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A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 0.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 1 Copyright S t atement is the registered tradem ark of Shenzhen Ten da Techn ology C o., L td. A ll the p roduc ts and pr oduct names ment ioned h erein ar e the trad emarks o r regis tered tra dem arks of their respec tive holders .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 2 CONT ENTS COPYRIGHT ST A TEMEN T ................. ................ .................. ............. 1 CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................. .............................. 4 1.1 D ESCRIPTION .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 3 3.2.4 C ONNECTION S TA T U S ..................... ..................................... 40 3.3 DHCP .......................................................................... ............
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 4 Chapter 1 Pr oduct Overvi ew 1.1 D escr iption The T enda 15 0Mbp s T ravel Wireless Router ( A5) allows you t o creat e an instant wire less n etwor k when y ou are at hote l, job site or wherever you need one.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 5 The router has onl y one LED. It displays a solid li ght upon and during rout er ’s st artup, which indicates the router i s correctly powered an d sy stem is s t arting, and thereaf ter , a flashing light.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 6 1.5 Operation Envi ronment R equiremen t s 9 The de vic e ope rat es c orrec tly only wi th a spec if ied v oltage rating; o therwise it m ay be damaged .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 7 Chapter 2 Install ation 2.1 Hardwar e Inst allation 2.1. 1 Wir ed W AN Co nnec tion With a physi cal W AN port, A5 can be ei ther connec ted to an Internet-ena bled wired ADSL/Cable m odem or to an Inte rnet -enable d wi red router .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 8 it us ing the T enda R5 02, a w ired br oadban d route r): a. Connect th e Ethernet cable from one of R502’ s LAN ports to the W AN por t on A5. b. Plug A5 into a power outlet nearb y . 2.1.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 9 2.2 Configur e Y our PC to Connect to A5 Wir eless ly By defaul t, the RJ 45 port i s used as a W AN port, so you can only connect to A5 via a wire les s connection . The wirele ss secu rity fe ature is d isabl ed by def ault.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 10 Step4. T here are 2 ways to c onf igur e you r PC’s IP addr ess in t his TCP/ Ipv4 . A. The fi rst one is “Obt ain an IP address automa ticall y” as belo w: In the IP Address f ield, Input: 192.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 11 For example: IP Address: 192.168. 2.100 Subn et M ask: 255. 255. 255.0 DNS Ser ver: y ou ca n eith er e nter yo ur loc al DN S serve r addresses (Con sult your ISP if you a re not c lear . ) or use t he devic e as a proxy DNS serv er .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 12 “Connect” . Note: A 5’s de f au lt SS ID is T enda_XXXXXX (XXX XXX s tands for the last 6 characters in A5’s MAC address). Step7. When you see “Connected” di splayed ne xt to A5’ s SSID, you have s uccessf ully connect ed to A5 w ire lessly .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 13 Step3. S elect “Wireless Networ k Con nection” and select “Propert ies” in t he follow ing window . Step4. Select” Interne t Protocol V ersion 4(T CP/IPv4)"and then click “Properties” in the appearing window .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 14 B. The second one is “Use the following IP address” as below: In the IP Address f ield, Input: 192.168.2.XXX (XXX stands for any value from 2 to 254) and in th e Subnet Mask fi eld, in put: 255.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 15 them . Step6. Cl ick Net work ico n and th en “N etwo rk and Int ern et Shar ing Cent er”.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 16 2.3 Quic k Interne t Connecti on Set up This section i nstruct s you to setup Inte rnet conne ction quickl y . If y ou are t ryin g t o conn ect to y our IS P via an Et hernet cabl e, refer to section 2.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 17 There are 2 Inter net co nnectio n type s on th is sc reen: A DSL dialup (PPPoE) a nd Dyn amic IP (DHCP). PPPoE Select PP PoE, if your IS P ar e usin g a PPPoE conn ection and enter PPPoE user name and password provided by your ISP .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 18 interface to protect yo ur wireless ne twork from u ndesired access. Then click th e OK button t o save your set tings. Note: z Contact your ISP if you are not clea r about th e PPPoE use r name an d pa sswo rd.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 19 Syste m will po pulate t he SSI D and C hannel f ields auto matic ally . Here we take the SSID of Ch inaNet-pxKA as an example for illustration Step4. Check “Securi ty” field, if it shows “none” Click “Apply” and go t o next step .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 20 2.4 Quick W ireless Secur ity Setup There are 2 ways of se tting u p A5 ’s wirele ss secu rity: s et it up on the Quick Internet C onnec tion Se tup interface below or s et it up on the Wireless Security Int erfac e under Wirel ess Settings m enu.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 21 Chapte r 3 Configur ation 3.1 A dvanc ed Setti ngs 3.1. 1 S ystem St atus This section allows you to vi ew W AN inf ormation and device information. Connection St atus: Displays W A N connection stat us: Disconne cted, Co nnecting and Connec ted.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 22 ¾ Displays curr ent Internet connection typ e. System St atus: ¾ LAN MAC Address: Dis pla ys rout er ’s LAN MAC address. ¾ W AN MAC Address: D isp lays r out er ’s W A N MAC addr ess. ¾ System T ime: Displays the time w hen system i s update d.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 23 ¾ Mode: Displa ys curre nt Interne t connection type. ¾ Access Account : Ente r the us er name prov ided by your ISP . ¾ Access Password: Enter the password pr ovide d by your ISP . ¾ MTU: Maxim um T ransmission Unit.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 24 Internet manually u pon di sconnection fr om the Inte rnet. ¾ Connect on Demand: Connects to Inter net aut omatic ally upon traf fic present. ¾ Connect on Fixed T ime: C onn ects to Intern et autom atic ally with in the sp ecif ied t ime le ngt h.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 25 ¾ Gateway : Enter t he W AN Gatewa y prov ided by yo ur ISP . ¾ DNS Server: Enter the neces sary DNS ad dress pr ovi ded by your IS P . ¾ Altern ate DNS Server: Enter the secondary DNS address if your ISP provides, and it is opti onal.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 26 PPTP ¾ Mode: Displays the c urrent Inte rnet connect ion type. ¾ PPTP server address: Enter the IP address o f a PPT P server . ¾ Userna me/Password: Ent er Us erna me/P assw ord s pec ifie d by th e PPTP server .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 27 L2TP ¾ Mode: Displays the c urrent Inte rnet co nnectio n typ e. ¾ L2TP server address: Enter the IP address of a L2TP server . ¾ Userna me/Password: Ent er Us erna me/P assw ord s pec ifie d by th e PPTP server .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 28 ¾ LAN MAC Address: Displays the router ’s LAN MAC addres s, which cann ot be changed . ¾ IP Address : The default LAN IP address for this router i s 192.168.2.1. Y ou can change it accordin g to your need.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 29 ¾ Clone M AC Address : Clicking this button ch anges router ’s W AN MAC addr ess fr om def ault t o the MAC addr ess of t he PC y ou ar e curr ently on. Do n’t use th is bu tton u nless your PC’s MAC address is th e one bound by your ISP .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 30 1. W rong DNS server add r esses will lead to failure i n accessing webs it es. 2. T o acti vate the new set tings , rebo ot the d evi ce. 3.1. 6 W AN Medi um T ype The A5 support s 2 types of W AN media: wi red W AN (via Ethernet cable) and wireless W AN (WISP).
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 31 For ex ample: If your ISP ’s SSID is “NS_WI R300N ” and channel is 1, then enter “N S_WIR300N” in the SSID box and select 1 f rom .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 32 ¾ Enable B andw id th Contr ol ： Check t he box to en able bandwi dth co ntrol. ¾ IP Address ： Enter an IP address (same nu mber in both boxes) or a range of IP address es (differe nt numbers in two boxes) of t he PCs whose traffic yo u want to regul ate.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 33 10- 15KByte/ s up load an d 80-9 0KByte /s downl oad r ates. Then follow in structions b elow: First, add an uploa d rule as shown i n the figure below: S t ep1. Ent er 19 2.1 68.2.100 in IP address boxes.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 34 show n on the belo w inter face on your rout er: 3.1. 8 St at istic s S tatis tics dynamical ly disp lays bandw idth usage by PCs on your LAN. ¾ Enable T raffic St a t i s t i c s : Check the box to g ather bandw idth usage by PCs on your L AN.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 35 second in KByte/s. ¾ Sen t Mess age (TX Pa cket s): Disp lays the t otal amou nt of packets transm itte d by a corresp ondi ng IP address thr ough the router . ¾ Sen t Byte s: Displays th e total amount of byte s transmitt ed by a correspon ding IP address through the router .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 36 ¾ 1 1 g mode ： Selec t it if you have only Wireles s-G clien ts in your wireless network. ¾ 1 1 b/g m ixe d mode : Sele ct it if you have only Wir eless-B and Wir eless- G clients in your wire less net work.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 37 wir eless netw ork mod e is 1 1n mo de, plea se selec t 20/4 0 frequency band to boo st it s throughp ut. ¾ Extensi on Ch annel ： Indicate s the working network frequency range fo r 1 1n mode.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 38 ¾ Default Key: Select one ke y from the 4 p reset keys. 2 、 WP A-PSK The WP A pro toc ol implem ents the majority of the IEEE 802.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 39 guarantee b etter sec urity than that pr ovided by WEP or WP A. 3.2.3 MAC- based Wireless Access Cont rol The MAC-based Wir eless Acce ss Control feature can be used to al low or dis allow c lie nts to c onn ect t o yo ur w ir eless network.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 40 Example 2: T o prohibit only a PC at t he MAC address of 00:c 2:a5:6 7:d4 :23 fro m connecti ng to your w ireless net work, d o as follo ws: 3.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 41 been wireles sly conne cted to your rou ter . Bandwid th: Displays the cha nnel cha nnel bandwid th used by the currently connected hosts (connect ed wireless clients). Note:"Band wid th" refers to the wireless channel ba ndwid th instea d of wirele ss connect i on ra te.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 42 ¾ IP pool end address: Enter the ending IP address for th e DHCP server ’ s IP assignm ent. ¾ Lease T ime: The len gth of t ime for the I P address lease. Conf igur ing a p rope r lease t ime i mproves t he efficien cy for the DHCP server to reclaim di sused I P addresses.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 43 it can not use a dif f erent IP addres s e xcept this one to conn ect to the rou ter f or Int ernet acce ss. T hus, due to DHCP reservat ion, a host is pre vented from e scaping moni toring by cha nging i ts IP address.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 44 It allows remote computer s, such as co mputers on the Interne t, to conn ect t o a speci fic compu ter or service withi n a private l ocal area ne twork (LAN). ¾ S t art /End Port: Enter the servi ce port range provi ded by the mapped host in in ternal network.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 45 correspondin g rule ID. Y ou can also manually add the ports which are not includ ed in the “W ell-Known Service Port”. ¾ Add to : Add a se lect ed Well-Kn own Se rvic e Port to the S tart Port-End Port box es of the rule you sele ct.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 46 4. Click " OK". Now , y our friends only need t o en ter ftp:// xxx.xxx. xxx.xx x:21 in the ir browsers t o access your FTP server . xx x.xxx. xxx.x xx is t he device's W AN IP add ress.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 47 3.4. 3 UPnP S etti ng s UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) allows a network device to discover and connect to other devi ces on the network.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 48 ¾ Filter Mode: Select Disable, Forbid only or Permit only according to you r own needs . ¾ Access Policy: Select a number (indi cating a filter rule) from the drop-down menu. ¾ Remark: Enter a me anin gful na me to you for a new f ilt er ru le.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 49 Exam ple 2: T o allow only the co mputer at a n IP add ress of 192.168.2. 145 to access Interne t from 8:0 0 to 18 ： 00 wit hout restricting other computers in LAN, do as follows: 3.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 50 ¾ Filter Mode: Select Disable, Forbid only or Permit only according to you r own needs . ¾ Access Policy: Select a number (indi cating a filter rule) from the drop-down menu. ¾ Remark: Enter a me anin gful na me to you for a new f ilt er ru le.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 51 Example1 : T o allo w onl y the PC a t a M AC add ress of 00:E4:A5 :44:35:69 to acce ss Inte rnet from Monday to Fr iday , do as follows: 3.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 52 ¾ Filter Mode: Select D isable or Forbid onl y acco rdin g to yo ur own need s. ¾ Access Policy: Select a number (indi cating a filter rule) from the drop-down menu. ¾ Remark: Enter a me anin gful na me to you for a new f ilt er ru le.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 53 “yahoo.com ” at the time range of 8 ： 00- 18 ： 0 0 from M onday to Friday , then do as follow: Note: Each UR L character string en try can correspo nde to only a dom ain na me. So you n eed to set multiple rules if you w ant to fi lter out mult iple doma in names.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 54 ¾ Por t: Ente r a port number for remo te web-ba sed management. ¾ IP Address: Enter the IP address of a PC on Internet authorized to access and manage yo ur router ’ s web-based utility r emotel y .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 55 The main duty fo r a router is to look for an optimal transfer pa th for each da t a p a cket p assi ng through i t, and tra nsfer it to the specified destination. So , it ’s essential for t he route r to s elect an opt imal path, i.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 56 3.7 T ools 3.7. 1 Time Settings This section assist s you in setting the devi ce’ s system time; you can either sele ct to se t the tim e and date manually or automatically obt ain the GMT time from Internet .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 57 stabl e ("st atic"), or may change fr o m one se ssion on the Internet to th e next (" dynamic "). Ho wever , a nu meric ad dress is inconvenien t to remem ber; an address wh ich changes unpredictably makes co nnection impossible.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 58 For example: If you hav e registered a DDNS service in dyndns.org and are alloca ted with tenda, 123456 , tenda.dyndns.info respectively as username, p assword and domain name for a web se rver on your PC at 192.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 59 And then ， click the “Save” but ton on the appearing scr een above to stor e it un der the sele cted path. Rest ore Set tin gs: Click th e "Browse" button to locate and select a configuration file that is saved previou sly to your local hard drive.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 60 3.7. 4 Rest ore to Fact ory Defau lt Settin gs T o restore all settings to the device's f actory default values, click the "R estore to F actory De fault” button on the interface below: Factory Default Setti ngs: ¾ Password: admin ¾ IP Address: 192.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 61 ¾ Upgrade: Cl ick th is bu tton to start an upgr adin g proce ss. After the upg rade is c omple ted, the R outer w ill reb oot automatically .
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 62 ¾ Old Pas sword: Enter the old p assword. ¾ New Passwo rd: Ente r a new password . ¾ Confir m new Password : Re-enter the new pa ssword for confirmation . If you enter a correc t old p ass word, then click ing the "OK " button sa ves your new p assw ord.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 63 Append ix 1 Features ¾ Compliant or comp atible with 802.1 1n, 802.1 1g, 802.1 1b, 802.3, 802.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 64 Appen d ix 2 S ecu rit y S tate men t FCC St ateme nt This equipment ha s been tested and found to co mply with the limits for a Class B digi t al devi ce, pursu ant to pa rt 15 of the F CC rules.
A 5 1 5 0 M b p s T ravel Wireless N Rout er User Manual 65 “The antenna(s) used for t his tran smitt er must not be co- locat ed or operating in conjunc tion with a ny other a ntenna o r tra nsmit ter .
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