Step 1. Place DC-401 and Connect it to Power and the Internet

You need to place DC-401 in the location where it will be used and connect it to power and the Internet.

For building the network infrastructure based on DC-401, refer to the diagrams below:

Diagram 1. DC-401 Ports and Cables

Diagram 2. DC-401 Connection Scheme

DC-401 can be activated over two connection types:

• Wired connection: You can connect a laptop to DC-401 and activate DC-401 from the laptop.
• Wireless connection: You can activate DC-401 from any Wi-Fi enabled device in the network, including Android and iOS smartphones.

Activation over a Wired Connection

To activate DC-401 over a wired connection:

1. Plug the network cable to the LAN Port 1 on DC-401 (01).
2. Connect your laptop to the LAN Port 2 on DC-401 using the Ethernet cable (02).
3. Connect DC-401 to the power using the power cable (03).
4. Press the power button to start DC-401 (04).
5. Set your laptop to use the DHCP network configuration.
6. The laptop should receive the network configuration from DC-401: 10.10.2.0/24.
   

If the network configuration is not received, check your Ethernet connection and verify that you are connected to the correct port (port with the ‘LAN’ label is used for the Internet connection and the Ethernet port with the ‘USB’ label is used to connect to the LAN/laptop).

Activation over a Wireless Connection

To activate DC-401 over a wireless connection:

1. Connect DC-401 to the power using the power cable (03).
2. Connect your router to the WAN port on DC-401 using the Ethernet cable.
3. Press the power button to start DC-401 (04). The WAN lights must blink.
4. On the Wi-Fi enabled device that you are using for activation, find the DC-401 network and connect to this network. You can do it in the following ways:

• Automatically: On DC-401, find a sticker with a QR code and scan the QR code with the Wi-Fi enabled device.
• Manually: On the Wi-Fi enabled device, open the list of Wi-Fi networks, select the DC-401 network and enter the password to connect to the network. As a password, you must specify the WAN MAC address of DC-401. The WAN MAC address can be found on the sticker of DC-401, for example: A12B34C56D78.

Once you connect to the network, you can proceed to the next step and launch the activation process.