Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product M5250 TP-Link
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M 5250 3G M obile W i- Fi REV 1 . 0.0 1910 01 0950.
COPYRI GH T & TRA D EMA RKS S peci fic ations are s ubject to change without notice. is a regis tered tradem ark of TP -LI NK T ECHNOLO GIES CO.,L T D . Other brands and product nam es are tradem arks or regis tered trademar ks of the ir respec tiv e holders .
FCC S T A T E MEN T T his equip m ent has been tes ted and found to com ply wi th the l imits for a Clas s B di gi tal dev ic e, pursuant to part 15 of t he FCC Rules . T hese lim its are designed to pro v i de rea sonable protecti on against harm ful i nterference i n a res idential instal lati on.
CE Mar k W a rning T his i s a c lass B product. I n a dom esti c e n v i ronm ent, this produc t m a y c ause r a dio i nterference, i n whic h case the user m ay be required to ta ke ad equa t e meas ures. T his dev i ce has been desi gned to oper ate with the anten nas li sted below , and hav i ng a ma x i m um gain of 5 dBi.
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TP -LINK T ECHNOLOG IES CO ., L T D TP -LIN K T E CH NOLOG IES CO ., L TD. Building 24 (flo o r s 1, 3 , 4 , 5) , a nd 28 (f lo ors 1-4) Ce ntr a l Sci e nce a nd T e c hno l o gy Pa rk, She nna n Rd, Na nsha n, S he nzhe n, China DECLA R A TIO N OF CON FORMITY For the foll owing equipm ent: Product Desc ripti on: 3G M obile Wi- Fi Model No.
I CONT ENTS Package Contents ........................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1. Introduct ion ................................ ......................................................
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -1- Package C o n t ents T he foll ow i ng items s hould be found in your package: 3G Mobil e W i- Fi M 5250 One USB cabl e One batter y Quic k I ns tall ation Guide One M ic ro SIM Adapter One Nano SIM Adapter Not e: Mak e sure that t he pack age c ontains the ab o v e item s.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -2- Chapter 1. I nt rod u c tion 1.1 Product Ov erview TP - LI NK ‟ s M5250 is at the f orefront of wir eless 3G s hari ng. E qui pped with a bu ilt -in 3G mode m , you can ins tantl y establi sh y our own W i -Fi hotspot s impl y b y ins erting a 3G SIM card at t he interi or of the dev i ce.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -3- T he details about the E x teri or and Interi or ar e explai ned a s bel ow . Power B u tto n: W hen the Dev i ce i s s ucc es sful ly i nstalled, and i t.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -4- Chapter 2. Hardware I nstallatio n 2.1 Environment Requirem ents Place the De v ic e in a well - v enti lated place far fr om an y heater or h eating v ent .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -5- Not e: T he micro SD mem ory c ard is optional. Y ou can purc hase it appro priate to your own n ee d. ST EP 2: In stal l the b atte ry . 1) T ouc h the m etal c ontacts of the batter y t o the m etal points of the De v ic e, an d then press to fit the batter y b od y into th e slot.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -6- Not e: I t ‟ s adv i sed that y ou do no t use M5 2 50 until the b atter y has been ins tall ed. W hen finishi ng the abo v e two- step ins tall ation, y ou can pres s and hold the po wer button for about 5 s econds to turn on M 52 50 .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -7- Chapter 3. Quick In st allatio n Gu id e T his chapter wi ll guide y ou t o qui ckly set up the bas ic func tions for your M5250 3G M obi le Wi - Fi . 3.1 Sy stem Require me nt s SIM card with I ntern et acc ess enabled.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -8- Not e: T he default SS I D ( als o c al led W ireless Networ k Nam e) of the de v i ce is TP -LINK_M 5250_XXX X XX ( XX X XXX i s the last 6 c haracters of the de v i ce ‟ s MA C address ). 3. Enter the wir eles s pas swor d you‟ve noted down i n the Securi t y Ke y fi eld, an d then cl ic k OK .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e -9- 3.4 W iz ard 1. Open a web-browser , enter the defaul t address 192.168. 0.1 i n the address fiel d and then press Enter . W hen the login wi ndow appears , enter the defa ult usernam e and pass word: admin ( in l ower case letters) , and then cl ic k th e Log in button o r pres s the En ter .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 10 - 3. On the Dial -up Settings page s hows the I S P i nformati on of the SIM c ard inserted. Cl ic k Next to continue, if y ou are sur e the infor mati on i s c o rr ect. Y ou can als o click Create t o cr eate a new profil e.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 11 - re -configur e it. Figure 3-5 W i z ard – Fi ni sh.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 12 - Chapter 4. Dev ice Configuration After the s ucces sful l ogin to the web-based m anage m ent pag e of M5250, y o u wi l l see the mai n m enu l is ting St atus , Wizard , SM S and A dv anced on the top .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 13 - Cli ck Dat a Correction to c orrec t the ac cum ulate data used. If the data s tatis tics i s different from that your ISP pro v i ded, pleas e c li ck Dat a Correc tion button, an d i nput the dat a s tatis tics y our ISP pro v i ded to corr ect the acc umul ate data used.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 14 - 4.3.1 Ne w M es sag e Figure 4-4 Ne w Messa g e Phone Num ber: E nter the r eceiver‟s cel lphone number. Cont ent: T ex t your m essage in thi s box . Cli ck Send to send the mes sage. Cli ck Save to save the mess age in the Drafts bo x.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 15 - read y et. Received: Sho ws the d ate and ti me when the mes sage was r ecei v ed. Phone Numb er : Shows the cell phone num ber that sent thi s m ess age. Conten t: Cli ck to u nfold and read the d etail ed content of the m essage.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 16 - Figure 4-7 Dr af ts Index: T he index of the mes sage. Phone Num ber: Shows the c ell phone num ber that thi s m e ss age was planne d to be s ent to .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 17 - 4.3.5 SM S Settin g s On this page, y o u can do t he followi ng settings: Figure 4-9 Setti ng s M essage Center: Dis abled b y d efault. I t's recom m ended to k ee p the default s etti ng. If you want to manuall y s et the Message Ce nter Number , please sel ect Enable .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 18 - 4.4 A dvance d Figure 4- 10 Adv anced M enu T here are s ix submenus under the A dv anced tab (as shown i n Figure 4- 10 ) : Dial- up , SIM Lock , Wireless , DHC P Server , System T o ols and Logout . Cli ck an y of t hem, and you will be able to configur e the cor responding f uncti ons .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 19 - 4.4.1.1. Dial - up Dial - up Settings page all ows y ou t o do the foll owing confi gurations. Figure 4- 12 Dial-up Settings Profile L ist: A li st of profi le(s). Selec t the profi le of y o ur S IM c ard currentl y i nserted i n the de v i ce.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 20 - You can manage y o ur pr ofile on this page. Figure 4- 13 Profil e M anagement Profile L ist: A li st of profil e(s). Selec t the profi le of y o ur S IM c ard currentl y i nserted i n the de v i ce, and then y ou c an v i ew the related i nform ation of i t.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 21 - Figure 4- 14 New Profil e 4.4.1.3. Network M ode Figure 4- 15 Network Mod e Settings Netwo rk S tatu s: Shows whet her the Internet is connected or dis connected at present. Netwo rk Mod e: T he de v i ce s uppo rts three m odes of n etwork c onnection – A u t o , 2G o nly and 3G on ly .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 22 - Cli ck Save to save y o ur s ettings. 4.4.2 SIM Lo ck Figure 4- 16 SIM L oc k M e nu 4.4.2.1. P IN M anagem ent You can management your PIN code on this page. Figure 4- 17 PIN Manage m ent SIM Card Cu rr en t Status: Shows whether y our P I N function i s enabled or dis a bled.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 23 - enabled and verifi ed, y ou c an s elect Disable and enter th e current P I N code, or sel ect M odif y and enter the requir ed param eters to s et a new PIN c ode, and th en c li ck A pp ly to m ake y our setti ngs tak e effect.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 24 - 4.4.2.2. A uto -un lock PIN Figure 4- 19 PIN Co d e A u to unlo ck A u to- unlock PIN on Powering On : Select to en able or dis able this function.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 25 - Figure 4- 21 Wir ele ss B asi c Settin gs Wir el ess Net work Nam e (S SID): S S I D is short for Ser v i ce Set Identifi cation, whi ch is for you to di sti nguish the different wir eless network.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 26 - WPA-PSK/W PA2-PSK: It‟s the W PA / W PA2 authentication ty p e based on pre -s hared pass phrase. I t ‟s eas y to set and sec ure to us e. S o it‟s p erfect for SOHO users . WPA Key: T he d efault W PA ke y i s the las t 8 c haracters of IME I .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 27 - 4.4.3.3. Wireless Status T he W i reless Sta tus page di spl ay s the basi c i nfor m ation about the W i rel e s s c li ent( s ) that are curr ently connec ted to th e dev i ce. Figure 4- 23 Wi re le ss S tatus ID: T he i ndex of the W i reless Client.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 28 - 4.4.4.1. B as ic Set tings Figure 4- 25 Basic Setti ng s IP A d dress: T he I P addres s of the dev i ce, which is u sed to l og i n its web- based m anage m ent pa ge. T he default v al ue is 192.168.0.1 .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 29 - 4.4.4.2. Client List On this page, y ou can v i ew the infor mati on abou t the c li ents attached to th e dev i ce. All the inform ati on i s read-onl y . You can not change an y of the va lues on this page.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 30 - about the de v i ce. As fol lows , we wil l ex plai n them i n deta il s. 4.4.5.1. Conf iguration On this page, y o u can bac k up the configurati on of th e dev i c e t o fil e, or upload a c onfiguration fil e to the de v i ce.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 31 - Figure 4- 29 Resto re to f actory defaults Restore to Factory Defau lts: Cl ic k Rest ore to r eset all confi guration setti ngs to t heir default v al ues. All of the settings y ou ha ve sa ved wi ll be l ost when the default s ettings are restor ed.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 32 - Figure 4- 30 Modif y Login Pa sswo rd Old Use rname / P assword: T he ol d Us ernam e/ passwor d that is used to log in of th e de v i ce. New Username / Pass wo rd: T he new Usernam e/ pass word y ou want to set f or the logi n of the de v ic e.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 33 - 4.4.5.4. Reboo t Figure 4- 31 Reboo t the De vice Reboo t the Dev ice: Cl ick Rebo ot to get the de v ic e rebo ot ed and the sa ved settings to take e ffect.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 34 - M A C A d dress: T he phy s ic al addres s of the dev i ce . T he value is read-onl y thu s c ould not be changed. IM EI: I nt ernational M o bil e Equipment I denti t y . Compos ed of 1 5 digi ts, it i s unique and thus used to identif y i ndi v idual mobi le equipm ent.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 35 - A p pendix A : F A Q T1. What should I d o if I cannot log i n t he web - b ased m anagement page of M5250 af ter I hav e successfully connected t o M 5250? 1) Please v eri f y you r PC ‟ s IP ad dres s is on the sam e network segm ent wi th M 5 250.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 36 - Figure-A-0-1 3) Double cl i ck Comp uter ic on on y our des ktop. T he i nserted m ic ro SD c ard is dis play ed as rem ov abl e di sk in fil e ex pl orer (Her e we ta ke Rem o vab le Di sk (F:) for e x am p le) .
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 37 - A p pendix B: Configurin g the PC I n this sec tion, we‟ ll intr oduce how to ins tall and c onfigure the T CP/I P corr ectl y i n W i ndows XP . Fi rst make sure y our E t hernet Ada pter is working, refer to the ada pter ‟ s m anual if needed.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 38 - 5) T he fol lowi ng Internet Protoco l ( TCP/I P) Properties window wil l di spl ay and t he I P A d dress tab is open on this window b y default.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 39 - Fi gure B-0-4 6) Now c li ck OK to k e ep you r s ettings..
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 40 - A p pendix C: Specifica t ions General S tandards IEE E 802.1 1n, IEE E 802.1 1b, IEEE 802.1 1g Network Ty pe 3G: HSP A+ / HSU P A / HSDP A / U M T S 2G: GS M /G PRS / EDGE Certi ficati on CE, FCC, RoH S Dim ension 94 mm x 56.
M 5250 3G M obile Wi-Fi User Guid e - 41 - A p pendix D: Glossary 802.11n - 802.11 n builds upon pre v i ous 802.11 stan dards b y addi ng MIMO ( m ulti p l e -i nput m ultiple-output).
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