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Today I cut a new video that shows me walking through the steps that you received with your Sabai Technology Client Bridge.  Here’s the video and the instructions beneath.  Feel free to pause the video as you’re working on your equipment, so we stay at the same step together.

To enable wireless bridging between two routers, one router is an access point.  This is your standard router setup that you would get from the store and is usually the router you already have installed.  If you’ve gotten both an Access Point and Client Bridge from Sabai Technology, set up the Access Point first.  These setup instructions will assume that you’re running a Linksys primary router with the default IP address 192.168.1.1. Let’s call this Router the primary. The router you purchased from Sabai Technology is connecting to the primary in “Client-Bridged” mode. Let’s call the Sabai Technology router bridge.

Your Sabai Technology router comes with the following standard settings:

Username: admin

Password: password

IP Address: 192.168.199.1

Subnet: 255.255.255.0

If you requested the router pre-configured, you should be set and do not need to do anything with these directions except store them for future reference!

If you wanted to configure the bridge yourself, then follow these directions:

1.  Give your PC a backup static address.

a)       In Windows, open Network connections, select your LAN card, change settings, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), properties

b)       on the General tab choose obtain an IP address automatically

c)       then on the Alternate Configuration tab click user configured and enter 192.168.199.10 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.  You don’t need to bother with Gateway or DNS setting.

d)       Click OK twice, then close the adapter window.

e)       Now your PC will try to run the DHCP client, but if it fails, it will use the Alternate Configuration, static address 192.168.199.10 instead.

2.  Connect your PC to LAN port 1 (not the WAN port) on your bridge with the included Ethernet cable wait 10 seconds and enter 192.168.199.1 in a browser.

3.  Once you’re seeing the status page click on the Setup tab and enter the username “admin” and password “password”

4.  Each time we make a change, we’re going to “Save” and wait to hit “Apply Settings” until the very end.

5.  Setup > Basic Setup: Set the Local IP address to an address in your home network.  For example, if you run a primary router with an address of 192.168.1.1, then enter an address for your bridge of:

a)       192.168.1.252

b)       subnet mask 255.255.255.0

c)       gateway 192.168.1.1

d)        local DNS 192.168.1.1.

e)       Click Save.  (NOT APPLY)

6.  Wireless > Basic Settings: choose “Client-Bridged” as Wireless Mode and set the SSID exactly as it is on your primary router including any capitalization.  A great way to do this is to check with a laptop and see exactly what your SSID is.  Ex. Linksys and linksys are two different SSID’s.  Click Save (NOT APPLY)

7.  Set the Network Mode to the one you prefer.  Usually “g-only” on our CB1 (the g model) or on our Wireless N model (CBN1), choose “N-only” if you’re connecting to a Wireless N primary router or “g-only” if you’re connecting to a router with only g capability. Click Save (NOT APPLY)

8.  Wireless > Wireless Security: Enable Wireless Security and configure it as used in your local network. You should be using WEP, WPA Personal, or WPA2 Personal. Click Save (NOT APPLY).

9.  Setup > Basic Setup: Check the “assign WAN port to switch” box. Click Save.  (NOT APPLY)

1. Status > wireless: scroll down and click site survey

a)       click the “Join” button next to your wireless network.

b)       Click “Continue”

c)       Click “Save”

d)       Click “Apply Settings”

e)       Wait 30 seconds.  The router will reboot with the new IP address and settings.

1. Once the router is fully booted, unplug the power from the bridge, place it where you want the bridge and connect it to your device(s), then plug it back in.
2. It should be all set up and connecting to your network.  You can place it anywhere within the primary router’s wireless range and it will bridge the network.  The devices that you plug into the Ethernet ports will receive IP addresses from your primary router.
3. Go to an Internet URL in your browser, e.g. google.com
4. Be patient. It takes a minute or so to connect to the wireless network when it first boots. Click reload on the browser if it says page not found too soon. Wait at least a couple of minutes to allow it to sync.
5. Remember now that your router is accessible off your main network at 192.168.1.252 (unless you had set it to a different address than in these instructions).
6. Congratulations!  You’ve set up your client bridge and it will not have to be changed unless you change the SSID or Encryption on the primary router.

If you have any issues getting it set up, send an email to support@sabaitechnology.com or give us a call at 864-881-1119.  We’re here to support you!  If we’re on another call, or it’s after hours, please leave a message and we’ll get back with you ASAP!

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