Link Lan-switch such as D-Link DES-1228P,he can’t share Internet connection,If you are connecting directly to a Cable or DSL modem, you will need a router to share your Internet connection or a computer using ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) or Proxy. Switches and hubs do not allow you to share a single IP address to multiple computers.

Another alternative is to contact your ISP and purchase extra IP addresses for each additional computer.

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Tags: DES-1228P, Internet connection, router, switch

Step 1: Please visit http://support.dlink.com/downloads and download the Web management utility and firmware.

Step 2: Open the Web management utility.

Step 3: Click Discovery to locate the Web smart switch and select the IP address of the switch and then click Add to monitor list.

Step 4: Once you have added the switch to the monitor list, select the IP address of the switch and then click Firmware Upgrade.

Step 5: Browse to where you downloaded the firmware to in Step 1. Once you have located the firmware, you will then need to enter the password that has been set up on the switch. Click Start.

Step 6: Once the firmware upgrade has completed, you will see Upgrade successful.

Tags: DES-1228P, Firmware

This article teach you how to config a DWL-3140AP with a DES-1228P.

Step 1: Upgrade the firmware on the DES-1228P to the latest version.

Step 2: Download and install the latest Smart WLAN Manager software.

Step 3: Connect the DWL-3140AP into the DES-1228P (make sure the power and LAN LED turn on).

Step 4: Run the Smart WLAN Manager software. Click on the Discover Wizard button on the top left corner if the software doesn’t detect the DWL-3140AP right away.

Step 5: Enter the DHCP IP pool range and then click on Add.

Step 6: Select the discovered DWL-3140 and click on Save.

Step 7: Right click on the access point you wish to setup and select Configuration. This is where you can configure the basic settings such as the IP address and SSID.

Tags: DES-1228P, DWL-3140AP